POETRY.
The Younf? Widow.
IIY It. JOnSV.I.YX.
She is modest, hut not bush fill;
I'roo and o.is?y, hut. not-bold;
1 .ike an u|i<>lo, ripe und mellow.
Not to<i youiijr mid not to old :
H;?lf inviting, Iwilf repn'jive:
Now ndvunciug. tutd uow shy ;
Tliove Ja mischief in Uer.diuiple;
There its dunyev iii l?cr cvi'.
She tins Hhidiod htinmn nature:
She is schooled iit nil her arts ;
She has tnkon her diploma,
As the mistress of nil hcnrls.
She cun tell tlio very moment
i nun in sign nun wnon 10 smile ;
0, a luojd is soineliiic# charming,
lint ii widow all the while.
Are you s.icl? how very Borious
Will her handsome face beeomo:
Are you aagry slio is wretched,
Lortel,). friendless, tearful, dumb :
Are you mirthful t how lier laughter,
Sitver-sdhu'liiiir. will ring out,
She can lure, ami catch and play you,
As tho angler does tho trout.
Ye old bachelors of forty.
Who huvo growtl so buhl and wiso;
Young Americans of twenty.
With the love-locks in your eyos ;
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But I know a littlo widow
Who could win and fool you all.
Jackson, Miss., May 1st, 1857.
vMimrv,'
A Loaf Worth Preserving.
CC1UOUS FACTS FROM fllSTOUY.
The Saxons first introduced archery in
the timoof Voltigcur. It wax dropped im
mediutoly after the conquest, but revived
by the crusaders, they having felt the effect.'
of it from the Saracens, who probably do
rived it from the Parthians. Hows and ar
rows, as weapons of war, were in use witl
ptmc cannon ball 60 late as 1(540. It i;
singular that all the stat utes fortheencour
ngement of archery were framed after th<
invoution of gun-powder and firo-aruis.?
Yet trees were encouraged in church yardi
for the making of bows, in 1182. Henci
their generality in church yards in Eng
land.
Coats of nnr?s ennin itifn Mmm i? fVw
_ ? 'vb""
reign of Hiehard 1, of England, andbeeonn
hereditary in families about tho year 1192
They took their rise from the knights paint
ing their banners with different figures t<
distinguish them in tho-crusades.
The first standing army of modern time;
was established by Charles VII, of Franco
in 1445. Pre'-'ous to that time tho kinj
depended upon ..is nobles for contingeuts ir
timo of war. A standing army was fits
established in Kngland in HJiiS by Chnrle:
I, but it was declared illegal, as well as tin
organization of tho royal guards in 1(579
j no nrsc permanent military band inUitu
tc?l in England, wnd the yconion of tin
guards, established in 1480.
Guns woro invented by Swart/, a (tor
man, about 1378, and woro brought int<
use by the Venetians in 1032. Cannoi
woro invented at an exterior date. Tlioi
woro first used at the battle of Crossey ii
1340. Iii England they woro first used a
the siege of Berwick in 1405. It was no
until 1544, Vowover, that they wore cast ii
England. i'hoy were used on board-o
?k:_ . I... ii. - xr.*- *
nii|i^ ny iin; Venetians in loau, and wen
in use among the Turks about tho saint
time. An artillery company was institutes
in Englund for weekly military exercise* ii
1010.
Insurance of ships was first practised it
tho reign of Cajsar, in 45. It was a goner
al custom in Europe iu 1194. Insurance
offices were first established in London it:
1667.
Astronomy was first studied by the Moors
and was by thom introduced into Europe
in 1201. Tin* rapid progress of lnoden
astronomy dates from the time of Coperni
cus. Hooks of astronomy and geometry
were destoyed, as inflicted with maaio. it
England, under the reign of Edward VI
in 1552.
Books wore first established by the Lombard
Jews- in Italy. The name is derived
from banco, bench; benches being eree-ted
in tho market places for tho exchange ol
money, &c. The first public bank was al
Venice, about 1550. The Bank of ICng
land was established in 1503. In 1606 it:
notes were at 20 per cent, discount.
Tho invention of bells is attributed t(
Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania
about tho year 400. They were first intro
duccd into churches as defenco agalnsi
thunder and lightning. They were firsi
hung up in Knjdand at Oroyland Abboy
Lincolnshire, in 045. In tho eleventh con
tury and later, it was the custom to baptize
them in the churches before they wore used
The curfew bell was established in 1008
Tf wna ninor fit. Htrflit in din mroniiiw l""
- - n ? "* i""B'
peoplo wore obliged to put out their fir<
and candle. The custom was a^i United ii
1100. Bellmen were appointed iu I<ondoi
in 1550, to ring tho bellB ut night, and en
" Take enre of your fire and candle, be char
t.iablo to tho poor, and pray for tho dead.'
How many aro aware of the origin of th<
word " boo !" used to frighten children
It is a corruption of Bob, the name of i
fiorco Gothic General, the son of Odin, tin
mention of whoso name spread a pani<
nmong his enemies.
Book-keeping was first introduced int<
England from Italy by Pcolc, in 1500. I
was (ionvoa trom a system of algebra pvtb
liuhcd by Burgo nt Venice.
