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?BY <J<30?Se
KEAN & CLARK,
At No. 258, Broad Street,
? Augusta, O-ft.
Arc now reccivincan entire New Stock of
SPRING DRY GOODS,
bf every description, and are selling at prices
that. defy competition.
('all and see the Oooils, and learn the prices
liefore purchasing elsewhere. Don't forget the [
place, :?58 Iirbnd Street., two doors above fflol.e !
Hotel Corner, at the old stnud of llaviland tfc I
Chichcster. fMaroh ua. ISiJO. fini I
G. M. CATJIOUN,
WAREHOUSE
AND
GENERAL C0MISSI0X MERCIIAXT, j
Reynold's St., between Jackson and Mcintosh i
^Lixgrusta, G-a.;
will attend strietlj* to the sale of
COTTON, BACON, GRAIN,
And all oilier produce consigned to bim. Per
Boii.il Attention giving to tlu- tilling oCmvII orders
for Iingging, Rope and Family Supplies.
Liberal Cash advances made on produce in
Store.
June 24, 1SC0, 8 tf
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
Silt JAMES CLARKE'S
Celebrated Female Pills.
PROTECTED LETTERS
yT^
BY ROYAL PATENT.
This invaluable medicine is unfailing in tlie J
euro of nil those painful and dangerous dU- j
cases incident to the female constitution.
It moderates all cxccssik and removes all obstructions.
from whatever cause, and a speedy
cure may be relied on.
TO HI AlStifi:!* Z,AMF,S
it is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time
bring on the Monthly period with recti lurity
CAUTION?'rinse l'ills should not be taken !
l-.y femolcR that are pregnant, during the first.!
three "v>nth?, a? tiny arc sure to briny ?>n Mis- j
carriage ; hut ntevery other time, and in eve
ry other case l';ev r%v?* perfectly safe.
In nil cans of Nervous nnd Spinal Affections
Pnin in tin- Ihu-k mi J I .i i 1 ?s. Heaviness Fatigue
on slight ' x?,ii!o.!i, Palpitation of the
II.Milt, Lowncss of >nii-jtai Hysterics, 5biek
Heartache, Wl?il?*.? nn.l all tlic painful disease?
occasion e*l by a disordered system, thtse Pi Hp ;
will effect n cure when all other means have fail j
e<l. Full directions in the pamphlet around each !
package, which t-liould he carefully preserved. {
A bottle ConUiiiliiitr f<0 r.ill#. ntnl cneir.-l<-<l I
will) the Government Stamp of Great Britain, |
can be rent pr>st free fur *1 and G postageetamps
General nircnt. for U. S., .Iol> Mi.'Ses.Koohcster
Sold in Abbeville by Donald Mt-Lauehlin,
Dr. I. Branch, nndf. 11. Alb-n, nr.d all Druggists
everywhere. Van Schack ?t Grierson,
Charleston, Wholesale Agents. 7, 18t
TT/M<r I TMt ? ?
JtlUWAKU AbbULlATlUN.;
PiflLADULPIIIA.
A Benevolent iiiMntiun 'Ftablisfnd by special
cndotcinrtil, for the rvt'r f of the nick anil Dlxtresxrd.
ojj!irtcd irith Virulent and Epidemic
liixc tines.
MEDICAL Advice given gratis l>v the Acting
Surgeon.??> all who apply by letter
with u description of their eorulit.lun, (ago, occupation,
habits of life, ?kc.,) and in eases of extreme
poverty, Medicine furnished free of charge
Valuable Reports on th* New Remedies employed
in the Dispensary, went to thenfllicted in
eenled loiter envelope?, Jree of charge. Two
ur mi rue aiainps lor poFTfl^e \v;ll lie accept llile.
A.ldr.:??, I)lt. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON.
Acting Surg, on, l!owr>r<J Association, No. 2
South Niiilli Street, I'liila.lt.-lpcia, 1'a.
Uj- order of the Directors.
fcZUA I). HEARTWELL, VresMent
Gko. Faihciiii.li, Secretary. [Jon. 2l), 12m
CHARLES COX,
Alil>oviIlo, S. O.,
m/m/ vuhf resjiocuuiiy lDiorm uie public that
V? he hns
4 OPENED A SHOP- ]
FOB THB
making anil Repairing- of1
CARRIAGES & BUGGIES,
It is opposite (hutnot onnoxed) to Mr.Tavlor's
Establishment, lie hopes that by doing good
work, and making reasonable charges, to receive
a share of public pntrnnoge..
He has on liana at this time, several
SEVERAL NEW AND NEAT BUGGIES,
A T iSO,
S?f>Ani'.Won<1 i ? ?
? V. - ... mt JJUgglOI,
which ho will sell very low and on the moat
^ reasonable teims.
.Nov. 4,186X?. 27 tf.
. - -a
JAMES D. CHALMERS.
ABBEVILLE i..H., k CM.
