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From the Mrrcury. Exciting Sceno at the Post Office. There was an excitement created 011 Saturday morning in the vestibule of the post-office, \viiicli lias been the "town talk" ever since. It seems the mails were not opened on Saturday quite as early ns usual, and at nine o'clock a large crowd of people had collected, of all ages, sexes sizes and coadi tions. At five minutes past nine the eager crowd began to grow inpatient, and pressed energetically up towards the delivery windows, each one trying to obtain a position ia advance of the other. "Don't crowd," says one; "Stand back," says another ; while a third, with elongated ; ; 4 i <r - ? I luniuius, cries oui, ~v?ei ou my corns! Which remark was answered by an inebriated individual with, ''No place for coined beof here." The owner of the mutilated corns nptly retorted, "Nor corned pork either." This clover response caused a swinish sound to emanate from the would be witty corn destroyer, and a hearty laugh from the bystanders. , "Open that j.r' post officecries a big blustering bully in a checked shirt.?"Shot ycr fiy-trap," replies a white coated philosopher from the opposite corner. "Will yes ask for a lether for Misther Barney Kiannegin?" yells a Hibernian, protruding his uncombed head through the door from the rear. "Nothing for Mr. Flannegin," shouts an accommodating gentleman, in an official tone of voice. "Dry up, Misther Flannegin," Cora n ? -??**-?4 ^ *- 4 .. j uuuj; v-.v-i ?v, iiiiiuiuiiy uarney s lone and manner. ''That's my pocket book, sir," ] politely addresses a gentlemanly looking j person, as he seizes upon a well filled ivallel, : just as a strange, faneily dressed, mustach- I ed stranger was about to relievo him of its J weight and bulk. "Ah ! is it?"' says tl.o 1 stranger, in the same polite manner, ''I big > your pardon, sir, but?" '"Von can apolo- j gize to the officer, sir," replies the gentle- I man, handing the distinguished stranger j over to one of the guard, who gently assist- j ed the owner of the flash)* costume and faultless moustache out into the fresh air, fl and generously provided quarters for the stranger at the city's expense. Nine o'clock and fifteen minutes?mails not distributed yet. Crowd are impatient, when suddenly the windows are thrown open and on rush j .J.. . ? .1 - : <* " u? niUUILUUU IU jJCl IIICH |>UIIH>IJ Ol IIIC I mail matter. Just at this moment the start- \ ling shout of "mad dog!" "mad dog!" was heard at tho entrance, and at the same time j a wild yelping, bark, interspersed with all ' the various "ki vi's for which canine lun?s . i lire so admirably adapted.?Now a terrific scene ensued, Some ran one way, some an- , other, but all seemed anxious to get outside, I as the wild animal seemed to be in their [ very midst, and making his way towards j the front of the excited throng. "Let me out!" Murder!" "Ilero he comes!" "Look , . out!" "Shoot him!'' "kill him!" "Ki yi, i yi!" "bow-wow-wow!" In less than three ' minutes the room was vacated by the fright- 1 tned crowd, with the exception of a single individual, a little man, with keen, blark . eves, who hnldlv tr> tl><? nnAn ivin (low of the general delivery department and cried out in a loud voice, "Are there any letters for 'Wyman the vantriloquist ?" A hearty laugh greeted the question from j a few of the outsiders and the clerks who j had witnessed the pell-mell flight of (he terror-stricken crowd; but we'll venture to tb assert that the weird joker got more curses than letters, on this occasion, for the preparation of his cruel hoax. Take Life as it Comes.?lI like going out to dinner?to a good dinner, if pos- ! sible?hut to a bad dinner occasionally, rather than not go out at all. I like meet- ! ing people?clever people, if possible? agreeable people above all things; but we can't be all clever or agreeable; and I am inclined to take society?as we are obliged ; to take a good many things in this world ?as it comes. It strikes me, too, very j lorcmiy, mai 11 everynody declined to meet J everybody who was not clever or agreeable, it would fall rather hard npon some of lis; I, for instance, should love no society at all. \ I am not clever certainly, and not agree- j able always; indeed, at timc3 abominably j stupid or disagreeable, as my conscience 1 painfully informs me; though, of course, 1 should be justly indignant if any one else were to take that liberty. Yet I should take it very hard to be scouted as if I were j a Hindoo, (whether Brahmin or Pariah, | makes little difference just now,) on account j of these infirmities; which, after all, are j human, and largely prevalent. Laying j claim to no remarkable brilliancy myRclf, I ; do not take accurate measures of all my friends' capacities, and can make allowances fc*.. or,., r..:~ ? ~r -i--? T ? vi otijr win uuiuuui ui uuiuess. 