, ' > devoted to utsratvrb, the arts, jbcxenci, agricom^rl, wsw?, politics, &c.,
TTtH-lTH?OWB TlOTTATt PUB. ATnTOlT,} I -Let It be Inrtilled into the Hearts of vfrnr Children that the Lttartv of jfta PreM^the ofmH ylZ ^ rPAV^W^^^^-Tiv^iy^
[ volume 2---n0.30. - abbeville c. h., south carolina, friday morning, decemirr i; 1854. . i-. -^^SSi^Shx- s
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Wi POETRY. *
? . - . , ? V I ' i i* i ' i ,i . 1.1 .i .1
Lovo On. ,*
Lore on, lovo on, (he soul must have a shrine?
H. The.rudest breast must have some hallowed
spot;
The God who formed, us left jio spark divino
Yn litm TtrllA /IWflllo nn Aiirflt fln/1 lntrrtfK
' fecvotion's links compose a sacred chain,
^ Of holy brightness and unmeasured length ;
The world with selfish rust and stain
May mar its beauty, but not touch itsstrengtli.
Love on, love on?ay, even though the heart
We fondly build on, proveth like tlie sand ;
Though one by one, faith's corner-stones de- ]
part,.
And evenjhope's last pillar fails to stand;
Though we may dread the lips we oncc.belived, ;
And know tlioir falsehood shadows all our ,
days,
Wlio would not sooner trust and be deceived
Tlion fttirn fha monn nnl/1 onirif flmf vo 5
' ??w ? , r ..... . ,
Love on, love on, though wo may live to see
The dour face whither in its circling shroud;
Though datrk and dense the cloud of death mny
" - he,
Affection's glory j*et shall pierce the cloud.
The truest spell that Heaven can give to lure,
.. : Tli c sweetest prospect Mercy can bestow,
Is the blessed thought that bids the soul ho sure
k. "Twill meet above the things it loved below.
Love on, love on?Creation breathes the words;
Their mystio musiceVcn dwells around;
The strain is-cchoed by unnumbered chords, i
And gentlest bosoms yield the fhllest sound.
As flowers keep springing, tho' their dazzling i
bloom, i
? ' Is oft put forth for worms to feed upon, i
So hearts, though wrung by traitors and Jfce <
? tomb, i
Shell still bo prccioas, and shall still live on. 1
' s MISCELLAyY. !
Doestioks Runs with the "Ma- i
.v sheen." {
701 Narrow, street, N. York, Oct. f
30, 1854.?I am not known by the cogno- i
men of "Mot>e," nor-do I answer to- the ,]
* ^ name of "Skyesy"?neither, as a general <
tiring, do I promenade tho middle of Brond- i
: _!il. i_l! ,1 3 .
TVftj \vuii my yiuiuuwua iiiio my j
boots;* Still, by the way of a new excite- i
ment, I lately joinc<l the fire department i
and connected rayselt'with the company of i
Engine 97. ]
Bought my. uniform, treated the compa- {
tiy, took, up my quarters in the bunkroom, g
where X slept by night in a bed occupied in <
" ' the daytime by a big yellow dog. First 1
night, went to J>ed with my boott on, ready >
' for au alarm.* At last it came?eeized the <
rope with the rest of the boys fiitarted on }
a run ; tugged and toiled till we g&ttior in- ,
* to the 11th-district, four miles and a half i
v tromTiome \ toundtue alarm Had i>een cans- i
ed by abarrel pf shavings, and the confla- <
. oration had extinguished itself; bad to drag
her clear -back; tired most to death ; it was
. not/unoy at all J turned in; half an hour,
new alarm ; started again?Hose 80 laid in
. * the same alley*" got our apparatus jammed
on the corner*, fight; 07 victorious;
. got our machine out, Imd carried off the
forewheelof 80's carriage on our tongue;
reached the fire,; big nigger standing qg the
... hydrant; ^l<#te<ynyselr appraiser and auctioneer}
tnockeeFhim down Without any
bidder; tdf6t water ^gotoUr stream 'on the
" vfirejVfun'; worked tiirmy arms ached; let
go to rest, foreman hit me overthe head i
. with atrumpet", andtoldtmeto go ahead;
thought d?n; but kept at it; children in
' ;fT\*the garpet; horrible situation; gallant fire- .
