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NT t ^a^s??-a? til III # Wirt ll#:tfi #irf phi rfi *? t\<?l , ! : \< ME % k g w. w k fe \& i l hi t i I I I A M 'N !*; &v^i ,;- U-m '#tMy^Hl<MI^'l!>/H^ ^ ^3<$k .. ^? i f PJ v J L' BBTTOTBD TO LITERATURE, THS ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, MEWS, POLITICS &C., &C. " TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Lot it be Ingtillod into the Hearts of your Children that tho Libertv of tbe Press Is the Palladium of all your Rights."?.frit imx. IPAVATMJB TW ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE,. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, I860. VOLUME VII.?NO. 41. nnriiuv irwivnn ?> ?? 1 1UILL \I.\, JLA.M.MlS & IU.J AND COTTON FACTORS, ^TXG^TXfi^JFjSL, GKA.., <*10NTIKUE tlio fnle of Colton mul ntlu-r produce in their jVeic j'ir<.proof ll'ir'huusr, i > Coiner Jackson & Reynolds Sts. Cush advanoen mini'* when dcsird. ANTOINE I'OIT.LAIN, | THOMAS J. JIINMNUS, i ISA I All l'LRSE. ! tj. pt. 8. 1 S5t>-19-t f. GOOD NEWS TO MARRIED PEOPLE II. II. PllATII Kit, CABINET MAKER AND DEALER IN FURNITURE, HONEA PATH, S. C., WOULD rc.?peclfu)ly inform tli<? }>nl>lic I tluil he. has always on hand, and is pre | parcel to make to order. nil kiinta <-f Cabinet Fnrnitnro, !?iieli as, DRESSING BUREAUS, WARDROBES, WASHSTANDS, COTTAGE j BEDSTEADS, TAI5LES, COFFINS,^?. i ci m>ii? wish mil' any mug ri Ins Ifn? would , J?i well to call (Hid ex n mi tic }i ia work. 11 :s iloni; tixpt-riencc ill tlie liuoiness at the North insure satisfaction. Work delivered al Ihe Depot free of charge. | -K?'|>t. 10. 1 S.V.I, 2(M)iii9. ' 3P7 B GLASS" ! SITCCKSSOK TO K. !.. lil.'VAN. book: seller AND STATIONER, 17-5 (Riplmrildon St.. (:t doors nliove the Market i COLUMRIA, S. C., HAS for sale n liiriii; assortment of Law, Medical, Theological, School an 1 Miscclinjiet:u? Iliiuk*, Fancy fjoods. ('lienn Pulilion. I < i<>ns and Blnuk Books of every description ; Stationery. Foreign nnd Domestic, of every vn ; ricly n:i'l Quality. Oil I'aiiitiiitrs, I.illi<>^in|>lii { mih) Artii-t* Materials, (JIolios, Writing Desks Musical I nstrumeiils, Ac., ?Lv. liLANK BOOKS iiinnufuelnrod to any pal- * turn, ainl Matik work of every description preipared to order. Wholesale Purchasers supplied, nnd nil orj -tiers prompt ly utter.Jed to at the l-iizi-xt caxh j jnircs. Atifr. 12, 18.10, 6m. CV. ^r. C.VLHOIIN." WAREHOUSE 1 AND SGEXERAL C0H?ISSI0\ MERCHANT, IReynold's St., between Jackson ni><l Mcintosh ) i Augusta, G-a.5 will attend strictly to the sale of COTTON, BACON, GRAIN, | , -Vinil nil Other produce consigned to liim. Per i -<-oiir1 attention jrivint! lu.llii- tiiliiifr of "11 or- : rier* tor liiiuuinir, Hope uml Family Supplies, j ILiberitl Cu?h advances made ?u produce in ^Blore. June 24. 18.r?i>. 8 If i ! __ ..... j, l^roiessioiinl Card, j, DR. D.TJSsox !; 1 *?\"rOL"I.r> reapedfully informs the citizens of I ' T t Abbeville ViUmre iiikI vieinilv. that j 'lie lins removed hi* rt-piileiiec to the dwelling ! n?ljojiiing the F"p:seopal 1'nrstinaire, where he 1 ' expects to lie permanently h-eated in the iirio. I tier ?>f lii* l'ro<i-iwi?iii. Hi- yftj.-c will )? nt. ! ' 'tlie DrUsi Store of Mr. I>. Mti&X fi'lll.t.V, vv Itl'Tf | Jic will (.'t'n<>rA% l?- fonid ilnriiiL' ilit* /lav. ' Abht-villc, S. C., ])<-c. U 1th, tX.V.),:il, S:n KEUIIISON & LEI DING, \\ ?IMPOKTEUS? j j FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, j ( , Wholesale nu'l Retail. ( 1IASEL STREET, (One door from King. -* CliarloHtoii, S. C. E. L. KERRISOX. | HERMAN I>E1 DINf; Apfil 15*. 1869, 60-1 *2m WWehu: & COT; ; PEACTtCAL \?ATCH MAKERS, t the o!?l (iiHniTJTf George Robinson, HAMBURG, S. C. rSf Watches, Clocksr Musical Bt>x<8, of nil descriptions, carefully repaired at moderate price*, and warranted to give full sun* faction for twelve month*. N. B# Aluo. Jewelry Neokly Repaired. A tine lot of Jewelry anl Watches alwaj-8 for sale at very moderate prices. Dec. 9. 3m. "y '"*Y 1 ' 5 ^ ItRPAIREK OF WATDCIIES, CLOCKS AXD JEWELRY, .. HODGES' DEPOT. 