1 nave ! been quite as much bored, if the truth must be told, by well-informed men and superior women, as by anything I can remember. I have found recognised geniuses the dullest possible company; and have spent the most enjoyable evenings with people who confessed themselves to be dunces and nobodies ?have yawned for very weariness amidst the 'oremc de la creme and laughed at small wita-of ray own. ealibre to the great benefit of ray digestion, however derogatory to my taste.' Editiwo Papers.?Every body knows Bow newspapers should 'be edited, but it so happens that the number who succeed in editing is very small indeed. Robert Chambers, one of the roost successful of editor?, who for so many years has conducted the y unowned 'Journal' which bears his nama. very justly remark* that the editor, like the pogt(.iDUSt be born, Dot made. And that ! thp/ohief duty of An able, editor is not so auohin putting tilings into bis paper as in keeping things out. There lies the grand MCMt. . - A Widow in Trouble. Tlic Memphis Appeal publishes tho following very romantic story, and assures its readers that tho occurrence related is strictly true: A friend of ours, who does business on Main-street, in this city.was traveling a few weeks ago in Arkansas, <>omo fifty or sixty miles below Memphis. As night came on at the conclusion of a long day's travel, he arrived at a solitary house, where it appeared the residents within were already prepared to retire to rest. He knocked at the door, a head was protruded from a window, and i ill reply to si question from the owner of I the head, lie said lie wished to stay for the ' night. The head was withdrawn, and a i consultation apparently took placo with . some one within, and after a little delay the | head was again advanced and our fiiend ! asked his name. We will not give the I name stated? that of "Kulkcrson" will answer the same purpose. '"Fulkerson," repeated the man with the head out of the window, as if surprised, and not agreeably so. 4*Yes, John Kulkcrson," was the reply in a tone that had an expression of impatience about it, for the traveler was hungry as well as tired, and not being a priest, fasting never soothed his temper. Tlio head was again withdrawn at this announcement, as rapidly as an Iiishman once withdrew his, when he knelt and took a drink out of one of the boiling springs of the State in which the adventure we are relating took place. Some time now elapsed ; the night was cold, and our hungry friend found his quarters in front of the solitary house not all to his mind. At length he hammered violently at the door several limes. ?>twl iii?nrn#l n c<._ I l ies of ejaculations, more indicative of a flex- j ible tongue than of profound piety. Ho then took a look round the premises, to as- j certain if possible, the reason of this unaccountable delay. lie discovered a man 1 | stealing silently away in the rear, who | jumped over the fence and setoff in a run, < that spoke well for his agility,in the direction of the timber. The front door was , opened at this moment, and a negro girl . < called to him to come in. j 2 On entering he could discover nothing * suspicious ; a good supper was set before ] him, and he was attentively waited upon. | lie noticed, however, that the negro was t very curt in her replies to his questions, and that when he asked anything about the inmates of the place she manifested an emo- j tion that looked like alarm, lie retired to 1 bed, too greatly fatigued to reflect much ( upon the singularity of this conduct; he slept J well, and iti the morning at an ea'ly hour eating his breakfast, when he observed a pnir , of eyes intently gazing at him from a chick , , in the wall that divided the room in which , he sat, from an adjoining passage. Deter- ' ' mined to know the meaning of the singular ' j behavior he had obseived in that place; for j ( for every individual about it whom he J t had ."lccustfil nn<ttv<>r<t>l li>"i *? I ~... HIV , J fewest possible number of words, and then | hiiriied siwav from him him as in fear ?he i rushed into the passage and catching hold 1 of the man whose eyes had been so busily ( engaged, he demanded the reason of his pin gular scrutiny. The man appeared over- , come with agitation, and asked?in a voice i the interrogator at once recognised as the ; same he had heard on the previous night? | if Mr. Fulkerson intended to stay ? No, Mr. Fulkcrson would go as soon as he had finished his breakfast and paid his bill, but he . insisted upon knowing why so much spying ' and whispering were going on ? ' "Why, are yon not Mr. Fulkcrson that i owns this house?" asked the man. "No, I nsver saw tho house before," was the reply. ( In a moment a look of intense satisfaction . beamed from the man's face, which had be- j fore worn a troubled expression ; and with an \ other word he ru.-hed upstairs, three or four * steps at a time and quickly returned, bring- . ing with Imn a portly looking dame, whose , eye9 were red, as if with weeping, and ex- ( claimed in a tone of joyous surprise as soon | as she caught sight*of our bewildered friend, who could not for the life of him guess what had bewildered the folks?"Is it not John ?" An explanation then ensued from which it appeared that the house in which our friend had spent the night, had formerly been the property of a man of the same name as himself. This man had been absent some years. As nothing had been heard from him during all that time, his better halt, the lady who appeared so much pleased that he was not "Joint" had resolved to take another husband, and the new knot was to be lied that very evening. On the previous evening her intended second husband was paying his attentions as a lover, when the announcement of the name of "John Fulkerson" from our friend, in a moment spread dismay and consternation where all had been joy and anticipation. The lover stole oft* the back way, to be beyond the reach of danger ; the