The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, April 16, 1858, Image 4
Prom *j'athiwobl? Life "in/ Mrs. Emrtma:l
Grace Church.
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"Wp.uJU llini I wore lieuccl
?Aj t?? u j feel as if tlie.nr^iiu - _ .
i*.nJ) s. ?sun. 'l my luvntJi, . ,
'nAe if tbo aulh^ro > . .
_ . DiobolvvJ uiy lu H>t's cori'!"
It wnYEHStorBun-Iay, nntl a*mor?iU*liglit?
f413laV hcvcr dawnud^ A<la was up oavlv,
and !n,'foccupation" .vfcro snob as tlio sear.r?n
A ff??r ?? 7-P~. ?
?.>phie announced her intentioi? of going to {
church, and "the carriage was ordered.
i'roui tlie time tint-they left their house, |
ono.of.Ui? jwilacos of the Fifth Avenue, untii
th?r*rwhed C^raoe Church, 'Ada observjed
a proccsssion of elegantly dressed persons,
mi fr \v>?V t<l tlin rfitKironl ( linintiiw tl.A
ladies' ccwi.lv siik*. *? ? < piujr the; pawnn-nts
Sophie reco^niz-d a friend'S walIcinjr with
aomc other poison*, and she stopped the
jfisiStrnjj'upon her taking the vacant
scat, and ncc^riTpar.vYrtg fhcin to Grace
Church. . .^Impossible
!' sard tho young lady. 'I
coul'i not go to Grace Church-to-dav.'
K-mi not V .'.lid Mr*. F.Kvyn, entreating- ,
j
Mr. Eivvvn lau^he 1. 'Yon kop. Ada,' lie i
?Jt \ |
raid, 'Gf .1 must. b? wo "shipped ? fa mode
(,'liiivch.- go-there in n-silk j
that costs less than 'Ive dol.iaci *? varJ. Your j
fchftvtl imrtt-ltff worth-n thousand, and yo:u ;
^lt?rcliiot' not less thnn.ouu hundred!1
dollais. Ti'v i:. art that r.rav* acceptably i
iifl" .
must licit under I t^c a:s?l brocade. Don't j
ofll-r !o sing: onlv the choir i*- permitted !
o pr???'e God, to the mist ap j
proved stvlr. A false nolo would rcn-h r I
the whole "performance unacceptable. Ah '
to the pHaver* Ui.it the rector read*, I have I
""TO^h goitrglo Grace Church for two-years j
arrd .I never heard otio of tiiero ; for the
titivreh y? so bhih that only those who sit i
-?ear the altar can hear the sei vice. .That r
makes no dilT-rowe. though, for who ijo<-f
to Graca Church t'-> b<? preached to.? S??]lhie !
does not like mo to talk so, and I'll allow it ;
beAufflMl ImildinjT,"pcrfcct in its nrchitcc- i
Uu.jU..arrangements, Put there are some
tl.Vn~e T v.?.. ? i ?i ?- < ' ' *
, ivn \"u ijui.jixT.aiiu, .-via, or !
x-yqu .tvill bo as stupid as T .was when T t<iok ]
a scat in my pew tor the first, time. When J
we go in the clmreh, y'oii will so# persons |
^*?uto"ged on cach mdc of tho door, doited in j
those little lmlls or anto-rooms.. These arc j
.Srfrarigers, and they must stay there until j
w#,'who have pews in the church,-have ar- j
jin\^(l.;cfQr it_ would bo showing- r.s great dis- j
respect, to have strangers made comfortable
before w'(^ fccfo tli^ro 1o secure our own. j
cj - r . - -
ui wie pews are lo<Ue?l, 1 am told. Vint j
mine never in. Whpn-the service is about i
to commotio*, thcs,uxlonsf>ho\v thestnmgi-ir i
where th<?y may go. Those who. ( me ip J
carriages or are handsomely dressed rirr- first j
provided Cor. This is the arisiooracy of i o- !
li^ion ! 'Die otiit?:-'. are so^Jfd . somewhere. '
You is ill hear g'c.ud sutging to-day, and for j
the res!. j'x'ge t'<>r yours:;!f.'
Aiia had no iim* to roply, for they wore j
at t'ne church door, and .in going in, Mr*.
E'.wyn expressed her regret thai thc-v hail j
come ioo.sooi}t for tho service had not com ;
menoed. * : j
Ada was delighted', on looking round, to
6co thc^oxquibite ta&to displayed in the nm-.
stnietion of llio cliun-h y particularly jn llic- ,
arrangement of the lij-ht. - The window a! i
the far end, to the. left, as alio sat, was of:
stained glass, figuring the Mosaic dispensation.
Clotidv shaduWf-d the mount, and
Aaron and Moses were there, holding the j
tnblos of stone. The painting was fine, and
nothing could have exceeded the effect, for
^hat old things had passed away |
.wiicn-?lio sow thatxho church was ' ligiiie i
by'another -window, & paintingpof Cljiitt,'
tTieSun br righteousness. The real rays oi
^^hc.sun from without, illuminated ilw.
""tajred ones that represented tho glory of
U.Glyjst?ihe Gospel light? within. Per ^ha^fthe
light came in too strongly, making
the rotors of the Saviour look gorgeous.
union of design in tho two pictures
~'i*fdHheir good cxcculion, delighted Ada's'
i\*py)|iv'al(;d taste. j
o*?s iVorojthe' 4/mtutss, lier-eyes turned to j
^ ~ 110W Ihrottffingj
fc*Sn.:i:31veaindQraLooil what.it was toLu ures--j
j#4fi{-'<i/of Cr'ncp'' Church. The tobes " of'silk i
U*pA rvcJfet &houe in lUe doling light 0|f the j
pictured window. " ? , |
m wj^jiagu^r pews^sho observed laiUes and i
gomtiomoh -poDveihiii^ -r she could not avoid
*J?^ofir^J^|5.jpotid deal that they said. Two
HfewUlii 'J. front of *ltcr, were (prtojiing the'j
Concert sh^r, who was to
Aijllicitv, itfler the, sprmon.