Notaries Puhlio wore firxt appointed b'
tho fathers t>f th" Christian Church, to coi
]p?t the nets or 'Memoirs of juartyr'rf in tin
first century.
The admiuistration of the oath in civi
rases is of high antiquity. See Exodns
22-10. Swearing on tho gospel was at firs
twed in 528. Tho oath was first adniinis
tered in judicial proceeding* in England
hy the Saxons, in 000. Tho words "S<
help Jno Cod and all Stunts," concluded ar
oath till 1050.
Hi^nalff to be uned nt new vrcmfirHfc coil
contrived bj* Jamon 11., when Duke o
Vovk, in Th?'y wc-rp afterward
improved by the French commander Tourvllle;
and by Admirable Jialchen.
Uuw rilk in naid to have firHt been made b
by a people of China, railed CorcB, lf>0 13.
It was fii-st brought to India, 274, and b:
a pound of it at that tiruo was worth a bj
pound of gold. The manufacture of raw ft
si lit WIS illlr.lililci.il int?i ll^iirnriK fwMii Tiwlin 1>
by somo monks in 550. >Silk dresses wore pi
first v/oru iu 1445. Tlio eggs of the silk ?
worm worn first brought into Europe in g<
527 ?'Jloston Journal. qi
Extuaoudinauy 8uc<'ERSroh' of Oas- j**
UALTI K.8. -?I u the Into railroad accident 11
near Marietta, Ohio, by which a cur wan 01
procipitatcd from u bridge over a ravine
near sixty feet, upon the stones of a culvert K
Welow, four persons wore killed, and a large ,(
number wounded. Among iho latter woro w
two interesting sons of l)r. Talbot Bollard, J"
of Indianapolis, I ml., hrothor of Uev. Ar- '
tenia* Billiard, of this city, one thirteen
and the other sixteen years of age. Thcro 1'1
has been a remarkable succession of oasu ilfioQ
m flu** ? ? ?
w ?uu .iMujiij uiiuou iiiiinu Miuy uurt:. |
Their grandfather, Dr. Artemis Lullard, jIU
of Sutton, in this Stat<\ was killed by a fall | .
in bis barn, at tho age \>f seventy-three 1
years and livo months. Their uucle, Dr. f"
.J esse M. iiullard, of San Francisco, was
wrooked aud lost a few hours from that
city, on his way to the Sandwich Islands, C1
some si.v years ago. Another uncle, Rev. "c<
Dr. Artomas Hullard, of St. Louis, was
killed a year ago last November, at tho rail- v.c
road disaster at the Gasconade Bridge, Missouri.
A second cousin, Mr. Asa Bullard, 0>
lat?> of Med way, was lost iu the ferry boat 01
between Philadelphia and Amboy, that ^
wan destroyed by lire. And now theso
I youths, by adisaKter siir.L* to the one at
the (laseonadt) Bridge, re laid in arf early sj
grave. In addition to this, the father of .
Mm. l)r. Art cm as Bnllaid, of Sutton, Mr. "
( .Jesse White, of Northbridge, died from an I w
injury from a falling tree ; and her grand- C(
father. Mr. Melsial Mason, of Thompson, .
" i'f .k,?i ? f?1-1
^ N-fv., 11IV/U K/J \ Ub liiu I^IIUUMIUIU
ago of cm; Hundred and throe. Thoso facts v
^ do indeed present a most singular buccch- i1'
^ siou of casualties in this family.
Ifccordcv. '
Ok Lord Elleuborough '10 following traits
> arc told : ' A declamatory speaker (Kan- c<
- dlo Jackson, counsel for tlio East India com a
pany), who despised all technicalities, and e
- tried to .storm tlio Court by the force of el- oi
> oijuenoo, was once, when uttering those si
worus, 'in mo book ot nature, my Lords, it j n
* in written'?slopped hy this question from
, tho Chief Justice, 'will you liavo U)6 good- p
I ness to mention tho page, sir, if 'you please?' j ii
) ' A witness dressed in a fantastical man- j )i
t ner having given very rambling and dis- \ p
' creditable evidence, was a-ked in cross-ex- i h
J amination, 'what ho was?' Witness?"I d
employ myself aa a surgeon.' Lord Ellen- j
- ! borough, C.J.?'But does nny ono else em- . at
) plov you as a surgeon V " ! si
Of his domestic habits, tho late Samuel ! h
- Rogers gives the following instance : j n
" Lord Kllonborotigh was once about to h
i go on the circuit, when Lady Ellcnborough ! g<
i said that she should like to accompany him. n
| (AU iv,j'UVU IIWIO IIU lldM IJU UiyUUllUI), pro-, j
11 vided she did not encumber tho carriage 1 jr
L j with bandboxes, which were his uttor ah- S
i horvcuco. During tho first day's journey, j
f ! Lord Kl Ion borough happening to stretch !
3 his legs, struck his foot against something j ?
^ below tho seat. Ho discovered that it was
1 a bandbox. Up went tho window and out
\ went the bandbox. Tho coachman stooped,
and the footmen thinking that tho
l 1 bandbox had tumbled out of tho window tl
- by some extraordinary chance, wero going ti
i to pick it up, when Lord Ellenhorough fu- fi|
i riously cidled out, 'Drive on !' Tho band- 1c
box accordingly was left by the ditch side.
