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Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-12-20

n During the heat Of the battle Of
Germantown, when the bullets few thick
as hailslones, one Dachelew. Of Monmouth.
was. dwelling his musket al the enemy.
when his lock was carried away by ball.
U ndismayed, he caught up the gun Of a
comrade just Killed BY his side, and taking
aim. bullet entered the barrel, and twist
ed ii around like a corksefew. Still IN.
daunted, our hero Immediately kneeled
down, unscrewed the whole lock from the
twisted musket, screwed it on the muskei
from which the lock had been torn, and
blazed away at the enemy.
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A Fable for StronS-sIinde,l Women.

The following beautiful fable will attract
attention by the truthful lesson it imparts !:
Oak" said the vine, "bend your trunk,
so that you may he support to me,"
"My support" replied the oak, "is nat
uraiiy yours, and you may depend on my
strength to bear you up, hut am too solid
10 bend Pat your arms around me, my
pretty vine, aud will mantuIly support and
cherish you, il you have ambition to climb
as high as the clouds. While thus hold
you up, you will ornament my rough trunk
with your pretty green leaves and scarlet
berries. They will be fron,lrts to my head,
as stand in the forest, like glorious war
rior with al! his plumes. We were made
by the great Master to grow together, and
that By our union the weak may be made
strong, and the strong render aid to the
weak
"But wish to grow Independently" said
the vine, "why cannot you Irvine around
me, and let me grow up straight, and not be
a mere dependent upon YOU"
"Na,ure," answered the oak, ibid not
design it. 1t is impossible that you should
grow to any height alone, and if sou try it,
the " in,!s and rains, if not our own weigh,
will bring you to the ground. Neither is
il proper for you to run your arms hither
and thi.her, among the trees. They will
begin 10 say it is not my vine, it is stran-
ger, get thee gone, will no. cherish thee.
By this time thou wilt be SO entangied
among the different branches, that thou
cans, not &c, back 10 the oakland nobody
will admire thee, OF pity thee"
.Ah, me - said the vine, ''let me escape
from such a destiny ~ and with this she
en,win herself around the oak, aud both
grew and aourished happily together"
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Take your County pnDer.

Sand SO, Squire, you don't take your
county paper"
"No. Major, l get the city papers on much
better terms, and SO take a couple of
tnem."
but Squire, these county papers prove
great convenience to US. The more we
encourage them, the better the editors can
make theta"
II don't know that they are of any con-
venience TO lne."
1.-The farm you sold last spring was ad.
verlIsed Ia one Of them, aad you thereby
obtained customer, did you not -
VERY true, Major, but 1 paid three dol
lars Tor Il, Now II your neighbors had not
maintained that p'css, and kept il ready for
your use, you would have been without the
means of advertising your daug h,er's mat
ftage III one Ut these papers. And your
brothers death was thus published"
"les, yes, but"
And when your cousin Splash was out
Tor the Legislature, you was gratified al his
newspaper defence, which cost You moth
ing."
"Yes, yes, but these things are new. 10
the readers. They make the people take
the papers,"
NO, NO, Squire Grudge, not if they are
like you. Now tell you the day will come
when some one will write a long euiogy
on your life and character, aud the printers
put 1t in type with heavy black line over
1t, aad with all your riches, this will be
done for You as grave is given to pauper.
Your wealth, iiberality, aud such things,
will be spoken OF, but the printers boy as
he spells The words in arranging the typo
TO the saying. will remark OF you Poor
mean devil, he is even sronsing for his ohi.-
uary notice." Good morning Squire"
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NesO Flour at reduced Prices.

pNHE Increased receipts Of the new CROP
j enable ~ to supply our eustainers q .
ussssial rsdocsion from previous prices. Extra
0sasses in eighth and quarter bsgs. also IN bhls
eoasssnily On hand 1t McNElL = BaAAAs's,
teel doqs east 81 Court House.
Litshksid, sept. x5,h. 1855.
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.y1e,.e e. -, Coc

