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" Charleston at...!. 8 X: m. M ' Orangeburg at.?.. 1.80 p.m. Arrive at ?olumbiaat...-.....r...,.'.,..'/J,.,.;i '5.20PTm. ^?ve 0^*nI^burg,atl1^^.<Mvr?.??vM^vH?1<><, i4 H> .tM?yeOni?gelWirg hl.,..i.^....l.>^Au-.&te p/m. ^TrfWy^^oWmblji *i ..?VfJU>f.Mi *#^.80?RijM ! POETRY. tines. -?'?::? ..A) V. :,* '.f.v^l r! Mil i by WOnDBWORTtt. Mir ,????;. Itjdj it.'^--? ? ; ? t [The sweetest po,?m in l he English Language. Bd.] She ilwelt among the untrodden ways, Beside the springs of Dovo,? A maid, whom there wcro none to praise, And very .few to love. ill ??? ? '.'l't ? dl ? ?>':?{ JiS.V ti uj ;/ ?Vll ; I . A violet, by a mossy stone , ,, j . ] Half hidden to the eye, , Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky, ' ' ' - .._ . She Hvod unknown; and few could know When Lucy ceased to be: But she*is in her grnvo, and?Oh? The difference to me ! LIT.EftARY. ?for The ohanokiiuuo nUws/] Memories of Migration, Travelers' letters have been so often written, and the topics usually treated. of by those who go away front homo to see the world arc there fore so very tricoj that few care to read them. Yet, I hope Mr. Editor, that your readers will indulge me a littlo while I jot. down a few brevities concerning;my Bights and experiences whilo abroad; for I too have been traveling. This much fof an [introduction. I won't pre sume on anybody's patience, and write a long one, and1 only pause further from my narration of facts," while I ask, that as I am no poet, my readers will not charge me with drawing on niy imagination. ; Yes, Mr?. Editor,. I've been travoling?Havo sailed on, the .broad, blue Atlantic, and been i;rooked on the bo om of the doep;" havo felt the cool sharp, breath of Eolus's subjects, and scon the waves at their beck rise into hills j have watched the hungry, fish pursuing the ship, and wondered if they were hoping a Jonah was on board ; havo condoled with those who who wore sick of the sea, and laughed at those who were sea-sick ; have peen the moon, with her pale round face, rise as if out of the waters; and whilo studying the stars, thought of Uy ron's Ocean scene? ??Blue rolled the Ocean, blue the sky ? Looked like an Ocean hung on high, &o. havo steamed up New York's beautiful harbor, and as the mighty City from afar loomed up dimly, have wondered if "distance lent enchant ment to tho view" ; have been "glad once move io get ou shorO," and have been aroused from my newly-found bliss, by behlg subjected to the annoying importunity of rapacious haclf men; have walked the thronged streets of Gotham, and with humility felt my utter in significance, as the torrent of living humanity went surging by ; have feasted my eyes on the marvels of the great City, and my palate on the luxurious viands with which Milords of I Hotels tempt their guests; have been humbug ged at Barnum's Musuom, and in revenge wished to pinch the fat arm of his corpulent baby; have satisfied my artistic yearnings, by tiring my eyes with critical inspections of the beautiful master-pieces of being Artists, in the Art Union Hnll; have been whirled to Cen tral Park, and looked at the bulls, and the deer, and the swans, and tho fish, and the fashionables that live there ; have tried to got a.glimpse of some of the "fairy belles," whoso beauty I had seen so often eulogized, but have succeeded only in finding that their charms were much exaggerated; have illustrated South Carolino, by strutting among tho aristocracy, a palmetto hat on my hoad, and a fino havaqa between my teeth ; have seen tho lions, and heard them roar; havo talked with Radicals, and discussed war experiences with Federal cx-hcrocs; have traveled with lightning speed over the fast railroads of the fast Empire