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nut that cut! But it was too late now.
A stout man came tumbling in, and hold
ing on by the handle Of the latch, was
whirled round so as exactly to confront the
terrified prisoner face 10 face.
He seized him at once by the collar.
"What are ye duin' here ;" he grutiiy de,
manded.
The poor man was too much under the
influence OF l.terror to reply. He only stood
and trembled
Louisa w called the new conner, looking
into the farther part Of the room.
No answer.
Still holding on upon his victim, he walked
slowly with him. across the floor i'll the dI.
rection of the bed.
Murder murder"
The cry escaped from his lips the moment
that bloody spectacle presented itself.
Murder murder !" he cried again.
There was at ouce to be heard an open
ing of doors, and tramp of feet in the en-
tries and on the stairs, aud a buzz of voices.
The cry had thoroughly alarmed the whole
house.
al did not do itw was ali the victim had
se!rpossession enough to say.
They came crowding and swarming into
the apartment-men, women and children.
The room was instantly full. a soon as
they saw what had been done, wild shrek
seemed to escape from the lips of all at the
same moment. Even that multitude stood
appalled, with an offence of such enormty.
Kill him kill him" cried some in the
wildness Of their momentary passion.
"Throw linn out of the Window cried
others
And still the cry resoundcd through the
house and on, in the narrow street. 1t seem.
ed to choke up the alley with lis dreadful
sound.
Officers were soon Mt hand, who took the
man charged with the crime AWAY to prison.
There, in the silence and darkness ot his
cell, he was LETT alone, to reflect on the sin
gular ovenl of the night and how he might
release himself from the web that had been
woven so artfuiy about Kim.
When he was taken the next day before
the magistrate, lie found great crowd
ready TO look on such Il monster Of wicked
ness. He was asked il he had anything To
say in explanation Of the crime.
He paused, stammcrcd, lost courage and
felt overwhelmed. He almost felt willing
to let the whole matter 90 against him, 81
....'.'~irnrrS.
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Select 4)oetra),
From the Olive Branch.
THE MERRY OLD CLOCK.

TIE MERRY OLD CLOCh.
TICK, tick goes the merry old clock,
And it ticks as it did Of yore,
When prattlcd and played with my tiny toys,
On that happy old oaken floor;
And the hands move round with steady pace,
As the moments onward fly,
And it chimes to each happy or dolcful hour,
That quickly passcth BY.
Tick, tick, goes the merry old clock,
And | couut each ringing peal,
As did when sat by my mothers sido,
Willie she turned the buzzng wheel;
When weary returned from the mountain side,
Or ran,blc in fowcry dale,
When she sung to me the song OF olden time,
Or told Inc the fairy tale.
Tick, tick, goes the merry old clock,
While the blazing fire g!ows red,
As it did when gaz d ON its happy old face,
From my little trucklc bed.
When my mother said, sleep my darling boy,
For soon will the clock strike nine''-
And hushed my pratte with feelings OF JOY,
And claspcd that dear brother Of mine.
Tick, tick, goes the merry old clock,
As it did ON that summer morn,
When sat by the donr, and gazed on the dew
As it sparkled on the corn;
When the jasmine twincd its tender vino,
And pecped from the window through,
And the sun shown bright on-the dcwy leaf,
And the flowers Of brilliant hue.
Tick, tick, goes the merry Old clock,
And thirty years have fled
And many playmate Of my youth
Is numbered with the dead:
And still it clicks OIL, that merry old clock,
And it ticks rs it did OF old,
Though many heart Of the s,tong and brave
Is waxing weak and cold.
Tick, tick, goes the merry old clock,
But soon will its warning be o'cr;
When the angel procaims with his trumpet sound
Old Time shall be no more;
And hearts that lie still in the silent clay,
Shall wake to beauty and love,
And bask in the regions Of endless day,
Mid scenes Of glory above.
AIM FOR SOMETHING GREAT AND NOBLE.
