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[From the New York LonJcr.] Dr. Garrick. The German? have in their repository of plays an ingenious little piece, founded on nti imaginary incident in the career of one of tho greatest of actors?David Garrick. The plot and story are simply these : Shortly after C a nick's genius had astoutided tho play-going world, and attracted persons of all ranks to witness his performances, a country baronet?a widower? came to London with his daughter, an onl.. 1 .. i...: r?? .1 __ I) .? <.?? IUI tllC |IUrjJU8ir ofinlroilui ititj I in? young lady at. court. Din ing Sir John's stay in town, lie took his daughter to the theatre. where sh.e saw 1 Gun-irk, then a young man, play the part of llomeo ; before the performance was over, she fell in love with the act or. On ?. her rettiin to the country, tin- girl began to pine, and v< s t: i.?I * y li^eatne ill. A physician v:t- !< <! in, hut to no piupo<e. The \ nuiiii !a-: v l>ei :me worse i lt?t<-:ti| nf hit Nr. *i! i il v\ i- : tVai 1 that she wa> in a rapid t1?-?-Iii:?'. < >u?* ?1 iv. however, a s;t-pii ion cr.i?<e?l tm'n ! of the ?! >? !?i?*. whieh hi; i-.??:iJ::s: T? ?i to Sir .lo!m. lit* Sll-:?ected ^ ;| w.-is in loVe. f>ir John I'M1])! v a i. ! :.> <|it>i. !ht. ami to t:?in tin* trti111. 'I'll.* :.'! !v iVio'i.! m:i i ? ? .!i <!. Tin* lair Ann* lia ?-? ?:?< vi in 1<>vc wiili Uoinco. 'I'In- I 11 ; ? !*.- i i'ii( i ami divfjiM km w tin Ikiiii.iU. lie w:?< I'.tion all nc<:isi mis vioK-nt wlu-n nnyi'v ; 1 :it ti >ii l!iis ocoasinti lu> stttruii'tl ami ravv-1 like a madman. Sir Jiilm raw* I wlu-n lm tlm i'!i -i that liU Am. ia, upon \vli<?e l>ro\v lie iiMp'-u !.<> a i-on mot, sliuiiM liaw I.MI li il :n?r I'll it \?11 till* |.":ili!s t I' a lit It wnti'id havn * Mle i<> infoiiii Sir .*.>>:n that (iarrirk's hirili \v.i? qii'ii- i-qual, if i. ; Mijx-rior. I<> hi* own; mill thai in' wan a m-nlli'itian l>v education, ji-i w 1*11 'i>- hv l?irth. Sir Juhti, however, K?if?t> lii i'tmio i-ciiri'/.i' tliat hisanjjur. so fir from l ii. ciii ^ a ctiK', only ina-le matters worse, run! h<- :??-? ? r.iinijlv con-uilcd several friends win?:u ho 1 he-t qualified to ji<1 vi>" m:d i i liini in his diiiii.-nl:v, or eahiti it v. a- he de?<rdud il. One of hishrewi.h M iVi'-mis NUj^^i^ti il tl.Jit '"he \vh?> had caused the raahuly could alone devise a cur- fur i:." ' 11<>-.v it;:|iiiio*.] Sir John. "I.'' ('< i: s i. k s-e her." 4 S>" !i-r I'.til what if he should take n lva:it:iii?* nl sin* knuuii'il^c that s!m luves I.im Wlial ifhe should micouiv^o her ' l-s!.i!iio! beautiful ami aecotni lias she not,ftotn this folly, ahiiilv and sen>e ! 1- >hc not rich ami :i |?'-i<<?n of rank ? Would not the temptation !? ? too great far the actor to withstand !"' ...4. "It is a dillii-nlt position, truly," conceded the I aronct's advisor, ''hut you must cither do what I have recommended, or he prepared shortly to follow your daughter's remains to the travt.'1 In despair, Sir John consented. l?ut <!.?,. t.~ .Kit! -.1... i 1 ?I -- inline uiu uu.a.'Ui. \ , iiuw IIIPI WlltTl! whs the meeting l<? take place? This was eventually managed hv thi baronet's advi.-er who knew intimately a barrister, named l?ii\^nam, who had studied under the same piofv^or with (Ian-irk, at Cambridge, and w11snhse?|iK ntly lived with him in tiie Miiw chambers in Lincoln's Inn, when Oaniek was siudxifij; f. >r the. bar. Garriek at thsJ, I!i<.n^rlit that his old fiieiid aii'i l' !!iiw-student. was jesting with him, and ro.-oMed to a playful sarcasm : "You fay that it is not with me, hut with the part of llotnuo that she is in 1 i '! ju\?: i "Yp?." "Tl.on the ivmedy is in your baud*, rather ^i.ui in mint." -j low so r* ' Come upon the boards and jilay the j.nr' vouis'-lf." \YI??ii ns>ur<*d, however, of tlie trull), CImii 1; willingly undeitook to cure the f;iir Amelia of her fancy, and set bis ingenuity to work, in order to devi.se the ine:m?. Sir J oil 11 with his lovo-sick daughter oiinic to town i>nd liired a hr'uk house in a fashion square. Mr. (>:inirk railed upon . Sir J'liui. in.'! was reeeived witli roldness biiiietur. ;>iid i>ci Icips indenes*. l?ut tli s lllflV Slllll lll.ll tlTl lii.li.IIC l....lit ll... - ?? ? tirtfii*. wlio Issul studied human nature and hum:in p::<-Mi<iw so d<< plv. would permit him to tahe imi l>ra?ie < r oU'?ncc at this con-,diiet <>f tin- c'll " faiher. In a Christian 5-j tii it Ik* inside ewiv allowance of Sir John's wrati', 1'til fit thes:iiiiii time, respectfully pointed our that lit* was in no way to Llatnc for the voting lady's infatn;ition. ' Yon an* to Maine, sir," vociferated the hnroiie!?"ili? entire drama is to blame? it is,all unread. I am disgusted with it. ir?re are men without, a shilling in tlitf world represented as persons of rank and fortune. Others of ordinary looks, if not ncfhally plain, are painted up to seem hand* oine. Without your paints, yonr ? "! * 12-I ?1 " s... ...V .1.^. <11111 ?I?||| J.JIH1PII wans. ytt cfuil I ?