t>f th&price th^wiw lo be paitl,
^fCTTWj"t1 ?f- voj^ as adapted to IciVe
^%ongs, or Bacrefl music. .Jg^tJpinaii
saidThaL Jici'^P .lo olijucli,. (lint d?}' to
hear Mwdafffe ^feo?4ii*iy- ntoifl ^to sec the faifc
I wbotn; fie was talking. ?6e
^ tilw fan ftt him, nnd <Ja1W&! ?1ttni a
S3lK6be%P'.'Ai?s?4 M r gla&; t<li e
congregation. .c f ,v?_ i" J
y^fflig^pfgan ^eafccl 1forl1i'/ah(5 " A'fl a' fooked
(S the arthcs and spTH*:tl?*o?g!?' whfcjfj*
_l" t!be gpnd and fi|5telftn""ffiirsld vvas rcvcrbe a
tiiur.!.^cuS&i vt fitie operil^hnjsie wat> piny"
jjP.i y L* 11 ' ' "* ^ \ "v
ra,^in<f^t<r grand 'tcrnea V'^CAme.softer, until,
T?>o ijroln^
^blincofllw instrument 'S^n$ed'l6 bi^fi'V
, t Aifa ^rwitjcjf.
to hear, holy tempje,'
Siot *re
Ahm|kw p4||^i^n??krYud-U it^: ,to follow
mm* jm*i*X9Miti> u **.f:j&ti+sm< rtfx ,*
jBy jfcr'hW r"f "rt ajHant'an^Iia " !!
Jg&gfo*. **m
^enetLo'Sbaelior was, Xr^J
'lfuwii ^V^byjjy-u Lffi8 m'glit las 1
as
^befeTBTOOTSiw^waSjpn ^ein*,
though she could assume the nttitudo
of pravor, she < odd not collect lier wandering
thoughts. There was but liulechu.*
i:!CT. hut in this, Ada's nioe ear perceived
JIxc harmony of . the. voices. Ono or two
verses of p?*ah?R were sung. A sermon was
prench??d that she conld not hear, and tired
to death, sh<> wished the servic.o wero over.
Again, a brilliant prc.eludo was played
on the organ. The minister had disappeared
from his pulpit; the people wero looking
towards the choir, with countenances of
p'e.ased expectation, and tho dwn notes of
tt.o instrument-Oiled the cburcli, and slow*
Iv died awav. As tlvry ceased, a voice
powerful and sweet filled every part of tlie
church. It was a woman's voice, but angelic
hi its tones as it mounted to the carved
spires and windows, fled from comer to
i-orner, and descended to the ears of the
listeiii is.
Ada was cr.lranced "as she li?lened to the
anthem that commemorated the death and
resurection of the 6<>n of God. The music
of the first verso wns slow and solemn; the !
words were impressively sung. Then the J
voice swelled ami quickened, and its notes |
b-ti)lfencd anxiety, for the second verse an- I
nouuecd tlie entombment of Ilim to'whoiri
so tiiHiiy looked )V*s their 'deliverer; lie lavs
in tin.* grave ! the voice poured forth a wailing
lament, I'.'Utl, and then subdued. A?hiV
bosom swelled a> she listened, and tears f?:ll
tVoin lior eyes. lie arises ! and with ilic
loud mu>ic of the organ, the wfieo'tTiumphant,,
mingle !. Every part of the chuiclicrave
b iok the joyful and magnificent strain
of the singer. ,
The anthem appeared to close with this 1
outburst ofmu*ic. Still, the dull, trembling
soujid of the iinUument?-again, the voice.
W'lwi-.. 5h it ? s.. IVii.iU- lw.,,1
as it soars lo the "almost height <?f tho spires,
parses from arch, lingering like *oiue bird
that w.ntld thrill forever, near tin: skies. 1
Ada held her breath.and looked up. Tin-re
was no son ltd throughout .that church but
thu carolling of tho sweet singer. Every i
fotm seemed tobo a statue in ils seat?there
was no uiulion-*-feat fill lo lose the faintvst
note.
And still more fearful, for tho.se noies |
aro fading away, clear still, and soaring
"atrtonffthe vaulted arches of tho roof, soft
and faint, but lingering, there?fainter, and
dying "away to silence.
.Via bent her head, and burnt into-tears,
_
cvoiy nei ve ol het.. frame was so highly
strung. ;
Ci?jwJs were leaving the church j many
came only to lnarthe music.
Mr. l?i\vyn whispere-l lo Ada, '"Shall you
remain lo Communion f'Tlio
quustiun reminded her whero 'fihe
was In iWo houso ol G>nl ? She was
shocked to lliinic how completely she hail
tot go1, ten it. She declined xeinaiaing, not
feeling in a state to kneel at the holy altar, j
Sho fallowed Mrs. Klwyn to the carriage.
Ada,'said Mr. Eiwyn, 'what do -VOt|
think of our Sunday opera? Wasn't it
.grand? I oaroc Very, uear clapping at ono
time.
'I could ne ver worship ir. this church,
said Adsw 'I am grieved to think how cn(.lijely
I was taken up with.that singing, fine
as it whs.' . 4. .
'JViiiapv,' sail] Mrs. Elwyn, 'you prefer to
hear had innsi*: in church."
I would even prefer that,1 said Ada, 'if
the heart went-with it.'
'Iiow.Uo you know but Madame Bertiui's
did ?'
Mr. Elwyn laughed when his wife asked
this question. 'Why, Sophie,' lie said,
/Madame Burtint was paid very high for her
j Wging today." Every,, note that ' thrilled
| through that church, cost money.-.If praise,
jit was liii'.-dpraise.' "1 cannot think that'
: Go.!, whoso altar is the whole earth, and
for whose sanctuary Ileavvit is r.ot glorious I
I enough, will ho pleased with coined tributes
! from the lips of people whose lives are so
oftep-unworthy of them. How woihl it
' Round to read from tlu- pulpit of that church
j the hiatoJ'V and charactertof.each that sings,
j for ih<v*j?muvnH-nt:- of-the congregation i
! Would'yoM visTi (hal 'concert-singer Y
CilrtWifly not.' ' t ' .?
! - .IV'. ? W ' . ....... .
-mu, saui .Mr. rjwyn, 'Mie is gqp.d enough
I.to theMI#<>iie of (rod the praises of a conIgregatioif^
for she sings alone.'....
I *Whv do yon go to churclr,' said Mts.