Mmr ^ .
, IK KINDS OF
MWfillBJWilJAS
"MARBLE,
XT*AS Jnt* rpeetVArl thro# hnndr/wl ? ><? ?!????
XjL. together with the old, mating one of the
largest Stocks in the Stufo which will be aoisi
m low aa eau be bought in any other-place.
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CANDIDATES.
For tho Legislature.
The friends of W. JAMKS l.OMAX an- j
nmtiwiA tk n nniwlwlotn fi\v I li A T r>ir lul n 111 rn of 1
??? ? vu..uiu?i? ?..v- ^.vb.
the ensuing election.
The friends of \VM. C. DAVIS announce
him n candidate for the Legislature at the ensuing
election.
The friends of Col. H IT IIAHPETl
pectfully nominate him as a candidate for reelection
to the Dext Legislature.
The friends of Capt. J. N. COCHRAN respect
fully announce liim ns n candidate for reelection
to the next Legislature.
The frienjls of THOMAS THOMSON, lu>q.,
announce him a candidate for re-clection to
the Legislature at the ensuing election.
The friends of Oen. SAMUEL McGOWAN
announce him a candidate for re-election to
the Legislature at the ensuing election.
For State Senate.
Th? friemls of Hon. J. FOSTER MARSHALL,
fooling Fnt.isfictl with his |>n?t services
in the State Sonute, ni^ain nominate him as n
car di<lutc for re-election.
For Tax Collecter.
Mr. r.i-iTOR.?Please nnnoBnce \V. R. Hilton !
as n on.ii<li<!nt? for the offieo of Tax collector
as the ensiling election tit;<l ohlice. fj'
MANY VOTERS.
The frienda of Oi.pt. 3. M. MATTISON respectfully
announce him as a candidate for
Tax Collector at the next election.
The friends of JAMES A. McCOUD respectfully
announce lii:n as a Candidate for Tax
Collector at the next election.
The friends of Dr. J. F. MeCOMli respectfully
announce'him a? a Candidate for Tax
Collector at the next election
vsr Xh'c are authorize! to announces. A.
IlODGF-S as a OandiJute for Tax Collector, nt
Hie ensiling election.
ES* Tt)o friends of C-f.t, W. P. HAliP.lS
rc<jiev.tfnil3'AiiiHiiinee liiui as u Candidate f?>r
1 lie office of Tax Collector of Abbeville District
at. the next cleetion.
The tiutuqroux friend* of WKSLK Y A.
BLACK lC?q., respect "fully unnonuoc him as o
Candidate for Tax Collector ut tlie next elcc
The frit-mis of/JJENIlY F. CASON roapect
ulty niiiinounce lrjtn'na a Candidate for Tux
Collector, atlie ensuing election.
For Ordinary.
The friends of JOHN A. liUNTKlt re
i spcclfully nnnounce him n candidate for the
office of Ordinary, ut the next election.
Eg>" The friends of Col. J. G. 11 ASK IN respectfully
announce him n candidate for the
oHice of Ordinary, at the next electioD.
The friends^of J011N W. LESLKY resjtectfuliy
announce him ni a candidate for Ordina
ry at the ensuing election.
"\Ve are authorized to announce XA1UAN
iftij MnLJAJVl^, ft candidate for Ordij
nary at Ihe ensuing election.
For Sheriff.
The friends of ROBERT JOjfES respectfully
announce liini as a candidato for Sheriff at the
entiling election.
w. n. merhwetherT
Wholesale aad/aSetail Druggist,
S. Q.
J?j?gAVI (L:^jfer rf?3' his Stock of Drugs
,jEI.v?jind It^fifipes, would respectfully call
the RtJ^tl^tffcPlTi^frieqds and the public genWKJb
slock ?f the eaine, ai?d solicit
' ^.:^outiiuUn<$a thfLj klild patronage and libf
^ < *
Ho pro-podflfceelling Drugs*5low bb any first
olaseDrug S?oVe in the tip couptry. His slock
ia ^nmnlota ???1 ' 1?1 1 '?
wv.m|..v?v, piiu ctci juiinig duiu uy mill is
warranted to be fresh and genuine. At his
.store way be found
DYE STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS
+ *
VorcisheB, Varnish and Paint Brushes,
Spices, Mace, Cloves, Pepper, Teas
of all kinds, Buggy aud Carriage
Grease,
Also, a fine lot of CHEWING TOBACCO,
and SEGARS of the best brands.
A large and varied stock of excellent
; Jr'l^Jrl^'AJJVl-ERYi
He also offers Confectionaneft, ?
BH-A-KTIDIES,'
Pure Old Port, Madeira nnd Maliaga - \
- W^WKSS '
At exceedingly low figores. Also, a, good article
of Apple Vinegar, Kerosene, Oil* jfcnd
fiuius. l.nmpB oi.ail km<I?? Wiclre for any
kind of Lamps, and everything utnally kept
in a first elfws Drug Store. " . >?