man made a rush up the ladder; battled j
his way thro* the smoke?-reappeared with |
a child in each arm, and his pocket full of
" teaspoons. ^
Old gentleman from the country; much
exited; wanted to help, hut didn't exactly
know-how; he rushod into a fourth itbry '<
1*3 fo^ ; tbrew tbemirror out ?f-tfjawin- -i
dow; frantically endeavored to hurltho dress j
? ingiafcla after it.; seised the coal Bc??itfe,hur- i
- <
!/' Hieui avwn i
<rri ? Jife^ttty?or]t| by & nt^terowex- ^
got back to the window; tried to go down;
ladder broke under mo; stuck adhesively to
the young lady; and, after unexampled exertions,
deposited her safely in the next
house, where I discovered that I had rescued
from the devouring elements the only child
of the black cooki
T?; ?i ? i i!. _ ?_
riiv 111 n owicuuusc*~ivciii un uie rooi,
explosion ; found myself in somebody's cellar,
with one leg in a soap barrel, and. my
hair full of fractured hen's eggs; discovered
that I had been blown over a church,
and had the weathercock still remaining in
the rear of my demolished pantaloons:
Fire in a liquor store?hoso burst; brandy
"lying round loose; " gin "convanient," and
oldMouongahely absolutely begging to be
protected from further dilution ; Croton water
too much for my delicato constitution;
carried home on a shutter. Fire in a church
?Catholic?Kttle marble images all round
tho room in niches; wall began to totter;
otoHma . C. A_J 1 1-1
ISV?C??A I.W 1(111 f Ul. illlUlCH KUUCKCU
my fire hat over my eyes; St, Peter threw
his whole weight on my big toe; St. Jerome
hit me a clip over the head which laid
roe sprawling, when a picture of the Holy
Family fell and covered me up like a bed
quilt.
Fire in a big clothing store?next day our
foreman sported a new silk velvet vest, seventff
the men exhibit twelve dollar doeskin
pants, and the black boy who sweeps out
the bunk-room and scours the- engine, had
a new hat and a flaming red cravat, presented,
as I heard, by the proprietor of tbe
stock of goods, as an evidence of his appreciation
of their endeavors to save his property.
I didn't get any new breeches; on
Lhe contrary, lost my new over coat and got
damaged myself. Tell you how?fire out,
nnler finnin "tnl-A nn OT W ->(T <1.~
. t' </ ) WUXV UIl IIJC
liose ; turned her round; got the boys together,
and started for home; corner of the
street Hook and Ladder 100, (Dutch ;) Engine
73, (Irish ;) Hose 88, (\ankee;) and
>ur company "came in coutact; machines
;ot jammed; polyglot swearing by the
rtrength of the companies; got all mixed
ip; fight; one 88's men hit foreman of
llook and Ladder 100 over the head with
i spanner; 07'fi engineer clipped one of 73's
nen with his trumpet; 78 retaliated with a
mving stone; men of all the companies went
n; resolved to ''go in" myself; went in;
vent out again as fast as I could, with
i black eye, three teeth, (indigestible, I
lave every reason to believe,) in my stomich.
interinin<rlftf] \vitll mv eimnar mn mA
. ' . o? ?j ?rr~"? "V ,v"
ihirtjn cnrpct rags, and my knuckles skin:d,
as if they bad been pawned to a Cliatlain
street Jew; got on a hydrant and
matched the fun; 88's boys whipped everyhing;
YS'sbest man. was doubled up like
i jack knife by a dig in the place where
Jonah was; four of 97's fellows were lying
ander the machifie?with their eyes in mournng;
Ilpok and Ladder took home two-thirds
)f their company on the truck, and the last
[ saw of tlioir foreman he was lying in tho
middle of tho street, with his trumpet smashid
flat, his. boots under his bead, and his
pockets inside out Four policemen on the
opposite corner saw the whole row. On the
5rst indication of a fight, they pulled their
iat$ down over their eyes, covered up their
itars, and slunk down the nearest alley.