I Elwyn, -if you iind so much, fault with what
! you sco ntfd.herir tliiret'
'Going to church,* lie said, *rs a habit
I that I got into when I was young ; I believe
I cftlight it Jfr^m. my* mother. I go to
Jarred <3huecb bfccause. you din' .
,. 'Xofyantf'/ffa afe c Ktofhodistf/ said'Mr#,
Elwyn. 'You like preachers that bro?k
down^trtpifo and wear out Bibles in iliisir
saetfi. But ! like propriety i? chilfcli.'"
'Tho propriety' that I saw- today,' said
Ada, 'soemed a mere forininlity; T??t I do
"not tfistT to judgd brtrthly. This r* certain,
you u^tist, riot as^ ipo Aboukjme^fermtfin I.
UIU UVb" CrOII"1JCOTfl>'IIO ICTli' *" ' .* * . f '
-w *r':b~*:
SilSfcfttHTaiyiAdvertise.?There are.'sitya
nif exohftftcrc, ahrewd peopltt lu"ilhi?.'tvo^c].
TTrke.-frrr iro?tjwme,-lM?*wet>s mwv-wlHv'^n^'t
afford" tc* ftdfir^we during the hard liinjop,
Tliese jwc ibe timed wh?n our-j'e.vlty nljirfw<J
' m?fn TM^moftayilaunch ant bqldjy
"vVlfj; rtfelr a^^Vfi^^ents^and^etwi^iCTfctqjr^,
' ^caV>.?fford ' jo. tb'r^ft
?way indney^;*^ tb^y spy? gro^rtLrotifcb*
it MI/#*# lav Imm htfcjc of ,?Uf,lom . to U)0
har^-ft^UR/Sf* f*l^ 'dW?|{sW-*-ihey
jjt" who advertises liberally 1
t* ttVr&?<1 T..fiX 1 *' 1 ;
tise, bargHinarj
^e'ffb'y^ t'f^lp" j?.?"T w^r^r- h. A. ia>
?ril off
auww ill l^gypi. " wiiliil mr or( niwrewn** rtoU,
[Frwi the New York Earning Pvtt ]
. Linns.
fVOCZSTCV BY \1T WcERLT WABIL .,
Tho huiuuu boul is like a thirl .,
Affliction puts in tubs of trial, I
Then peeks to pound out nil the dirt f
By hardest knock* ol' lough denial. t
? . ?
Sprinkled with pnlienee, ?larehe<l with hope, f
It meekly bears the iron'shen I, g
While puts the grtotl <Lv.no, queen of *onp,
Tliut polish on which "can't lie beat." c
s
Willi epo'.a and otnius 11O longer datk, |
All hultonn 011, and neatly mended ; |
Yet no more new?the laundry mark j
ri;,.l-m : *:n ?i. ?:? - ' '
vv II, uill KiC J1IU IS I'llUCU. (
Tubby lloolr, March 25, 1868. 8. E. B. |
* ?-?
Bible Names.
Our forefather* used to give their children
good old Bible names, but this age of |
progress lias brought a change.
'"Ask a little girl, "What is your name,
inv dear ?" and yon g.-t for an answer, Pan- ^
line, or Eslclle, or Angela while boys, in
short frocks and pinafores, rejoice in such (
names as Napoleon, Adolphu*, and Oi Iando.
Swtiiij parents, classically inclined, all j
their sons after the heroen of dassif. stoi'y, (
and wo know one father who bestowed on
hts buy the hijihsoundinu name, Orestes
Agamemnon! It is not often that we hear (
anything quite like this, but all parent*
seem more or less imbued with the absurd |
taste for i?iving tle-ir children line names. I
Those o!d Bible names, hallowed by apostles,
and prophets, and holy women, are (
considered <juite out of date. Young j
|iC(i|Mc wiio iuhi uiemscives iicariti?r sucti ; j
names are ashamed of them, and try to con- (
ceal them ii> every j???s~i 1 ?l?; way.
spruce yonng collegian ^rows indig- "jnant
at the thought ihat lie was named j
Moses because it is so plain and old lash ion- \ ^
l-J, and wiitcs with a flourish, "M. Hans[ onihe
Slingsby."
The romantic boarding-school miss sighs
nvcrher name?I la: n Ji, and la ks her
hiain to find means to abreviate or French- ! |
ity it into something "more genteel." j(
We can remain her a time, in otir girl- j j
hood, when under the influence of a taste
|)'cki'<l np from- sundry novel.-4, we most j
aaruestly wished thai we bad tiot been f
uaun-d Nfartha. Now, however, we are
perfectly content with it V tl*? name was
Imrne by our pious grandmother, by the
wife of "Washington, an 1 l?v one who min- [
istefed to Jesus of Nazareth,, when he walk- 1
d the earth "a man of sorrows and ac. li
ipiaiuted with grief," and "had not where j 1
l.? h.v loo I...-..I " ' '
Wt? like J<> hoar those old Rible names ; %
Rachel mid Rchcccn, and Ruth are far 1
sweater lo our car than Victoria, Alele, and N
Celestine.? And then there is Mary, that !
inimical naino, hallowed by her who
(hunted cradle hymns to the infant Redem- '
er, and by many other fair and nnblo wo- 1
men. "For all to whom the blessed name '
of Marv is a household word," says a favorite
author, let me quote their portrait of a !
liitside idol?darling Mary" :
"I.et her l?> full of quiet grace, I
Nor sparkling wi'Ji n .-u'Men elow,
Brighti-riiii; her purely chislcd luce,
Ami |<laei'l hr? w
Nor r.idiiint to the Ftrnncer's eye? I
A creature easily passed hy ; ;
But who. once sern, with untold power ;
I'oivwr Imuuta the yearning heart,
Riiirol from the crowd that Hclf-jume hour,
To dwei! apart- ;
A II .. .4 3 .-u
?... vurill i lieu ivi uu !
The i<.K>i of cur memory.
And 0 ! 1ft Mary ho tor namo :
It hatii a sweet nud Reutle sound,
At wliicli no ulories <ie?r to lm?c
But which the dreaming heart. heguilee
With holy thoughts and household smiled."