Frompt attention be given to *11.
May 96, 18?(>?1-tf ?
D. HEALONE,
BB.IOK. L AYB H.
I V- AND
K "B&GK MASON, ?.
- *"lnety . f-i
.<v.<
I'M GROWING OLD.
11V J. V. 8AXE*
My days pass pleasantly away;
My nights are blest will) sweetest sleep,
I feel no symptoms of decay?
I have no cause to mourn nor weep;
My foes are impotent nnd shy, ,
My friends are neither false nor cold,
And j-et, of late I often sigh?
I'm growing old.
My growing talk of olden times;
My growing thirst for early ne^s;
My growing apathy to rhymes;
My growing love of easy shoes;
My growingIintc of crowds and noise;
My growing fuar of taking cold,
All whisper in the plainest voice?
I'm growing old.
I'm growing fonder of my stuff;
I'm growing dimmer in the eyes ;
I'm growing fuinter ill my laugh ;
I'm growing deeper in my sighs;
I'm growing careless of my dress;
I'm growing frugal of my gold
I'm growiug wise; I'm growing?yes?
I'm growing old.
I set it in my changing taste:
i see il in ruy changing hair ;
I see it in my growing waist;
I see it in my growing lieir ;
A thousand signs proclaim the truth,
As plain as truth was ever told,
That even in my vaunted youth,
I'm growing old.
Ah, me! my very lain els breathe,
The tnle in my reluctant ears,
And every boon the hours bequeath,
])ut makes me debtor to the years.
E'en flattery's honeyed word* declare "
The eccret she would fain withhold.
Ana tell me in "Jlow young you are!"
I'm growing old.
Thanks for tlie }-oa.rs! wlio.se rapid flight.
My sombre mu*c loo sn<*ly sings;
Thanks for the gleams of go'Jvii light
That tint the darkness of their wings;
The light, tl.ut beams from out the sky,
Those heavenly mansions to unfold,
Where all are ble.it, and none may sigh,
"Tin growing old !'*
front the Abbeville Jlntiuer.
The Old Block Houss Biid tlie " Old Reed's Hoad."
Jin. Editor : While engaged on those pages
or my I)is?iory of Upper Carolina, which relate
to the ancient Keowt-e Truil and tho old Heed's
lloud of this District, there were two manuscript
pages1, of son:o intercut, belonging to the history
of tli? liit tec in iny possession, which I hud stored j
so carefully away, that whou the moment came !
to consult and nee th?in, llicy could not he found. ;
For all the benefit ihcy afforded me, except so
' f-ir aa I was enabled to exercise my memory
j with tolerable accuracy, in regard to ihcir con- i
tents, they might as well have lain under the
| ashes of Herculuncum, or been btuflTcd away in
a leaky cranny ?f some gray old convent of tlie
father*. " Cj
The papers have since, however, ccmo nnex
pectedly to light, both to vindicate my carefuliieHS
of tho least important, even, of the precious
records of our past history, and to afford ine tlia
opportunity of complying with a promise made
yon, that when found and properly digested,
they should occupy a portion of your space.?
Yet (lirp in littla :Mr
- ? "V"' T7* vpiwuilijjl IIIC
in this workf 6eyo'u4 ap pro, Platonic love of it.
Mtuikiud, gcnnrally, have long since ceased to
tliink of, muclrleas UwjvenemU, the past. They
wilfully ignore the glorious history of their fathers,
not only because its study would too much
interrupt their busy schemes of gam aud selfaggrandisemeal,
but because the very least of
its memorable.events, Us entire spirit, is an
everlasting rt-bulie to their narrowness and cunwlitv.
I J "
They remind me of Sydnpy^mith'a old family
horse, which he himself feu humorously describes
aa tugging in the iiluifis of the Immortal,
?an old-fanhioned but most venearble vehicle?
whil?*|he chief motive of all hi* energy was a
basket of corn, ingeniously tied just iu (rout, but
out of reach, of his nose.
The Immortal well represents Jha past, and
the basket of corn the present. But it is im
possible that the present, orany generation,can
wholly shako off the genius of their history?
they must drug il along with them; yet like
Sydney's horse, they may turn their backs upon
the latter, and their noses to the corn. What
has become of Punch I
Nevertheless, Mr. Editor, you, as well as myself,
havo good seasons for knowifeg that .all
have nut yet bowed the knee in thta idulatry
There are uiuuy noble exceptions iu our midst,
who?e devotion to literature is only limited by
their means. Your own village may justly l?y
claim to a large Bhnre of tliu^ adtnirnble spirit,
which, while it neglets not the present, loves to
cheerish all that is venerable and beautiful in
the pa*t.
I set out, howevff,. to prepare you a bri^paper
from tbe contest* of a couple 6( old document*? which,
though meuger, may not provfr
altogether uninteresting?and here I am myself
ignoring history, aud runuing into an essay ,pn
the dull present.