State; have courted tho Muse under the inspiration of the magnificent scenery, which has rendered classic tho renowned Kudnon River; have made wry faces whilo experimenting in Sarato ga water, and looked happy while seated at the loaded tablo a floating pnlaco on Lake Champlain ; havo n? through tho morning mist the verdantsloj js'of the Green Mountains, and sailed over the waters, upon whose bosom McDonough won for himsolf immortality }| have temporarily expatriated mysolf, and in tho old town of Montreal, sung, under the Cross of Saint GeorgCj "God save the Queen" ; havo refreshed my fingers in this specie-paying town with silver quarters, and been tempted to break tho tenth Commandment, at the sight of the1 'glittering gold, which plentifully circulates there; havo witnessed' general wealth and prosperity, and painfully; drawn the contrast suggested by thjp condition'of my own poverty and faminc-ptriokeii State; havo studied tho nipuueis and faces of the Northern denizens of the "greatest nation, &o," and of the Canadian subjects of Victoria ? Regina, and compared them with these of Our own afflicted people,' and my Southern prido has been gratified at the contrast j have?r-but, Mr. Editor, I have already too far extended my ? brevities j and, lest I tiro you and our readers', I ;will close by simply stating, that I.hav? returned home, loving Carolina more than ever, and satisfied to share the present tribulations of her sons, if I may but be with them, when the. evil days nre past, and the sunahino ??f prosperity shall again shed its holeyn beam? upon-us. God scud our down-trodd?n lanbl a"spbedy 'deliver 1 Wntlo in Montreal (let mo add in a less co? cisc style) it was my pleasure and privilege, to be present at one of the pleasant est Christian gatherings, that this Continent has ever wit nessed. Six hundred young mon, representing the. Christian Associations of the United States and Brithh Provinces, thero met as brothers in the same noble Cause, having the same mas ter,' and sharing the same high "hopes. North erners and Southerners, Federalists and Demo crats, Monarchists and Republicans, for tho timo at least, laid aside their political, or national prejudices and animosities, and con sulted together as to' the best methods of labor-! ing for the salvation of the young. The har monizing power of Christianity was wonder fully manifested, and I thought that appropri ately could have boen inscribed over the pul pit of the .v'Church, in which we met, the passage of St. Paul: ''-Where thero is neither Greek nor Jew, barbarian, Scythian, bond or free, bnt Christ is all, and in nil." The influ ence of this Convention will bo long felt in Canada, and throughout the Northern and Western States j and I trust that its effects will be seen in softening the acrimonies of our political persecution. A little leaven may leaven the whole lump. It was my privilege, also in Montreal, to visit and pay my respects to our honored ox Prcsidcnt, Jefferson Davis. Physically much broken by his sufferings while incarcerated at Fortress Monroe, and still an exile fr?m his friendB and his home, Tic was yet comparative ly comfortable, and seemed to forget himself in his sympathy for the sufferings and humilia tions of his people. He expressed himself as hopeful that Providence would over rule the present evil to our ultimate good, and thought that nt least, the young of our land would sco the South riso from her degradation, and he again blest with plenty, prosperity and happi ness. * ? V. SELECTED STORY. The Giant Musquito, OR THE DARKEY'S WATCH -:o: It was in that golden era of the South, when planters were as serenely happy as the pa triarchs of ?W; when cotton, rice, tobacco, and gugar hau not yet become disturbing in