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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-09-14
passes through your hands be athe best
and cheapest periodical in the known

passes through your hands be s'the best
and and cheapest periodical in the known
world g.. IS In, IS, @
say iii is 70 l55llssss l55Glss ri6tiind iii editorii.
al ssanctum, ihwardly .chuckling at the
forlorn appearance It makes without
feminine fingers to keep it tidy; to Sc see
the looking-glass yelled with cob
webs; the dust ON tho desk thick
enough to write your name in; the
wash::boWl and towel mulatto color;
the soap liquifed to jelly editors
like soft-soap Othe table coveted With
a heterogeneous mass of manuscripts,
and paper, folders, and wafers,s and
stamps, and blotting. paper, and ;envel-
opes, and tailor's Bills; atid letters
complimentary, belligerent ind paci.
fic. tt.. :. s:,siS !. y !
] say it's to hear the edit5r com. 81
plain, with a fr0wp, of the heat and
his headache; to conceal d smile While
you suggest the pr5ba5ttity of relief il
q window should be opened; to see
hin him start at your superior profundity;
to hear him say; with groah, how
much "proof' he has to read, befoie
he can leave for home; to take of If
your gloves and help ililm correct it;
to hear him say, there is book for
review, which he has not time to look
over; to take, q folder and cut the
leaves, and affix guide. BOARDS for no
tice at all the fire Passages; to see him
kick over an Innocent chair, BECAUSE
he cannot get hold Of the right word
for an editorial; to feel (while you help
him to it) very much like the mouse
that gnawed the lion odt 6f o net, and
then to take up his paper some days
after, and find a paragraph, endorsed
6y him, "deploring the intellectual in.
feriority of woman" I5s1
That's what ! ca!l happiness.
Fanny Ferl: Z
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From the N. Y. Musical World & Times:
Newspaper dQonnR.

1t is beyond my comprehension
how Methu saleh lived nine hundred and
sixty-nine years without q news paper;
or, what the mischief Noah did, during
that forty days" shower, when he had
exhausted the study of Natural Histo-
ry. 1t tmakcs me yawn to think Of it.
Or what later generations did, the
furnished halfhours before meals; Or,
when travelling, when the old stage
coach crept up steep hill, some dus-
ty hot summer noon. Shade of Frank
lin how they must have been emmy.
ed!
How did they ever know when flour
had "riz"-or what was the market
price ofpork, small tooth combs, cot
ton, wool and molasses. How did
they know whether Queen Victoria
had made her brother on uncle or an
aunt? How could they find out
whether Fanny Fiddlestick was Nap
thali Wilkins; sister ? What chris
tianized equity old men and shnppish
old ladies? What kept the old ladies
i'piii iiiohhiS ihi'iCc-IlcaC OI pTeLCS
young girls {! What did love sick
dafhsels do for "sweet bits Of poetry''
and touching continued stories ?"-
Where did their papas find solace
when the coffee was muddy, the toast
smoked, and the beofsteak raw, or
done to leather ? What did cab .driv.
ers do, while waiting for tatds pat
ron ? What did dfayncil do when
there was "a great calm" ut the dry
goods store Of Go Ahead & Coz.
What screen did husbands dodge be.
hind, when their wives asked them
for money 1?
Some people define happiness to be
one thing, aud some, another. de-
fine it to be room ''carpetcd and
furnished" with Exchanges" with a
place cleared in the middle for two
arm.chairs; one for clever editor. and
one for yourself say it is to take
up those papers, one by onej and
laugh over the funny things and skip
the stupid ones,--to admire the inge.
nuity Of the would-be literary lights,
who pilfer one-half their original (9}
ideas and steal tho remainder; cay
it is to shudder o thanksgiving that
you are not in the marriage list,-to
try, for the hundredth time, to solvo
The riddle, how can each paper that
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!" Go61-a,16 oil,:, Rattbk Maa 3,
Jones, and he at Barker, and Barker
back again ut Smith md Jones.

Jones, and he at Barker, and Barker
back again ut Smith and Jones.
Don't you know the dernier re.
sort?" says Stoddiford. t'I4l be burned
if | can't gather six bushel.bnskets oi
it out ofmy garden: Why, Bias Larnes
you must have seen thousands Of it in
the Burnt Islands, ntY
80, know it like q book" says
Bias, "and | could gather seven bush.
s-baskets of it out ofmy garden, but
it is too far to go for it, and it dom,
grow about Lumberton. The spository
of tobacco won't do by itself. fo1
all the good of that comes out when
you bile it with the BURNER dcsort.'