The scene, associated at ah early period with
the event* and nfw to whom J would particu-,
Isrly refer, wtH.Jtaphaps, In some respects, be
more interesting to the Dative resideuts of Abbeville
village, and Yjeijtfty, thau, the events aud
actors themselves. /!* ;
Then picture to yonraelfa ?pRrc?, though unbroken
forest of oaks and hickorf? with a dense
undergrowth of waving- cane,ron Ufe spot where
now stand the Marshall Souse* the new Court
Hp use, tb# imposing range of brick stoves, and
, the entire Tillage of AWwtitie. Down-in the
it??h ml?. nni!?r ill* nn^nn >M> ?'*! ? LIn
?r ? " *-jug
curbed]and fretted by no hewtdlltop^ gjr few*
fed wttUMte 4|W old Spring of babbling
up Iht&jgfatM p?bb!ed Wd ; aj>d tfce huge
br>ocbe? completely shut
ihem, oeeaaf>n?lly, an ?4?enubrtf u?
' , "' |,. ,i'-'< i-JgpP
Tossing some two hundred and fifty ynnls
lower down tlie ravine, just at tlio Axil of Magazino
Hill, nnd under tlic oun-set shadows of the
group of tall poplars that so picturesquely crown
its brow, ovei looking more than half the village,
there, in imagination, reconstruct tho quaint old
colonial dwelling, nnd the Iudian Block House
of (Jen. Andrew Pickens, the noblest Roman of
them all.
The dwelling stood on the western aide of the
rivulet, deep, like the homes of all our ScotchIrish
pioneer nncesters, in tho valley of the surrounding
hills, in hearing, as well as sight, of
tho streams of pure water that rippled or dallied
headlong through it; seemingly the last sites in
the poimtrv to Iio clmoon litt ? nnnxtn ???
j ... ? r"","" " ?" >?v-?c
coust-iiitly exposed to the attacks of lurking
savages.
Tlie Block House was situated on the opposite
tide, n stones throw from the dwelling, in
a low, most uninililiiry position, save <hat it must
needs have been in easy reach of the family for
whose safetv il lind Iippii rliit-fK' mn?trin-toil
I linve among my papers a sketch of this old
relic of our primitive and revolutionary history,
which, with ninny others relating^? similar subjects
fur more interesting, I yet hope the liberality
of the people will enable me to put in a
popular and more permanent form.
The whole sitiiaiiou, though low, aud in the
main covered by hills, was of easy access in every
direction, except from the South west, where the
present Magazine Ilill, already described, rose
beetlebiowcd ahovo it; and from whose top, if
the Block House had been an open redoubt, an
enemy armed with the rifle might have succeed*
ed in giving serious annoyance to its inmate?.
In defensive warfare against savages, tlio ingenuity
of no people ever invented a more admirable
structure for its uses than the block
house, so often mentioned in the history of the
Amciicun pioneers. It appears to have been
pecuiittr to tlicm. If onco strongly and properly
built, accessablo to water, it mattered litlio
where it was situated. It was equally safe and
effective in the swamp3,oti tlio mountain summit
or precipitous ravine. Tlio balls of thu heaviest
ginia ill the pospcssion of Ihe Indian*, or of their
pale-fuced allies, fell battered and harm lees from
the sides of its huge lofjs. It was only when
the enemy could reach its doors and foundation
limbers, armed with clubs or firebrands, thai the
danger became seriuuti to the besiged; und even
then, such was the peculiarity of its structure,
in a projecting upper Ktory or loft, that every
experienced JuHiau knew well that he actcd in
a forlorn hope if lie approached to stand under
its eve.
I am wandering, however, again from my
mum subject. It dues nut carry mc a? far buck
an the lime of the Indian struggles, or even In
the Revolution. The old Block 11-juhc, however,
w ivs still standing, surrounded I'}" ecenery almost
primitive ; the name of Abbeville hud just been
given to this portion of the ancient Ninety-Six
lerritotv, a di-lieiito and most generous coinpli
ment, yielded by the mors numerous ScotchIrishry
to their less hardy fellow pioneers of the
Huguenot colony, in their deep sympathy witli
the misfortunes and magnanimous struggles ol
the Refugees.
Tuesday morning, fifth day of July, 1785, in
the tenth year of the Independence of llie Uni
ted States uf America?1 quote the old papei
literally?at a court held for Abbeville countj-i
ut Gen. Pieken's plantation ?iuobI probably ir
the Blocjc House) preaent as Enquires Justice!
Andrew Piplfens, Patrick .Cajfioun, William
Moore and Robert jVnderson it-was ordered thai
a road be laid out, opened and. kept in good re
pair from Mr. Wm. llngcod's house, near th<
town of .Ninety-six, tlie nearest and best way u
Col. George Heed's house, on Loug Cane; ant
that Copt, lluiih Waidlaw. Cunt. John Wilson.