\<> nothing. Appear in your o\w-clot lies, nod as votir own selves, ami fe\^, I warrant, wonM fall in love with you." "That may bo, Sir John," replied Garrick, meekly, to this silly ami insulting speech ; "but T think the attributes of an actor are not quite so mean ami contempt ibKrns rou imagine. I cannot, however, at this moment, discuss the subject, with yoW'jf for, within the past few minutes, ami in fl/ts very square, I have witnessed a Rcej^S' which lias occasioned my feelings a very ievete shock. The bare recollection of It, makes?as vou may see. Sir John, the coMf 2&t(???ede from my cheek, mv heart to quiver, and my jmlse to tremble.'' "\\^i$t is it. fir, that has so effected yon? nf-ked Sir John with great curiosity, .earnestness and emotion. "Picture. to yourself, sir, a beautiful .V r "Yes" ^A'b^utilul child, scareelv three Tears rrjp3ri- * - Ilk - y?<iw?iy-u coiia as iuo eye of man evarbotfeld." > , "Fi^y that child having climbed from an nttufcttiodow out upon ? parapet, atIrncUid-bv-a. flower which was growing on the very edge j.'&*?><! heavens ?" ^-TbechiM stooping over to pluck the Mf . m '?r^nvK?o 'poking out of tne window, and-<A?er?m?g the child in that dangerous -unirea to tne cmia; and?" " WI tb? ' Son^rropTelsibT street oSortM' W child, and ere long a crowd was toH&bled. ^' fcjaiwM&riftti??... .. . 111 ?All eyes wero now on tho child, whoso j little body was half over tho parapet, whero : the flower was growing in "Yes, yes ?" "The child snapped the flower from its stem?had it in its little hand?was smiling nt the people in tho street, when?" "li fell r .''Among tho crowd it beheld its own mother. The poor woman was watching with the rest, but afraid to speak?" "The child, observing its mother, sprang j oft ?" " . 1 "Nothing of tho kind, Sir John," said Garriek, laughing; tho child threw tho fllowI er to its mother, crawled back to the window, ! ami was admitted by flic mime. I "What do y?m 111 -an, Mr. (>:iiliclc," sa'nl I . tl?u liaroiict. on rwuveriiijjj himself, "l>v . J thus trilling with my f?*elin;js ?" J "Tn jifi.v.: to yon. Sir John,'1 returned ' ri.iiri. k ealmly, "that without any a4-*!*- | tance IVom dress and scenery, an actor mav i < move our passions. I have m> paint upon | mv fare, no tiu>?d 0:1 mv coat, and am not 1 stiiToiiiidfd 1 > v ?ji!d??d walls. It. was I In* ' tone of my voice, the manner of my deliv- i ; erv. the expression ol sn*petise and a^jon V j i!i t! ! threw over mv features, that ll liter- | , <-d yo-ir heart, and made you feel what. I i all'erted to fi'i l, while narrating that story j < !' inv own, invented lor iiu? oi.vasion. Xotv, | Sir .I'llni, wliv sImhiM v?'!i m iiv.-l tliat a ! ! v??ixtiu l.'i'lv of spirit ;ui>l l?M-|m<r <!iotihl bo charmed with 11i?* ll??meo that 1 enact on the staife ? I':it I am u<>t hero to ar<nie h it t<> ctire your daughter of tiic malady of which I am said to ho tliu cause. When can I sci.' my patient ?" I ' When you jih-aso, s*i*."* I "Then ahout live ihis afternoon I wili | ( a!! again, di<*.;nised as a ph\>ieian, a very J < ! 1 iran. Yon will introduce mo as Mr. j Koliin to your daughter. I am a tihvsi ciati whom von havo called in to fro her. ! J Vniir role is a simple one. There must lie j l>oti\> of wine ami glasses left on the side- j i lx>ai*l.' j i A! ilio appomt?*<l hour, (lartirk was in : ail'-iu]:i!ic<', ami was iistroihifrtl to lliu j l:?*|v* with whom li?? wn< J.-ft alo'io. j lie t??.!c licr han?l with gscal goiitk'Huss, j , ami frit her pulse. | "I'm not ill, doctor." ?=al?l sho. It is an : I id,-i?a I'. nr.v of my father's." ' "Voii must nlln\v in-! i<> ! ilio l>i'*t ju<lj;?! j [ of vonr health,"' sni.l (larrick. on arc > , ill?vrrv ill ! I'Vvoi-ilt?wry fowii.-h ! j . Win-re is tlio pain Ln the hca<l ?" ' ?>W'' | "In the heart ?" i The <xii'l hlusho?l ;ui<l . ' I see. I sec ; vou have si-en too muc.li j J gaiety of late?ball*. masrpn'iaih'S plays.? j Vou have been to Covent (ianlen. Seen ; Uomi'o, perhaps ? Vou must have rpiict? ! , pcifi'i-t. quiet?repose. Xo more of lio- } | moo ?*' J "O, Doctor," exelaimeil Amelia."! am j (1 viuu to see l'omeo ouee more. Tell them i . :ti i. - i i? . .?-- ' - * ? i? ' u, \vi?i no in'* ??.?,?!. i.'urmr, uorior, (icur ? doctor ! llomeo is the only medicine for j ; complaint ! l'oinw?dear llomeo ?" ! "Xonsonse ! Vou must not talk in this | way." | "T shall go mi'l if I do not see Romeo a- , \ Sfain. llis voire ami liis words arc still : | ringing in my ears : T?y a name ; j T know not how tolell thee who 1 am : i Mv name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, j n<>fnn?n it, is an ?*n?mv to thee; I : lla<l I it written, I wruM tear the word. Pooli ! pooli !" cried fJarrick; old as T j ! am, 1 could moke a better l'omeo than the j j one yon are ravin<r about." "Ah, no, doctor. There cannot be an- ' ! other Romeo." j ' Indeed ! Xow listen : I "With lov?*s light wings did I o'erpereh these ] walls ; j l'or stonv limits can not. hold love out. j A nil what love ?Min ilo, that dares love attempt; Therefore, thy kitiilsnian are no let to me. I ! Alack 1 there lies more peril in thine eve. Than twenty of these wor?ls: look thou hut; j sweet ; | Ami 1 ntn proof acrainst their onmitv." j Here flariick threw aside his wig and 1 cl<>ak, and eon tinned : ! "I have night's cloak to hide me from tfceir I - iirlit; ! Ami l?iit- tlioii love me, If! Ilicin find m?> licre ; j Mv life were better l?yt.li?*ir liate, Th:n? <li-!itJi pri?r<i'ju?'