"Adzactly," says Eeevc Stoddiford
81 know it." lat
More and more sorrowful grew the
countenance of poor Mr.. Brown as
ne saw his mare swelling perceptibly,
and heard her awful groans. He
wr,ng his hands in despair, and stood
half bent over her PROSTATE form as il
in attraction. a,t1sEg
"lf we only had any rationale, =
says I.
"Wh.wh what you do with that,
Honey?" says old Buggy.
Grub her down with it." says I.
('Bettcr take little yourself
says Johnston.) $50 s1t.
snake haste" says Stoddiford, ,"or
Pll be burned if she don't splode.''
Again | looked at the page, and
read hurricdly, ''if you cau't get the
dernicr resort: introduce q trocer i'll
the centre of the right tlanls,i which will
penetrate the colon or caccum: with
draw the stilct and let the capula re-
MAN," @
"Them's um," said Bias Larnes.
eyes, never knew that to fail" "says
Beeve Stoddiford. 81;
And Mr.. Browns mare made one
roll, and her legs looked as if they had
been driven up to the knees.
"You may haul her of, jake" says
Mr.. Brown, sobbing. ,...E n
Il could have curedehcs' saidl, ''sif
she could have stood it until, Iagot
through with the prescription"
81 b'Iieve you could, says old Buggy.
"Nfr. Brown" says Johnston, "l'm
glad yourrmare is dend.1, I'VE. were
all shocked at the inHumysh expression.
Mr.. Brown looked ut him imploringly
through his tears: with o heart, too
full to speak. "lf she had lived,nS nScon-
tinued Johnston, "you would have to
bear the expense, but the prescription
says the loss Of one animal will
more than pay the expense"
"D-n the expense--the Lord for
give mc!' says Mr.. Brown.
"SC1ENT1FIc FARMER.
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II has been said of the lite tetebra
ted Rothschild, that, though no man
was less lavish Of his money, no man
Was more ready to detect love OF
it in others. 1t was one day, while at
city feast, that gentleman observed,
that, for his part, he thought venison
was very good, but that he loved nut.
ton better. "Ah, ah! knowsh Wy; it
is because he dosen't like to pay the
prishe: it is becaush mutton's sheen,
and venshon's DEAR"
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QUEER REASON FOR kIssIYa.-A
gentleman on parting with lady, gave
and reccived-as he supposed--a kiss
Of friondship. After the door had
closed, he overheard the following:-
"Why, Lucy, aint YOU ashamed to
kiss man, all alone with him 2" "No,
ma, am not" answered Lucy; s'for
only kissed him to smell his breath,
to SEQ ifhe had not been drinking
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From the London Spectator.
Tfle Future of tine Cuba
Question:,

ine papers relating to the subject
Of Cuba, and the projects Of annexation
touching that island, which the House
OF Commons asked ofthe Crown earl y
in the session now closing Have, itist
beer: presented to the House of Com.
mons, and issued to the: public -four
months after date. The correspond
ences is of an amout that in MOST fie3ts
papers establishment might be, got, in
in the course of twen,y.ibur hours:
but it takes four months for the State
clerks and the State printers to bring
forth copies Of d correspondence which
might 20 into twenty columns OF the
Times. AS usual this delay gives us
knowledge of the case after it is closed;
but it does not happen to matter SO
much IN this iiistanGe, sinte the ques.
ton is for the present laid at rest; and
the documents serve q useful purpose
IN letting US know how the affair stands
for the future, which is by far the
most Important Consideration:
The papers do not supply diiy decid!
edly fresh Information. BY the scraps
which we had before, we know that the
Spanish GGyefhmett WIS seriotfsly
alarmed; We. knew that d correspond.
ence extending back to 1852, between
American diplomatic officials, dis.
closed an imaginary English intrigue
to obtain possession of Cuba or part
oft; we knew that the American Gov.
eminent had made ovettures Of tfiat
kind in le4S on its own account; and
we know Generally the terms on which
the proposed garantee of Cuba to Spain
by the Governments of France, Great
| Britain, and the United States, had
been declined by the last. But the
papers fill Up ffiofe than one hiatus in
the case. and in. several respects provo
the question to have been of a much
more ser;o character than it appear.
ed to bear at the last time Of its aaita.
ton. III saying this, We do not in
clude the supposed English intrigue
which was to have converted the auaf:
antee for loan into the means of teri
torial aggrandizement; for the Ameri.
can papers alone are sufficient to show
that the facts do not warrant the ex
travagant Conclusions based upon
them.