lady had spent the nigiii in weeping ; once she had mourned \ licr husband's absence, now 6he grieved < over his return. i The quietness of the unexpected and un- | welcomcjguest had, however, somewhat reas- | suredtho distressed couple; llio lover had | cautiously returned to the house, and was , making his observations, when our friend | unceremoniously seized him. The tidings ( were quickly spread, and laughter and mirth j soon filled the dwelling that had been dole- | ful with disappointment and sorrow. < The traveler was heartily invited to stay , nud partake of the wedding supper ; his , business called him away, however but he | has since learned that the marriage took , place without any outward interruption, j If the real John Fulkerson, of Arkansas, , should ho alive and see this, let him take ] warning and never approach tlio houso he , has deserted, for ho is Ulust emphatically ' not wanted. ( Two Ordeus oy Poets.?I admit two j orders of poets, (says Iluskin.) but no third ; ( and by these two orders I mean the crea- , tiva?Sbakspeare. Homer and Dante?and ( reflective or perspective, \V00d9w0rth, Keats, Tennyson. But both of tluiso must , be Jirtt-rtkla in tlieir range, though their j range is different; and witli poetry of sec- ] ond-rale qrfality no one ought to bo allowed to trouble mankind. There is enough* of the best?much more than we can ever road or enjoy in the length of a life ; and 1 it is a literary wrong or sin in any person < to encumber us with inferior work. I bave 1 no pauence wuii apologies made by young 1 pseudo-poets, "that tliey believe there in 1 some good in what they have written ; that 1 do hope to do better in tinns," etc. Some < good ! If not all good, there is no good. If they ever hope to do better, why do they | trouble us now) Let tbetn rather.cour- "i ageously burn all they bave done, and wait < for the better days. / j Self-rsspict, is tbe noblest garment we 6ao ! clothe ourselves in. < j :+ Novor Toll a Lie. Children, and old persons as well, ought always to speak tlio trutli from a lov?* of doing right, ami ajoathing of wrong. Hut it sometimes stietigthens upright aims to ' know that honesty is also tlie best policy, ami that onu who uniformly adheres 1 to the truth is certain in the end to prosper, j The following story from the New York Chronicle has a moral for our young readers. Two country lads came at an early hour to a market town, and after arranging their little stands, sat down to wait for customers. (>ne was furnished with fruits and vegetables of t'ne hoy's own raising, and the other supplied with clams and li-h. The market hours passed alon?, and each little merchant saw with dleasure his store steadily decreasing, and an equivalent in silver pieces, shining in his little mon. y cup. The last mel- | on lay on Harry's stand, when a gentleman j came liv. and niacin ? iii? n?.<>?. , I ? - "I I 4 What a fine large melon. I Iiiink I must have it for my <Jintivr. What do you ask for it. my boy. 'The melon is the last I have,sir; and though it looks very fair, thorn is an unsound spot on the other side,' said the boy, J turninpr it over. 'So there is,' said the man ;'I think I j will not take it. lint,' he added, lookinj j into the boys fine open countenance, 'is it j yhur business like to point out the defects j of your fruits to customers?' 'It is better than being dishonest, sir,' said the hoy, modestly. 'You are right, my litlle fellow, always remember that principle, and you will Hud favor with God and man also. You have nothing else I wish for this morning, but 1 shall remember your little stand in future. Are these clams fresh V be continued turning to Den Wilson's stand. . 'Yes, sir ; fresh this morning. I caught hem myself,' was the reply ; and a purchase Living uiiiuu, 1110 gentlemen went on his I way. 'Ilarrv, what a fool von was to show the i ventlemau that spot in the melon. Now you j ;an take it lioine tor your pains or throw il | iway. How much wiser is he ahout those clams [ caught, yesterday. Sold them at tho same nice I did the flesh ones, lie would have lever looked at the melon until he had gone i way.' ,llen, I would not tell a lie, or net on ei,her, for twice what I have earned this mor>ing. besides, I shall be better oft" in the ;nd. for I have gained a customer and you jave lost one.' And so it proved, for tho next day the jentlemcn bought nearly all his fruit and vegetables of Harry, but never invested another penny at the stand of his neighbor. Thus the season passed ; the gentleman findng he could gel a good article from Harry, :ontiniiallv patronized him, and sometimes alked a tew minutes with him nbout his 'uture hopes and prospects. To become a nerchant was his great ambition. And .viw?tl ?1?A ........ v..? ?iiuvi i.iiuu uii, iucj gentleman, j wanting a trusty boy for liis store, decided >n giving the place to Harry. Steadily ind surely lie advanced in the confidence >f his employer, until, having passed through various gradations of clerkship, he became ?t length one of the honored partners iu the [inn. Keeping Waiimis Florence?The edtor of the New York Express is in Europe, I ind from a letter from Florence, we extract I \s follows: . IIow do people keep warm in hot climates during the winter? T am seeing ind solving this riddle daily. Fire-wood is dear?of coal there is none except the imported, and hence the pioblem indeed. The "natives" keep with them in their shops ind places of business a little earthen pot, with a handle to it, full cf hot coals covered jver with '"lies. This they hold by their ingers, or keep between their legs, and this is their method of keeping warm. They sometimes have a large pot in the middle of lie loom fur gen-i:.! use, which they some- J inids cover over, leu oftener do not. I havo ushed, therefore, to-the conclusion that the 3iily wise wintej residence for a man that neansto keep warm in Canada, or Maine, >r New lirunswick?for in these latitudes he houses are all made for summer, and there is not wood enough in the country to .varin them in the winter. In higher, Nor hern latitudes, everything is in preparation :o keep you warm in winter?but here in Italy, it is "freeze" "freeze" "freeze," all the .ime. The fact, is however, that people never accustomed to artificial warmth do not need it, as we anthracite roasted people of America do The Florentine complains not, while I shivar and shiver. lie suns himself, when a little cold, upon the A mo, or tocs at night to the opera or theatre, where .lie gas and hot breath of others keep him warm. We die in our hot rooms, in dried .j? I'muiMMciii smii*, wiui dyspepsia, etc., tint tlio Florentine fattens and flourishes in bis damp, cold, open air?so that-, if we are bot at home, we suffer for it, while lie is jompensated for his cold, aching fingers, in !?ia better ventilation or health. Never 301110 to Italy, then, tc\ keep warm. Egypt is the nearest place that the warm sun cau be found in hereabouts in January. The skies of Italy are all poetry in the American jye, and Italy sober prose with the British or Northern Frenchman, to whom tho winter sun is a myth or a "rarity. Remember mo writing, Jannary 23rd, in two overcoats *nd a thick big blanket, before as good a wood fire as can well be got up in Florence. But be not appalled, however, by this discomfort. There is little or no frost here, rhe living, in a New York eye, is very, very ^beap. I have about an eighth of a big palace, four big rooms and more, for only ibout 82 a day. (Rents are cheaper, howaver, now than usual, in consequence of "all the world" being in Rontfei Provisions are :heap. Almost everything of the growth if the country is cheap ; and $5,000 per fear will, if judiciously expended, go as far w ?20,000 tn N<jw York city, the way we tiere spend mpney. a r oiuuriNo ijatin.? we nave board of a former whose Ron had for-a long time been ostensibly studying Latin in a popular academy. The farmer not being perfectly satisfied with the course and the conduct of the young hopeful, recalled biro from school, and placing him by the side of a cart, one 3ay, thus addressed him :?'Now, Joseph, Sere is a fork, and there is a heap of manure and a cart; what do you call tbem in Lifting ? 'Fprkibtis et manuribus, Mid Joseph.?'Well, trow,* saUHheold mm: -if you don't take that forkibus pretty quiek'abus, and pitch tJbnt manaribus into that cariibus, I'll break you lazy back^i&| toMpk w?oV U) workibiiaycMtowUhabW-rJ/ ~ ** > '' M ? - - - - ~i r i1-*1-- i One of Rossini's Rocoptions in Paris. A l'aMfi correspondent of llic New York Express, writing on the 15th tilt., says: Tim ln*t Saturday reception of Itossini ?ui;lit lo be marked wit li a white cross.) The favored few of his salon have not vot | see.; so charming a musical fete. First, the i imignilicent duo of "Semiramide" and "Ar- j saca," by Mesdatnes (irisi anil Morghi-Mamc, the conclusion of which was performed a second time in obedience to incessant bravos. ! Ilorghi-Mame then sung a cantata by Ros-1 sini, and (irisi gave the romance from "Saul' Mario sung the air of tho "Gondolier and as he was not in tho coulisses,ho was comselled to yield to the solicitations, and ae i.: ir .1 - " 1 ?_?< |>.?n> iiuuM-ii on me piano, rv.iusequeiil ly, a glorious trio was improvised?Mario, Hidinii,and an amateur performed the spendiil inspiration from "Guillaume Tell." Mario was sublime it) his accents of grief. There were tears in his voice, and his listeners went so deliciously that thev clamored to ho made to weep again. Itorghi-Mamo terminated this delicious evening by interpreting two pretty Neapolitan songs; the first of a character somewhat sad, tlio second gay and joyous, Tim "Magicienno" of the Grand Opera in no ways lo<t. her prestige during the evening?an contraire. The guests did not separate without emotion. After an evening so fraught with pleasure, Madame Taglioni advanced to wards Mario to compliment hint, and said : "I am sure you do not recognize me !" "Ah, diva!" cried the tenor reproach fill I v. "You sing as yon did in your hest days!" she observed ; "and I, alas! I dance no more!" "Hut," returned Mario, "'you have taken the art with you." Madaine Rossini sparkled with diamonds and amiability. The god himself, the maestro, smiled in his olympian majesty, full ol aflability and bonhomie. The fete was given in TagliouPs honor, and, (or the first time lli?? # #*!?-*...... ?t?