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nave EptiG.
Emily, why do YOU seek TO u'"" =:
Yourself what is already put upon me
can bear it--l am able; let me do 50"
The scene was Que Of the most affecting
imaginable. 1t WAS all tragedy, and real
tragedy, too. On the one hand WAS the
brother eager to assume the guilt and will
linz TO put the lie on his former declarations,
If only he might save his crrng sister there.
by: on the other, she stood weeping and be-
srcching .irat lis sentence should be taken
from his head and placed on her own.
Itla>tcd for nearly an hour. W hen she
was taken from the cell, she WAS altogether
exhausted. They laid her upon y bed, where
she did nothing hut moan and accuse herself
of her double crime.
The matter came to the ears Of the Gov.
crnor who at once determined to delay The
execution until this mystery could be thor.
oughly investigated. If The man were really
innocent, then his life should at any hazard
be saved.
The officer gave up all the particulars of
the interview between the woman and her
brother. The woman herself continued to
pcrsis, in her self-accusations aud her con.
lessions; and the person under conicmna-
ton said nothing. only that he was willing
to die for the crime. He would have been
clad to relract his first charge, when his
Sister surprised him in his cell, but it was too
late now. Justice must he reached, though
the sword severed relationship closer and
dsarcr still than that of sister and brother.
She was at length condemned, and he set
at liberty. Her sentence was lille lmPrlson'
mcnt. The poor man again breathed the
airs of freedom, but the woman--hcr heart
broke with remorse and agony long before
she began to understand The meaning of her
sentence. Her own guilt sufficiently con.
demed her, and thus condemned, she lett
| the world
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But thou mayst at last find pleasure,
For the good alone are bicst.

But thou mayst 1t last ind pcasure,
For the good alone are best.
There's 4 journey lies before thee,
..yrg AMI tedious is tho way,
Life an.: death are set before thee,
Choose thee what thou wilt to lay.
I.inger not for scenes Of pleasure,
Ii thou wi,hest to be wise;
Far beyond there's hidden treasure,
Up, ami onward, for the prize
Aim not thou for fame and Splcndor,
These are objects far too small
L., not pride or vain ambition
Cause ,hy rum or thy fall
Bu, with purpose fixed and steady,
Aim Tor something noble still;
Strive for all that's great and worthy,
And thy lfe's great end fulfill.
Let thy words, like dew distillins,
Fall upon the listening ear,
All the wounds Of SORROW healing,
And wipe away the falling tear.
,Tis love ,ha, makes the cot a palace,
AMI fill. the heart with joy and peace
This is the mark Id have thee aim at,
In. and onward, never cease
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CEss1oS OF WEST FLoRIDA.-Ihe citizens
of Florida, west Of the Chattahoochee, wish
to cede that portion Of the State OF Alabama,
and the legislature Of Alabama have passed
resolutions to take steps to admit them i.to
that State. The strip Of territory referred
TO is about one hundred and SIXTY miles in
length by fifty or sixty miles in breadth, ~
ing mon the Gulf Mexico; tIre shore Of
which, in the event Of the cession being made,
would become the southern boundary OF
Alabama
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ALABAMA METHODIST ANNUAL CONFER.
EScE.-The Annual Conference Of the Me-
thodst Episcopal Church adjourned (says
the ruscaloos ObScrrcr) on Thursday last.
Bishop Payne, who was expected to preside,
was detained at home by the sickness OF his
family The following are the names OF
the Delegates to the General Conference to
be held at Columbus, Ga, in May next.
Jefferson Hamilton, Thomas o. Summers,
o. R. Blue, Thomas w. Dorman, Joshua
Il. Heard, F. G. Ferguson, Greehhury Gar.
ret A. H. Mitchell and Walter II. Mcdaniel.
REsERvEs.-P. p. Nicely and Geo. Shaef-
fer.
The next Annual Conference will be held
at Talladega, commencing on the 7th day
of December, 1854.