, Having reached the county town where he t'4
j was to oHicinlo as Judge, Lord Kllonboi
rou<?h proceeded to array himself for his i
- appearance in the Court House. 'Now',1
r said ho, 'whole's my wig?where is tny ci
i wig?' 'My Lord,1 replfed his ationdant,'it
, was thrawu out of the carriage window."' ei
Timb t'qit Mammon*.?Among tho nn- !
J oient Germans, than whom a tin or race nc , t;1
er existed, it was death for any woman to j
marry before she was twenty years old. In hi
this country, very few ladies are fit, either
" physically or mentally,, to become mothers, nr
beforo they reach tho ago of twenty-one, dt
' twenty-two, or ono or two years still older. b<
tm ~ l 1
iiiiowumi tuiiuuioii anu consiuuwuri ot p;<
y (tbcparent, is usually transmitted, with in- S
' creased intensity, to tho offspring. By the Ui
laws of Lycurgus, the most special attention
' was paid to 1 he physical education of wo- pi
' men ; nnd no delicate or sickly women wero to
i on any account, nllowed to marry. Dr. fc
* Johnson, in his work on the Economy of pi
! health, says that inatiimony should not bo w
contracted beforo the Hrat year of tho fourth as
septennial, on the part, of tho lady, nor bo- 01
1 fore tho last year of tho same, in the case
5 of the gentleman ; in other words, tho fo- d<
1 male should bo at lonst twenty-ono years w
1 of age, and the male twenty-eight years.? ir
>' The doctor Hays, that thoro should bo a dif- t\
; forenco of seven years botween tho sexes, at U
whatever period of lifo lite connection is ai
J contracted, There is a ditlferenco of seven V
years, not in tho actual duration of life, in ci
1 tho two sexes, but in the stamina of the
3 constitution, tho symmetry of the form,Hnd o1
i tho lineaments of tho fice. In respect to si
early marriage, so far as it conccrns tho h
"> softer sex, for every year at which marriage T
& is entered upon before tli?f ago of twenty- c<
* one, there will bo, on an average, tbree ti
years of premature decay, more or less ap- t!
f parent, of tho corporal fabrio. w
' ?
DlAMOVI) niM" I)l,*\IC>Mli A itntirtlA nf
patent "Hafo" (iharpcr? got hold of n mipposj
oil greenhorn, vestcrdnj, near ono of the
hotels, whom tliey found to he ho oxtraotdi- "
? n*iry verdant that caution on their part wun
entirely laid flsido. Greony was rowly
enough to go it blind on their "aafe," but P
^ bis wife had got all hi*- monoy, mid ho
j wanted a good pretext to get it out of hef. ft
8r> lie borrowed a gold watoh of the *har- ?
pers, ill order to show it to hia wife n? a do- j)
f xiveil purchantv?entered the hotel?fltep- _
A ped out of^iA?o^ior door?and the sharper*
have oot ntxto hiiu t<ince/*'pM>?0 JYurie titeii.
'n _ #.
A Horse Trade.
Tho Boston Evening Gazette is :espoiisi(o
lor this one t
When Topple wa? iu the horse trade, ho
nd his eyes constantly about him for a
jeculation, and ono day iu "Vermont he
ill iu with, among other specimens, a
orse, whoso principal points were the
Dints of bono projecting through bis skin
-a long, lean, lank white animal that had
it .some way beyond his tecUs, whoso
uilitics as a good horse were vouched for
f u neighbor^ who saut lie had knowcd
lm for twonty-four ycafs, and a kinder
itto'r never led oxen in u plough than he !
The horse was bought at a discount and
lipped with throe others in n ear for Bosih,
whore he arrived safe, but scarcely
und. Topple thought it a hard invest- |
iont, and felt somewhat anxious as to how
3 should ?et his monej' baek again, colluding
at last that ho would undoubtedly
ako enough on tho other throo to cover
ic loss on this one, which ho must, he
nccivcd sustain. lie had him stabled,
id then the idea occurred to Topple that
? ?,i..l.1 -11 i - I'm
J 1YUII1U uifiuiiipt IV 1IUIO IilCtltlOUS excelnce
for the poor boast and endeavor to
it him off respectably. A hrtrs e of ?omn
ilehrity hnd died just .before and Topple
mowed a large cover that was wont to
lvelope the animal after running, aud
>vored up his own Ilo&inato therewith.
Immediately afterwards appeared an adn'tisemcnt
in the Post and other papers
lat the famous trotter White Foot was 011
:hibition at "RiIlHovV nnrl u*n?l'l u-.l.i
i a certain day, inviting people to call and
o him. The usual formula was gone
irough with, of "sound," "kind," "stand
ithout tying," &c., concluding with the
atcmont that he had gone his mile in less |
inn threo minutes. The advertisement
rought many horse fanciers to the stable,
hero White Foot stood in a bed of straw,
>vcred by tho robe that had been borrowed.
Topple thought thnt boldness was the
L-at pumy, U1IU C.'IHCU tllC UMOJHlOll Of Ills
isitors to tho fact of tho horse being so
oor, venting the statement gratuitously
mt ho had fairly run tho flesh oft" bin
>nes, and it scomcd probable, ns tho flesh
as not there.