- I rantula" air was preformed. Its rapid movement melodious measure had an electrical effect, and the ex datiseuse regretted thai she could not dance again to such music. During the evening, a piece by ltossini, for the violoncello, The Larme," was executed by Prince Poniatowski. Natciiai. Peruonance to Woiik:? "Every one, then, naturally hates work, and loves its opposite, play. And let it be remarked that not idleness, but play, is the opposite of work. Put some people are so happy as to be able to idealize their work into play; or they have so great a liking for their work that they do not feel their work as effort, and thus the element is elimitcd which makes work a pain. How I envy those human beings who have such enjoyment in their work that it ceases to be work at all! There is my friend Mr. Tinto, the painter; lie is never so happy as when he is busy at his canvas, drawing forth from it forms of beauty: he is un at Ins work almost as soon as he lias <lavn^ht for it; he paints all day, and he f* sSrry when the twilight compels him to atop. 'lie delights in his work, and so his work beconi' play. I suppose the kind of work" which, in the case of ordinary men, never "ceases to be work?never loses the conscious feel inn in strain ami eiiort?is thlflr of composition. A great poet, possibly,** may find much pleasure if> writing,* there liave been exceptional men whoTwul they never were so happy, as when they had tho pen in their hand. lintTon, I think, tells us that once ho wrote for fourteen hours at a stretch, and all that time was in a state of positive enjoyment; and Lord Macaulav, in the preface of his recently published speeches, assures us that the writing of his history, is the occupation and the happiness of his life. Well, I am glad to hear it.. Ordinary mortals cannot sympathise with the feeling. To thorn, composition is simplv hard work, ami hard work is pain. Of course, even commonplace men have occasionally had their moments of inspiration, when thoughts present themselves vividly, and clothe themselves in felicitous expressions, without much or any conscious effort. But these seasons are short and far between ; and although, while they last, it becomes compa lively pleasant to write, it never becomes so plea-ant ns it would be to lav down Hie pen, to lean back in the easy chair, etc., etc., etc. The Piiii-osophv oe Eatijco.?A writer says:?In 1844. a French soldier was forccil to quit the service because he could not overcome his violent repugnant disgust towards animal food. Dr. Prout, whose testimony will be more convincing to English readers knew a person on whom mut ton acted a.-: a poison :?'Ho could not eat mutton in any form. The peculiarity was supposed to be owing to caprice, but the mutton was repeatedly disguised and given to him unknown, but uniformly with the same result of producing violent vomiting and diarrhea. And from the severity of the effects, which were, in fact, those of a vir 1?1 nt nnlonn ' 1 ' t miciu ixiu uc ULIIU (jouol that if the use of mutton had been persisted in, it would soon have destroyed the life of the individual.' Dr Pereira, who quotas this passage, adds, 'I know a gentleman who has repeatedly had an attack of indigestion alter the use of roast mutton.' Some persons, it is known, cannot take coffee without vomiting; others are thrown into a general inflammation ifthoy eat cherries or gooseberries. Ilahn relates of himseif that seven or eight strawberries would produce convulsions in him. Tisfot says lie could never swallow sugar without vomiting. Many persons are unable to eat eggs; and cakes or puddings having eggs in their composition, produce serious disturbances in such peiaons, if they are induced to eat them under false a?snrancc?. Jefferron and His Fiddle.?The writor ft!* tl?#? ? v. IIIUC|I?3iiukiii;U was passionately fond of fiddling, and is Raid to have excelled in playing upon that instrument. . In 1770 his family mansion was burnt. Mr. Jefferson" used to tell, in after year,s with glee, an anecdote connected with the fire. lie wa* absent from home when it occurred; and a slave arrived, out of breath, to inform him of the disaster. After learning the genera) destruction, he inquired, "Hut were none of my books saved I" **No, mass?,rt was the reply," but toe saved de fiddle ^ > m How Pitt cams to love wink.?During his boyhood, PiU was very weakly ; and bis physician^ Addington, Lord Sidmouth's father,ordered bim to take port wine in large quantities : the conseauencu was that, wbro'fae grew up, be eould not do without it. Lord crreeqvilie has seen bira swallow a bottle of port wine ip tumblerful* before going to the House..' Huafcisson spenting to me of Pitt,. said ttifttliis hands shook so much "that, when Hi helper} him self tb salt, he was obliged to support his right hand with bis lefWj^qTai *: .? ? * kr ' /* - The last of Earth.?The Paris correspondent of the Traveller has the following'. "Never envy any man! All have their bunions, and he 'that temperetli the wind ! to tbu shorn lamb,' hath endowed habit | with the power of alleviating the heaviest loads. The other day there was a splendid funeral in thin street, a few doors below the home in which I live. All the hideous pageantry which increases the horrors of death was assembled. The crowd was numerous. The luxurious mansion of the I great banker was one great funeral chamber, j The banker is worth a million of dollars.? His average income is a hundred ami twenty tlio-tand dollars. lie is the head of a joint Block banking company, which enables him to dispose of ten millions of dollars at liis pleasure, lie is ono of the lions of 'Change.' Don't you envy him ! 