8. O., IS prepaid with all necessary tools and materials to do anything in Imb line of business at the lowest rntea. All work warrniitcd to do well for twelve mouths, if not send it back and it will be done free of charge. Give me atrial anwsatisly yourselves. Terms cash. June 17, 1869,7-12111, NOTIOETIIE Copartnership known as Taggnrt j* McCasInn & Co., at Calhoun's Mills, an ftfcCastan, Widemnu & Co., at Wideman'e wa ? dissolved by mutual content on first Jan. ult. ' "W> wish ail our debtors to close their ae- R counts by cash or notes. f TAGGART, McCASLAN 4c Co. 11 MoCASLAN. WIDF.MAN 4 CO. Nov. 244 w. O tl Matress Makii%. PERSONS wishing good Mstresses made ? would dp ^ address the subscriber ,i LBt Ninety.SiX.on tbfc Orcairrffl* and Columbia R4ilro#Af&>Vfttey DiMrtetTS. C. MORRBPtREDDEN. " -JKfe'TT.'lMO, 8n< v - OAA.Blj9,*?ra*f?Sfwhe*t 11.60 S Afvply to ri A 1-r v ?.* ?, :'> 'Wi JOEL SMITH, 0< ?* *? " t . , %g, I THE MJEPEXDHT PRESS. BY LEE & WILSON, A13B13VILLE S. C. Two Dollars in Advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the Year. All not limit e>l nt tlie i /itiic. <>f s?l's<*ril'inir, will W runtiiilcrcil a itnli-tiiiit<>, iiinl will )? <miiiIiiiuc<] until nrtvnr? ; ?i'?' I'lii'l. ' ?' ll"-* ojiliiui of tin- I'liipric? lois. <from otliffSliit*'# must iuvarialily In; necoiiipanii'il witli tlic Cash. CANDIDATES. Tin- friends of Cnpt. O. M. MATTISON respectfully iinnounvK liim as i candidate for Tax Collector at I he next, election. The friends of .IAMKS A. M?"C< >111) respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of l)t. J. F. McCOMH respectfully announce him as n Candidate f?ir Tax Collector ?t the next election 1^" We are Authorized to nnnonnee S. A. IIOlMilvS as a Candidate for Tax Collector, at the ensuing election. The friends of C-pt. W. S. llARIMK rc.'Spi-i-t fully rtiHKMtiu'p Itim us a Candidate fo i Ihe "Him1 ill" Tax Col In: tor of Abbeville Distri ! at tiic uovt election. Tlio hkkcwis fririuh of WIvSI.KY A. BLACK respectfully anr.<>miee him us i? ('undulate fur Tux Collector ut the next election. The friends ??f 1IKN11Y S. CASON respect ully unntiouncc liiin us u Candidate for Tax Co! led or, at lie ensuing election. Z3i~ The friends of .lOIIX A. Hl'NTRlt re fully announce him a candidate for the <>i i ?rnmary, at lite next election. The friends of C??l. -I. (I. BASICIX respectfully announce liiiti 11 candidate for the nllice of O^ilinnry, ntllie nexi election PIANO FORTES, J fa tin/'net it red by (he CeUbratvd Makers, MESSRS. SMITH, ATIIPOX & 00., OF NEW YORK CITY. r|"MIK Suliserihur woul.l resjvectfully inform X. the iiihiiliitunl* of AMtevillie nml vieiniiv I that, ho has taken the large nti<l 9|>ncioua Store ! now oecii|hv Mr. J. A. Allen. At Dendy's Corner, Where helms now on exhibition and for sale, n fine variety of elegantly earveil ROSEWOOD PIANO FORTES, ; M mitifncl nr?.-<l Uy the above limned maker a; nil j i?f which are SKVKN OCTAVE, with bennti-| r..l keys", of the Mothet Pearl. and the name hoard iilao riehly inlaid with l'earl. This inn- j Li-rial f?r keys is by far superior to Ivory, ns < liny never change their color : while at the j tame time tliey are timeh more durable. These j Pianos are overstrung in mi eh a manner as to .. - ... .. <>> eirmn < <!tla 1 tit Hie Grand i I'in n u, nil.! upon. t li is pi inci pic (lie whole no- ; lion ainl interior woiki are hraced in sueli a ' m.aiu-r as to Guarantee tiie instrument to | -tin..I in tune for n much greater length of j linit; tliun tlu? oli] method, ainl a Fullness, sweetness and Great Volume of Tone. Iiitlierlo i unknown on any square I'iituo, is |iioilmI. Im- | inn in ail ri-si>crts < n =? 1 '< 1 J OH I Ulli'l ! lint i nn li?? |ir<>diieeil al ()??? Thousand Dollars. Messrs. Smith, .VrilKUTox it C< . have reeciv- j ??1 tbeKirsl lYeiiiiiiiu al many "f the Great h'mrs tilrottffli llie eoiiniiy for |iroi)ueiuir the ririesi l'iuiMi i.vep all other makers. While at. j lie snine t ilite, their |n'ie<t( for the*** KU-irfltil nstruiiii'iiis nre inueh lyss than are usually . Iiarj^eil fur inferior Pianos. These ]nslruiueiits will he offered ot our fix- ' I jiriee in New York, and every I'innu fully J .varranteil for five ynrs. The foliotvilit! ({eiitli-tiieii of Edgefield Imve ; iiu eTmseil uf me t e?e Instruments : I>U. A. i TKAfSUE; ltll K. .1. Ml.MS; .K>1IS 111. A N I?; l)K. M. W. AUNKY ; MISS MARiARKT llOliU.S ; TIIKODOUK I.ITMiV . I lS?AAt: iltjUl.lJS; J AM KS HA.VSFORl). ' , Tin* public are n-npedfully invited to call in<] eviu<iin? imil ju?l?e fur tliem.*clv<;3. J. JENNYS, Agent. Abbeville C. 11., S. C., Jan. 27, Ibtit). !i'J. Notice to Tax Payers. I WILL utfct:d tit tlin umlerimiued timnj an?l pluci-*, for I lie purpose of collecting Tuxes '? I l.? >??? v. . ??v y ?