More .NeaC Goods!
"A ZUST sec'd saashev los Of .Ladiess Dress
- 0oods, Pssasols, &c. At 4 - s az
2 saa~i MCNEIL 4 BRAMANsS.
E1RoCKERY and GIsss Ware. . splendid
= ~ aessnnssh q u. & BIS.
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EXTRAORDINARY FiGHr between ELEVEN
HUNDRED HoRsGs.-Southey, in his His
tory of the Peninsutar War, relates the
following: "fwo Of the Spaaisi, regi-
ments which had been quariered in Funen,
were cava ny, mounted on fine tong-iailed
Andalsian horses. 1t was imprac,icable to
bring OF these horses, about 100 ia nuH.-
bef-and Romano was not man who
could order them to be destroyed--he was
fond Of horses himself, and knew that every
man was attached TO the beast which had
carried him SO far aud faithfully. Their
brides were therefore, taken oil, and they
we're turned loose upon The beach. A scene
easued such as probably never before was
Witnessed. They were sensible that they
were no longer under any restrain, Of hu.
man power. A general conflict ensued, in
which, retaining the discipline they had
learned, they charged each other in squad
rons OF ten Or twelve together, then closely
engaged, striking with their fore feet, and
biting aud tearing each other with the most
teroc'ous rage. and trzmpling over those
who were beaten down, I'LL the shore, in
the course Of an hour, was ssrewn with
the dead aud disahied. Part Of them had
been set free on rising grouRd at distance
they no sooner heard the roar Of battle.
thza they came laundering down over the
intermediate hedgrs, and catching the con.
iagions madness, plunged into the fight
with equal fury. Subiime as the scene
! was, u was too horrible TO be long con-
semplated. and Romano, in mercy, gave
orders to destroy them-but it was found
loo dangerous to attempt this, and after the
last beat had Quilted the beach, the few
horses that remained, were seen still en-
gagged in the dreadful work Of mutual
destruction"
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Mourning Goods

HNHE subscriber has just received new
: stock Of MouFning Goods, consisting 81
ussinoes. Bonnie xincp, all wool pelaiDes, Al
psesa. Love veils, Grapes. Gloves. Ceilass: &c.
A. @. BRADFORD.
Weicostvills, Oct Let, 1855.
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xitchfield %. Hat Store.
4 III. kinds Fall style HATS. Buffalo
a Robes, vicioriues OF an kinds. Plush and
Cioth Caps, Glazed Caps, Fancy Robes, Fancy
Hats I'll kinds, Fur Over Coats and Seat do,
Nli kinds Of Fur Gmvee. II. JACKSON.
{ Liach6eld, Oct. 23d, 1855.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-17
CONGRESS-.

A very animated debate on Know-Nothingisn
occurred in the House of Representatives OF
Thursday, pending the consideration of the bill
TO relieve purchasers and locators of swami
and overfowed lands. MIR. Solers in tn,
course of his reply TO Mr.. Keilt, of S. c., said
AS Mr.. Barry and Mr.. Keiit had told tht
House What the Know-Nothings will do, h
would tell what they would not do: They vii
not dissolve the Union, but will uphold it as the
sheet anchor of republican safety Another
thing-they will not say an appropriation fol
rivers and harbors is constitutional when the
former pass through three States, but unconsl
tutional when passing through only one
(Laughter.) They do not intend to permit
Southern nullfers to assert the doctrine of Sc.
cession, after submitting TO the supreme court
of the United States for decisions regarding the
conslitutionality of important questions. They
do not intend TO bubble about the interprcta.
ton of the constitution like Is prude, and violate
it like Il prostitute.
Mr.. Keitt. have Il single question to ask.
Mr Sellers. ! expected to be interrupted.
Mr. Kett. Do you mean TO be PERSONAL
(Senation)
Mr. Sellers was talking about South
Carolina, and dsclam any such thing. He then
proceeded further 10 defend Know-Nothingism
and, as to secrcsy, said the democrats ought not
complain, as they last night held a caucus, or
secret meeting, to regulate the great lraif ques-
tion
Mr. Giddings understood Mr.. Sullers to say
the Know-Nothngs will leave slavery where
they found it. Will they restore freedom to
Kansas?
Mr. Sellers will never take the construc-
ton Of the gentlemen from Ohio on constitu-
lional law. Laughter,]
Mr.. Giddings. Then you back out.
Mr. Sullers. do not, but most cheerfuly
retire from such contest. Laughter | should
as soon think of entering into contest, God
forgive me, with pregnant women Renewed
laughter. There is party pledged to preserve
the Union, and will do it al all hazards.
Mr.. Giddings said he WAS sincere in asking the
question of the gentleman from Maryland, but
the gentleman showed the white feather and
backed out He was deserving of the name of
a Nothing or say nothing. Laughter.]
The people of the United States have the
right 10 know the principles of the party. Pub
icity is for the express purpose of preventing
people from being deceived and msled. He,
(flr. Giddings,) however, was friend of the
know-Nothings lie had conrted their friend
ship, and liked them as long as they acted with
him. Laughter.
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w. f. DUR1soE * SON, proprictors:

xdead she saw more In every wrinkle Of that
furrowcd face, in every silvered hair upon that
brow, she read the history of years. From
youth to manhood, from manhood to old age
in, 10y -apd sorrow, in sickness aud heath-it
was all there; when those children, who had now
outgrown the sympaihies of childhood, were in-
fants lying in her bosom-aud every hour since
then-,here it was! TO others, those dull, mute
monitors were unintelllgible; to her, they were
the alphabet of the heart-famiiiar rs household
words!
And then the future! "What will become Of
me? What shall do now" She did not say
so-she did not say anything; but she felt II !!
The prospect of the old wife is clouded. The
home circle is broken. never 10 be reunited
The visions of the hearh-sGne are srattercd,f for
ever. Up to that hour, there was home, 10
which the heart always turned with fondness.
But that magic tie is sundered, the keystone OF
that sacred arch has fallen, and now home is no.
where, this side Of heaven! What shall the old
wife do now7 Go and live with her children
be Il pensioner upon their kindness; where s:e
may be more of burden than L biessng-so at
least she thinks! Or shall she gather up the
scattered fragments of that broken arch, make
them her temple and her shrine, sit down in her
chill solitude, beside its expiring fires, and
die? What shall she do now?
They gently crowded her away from The dead,
and the undertaken came forward with the coffin
lid in his hand il is ali right and proper enough,
of course it must be done; but TO the heart
mourner, it brings kind of shudder. thrill of
agony. as when the headman comes forward
with his axe The undertaken stood for mo-
ment with the decent propriety. not wishing to
manifest n rude haste, but evidently desiring to
be as expeditions as possible. Just as he was
proceeding, the old wife turned back, and stoop-
ing down, imprinted one long, last kiss upon the
cold lips of her dead husband, then staggered
to her seat, buried her face in her hands, and The
closing coffin hid him from her sight forever!
That kiss Fond token of affection and OF
sorrow, of memory and farewell have seen
many kiss their dead-many such seals of love
upon clay.cold lips-but never did see one so
purely sad, SO simply heart-touching and hope
less as that! Or if it had hope, it was that
which looks beyond coffins and charnel-houses,
and damp, dark tombs, 10 the perpetual joys OF
the home above You would kiss the cold
cheek of infancy. There is poetry there; it Is
the Blasted rosebud Or the pallid cheek where
beauty blushed There is romance there; for
the faded flower is still beautiful! In childhood,
in youth, in manhood, the heart yields to the
stroke of sorrow, but recoils again, elastic with
faith. buoyant with hope. But here was no
beauty. no poety. no romance. The heart of
- "a 49, Su'mmer, whose
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-17
MAx1Ms TO GUIDE A YOUNG MAN,