As the day of sale arrived, Topple visit1
his raeor at regular periods, nnd with
lash vigorously applied, endeavored to
v*nto in him a disposition to appear vigorus
o:? inspection before tho public, and
iceeoded so far that before the time arved
the sound of Topple's feet on the
:ablc floor wrought the poor beast up to a
erfeet frenzy. He stamped and struggled
1 a manner extravagant mimic/h tn rmtnli.
o O*" fc'*^
8h a large reputation for mettle, ond TopIc
was satisfied. " Perhaps/' whispered
e to the auctioneer, "wo may get seventy
ollars for him."
The horse was brought to the block, and
i sight of Topple he manifested every
gn of spirit. I lis nostrils were disteuded,
is eye brightened, and ho stepped round
orvously, as though ho woro impatient to
ave somebody buy him, that ho might be
oitig, inside of three minutes, over the
jad.
" llow much am I offered for the horse?"
tid Baily j "how much for White Foot?
hall I have a bid ?"
" Seveuty-five dollars," said a voice.
(< Sovonty-fivo?thank you?soventy-five
..1.-11 r i_*
-nnmi i ficiir any more
C(. One hundred," nnnthor voice.
" Twenty-five," lint bidder.
" Fifty/' second.
"do on, gentlemen, uaid Bailey, letting
le bidding proceed, seeing the compoti011;
" nuy nioro than one hundred and
ty for a horse that has been lii? milo in
ss than ?'iree minutes?"
" One hundred and sixty," another bidor.
" Sixty-five," first bidder.
" .Seventy," a new voice.
SnvftnK'-fivrt <???/-! 1 -uT.
...v , ? ? vj Iiiov OWW'UI
" A113' more than one hundred nnd hovity-Uvo
? All dono at one?soventy?
re? Sold! Dr. Small, of Cape Cod,
kos him at one hundred and seventy-five?"
<1 t'I?> I.:-I ?i- . >? . 1 .l - 1
t. uu urn mm mine, nam inc wccoiid
dder, and I insist upon it."
The contestant was a man living in town
id tlio auctioneer thought that for prujjitial
reasons it would be butter to let the
iast go d'tof town, if he had strength to
t out, bo ho gravely decided that Dr.
mall's b.d was the one he had hoard, and
i whom ho had knocked oft' the bargain.
So anxious was the disappointed maA to
rocuro tno norso that lie ottered the docir
tit'teen dollars for hi.x bargain, who inirmed
him that ho could not trado. Tho
rice, he paid, was not much to him ; he
anted a horBC that would go quickly tnd
; ho lmd got a good one lie should hold
i to him.
The money wax paid over and tho animal
elivered to tho purchaser, who procured
agon and harness and started for home,
i the hope of reaching Capo Cod in about
vo hours. About that length of time af<r
he left, a horse was heard moderately
pnroaohing tho stoblo, and tho faoo of old
i'hite-Foot was scon onoe inoro in tho prenot.
" Well," said tho doctor, as ho got out
f tho wagon, " I want to do now whut I
lould have dono before, nsk about tliin
oi'rto Who knows anything about hini '(
his advertisement nays"?holding up a
>py of the Poet, and reading tho desoripon?-"that
ho has beeu his milo inside of
ireo minutes} now '' should liku to know
hen ?"
11 Not more than throe week* ngohe did
," rouiied Topple; " I saw him naysou."
" Wncro. for fondr?*RK *jiWa ?" u??irl
oetyr.
"'On the down grade ot the Rutty'd
lailtr>acl, in a freight car," roplied thoimovtnrbablo
Topple.
A cothM^ouarV dcncribing n dnnce At
village in tho neighborhood, eaid: "The
ovgnous. strings of glow* bendt< 'gfffttrtnodfijh
fcheaving bosom* of the village bollea, Dko
oHyhod rnbioa on the delicate srtpoeo of
|>ple dumpling* I"
A Song for the Million?A Prayer for
us All.
Oo<l of the mountain, (loci of tlio storm,
God of the rtoweVB, <iod of tho worm I
Hear us und bless us,
Forgive uh, ruilress 113!
Preathcon our spirits thy lovo mul thy healing,
Toack uu content with thy fatherly dealing?.
Teach ua to lovo tliec,
I To Jovo one Knottier, brother his brother.
And mtiko us us free?
free from the shackles of ancient tradition
l-'reofromlheoetisuro of ntun from his neighbor
i
IIulp us each oho to fulfil his true mission,
And ahoW us 'tis Godlike to labor.
God of tho (lhlrloHSAS, God of the huii;
God of thy beuutifrtl, God of each one I
Clothe us Rntl fued us,
in...?? ??.i i?.i i
j Show uk 111 at avarice liol'l** us in thrult-i->
j That the land is all thine, nnd thou givost to all,
Scattcr our hlindn^M!,'
llolp us to do vight till tlie liny nnii night
To love, mercy nnd kimlnoss : ?
Aid uk to conquer mistakes of tho pant;
j 5?ho\ U8 our future to cheer us ami nrni us,
The uppois the better, thu mansion thou
hast;
And God of the griwo! that tho grave cnimot
harm us.