*iir i oo;?; Due West, Wednesday. Feh'y 1 ; 1 CiilliiliHiii 's. Tlinrs<lnj"'v Feb'y 2; ( Dminldsville, Friday .Feh'y 3; Seiifflelown, Saturday, J eh'y 4: Ahheville, C II., Monday, Feb'y 6; i Greenwood. Tueitlny, Feh'y 7 : At Greenwood I)e|"it, Thursday, March 16, ' Ninety Six. Wednesday, Feh'y 8; ( And alp<j. Fridaj\ Mar?h 1G; Woodvillc, Thursday, Feh'y 6 ; ' "White 11 n II. Friday, Feh'y 10 ; ( Smitliville, Saturday, Feh'y 11 ; Coiliran'a Monday, Feh'y 13; ( lirad ley's. Tuesday, Fel/y 14 : i Toffiert's (in the lttnge,)* Wed, Feb'y 15; bordeaux, Thursdaj'. Feh'y 16 ; Willingiou, Friday, Feb'y ; ] Calhoun's Mills,Saturday, Fep'y 18 ; Speeds. Monday, Feh'y *io ; Low ndt-HviHe. Tu'dny <fe Wed. Feb'y 21 it'll \ TuSI.I'.'- rni 1 ' * .uic o. i iiureuiiy, f'el/y23; Wnrrenton, Friday. Feb'jOk; t Cedar Spring, Snturday.T^b'y ft>; Douglas's Mills, Monday, Feb'y 27 : Abbeville, C. H. all Court Week, Cokesbury at any tidie after Court Week. Sale Day in April the last day for making returns. All persons failing to make returnl n the Above day, liable to double tax Al, r ties to be paid by the first Monday in Maya r executions may be issued. Property to be returned in the name of tli^ (, roper owner Guardians, Exeoutors, and dministrators will return property their con- v ol. n Persons having transferred property between j >o let October 1868, and 1st October 1860 'ill make it known tome* All persons will come prepared to give this umber , of Births Marriage* and Deatha in theie * infilils. Also, the number of Dogs owned by p leir slaves. r Free persons of color most pay. their taxes i March. k It is earnestly requested that ox ayer meet me at th6 appointed, .times and laces, and not' defer mating their returns M ntilOourt Week an j - rmblie d#yS at the Court. . [pues, at which tirrtfc tner*. I# usually |t?cb a JsH that it is almost impowibla to do business a srreei1* , ? tl , ? . >'i.' r THOU COMEST IN MY DREAMS. t nv \VI I.I.IK LIUIITIIKAUT. ^ Thou contest to lilt* in my dreams, Thou conical lik* n ray Fi-oiii out the God-lit land ofliliw, n Ati<1 rcnliuH of endless d.ty ; I t Thou contest as ilie Spring lime come#, 1 ^ l.ndenM will) light and flower, ! Or like .in angel from theflkiea, To suiieliJy th<? hour. I v I Tliou coincet to tue in my dreams? j r Thou vornest a? a song i J( | O'er mooii-illuiuiiie'l waters sofl, ! ii Tliew nrt'ii") 11itcI?t? uud long; I | Thou contest as Ihe starlight comes Wlien clouds eclipse the light, j ?l And, struggling through the dulklieSo, ii 11 | The soul with delight. < f. Tlu.o rrvnifwl nj ii... .1 uic new umij; cumc*, To kiss the sleeping flower, I' And linger willi .it lovingly a Until the morning hour. ft Thou coim-st as a mother's voice Comes o'er llie infant's dream, Tlint gilds the ruby mouth with smiles While sleeping so serene. (' SI Thou coiuest 1? me lovingly ; The same soft nzure eyes st Look sweelly through the bars of sleep, Like surs from cloudlet ?kies j ni Again I press thy little hand, ! Tt Thy voice again I hear 1 la King laughingly throughout my dreams, n Like rippling brooklets elenr. pf Tllrtll In nw? in mr W J My b, miliful, in)- own ! Tlion si.igcst'to nip all the night Until the mornings dn<vn; j(| Thy fragrant rose lips linger, like j A dew drop to my own, A6 through the mystic land of dreams 1 Wo wander all alone. lil Thou comest with thy clustering curls .jf Thrown bnck fioin thy sweet face, A a - S0 ?.? vivmuii.k tinker rouuu a 3l*r To Bil'l incrensing grace ; Tlntu contest with thy rosy cheek, 01 The same bewitching smile? PC Thou contest with lliine angel brow, m Thy child-heart, free from guile. Come ever to me in >113- dream*, cs Anil breatho iliv Upon this In art, to ull thine own. | pi Until the hour of denth. ]u Conic over, darling ill my dreams, js Ami 1 trill lov^s.tlie night That darkens earth it little while, And brings thee to my eight. *u TSfc STEPMOTHER. IJV TAN All ANNA KEKMOUE. W( 'Main ! rain ! nothing but rain! What a dreary damp season we have this spring,' said Loura Courtney, as she stood by ihe window of n handsomely furnislu d parlor, . and looked anxinusly at the dark heavy masses of clouds; 'indeed this is too bad! it ilio btrcets are 111 a dteadl'ul muddy con- f dt dilion, ?rid I wanted to go out to-day por- j ticularly.' 