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who wants ~ rau. can nnu lime, and the
means of improvement Nobody need ex-
pect to be respected and happy through h life,
who does not love to read. 1t is reading
more than anything "=e. that makes one
woman or man superior to another. Sava-
ges do not read, but spend their leisure time
going to frolics," as this Mahonins lady
says you do, and this is what keeps them
savaue.-MRs. SwIssnELM.
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\ MEAN MAH.-Thcre was 4 man who
came into Il country store with an esg
which he wished to exchange for darning
needle. TO oblige him the store keeper
greed to trade. The bargain was over, the
egg dealer asked "Don't you always treat
Wien you've driven trade! =" Not for SO
small trade" answered the merchant.
"a trades trade, whether it's for one or
thousand"
Aghast at the mans meaness, the store
keeper complied, and asked, what will you
take
81 like a glass of wine with an egg beat
up in it, answered the mean man.
The storekeeper said nothing, but took
the egg which he just received from the man,
qnd broke it. 1t happened to be double
yolkcd egg.
There !" ev"lain, III" mean man." Now
v, edles, cause that's
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THERE is one advantage in being old, and
that is, you can loaf around the house with
out being charged with laziness. We look
forward to good deal of enjoyment after
we have reached eighty.
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CAL1roRS1A F1GUREs.-Business matters
in San Francisco are conducted upon
scale so widely different from the customs
in the Atlantic cities that many Of the com
mon incidents in mercantile affairs seem al
most incredible. great many stores in
San Francisco rent for $4,000 per annum,
and several of the largest Glass command
$4,000 rent per month. The rents in the:
city are invariably paid in advance. Money
loaned on mortgage OF real estate commands,
80 to SO per cent. interest. BY the last ae-
counts, some of the large commission hou-
scs held from ssoo,OOO to 81 200. .UoOwarth
of goods belonging to shippers from Atlantic
ports, upon which $4,000 storage was paid
each month.
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VOL. xY9IE.---NO. 81.
THE spEAKERsHIP.

Some Of our contemporaries and their Wash.
ington letter.writcrs are finding fault with
those of our Representatives who did not 60
into the Congressional Caucus, and thereby
lost to Col. Orr his chance for the Speaker
ship. They are sneered at for beng absent
when they might have saved the aspiration
of a colleague in scramble for n federal
office. This is strange language coming
from those, who, within the scope OF short
memory, have scorned and derided and de.
nounced all, who, in their phrase, were will
ing "to seize vul gar tyranny If South
Carolina has had one sentiment, which, Tor
twenty years has been controlling and uni.
versal among her people, it has been that OF
utter contempt for these petty scrambles ut
Washington. She has held herself high
above them. When office has been hestow-
ed upon her sons, they have reached it by
open and manly merit, or have stopped to it
for the good of the country. Our members
have fully represented the feelings and sen'i.
ments of their people in abstaining from
such scenes as Washington caucus pre-.
scnts. Col Orr may have well desired this
Office, and he may be qualified for it, but we
are confident lie would not seek it at the ex-
pense of the position which his State has SO
ing and honorably maintained. If our Rep
resentativ,s were absent from the caucus
by intention, we honor their frmness, if by
accident we are glad Of it. We hope they
will never appear in the small scrambles for
rartv spoils. Their business at Washington
is to appear in the votes with which we en-
due them as the guardians of the great prin.
ciples of democratic republicism, free trade,
State rights, Southern rights For this they
do not need the badge OF higher offices than
we confer on them.--South Carolinian.
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A YANKEE and an Irishman, riding to.
ge,her, passed by gallows: &" Pat" said
the Yankee, "give that gallows its due, and
where would you be!'
"Failh, that's aisiy known" replied Pat,
"rd be riding to town by myself all alone
sure"
The Yankee was beat this time.