! Keep good company or none.
Never be Idle. If your hands cannot be use
efully-employed, fitend to the cultivation of you
mind =
Always speak The truth.
Make few promises.
hive up to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your. own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to person, look him in the
face.
Good company and good conversation are the
very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never listen 10 loose or idle conversation.
You had bette: be poisoned in your blood
than in your principles
Your charactercannot be essentially injured
except by your own acts.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your life
be so yir,uous that none will believe him.
Always speak and act as in the presence of
Drink no intox eating liquors.
When yop retire to bed, think over what you
have done during the day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no hasteto be rich if you would pros
Small and steady gains give competency with
tranquility of mind.
Nerer5play atf:ny kind of game
Avoid temptation through fear that you may
not withstand it,:
Earn your money before you spend it.
Never run in debt, unless you see way to
got out again.
Never borrowsG you can possibly avoid il.
Be just beforesyou are generous.
Keep yourself innocent, if you would be
happy.
Save hen YOU are young, to spend when
you are old.
Never tbinkt'5dt which you do for religion is
time or money n,isspent.
Always go IL. meeting when You possibly
can.
Read some portion Of the Bible every day.
Often think Of death, and your accountability
to God. NJ
Read over thcs,bovc maxims at least once a
week, Saturdayuight.
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1}liscellareons.
THE OLD WIFE.S KISS.

TIE funeral services were ended, and rs the
voice of prayer ceased, tears were hastily wiped
off from wet cheeks, and long drawn sighs re-
licved suppressed and choked sobs, as the
"mourners" prepared to "take leave Of the
corpse"
Ii was an old man that lay there, robcd for
the grave. More than three-score years had
whilened those locks, and furrowed that brow,
and made those stiff limbs weary of life's Jour
ney, and all the more willing to lie down and
rest where weariness is no mole suffered, and
;nfirm,ies are no longer burden.
The aged have but few to weep for them when
shcy die. The most of those who would have
snourncd their loss, have gone to the grave be-
fore them; harps that would have sighed sad
l.armones, are shattered and gone. And the
few who remain are looking cradle ward, rather
than gravc-ward-to life's opening rather than
to its closing goul; are bound to, and living in
the generation rising, more than the generation
departing.
Yopth and beauty have many admirers while
living, have many mourners when dying Many
fearful eyes bend oVer their coffincd clay many
sad hearts follow in their funeral train But
age has few admirers, few mourners.
This was an old man, and the circle Of mourn.
e,s was small Two children, who had them
selves passed the middle of life, and who had
children of their own 10 care for and to be cared
for by them. Besides these, and a few friends
who had seen and visited him while sick, and
possibly had known him for few years, there
were none others 10 shed q tear, except his old
wife. And of this small company, the old wife
seemed to be the only heart mourner. 1t is re-
Bpectful for friends to be sad for few minutes
till the seryine Ia nerformed and the hearSe i
out of sight. Ii is very proper and suitable fol-
children who have outgrown the fsrvency anl
affections of youth, to shed tears when an agef
parent says Farewell" and lies down to quiet
slumbers. Some regrets, some recolleciions o
the past, some transitory grief, and the pang is
over. Not always 30. But often, how little
true. genuine heart-sorrow there isl
The old wife arose with difficulty from he,
seat, and went to the coffin to look her last lpol
TO take her farewell. Through the fast falling
tears, she gazed long and fondIy down into tha
pale, unconscious face. What did she see there
othera-saw nothing but the rigia features Of ,hi
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F." Hang their poisons in the sick air."