fluences in the politic of. the land j when our good-natured ancestors were content to let the curse or blessing of slavory rest alone upoll the heads of those who flourished by it, and felt sat isfied and strong enough to hear it; when slaves cared not a.pinch of snuff for the bene fits of education, so long ns they had plenty of 'possum-fat and hominy, pork and beans, tobacco and tho New England essence of sugar cane, and felt as proud of their masters' wealth as if they had all the cares of its possessions? yes, it was iu those palmy days of tho let-alone policy of tho Union, that Col. Dick Tearaway lived in his glory as d Georgian planter, dis pensed the fruits of his prosperity with a princely hand, ond had surveyed with annual satisfaction the joyous growth and multiplica tion of his niggers. The Colonel-was a kind-hearted and courage ous man, thero seemed to be hut one evil on earth of which he was afraid, or which was able to disturb his equanimity. That evil pest and abomination was?musquitos. With re gard to th.cni he was particularly sensitive and thin-skinned; the bumps which followed their bites upon his person were always double the ordinary size, poignancc^ and duration, and the vonom thereof seemed to enter into his spirit while the smart lasted. Hence it was that one summer, on his return from abroad their re newed onslaughts wcro specially intolerable and as musquito-nets wcro in that age unknown, tho tormented planter appointed one of his slaves to tho exclusive olfico of sotting up all night by his bod side, and keeping oil' mus quitos. [ This darkey's name was Confucius, common* ly called "Phew," for short, ond the only re semblance he probably bore to the Chincso philosopher was his fondness for "pigtail." lie was black as an India-rubber hail, nnd al most as round, but ho had none of ilk hounding q?ality. In fact, his wealth of fat was both the caviio and conscqucuct* Ol Im vxtraordiuo ?r,. - ? ?? ' i" f i 11 f,' - ? i ? ?? ' ' ' ? ' 1 i ry laziness; and it was, perhaps, on account of this particular talent, which made him almost useless on; tho plan tat ion, that his master se lected liim 08 his . midnight champion against nrusquif/w. ; /'You may sleep, drjnk, play, do whateyerj ydu like by day, Phew," said the Colonel'; '^bo, your own ?master' in * all things'; 'Wt you must be.punotual and wide-awaker?t' night, and see that no* cursed musquito sucks my blood, .poi I sons my body, or disturbs my slumbers. If i you aro good for' nothing else;yo)j ought to be good for that* . ?. " \. The eyes of the fat son of Ham whitened with joy. ? "I gorry-!' Colonel Toaraway, I'll do dat and tank-ycr, too. Aud yer won't say riqffin .'bo?t| nVy gwiho wid\ PhUHB, and doln'noffin, and drinkin' rum, and slcopin' in do corn-Geld, and Jjwj.?e to scamp meetin', and lyin*, and swarrin', and stealin' tinge, arter dat?long as I. does it in do day tune." . ."Not one word,. Phew. ^Nobody shall trou 1jfc.your if ydu keep the musquitos from troub-> ling mo at night." 1 - Phew gave a yell of delight, aud turned a Bum'mersct' immediately, and, shaking his fists in the air, cried out: 'VJess luff dem dam 'skectcrs come on?dat's all.!" ? He was loud 'and profuse in his promises of sleepless "vigilance, and took his seat with groats pom^ that night by his' master's couch, briskly waving a goose's* wing ; and the Colonel felj confidently asleep and dreamed of a black angel, battling, with heavenly pinions, against myriads.of evil spirits. But, notwithstanding all this it was evident that the sable sentinel was carelcss.of his charge, for the indignant planter found many bites on his person 'next morning. , . . Phew at-.first insisted' they were bug-bites, but bis master swore' he knew the . difference, and