0, no ; don't envy him ; he has his sorrows, an well as any body ; for 'twas only six months ago I (he undertaker laid his third son; then ninei teen, in the grave?tho other day his second son was carried away by the same sum* 1 ?rc tradesman to the graveyard, though the boy was but one-and-tweuty. 11 is oldest daughter is a hunch back, and is in declining health, His second (laughter is bedridden with consumption, and will surprise the doctors if she outlives tho winter. Tho banker himself is blind from overlabor, ho has been known to pass twenty days without, once undressing and sleeping in a bed ; all bis repose being a few hours of feverish slumber snatched from corroding cares?a respite passed on a sofa ! O, don't envy the rich banker, though his coffers overflow with gold, for it avails little to him; ami though, as I grant ye, the resonant chimes of coin tossed about as so much trash in bis cash oflice sounds musically to the ear. and the oft-heard passing-bell and doctors tread common in that house as the resonance of gold, destroy all the effects, except the painful contrast between tho emptiness of human vanity and ambition ! So envy no mar.! The two Sailors.?Captain Jones relates a '-good story" of the conduct of two . i.- xt 1 1 ?ii iiiu iiavju origaue, oil sontry duty at Allahabad :?"one who was on sentry on tho main works of tho fort by moonlight, looking over the parapet, saw another who whs sentry on the ravelie, or some outwork. Now Jack, though he could tell tho head from the stern of a ship, and perhaps of a horse, had not passed a competitive examination before liis admission into the service and no dcubt his education in fortification and engineering had been sadly neglected, and, therefore, he was not aware that the outwork was not part of the fortification which he was so vigilantly guarding, and seeing a man walking up and down outside of what lie considered the fort, and, ofcourse his head being full of spies, lurking Sepoys, etc., challenged him. The sentry on the, outer work, not imagining that it was he who was the subject of his messmate's anxious inquiries, held his peace, upon which Jack in the fort let drive at Jack on the outwork. Tho outwork Jack, a liulo taken aback by the musket-ball whizzing near his head, sung out,'Halloo! that's your game, is it my buck ! Here's let drive at you, then !' and immediately returned the firo. On their be inpr relieved awl taken to the guard-house, all that passed between them was, 'Well, I'm blowed, Jack, but we aro mortal bad shots,we are.' "?Literary Gazette. Woman.? Woman, woman truly thou art a mirical. Place her among flowers, foster her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fancy, waywardness, and .sometimes folly ?annoyed by a dew-drop, fretted by a touch of a butterfly's wing, and ready to faint at the rustle of a beetle ; the zephyrs are too rough, tho showers too heavy, and she is overpowered by the perfume of a rosebud. liut let her real calamities come? i" ise her affection?enkindle tho fires of her heart?and mark her then; how her heart strengthens itself?how strong is her purpose. Place her in the heat of battle? ! give her a child, a bird, anything she loves or pities, to protect?and see her, as ina rel. ative instance, raising her white arms as a I shield, as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praying for life to protect i the helple??. Transplant her in the dark I ~ i_ -r -I. - ? ui 111(3 eariu?awiiKtn ner energies to action and Iter breath becomes healing? her presence a blessing. She disputes, inch by inch, the stride of the stalking pestilence, \*hcn man, the strong and brave, shrink away, p??le and and affrighted. Misfortune daunts her not; sbo wears away a life of silent endurance, and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In prosperity she is a bud full of imprisoned odors, waiting but for the winds of adversity to scatter them abroad?pure gold, valuable, but united in the furnace. In short, woman is a miracle?a mystery, the center from which radiates" the great charm of existence. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. ? In Mexico, everybody is supposed to be an ex-President who wears a clean shirt and keeps his hands washed. And in this country, every politician expects to be Pres! J. i ?1- -.11 ? - lueoi, wueiuer ue das a flUirt or not. An editor says that when lie was in prison for libelling a justice of the peace, be was requested by the jailer 4to give the prison a puff.' 'Ah,are you still alive, then?' said a fellow, on meeting one whom he had injured. ?'Yes,' replied the other, 'and kicking,' suiting the action to the word. Listening to a lady who was pouring out a stream of talk, Jerrold whispered to the person next him, 'She'll be a coughing soon, and then we can strikein.' More ok tub ArftUMxa.?The Macon Telegraph states that the recent cnptare of Africans in Telfair county, was made by Deputy Uoi tea amies Marshall McCrue, of Telfair county, which presents the matter in rather % different light. Alfred Tknmyson's new volume of poems will appear during tb? present month.? These poems are so many books of the epio of the "Sangreal," of which the Mort d' Arthur" already published, is the solemn close. . ? General TJotten, chief of engineer. United States Army, write? from Naples, atatjpg Jhat he m?t es President Pierce that city, jto which he ooc*?Ktn*lly came from the ialand of Capre to get bismmil*. Hia health vu excellent, and that of Mr*. Pierce *aa maoh improved. Jntiepcubcnt press, PUBLISHED AT AJBTBISVILI^E, S. C. LEE & WILSON, Proprietors. i =3 Two Dollars In Advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the ?