VERY Coon ADvIcE.-A correspondent on the
National Intelligencer, referring to the proposed
mediation OF the United State. between the be-
ligerents of Europe,I ,Iotfers this good advice:
Scent lemen, let US m.nd our own business;
that will give us plenty to do and not expose us
to ridcule. Above all, let those who would
gratiIy Buncoube by offering to give peace to
Europe turn their thought and their efforts to-
wards restoring peace and concord to their own
distracted country"
This is the whole question in nutshell let
us "mind our own business" and not NEEDLE
with the quarrels Of European nations, or in
volve ourselves in the crooked diplomacy which
marks every step Of nations endeavoring to con-
ceal their ulteriour designs under the most hy-
pocrilical pretences. The United States can
have no sympathy with the objects or purpose
of either party in the present war. Both are
fighting for dominion, neither for oppressed na-
tionaity. The party which has been making
the loudest boasts of warning against despotisD,
threatening to let loose the elements Of revolu-
ton, md give liberty to Italy and Hungary, allies
itself without scruple to the hated oppressor of
both. England and France in becoming the
ao of Austria, the most deteslable despotsm
of Europe, show that their high sounding praises
of European liberty were mere words to delude
the mass of mankind and cheat them into a
sympathy, which, if the real objects sought in
the war had been known, would never have been
accorded to them. With objects and purposes
in the back ground which both parties are afraid
to avow, the United States cannot interfere be-
tween them without getting iuto trouble. The
duty of the American people is TO act fairly and
justly with all nations, preserve peace with al,
endeayor to promote the growth and prosperity
of their own country, and establish its inslitu-
tions on basis which the ahock Of time cannot
overthrow. They by this course viii best pro-
mote the interests of civilization and humanity.
philadelphia Ledger
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EDGEFIELD, S. c., JANUARY Il, 1855.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

| The news by the Atlantic brings more e1
citing party into the field Of confct,-to wit
the British Parliament The Queens speecl
brealhcs nothing but war and, by the way Con
gress may thence take hint of The vanity of al
projects of pacifcation and mediation. The
great and proud nations that are now measuring
weapons, will submit to no less an umpire than
Deity the issue of their strife. AS yet they have
felt only the irritation and evaporation Of war
Their strength is unimpaired, and their animosi.
ties increased The reverse will come in due
time. Taxes will waste the resources, and nj
ternate victory and disaster will dull the sense
Of vanity, and then even The British lion and the
French eagle will droop their tails and come to
reason.
But the session OF Parliament, even its incep-
ton, has shown that the acts of Government are
to be subjected to an unsparing criticism. Earl
Derby's comments on the Queens speech are q
model of polite, and yet pitiless opposition
which may be looked 10 as the programme of
the course of the Tories They support the
war, but they convict the Government of having
blundered into it. and of perpetual blunderng
since they got into it. The expedition to the
Baltic which commenced with such loud boasts,
and ended with such lean performance, and the
invasion Of the Crimeu, which WAS first to cap
ture SebastopoI by i bold stroke, and now
threatens to destroy the invaders by q slow de-
cay, are of course the leading topics of censure
They are, however, enough 10 supply arrows for
the Parliamentary warfare of the whole winter
and if the Ministry sustain themselves, it will be
by exhibiting more rigor in peace than they
have shown in war.
Another point of weakness in the present Gov.
ernment, is the Austrian alliance, and the terms
of the recent treaty. The speech from the
throne carefully eyades any declaration Of the
purport OF this treaty Lord Derby calls in
question its advantages; and Lord John Russell
admits that it is not such rs was desired. 1t is
probably only another step in the diplomacy of
Austria, to gain all possible advantages from the
present war, without incurrng any OF its dangers
o- responsibilities.
The present Ministry stand on very slippery
ground, and although they arc adroit and expert
enced in sliding, the times are so grave, and so
little in accord with the entertainments of mere
political deyierity, that if there were prospect
of substituting for them an able and consistent
body of statesmen, they would probably be yo-
ted out of office by general consent. But the
appalling inquiry, of who are to take their pla-
ces, will be very serious and probably enec-
tua check upon the general sense Of their incom-
potency, and the Earl of Aberdeen "'i'! 80" -
tinr"
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as in those early and brighter days, when he
wooed and won her. The temple of her earth
ly hope had fallen, aud what was there lett but
for her sit down in dispondercy, among lis
lonely ruins. and weep, and die! Or, in the
spirit of better hope await the dawnlng Of
another day, when 4 hand divine shall gather
its scattered dust, and rebuild, for immortality,
its broken walls.
Nav the old wife's kiss, that linked the living
with The dead, be the token OF Il hulier tie, that
shall bud their spirits i'll that better land, where
tears are wiped from off MI faces, and the days
Of their mourning are ended.-Walchman aud
Reflector.