Capt. Jobu Irwin, Mr. John LogaD and Sir. Join
Wnrdlaw, or any three of them, be appoiuted tc
lay out the name. t
Whether the commissioners went immediately
to work laying out (he sito of the future road,
followed closely by the laborers whose duty ij
was to open And put it id Iraveliug order, or de'
ferred, at least the latterpart ofil, till tho period
of the following rccord, the second of the oh
papers rcierred to, is perlmpsjiot now to be ascertained
; nor does it mutter seriously. Tlii
record, ot all events, gives ui the names of thoti
who, if not the fir*t, were among the first to toi
on this old publio highway, thus iucidentallj
affording a passnge in our local history far more
important than the Reed's Ninety-six Road?i
list of ancient names, once attached to the soi
and its busy Fccneo, but now .sounding, the great
er part of them, as strangely in our ears as i
read from .the mouldering catalogues of Dooms
day Dook: / ,
" December 20th, 178R
" Sir : ou will warn the undernamed person
to work on the road leading from Ninety aix U
Col. Reed'? Mill on Long Cane. Vou Wilt wart
them to meet atUich. Norrell'e, near John I<ogan'i
Mill, on Friday the 23-1 inat., aud come in orde
to work two days with axea and hoes, and al
their male negroea! S
'Godfrey ibbuls, Wm, MoMnchau, Wm
Forlma, Jamea Tbompaon, John Fpater, Ilicliarc
Norrell, George Forbas, John McMacl^D,.Jjune
Moore, Henry Orauan, John Gotheri, JohVPar
ker, James Parker,. James Lomajc, Ha it
wm. liorney, Adam Barney. Sam. Borney, Johi
Wilkaon, .William Wedgwortli, Robert Parker
Daw Id Parker, Robert Thompson, Wm. Buchan
?n,r Jamea Irwifc,: John Ivlmoneton, John Jack
An fo-V t??iU*Si--?J H J ? ? ?
?A w. t/no, uvijuni u -viuauawRjr, oain
>-ethera, and. bis negro, Bam. Porter, John for
lor, Charles Davenport, and his lhra? negroei
Edam ^fajl,'John Pitt, Edam Lackey, widov
Edin's negroes, John Lomboa."
This note is in tho handwriting oLCaol. Jobi
Irwin, who deaigoataa himself aa overaaer of th
handa ordered ouU i&. . *
It la quita^obvioua that the. nrgroea did not j
tltta p?ri<>4 MtttmnaW tha wlritaa along lha Iowa
portion of tha fceadVR^td- King Cotton bai
*nol ttofe-Mk iinKit ampira, nor bad tfca Yanko*
begun to b\jid "thfise greaV^anafActuripg e?
Ubr?hm?nU thAtjyrpbim hifl power, after com
4of t^.b# witji.
toe vaiieya 01 um voxymm*# lad MttriipM,
"* ' " ? 4 *
? \ ' " >r , ,
Fox on tho appearance of his hardier ivd conted
cousin from Virginia, the poor but honest men,
who oponcd Heed's Road, yen, and who had
aided jJObly in rearing the tree of Liberty, grndunllyTftired
to the unoccupied frontiers of the
Stale, or to the wilds of the fur West.
Nevertheless, it could be easily shown that
slavery must not bo charged wilh being the logical
cause of this exodus of the finest yeomanry
Hint over wielded the nze or rifle in any country.
It ia suflicir-iil to remnrk that the Red Fox
cuine among us bccnusc the country began to bo
open, nnd the Gray left us, not fo much from
fear of the Red, us from n constitutional love nf
solitude nnd untrnmmelcd rnnees. Fioin 17K.1
to llio present niomenl, New England, compared
with Upper CnrolinH, has lost in tlio smno manner,
more llian five to one of the eaine clues of
her people. Now, however, that our tonitory is
covered with extended cotton plantations, no
inoro perhaps forever to be subdivided, us of old,
among a virtuous yeomanry, cultivated and refined
hy au ndvuncing civilization, is the profound
regret of the christian uhilosooher and
sociologist. But what human institution is perfect
f
The exact site of Rich aid Norrcll's house I
am not prepared to point out. Ii must have stood,
however, not fur from the situation now occupied
by James Pert, for qld John LogunV, my
great-grniidfnthe r's MUJ^p3< situated 011 Little
Wilson's Creek, Perl's place, on
the plantation fjfrt^tfAtled-by^klrft; before the
Revolution, und TVlerriman.
One of tlie mill 8toich pro\?b ly belonged
to llm ever contented'dld Scpth-lrishmau, is Btill
* to bp seen on tlie Fpot. *
lticlitud Xorrell, however, lived and died at
a later period on or near the situnlion now
known as tlio Dozier place, in, if we mistake
i' ;liot, John Pur I low *0 plantation. He married an
own mint of my father. Unity Foster, daughler
of Henry Foster, and 6ister of the lute Joseph
F. Foster, and was the great grand father of the
Norrells, of Greenwood.