(l, wiwilinir of my love." Tli** crirl rosn from the couch and throw ; i herself into 1 lio struts of CJarriek, whom site now recognized sis tlie rostl Ilouteo. The I scene thsit ensues is admirably conceived, ntxl well worked out hv the (iermaii drani' sitist, stud VS. <?tt (he whole, the hot scene in I tile piece. Whilst holding the beautiful | girl, senseless with her emotion. in his arms I he reproaches himself with having gone I too far?with having slreugthened the love he had pledged himself to extinguish. Ilis i heart returns the nassion. and he. liiin. ; j selftho question, whether he dare ho failh; less to his wnril ? Then comes the strug! <yle between love and honor. passion arid I faith ; and for a while it is hard to say j which wilUhave the mastery. The "situation," is, in some respect, quite as fine ns that at the end of the first act, of Bulwer's play. "The Lady of Lyons." Conscience, however, gains the day over in inclination, and (JarrVk restores the pleasing burden, which he has sustained in his arms, to the conch on which she had heen fritting. lie I then continues to act the part of Romeo, urn iioxis in one nantl. a decanter, in the other a tumbler.stopping occasionally to drink. Presently ho affects intoxication, talks incoherently, and sudden heffins to act the scene between Richard tho Third and Lady Anne. ? "And who is Lady Anne?" inquired the cirl. not a liLtle i^nlnms nn?l rot!?/? . . j -? ?? cd. "She that I am going to woo to night," replies Oarrick. "lint you have sworn to me." 'For that matter 1 swear to everybody." "Then you are perjured." 'Not at nil. I am an actor, and I piny all parts. To-night I shall l>e a .king ; tomorrow night I shall be a heggar; the night after that a thief. Yes, I swear to everybody. Sometimes the queens, duehessess, and countesses, and not frequently to chambermaids and fish-fags." "Then you are not liomeo ?" . "Only on the stage ; and off the Btage there is no Romeo." Hefe-tbe play (of which the above is but a bare outlio?)(to all intent and purposes enns. rne.ypuiig lady is awHkcncd from her delusions, and returns to the country, prepared, ot r-ourBe, to accept the hand of a suitor whom she had recently slighted. The old barony delighted ,#and the rost fied and bsppy. And bo wai^Sf^fdienee on the occasion wtosn I hud the pleasure of ; seeing pidcd represented in Berlin some fewjrewn^gp. M ' jSince the above.was written, the author hn tuft H W^<*4atforrT?ith a&ntkronp $f, \ eighty-tWo years of rge-a gentleman ; - *' Hs -K' ' t. '''' i4t MSL.V * viv-v'i iu ilii A -/? iu '4td\ whoso niimo is a sufficient guarantee for the truth of liis statement, lie says: "I knew Mrs. Garrick (the actor's widow) in the evening of lie r life, and a very charming and clever woman t-lie was?devoted to tlic memory of her husband, whom she idolm><l dniim" bis lif?*-tiinn Kin. ivne < f:,.... ?? ? ?> ",w * X'VI man, who came to England under tho protection and auspices of tho Countees of Burlington, nt wlioso mansion Garrick, a favorite guest, fust. met lier. I have frequently heard Mrs. Garrick tell the story of which the German drainist lias availed liim selfjjind tliereforo I know it to boa fact and not a fiction. It was Garrick's noble conduct on this occasion that induced the Countess of Burlington to give her consent, tor a long time withheld, to their nuptials?the nuptials of Garrick and his wile ; for although the Countess received Garrick us a guest, and had vast admiration of his talents and his genius, nevertheless she was opposed to his mat i iage with a lady under her protect ion, and one whom she expected would torm a matrimonial alliance of a loiticr chai autcr in the worldly sense of that phrase." Absence. 'Tis sa<l lliut absence t'liiiiiiiers love, ltiit. uli! believe it not, I've tried ulus! its powers to prove I Jut tliou art not forgot. Lady, tlio' late lias bid us part, Vet still thou art as near. As fixed in this devoted liearl As when I clasped thee hero. I piling" into the busy crowd, And smile to her thy name, And yet, as if thought aloud. They know nie Mill the same, And when the wiae-eiip passes round, I toast some other lair, Dut when I ask my heart the sound Thy name is closed there. And when some other name I learn, Ami try to whisper love, Still will my lie-art to thee return, Like the returning Jove. In vain, I never ean forget, Ami would not be forgot, For 1 must bear the same regret Whate'er may be my lot. Kveu as the wounded biril will seek ltd favoritete bower to die! So, La-ly, I would hear thee speak, Yield my parting sigh. "l'is said that abseii c; eonquers love. Hut oh! believe it not. I've tried alas its powers to prove, But thou art. not forgot. Two ways of Correcting A Fault. "\Y?*II, Sarah, I declare! you nru the vvmvt rrirl I li'il I t-M.iii. I.. ?1 1 1 .. . v iuuv a. xvuu" ill lllU WIJfMC CUlltl" try "Why, mother! what have I done?