* 41 XT ci&|iuiktiuu ui mo itmrtw All subscriptions not limited at the time of subscribing, will be considered ns indefinite, and will bo continued until arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Orders from otherStatcs must iuvariubly be accompanied with the Cash._??3 HATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Abbeville //(inner and hulrpntdent PreM, have established t.lie following rates of Advertising to be charged ill both papers : Kvery Advertisement inserted for a less time than three mouths, will be charged by the insertion at One Dollar per Square, (1? inch ?the space of l'isolid lines or lew,)for thefirst insertion, and Fifty Cents for each sub^equent insertion. The Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's and Ordinary's Advertisements will be inserted in both papers, each charging half price. iw Sheriffs Levies, One Dollar each. Announcing a Candidate, Five Dollars. Advertising an Estrav. Ttv? I* r? I !?! * to be |>ai<l by the Magistrate. 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Business Cards for the term of one year, will be charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at One Dollar per line space. EST For all advertisements set in double column, Fifty per Ceut. extra will be added to the above rates. LEE .t WILSON, For Pmau DAVIS <fc CREWS, For Banner. REMOVED. \\J E take this opportunity of informing our V f PATRONS uiid FRIENDS that we have bought out the interest of Messrs. SIBLEY it USIIER, of this Town, and have removed to the Store formerly occupied by them. We return our sincere thanks to the Planters generally for the liberal patronage always bestowed upon us, and will endeavor to contiuue to merit the same. When we shull have the pleasure of greeting our old Friends and Patrons at our new location. thev will find us fully supplied with the following articles: Superior Jnva, Laguyra and Rio COFFEES; Stuart's A. B. C. Powdered <fc Crushed SUGARS: Golden SYRUP ; Orleans and West India MOLASSES ; English Dairy CHEESE; No. 1, 2, 3, Kits and Barrels, MACKEREL ; Heavy Gunny BAGGING ; Bale ROPE and TWINE; Canvassed IIAMS; Tennessee and Ba'.timore BACON; OSNABURGS, STRIPES, SHIRTINGS ; BLANK UTS and PLAINS ; Negro HATS. BROGANS and BOOTS; Oils. Turpentine Glass and Whitelead; TOBACCO, In<Iigo, Madder and Spiees; Every description of IRON and STEEL, <fcc. We have made arrangements witli the most celebrated Distillers on the Continent to supply us the BEST and MOST CHOICE BRANDS OF LIQUORS, That can be produced. Our future aim and intentions will be to keep unimpaired our bmpr established reputation for keeping the FINEST and most PURE LIQURS ever offered in Ham bure. Olll' larirc number of eust?tn?rn fnr Wines and Liquors is sufficient guarantee that we keep the purest and beat articles in this line. Our superior futilities for selling Imported Wine* and Liquors are unquestionable, as we receive tlieiu direct from the London Docks. IN OUR SADDLERY DEPARTMENT Will be found a New and Fashionable Stock of fine Saddles, warranted for durability and easy riding. Also, American and English Housings, Bugcy and Wagon Harness. Bridles, Curb and SnatOc Bits, Whips, Ac.. ?tc.. II. <fc N. E. SOLOMON. Hamburg, Jan. 8, 1869. 88 tf G. Mr CAX.HQUN, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, KECEIVINO AND FORWARDING AGENT, Reynold-Street, 2d door below Warren Block. AUGUST A, OA. AGENT FOR TI1E SALE OF COTTON, FLOUR, WHEAT, CORN, Oats, Sugar, Molasses, Bacon, Eice, and Produce Generally. MAKING LIBERAL ADVANCES ON SAME The Commissions for*selling Cotton will te twenty-five cents per bale. Sept 9, 68 19 If Clear Spring Academy. rpiIE Exercises of the above well known .1. flourishing Institution, will be resumed Monday, the 81st inst., under the charge of Mr. jamco ii. juuuAis, rrinoipai. All of the usual branches of a liberal education, will be taught, and at the customary rates, and especial care will be piven to the (preparation of young men for College. Fronrhia past experience, and by.* strict attention to business, tbe Principal trasta to merit a fall share of publio patronage. pT Boarding can be had from $8 to (10 per month. , ?. , " , Jan. 18, IflSB. ~ 88 tf Cigars, Cifah, Cigars. JUST received* large lot; 10,000 very fine Cigars, worth from $60 to $80 per thous and. Also, a lot of very fine che> ingTohacoo, at $1-26 to $1.60 per lb. Pure French Brandy, certainly made from the juice of the grape. { Wines, Whiskies, Gins ifc'c., of the yery quality that we have Jjeen able, with mMr ?. HTOKWMtafc n #ar*tib;i|?8 ,<4 4*c?f?1fc " JEFFERS .