I hud much more to tell you, Mr. Editor,
ubotit the old settlers, and may recur to the same
subject in another paper; but this is already too
long.
J?H. LOGAN.
HOW SHE' MISSED IT.
A remarkable instance of tbo diversion
info " ?
J Wf/ftV VIIUIIIIOIO VI 4111 1IIVUKJI13U
fortune is givetwn a scrap of secret history
respecting Thcs. Grey, tho *fbunder of ihe
hospital at. Southwark, Eng., bearing bis
name. We are told that Grey had formed
a matrimonial engagement with bis servant
girl, and just previous to tho wedding day
i bad ordered the pavement before his door
to be mended, marking a particular atone
" as the furthest limit of tho proposed repairs,
Ilis finnncee, noticing a portion of thepa^e.
mcnt left unrepaired, called tho attenlipfc
of the workmen to it, and was told^H$m
1 Mr. Grey had forbidden them to exten?
r their operations eo far. The girl, pTesui
i? 1 -
| ... < ? upuii no Bupjjusou pojyur over ner
. lover, ordered tbo workmen -to continue
their ltbors, and added, 'tell biqi I bade
> you, and b&^il not get Eut 8b?
1 had reckoiYod<>Uhout her host; for Grey,
s on perceiving thai a change bad been made
in his positive orders, involving an additional
outlay of a few shillings, renounced bis
t intention of marrying the girl, and at tbo
> nge of Eeventy-six years formed the design
111 -f L..M 1! .1 - - " -
uj uuuaiDg me Hospital referred to: In
erecting the structure ho expended nearly
( one hundred thousand dollars, and to endow
it he left the further and munificent
t sura of eleven hundred thousand dollars,
, An idea of his wealth may be obtained from
? pjie fact that, besides making many of hia
' relatives happy with annunitrcs, and giving
i? - -i ?
2 ouuo iv vaiiuut cunriucB uuung nis
.. Hfc, ho bequeathed nearly half ^ million of
? dollars to* be divided among all who coulJ
^ prove themselves in any degree related to
* him. History is mute respecting' the roano?lr
in which the almost bride bore ber dis>
?
{ appointment- There is no cvidenco, how1
ever, of her having played the heroine'a
- part in an Effie Carstang melo drama, nor
f , arA ma tnlA tuliAl !*? ?? *
...V .. V ?um ?? uuiuui tut? lUUiKllltllU UIU gem
left her the least legacy afl ?balm for ller
wounded pride. Allwe know 'fe, lhat the
.flsaumptioir of iniaM-ess-shipv^.; few. hours
>' hours t'oo aoon, seen red-ft* England one of
1 her finest hospitals, and placed the name ol
9 TIFos. Grey on-record iwtbe largest private
ft contributor to benevolent objects known tc
English history, or euf own.?Boston Post
* Training.?Francis Quarles, an oid wrf
8 ter -who in,: the 3ay? of Chfcrlea the
Flretj s?^8 to * parerrt*! 'Be very.vigilafcl
1 . : i .. . . - - - - -
a overmj cmia m tne'Apru of bis. jfttder,
standing, lest the froeto .0/ Mftoy oip^tii
blodrojB*. tybile 'lie.'it a t^erjj*ig
* straighten him ; whilst lie is<n&r*< reisol
' season him; 6Uc1i rb thou msfceet'-hjm, ?im|
^ commonly Shalt thoa And fifajwr tet
, first lessoq be ol^dlence, and his second
BUVIt DO WllBv lu^JU Will. UIF6 flHW ?auca1
tion in goodj&tqjfr to wie- at most of^by
* ability and bf^oapaoity. Seuq^t.jroaih
v with- the JoVa'-wfbt* Creatofc^&mnVe jtbe
* four of bu know.
I ledge. If hd have at* active spirit, rathei
Jwctifc reckon idlenes*
V among, bi* chief feoR*. An hi* judgmenl
r' Iriproi, ihiiWK liia inplinatioti, and lendei
??BMC?hi?a?aaM??an?? ?wmpM
PREPARATION ?0R PUBLIC 8PEAKXNG.
I dwell upon tlio subject at present in order
to illustrate tlio necessity of full preparation
and of written composition to those
who would attain real excellence in the
rhetorical art. In truth, a certnin prodcieney
in public speaking may be acquired j
by any one who chooses often to try it, and 1
can harden himself against the pain of frequent
failures. If he is a person of no ca-'
| pacity liis speeches will bo very bad ; but
even though lie be n man of jjenius they
will Dot bo eloqtfcnr&r A sensible remark
or a fine image may occur; but the loose,
and slovenly, and poor diction, the want of
art in-combining nnd disposing of his ideas,
the inability to bring out many of his
thoughts, at.d the incompetency to present
any of them in the best and most c*01oient
form, will reduce the nnpnt-pr fn ih?
of an ordinary talker, llis diction is sure
to be clumsy, incorrect, unlimited in quantity,
and of no value. Such a speaker is
never in want of a word, and hardly ever
has one that is worth hearing, 'Sine licec
quidem conscientia, (says Quintilian, Hpeaking
of written composition,) 'ipsa ilia cx
tetnj)ore diccndi facullas inancm morto
log unci tat em dabit ct verba in tubris n asccntia.