then Phew said : "I 'elar, Massa Tcaraway, it docs *pearrdat a ifew skectcrs did git at ycr, in de coarse ob do pfeheninj^ but wnt'a dein few to de hole number dat I drobc away front yer ? My Bakes ! if I'd let cm, dey'd ate yer up alive. More'n dat, I isn't quite broke into dc business yet." The Colonel believed, rcpeated^his injunc tions of vigilance, and went to sleep under the darkep's auspices again. But Phew had meanwhile grown dignified at his immunity from all other responsibilities, and his unrestrained liberty by day made him restive at his confinement by night. So, grum bling, he soliloquized. "Mitoy poor business dis am, for a likely nigger like mo, to he watchin skeeters all night! "Wonder if de Colonel tinks dcy don't bite niggers as well as white folks? "Wonder wut dc debbil made skectcrs fur kecpin' me up all night hcah, like a dam ole owl! I won't do it no more, arter dis night. It's lowcrin' myself.. Ha ! dere's one ! I hear 'cmcomin'! Ping-ng-ng! Ping, ping! Shut you ugly mouf, you "loafer ycr, or I'll crack yer jaw. Now he's gone, and I'm good mind to take a small wink ob sleep, till dcy begin to get thick. Tan't quite time for a rush yet?I wish I had annodcr quart ob dat primer-" "Urn" he would have said, but his jaw fell, his lips parted like two pounds of liver, and the word was lost in a resounding snore. The watchful darkey was asleep. But his brain was busy, if not his eyes ; and he kept on grumbling in his dream, so loudly, tliat tho Colonel, t-tirred by a few musquito nips, woke up and detected his negligent sen try, his black hand convulsively clutching the snowy wing of the goose. "Tho rascal! This accounts for tho bites. He gets drunk all day and sleeps it off in my chamber at night. He's dreaming. Phew !" "Bedam if dis chile gwine to watch skectcrs any more," muttered Phew, still asleep, "fur de Colonel or anybody else. Nigger must hob sleep." "And have white folks to watch them?eh, Phew ?" "Dat's it," replied the sleeping watchman. "Dat's jost it." "Upon my word ! And whnt will you do, you consequential darkey, if you aro not al lowed to do as you pleaso day and night?" ?'I dunno; but I think I'll hab to pull foot and run away, if dc Colonel don't permote mo up a little furdcr." "Get down a little first!" muttered the ex asperated Colonel, tilting Phow's chair, so that he tumbled upon the floor, and waking, started up to find his master apparently asleep. "Sloop's like a pig," said Phew: "and I gorry ! 1 was ormoss asleep myself." "Something must be dono to kcop that nig ger awake," thought the Colonel, uoxt day, when ho found his person profusely speckled like a currant-pudding. "I havo it?I'll ter rify him !" He now called Phew, referred in a i feeling manner to his bites, and added? . IT . i "But this*is nothing to what the Giant Musi quitos do?the great ?big Giant Muuquitos, | 'Phew '. half the n'izc of a man, as strong ot> a horVoy nrid ficrco as ten thousand-.wild cats. ^TOrfaear-o^tfawuJ1- ." 11 '?ill ' jij jsm?*qmmm&? man Jem?", _ _,_ ?sommert ti&#$e^ they come this' way.once in twenty yean, and & WFI^TWKv, ^>?x^,4l>W-, i\ ftbeyj are vcry . f on d o f n cgroes, b ut don't jnind, fly ?in'g1 atray \vitJr a whito man, if they can got one ^bp.xftUiKjr^tioa^^^iian^^il?^gw lead-cplojr, and his ?yes projecting like Pnnce'? Bay oys 'tersi5*"' \> ifi&^a at 5rnttuYa?w m'u ^Yeiv if/tHbjrca?:ca^1i^ him dryr and then; come bacV for more. . I loa my grandfather in that way, which is one reason' why I have such a horror of musquitos in gen-| eralMtrdJuiT tvuluT OTJUl &i\uH 'iflT Col. Tearaway related several thrilling an-! kept few nights more; but tho telUalo bites soon re appeared, to signify thaVetther Phew thought the Giant Musquito a humbug, or, if ho did not .fear them less, he loved sleep more. r ^ r ? 