*' "Sec there! how you have spilled water in my pantry! Get out of my sight; I cannot hear to look upon vou?vou careless girl !" "Well, mother ! I eould'nt help it.'' Mrs. A : the mother, is a very worthy woman, but very ignoiwit of the art of family government. Sarah, her daughter, is a heedless girl of about ten years old. Sinis very mu<h accustomed to remove 11?i out of their proper places, and seldom stops to put them iu again. On the occasion referred to above, she had bt.cn sent to put water into the teakettle, and had very carelessly spilled :i considerable portion on the pantry Hour. Alter tin: above conversation, which, on the part of the mother, sounded almost like successive claps of thunder on the ears ot her daughter, Sarah escaped, in a pontine: manner, into an adjoining room and her mother wiped up the slop in the pantrv. '.Veil, thought I, my dear Mrs. A : if that is the way you treat your daughter, you will probably find it necessarv to wipe after her a great many limes more, if you both live. Such family government as here set forth, seems to me to be liable to several serious objections. The reproof was too boisterous. Chil, 1 r.'M / !)!! 1*'? Am/. I? # -- 1 ' HIIO H Knowledge of error, or into conviction of crimp. 11 is their judgment, and their taste for neatness and order which need training, and not their ears. It was too unreasonable. The child was, indeed, careless; hut she had done nothing to merit the titl?' of "the worst girl in the country." Children are sensible of injustice, and verv soon find it diflicult to respect those who unjustly treat thein. It was too passionate. The mother seemed to be boiling over with displeasure and disgust ; and, under this excitement, she despised her darling child ; the very same that in a short time afterward, when the storm blown by, sbe was ready to embrace in her arms as almost the very image of perfection. It was inefficient. Sarah retired, under the idea that her mother was excited for a very little thing, which she could not help. Thus she blamed her mother and acquitted herself. Mrs. T*. is another mother in the same neighborhood. Mrs. A. wonders why Mrs. 1?. has so very good children. Says Mrs. A; "I talk a*?jreat deal more to my c.hildien than Mrs. 1>. does. I frequently scold them, most severely, and I sometimes whip them, until I think that they will never disobey mo again. And yet bow noisy, careless and disobedient my children are! Mrs. li.says l>ut little toiler children, and yet her family move like clock-work. Order, neatness and harmony abounds, and I never heard ofher whipping them at all." Tiseveii so! And I should like to tell Mrs. A. the grand cause of her failure. She has* not yet learned to govern herself and it is not therefore Mirpiising that her family is poorly governed. M rs. IJ. has a daughter Catherine, about thp Rnmp nrrn irilli tl>n /tnn?l<??- -f "? * ? ....... W ?.^v T>m? lll? UHU^IIICI IM WI r?? /\ Not long since, - Catherine committed, in a hurry the same act of carelessness as abovo related, and Mrs. B.'s treatment of it reveals her secret of family government. "Catharine, my daughter, can yon tell me howathis water came on the floor?" "I suppose, mother, I must have spilled it a few moments ago, when I Ailed the tea-j kettle." "Why did you not wipe it up ray daughter ?" "I intended to return and do so; hut on getting engaged on something else, I forgot it." "Well, my daughter, when you do wrong,' ITAI1 ?? ? * * - *1-- 1 1 ' ^ wm viMfwiu v* j iv lopmi lb VU 4UB OCSl OF your.ability nod as soon as possible. Gat the mop and wipe it up and try not to do so again." Cdtherineiramediately does as she is bid remfttktng : >1 will try, to bp more oarqfu} number Limer.* *' ? Mrs.dL may bV foaod wry. JL JIJ XI / _* -V X ^ | community. Mrs. ]i; thought perhaps nl | more rare personage, v?*t graces many families in our latul.?Jiriti.sh Mother's Jour. Mrs. Lofty and I. Mrs. Lofty keeps a carriage, So do I; She has dapple greys to draw it, None have i ; Willi my blue eyed laughing baby, Trundling by, I hid his face, lest she pliould eeo The cherub boy and envy me. Her fine husband has white fin?w? Mine lias not ; Hi* conic] give his bride u palace? Mi no, a cot; ' Hers comet* home beneath the starlight? Ne'er caros she ; | Mine comes in tlic purple twilight. Kisses mo, And prays that He who turns life's sands Will hold his loved ones in His hands. J Mrs. l.ofty has her jewel?, So have I ; j She wears hers upon her bosom ; 1 nsidc I ; She will leave hers at Death's portal, ISv.t and bye; ; I shall hoar my treasures with lue When I die. For I have love and .Mr* lias gold ? She counts her wealth?mine can't be told. She lias those who love lier?station, Nolle have I ; | Liut I've one true lionet beside ine? (ilad iiiii I ; 1 I'd not ehmigu it for a Kingdom, No. not 1 ; I God will weigh it in lli.s balance, 1?ye and bye ; And tin* dillerenee dt-linc Twist Mrs. Lofty *s wealth and n ine. Cousin Sally Dillard Outdone. c - ... M. .1 i .-. . in: in ? itiiiiiui (Hiring im; session ol ; the < "ironit Court, ill tin? case of Commoni wealth vs. Cassady, on a charge of inalio! ions slabbing. ; Tlie venire being impanuelled, and the j jury solemnly charged l?y tlie clerk, the* Commonwealth's Attorney called iti support, of t!ie iudicmetit, the witness. litick Bryant, \\lu? being solemnly sworn, the truth to tell, testified as follows : (jtn-slioii hy Commonwealth's Attorney. | ?Tell all von know about the cutting of j the prosecutor, by Cas.