General Warren a Mason.
i A ? iK.k l?.-. D..-1 f i:I? v.^1 i -t
?-iu tug iuk; ifllliKUr Hill CiMU U/ftllOTl iUC
statue to Genoral Joseph Warren was dedicated
by tho officers of the Grand Lodge
of Massachusetts, with tho usual Masonic
honors and ceremonies. In the address delivered
by Grand Master Hoar did occur tho
following passages :
General Wnrrou was a brother Mason?
an active, zealous, honored member of our
order. lie was admitted to mcmborship
in 1701?when only about twenty-ono years
t of ago?in St. Andrew's Lodge in Roston.
j Over this Lodgo bo was elected Master in
I 1700; and during that year to highly wero
I his efforts to promote the efficiency and
honor of our institution appreciated, ho was
promoted to tho station of provincial Grand
Master by tho Grand Master of Scotland-?
tho Right Honorable George, the Earl of
Dalhousio. This oflico ho lilled to tho time
of his death, with great benefit to tho craft
and honor to himself. Tho punctuality
and zeal with whioh ho discharged its various
and responsible duties aro evidonced
by the fact that ho presided at thirty-seven
out of tho forty communications of his
urana ijocige, held whilo ho was Grand
Master. It is worthy of remark that two
of the three communications fjom which ho
was absent, woro held in Juno and September,
in 1774, when, in the language of the
record, he w;is " engaged in consequential
public business." At this important period
tho distinguished Paul Revere was his
Senior Warden, and Col. Joseph Webb, an
ofllcer of tho revolutionary war, Ins Junior
Warden, both of whom wcro afterward?
Grand Masters. Thus woro those eminent
men united together by fraternal relations
! peculiar to our society, and co-operating,in
I elevated and important positions, in the
! great movement which resulted in tho iin
I tional independence of our country.
1 Tlio la&t communication of the Grand
f.oilgo nt which General Warren presided
was held in tho Green Dragon Tavern, in
Boston, on Friday, Mr.reh 3d, 1 *773. Tho
business of tho meeting having been concluded,
tho lodgo " was closed to tho first
Friday in June." The communication did
not tako place. Tho luutle of Lexington
and the siege of Boston interrupted the
peaceful gatherings of the brethren, and
tliey were for a timo suspended. The learned
biographer (Charles \Y. Mooro.) of tho
Masonic Life of Warren, to whom I am in*
Uobted for somo of tho f;?cla which I have
stated, informs lis that nt tho bottom of the
pa go on which the proceedings of t he March
communication nro recorded, tliero id this
entry:
'' Mkmo.? 19th April, 1775, hostilities
commenced between tho (mops of Groat
Britain and America, in Lexington bntilu.
In consoquenco of which the town was
blockaded, and no lodge hold until December,
1770."
On the morning of tho 17th June, 1775
8'2 years ago, our grand piaster engaged in
tho conflict lhat ban rendered litis spot
memorable, llegardloss of personal dan
ger, ami anxious for his country's honor he
plunged into the thickest of the fight, and
by his encouraging example, stimulated his
countrymen to thoso deeds of valor, of
which every American is justly proud.?
But it was not his privilege to survive the
contest?lie full one of tho first martyrs in
that struggle, tho ble&ed fruits of which It
is our happiness to enjoy. His death cast
a deep gloom ovftr tho community ; and by
none it was more keenly lamented than by
the fraternity. To Lhcm he had boon attached
bv ties, nersoftnl nnd f.\r
mnny years; thoy knew him intimately ;
they lovetl niul honored him; and it wa*
nalurnl, therefore, thnt the sudden nnd violent
termination of hia life should have
been felt by thorn as an irreparable loss. r
A Faulk.? A young man once picked
up a sovereigri lying in the road. Ever afterwards,
as he walked along, Ho kept hie
eyes fixed steadily upon tlio ground, in
liopea to flrti! another. Antl in course of a
longlifo, ho did pick up at different times
a goodly number of coins, gold and silver.
Hut all those years while he was looking
for them, he saw not that the heavens were
bright abovo him, and imluro bcnutiful a-,
round. lie novcr for onoo allowed bis
oyes to look up from the mud and filth in
which ho sought tiie treasure'?od wfion
ho died?a rich old man?-he only know
this fair earth of ours as a dirty road in
which to pick up money as you walk along.
-? ? ? ' ? '
"I liKB you," Buid a girl to hor suitor;
" but cannot leave home; I am a. Widow's
only darling. No husband enn equal my
J'ftrent in kindness," "Slioift kind," replied
he wqoor; ,4b'ut bo my wife; wo will all
live together, and seo if I don't beat your
mother."
II ave you got ft sistdr ? Then love and
oherjsh Iwr with a holy friendship," snrs an
exchange, to which the New OrleansTln)c>
Add#, "If you havo.Vt got any nislcr of yolir
own, take tif,TpQ other wlleVS sinter, andiovo
h#r. The bhoCt If just as t;ood?son>ot^>o*
bettor."
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UkauTikuI/ It,uwuation.?The widow'^
luito wus beautifully illu^trato'd fit a
mooting of the Bible Society recently held
in Manchester, NTew Itpmpsnhe. A poor
Woitian, on her death bed, had given a cage,
with two beautiful birds, tho only available
thing she owned, to tho Bible Society.-?