0, "I swear I'll have exemplary vengeance !" now exclaimed the bitten planter, scratching hiniseif'into a state of bloody rage. "f*'a? nca rly poison cd ? and itched to' death ? by thai lazy rascals infidelity. The ingrato ! I'll fis him I", . *> La* Accordingly ^e dressed up Nat,,% Vllkelj bright boy"--of sixteen, who Was. famous foi his love of mischief, and the particular aver sion of Phew, fco enact tho part "?T^?lant Musqnito! Tho disguise was made as perfect as possible, with tremo./douB gauzo wings, plenty of angular legs, a humped back, a long stiff, tubular stiug, all of a brownish hue; anc for bis voice a penny trumpet; and having suf I fieiently drilled Nat for the pantomime,, the planter one night introduced him softly Ink the chamber, where he stood on all Eixes, as if slambering at tho door, apparently a'huge gnat, wcigltinc^yiundxed pihidda^at-least. . ? Phew hod fallen asleep in the cliair, as nstf al j mid after getting into bed, the Colonel pinched him, and then pretended to be asleep himself. fin The slugglish slave awoke with a start and a cry of pain, and rubbed the pinch part with great, zeal. '? 1 gorry ! if dat wasn't a .Tint rnuskecter; guess he must been a hossfly," he ejaculated; "and?great Fadder Abrum ! wat'a dat befor' dc do'?" ha added, with a howl of terror, as he now beheld the monster apparition. "Be-j dam if dat an't do Jint Muskceter heseffl Look here Colonel, wake up dis minit, or yer done gone a dead man. Heah's de Jint 'Skee tcr flowed right in dc winder. Whar's your pistil ? Put a ball troo him. Look soon !" "I don't see anything, Phew," replied the Colonel, coolly rubbing his eyes. "You must bo dreaming." "Don't sec dat ?" cried the horrified darkey, pointing at the object, even more hideous than himself. "It appears to me I do see something, now, in that direction," said his master, straining his eyes. "Bring me my eye-glass. It wns promptly brought, and Phow crouch* cd, glaring and trembling by the bedside, as the Colonel calmly inspected the insect at the foot of the bed. "My God ! Phew, that is one of 'em ! He has eomc cither for you or mo. O, my poor grandfather!" and tho planter clasped his hands in prayer. 0 "Why. don't you put a ball troo him V "He's covered with scales, Phew ! ijo ball ever went through tho hide of a Giant Mus quito, yet ?ut speak lowj ho is evidently asleep. Ono'of the genus Culex?a he one," said trie Colonel, continuing his inspection. "Am he a genus ?" "Ay, ono of tho biggest and most ferocious of gnats." Am his name Nat, too? Hc'm or most as ugly ns nigger Nat, and I 'bout as soon seen do debbil as auy one ob cm. Wat is you gwine to do*' Spcnk lower ! A blow from his wing would smash your oocoanut. That poisonous, tubu lar sting would make you swell and burst with agony in less .than five minutes?so don't woke him. AVhat tho' devil did you lot him /or?" "I didn't luff him in, Mnssa; become in hcsclf, whon I was dono gone dreaming." "Traitor, you didn't koop watch; then. If ho kills rot 1 of us, it will be a judgment upon you." "But dat won't holp you, Maasa," said Phow, logically ; "you host kill him, darfore/ ' "If w^ survive, you ah all be hung, unless you kill him; and if you, survive,and I die, you will be hung, at any rate." "Don if J is to dio, anyhow," said. Phew, Sulkily, "I might jess'.aa well luff him bo.( I don'it kcor 'bout bcin busied by a Jint Skeeler rudder die nat rally by K rope," Or a slow flreV JMtherirUat !*? ?? nWwi?i c i-o (?' Hire the in us-pi i to "sounded his penny The noise wasful "Ki, does dem tofkmiFMfflf?bF ^jl&?ftW?^ Wg^?. And when' ihefcuswake/ yoa'lP.^na'he dsUwidfr Awalfo? b& tot^ -QTe fl&r m ih 08 MQljtiwttlcattgof j| sndTtetu? theCoionql . ana 111 Keep ? , Umn.i mi.i r?Bcap^wheh tl^^e^^?o^V?