-ady the prisoner at | the bar. ; Aus.?Well, gentlemen, it was election { day?'twas a dark, cloudy, wet sort of drizj zly day, and says I to my old woman, 1 i believe I'll go down to llingold and 'posit my vote. And says tnv old woman to me, ! well, Back, as it is a sort of dark, cloudy, | wet sort of a drizzly day, says she, hadn't | you better lake your uinbrill. Says I to | the old woman I spect. I had better take i the timhiil). .So I took the umbrill and adj vanc.cd down towards Kingold, and when I | got uiar air.Uolo coined, and says he, unI el<; 1 ?uek, have you seed anything of old j l?c?r Hanis? Says I to Mr. Cule, for j w!iv ? S.-ivs lie's got my mnltrill. ( The ! witness was liort; interrupted l?v the Court and told to confine himself to the actual ' fray li'.'lween t iic prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor.) In answer to which the wit ness remarked, in a tono of indignant re; monstrance, well now, Mr. Judgo, you hold on,for 1 am sworn to tell the truth, and I'm gwine to tell it my own way?so 'taint i Ibr-while lor you to say nothing more a . uwui u ?? hereupon mis v^uuit and Uou1 monwcalthV attorney, being anxious t0 rr^t I ti?l of ihe witness on any terms, told him to i g> on and tell the laic in his way. Well, ! a< 1 was going to say, 'twas on 'lection day. | Buchanan and I' ilniorc was a running for | the h'gislntur, and says 1 to my old woman, i says I, 1 b'h:ve I go down to Ivingold and ! 'po.-it my vote. Says my old woman to | me, says slie, Buck, as it is a sort of a dark cloudy, damp, drizzly sort of a day, liad'nt , you belter take your umbrill, says slie ! Says i 1 to old woman, says I, I had better take my J umbrill; so I tuck the umbrill and advanj ceil on towards Kingold, till I arriv lhar ! Well the first thing 1 did when I got lhar 1 was to lake a drink of Buchanan whiskey, ! which was monstrous good, and says I to ! niVM-lt", says I old boss, you feel better now, ! don't vou ? Ami while I was advancing aI .. ? I roiiiKi, .Mr. v.,uio ne come to me ; says lie, ! nticlt.: liii' lc, says In*, have you seen anything | of uM neighbor Harris? Says I. fur why i j Says lie, the old cock's got my umbrill. Ar' ter a while 1 'posited my vote, anil then ' Mr.Cule and niu advanced back towards , home, and Mr. Cole was lighter than 1 ever j seed liiin. And so we advanced along til:1 j we g<?t. to wliar t lie road and path forked, j and Mr. Cole and me tuk the path, as any ! other gentlemen would, and arler advatie1 ing a while, we arriv to old neighbor Harris set tin' on a log with the nmbrill on his arm, and 'bout that time Elijah Cassady (the prsoneij coined up, and advanced on till we arriv at Elijah's house. Elijah is I my m-flew ami likewise my son-in-law?lie I married my darter Juno which is next to i my darter Sally. Arter wo lrad advanced I to Elijah's house we stood in the yard awhile a jawinpr and presently two somebody's rid up on a boss, which was Johnson before, and Whitefield Cassady behind? NVhitefield and Kiali Cassady being the I same. Elijah and Kiali is brothers, both | born in the nat'ral way like anybody else's \ brothers, no guls between 'em,and Loth of 'em is about tlie same age, especially Kiali which aro the youngest. Kiali war drunk, and lie and Mr. Cole got to ctosing another ! about politix, and I advanced into the house j wliar was Elijah's wife, which is mv dar tor Jane, which is next to my darter Sally. Well arter jawing a while with "em, my little neffdw says to mo, says Uncle Buck, let's go home. Says I, good pop, bo we pegged on together, and I heard somebody a calling mo, but I never tcntioncd 'em nor advanced back. Well I got home and was a eating my supper, and Elijah which is my son-in law, and married my darter Jane, which is next to my darter Sally, arrived, and *ays he to me, Uncle Buck, says he, I've kill a man. Says I, the hell you have. And this is all I know about the stabbing because I want thar. Richmond Whig. Rkadixo V kk8u8 Study.?Oesultory rending is indeed very mischievous, by fostering habits of loose, discontinuous thought bv tllrninnr tfio nipmnrit inln Mmmmi Bewer for rubbish of all sort* to float through, and by relaxing the power of at' tention, which of all our (acuities moat need care, and in most improved by it. But a well regulated course of study will bo moreweaken the mind, than bard exeruae will weaken the body ; nor will a strong understanding be weighed down *nowl than ,s ft. JL%> JLJ KJ KJ | Tlie friends of Ckipt. G. M. MATTESON re( spectfully nnuounco him as a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of JAMliS A. McCORD respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of Dr. J. F. MeCOMB respectfully announce hiin as n Candidate for Tux Collector ut the next election. CST The friends of MATTHEW McDONALD respectfully announce liim a Candidate for re-election ns Clerk of tlic Court of CJenernl Sessions and Common I'loas, for Abbeville District, at the next election. A few of the Long Cane friends of W. G. Nl-'KI,, would respectfully announce him ns n Candidate for Sheriff at llie next election. The friends of JAMES II. COBII respectful iv announce imn ns a (.anuninle tor Mu rnl at the next, election. Tlio friends <if .losi'.l'll T. MOOKr! respeet fully announce liim a Candidate for Sheriff at. (In: ensuing i?.?T?. The friends of T. i'?. M I l.l.l'OIIJ) respectfully i announce liim as a Candidate for 'i'ax ('ollcetoi of Abbeville District ai tin- next <?'