Tlin MOST ClJARMIN'O of WoMKN. Madnine
D? Sm?*l, one of the most elegant eonvcrsaiio:
alists 11 jo world ha* ever known,
fffls by no means a handsome woman, so
far as men.- beam v is concerned ; hut Bvron,
the most fastidious of beauty fanciers,
declared she. could talk down her face in
fifteen minutes. at the end of which time
she became positively beautiful. The art of '
conversation i* a rare gift, and to bo ciilti- '
vatud ac one wonrld cultivate any desirable
art. With some it is a spontaneous facul
tv ; wilh'all. it can be acquired in a great
er or less degree of perfection. An old
book upon etiquette, among an immense
deal oH waddle, contains somt* grains, of
sound sense, which would profit all to heed. ,
On the subject of conversation, we are told
to "interrogate without display, not to interrupt
n profitable speaker, nor desire ambitiously
to put in a word of one's own, to
be measured in speaking and hearing, not
to-lie ashamed of receiving, or to be grndginrr
of information. nor in nnss ?n..i ln.i-V
knowledge tor one's own." And, again,
that the "'middle tono of voice, neither so
slow as to bo inaudible, nor ill-bred from its
high pitch,"'in the most desirable. And,
alsr% that "one should reflect first what he is
going (b sav, arid then give it utterance;
bq ooiiiieoua wheu addressed, amiable in
ocial intercourse, not aiming to be pleastint
by factiousness, but cultivating gentleness
in kind admonitions. Harshness is
orer to'be put aside, even in censuring."
Bumt's "ohen sesame."?In the course
of a ciriticisin of Parton'a "Life of liurrv"
in the-Atlantic Monthly, the writer makes
'a very keen remark, giving the secret of
Aaron Burr's personal magnetism :?"It is
nsb'aVto s^eakof lilni an a remarkable converjationuliat
; but if .by that term we tn-an
'to describe H person wlio i& distinguished *
fov his eloquence, gracu of expression, information,
force and originality of thought,
Burr w'as not a good overFt-er. A ftistinguished
gem Ieman,twho, while young, was
imic.h noticed by Burr, being asked in what
hip personal attraction consisted, replied.
uJn his manner of li*l*n'*nn tn. ?mi / ir?
... v -.-y .v y"'?
itemed tti give your thought so much value
by the air^-wilh.which he %eoeiu<ed it,and
tp-fin# so lnuch ,iiq&e~viia,ning in your
A>toid$ thanyou had intended. No ftrttlory
was equal'?:Wethink that this Anttgdote
roveala tfte entire powefot iheT ni*n.
Ho was.sfron# through the weakness of othew,
rkhlsr than in his own sfrurfgtb"
- ! . 7tr? " ! ? v'?T < The
lo?e Af'ornaitwnt c/aep* ilowly, but v
ftOrefy, Wtorth^s ferrinle heart."'"A girl who j
twines the lily jn^ef treasee And'fookft at ,
.vm wis* I
that tlw lilY ^rM frtdslwVr ftncFtho ?ttjei>n? a
mirror, We say, fejtib^:jroi\ng girl wek'to
idWl her beauW. if?h? ^
*bioli i? v^ndpty tilt it- a
f
A
ifiai*-ifi>>Y - - fi'tirf- r"
Gloomy at Homo.
Above all things I lien; should l?6 no gloom
t Imine. Tlic shadows of dark discontent
ml wastefulness should never cross tlio
hreshold. throwing large black shapes, like
uncial jialN, over the liappv young spirits
litre. If yon will, you shall sit on a throne
md he presiding housel.o'd deity. O!
aithful wife, what pi ivilege*. what treasures,
ficater or purer than thine ?
And let llni husband strive to forget his
nr<: a< he winds around the long narrow
licet, and beholds the soft light illuminate
lis I'mlu parlor, spreading its precious
>e;tmson the red^pave before i'. Tlie night
s cold and cheerless, perhaps; and the D?v
:ember gust battle with the worn skirts of
lis overt-oaf, and snatches with a rude hand
md wailing cry at the hat that has served
lim f>?r* many a year.? TIo lias been harassed,
perplexed and persecuted. lie ha*
Kirtie with manv a cruel tone, many a cruel
vord. and ni'i veil himself up with energy so
lesporate. that ins tianio and spirit are
\eakened and depressed ; and now liis limbs
iche wiili wv'snitH'ss; his temples throb with
liu pain beaten caused l?v too constant apvlic.ai
ion; he scarcely knows how to meet
lis wife with n pleasant smile, or sit down
heerfnlly to their pleasant lit I le Meal which
lie has provided with so much care.
But the door is opened, the overcoat
hrown oil*. A sweet voice falls npon his
ar like a winged angel, it (lies light into
lib bosom, and nestles tlu-ro agaii.at hi*
lea rt.
The la'i h is lifted, and tho smiling face
>f hi* wife gives an earnest welcome. The
hiiiing hair is smoothed over her fair brow ;
ndeerl, she stole a little coqeuttish glance at
h?; mirror hanging in its narrow frame,
list to see if she looked neat, and nrettv be
ore sin; came out.? Her eyes I'earned with
ove, her dress is tas'.cfull v arranged, and ?
vlial ? Why. ho forgets ;ill the trials of
hat long, long clay, as he folds her in his
tuns and imprints a kiss upon her brow.
A Iioiiib where gloom is banished, prei
led over by one who has learned to rule
lero'll" and her household. Christianity!
)iihe is thrice consoled for nil his trials.?
Ie cannot be unhappy ; that sweetest, best,
Icarot solace is his?n cheerful home.?
)d you wonder that tho man is stength:n<:d
anew for to-morrow's toil and cares?