(xliii.) Tt is a common errof to
call this natural elonuonro r it i? ?lm rntwen
-J , . ,
it is neither natural or eloquent. A person
under llie influence of strong feelings or
passions, pouring forth all that fills his
mind, produces a powerful effect on his
hearers, and often attains without any art
the highest beauties of rhotoric. The language
of the passions flows easily, but is
rAnrlftft nnrl cimr\1n ?r?#1 ?1.a
WW ..?M nu\l klig UJJJiUDIlU
of the wordiness just described. The untrained
speaker who is also unpracticed,
and utters according to tho dictates of his
feelings, now and then succeeds perfectly ;
but in these rare instances ho would not bo
the less successful for having studied tho
art, while that study would enable biin to
havethe same control over the feelings of otbflfft
wllflfor/kp mirrlit I n #1 n <-.f KJ? ? *?
? ""d"" vv M'w Ul "W UWU.
Herein, trideaJj consists llie value of- the
study ; it ena^^Jiim to do at all -times
what nature omyHeaebes on rare occasion?.
Nor iartbere a better corrective of the faults
complained $Fin the eloquence of modern
times than Ibc habitual contemplation of
ancient models, mere especially the chaste
? beauties of the Greek composition, and the
diligent practice of severe written prestations.
It ia the greatest of all mis4
stakes to fancy that even a carefully prepared
passage cannot be delivered before a
modern assembly. I once contended on
tbis point with an accomplished classical
echolnr^otl no inconsiderable speaker himself,
Lord'Melbourne, who at once undertook
to point oufc the passages which had
beer! n'ronardd. nnillhrisfi wliir?b wnr? nirnn
I? I ?I "* " " *"v'v
off-hand and at iho inspiration of the moment.
"He was wrong in almdst overy
guess lie made. Lord Brenman on a more
remarkable occasion * at the bar of the
Ve
House of Lords, in the Queen's case made
the same mistake upcJ'n the passage delivered
before the adioummenL in ilia midrllft ol
the clay of the defencc. The objection
, made that prepared passages are artificial
and disclose the preparation is wholly
groundless. In the first place, nothing can
be moro artificial than a speech must in almost
allxases necessarily be that is anything
bayond mere conversation. Next, it
is tlie manner, not the substance which ia
prepared; and finally, if the art used is
6bowb and not concealed, the artist alone is
r??w _ t?j ?
iii inuiw x/V/U J->> VUJIlll/ll.
A Thrilliso Romance.?'Ttvas at the
clows of a glorious summer day?the sur
was sinking to rest behind the distant hog
pen?the chickens wero 'going to roost?
> the-hull frogs, were^jmmencingtheir even
>i ing .song'the polly-wogfj, ^Qjtbeir nativ<
mud puddles, were prepil'^j^bemselvci
v* duuuo ui u ig (I l*~~*^IIUr uanHDQ ITiy1
self sntwvpon ad old and** anuquated bacl
* log listening to the.music of nature*, sucli
> as tree toads, and now and tben the nieilow
mult? of a dirtaobgackoss was wnfU^fTc
a our eatt by geotle wphyrs thai aiglfed
j araopg-.t^e raullinatalka aod .cajne heavy
\ laden vrith delicious ojJVr. >.- W8
. of the setting son,'glancing frtoxn Itie brass
, button# of j? solitary Eo'recjnan, "ftfrone
f through * l$ffot holeijr the hog pen full in
SalWactf, dying her nkir with an orange
^4 pe?i nvar.mna snowing on my tnj|ttU^t?
& coat (o bad ndva^go. One of my Artoi
P was round my hand resting on
. - thfr small of ffer baSk-^bfe wastoying wi.^h
ray auburn locks of jet' black .baa?ehe
I io?k(?U>k? a grass hopper dfttig wit|r the
v and ! f?lt likea mod tortl?^M
. with a cold codfish balk 'Snl. sarsT^n
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ADVICE TO EQUESTRIANS.
*Ih tub Fihst Place ?T?ie size of the
horse should be suitvd to the sizo of tbo
lady, but in no case should a pony or very
Binnll horse bo used ; because the drapery
of the habit, always sufficiently flowing to
dimmish the apparent size of the animal,
causes a small Jlorse to look too diminutive
?vide, for instance, the old picture of "Josoph
Leading Mary into Egypt," mounted
on an ase.