<-tion. ?3T The friends of CiKOttfiK \V. I'K'IIEY respectfully announce liim a Candidate for j SlierilF of Abbeville Jiislricl at the next election. ?35" The friends of AlATTIIHW 15. COCHRAN respectfully announce liim a candidate for Sherill" of AMn-ville^J'islrict, 411 the nest election. The numerous friends of Col. T. J. ROBERTS respectfully announce liim a Canf..? <i <r ... .i i* i .'I.. IIM at ioc I'li'-inillT civi-Ilon. C?" The friends of 1). W. HAWTHORN r<speetfully nnnonnee liiin a candidate for Sheriff of Abbeville District at the u< ?.t- election. MANY 1T.IKNDS. I."-?/- The friends uf NIMItOl) McCORD respectfully nmiotmcc liini as a Candidate for Sheriff nt. the etisuintf election. The friends of S. (J. \V. DILL respectfully announce 'nini a Candidate for Sheriff, at the next Election. t'55?" The friends of \V. W. t>UlFI'IN respectfully announce hint a candidate for tUn rirj' tit the ensuiiit; election. [May 7, lboS J. C. CAX1XQ OX,~ ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN KOI'ITY, ARBKVlLLli C\ II., Will nll' tnl jtroiiijitli/ to till buxiuiss intrusted to hix cure. January 3<>, 1R.V7. SIMf S. Mc (JOWAX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 01FirK IX LA II' HAXO'Ii, Next Door to Thomson & Fair, AI5IJKVILLK <J. II. January 1, 1S">7. 55-1 f | PKRIfIN & COTIIRAN, | Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Equity. Office, the our former/// occeopud by McGoioan it Pvrrin, LAW l!AN(iK. I AS. M. PKIUMN, JAM. S. (V>tmran. j January 1, 18.Y7. 35-tf II. A. JONES. 1). F. JONES. ' JONKSTJONES, Attornrys at Law anil Solicitors in Equity. OFFICE? A11 Ii i: 17 t. I. K C. jr., S. C. ; "?\7ILL pru?;tii,<! in Abbeville, Anderson, j * T Laurens, Newberry. ami adjoinim; Districts. Will promptly attend to ull business intrusted to them. April 10, 1807. f? 0 MARSHALL, LEE & DeBRTJHL. j r|"MlK undersigned Imvo associated with tliem, L. in the Practice of the Law, STKPI1KX C. I>i:liltU111., Ks<]. All business entrusted to tlieir care will receive prompt attention. .1. FOSTKll MARSHALL, w. a. li:e. January 12, 1S">7. FU'LLEH'S IIAT ESTABLISHMENT. PERSONS visiiinjr tlie CAI'lTOL would do well to call ni FULLER'S an<l obtain uu Outfit, in tin* shape of a new and Fashionable Head l'ieeo. Remember, yon will vol regret a rail at FULLER'S. May 15, 1S57 2 ly DRUGS, MEDICINES, 8lC. I'M IK attention of the public is invited to ourStoekof ehoiee UNADULTERATED DRUGS, MEDICINES, Cheinitnls, i'ainls. Oils. Glass, Perfumery, hse as. tiSL ran And all other artieles in our line. We feel assured that no honsi> in t.lir> s?n.il< < ? ! ? Stock superior to ours in genu.ncnes* nnil purity ; ail ollicinl preparations In-int; nmde in strict accordance with the formularies of the W. T. Pharmacopoeia. Our Stock of Dental and Surgical Instruments is full, nml we have unequalled arrangements for procuring additional supplicant the shortest notice. Feeling confident that we enn furnish our customers with the best articles, on reasonable terms, we respectfully solicit orders, and pledge ourselves to fill them with fidelity and despatch. l'LUMB <fc LEITNKU, Lote D. B, Plumb <t Co. Augusta, Ga., April 17, 186(5. [50-tljan SELLIIVC OUT. DRY GOODS. BROOM & NJUUELL, AUGUSTA, GAm Will offer their (ntire Ftock of For the remainder of the Season at very LOW PRICES. T^IIEIR. Stock ie largo and well assorted, and offer rare attractions to buyers.? We are now engaged in the enlargement of our Store, and will have to give up a portion of it to the workmen S90n, and would like to reduce the Stock ax low as possible before the move. All in want of CHEAP DRY GOODS, Are respectfully invited to give us a call. Jue 18, 1867. 7 tf The Marshall House. > npiIE^uljfccflber having purchased that coraJL mod ions and well known Mansion, THE, a MARSHALL HO USE, has made every arrangement for the accommodation of Permanent aod Transient Boarders, aad hopes', by proper attention, to merl t a fall share of public patrpnagr. After the drat'of October, ihel of Regular Boarding will be gfl& OOper montfc. . . < *?^JBJ- y?..:m;q K^xwk FROM >'$* ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON. A FOUR IIOR8E STAGE loaves ABB! VILLE on Monday, Wednesday an Friday at 6 o'clock, A. M?' Leaven Washington, Oft:, on Tuesday. Tliun day and Saturday mornings. A Daily Train leaves Washington at CJ o'eloc P. M., for Atlnnta and August a. OFFICE at the I'OST OFFICE. JOHN McBRYDE, Agent. Abbeville C. II., April 3, 1857. 48 ly DISSOLUTION. r I'M IE late Law Firm of McfSOWEN ?t TFJ 1 KIN is Dissolved by imituni consent. All business commenced u|> to tliis date will I conducted and finished l?y us together und< tin; name of the old I'iriii, as if no Dissolutic hud taken place. S. McGOWKN", .JAS. il. I'KKKIN. January 1, 185?. Uii.lf TO THE LADIES. lYTore New Mantillas J CHAMBERS & MARSHALL TTAVr ? ...! !>!