Thk Fool and the Chambeui.ain.?
irratlv respected as was the privilege of the
uol to speak the truth on all occasions, whover
might, wince under it, the unrestrained
i<e <>t stieh a privilege often brought the
ix-rrv speaker in danger of cudgel or dagger,
vliere is a story of a fool at a continental
omit, in early (lavs, who stirred up all tho
vrath that coutd be contained in the hear
>f the Lord Chamberlain, by so exact an
initution of his voice, and so sarcastic, a
lescription of his character, as to excite
oars of laughter in every soul in the banpietting-room,
from the sovereign beneath
lie dais to I lie scullion at the door, waiting
or the dirty plates. The angry Chainberain
encountered Sir Fool an hour afterwards,
ivlien he communicated to the latter his inleniion,
at fitting opportunity, to see if a few
inches of his poniard could not stop tho
loquacious follv <?f the other forever. The
>n..l-rv.?...lrAW ll..W I,w
ind sought protection for his life. '"Be of
run fJ ln*art, merry cock!'1 said the prince t
if the Chamberlain dares run his dagger
into your throat, his throat shall be in a
halter the day after. I will hang him as
high as Hainan." Ah, father!" cried the
jotor, "the. (Inj after has but promise of
sorrow consolation in it. He may thrust
his knife between my ribs to morrow?and
couldn't you hang him the.day beforuf"
History of Court Fools.
MoualCourage.?Sidney Smith, in his
work on moral philosophy, speaks in this
wise of what men lose for want of a little
moral courage or independence of the mind :
"A great deal of talent, is lost, in the. world
for the want of a little moral courago.
Every day sends to the grave a number of
obscure men who have only remained in
oh-curity because their timirlity has prevented
them from making a first effort and who,
if they could have been indnced to Iwgin,
would, in all probability, have gone great
length? in the career of fame. The fact is,
that to do anything in thrs world worth do
ing. we must not stand back shivering, and
thinking of the cold and the danger, but
jump in and scramble through as well as
we can. It will not do to be perpetually
calculating tasks ami adjusting: nice chances;
it did very well before the llooo, when a
man could consult his friends upon an intended
publication for one hundred Bnd
fifty years, and then live'to see it*-success
afterward, but at present a man waits and
hesitates, and consults his brother, and his
uncle, and particular frierrds. till, one fine
day. lie folds that he is sixty years of age;
then he has lost so much time in consulting
his first cousin and particular friends, that
he has no more time to follow their advice."
The Cranbkiirt.?Very many persons
are deterred from cuhivatingthe cranberry
because they have been influenced by the
complicated and expensive processes supposed
to bo necessary. I have eaten ns
handsome cranberries the present winter an
1 ever saw, which were rained ii?this manner
: A man obtained some vines throi
years old, in a neighboring town, took his
hoe and proceeded to a wet spot in his grapa
field, struck in his hoe, put in a vine, trod
it down with his foot, arrd so on, and then
said to the grass and vines, do your best
for the miiMerv. The vines crr?w. nnrl lie
has had cranberries to Kelt. Though this
may not be the best method, yet I believe
that they may be'raised in thousands of
places in sutficient quantities for family uso
without any particular difficulty. I do wish
some of your oerrespondents would inform
me throbgh your paper about it.
Neit England Farmer.
A Black Cloud.?A bfncJccJopd makes
the traveler mend his .pifue, and -tnind his
hottia? whereas a fair-day and a pleasant
way waste his time, and that stealth away
hi* affection* ia the prospect ortlie country^
However.otters may/Kbink of it, yet I take
it as a merqj, that now and-tlien some
clouds come between >ftor and my sun, an&
rmn'y times troubles do eoneesf my comforts,
fiir I perceire, if I should find too'much
[ris?dship in my io?, ii> ray pilgrimage, I'
should soon forget my Father's- bouse and
Wjr beriutye.?Lucat. if-W /
TerTIJ Art&.?'r*It ta very fflfcl, !oWI,n
ijfrj.a cojvvi^t^ ^lon bar, U> Judge
"ta liH?g?;poor m*? Jfcr BieaSn^ *
iKJlA&jJ? -. -. ,'y :-. >'. '.*. "
*Y?u*Ytj Ml to4w fwmg^yW,*'
f...., MflL
:^--i- --iHifn ri'i , ? ...
Tlie friend* of Copt. Q. M. MATTISON respectfully
announce him na n caudidato for
Turf Collector ut the next ejection.
The friend# of JAMES A. McCORD respect- 0
fully nnnouueo him n5 a Candidate fur Tax
Collector Dt the next election. (]
Tlie friends of D*. J. F. McCOMB respectfully
arioounce him au n Cundidute for Tux
Collector at the next election.
?"gggg!!^??1B* (.
Z3&~ Tlie friends of C. H. ALI.I^N announce F
him a-? n Candidate firf Clerk of the Court nt '
tlie ensiling election. , j
The friends of MATTHEW McDON- {
AI.D respectfully nnnounce liitn n Candidate ,
for re-election aa Clerk of the Court of Gen- j
i i?_ i s ni - AUU?M;]I. 1
crui otwiuiiB unu vmrnvii rit*uo, ivi zxuuctiui; ?
District, at tlie next election. '
A few of tlie Long Cono friends of W. G. ^
NEEL, would respectfully announce liim as a ;
Candidate for Sheriff at the next election. i
The friends of JAMES II. COBB respectful f
l_v announce liim us a Candidate for Sheriff ut (
the next election.
C3?" The friend* of JOSEPH T. MOORE re
spectfully announce him a Candidate forShcriff
at the ensuing election.
The friends of T. B. MII,l,I'OUP respoctfullv
announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collcctoi
..r is:-.-:-. .1 . .
v? ?uwc?inc jvjoirict ui Luc Ticxi election.
35" Tlio friends of GEORGE W. UICHEY ^
respectfully announce liim a Candidate for <
SliorifT of Abbeville District at the next
election.
tgpr The friends of MATTHEW ft. COCII
UAN respectfully announce liim a candidate I
for RherilT of Abbeville District, at the next (
election. '
The numerous friends of Col. T. J.
ROBERTS respectfully announce him a Candidate
for Sheriff at the ensuing election. I
1
MS" Thcfriendsof D. W. IIAWTIIOHV r?. i
spoctfullv announce him a candidate for Sheriff 1
of Abbeville District at the next election. '
MANY FRIENDS.
I
tfg~ The friends of NIMROD McCORI) ro- ,
spectfully announce hitn us a Candidate for I
Sheriff at the ensuing election. '
The friends"of S. G. W. DILL respectfully
announce him a Cundidule for Sheriff, al 1
the next Election.