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a BELLIES FACE in bonnet, a score OF
wears since was like rose at the bottom OF
coal scuttle. Now it stands forth from
her bonnet, like that rose bursting from the
bud.
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warrior" 1t is needless to say thV
wish is not always gratiied. So lo9
her husband exists, the hottentot WON'T
the slave and druse of the hut, and on I'll
devolves the task of providing for the 81
tenance of the family, Will the husbai,
eats, drinks smokes and sleers.
When ,oltentut wife becomes
widow, she must c"a'inue so for life, unless Z
she chooses 10 puci,,>s a husband at a GER!
tain price which, according to our notions is
something more than the delights of a,wite
in Hottentot matrin,ony would warrant
The Hottentot son, on coming Of age, is
presented with cudgel, with which he is
commanded to beat his mother, and this re.
quest is very dutifuly complied with by the
son. in order to manifest his strength and
ability, just as some youths are prone to
evnce their manhood by smoking cigars and
swearing profanely. 1t is strange snat the
mother, though often fainting under the cruel
bealings of the son whom she has nursed at
her bosom, does not reproach him, but ad-
mires his maniiness and dexterlty III pro.
portion to the chas!isencnt.
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A YOUTH with q turn for 6g1res, had five
eggs to boil, and being told to give them
three minutes each, boiled them quarter OF
an hour altogether.
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An HONEST OLD FARMER, rather ignorant
of the improved method of authorization,
went to a certain store with which he did
his trading, to make his annual settlement!
On looking over it he occasionally found
charges like the following: "To lib. Ditto.
Not knowing Of the term "ditto," he con.
cluded the account was not correct, and
posted off home to inquire into the affair
"Wife," said he, this is pretty business:
there is Mr-.has charged several pounds
of ditto. Now should like to know what
YOU have done with so much ditto"
"Ditto! ditto! replied the old lady; |
never had a pound Of ditto in my house in
my life."
So back went the farmer in high dudgeon,
that he should be charged with things that
he never received.
Mr." said he, "my wife says she
never had pound Of ditto in the house in
her life"
The merchant there upon explained the
meaning of the term, and the farmer went
home satisfied.
His wife inquired if he had found out the
meaning Of ditto. eyes" said he it means
| am darned fool and you're ditto"
NEGRO Wrr.-" How much do you
charge, massa Magistrate, TO marry me and
Miss Dinah z"
swell Glenn, LII marry you for two dol
lars"
"Two dollars! what you charge to marry
white folks, massa!" ;,
e" We generally charge five dollars, Glenn.
"Well, you marry us like white folks,
and I'll give you five dollars too"
"Why, Clem, that's curious notion but
as YOU desire it, Ill marry you like white
folks for five dollars"
The ceremony being performed, and Glen
and Dinah being one, the magistrate claimed
his fee.
ooh, no, massa! you no come up to dc
'greement." -,
How so, Clem what is lackingF'
"Why you no kiss de bride" .
"Get out of my office, you black rascal
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An IRISH SERVANT observing her mistress
feeding pet female canary, asked chow
long it took them craters to hatch z"
"Three weeks" was the reply.
"Och, sure that is the same as any other
fowl except a pigE
4 Yeritabe fact.
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@PARr1cuLAR NorIcE.-When you
see man in business who will not advertise
in his own village paper, look out for a
mean, penurious skinhnt, too tight to enjoy
good health, and one who holds penny so
near his eyes that he can't see a dollar.
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VALrAnLE REcEIprs-'ro become rich,
save your money and scar your conscience.
TO Lccome wise, eat. sleep, and say moth
ing.
TO become popula.', join the church and
all secret societies.
10 become respected, say eyes" to every
mans opinion, and have none of your own.
To become exalted to little office, he
ready at all times TO act as fool Tor big
men"
TO become poor, be honest and void of
suspicion.