The birds had been kept by the clergyman,
and at tho anniversary meeting at Manchester,
they were brought forward, und
tho Interesting circumstances of the gift
stated. They worn then uncovered, ?nnd
the sudden gush of light roused them up,
and the little warblers burst into the nmst
rapturous song. The effect was magical,
and undor its influence they wero sold at
auetiou. Over one hundred dollars, including
some voluntary additions, wero thus
scoured for the Society by this poor dying
woman h dctpiesi.
A Pk.\k Man's Ai-pufcotATioN ov Ki.oQUENCft.?Somebody
relates an anecdote of
.1 doaf man's being present on an occasion
wlion an eloquent South Carolina ouUor
was speaking, and after many efforts to
catcli something of what was said, o^clain)
ing at last :
" Wlio is that speaking ?"
"William O. Preston, was tho reply,-in
a loud lone.
" Who did you say ?" persisted tho unfortnnato
would-be listener.
41 William C. Preston, of South Carolina,
streamed the other.
" Well, \V?l|," returned tlio querist, "I
can't bear a word lie or von aio saying;
but; groat Jericho! don't he make the motions
splendid."
This aiucdoto remind* us of a scenothat
took place in a New England court, many
years ago, when Prentiss Mellon, (afterwards
Cliief Justice of Maine,) was practicing
at the bar llo was counsel for tho
piaimut in a oase, in which tho defendant,
who was present at tho trial, was " as rlcat
as Ailsiocrng." As the counsol warmed in
his argument, and was "making tho motions
splendid," tho defendant, who knew
that ho was tho theme of all this impassion
ed clorpiencoj made many efforts to hear
some portion of what was m>in<r on. This
1 lasted sotno time, tho lawyer gyttinrf moro
and more earliest and demonstrative, and
tho unfortunalo party getting nearer a'tjd
nearer to the speaker, holding his hand to
his ear, in assiduous but abortive efforts to
cateh a word or two of tho philippic.
At last his paliortCo failed him, and utterly
forgetling all considerations of time,
plaeo and propriety, he finally burst out
as follows :
" I can't bear a word of what you're snying,
Squiro Mcllins, but I swear you liy !"
JV. 0. f'icui/xiir..
Tjik editor of the Battfe-iiqm of Ftrc(lom
and the Tnm a hit ic/r of fyfbarti/, writing
from Philadelphia, after heaving Miss
Louisa Pyne sing the.songof tho "Skylark,-'
Hays: '-ller Voico is delicious, pure n.* tho
moonlight, and ns tender as a three shilling
shirt."
" Pa, what is tho intcroxt of a kiss?"
askud ? sweet sixteuu of her siro. " Well,
really, 1 don't know.. Why do you a.?<k
"Becnuso John borrowed a kiss of me lost
night, and said he'd pay it back with interI
est after we were married."
i Wuv is a restless man in bod liko a lawyer
T Because ho lies 011 all 6ides.
Exocutor's Salo.
q>IIRUR WILL liK SOLD, hi the late residence
I of Thnma* W. II fir hi (i, d?cohse'd, near Fnhv
play, on Rnturtlny (he l">th day of August next,
u lilKKI.y NKUKO WOMAN k CHILI). Sold
a? the property of suid ilvcsml, under nu order
<>f tlie Court of Equity, for t lie payment of
debts. MOKCAN HAKHIN,! i
\\. II. HAH IMS, y ?-*<??
July 20, 18iV7 X 2
A MB R0TYPES!
I IlKSrilOTI'l'LlfV nnnounce to theladies.ami
1 gentlemen of this plueo und (lie surrounding
country, that 1 have opened my Onllery at
1'ickcii* Court House,
And will he happy to see nil who desire to posses#
one or more of t hese hemftiful specimens of
the Amuikitypk, by which the human features
may be truthfully perpet uat?;d tor u great length
of time. Those p anting pictures Will plensccull
i iiv nij jmiMii, uiHi i win wan upon iiiem at any
time. Charges reasonable. ,
May 14,1 Hi>7 ir> r. N. itni>.
Sla(cof South C arolina,
IN EQUITY 1M0KKN8.
AbrahamDufce, c(. e?. at. j Bmfo,.rftv4itipn
.Ion. Uonalduori, ct. lit., ct. al. j- no ''
'FJIK Court of Ki|iiity, fur Pk-kcmi district, havl
in^r referred the Aeeonnta of Harriot Duke.
Administratrix, and Knnsotn Duke, Administrate,
with the will annexed, of the i'einnnul palate
of KuskcII Cannon, deceased, to thoCoimuiBlionor
far settlement, (ho defendant* Henjamin
Oanhon, Washington Cannon, and the other heirs
of William Cannon, deonnsod, Carter Cannon,
I MnreRvi'L Murolihiinlia .t?1? Kaiiduljil wiii-i.
Cannon, Martha Ilrown nud .Iuiiioh Cannon, who
Arc absent t'roin tho Stuto. wiU Uikc notice thnt
I lie nnid Kufercnuo will bo hold ut my Oflioo, on
Monday tlio 19th day of October next,
HOJl'T. A. THOMPSON, r.K.r.o.