The friends of W. W. ORIFKIN respectfully
announce him a cundidnte for Sheriff ?t
?t.? ? < *? ? ---
v.112 viinunii; rivvuun. | iliny 4f 18DO
MARSHALL, LEE & DeBRUHL.
r?"MIE undersigned liave associated with t.liem,
JL in the Practice of the Law, STEPHEN
C. DcBRUllL, Esq. All business entrusted to
their care will receive orompt attention.
J. FOSTER MARSHALL,
\V. A. LEE.
January 12, 18.V7. 87-tf
SELLI\G OlIT^ DRY (iOODS.
BROOM & Nv)RRELL,
AUGUSTA, 6 A.,
Will offer their ntire Stock of
<S ?? ?
For the remainder of the Season* at very
LOW PRICES.
TIIEIR Slock is larqo and well' assorted,
and offer rare attractions to buyers.?
v\ c are now enpngert in the enlargement of
our Store, and will have to give up it portion
o( it to the workmen soon, am) would like to
reduce the Stock a? low 03 possible before the
move. All in want of
CHEAP DRY GOODS,
Are respect fully invited to give us a call.
Jue 16. 1857. 7 tf
"edwaed h. britton,
(Late Editor and Proprietor of the Carolina
llmex,)
COLLECTING AftPNT.
- . ,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
OFFERS his services to the public ns a Collector
and general business Agent.- He
will receive for collection Notes or Accounts
for any section of the State, attlie usual commissions.
Office over the Carolina Times Printing office,
Columbia, P. C.
References will be given if required.
july 28
House Building.
THE undersigned is now prepared to do nil
work entrusted to his eare, in the Build
inc? Line; to Draw Plans and erect all descriptions
of Buildings, from a one-story house to a
Court House.
Having received instructions from the best
Architects in the Union, he ilattershimself that
lie can have work done in ? style equal to and
as cheap as can be done in New York.
References.?King A Kelhim, Arehitcote,
Brooklyn, New York ; Wm. Gainer, Architect,
of New York City ; Perrynian A Waller, New
Market; Dr. John P. Barratt, BnrratUville.
' HENRY JONES.
Greenwood, Oct. 10, 1856. 23-ly
NOTICE.
J(jlIN WINCEY, Esq., will be happy to
Attend to
OVER HAULING OF ENGINES
or Mill Works, in the Vicinity of Abbeville
and the surrounding .country.
Applicants will please apply to John Enright,
Abbeville, or Wm. Leb'by, Charleston,
o. Ci. JU11W WJiNtJfciY.
Oct. 81, 1856. 26-13'.
Brick masonry nnd Plastering.
THE undersigned having formed a Co-partnership
in the above business, are prepared
to do all work entrusted to them in the nest
and most substantial manner. Having a long
practical experience in thebusine**, they flatter
thenwelvB that they can please the most fastidious.
All work will be warranted.
, JOHN COUMBE,
A. J. V^OOD HURST.
Remjiknck.?H. A. Jones, J. A. Calhoun and
Dr. J. w."Hearst, of Abbeville. ,
Abbeville C. H. Oct. 10, 1856, 23-ly
& . .' *
Removal.
J - % t
THE Subscriber Kds removed from his old
stand to Enr^ght <fc Starr's Gin Factory,
and returns life thanks for post favors, and so
lictis a share of public patronage in bis line
of bftmem.
He will make Pannel 'Boon. 8sab, Blinds,
Wardrobe*. Tables, Desks, Door and Window
Frames, Ac., Ac.
N. B.?He will also mike Coffins of the finest'
, style and fi niah,
For reference, apply to aoy gentleman In the
town of Abbovilla.
.... , G. C. BOWERS
4p?l i? 1857 , * - , <3 ly :
j> .ttoiue ami Lot for M'c
. JN ABBEVILLE VILLAGE, . j
_ ?. ' * * l"
np3l5 HOpSE. and LOT is situ nte in A quiet
JL ioa convenient ,jw?rt of the VHlaije.
The Dwelling is sufficiently large td'aecdmmo?
afaftjl fKmjly., wiM> a|l necessary Qo|#>frdtagii?
The I/or contain^ something oj?er
"Ac re- of' Land ; and haa *'n<mr Artd stab"
Fefieearowrrd; J
rtuy I'onxHi winning lO pure 11080 8UCI1 a iiot,
!..?*? ** " m. ; I
**? - Hi ..-.iVT .1 I) - II - I- -II
JEBMausuai
SO I1EDUL i:
IF GREENVILLE A#? COLUMBIA
??. >A.XK^n. 9iA. !>
?n and after 23d November, 1857.
?_J *?
| Arr. jjLeove|
"stations. | ga"7~m7|
;?lnmtiin. 7.30
't out's Mil), 7.fi5 8.00
.ittletou, 8.82 8.35
Alston, y.10 K.15
lope's 9.28 tf.BO
'ornuria, 0.38 9.40
'rosperily, 10 12 jo.15
lnfTetiB I'. O., 10.27 10 27
Cowberry, 10.:iS 10.10
Ielcna ]0 50 J() 5jj
burton s Tank, 11.08 J 1.10
Silver Street, 11.20 11.23
ionzrWs, 1146 ll47
J|>n pel I 8, 1200 12.03
Sinety-Ste, 12..,0 liA6
New Market, 1.06 x o7
jreen wood, 1 in* 1 mo
i:15 !:S
>ok<*?burvf 2.07 2.12
j Cokesbury, 2.12
I ca J nuoeviiie, 'i 07
iitrinoi'c'v, 2.30 2 32
)onrnildV, 2.-13 2.15
lonen I'nth, 3.05 3.03
11 Mile T. O., 3 20 3.26
liulton, 3.38 3.15
C = ) Bclton, 3.45
((5 \ Ander?OD, 4.40
w il munition, 4.07 4.10
Solden Grove, 4.07 4.10
3reeu ville, 6.15 10.06
JHJ6 -^.W iW
Q Arr. jjLoavo]j
1 STATIONS. B j ,\. .us
Trocnvtiio. cno
Grove, 6.30 s 32
' Ilinmston, 0.10 6]3
jl ) Anderson, 660
(12 J Helton, g.37
6.37 6 63
114 Mil.-T O., 7.00 7.06
loncn Path, 7.27 7.30
mnnald n, 7 ^ s3
iiarniore's 804 ^
j-| ) Abbcrillc, 7 26
( a J Cokesbury, . g.22
3?kosK??ry, 8 22 g g0
?> Mile T O., 8.45 8.45
[?r<-en\rood, - 8 57 ao0
N?w Market, y.UA g j2
:N:inot-v;1viix' 9.32 9.35
LhapelU. . 10-13* 10.15
Biiazmnn?, 10.28 10.30
Silver SI rApf co 1nc<
Burton's Tauk, J1.05 11.10
Helen*. :11#Q 1J.25
Newhorrr, 11.28 11.35
Mftffett'a T. O,, v 11.43 11.43
Prosperity, 11.56 11.57
P. M.
Pomarin, 12/25 12.28
Hope's, 12.40 13.42
Alston, 12.56 1.00
Littleton, 1.36 1.37
Frost's Mill, 2.0t> 2.09
Columbia, 2.30.