& C0T1IRANS, i'llAKLCKTON S. C. "liT~\TILL continue the Factorage and Com* T V mission ltusiness in this city (their office on Central Wharf) where they will be pleased to give their strict and personal attention to the sale of Cotton, Flour, Wheat, ftc., or to any business intrusted to their care. Will buy goods or Family supplies to order, Commissions for buying or selling 2i per cent. They take this opportunity of tendering their thanks to their friends and patrons for their liberal patronage, and respectfully solicit a cotitlnuuucc of the same. IT. L. JEFFERS, W. S. COTIIRAN, JOHN (vmin atc Charleston July 10th '68 10 tf TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, With the Galvanic Process, BY S. HENRY BEARD, m e: mr rar> m. jss rar1 Office?Over Branch & Allen's Drug Store. Abbeville C. H. August ID, 1858 17 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT Office Court of Common Pleas and (Jen'I Betsions. N. K. Butler ) vs. v Attachment. Win. B. Lloyd, ) McGowan, Pl'tfT's Attorney. "WHEREAS tl.o > urn, on me mnciccRili day of November, eighteen hundred nrid fifty-eight, file his declaration against the Defeif dant, who, (it is said,) i9 absent from and with out the limits of this State and has 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 before the twentieth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, otherwise final and absolute judgement will then be given and awarded against him. MATTHEW McDONALD, C. C. P. Clerk's Office, Nov. '20, 1858 SO ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. Office Court of Common Pleas and Gen'I Sessions. N. K. Butler, Survivor vs. V Attachment. Wm. IJ. Lloyd, ) MeGowan ITtflf's Atty. WHEREAS the PlaintHr did. on the nineteenth '' day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, file his declaration against the Defendant, who, (it is said) is absent from and without the limits oi'this State and has neither wiie nor ni.torney known within the same, upon whom n copy ofsnid declaration might be served: Ii, is therefore ordered, that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or oefore the twentieth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, otherwise finnl and absolute judgement will then be given and awarded against him. MATTHEW McDONALD, C. C. P. Clerk's Office Nov. 19, 1858 80-Iy SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District.?In the Common Pleas. Ilenry C. Parnell, 1 .Attachment. vs. { Wm. B. Lloyd, j McGowan, ri'fTs. Att'y. WHEREAS the PlanlilT did, on the sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, file his declaration against the Defendant, who, (it is said,) is absent from and without (tic limits ol this Slate, and has neither wife nor aitorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served: It is therefore ordered that, the said Defendant do appearand plead to the said declaration, on or before the seventh day of April, eighteen hundred arid fifty nine, otherwise filial and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. MATTHEW McDONALD, c. c. p. Clerk's Office, April, 8, 1858. 49 ly SOUTH CAROLINA, AT1BEVILLE DISTRICT. IS EQUITY. O. T. Porcher, Ex'r, ) aud Trustee, f Bill for Injunction, vs I Construction. DirecJoshua Dan iel. Win. } tion Ac. 11. Reid and others, J IT appearing to my satisfaction that Christopher Co*, the children of Cornelius Cox, dec'd, the children of Bailey Cox, dec'd, the children of Leroy Cox, deed, the children of Berthuni Pacc, dec'd, and the children of Thereby Price, dee'd, defendants in the above stated uuso and next of kin of Jane Reid, dee'd, (whose number and names are unknown,) reside beyond the limits of this State. On motion of Noble, Comp. Sol., ordered that said Defendants do appear and plead, enswer or demur to said bill of Complaint, within three months from the nulicatiun hereof or judgment Pro Confento will be taken against them. WM. H. PARKER, c. e. a. d. Commissioner's Office, ) Jan. 13,1659. J 87 tds SOUTH CAROLINA. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. # J. 11. Cobb, and other* v? 11 V Pn.o? * *" Hughes, and J. T. Moore. PETITION IN THE NATURE OF A FOSEIUN ATTACHMENT. . IT Appearing to my satisfaction that B. V. Posey, one of the defendants in the above tHteilcn.se, resides beyond the limits of this StHte, on h.otion of Thomson & Fair, Pro. Pe> order that said B V. Posey do appear, plead answer or demur to said Petition within three months from the publication hereof or the same will be taken pro confeaso against him. W. H. PARKER, C. JR. A. D. Commissioner's Office, > Feb. 24, 1869. J 43 Sm SOUTH CAROLINA, ABDEVILLB DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Henderson, Rutland, "1 North 4 Piatt, I vs. ?- Bill for Relief, Inir-J.l? cii*?- J. r<- 1 ' iinuuouf mn^ci i? vUi( I junction, 4&C. and others. J IT Appearing to my satisfaction', that A. Wilton Lladuen, Abraham Slager, Elias Stager, Spcarling <b Brother, defendant* in the above stated case, reside beyond the limits of this State. On motion of J. C. Calhoun, Ccmp. Sol. ordered that the said defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to qaid Bill of Com* plaint, within three months from the publication hereof, or the same will be taken Pro Confeuo, against them. - WM. H. PARKER, C. E. A. D. Commissioner's Office, ) Feb. 21, 1868. J 48 8m ?as Light, Ga? Light! WE Respectfully inform our friends and the Public, that we have purchased the exclusive right to sell in this District, Daniord & Bailey#' Patent Self-Oenerating Cfas lamps, and can supply every Dsmily with the moat beautiful and economical light now in use. It is no trouble to keep them in order, and their impossibility of explosion render them invaluable. One burner will giva as much light is seven candles, ut the trivial cost of about one cent, per hour, and can be fitted ia any othfcr lamp at small expense. We will keep on hand a supply of pleaded Parl?r and other Lamp*, " at all prl???. This light is adapted to Chnrehes, Hotels, Storea and Dwelliaga.1' " '1 CWl and sea for youmttas. at *' " ' JORDAN' A Md/AlTCHLIlfS; 1 k '* Ifd. KQ&fcaito Range,