Coni'm Office, July ft. 18f>7, id
J. 'w. fOKltlfV JR. JjSt. ItAnuntON. 7.. C. rCtl.lAM.
NORRIS, HAUBreON & PULI1AM,
AHohm vs u| I.u1v,
WILL attend promptly to nil business entrusted
to their cure. Ma. 1'i'I.i.um enn nlwnys
he found in tlio Ollico.
OFFICE AT riCK:;N8 O. II., s. c.
8cpt. (I, 1856 9 tf_
LUMBER! LUMBER!
'IM1K undoraigncd uro now propnied to fill or1
<l?m fw LUMHRJl of oil kinds, at their Mill
on Oconeo Creek, ncvon miles noi lh-cn?t of WulImlla.
J.uinbor "will bo delivered if it js deAlfed
by the pnrchnxctf. Our tcrins wHl bo madfcnocouimodating,
and ttc ri-.Apcrtfiilly Holtclt the puUonfttfO
of tlio pubito. JAMKS OMOiUi K,
M. t\ MITCH HI.).,
F?h- 10. 1#>>7 .81 i* N.' XAWllKNCB,
{ LO por?ons indebted to thf> nt
,r". **?%?-?/??
1\ Ropor, dcccM*fl,imiat make pay m9nt,nn?) nil
thoso having demand* Agftlim wild Kstnto will
*end<-v them, l?gully utteetud, <irt orhoforo Men
tfnyU. Wh (toy of October next. Tlid Mlrt nt
I?Vr (,?f rtirt Awton Roper, dwjcwied, VrHl *!??;
UVo notice that ? fit>nl HcttlometU pf ?hc 6?*trtto
of the snlri iutostAto will fib find l)rftfro the Ordinary
of PlcVen* muifti on m?id (>fh
TYIlK 1?. R<U'KR, A<1m*r.
July %t 1*&7 <y. 01
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j TO FAJtMEttfc AND BUTCHERS ! ;
i T/NOW all men by tbefc.. prencnts, tliut I, j. J,. rf
1\ N. SMITH, urn uOw giving the hlyhoBt
price for GKKF.N ANI) DIM* IHDl?S ever before
offered in tliia country, namely :
(Jfcfen, lYorti Oi to 7} cents per pound,
do. , Dry, " lO to 12] " " "
Bring your lliilc.H to mi> just tis noon a* jron
get tlicm olf the bonat, uiiil it will b\> bettor lor
" r i v MM ITII
"jTi'n. 29, 1857 ' 2!t *" ly
Pondlcton Rail Road Company.
'PlIK ftluviMitli, Twelrflb TliirtrenOi, F?>ur1
tccftth, anil KittcciHh TiiHtulmctitt* of ONK
j UOOf.Alt ortoli on tlio Stoi-k of llio l'etullctoh
I llnili-oail ( Vnnj'iiny will bo provable ua follow a:Klcvonth
1 ii^tuliucnt on tho let of August, lt<o7
Twc.liilt " ' " l>?^ol>vr "
iMiirfcohtn " " " Ddfemlicr '
Fouvii'onth " " " iV'b'y, lfcoS
Kittcoiith " " " April \>
W. H. 1). QAfJLLAUD,
Jjor? fu?<! Trow*. l'viKlloton It. It. Co. ,
lVni%fpn, Mov 25. 1857 -40 ul
CAST STEElZ"
. 1 T ,\V IVSA,. I.n.i.l .. V .,r ..null ()n.
tiij<ou CAWT STKlilii For xulo ftt 124
cont.s per pouud. Apply at tlib Store of
GKO. COMA'KU & CO
Tonnel HiM. April IS.?7 '2H tf
GtTN & BLASTING POWDER, *
MY rdWIiKR MII.iL heiiifr now iti aetlvo
operation, U u ill n n <1 I? 1;? ? < I II g
I'OWllW enn be furnished to denier* nnd
other* nt low rrtten. All orders addressed to
D. Bif.MANN, Wnlhtillii. will bo attended to.
JOHN A. WAGKNBU.
2Q, iMtf I:! ?f
NEW 'STORE fc NOT (TOODS,
at
' 'imik subscriber jh just roroiyin'c nrd opcu|
1 iitg ht his NKW STORK, ou Main-stieof,
^Vdlhitlln/a large n.isortnient of
Splendid New Goods,
Consisting, in part, of I)rons Goods for I/nclioH
and CitMitletiien'tl iVflpr;
lints and Caps, Bnota and Shoos, j\ largo and
line stock; ^
URADY MADE CLOTHING, ft very complcio
assortment?ninlor and overdress.
Of nil description . fresh and for sale very
low for CAST! only ;
Segarn, Chewing and Smoking Tohacco, of
tlio host' qualities.
Together with a great numbor of articles
not enumerated, all of wli> ;li have been selected
with great care, and will ho sold on
the most accommodating terms for Cash.?
PRO OUCH taken in exchange for Goods at
cash rates. Give n\o a trial!
J. II. ORTENPORFF.
ftov. 13, l'MW 10 tf
WINDOW SASHES
OF all kind;*, manufactured by Easley & Davis,
superior for their exactness and durability,
and already painted and gln/ed,
with tf 10 best American and French Wiiyjow
niA?.. A j... i 1 ii7-i?.-?i- ?