One important point established by
these papers is the great anxiety of the
Spanislt Government. Not only does
the Marquis Marifores receive with
Southern fervour Of gratitude the
English proposal for tripartite guar
antee, but, at later date, he goes SO
far as to suggest that the English and
French governments should Join in d
declaration, that Of the United Staes
"should not adhere to the proposition
of o tripartite convention, they never
would allow any other power, whether
European or American to possess it.
self of the island of Cuba, either by
cession, conquest, or insurrection Of
the same" The reply TO this does
not appear; but when we find, by the
general tone of the correspondence,
that the British Government had to a
great extent permitted itself to fall in.
to o position counter to that of the
United States, and siding with Spain,
we arc startled to find how nearly this
country had been dragged into an OBJ.
LEGATION to ensure Spain against the
consequences Of her own weakness &c.
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As Ae T1yos HsolBiafs PER aas a
Sss5s His AeayaIee e..
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wards foreign powera 81 ors,,f -,
eminent toyaIds her .,yan a,,S; I;s ssoys
Spain might appeal to her 5w,, Sssss,,S
history .5E p.ecedan.s h,,f MAJ ss,ss Z S;
bad preaeients. and The ni,blis: {; So. &
informed durina the nrls rass t
tiations like the. preset, s Isre yvs,s "A
be additional ,secnr;tv + aaa;nst Is,
chAnce that aficiHl t,aonle iay;ng d,
heads t6astlier 9TH fHrs;gn II ~. 49,;
Lists. should bettraY Tia t,iIitrya i,sns "a,
false 4 ptsiti3ti! :. ss1 S ss
AnbtHer ittiportatit fact Il 4 l,sS rs Il
Iiiiaeity With iyhich a As,;san =, ~,
men, ,fr1m M: Adams 20 M W gases,Ss: ,ssssl
have adisteH tH tia yhlisx IL ;sa,s sdsei Z 2,
ing that Mo sother. ;EnrSpeaf,a & 4 nower az
saSe Spnlh, shalt take possesssioc,n S c, az +
Cuba, Rid have refuseH III cIoss 4 aa; &
the United States the profai,Ia a3Insys s.s.s
alton Of that island. ETl E,,,asa,.,..i
letter Of the | st December: 8 i is5a m sbssi &
beef published as 4 resume 8 & ~ ,b;s
policy. He shows. 50 the ,,rograsss .s:
territorial expatisiSH ia ne ~ I 2 'iJy,itsa.
States, BY the gradual 5cess;ons Sc q snsa 4
ish dofiinions oh the 6tlear sitiesof i ibs,,8
"A iAttlI;sstHit:iio by BY I;s Il,
ciai condition Of countries - IN sba,.s.:
joined the Uhiori, ByS the aeso,trapicaIs
position. Of Cuba, The cSIrnI,5aTat 8 rI,ln yas
waste gifts sources tifider Spanish sbsiiis. mis-.
goteftiment; and ttiiltiy othherI circ,uInId,.
stantes, that the island IS destined tt,
become State OF the Great Res,p,lu1b ;s:
It's the settled policy ioi; inc ;nites
States Goqernfieht;@ Hot to bind sitselfi
in alliances; and, the Government; az
bie day caiin6t bind its Ssi Successors
Such wers the reasons ,w,yliy,i the Gov:
ernment at Washington declined to
entef into the tripartitg guarantee:
CoH1paring The. past, twenty years ',a ago.
before Eouisissfiaa Was added to fhess b hss
Union and hot long after Florida was
sold By Spain; with the totally 81
state Of affairs at present, Mi Everett
assdtiies, that twenty years hence, IloS
country in Europe would obably
desire the union Of Cnba with hisss own!
country. It is evident from the cor GO.
res pond pond deil6e that these 6pini of
Everett REPRESENT Views which the
great titajority of American stateslIfneIiS
have sd tiersd; ths views both of the
late Goyerirment and of the |. present
Government at ashingt on III 1913;
q movement was made by, the United
States to Putchase Cuba from the Gov.
ernigfedt gh Of SPAIN it went very little
fuftfi6f than talk between Mr. RomIisSt
ius NJ. Saunders and the Marquis de-
Mirallores; but the satisfaction which
Mf; Saunders discovered in the man.
ner OF senor Miradores, proved at once
h'e:' the doubt 1S which the Spanish Govern
tueilI etltertains OF Its own. power to
retain the Colony, and the probability
that the Spanish administration will
not be Sorry some day to realize
on Cuba in commercial TRANSACTION
win the United @ States. 81. s$.