-. * ' 11 York, ix lM.autif.tl assort incut of J:r. A CJ\ VIIA STKLL Y LA CF. Illack Silk ami (Hack Moire Antique lian somely Trimmed White Colored No. 1 ("Jranite llanije. Abbeville C. II., S. 0., April 17 [50tf BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, GENERAL CO.li MISSION MERCHANTS, No. 201 Ex change Row, COLL* Ml SI A, S. C., i 17C>n tin' Sub- of IM'.AL KsTATK, NFiOROK 1 11N0 C( )'1T?) X, W111'A T, l! A CO N, La r i Whiski-v, Snir:ii\ (Jolfee, Mola^se^rinur, liutU Corn, Hay and Produce jienerally. iStri<-t personal attention pai<l to tlic sale any of tin/ above?liberal advances nt.idc ar j prompt, returns. | Matiikw W. ]>viiii:\vooi?. .Tame* M. C.owx Aug. 10, 1807 17 tf ^orc !J??ks and )>ru^! rI",IIK Subscribers liave just. received the 1 Slock of Medicines, Books a11 I Hum articles, and arc prepared to sell at sho profit*. We arc Aijents for the sale of n scries STANDAltl) WOltKS, now in tlio course publication, liy the Appletons of New York.Atnotifr these are included The Debates in Congress from 1780 to 18' Benton'* Thirty years* View. Morses (ieneral Atlas of ihe WorlJ, frotn t latest authorities, to 1 Soli. Cvelo, ilia of American Eloquence, wi 1'ort raits. The New American Cyclopedia. '1 lie Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Edit by Win. K. burton. S| imen Copies of the aliove works may ' | SeeJI at Olll' Store. In ri'lliur wit.li mmiv ?>?! new 1111 <1 elegant Ilooks. We are also agents for tlio Palo ol Grove ?fc Baker's .SiiW I N(i MACHINE, acknowledu to Ije the best now ill use, and tin* least lial to <fet out of order. This Maehiuc will warranted antl sol J here at New York prici Prices varying fruiu $lu<> to *125. liKANCII A ALLEN*. Sept. IT, lS.r?7. 21 tf A. .11 IS ROT IT PES. W. G. KENNEDY If ESPE<"ITULI.Y informs the Public tli V he is permanently located at AVEIITX? HALL, 1.~ r..u ' -* i mvm: II": !? llllljk |il CJiill CM, >11 llll lime's, ijivi; it (.'<> ) ] Picture and correct Likeness foi iirxl'Ditr ivttiu iteration. July ti, 110 It m: <c a-jHT'.B.mm jb-C? rI"MIE COl'AKTMKRSUII' heretofore existi JL between II. A. .Tones and J. W. Livir ston, in the Practice of LAW, is this day d solved, by mutual conseift. H. A. JONES. J. \\\ LIVINGSTON. March 31.18.V7. . 48-tf EDWARD H. BRITTON, {I.ale Julitur uiul I'roj.rirlor of the C'aroli 7'illtrs,) COLLECTING AGENT, COLUMBIA. S. C., OFFF.ltS his services to the pulilic ns a C< lector ami general business Agent. i | will receive for collection Notes or Accomi | for any section of the State, nt the usual coi missions. Ufliee over 1 lie Carolina Times Printing < five. Columbia, S. C. References will be given if required. july lis Attention Citizens! HOUSE AND FURNITURE PAINTING J^XIiCCTKI) in the neatest and most Fas -J ionahle Styles, Imitating choice Coloi Wood and Marble. Orders from the country will he prompt attended to. By T. M. ARD. (I..t IT >r.n r.ii /.? 1 ' *? j i, ov. L--1-OIMJ ivuiievmc t. 11. NOTICE. JOIIX WINCEY, Esq., will be floppy attend to OVER HAULING- OP ENGINES or Mill Works, in the Vicinity of Abbevil and the surrounding country. Applicants will please apply to John Ei right, Abbeville, or Win. l.ebby, Clmrlesto S.' C. JOI1N WINCEY. Oct. 31, 1856. 26-ly. GRAPE VINES. ABBEVILLE MODEL VIJiEURD!, DR. TOCSJf? offers for Sale Vine Cr tings and IIootld Vjnks, at tlie follov ing rates : tt:? n-?i A Is* UUUU1CU f A IXC lyuvttiiga, For Cotnwl.ns and other Sorted Amerienn Vari?*liop, ... - |? 0 For Sorted European Varieties, - 10 C Hooted American Varieties, Each, - fi Hooted European Varieties, " 1 C Hooted Scuppemonfr, " If) Montevino, Deo. 27, 18S0. 85-tf N. B. Vines pruned at reasonable rates. Brickmaaoiiry and Plastering rFMlB undersigned having formed a Co-par J. ncrship in the above business, are prepa ed to do all work entrusted to them in the (>ei and most substantial manuer. Having a Ion practical experience in the business, they flatt< thumnelvs that they can please the most fasti< ious. All work will be warranted. JOHN COUftlBE, A. J. wnnnHTipuT Rkkebknce.?II. A. Jones, J. A. Calhoun au Dr. J. W. IIearat, or Abbeville. Abbeville C. II. Oct 10, 1866. 28"ly Removal. THE Subscriber has removed from hid ol stand to Enright & Starr's Gin Facto and rotnrns bis thanks. for pmt favors, find -jk lictis a share of pablio patronage in hia lin wr uugiiicHB. J He will make Pannel .Doom SaikvBMndi Wardrobes,,Tabled, Desks, Door and Windoi Frames, Ac.; Ao. NB.?Jlti -w ill also make Coffins of <th?flo?4 style and finish. . W For reference, apply taainv gentleman la ti> town of AbbfenttauT*?'z^Z .1# ?w*asap3 4* ;-pa O. ? 80WEBB April l, 1837 ta 4? : y r. 3lS E W I N Cr MACHINES/^, TO MANUFACTURERS, I'LANTEUS,AND PLIVATE FAMILIES. , In Purchasing such an article as a_1 8EWING MACHINE, the true jo. policy is to buy the besf. ur T M. SING Hit Jfc CO.'rt OAZCTTE. nrtcAiitf j J ful pictorial jmper, contains fall r.nrt reli-". ! able information alionL SK.WINO MAJfJiivpo . nml answer all questions tliat can bo n/il;id on' tlits subject. All who rend this paper will fcrtfte liow tn purchase a Sowing Machine with which* ? $1,000 a year, clear profit, can lie made, and* will In; protected from being imposed upon by soma of the humhurg Machines now before the public, linger ?fc ("o.'s Machine i-3 arranged ta do coarse and line work of every diseription.* The Gazette may he obtained grutss on aj>plis" cation at, any of Singer it (Jo.'s Ollieex. " Machines on exhibition and for sale and Instructions given, by WM. C. MOORE, Aycnt in Ahiievuiu. J- Singer it Co.'s Charleston Office, 321 Kingstreet. Principal Office 32!) Broa<l\vny, New York. Julv 23. 