V*iuor?. anuiYP uil IUI1IU a I UHlimiin, Rllfl
fbr *a!c low by JOHN KlU'SK.
!II E IvI, 13 V lite COSS Is A TV jaT
Pure Zinc and American While Lend, for ?
which the highest premium whs awarded at
the World's Fair, X. Y. Sale Agents for
South Carolina, (,'armalt A- .Rrigfjs, in Oharlutiton.
For fuIo at Wallmlla hy
JOIIS K RUSK.
WINDOW
Rnw nnd Boiled Unseed Oil, yuirfV* Turpentine,
Putty, nil kinds, of Paint*, dry and also
ground in Oil; (Hue, Paint Brushes, and
all articles in this line. For mile, at the lowest
figure for cash, hv
JOHN KRttoti.
.Wnlhnlln, Fob. 12. 1SU7 31 if
JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER.
J JEAN Btk. FTSnilRSftKR.
Walhiillu, S. O.,
RAM juM now returned fi'otn New York with
n I urge rihd l?c.*\iitiful assortment of
WATCHES, .mWELllV,
(Uoth OQJJ) nnd SlfA'Kit,) Clocks. Music Coxes,
Comb*, /IruMiofl, Fancy Articles, l'ei fumerv,
I 8onps, 0old I'ens; olc.; ull of vrliit-Ii hns been
| bought for (.'ASH, nnd which lie q fieri for sale
I on the mo.it ftccopiinodiitina terms.
lie nlso REPAIRS WAjrrifB* nnd other
nrtielcs In hi.<< line. ntjrt solicits the pntrnthge
of the public. ITih slnnd is near the public
jquure, nt Wnlhnlht, S. (,'
.Voc,Jo, 18f?0 v 24 jf
\V. K. KAtft.F.Y. ISAAC WICKI.IFFK.
ASLEY &' WICKLIF1
Attorney* ut Law,
A7 y ttjfj"atlop<l punctually to nil bn*in<8S cni
i trusted to tljeir enre in the IHstrictct
comprising the WcMcrn Circuit.
OFFIC K AT PICKENS C. II., ?. ('.
fn'pt. 2~>, 1ft tf
LOOK-OUT!
Q A: K W. ImOWN nvo JUST
'J,000 Sticks of Mall in senmlCM bug*.
Large, lot of <>!??< BinillM of nil kin-U,
yl* \ Sngur, Cpffcp, Iron, Hgcon, &c., ?c.,cnvcfnllv
?olc<Mc<l for ilio Frill Trnile.
?AXSO
6,000 lbs. Hneon Side*, <r>l) colln Hope, |f> bnlc?
Hugging, f.enlUcr nnd Huwpet Hrognns, Ir.ait"
ins ftvtivies in Jliirdwnro, Shovels, m,
i Tail nt tlio old Mand. ui ANnKHSOXrOUTlT
HOUSE, 8. 0,, ??nd we'll dh wfint'ft right!
tt. & K. W. llUOWN.
Sept. 20. IftAO 1? tf
pvotIcr ^
IS hereby jrlvon (lmt Hpftllnation will he Ynnclo
to the Lepii?h?ture, nt ilf* next sckpiom, lo
ehrni the public road, leuvlnfi the muin t?i*k1 ,
nenr ?.?>*?. Julin llrown1!? ohl j>lnco, running by
Hfttmicl llrowo'flHaw faHl, nnd intoreeling Haiti,
publiaroiui ftt or {icar t?i<i branch bejend *#i<l
8?winil1. . . ,
July iy 385*7 52 _ _'ra_ *
' I1ISAI* aiJART1RRS,
FiRHt WJvmioK, fj. C. M. ?
A.jbcrtillc C. H., Juno 16, 1H67. ? *
Order Ko:*?
4 N KI-KCTlOy *!ll bo hoM ftt the varioii'- Roil,
gimcntnl Murftqr Oronndn iu the flrfit ftrig- q
ado of Infuntry, on'Tur^day tho 18th of August
tic*t, for llrlgadlcr General of the first Rrlgudo
of Infkrttry, first DlvWon, 8.0. M.t to AH l6e
vnrn n'ey osdosioncd by tho rcfdgimtiou of Hrigacliur
(ioneral J. W. IIaiuiikon. i~ . ,- iM
Tho Colonel* or officert'irioomuuind ofthopov*
or?l Uoglmrtnf.*. nr* Sruli tilt) extension
j of thltf order, And to transmit to the' MujftT flen- '
oral tho result of ?nid elocHon tit <;acb poll lu
writing. : i
ljy order of Miuj. Of?, ;A. M. Smith,
\ Juno 20, 1867 ?H
R Religious rtloticc.
KV. JOHN OWKN& will preach nt Menntjiin
Oi'ovo on ll.p Mtli, 2Cth m.j '27th Ji\ly ; on '
' Yhflf^th and'2Mb ut a new fchufeh near tiWiyr l
u Motm'aln; on Ihf Sfth and HUt, *hrt 1<>* add r.
' AugUHt M Bnont on.?(t? 8"! ?t 8?on?i on 4h?
f th fct Liberty; on thw 7th, Hlh, Oth and 10th at
Pi^prah; ontholith, liitb, 14th, lOtfc nod lorn
txtd Twenty ?"
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