'Would it not lie better to wait for a more I W4 convenient season ?' ^ Laura looked contemptuously at the j speaker, who was seamstress in tlie family ; and tlien, as hlie met the Korrowfull gaze of PL III the clear hazel eve*, and noticed the soft . . HI wavy hands of gray hair, shading a bice ^ which still looked yeuntr, though inauy a line of rail! w:is tiared upon it, she turned , from the window again, and asked why she should wait. Ucchusc your father will wish vou to be . nr at home to welcome his bride. Is he not expected lo-ilay V Yes; for that very reason I'm going out n< She needn't expect to be welcomed by me.' *''' 'Laura you are sowing bad heed now; ' recollect that as we sow shall we reap.' .r - - i uwu my turner s young wHo no kind[ic*ss. and hlie needn't expect to receive any ',a from me. Do ypi^bink you can persuade ''' info that a stepmother could ever 611 iny own a" Sear mamma's place V t'11 'I only wish to persuade you to act kind|y. Stepmothers in general have a hajd 0>" time of it, Laors ; theirs isa thankless tfu^t t^< ind a largo amount of patience and self-denia s needed by them in order to perform it lion- "V ?tly. It is so hard^jf? win tbe love and '' confidence of a child, when the mind is xiisoned with distrust and self-conceit. I an' will tell you the secret of my life, LaurA. Perhaps it may be the rr.eans of saving you t'51 rom tbe rocks on which my happiness ^R' was shipwrecked. Dow old do^youj^iak l W'1 in !' h" Laura looked at her curiously IWt? few *' ninutes, and then answered, About fifty, I should think.' .we The seamstress laughed, yet there was no nirth in the sound?and then said^^ . I am not quite thirty. Child, be warned ^ est vou hrinor iinnn ?nnn?lf? ' ' c-r? j ? ^ riil make you grow old before jour tirae#> Qf n unavailing regret, an endless remorse t|>e( Lod now for my bistp*}. *1 mast go back to the time when I was ^ut gay, handsome girl like you. Situated m0<j retty much a**?yon are too>for I waa4* a{,0 rd#ty&y merchant's only daughter, and had ? en early lefl without a mdfcther's proteo- ata in* care. 4?wJy. I ^ rat his companion, friend and child, all in ^ qe. He aiWaya road*, me acquainted with (j?d II bis jojra and sorrow*, ?? qf my ajffe* ^ on and sympathy $ and I lookedup toWm apcj >"> ?'*?*$* Iiooglit that nothing on earth could break lie tie which existed between us. 'Friends of the family said I was proud nd imperious; my teachers declared me to 10 wilful and unmanageable ; when these o.nplaints were made to my father he only miied. and passed his hand over mv hair ?iili a soft caressing motion ; and then he roiild Inok into my eyes and say that he fiw neither pride nor bad temper there ; olhing hut sunshiny love. And so my earlier prew more Cnreless when they found lint their remonstrances were unheeded, ml I lii'cnine more disagreeable than ever. 'At length there entile a eliange. My I her nti more eame home early to spend lie evening with me; but often it would o towards midnignt when lie would lay wakd and wonder what had kepi him out. it breakfast, when I asked him what kept im away" from home so late at night, he ould look annoyed, and say that business etained him, and I mustn't bo troubtemie. 'Mustn't be troubles! me ! Those were ranc;e words falling from his lips for meid 1 brooded over them with a sad heart* seemed to tne as I wandered about the rpe rooms injgjjxr quiet house, that I, lournet] i*u'rooped as if I had lost unothing?something very dear to mo hieh 1 should never find again. 'And so matters went on for a time. I (ascd to trouble him with questions, anil i didn't seem to notice me dull, downcast oks. The short hour each day, when wo et at breakfast And dinner, he was as kind i mn qc noui* /?a !?<? ''* ------?1 IUW na V?vi t VIIVV IIC (1HACU IIIU II I WUIIIU *e to go to boarding school ? lie was raid I would bo lonely, being in the house i much \>j myself ; perhaps it would be itter for me to have companions of my vn acje. I strongly objected to this heme, and' lira Bulject was never again entioned. 4Ouo evening ho came homo much irlier than usual ; a joyous light shone in s eyes as he greeted me, and yet lie ap ared to be rather embarrassed. 'Anne,' jsaiil,'I have good news for you.' 4 What it?' I inquired, anxiously. 'I'm going it or town for h few weeks; when 1 rein a lady will accompany me, a new iimnia for you, anil you will no more be icly. I know my,. dear daughter will elcorue her with plensure for mv sake.' 