Grot home, resigned my commission, made
?.:u i??i il. j-*?' ? ' ' - ?
uy win, iviir lub company my rea srnrt ana
ire cap. Seen enough, of fire'service; don't
egret my experienced btrt, do grieve for my
ostf teeth, and my new overcoat ^Sorrowing,
sorrowfully yours,
Q. K. Philander Dobsti'ckb, P. B.
P. 8.?IJave jufet met the foreman of 73
?he had on my lata lamented overcoat;
un't Wg enough to lickhw^?magnanimousiy
ooneluded to let him alone.
' + ? >r $&f"
The Death of Randnlnh.
Randolph, in fast declining health, reached
Philadelphia, whither he went to .take
nasiage ffom thatrjfoit! He waa too late
or .the ^iverpctolpacfcet. He exposed himself
to tl^a ipqlejjieaady ef the weather,".took
sold, which aggravated his disease and hastened
its fatal termination. \ He was pat to
bed?his death-fed?in hi* lodgit)^ at the
uny/notei. v-jine laio&yncracrea wmcn bad
rhe sudden burets of petulance which df?iafte
Witrigfr&ta
interval of acute mii'erinc^
voice growing gradually fainter, as he pns^ed
on into the thicker shadows of Park
Valley, the fluttering pulse stood still, add
John Randolph of Roanoke was numbed
with the dead 1 (June 24,1833, aged sixty.)
j.uvj vuintvi iiiin uuub. iu his aomary
homo, and buried him?in death as in life,
unsocial and isolated?in iho forest of Roanoke.
In the soil of the Virginalio loved
so well, they laid the corso of her faj^hful
and devoted son. They left him to rest,
after the long fever of his troubled vdream
of life was over, in an-humble and sequestered
grave, beneath two stately pines.
Thero let him sleep on 1 The gloom of their
shade, and the melancholy sighing of the
tl.' l- il-:- i ? 1
niiiu uicir uougns, nvo nt emblems
of the life which was breathed out in stiffness
aud in sorrow. ..$?
JACKSON.
It may well bo doubted if the rccords of
ancient or of modern times exhibit to us a
name, more:distinguished for sublime and
unfaltering^Courage, than that of Andrew
Jackson. He nevoft seemed to*' rise to, but
ever to stand level frith the loftiest exig^icies.
There was nothing in the shape 6f
danger or responsibility which he feared to
bravo?not to meet merely, but to' go in
nllAot rtf Mrtt 1
ijuvwv \j< Iivw ?AJ VltUUIUj UUL LU UC1JT HIKl
master. IIo was chary of his fame. He
loved applause; but when did ho pauso in
the execution of a puqx>se to count its cast
to his reputation ? Did ho ever falter when
the chivalry and flower of his early and ..later
supporters deserted his banner by b^allions?
If anything can appal a politidfln's
heart or stay his hand, it is civil war. But
in case South Carolina, he contemplafed that
result and prepared for.jt, with the coolness
and determination of ,a common-place business
matter. He stood forth a peculiar and
original man, in the great attribute of conceiving
and executing purposes and plans,
from the very contemplation of which common-place
politiuiaus shrink in dismay.
Yet one thing this great man lackcd. He ,
lacked the crowning virtue of magnanimity.
Generosity towards a personal or political
enemy, and charity for opposing opinion,
were not numbered among the virtues in his
calendar. Wo are pained to be forced by
truth to say that the hero's character, of
such robust and stalwart proportions, and
vital with such massive and masculine
strength, was incomplete. Like some Gothic
"tower, dimly seen by star light, i^Jeaves
the impression of pojy(yj akin to the-terrific
and subliiojLj but wants tiro pild antft&bf^ .
ening light of" this absent grace tornakojdt i
lovely to the'contemplation aipi j
heart. ''-V
CLAY IN
At this juncture, -jRenry Cla^mbjt ^kis
seat in The Senate. His very prcsalS^Sher#
was.an event in the. political histore bfc.tfjjfr <
country. The old light was
brow, and in his eye and in hisjrvcfoewere
the fire and the speU which could yotr save
his country. lie 6cemed. in vi^jy of the
new work before him, to breathe another
youth. With tho ' 'om of his ripe a<re,
he seemed to ha*T ught from the pasttuo
lArt^ 1
?^vi ?uai iuv> pi ma iiiunuiHi^ wc#
There was patriotism enough in the country
to 6avo it; but it was a dormant patriotism.