Sannvn?? bm?a
uvuju ouio iu iiisiai ujjuu yuur
bridle's being clean and neat, (for the bridle
is to the horse what tho head-gear is to
man and womankind,) let your seat in tho
saddle be firm and erect?yotlr eyes looking
straight forward between the horse's
ears, which it is to be hoped, will be pricked
forward.
Tuird?Do take a Grra hold of both of
your reins, both cuib and snaffle, (if your
I linrci/o mrwilli !o trAKn I .1 1 1
uv. IV X .uv?juiM 10 lVijr IVIIUCI, KllUt your
curb-rein, 60 that you can catch it at any
instant, if you wish to check him suddenly,)
and let him know that his mouth i?
"p*
under your control. When you have an
opportunity on the clear road, check, urge,
'urn him this way and that, in snch manner
that you may have confidence in your ability
to manage him. Do not think that, be
cause vou do not tumble off at a canter,
you can necessarily ride; and that, as a
matter of course, when your horse sidles to
one side of the rond or the oilier, it is a vagary
over which you have no c9ntrol, and
in which he is to be indulgflj^;trfake sure
thai his mouth is under your^pritrdj^undfcr.
such circumstances, and then .give; him a
a sharp cut with the w.hip?it will effectually
cure him of such nonsense. You will
have no safety nor pleasure in riding until
you have perfect confidence in your ability
to manage hu .
Foo: 'n?L/o insist 4.that your cavalier,
in all oases, take your right. So far a?
you consider his pre$cnco any protection,
it is your only safety. In that position tbo
gentleman can aljwaya seize your rein near
tho bit if your horse is restive or unruly;
and if lliero is any cause that may induco
him to think that the animal may be frightened,
he can pass his hand down your rein,
if it is necessary that he should bo led.?
Besides it allows a much greater Bphero for
a tele alele. rOn the othor side, on your
left, the gentleman can alTord you no^hssiatance.
His horse, necessarily )9 constantly
pressing against your stirrup-foot, and his
voice must be elevated in everything he
has to Bay to you?which, even in conversation
devoid of sentiment, is not particularlv
desirable. Besides his spurs (which
no gentleman should ride without) are not
unlikely get entangled in your habit.
Fifth?Make up your mind that you do
not know what Exhilaration of spirits?
what independence of feeling?^Vvbat.-jayousness
of freedom is, until .you ride od
- horseback. Make up yo\? mind that, un
der any circumstances, except to guard you
from insult, a gentleman is very little protectipn,
and that your dependence must be
mainly upon yourself.
Sixth?That a woman never looks so
I beautiful as, when handsomely seated and
gracefully dressed, with heightened color,
i on the back of a spirited horse"; and' that,
with a little practice attention to the rules
of horsemanship, she can always make ber,
*elf mistress of the art. And,
LA^jj-Tliat the only dress for the bead,
, combining ulegnnqe and gentility, is a
( brond-brimmed, low-crowned, dark^beover.
Some few fa<$?^fo look welf^in'caps, but
they would' look well ai^Avhere-r-tbey
would bo divine bfjj^eath .a: black beaver,
wilti its long black"veil fiojviugrljehind on u
' the.breeze.
' The discovery of cjiloitiibfb.?At tha
_i?- -r .t._ i--? & ? is_i.
uiuse ui^wiu mat ueuiury mo oweuibii -cue*
s mist Sclieele made a seriM'^of experiments
on the blaok oiido^of manganese. To some
(.liio Tnigiit bav?jjjattoed, &q?. unprofitable
wftaffc of time L^bu^ iviiat waa the result f livftt
iSAklV I a mDB ^UhlAlrAj A nlinUnA. it A
viwyyw yi^WWUVQ Wl IUO
'^rUlce *n th^arto' Barth^llel
<' $$8%" fh'at t|i*w gas changed the .color ef^
; | he-cu^a ofth$ boltles in which it was c6ning
agent. TUis led to a ,total rev<?lufeiot/
in the art j>f blenching1, *horter5&g the
? $Wocett.from s<^^} month* to > fewJjpurB.
1 lag# edit<f?fO*/*8^B>ry desirous of
^gaining1 thegood gr?pe? of the new minister
> arMl'In ^cfjlbling RU ftrst entrance into thj
'Ijlfc sample of aoji1
B;
'A 4fli%Jdy reaaoo rte^ifa
a, paraaoV w*tbat the sutMa ^ribftjcQ^riulige
' gender, and she cannot withstand hi?nr<iept
glances. -3fc. _ .I : ;
tti filS^ ? gf^i
JraanyVnya ofecfftting m* af<* V-Vltbink,
J. hut!?antl, thai you have a great many ways
\ of toiag ba?i' HT?/te? 'f * ilf .J < J .1
I riifiw.-.! ' l1?.l*-?-W J r.. ' >
r 30 e*c^7e'7 om*t
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