'He looked at me Keenly ; I returned 3 gaze resolutely, though I fell the crimn blood rush in a tide to ins fajeand brow en slowly recede again, leaving me pale id cold. -Well/Jta exclaimed impatiently ou will receive her kindly ? ui:.y I not ipend upon that?' 'Certainly ; why uot? said coldly as I left the room. 'The next morning he went away. IIow tarily the few weeks, which followed after is event, passed. I look back now to ai period of my young life, and it ap ars like a sorrowful uneasy dream ; yet ere was the reality of a terrible miseiv it. A deep haired took possession of my! art ; not for my father, but for her wbo ! <1 robbed me of bis love; and I determin- i , as* far as lay io my power, to make her i e as miserable as mine liad become. 'Time passed on, and at length the day j rived when a stranger was to enter the ilise as its mistress. It was a dreary day iar Christmas time; a cold raw air whs Dwing, and a blinding sleet drifted Against e window panes. The gloomy shadows liie wintry twilight were falling fast when o carriage stopped at the door. The rlor was brdliantly lighted op, and a eerful coal fire glowed in the grate ; to appearance: a comfortablo home awaited s travellers. ',;?>, Tt.o /i^- tittm . . . ?v .iwi von i?ng, aim l^pnceRKU pself belli d the window-curtains to watch i occupants of coach nlight. Papa jum. d out. and theu carefully nsisted a lady er the snow pavement antl up ^bo steps, in was tbe sound of raerr^ laugtatr in i hall, after which tuy narn^ wa^ualled, d I relutantly came fQrth from my hiding tee as they entered tbe room together. I Wgbt I had never seen i?ny creature If sou. beautiful as was the young bride, en sue came fougard with timid graoe to et me. Her long glossy curls felt upon r white neck and shoulders, and shone a gold, and ber large lustrous blue eyes , re UN npon me, so loveinglv. so plead" ;ly, that 1 felt it would be bird to resi6t ir influence. ' .1 I went forward a step or two, attracted i ber beaming countenance; then I-saw father Joking at her with such a glance I lore and pride, at revived all the ha* < I in my bosom,'YdiI I drew daok agalti, I 5 didn't &eem to notioe this movement, I pot her warm white arms arotpid me i I stroked my hair, and hoped that .tre, i uld be- Uve very best of friends. c rb^ suffer bell rung, and ?be tried yi i w me *fth her to the table; bat i Veftt- c to goi ?$ing. that I had alwdy taken ? My father frowned at roe as b? ban- t bar to her ptace^ Thyptlfl^lagM and, h .v tailing to the eon vorsi lion. 'My dear Mario,' said my father, 'I hope you wiil rest well to-nighi. in spito of your talk on the journey of ghosts and goblins. I assure you this house is not haunted by any thing worse than ourselves.' 'She laughed, and said she had been talking silly nonsense ; 'though, indeed, Charles,' she continued, 'I was almost frightened to death when a child, by an old nurse we had in our family ; and I suppose, j Irotii thi?t reason, I still feel rather neivou.-. when the subject of ghoests is touched upon.' 'I came forward, wished them good night 'mill li.lt iln? *'? .vvm. ..i > |pi.hi was lormetl * j directly ; 1 would frighten the bride ; she i should roceivc the first annoyance from me that very evening. I knew that my father would slay down stairs to look over his papers for some time after she retired ; and fell sure that there would be no danger of detection. I put on a hideous looking mask, and wrapped a sheet around me, and then softly went to her apartment, and stationed myself behind the door. !n a short time she came in, and walked slowly across the room. She put the lamp down upon the toilet-table, stood for a few min-f utes, and theif turned around. I advanced, stietching out my arms; she cast a wild, terrified glance upon mo, and then fell heavily to tbe floor. I escaped to my own room, and there awaited the result of my experiment. Soon I heard fotstepa hurry- ! it>g up the" stairs, and my father's voice calling on his beautiful bride, his darling Marie. Alas! lie called in vain ; she was deaf forever to his entreating words{the power of love could not break the spell ! which sealed her eyes in o ream less slumber | She had disease of the heart, and the fright j I had prepared for her sent her gentle spirit | to its last home. 'My story is finished, Laura ; may yon | profit by my sad experiencj,' said the seam- j stress, rising and pushing the soft gray hair ! from her heated brow. 