The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, April 08, 1859, Image 4
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
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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.
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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
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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. <
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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/
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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 *:
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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.
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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,