Olay waked it up, L Clay was the medium
that poured the electric currant of the. people
upon the politicians and the public councils.
Never before had he fully shown himself
the man Gg(l had made him.'- For fifty
years he had never foundarivaWor a whole
session, as an orator and leader in a deliberative
assembly; but"toeii had compared
him to himself, and had noted how far/to
Was,* in this speech or that; froqjjiis high-water
mark of excellent NoW no was above
himself?abi^re wjjere the flood ofhis sweeping
and surge-li^4|bquence had evejrgone
before. As a mere orator, ho left tho great
deeds of his youth and middle age behind.
But his oratory was thft least remarkable of
his claims to HSttentiomanrlrati f nirta TIa
was eloquent in every tiling instinct with el- oquenee,
as if possessed by its spirit?in
movement?in 'manner?in writing?in
speech?lir tone?;-abbre all, perhaps, m* so* j
cial intfer66m%a,trinsfas)ng j^jpaselt into others
; now in tbo clcraet, noraffc the mesa ta-'
ble, Dow in the committee rtKm, ihIhe drjfe,
<>n the street, Wty wherein evefy way?
the fever andTanaUctfl^of eoul that cjrtW&3
him with but one objeot before ltim?^?d 1
'fk' arid^tf'tH^t that never for
,1, II I ll|l W.?. LJ.
Cure for thiefootbaohe.
Beauty has ohartn8.'.^^L^it has,-almost
equal to mua& It mayrootho a savage
u. Tl J:-- * -
i/icuai. ituiu ouuuifvwf ouunn^a werman
music teacher oife da^ last weofc^ BB waa
channed with tl^eifeeauty of a liufy, Drigfit
as a star, lovely a9 those who dwell beyond,
or in the shining orbs. He saw, and she
conquered. Ho paw her in the street,-apd
followed. Other potfQlea ^&ave done the
same. She entered a store, sordid he. Not
because he wanted to buy goods, But ho
thought an opportunity might occur for him
to speak music to her, or hear the music-of
her speech.
Oh, what a voice! more sweet than .his
otfn fid^e; nud its tones,vibrated to the
vory bottom of his lager beer barrel. And
her smile?r-i^struck him to th? heart, for
he thought ite -smiled on him. Perhaps
,i;.i -* - e?i it_
"mv uiu. t? v pui^eu av a WUl iu liio j
circus tlic other night. <She looked at Bilka
?lie tried to s\ut nimBclf with a new pair
of gloves. Both were hard to suit, and
time sped. At length" she left, and* took a
stage for her homo up town. He took the
same mode of getting away .from ni$ home,
qfe&went up by tlio same c<onveynnce, without
any definite place in view at whicji he
should pulLthe strap... lie .waited patiently
for the lndyio give the firetpull. She got out
and entorod a brow* vatone front. Ho noted
the spot, and ended hiSVid# at the next corn-*
er, and came back and looked Up to ,t1&ctdd
walls, and thought?yes, he thought effithe
warm heart withiu, and the sweor fecflj'tu&t
smiled?was it at or for hiin 9
Hope told a flattering tale.!' '
and he thought if he could ofdj^Bntor4jbat
portal, he could win "the citadel. But how ?
what excuse shouldJie.make; or whi^anquire
for, when*thed&or was opened ? fortune
came' to lm ahF, flhd showed ifeim a
dentist's sign. sj^s?. <, ^
" Ah, t?k?," said he, ^1 have a decayed
tooth and-^ talked boldlyvtrp and rang the
m\. Fortune favored him afcain. The lady
herselfr-opened the dctor. Had she watched
him from the window as he watelwd the
house, and unwilling to let him be eeoteby
a servant,- flown hareelf 'to the dog*. Perhaps;
;wo have scon such thing#-36^foR".