^^c^, or flieix)ut.et' tho-wmd?w withfyoq>?t VJT07 39. loofl Am ;ho Traid.of. linen.?&1- O,;. Stands*^ tfee^?fe hefty? in lln^tlWl^ulW- ^ ^''1' Ii "But he'll smell yon, in do second plgni&V " Here the trumpet sounded again, a more war ac:c^m^ahimen^r^',s,>JS'''1 *? ilaow Mdlg |. i;?DV Jint's bcgihbi? ?'fev to^mof*fek&r1 wings J O Lor J:.1;at shall dis chilo do $'f] 01 '^W^es^^.^e, J^ltnttl&Mlp'. "but ni do what I eat) for yon. On that tablo tflrWttDttti H^oitf?'VglasV^wfl/^ lold^lli^ia^l^^d^ ft> feWT*l?*B?u?,glSst> into their heads. He'll smelt-it j walk: ?p, thrust' b?ff big bill!in; and some he floored. - Jutf-cov drawer, and th?n pit "downat the tableland ..sit still, to provide him with more wine'in caso one glass isn't' ?n?ugh-^and niay-'heavefc^and the linen sheet protect yon itl'dK keep an eye , N? sooner had Phew done .as directed, than tho mniquito walked up to aud .around him, . sounded his trumpet inquiringly,' "to the in-" creased horror of theficbvered darkey, and tlleu the Colonel hoarsely whiBpered: r ^tfiiJaua* "His pipe's in the glass! i ,Ho's getting drunk, now. Don't say a, word^r4onjt.rst^fr stop that shaking I" . ? -# , But this injunction .was not obeyed, for sud denly Phew felt tho sheet tightened around ? him, and'he screamed and strdgglco^'tor'lr^ limbs were bound as if yfith cords. 'if?? m "There 1" cried the Colonel,, "I'll be Jwngoji if he hasn't spun a web around you, now like a spider ! That's for not keeping quiet. But don't move, if you value ycur life, and he may think you dead; and they never suck dead meat. But ah ! he's going to sting :ye?rf!m>w, ? to see. But keep <Iuinb." . ; ?I ^nivrfl The trumpet sounded venomously this |imo, and the musquito- pricked poor Phew^e^gly^ with a darning-needle. ' v , . ;f "I golly, I can't stau dat! Murder 1* snnok cd the victim."' i 1 1 ! ?'f '/ 'v'sl'! ia**. "Keep still, I teil y?u'.':''ill* 'mdro -Jda'-yW, the' harder he'll sting; and unless you drink k hogshead of tuih, you'll bo poinsoned to death j oven if he don't suck you dry/' 7..;(, ,Vi nyrpft "You tele me^h<l-.YO^)?n(,fHftto^^^^ groaned Phew-T ?. < . ..." ^obio oe fata ! "But that sheet must must be . cot ton j if tq stings through \t.. Docs he ?? ^?RJ^ftf feel himT' ? . . t .,k , A Hero the, mosquito plied his probe .with great forco and rapidity. . - - baft bb?I nj>j(??9 orfi HA ?M 4<0! Ah! Gorramighty? I guess youd titofc so. O, Lor ! Bc's make for tlic wlrf?Jwf how 1" And" after a violent struggle [ Mf* floundering upon tho floor, during' which htf was repeatedly punctured in almost oycry partf of his body, he continued to break loosc^ hurst the sheet, and scramble out at the door, snd thence out of tho house, alarming tho whole* ?, plantation with his diabolical howling.- wfT The Giant mti'sqttito, having' Well '$btfb*4n?l i his part, was ? now ordered I to * bed;'. Snd tba ? Colonel, having.?l?:-hed tho dcca(ntpr, .turne^ $ in again, and slept the swcot sleep of satudfod fl revenge. , Meanwhile, tho overseer, who was in the. secreet, forced the fugitivo Phow to swidloW half a gallon of rum, to kill the poison system ; and on tho m?rro^, when ho bectvm^ conscious and told his niarvclouai stor>,, ihH" Colonel denied the wholo of ,;t,.ami,asjmjB^O him it must bo a dream, or a visioiyprccoottffcg from ovcr-drinkihg. . , t ' To bo sure, Phew cxhiheteo\ tho' oxtensWo' perforations t? w?ich ho -had boon s?bjciM<?df^ but C?f?ntT'toataway satAt!fey':Wfo 'hothlw^.. to what ho had'himself suffered, i whilo fcrttaQf*] tai^O good for nothing nigger:1??s,f ^o^djnj^t^ wateh* for him,. iM hftn oJj|fw ^ insisted always that ho Jiadjhccii, nttecked oj a Giant uiant Musquito. yet he never went. 10. ^??oj ooHos: '''' '?,'"v ;f'.:.r.n...'fr...!1-ftoifft