FROM
ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON.
VFOTTR TIORSF. STACK leaves AIJUEVII.LE
on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 6 o'clock, A. XI.
Leaves Washington, Ga., on Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday morninirs.
A Daily Train leaves'Washington at 6 J o'clock
P. M.. lor Atlanta and Augusta.
OFFICE at the POST OFFICE.
. " JOHN MeBRYDK, Agent.
Abbeville C. II., April 3, 1857. 48 ly
DISSOLUTION.
r|^lIE late Law Firm of McOOWEN A PERJL
IUN is Dissolved by mutunl consent.?
All business commenced up to this date will be
conducted and tinished by m together under
the name of the old Firm na if nn nic?r>li>?iAo
had taken place.
S. McG0WK!7,
J AS. M. ri^RRIN.
January 1, 1857. 3f>.tf
TO THE LADIES.
More New Mantillas \
CHAMBERS & MARSHALL
HAVE received this week direct from New
York, a beautiful assortment of
BLACK ClIANTELLY LACE,
Black Silk and Black Moire Antique handsomely
Trimmed White &. Colored
No. 1 Granite Range.
Abbeville C. II., S. C., April 17 [OOtf
BYTHEWOOD & COWAN,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Nn 9 ft A. KTrnxun- n>
w. ? w 1vu w|
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
FOR the Sale of REAL ESTATE, NEGROES,
also COTTON, WHEAT. IiACON. Lard,
Wliiskov, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses.^'lour, ButU'r,
Corn, tiny and Produce generally.
Strict personal attention paid to the sale oi
any of the above?liberal advances made and
prompt returns.
Matiiew W. Rttiiewood, James M. Cowan.
Aug. 10, 1867 17 tf
More Books and Drugs!
rTMIE Subscribers have just received their
.. k?utn hi inciiiciuen, uuukk ami fancy
articles, and are prepared to Hell at short
profits.
We are Agents for the sale of a series of
STANDARD WORKS, now in the course of
publication, by the Appletoos of New York.?
Among these are included
The Debate* in Congress from 1789 to 1856.
Benton's Thirty years* View.
' Morses General Atlas of the World;* from the
latest authorities, to 1880. '* '
Cyclopedia of American E1oquencet with
Portraits.
The New American Cyclopedia.
The Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Edited
by Wm, B. Burton. ?_
Specimen Copies of the'MbdVe works may be
seen at our Store, together with many other
new andc6legar>t Bfffiks.
We are also agents for the sale of' Grover'a
& Baker's SEWING MACHINE, acknowledged
to be the best now in uae, and the least liable
to get put of order. This Machine will j be
Warranted aod sold here at New Turk prices.
Price* varying from fttOO to (1-26.
. nn i iin** *
jpakAiiwa as Aiji-.ftiN.
,,S^tl?t 18JN. , . 41 . s lf
1 ' mm*ff ' '
AiHBROTYPES.
W. G. KE N IT E B Y
"OESPECTKULLT inform* the Pablifl Mat
XV h* >b perm?nentty located at
WHITE 1*AUL,, , ,
Whore he i* follv uranarad. *t. < >) ?Lm?. . Ia
give ? .and Likenes# for ?
moderate remuf}?r?tioo. ~ r - '
Jul#??i&rt . *?. _ . 10 ;tt '
T11? COPAi#NERSfip> H?r4to%e .^iine
?**&m *?lSHP$r
To lite Public.
TIIE Undersigned having ?old the AHj*tI?*n
Hotel to G. C. CUNNINGHAM & CO i
tnke thin occnsion to retnrn otir thanks
public generally for the liberal patronng* b?8
to wed upon ue and would solicit the sum* tot
it* present Proprietors. Respectfully.
O. 11. P. SCOIT A COW
Hamburg, May 30r 1807.
. AMERICAN HOTEfi,
HAMBURG, S. C.
rpilE Subscribers take this opportunity ofln1
forming their friends and the public generally
ilint thov Imve bought the above HOTRI/,
mid nre finving it refitted in the best pes'
...t.. .cvcpiivu. ??e jiftiier otir
selves that every Decennary arrangement Kim
been made to promote tlie comfort of all whtf
fnvor us with their company. Our ROOMS yt
niry mid comfortably furnished; SERVANTS
attentive aiul obediunt. And our TABLE wilt
he constantly supplied -with the best thestfaaorf
affords. Our friends may therefore rest utii<
lied that every exertion will be cheerfully r?od<
red to make their sojourn pleasant and agree*
able.
Thore will be in attendance a GOOD OSTLERL
and Horses left In charge will receive particular
attention.
E3T Persons arriving at this House may feet
assured that their bnggage will he promptly
sent, free of charge, to the Carolina or to either
of the Georgia Depots.
We solicit u share of the patronage of those
visiting our town.
G. C. CUNNINGHAM.
MARY S. CUNNINGHAM,
Proprietors.
December 11,1857. 32
To Meohanics, Inventors, and Mann-'
facturers.
I' N ANNOUNCING the TfHRTEHNTH Annunl
Volume of the SCI ENTIFIC AMERICAN,
the Publishers respectfully inforrt^ ,th?
public that in order to increase nnd stiojulnte
the formation of clubs, they propose to- 'offer
One Thvuxaud Five Hundred Dollar? in Ca*h
J'reintuniK for the fifteen largest lists of .subnerilicrs
sent in by the 1st of Jnnuary, .1868 }
said premiums to be distributed as follow#;?