'And your father!' exclaimed Laura, J. I gently detaining her. 'Died in a lunatic asylum,' she answered i W - ] a look of indescribed anguish passed over J her face, and she slowly left the room. Iler history was not told in vain : Laura I received her ste^other with smiles instead I of frowns; ami though years have passed j since she w*!coined the stranger, and gi- ntly | made place for her hv tho cht-ftt-fnl Iwxnili I tio unhappy influence lias ever^disturbed the <jueit harmony of t Ito little .household WASHING IRVING'S CELIBACY. The Boston Tr/lnscript, in discussing the celobacy of Washington Irving says : 'Instead of being a'defect,' the celibacy ! of Irving was his crown of glory.." Those j who have studied his writing must have j been struck with the remarkable transition ; from humor to pathos, from the broadest j fun to the most meditative sentiment, whiuh j occurs between the facetious history of New York vpnd the Sketch Book. Many, perhaps, imagine this is accounted for by his loss ui lortune. liut the feeling is too soul- j fill for such an interpretation It hail its j j origin in 01 o of those disappointments of j i the heart which coljr all the subsequent j life of a true man. Wo trust that now there is no want of delicacy in alluding to the fact that the early object of Irving's love died during their betrothal. Wo have heard tho last interview descrilied by a member of her family, and to the sacred sorrow thus engendered is to be ascribed much that is touching and true in the sentiment of li ving's writings; to his fealty lo this affection, in no small degree, is owing the continued sensibility which kept his heart fresh to the last ; and above all, that, respect for, and sympathy with, the itinuly and holy sentiments of humanity, which ho so imifnrmlv ( Iiai'uIkuI ??r.rt i- i ? ?,..v V?> MUM uicit Iicaicu lli letters arid life.'Nor is this a!!. Time may have^-henled the wound and reconcilo to bereft to another relation; but there intervened a period of disaster which dfove bis eldest brother to bankruptcy ; for bis sake aud that of his family of daughter?, Washington Irviug con tinued single* took thera all homo, and became a father to the children. TWiuifni was their foutual devotion happy their , congenial household ; and Suony-sifle is now i bequeathed to them.' vHk f - , 'No one famiUr with as?ocia- , ted the idea of celibacy wftbbtofS ; be was ? always in a domestic ntnftphore ; his rtefc e ceB were like daughters ; his .fair upighbott tiis favorite companions, ohildretf tbi'deligb^ ^ >f liis heart/ Witfc such freeatfd fond ateotions be could, undef ho' ilreutostanctes, q ead the tife of a .Sfian, a? the phrase t ttsoally underttobd. -IJe traa doto**tiejjJed n families aWoitd ; h? ^ the endeared ^ sentre of oae - at Aome ; ind one of po?t jj me ,oflfce?oat honorable, u tbat seiaWd c * ? bote wttft^norantly ?ond?qa:n jf iave n wither the justice to et&ntine nor the ^ efioem^pt of k'oul to dotijocturo may be 90 ' 1 Tideoec of the. highest love aiid I bo mast- K 1 *'11' 1 Mi'n .v n r fJti*? tr. ' 1 THRILLING EL0QTJENC2. Tin? followilij* Uuit'liinc passages are contained in the speech of tlu- llun. Mi. Itutvlcr 1 j delivered in the House011 Wednesday. \\ <_ ' honor the head mihI the from which 11 I thoy proceeded. The incidents nanatcd 1 I rannot fail to moisten every eye hv which! 1 | thoy are perused. The languageemploy.;/! j i for the purpose is tho language of elevated |J ! patriot Kin : r(, |! ! "The district^which I represent, and the,, con ii I ry from which I come?thai, country j' made famous l?y tho raid of Urowii?was ; the first, the very first in all the South, to I ?...11.1 ^11........ 1 < vmm n? ? \fi IS, it) OH6 f>! ! j the most beautiful {-pots iti that I eautiful ; i county, within rifl?? shot of my residence, at \ ! I ho basis of hill, whole a g!< :i-.<us spiingi ; leaps out into sunlight from beneath lho( ; gnatled roots of a thundci liven oal;, there j' assembled on the 1 Dili of July, 177.">, the) j very fiist band ofSoutrem men who matchj cicl tot)i?:>.it| of Massachusetts. They met' i therP,*nud their rallvittff cry v.:;-, a hue-line t ? i lor TJoston.' | "That h?autiful atul peaceful valiey had | never hven polluted by the footstep* of a foe; for even the Indians themselves kepi , it freo from the incursion of the enemy. j > It was the hunting rage and neutral gionnd , of the aborigines. This band assembled j j ] there; and a 'bee-!ino for liostou' -.v.