. " le tljp doctor at home ?" V'
-* *>wuu ti wiiv lu-rvuiif ujwk wait ior
hf59P& ^ . - r*
' Oh yes, certainly, jn your eompan^nnv
length of time?if lie<6hould nofrjgftnc till
niglit?or morning."
The lndv led the way to the part?#*Both,
were seated upon the sofa, and time,\yent off
t$t.tho wings of?love! jjftV.l, he Uioughf,
Ho thought that^flffiy Somali that
smiled4ipon him wawfi^Rde to loV<*\ Perhaps
he offered his to Iyer acceptance. ^ f Sh?
fid not- accept, but that only served to make
HfeBtrobger. So flew time, till (i iou^JSfetiof
SShWoor bell ? r^A
r ^ha^ftdy ran to open the'd6fth ^n<l;stopped
f0r?/t' Few hasty the :
co me r,' "-and then, came.^.ir and - said
to eee^^just aa.m^c\
him into a snare^$&5' she'6ini^^-'|^i^*^
^ , Criminal
X, efar, and fne Pottttontiary
System.- * '
The revisiou of th# criminal code of the
Stato Las .become an ijop^rious necessity.
The severity of tliat cow has not diminished
the frequency of crime. On the contrary,
the passions which led to eriminat
excesses appear to be under little or no i*a
stramt, from the disproportioned penalties
imposed by law, and winch arc no^enfoVcod
from the indisposition of juries to gpnvict.
The pardoning power is occasionally'exerted
improperly, even when juries convict, from
the same cause. To descend -to particulars
is unnecessary. There is not a court of
criminal sessions, in any judicial district of
the State, that does not furnish examples.
Harmony, therefore, between the law and
its administration demands a.revi?ion of our
criminal code, if not required on consideration
of policy and abstract justice.
For the severe punishments, which were
devised at an early Q?riod of our history,
mere was, perhaps, sufficient reason and
necessity. But with the change of circumstances,
there sliould bo a conformity between
crime its penalty. There are
some offences punishable with death' that
should no longer remain"on the KtatilWbook
of South Carolii^asm-conflfqt-wilh public
opinion. between law
and popular "When tile enforcement
of its punfeltoehts ia impossible, is calculated
to brir>g--Sil? behests into general dis!
repute.
J3ut tjjye roforra^^onr ranal code woujfl
bifttnndPffect. uulopfi nrfniaiftmiiioil 'h&^W.in
stitntion of apenitxmtj^i^- There flf a cMfes
of crim^^wMqfepan 1>e atoned for in no
way ehorC?<^jB?^r, but with regard to same
offehces to^nrch this penally, is affixed, in'
the criminal law of this StftW?"there \ ought
long jjnog"to have been jfltxJiRc'atjon, in oonf^mity
with the humanity*t>f tlie agc.f '.j jK
We tru&tjbat thea'e jwigg^ttJouBrvyjll bo
foifbd deserving th attrition *of our ?nexl j
Legislature. Let ub not be.so ul.tra conffe&- \
ative*as to refuse admi&atir.1*> Aose.-trio^fft: ?
cations and Coq^pevamen
criminal law, And ite'correspondeQ^i^lItteef *
as mark general amelioration in the^ftyUUH^
of publw^unislltents.?Charleston i\W. ?
Savethsipead Leaves. **F
Verjr-tew )W2?SwM?fe. ^ould be emltar of
so, . aa waste I
."flTrfhurc. * Biitthsv are almost aK^jw^, of
a Effete notJfe: whit'less excusable* We ,
'meajv the w.-tste'of dead leaves that fal^ at \
tliispsete)n .of the yearj^fbm trees and ^hrol^s ,
^o^Ualonds.. Jf every horticulturist would
h^mqin^at on the -nature od^theag. p
contain* n<? only th^'(
ye^mtahle nftwl^^ot oarthy salts; lim<vpot- -j
a9^i|^jieed<j4'T)ror the next. Be asop'flgro^Si n
ijr-and thftt^ tob^'exactly in tha<ffroporticn
IrequirW^ihe vorytree or plant from which ,
theytwl^aajiy, mgwfeif they wouldyiotjsid^ if
in this way, bje^eH ,
nTlliMfl wnr'i folllr<i^lo?o?if *
The British Banner, wMTe a- _ s-'
gaiiiBt tho attempt of the Gor'eiTOp^Ht of
Victoria to establish public drfnlqofc m>n*e?