FIXING OFF LoDGER<.-The Dayton Ga.
zrtte chronicles the following improvement
in tie matter Of cheap accommodation =
I" 1t is said that the proprietor OF "a small
house of entertainment has made arrange.
ments TO furnish sleeping accommoda-
tons" to an astonishiugly large number OF
guests during the fair. He has secured the
services Of a mcsmrriser, who can put pco-
ple 10 sleep at the rate OF fifty an hour. He
requires them to fix their thoughts on Il teath-
er.bed, and as fast as he gets them in a
rigid state" the gentlcmanly host, with an
eve to economy OF space, stands them up
against the wall. In the morning the opc-
ralor passes round aud takes Oft :" the influ-
eace,'' while the landlord follows and col
lec,s the lodging BILL
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| Posi- YOUR BooKs-As the end. Of the
year is here, everybody who has any open
accounts should be posting up hts books
and getting ready for general settlement.
The man who attends to his duty regularly
and thoroughly, at periods not more than a
year apart, will do well in the world, let
him engage in what business he will, nine
cases in len. You might as well attempt to
fling a cat from window, so as not to fall
upon her feet, as to fail man who keeps
his accounts posted and holds to frequent
settlements "Short settlements make long
friends" and what is a stronger argument
even, in these sordid days, they make long
purses too. Post your books then friends,
draw of your bills, settle disputable matters
with your neighbors, in the liberal spirit of
men resolved not to so to law, and resolve
to know where you are when another New
Year comes in, SO you may welcome 1t ID
peace and quietness.
MOVING OS.-"Tell him Pm moving on,
said Joe-but Joe was moving of, and was
soon out of view. Weare all victims Of the
same delusion. We fancy that we are NOV
ing on, though one by one we see our COM
rades moving off before us-moving off from
the very point to which we are vending our
toilsome way, but the hope never forsakes
us. Languid frames and furrowed brows do
not admonish US. The response is still,
we're moving on. Bloated flesh and blood
red eyes do not appal us. The answer still
is that we're moving on Guilt.seared con.
science and blightcd fame do not arouse US
from our blind, deceptive course; all are
moving on, moving on. Even the friend
who borrows your loose cash until to.mor-
row, tells you Of his future ability-that he
is moving on, when, alas, he is the surest of
all beings Of earth TO be moving off And
this is the end of yonr cash, as of all things
else of earth. They are all moving off,
moving of!
TO TIE GrRLs.-There is an old lady out
! in Mahoning, who says you go TO the frol.
les, apple butter boilinss, singing and quilt
ing parties three or four evenings in week,
and then say you have not time to read
Then you go to the circus or show every
time it comes into the neighborhood and
spend money in these amusements while yon
pretend you cannot subscribe for periodi.
cal, paper or a book. Now, if did not
know yon very well, would be sure she
was slandering you. 1t does appear absurd
to suppose girls should be such ninnies; but
as YOU and are so well acquainted know
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A WESTERN PAPER states that horse
and wagon were drowned in the Ohio, last
week. They had a hard time of it, espccl,
ally the wagon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-04

LARGE YIELD OF CorroN.--Ehe, Jeifer-
souian of Linden, Marengo CO., Alabama. of
the 18th inst, says: The plantation belong
ing to the estate Of Isaac Curtis, in this
county, and managed by Isaac Hokler, will.
we learn, make the large yield OF nh'e bales
of cotton per hand. Beat it who cas-.
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A LAWYER, on his death bed, wiled his
whole property to the lunatic asylum, saying,
that he desired it should 90 to the same
class of persons he took it FROM"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-04

WHY are country girls cheeks like we'll
printed cotton9 Because they are war.
rantcd to wash and keep their color"
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The Yankee was beat this time.
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of the mutations in
neet a response -
NV,
/ g!uv,
pc his chin,
.zum pin,
endid close,
ITO his toes,
: sprouting rose,
on,
il git,
round him fit,
.ncholer,
.ndiu' kollar. "
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Tn. and onward. never cease.
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AIM FOR SOMETHING GREAT AND NOBLE.