-i-i ; i from thence. Uefuro they m:uehe<l they j made a pledge that all who ttuvivid ivoiiM ( assemble tln-re fifty yeaj's after that day i It was my pride ant) pleasure to be ]w-s???l , when the fifty years rollc<l around. Three i < aged, feeble, tottering men?the survivors of that glorious band of uno hundred and twenty?were ail who were left to keep their trust, and be faithful to She plcd^> . made litiy.years before to their companion*;! | the bones of tuanv of wlioiu were bleaching J on the Northern hills. i S ir, I have often heard from li:e last sur- , vivor of that hand of patiots the incidents , of their fi:.-t meet ing and their march ; how j they made some six hundred miles in twenty ? days?tairty miles a day?pud how, as j tliev neared their point of destinatiuii. | Washington, who happened to he mal;in<i t a reconnoisaance in the neighborhood, saw t them approaching and recognizing the '.insev !( woolsey hunting shiits of old Virginia, i rode up to meet and irreet them to ilmt. I camp ; how, when he saw their captain? s his uhl companion in arms,Steph<-i|Bpn who , stood hv his side at the Gieat Meadows' on ( Brad dock's fatal field, and in many an In diau campaign, and who reported himself , to his commander as from l/ie right bank- [ of the l'otomac'?he sprang from his herse i ^ and claspcd his old friend and companion i in arms with holh hands. He spoko flo \ word of welcome, hnt the eloqucm-e of; \ silence told what his tongue could not' j articulate. Iff1 moved alon;r thu ranks, i ^ I shaking the hand of each, from ma \ to i j man, and all the while?ns my iuformerj| told me?the big tears were seen coursing - j down his manly cheek. j, "Ay, sir, Washington wept! And why J1 iid the "lorious j-oul cf Washington swell . t mm ciuuiiuii s \? l?V Ul?l 110 WCt'p lifl'iUlSt' | \ lie saw tlint tlie cause of Massachusetts was j i practical iy the cause of Virginia: l?ccause ; I he saw that her citizens recognized llie'ii great principles involved in the contest, jv These Virginia volunteers ha<f como sp.on-! C taneouslv. They had tome in response to j < the words of her Henry, that were leaping ;u like live thunder through (he land,Celling! a the peoplo of Virginia that they must fight ' e for Massachusetts. They had come to rally v by Watbington's side, to defend your n fathers' firesides ?o protect their homes from harm. Well, Iho visit has been returned! jt John Brown selected that very county a* c the spot for his invasion ; and, as was men- 01 tioned in the Senate, the rock where See- ^ man fell was the very rock over which ei Morgan and his men marched a few hours after llugh Stevenson's command hadicrc- h< ssed the river some two miles further up. w Mnv ilii? ? j -...v i^iM ciiiiiiiscuiicu ruxiiiuie in the embers of patriotism in our hearts! wl Why should this nation of oura be cent in w< pieces by litis irrepressible conflict? Is it irrepressible ? Tho battle will <fiot be fi|foughfcout here. When the dark day comes cj( ss come it may,- when ihis question t liat f(1 now divides and agitates the henrts of thu ft, people can only f>e decided by tftc bfoody trbitrament of the sword, it will be the oddest dAy for ns and all mankind ikrnl the >un of IleaveD has ever shone upon; J01 "T trusty Mr. Clerk, that his discission ?ill flow cease. I trust tbnt all fctll -make n effort, by balloting, and by a succession f ballotiugs, M> organic thft.THouse. i ?r* rust thai wo will go'otrWfereffoffc, daj P ftor day, until wo do 'effect an orgnnfjla ion, and proceed to perform tho duties fjK thich we were, sent here to discharge j bat tho g'hsfct hh?rt of our couptrjr" frill MD ease to pulsatA witU the anxiety which oofg ] to throb; and that we wttl each, beJ. ^ftarown npjffcpriate tipWe'dWe i#|n Mffemake odrsel 1$* niore wwtbyof thu ... ly^roublo ultAsiogi which tn'tt :only be |0jg * mm w* '&$> . W tijiy.A- * '*V* i kli'J ...?r'. Mijiv - Bimi?aiwq MIftiL'iEAU B. JjAMA'Iv. Tho deni-e of a mail bo distinguished in he hiriorv of our country as was Mirabenu li. Lamar, deserves iiiiict mop: than ? ; notice; cMv-iallv to the people of ruiii'Mj wlioin ho was Lorn, and . .' hero he p:?-rc?l tho early part of his life. We i: <;! (; that v..; am unable to do that justice to tiio snbj-et which i:a merits de(.Jen. I.-iiiiaj- wri , l> iiu in I'ulmnn county iu this- State, and :.t the t:<no ?