Al! the proposals for tripartite tree
ties, declarations ailtf so forth Sfa1fsf9cs
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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-01

THE love OF lIoME 1T is only shallow.
minded pretenders who either make distin-
guished origin a matter Of personal merit, or
obscure origin matter Of personal reprOach
Taunt ond seofing at the humble condition oil
early life, affect nobody in this country bur
those who are foolish enough t. indulge ii
them, and they are generally sufficiently pun
ished BY the published rebukc A mqn who
is not ashamed Of ofhimself, need not be ashamed
Of his early condition.
1t did not happen to me TO be born in alog-
cabin, but my elder brothers aud sisters were
born in log-cabin, raised among the snow
drifts Of New Hampshire, at a period 50 early
that, when the smoke first rose from its rude
chimney, and curlel over the frozen hill,
there was no similar evidence Of white mans
habitation between il and the settlements on
the rivers Of Canada It's remains still exist
| make it an annual visit carry my chill
dren to it, to teach them the harlships en-.
dured by the generations which have gone be-
fore them. | love to dwell on the tender rec
objections, the kindred ties, the early anec-
tions, and the variations and incidents which
mingle with all know Of this primitive fami-
y "D11S' MeCP ~ ththh tuNt huuc Ot tnOs0
who once inhabited it are now among tho
living and If ever fail in affectionate vene-
ration for him who raised it, and defended it
against savage violence and destruction. cher
ished all the domestic virtues beneath its
roof and through the fire and blood Of a sev.
en- years revolutionary war, shrunk from no
tell, no sacrifice to serve his country and to
raise his children to a condition better than
his own, may my name and the name OF
my posterity be blottcd forever from the
memory Of mankind - Daniel ITTeBster.
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Mr.. SouLEs FLIGHT PROM FnANOE.-
We met the other day, in reading the mezloi, S
Of the great French auil0r, Alexandre Du.
mas. a mention Of the circumstances to which
we are indebted for Mr. Soule's immigration
to and settlement in the United States As
it may be interesting to our readers. raTticu.
larly at this time, nc cory the translation for
the benefit Of those who do not read the
French
"TRANsLATIoN-.In In the intimacy Of Merry
and BARTuELEMY,H lived al this time one Of
the principal editors Of he journal called the
Yelk0v Dicarf This editor was named
SoULE. lie had been two months in prison
for an article on San Domingo. lie did not
relish his experience Of prison life lie hap
pened to bear strong resemblance to BARrnE-
LEMY, which permitted Of his usiug his pass
port. BARTHELEMY lent it to him. SorLE
fed to London, and tlelce to the United
States where he is now the first lawyer Of
New Orleans and makes by his practice one
hundred thousand francs year - Washing
tan Union.
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i hem! If the interests Of Oakland be not
sufficiently dear to them. and they can not
live there, let them go. As Oakland is such
an "Out-of-the-aeayp place, ii is within the
range Of possibility that not even the Natchez
Courier reaches that section Of the cosafry
and persons of intelligence would be more
profted by going to Natchez, the fountain
head Of morals. literature, science, intelli-
gence and refinement.
Suppose, then, we transfer Oakland, Rod
ney, and the adjacent country, to that delecta-
bic spot
In his No ", Mr.. Oakland Amicus !"
says, "must not the four or six years spent
there, (at College,) be blank to them. as far
as a knowledge Of passing events is con-
cerned"
Note his response, while personating the
Faculty and Students: "yYo are shut out
from the world-are cut off from all the or
dinary means Of intelligence. and hence can
not be expected to be familiar with current
news" Farther =" When they leave the
walls Of College, they step into new and un-
known world, Of which they know as little as
If they had dropped from another sphere. -
Poor recluses and hermits How much DO
our bosoms swell with emotion in their be-
half! They do not even read the Natchez
papers. Come on, friend Of Oakland, for
the above are all the arguments contained in
your last number. Lay on, Macduff." for
these blows are too .featteyiSh
| profess to be friend Of Natchez and al
50 of Oakland. Hence, l do not wish to in
fict upon those in Natchez, the company Of
boys congregated from different sections Of
the South, who might continually be engaged
in difficulties with the apprentices and clerks
Of the town. Nor do l desire that the whole
some influences Of city life should yet by them
be experienced. But the Literary Societies
Of Oakland might receive a new impetus BY
coming in collision with the sharp-witted
young men Of Natchez hence, perhaps it
would be better for them to be there.