1857 12 " ly To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers. TN ANNOUNCING till! THIRTEENTH Annual Volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, the Publishers respectfully inform the public tliui ill order to increase and stiinulato the formation of club*. they propose to offer Oiik Thstuaaud 1'lvr J/nmlrcil Dollar* in C'<t*h 1'rciiiiniiix for the fifteen largest lists of subS, scribers sent, in by the 1st of January, 1838 ; 1, said premiums to be'listributuil as follows:? r, l'or the largest list, ?300 ; 2<1, ?250 ; 3d, *200; 4 th, fist i : Olh, ?1(i0 ; fitli, ?'J0 : 7th, of ?8u ; 8th. *70; Ut.li, S(Ju; loth, $50; lltli id *10; 12th, ?35; lath, ?30; loth, $23 ; 10th, *20. N Names of subscribers ran be Bent in at different times and from different I'ost Offices. The cash will be paid to the orders of the success~~ ful competitors, immediately uftor the 1st of I January 1858. Southern, Wnsl.in, and Canada 11101103' will "* be tnk^-i for subscriptions. Canadian suhscri - | iii-rs will pioiHo to rem it. 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It is issued weekly, in form for binding ; it contains an;S imally from fidi) to t'du finely executed Kngraving-., and Notices ??f American and European Improvements, tosrctln-r with nn Official Lint of American I'ntcnt Claims j>nbIi=In-> 1 weekly in advance of nil other papers*. It is iIn; aim of the I'.ditors of the Scicntikio American to present nil subjects tl:wrc-se?l in its columns in n practical uinl popular form. They l0' will also endeavor to muiiitain a candid fearlessness in combating ami exposing false theories ami practices in Scientific and MechonifD viiI matters, ami thus preserve thecharacter of . ft the SciKvriric Amkich-ax as a reliable Kncye?* op,-cilia of Useful am) Kntcrtaining Knowledge. ?35" Spei-iinen copies will be sent gratis to an}- part- of tin- country. A1UNN it CO., Publishers and Patent Agenta, No. 128 l'n I Ion street. New York. ig- Tlie State of Sottlli Carolina, ,3" Abbeville JJixlrlrt.?In (he Common Picas. William Wilson, J vs. j- Foreign Attachment. Jas. A. J-iddclI. ) Thomson Ai Fair Attorneys,. V?E7'hcreas the I'laintiff (lid, on the eleventh T T <lay of April, eighteen hundred and fif-* tv seven, tile his declarattion against the De^ "" fendant, who, it is said, is absent from and. without the limits of lliis State, anil has neith-. or wife nor attorney known w it till tlie same,, upon whom u copy of thesuid declaration might lie served? ul- It. is therefore ordered, that the said De~ le feudant do appear uml plead to the said declaits ration, on or before the twelfth day of April, in- eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, otherwise linal and ohsolutc judgement will then begiv>f en and awarded against him. MATT11KW McDONALI), c.c. r. Clerk's Ctliec, April 11. 1857 61? ly _ The Slate of Soutli Carolina.. alii:j:\-jlle district. Ojjfrc Court of Common Picas and Gen'I Settiont., | Jw'Hob T. l'.a.kin, } Attachment. James A. T.iddle, J Bftskin' lrtfT'3 IllCKKAS the Plaintiff did, on tlie eighly V T teentli day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, tile his declaration against, the Defendant, win/, (it is mid.) is absent from, and without the limits of this State and hae _ neither wife nor attorney known within thesame, upou whom a copy of said declaration, ' might he served: It is thereforo ordered., to that the said Defendant do appear and plead: to the said declaration, on or before the nine-teentli day of October, eighteen hundred and tift.y-sevcfi, otherwise final and absolute judgle meat will then be given end awarded against Iiini. , n- MATTHEW McDONALD, C. C. J*. n, Clerk's Office, Oct. 18. 185tt 25-ly House Building. 7" ? MpiiE undersigned is now prepared to do all X work entrusted to his rare, in the Bulld" ing Line: to Draw Plana and erect nil descrip tions of Buildings, from a one-story house to it r- Court House. < j;' - a f. Having received instructions from the best Architects in the Union, he flutters himself that j he ean luivw work done in a style equal to and, as cheap as can be done in New York. IIkkehkxces.?King <fc Kellum. Architects^ Brooklyn, New York ; Wm. Gainer, Architect,. i _ of New York City ; I'errymnn it Waller, New ? Market; lJr. Joliu T. ISurratt, BarrntUville. " . HENRY JONEEL. Greenwood, Oct. 10, 183rt. i48-ly ; ' F. P . ROBERTSON. f PUBLIC AUCTIONEER, \ j "\7"\7"OULD respectfully offer liteservices tf t- V the citizens of this and the adjoining r* District*. lie is bo generally known, that he' deems it unnecessary to do more than refer t* S hio address, viz : t)iamond Hill P. O., Abb* r ville District; and all communicationa directedl 1- to him will receive prompt attention. >< . 1' Nov. 7. 1856. ' 27-tf , HEW HOTICE. d GOODS AT COST. ! -*>ri?asbs prbbvmtv Jr watt t?t> ?-? .? auuon ( > > . _ 1YJL pleasure in making a new bow in their New 8tore, At Green <voo<? near their old pliti&j. > They would announce, to their friend* d. . the Fublio generally, that they, being deairOar h of making room for the very large Stock of > the Fall, will #611 a large portion of' th?t? p. DRESS GOODS at the original Coer Jhtfewr.? ? CLOTHING will be reduced ?o a?to makei K it aaUydtfuMy low. ' \ v Greenwood. August 4, 1857. .,; 14 0m' K 8.rr-'Vfi kqowwo/hare the beat friend* * and Cusloniera in tho world, and feel that ??