>f his death was abrn:f. <">:"! yea is of age ; and up to tho time < !' theXcxas devolution redded in (jieoi'^!a, whore lie filled many honorably petitions with credit to himself and those whom he r;picseiiti;d. He was for a long time editor and piopricior of the Columbus Knquirer, ihe fir~t paper ever published it! this city, and the old files of that sterliw Mid it.JtiKiitial .sheet will show flint ho kvie!d<d tin' "gray goose ?j??ill' willi n&mucli facility and force as he afterwards did ihu > wo I'd on the ensanguined field of Sati Jacinto. 1 por. the l-scyhiiig out uf the Texas lievoIv.iio:., 11;s sympathies and fetdinjjs were bo ^ivatiy al t!ie tyranny and oppressions which thai infant colony had received at 11K-. hands of the JKxican government, that he determined to throw the weight of !iis arm aad prestige in the scale, and to .itiiiu-" comiori a:i>; competency at home*, ii uidi'i' that Texas might ctijoy all tlio irnHunitivs of a free country from which r,ho lad boon debarred by the selfish policy of jahta Aiuiar.n.l other hold and intriguing :lii'jf? of Mexico. (lathering around him a few personal and ittaehed friends, lie repaired to the seat war. Ilis bol l and chivalric nature, re'einbliijg more the brilliant character of a l'ayard$ihan that of an adventurer, soon nade his services sought for. lto was nlnost immediately placed ill a position of lie highest honor ainl responsibility, and von and held tho confiJetfcfe?^f the Texau n<<ji!e tin;it the Independence of that couury was acknowledged, undergoing all the motions an ! sufTeiings of the <gal]nnt, lalf chid, hah'-slai ved army of the Republic, mtil the Sisn if Jaeiu'.o went down upon he 11 ing and beaten battalions of ftlexi o. The cavalry charge at San Jacinto, Ku jy Lamar antHhc gallant Sherman, is considered by all military men to be onoofth? nost spletxlid and desperate flats of arms ;ver accomplished. Ntimbeting less titan F5 men,' j>oorly armed and indifferently nounted, they- l^pldly lushed upon tho >ristling squares of Mexican infantry, riding hem down under the hoofs of their..horses, in.! sabieir.g tho cartnooiors at the guns, 'very whe.ro in the tlvick'tsi of tho fight,' vas f<"jn the glittering sword of tj^jt-ghllatit ,nu;ar, n beacon of hope to liis bravo ancl canty followers, and n bright mark of tho jullcts of the enemy. The contest ttaa v.ng and doubtful. Jiight and <cffciinge lininphed over wrong and tyranny,and tho oulfl and huUcn invaders fled ingloriously rom tho field, and Texas was free. There tte few actions in history that can compare vith the cavalry charge at San Jacinto, and t does not |>ale before the rash outset of i . i : t . i?^ . ui: i.i-'tii un^awc ai r>iiiaKlnv.n, nor does I lose any of its brilliancy w hcj) compared nth llic bold charge against the Sikhs at 'hiliinnwalLh.. ' *v AlVjr the w:u lie reined into piivate lift*. jTtll called by the almost unanimous tfqjco ^ftk: Texan pc*>|?!6 to tin; Oriiuf^Iagistray of tho Republic. i'lis. g^qtl .'a9*6iutnuntiy successful in.evT!Vy^iirtigj8|^ s tliu history of those times fffest before his death, Gen. Lamar biitj 1st closed his Mission to tho Central AmVri;m State.', to tho satisfaction tifflbur (Tovrnmcht; a position of delicate."friist,and quiring qualities which lie possessed in an njftj:nt degree. As a talesman, soldier and diplofcatistf ; was always equal to anjr emergency itj liich he might bo placed ; nnd as an anor, a volnie of ^poem's has beet) published,' bieh shows that he was no unsuccessful )oer of?lheMuses. Gon. Lamar was twice married. His st u ifj is buried in tho cemetery i/5 this y; the second survives, hiin, tho beauH-' I and accomplished daughter of the lato 5V. John Newfcnd MnlHt.? G/umbus ra.) Times. . . , # >' ! A SuAtip Pkabant.?Loui9 XVI in hiai. irney throngh Normandy, bewrtl rt pea* )t in the environs of Caen singing a J popqtor so Jig, and was'bo, y leased hat when it v^ns finkht-d. h^? ed, '-Bis! his 1* Tha? peasant enquired . at that mEbnt, and .wm-lold U??t itsigni1 ngfti?vOrohic6 rgore! Accordingly, he g the'sotig# second time,on which the* g gave\uA a piece of gold. The 'pe&-" x ,! '* rn .1. nl ; . '-sJ'iji i r RiOi?Ace i? a subliino virtnt. The truest. , oism in human .ihal. pflri^hero-* which bonira with" balmttaft 5liivlt?h&> <T<*Sf?irdlaM1of.v}he con2o)ationi^q^a fr^tr 'sympathy Amtttyithouti'lbe Mfotbingtii *mi?iWNk. 3gS ...; ...