For the largest list, $300 ; 2d, $25?
$200 ; 4th, $ 160 ; 6th, $100 ; 6th, $9Q..; 1th,
?8'> ; Sth, $70; 9th, (60; 10th, $50-;.:Utb
?10 ; 12th, $3.? ; 13th, $30 ; 16th, $25 j 16tb,
$20.
Names of subscribers can be sent hi at differ'
ent times and from different Post. Offices. Th?
cash will lie paid to the ordora of the successful
competitors, immediately after the 1st srf
January 1858.
Southern, Western, nnd Canada money will
lie taken for subscriptions. Canadian subscribers
will plcnse to remit Twenty-si* cents rx
| tra on each years' subscription to pre-pay po?
tnge.
Term* of Subscription.?Two Dollar* a Year,
or One Dollar for 6ix Months.
Club Jintfs?Five Copies, for Six Monthi,
?1- ; Five Copies for Twelve Months, $8 ; Ten
Copic*, for Six Months, $3; Ten Copies for
Twelve Months, IS ; Twenty Copies, for
Twelve Month*, $28.
For nil Clul)? of Twenty and over, the year*
ly subscription is only $1.40.
" The new volume will be printed upon flat
paper with new type.
The ceticral character of the SciX.itirto .A*
memcan is well known, and hb heretofore, it
will be chiefly devoted to promulgation of 'in
formation relating to the various Mechaiiicat
and Chemical Art*, Manufacture*, A gricidtikr*,
Patents, Inventions. Engineering, Mill. IFitrJfc,
anil all interests which the light- of Practical
Scimee is f" -"f ?-- '' ; 1
? ......it. ?<. is innia
weekly, in form for binding } it contains ?onunlly
from 500 to 600 finely executed Kngra*?
.inns, and Notices of American nnd European
Improvement*, together with no Official Lift
of American Patent Claims published wtokly
in ndvntice of nil other paper*.
It is the aim of the Editors of the Sctsmtttio
Amkmoax to present all subject? discussed in its
columns in n practical and popular form. They
will also endeavor to maintain a candid fearlessness
in combating nnd exposing false theories
and practices in Scientific and Mechanical
mntters; and thus preserve the character of
the Hciestific Amkp.ican as n reliable Encyclopaedia
of Useful nnd Entertaining Knowledge.
Spocimen copies will be sent gratis to
any pari of the country.
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No. 128 Fulton street, New York.
.The State of South Carolina.
Abbeville Di*tr\ct.?In tfie Common Pitta.
William Wilson, )
c c. ye. V- For?jgo Attachment,
la*. A. I.iddell. ) Thomson <t Fair Attorneys.
Wheren* the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh
day <if April, eighteen, hundred and - fifty
seven, file his declaration against the D?fendnnt,
who, it is said, -is absent from-and
without the limit# of this State, aod has neither
wife nor attornoy known vrittih the MBit,
upon whom a copy of the said declaration
migh't-be served?
It in therefore ordered, that tbo ?aid Defendant
do appear and plead to tbesaid deela.
ration, on or before the twelfth day of April,
eighteen hundrud and fifty-eight, otherwise
final and obsolute judgement wilt then begiren
uud awarded nirainnt him.
MATI'IIICW McDON'ALD, ccf.
Clerk's Cilice, April 11, 1857 61?ly
The State of Soutli Carolina.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.Office
Court of Common Pica* and Ocn'l Stuioni.
James T. Be,kin, ) Attachment'
James A.Liddle. ) Ba,kin- mfT''
* - rrrnoAo *1. . - *
t, iimvjono me rininun oia, oil toe C'gn*
V V teenth day of October, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, file his declaration against
the Defendant, who, (it is'aaid,) is absent from
oud without the limits of this State .and haa
neither wife nor attorney known within the
same, upon whom a copy of said declaration
might, be served: It is therefore-ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead
to the said declaration, on or oefore the nineteenth
day of Octobor, eighteen hundred- and
tifty-sovei, otherwise final and absojute judgment
will then be giren end awarded qgaiast
hire. . c ' ' ?*
MATTHEW MoDONALD, U C. f.
Clerk's Office, Oct. 18. 1856 26-1 y
: ~~~ StJUTH CAROLINA.; ' ^
4 \<
abdevii/lb district. in ofuoiha^r.
Isaac Carlisle, App'tT Parti ton V,
a. I In this mutter *?( the
Wm. Carlisle, Agnes* V Real Estate efjamca
Kennedv, et. at, I Carlisle dee'd.
Defts. J
IT appearing to ft)y satisfaction tha$, the chifdren
of James Cerliale, names riot known ;
the children of Sam'l Carlisle. . names net
known;,the children rif Martha NeWat|, npmea
not known ; the children of Margaret Shi|ckl?'
ford, names not known ; And the children el
FJtfhcis Carlisle, names not known, hairs mi
^inti-ihiifnoo laiwM u
. """ *=<> <w>ni iioie, ueon, resrae oe*
j-pnd the Iinjfte of this State.?It is therifore
ordered thattifey do Appear, and object' tb th?
sale of the Refcl Estate of the said James Gar*
h?U> on or before the sixth day -o^Unuary, A,
: WILLIAM HILL, O. A. P.
Oct. 6. 1859 23 i
.,Vh?8la?e of SOr?(Ji CncMiai,
' ' Di*rict->In tk* Common. Ttjai
w.. L . AtUc"hm?ai.- "
H?ory "* . % y -A
. j|Kigwpc?i
m\ ty saventK day of Number. iH? fil.
n;s accn?r*tip.n ngKintt theDefeiWfcJit, (
it S ?*13); i? ibtent !fc>m. nd^iUiont.ifre n?ifa?
'of tliis Stitf, ??$ or rnj
Irnjjgrn wjtjfcin TTh^^eopy
oCPft ^a.4??Urati6o j?
therefore ordered. th^t the eeld PcfattMt 4er
npfrBt .eudpliid I? tlie-*?id tftelaraliM, ? er
tyeforo The tyefltjr'-elghT-.dw* ?f Nvrnkr,
t?hio,hwilLh?in the fqmr.QT otir Lord KighUt*
j..Hnqdncd ?wd J^fty-?ight, .otfairw**end
* 4?$W- w^t .$?** M*