in the good fields of Austrafia, bii* ttifrfcjlowing:
7.'i
Tt* a ' *
- xi our AastraiTori JLesrisIaloril^liot above
taking a lesson nom Transatlantic Stftte*- - - ;:j,
men, we would set beforethem the opfeional Kof
the Hon.' .Edward. Everett, 5?fofcssor
Stowe, at the great? Temperance Meeting,
held last week, in the taberoacltj, Mobrffelda,
in referring to the philanthropic ?bors of
that gentleman, stated, that Mr. Everett wasr
beyond most living men, a prudent, patient
inquirer, pre-eminently a man of tacts, autf
who was, therefore, more than most mefrr '' *
trustworthy, in all his vkwaand atatejmuitH.
The Prnfiwssnr ?li? ?iJWL
J- ?V "'
Everett had, for many years, paid partionlar - " > v
attention to the subject of intemperttfee in
the United States, and- that thogeneraf con- " ?
elusions ntwhich he had arriVed V^ri9 substantially
the following:
1. It has cost th? nation a direct eipente
of six hundred millions of dollars, r 'M
.2. It has cost the nation anindirect'eae* .?. - '-t
p^nse of six hundred millions of dollars
3. It has destroyed threO hmidjred thotSir>
4. It has 6ent ono hundred Aot&UM-fehU- 'M
dren tgjhe poor bous^ 'k-* ^ v :
5. K has consigned at least; one Hundred % v\;S>'1
and fifty thoiisand p?r8on& to..tB^*j^/and '/ * .v .
State's prisons. . V.' , ' . , "
G. It has made at least on? tbpnsftnd ma- v?*r$
&?* . '3
7. It lias instigated to tho comgj^sion o? *- : "$
ono thousand five Tmndred'murdcxB^t * vi
8. It lias caused two'thousaud persons to- "
ooimryt suicide. ?.' . ~' V& -' j
9. ft has .burnt or otherwise, destroyed , . ' , |j
property to the- Amount of ten miflion&ttf
10. It has made two' liund^lp''thousand
widows and one hundred thoua&ni3 dhfolimobvious,;
the editor of the Banner . ^ *= ^e^arks,
that, on one or two of these , . Mi
U^a-diffiouIttosBB^k withanythiritcoren ax>- .
preaching to ; but the re?t oolna* * g
5nqtf? frhhiri the limns of orreot ipquiry.
Vmk;'such facts, theji, before mankihd,ft". .Jw|
srfcrely becomes them to' beware b?J*r tMjr
ftdogj- n^easprt**to^nulti|lly, thecau?e* of *omo<*^nTfolty.
^ ^> ,v
On One Oondit&m- - v . -; S
^^^jpe years ago, wtj^j^e L^gisfBtcife'df a
ono ot tue middle 8tat?&*ere' fnwtomj ?
Constitution, fhe diacuasiort of ftaaflu|pua *
proviBfbfta was-warm aqd obstinrt^^ljmjy " *
c!ay$ had been Mjgnf in fierytfet^j jjpd' ;
the-vote yraa at length aboir^ttf ^liBfe ; .*<? ^ J
anion ilivl nnnofitntlAn'
aeavotsq, to makfe a coaTert-o^ffl^^yj? y# -*'<
all means," said he. H
-*Tll think of ij,w sa^the ^
T aBut yon most makeup yoqr^W^afc ^
once, man, for ihg vote is about W'tg^w^ "M
Tfcffl country ^member SltdW^^Jjeadi =;- ' > * '*
mm.T cr^r^r.,1 ^''l. jWLJP, "V "l"-' , ? ?>
KPI^ ? - , '^^??3^HaWy^E^3