FIDELE.
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I T. The following article from the New
+ York SIN expresses our views exactly
SiNECUREs.--We expect the present Ad-
ministration TO abolish al sinecure Offices to
whatever branch Of the public service thoy
may be attached These Offices are neither
Republican nor Democratic. They are bribes
and sources Of corruption. They have been
given to mercenary supporters Of party, rs re-
wards Now if President Pierce thinks that
claim TO officc-oiiice having active duties
attached-is what the people Of Republic
should never recognize, surely he must have a
stronger opinion-if that b. possible. against
recognizing claims to sinocure Offices. That
such Offices have sprung up unler our Isepub.
lican Government is great disrace-one
which we hope viii nov be wiped cat forever.
We need not enlarge upon the immortality
and the danger TO liberty springing from the
existence, under free Government. Of host
Of Offices exciting the cupidily Of men aycrsc
to earning their bread By honest industry.
The man who will take the public money
while cousciou. that lie is not performing any
adequate seryice-nr, perhaps, no service at
all-in return, is man Of unsonnd principles
lie is a " Galphin;'' and we're bis opportuni.
ties TO increase. his Z Galphini>m would pro-
portiouately iucreasn. Under Republican
Government, no Office should be created not
absolutely necessary. The most sacred regard
to economy should prevail in the expenditure
Of the public money. Government labor
should be regulated by the samc principles
which regulate other kinds of labor Tho
ship.bulder docs not establish number Of
sinecures in his yard. nor the merchant in hia
salesrooms neither should the Departments
at Washington, or the Cus'om-houses through.
out the Union. afford easy "berths Office.
with good pay and no toll or carc-to a set OF
drones
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p O o Il r Z
The Future Life.


~ William Cullen Bryant had never written
~ ~ !, ring lines they would give him per-
leet tte = 'iie ~. II poet
dow nan knew thee in tlse sphere. = hieh keeps
The dlsemnoalra spirits Of t,sf dead
When u q thee ma e.isiie could wither sleeps
Auo -. : -son hg the dust We tread
fM1r '.aa feel the sting Of ceaseless pain
there | meet Thy gentle spirit not;
M hear the voice love, nor lead again
II thy serenest eyes the tender thought
Wgi not tbs own meek heart demand me there
That leat whose fondest throhs to me were
givenl
n name on earth was ever in thy PRAYER,
s.lIl / he hanished from thy tongue IN heaven
tsnefloWs ann'dby heavens life breathing wind,
III The respIendence Of that glorious sphere,
toliareer movements Of the uniettered mind,
Wilt thou forget the love that joined US here
rAa love that lived through an the stormy past
Animeekly with my harsher nature bore,
AM deepe grew, and tenderer 70 the last
slalliie expire with life. and be no moref
happier lof than mine and larger light
Await thee there for thou hast bowed thy will
f cheerful homage to the rules Of right;
An lowest aili and render'st good for III.
rlr ne tha sorlid cares in which dwell
shrink and consume the heart, as heat the scroll I;
An wrath hath lett its scar-that fire Of hell
lias leit is irightiul scar upon my soul.
Nfti0ngh thou weaT'st the glory Of the sky,
Wilt iA1n keep the same beloved name,
Tie same lair thoughtful brow, and gentle eye,
Lofclier IN Heavens sweet climate, yet the
samei
Sion not teach me in The calmer home,
fas wisdom that ! learned so III in this
Tae wisdom which Is lOve-til ! become
tbs Of companion in that land OF bliss
- Tie author Of the following lines was in.
i.b.ts5y ~ 70 snuff
Knows lie that never took a pinch,
No.ee the pleasure thence which flows9
Knows he the titillaiing JOY
Which my nose knowsl
Of Aosei ! am as proud Of thee
A any mountain Of ifs SHOWS;
gaze On tbee, and feel the Joy
i Roman knows
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A QrAKER's REBUKE.-A young fop of an
infdcl turn, while travelling in stage coach
sought to display his smartness By attempting
to pick flaws in the narratives Of Scripture
After frying to show the inconsistency and
improbability of several events described in
the Bible, he referred to the life Of Nebuchad-
nezzar, and argued that it was utterly absurd
and impossible for man to so forget his hu-
man instincts, as to eat grass like beast
Having stated his views be asked the opinion
of the passengers, and among the rest grave
looking Quaker. who had hitherto taken no
part in the conversation.
Verify, friend" " answered the Quaker l
see no improbability in the story, if he was as
great an ass as thou"