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lFfom the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.l
.s& Too Late.
BIZ ANNIE OHAxBERs BRADFORD


K BIZ ANNIE CHAMBERS BRADFORD. 81
Speak to me once again!
asy Thy gentle words bring back
The fairy hopes thought were dead
Y Along lifc's stony track
Eorsaken and betrayed, $50
Of every Joy berett, s.S,.
M turn to thee-oh bear me up,
For thou alone art left.
~ Hpeak to me thy dear tones
Come to me like the sound
II 0f waters to the ttavel-worn,
Y III Nhen deserts glare around.
OK, hide me in thine arms
BID frenzied grief depart
afely have one blessing left M
snhy high and faithful heart
Then, on his heaving breast
Low dropped her golden hair,
/ While all his pentrup feelings gushed,
As she lay silent there.
1 He pressed his first warm kiss
Upon her bright young head
He bfeathed the boarded love of years
~ She heard not--shs toas dead
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q g niu 5

E'ar out at seattle sun was high,
While veered the wind and tapped the sail
We saw d snow,whte butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale,
sss,5s IS Far out Of sea.
The little stranger, who had lost la4
hi His way. OF danger nothing knew
Settled awhile upon the mast,
Then futtered 0 'er the waters blue,
Far out at sea.
Above, there cleaned the cloudless sky
Beneath, the boundess ocean sheen
Between them danced the butterfly,
The spirit-lite in this vast scene,
s $50 Far out at sea.
Away he sped with shimmering gee;
Dim, indstinct-now seen, now gone.
Night comes, with wind and rain, and he
'sN No more will dance before the morn,
Far out at sea.
Hae dies unlike his mates, / ween .. g
Perhaps not sooner, nor worse crossed;
s And he hath felt and known aud seen
sA larger life and home though lost, 4
VI fsrvl l Far out at sea.
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The MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH FoREsHAD0wED.--ln
g Baileys Dictionary edition of l730-l27 years
ago-under the word g loadstone," is the following
foreshadowing of the electric telegraph " Some
thors write that blythe help of the magnet load
stone, persons may communicate their minds to
friend at great distance as, suppose one to be
have circular alphabet, like the dialpate of clock,
and a needle touched with one magnet, then at the
same time that the needle at London was moved, that
at Paris would move in like manner, provided each
party had secret notes for dividing words, and the
observation made at set hour, either of the day
or of the night; and when one party would inform
the other of any matter he is to the needle to
those letters that will form the words that will declare
what he would have the other know, and the other
needle will move in the same manner. This may be
done reciprocally.
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each single letter, 10 cents, payable in advance.
HBThe single letter rate to California and Oregon is
10 cents, prepaid. On newspapers, etc, the do
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3|slD 0rIsall 9ailu Crtsttnt.
Y5sr. what u 4 Newspaper ?

rspa. what u Newspaper
4 Organs that gentlemen play, my boy, NJ
~ answer The taste Of nc DAY, my poy,
.bS Whatever Il may be,
Mi IT. LIZ 4 iaii ~ csncsit away, my boy.
81 ~ ikcn III countries and clinss, my boy,
\ lvst9 lsednents, essays and rhymes, my boy,
1 Mlxedup With all sorts
8 IS Win lying reports,
~ puh ,Ilhsd u regular times, my boy. /,
+ kkslelss iii md Mise, my boy,
4 III leAat III the editors eyes, my boy,
And logic 90 gTand
That NV understand
nv what In the world n applies, my boy.
isfics, reflections, reviews, my boy,
III Vie Scraps t0 Instruct and amuse, my boy;
And Lengthy debate
Upon matter Of state, {;
Ny wise.headed folks to peruse, my boy,
ss The funds as they were and are, my boy,
The quibbles and quirks Of the bar, my boy,
kA Andsevery week f
A clever critiqne,
On some rising theatrical star, my boy,
The age Of Jnpiteras moons, my boy,
The stealing Of somebody's spoons, my boy,
The state Of the crops,
The style Of the fops,
AMI The wit Of the public bnffoons, my boy.
N Of all physical Ills, my. boy,
s Anished BY somebody's pills, my boy,
FsssS Till you ask with surprise
VII Why any one dies, Y @ .qGt
OF whats the disorder that kills, my boy.
Who has got married, to whom, my boy,
Who were cut off in their bloom, my boy,
Who has had birth
On this sorrowstained earth,
And who tOtters fast to the tomb, my boy.
The price of cattle and grain, my boy,
Directions to dig and drain, my boy, ,
HA But 'twould take me too long
sy4 5ssa TO tell you in song,
quarter OF what they contain. my boy.
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Mr.. Nathaniel Willis, who has been in the editorial
harness for the long period of tyfour years. has
Gently sold his paper, the Youths Companion and is
now an associate editor instead of sole conductor of
that Journal. Mr. Willis has started hree newspapers,
which are continued to this day, viz: The Eastern
Argus, at Portland the Recorder, and the Youths
Companion, published in Boston. The old gentleman
is N. P. Willis father.
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tits question whether being called ''the son OF a
gun should not rather be taken as a compliment
shan as term Of abuse, as it is well known that nc
gun is good for anything unless it descends IN a
.straight line from good stock.
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An nnloving woman is an impossibity, unless we
imagine pillar of ice to stand out against July
sun. Bit all women love, and that passionately.
Those who profess they do not are only seeking to
hide bitter disappointment behind the transparent
Enask of affactation.
What is the twenty seventh letter of the Alphabet
- Let her ,csat."
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29
3 .sPARTANBURG, s. q, THURSDAY OCTOBER % 1851

TITS a short story, boys, and soon told"
rejoined the Colonel. II WAS out fire hunt.
ing one night, with old Qaarcoo to
his ashes!-carrying the light. We had
walked long way without seeing any.
thing. and twelve o'clock found MS near the
church on our way home. 'Maussa,' wbis
pered Quarcoo, creeping nearer to me-. Il
spec you better go fodder road; you find too
mech mud bog long dis way 'Why.
Quarcoo,' said |, Il believe you're scaredr
No scare, NAUSEA, but he mighty bad luck
for fire.huut bout de old holly-tree.' Come
on rejoined |; may be we'll get shot a,
the old white doe. Xxi. maussa! you neb
Der to talk dat way! Ell you ebber raise
your gun at dat deer, You sure To be dead
in less than tree week" paid no atten-
ton to him, but kept on. until suddenly Il
ruslilng to my left arrested me, and made
me look around. was within twenty
steps Of the old haunted holly, and there,
directly under it, were visible u pair of eyes
rejecting the flicker of the burning pine.
knot, which almost fell from Quarcoo's
trembling hand. am not supels;i,ious,
but Il strange feeling came over me. as
looked at the eyes. Could the story be
trues Was there really u spirit deer" Just
then the torch shot up a tongue of flame
which, for an Instant, ilumiueI the tree.
caught inomentary glance at the deer
and, to my amazement, saw that it ,ous
aohtte! Boys, have said was not surer
sii,ious; but had my adventure ended here,
should, 10 my dying day, have been firm
believer in spirits. But, frightened AS
was, | intended TO see it lhiougl: SO, nut.
terng to myself Othello's remark in some.
what similar dilemma, which, by some uu.
accountable means, came into my mind at
the moment: If that thou best a devil, |
cannot kill thee, raised my gun and fired
The scutfllng that followed showed that |
had To- deal with real flesh aud blood; and
rushing up To sec what had done, there
lay my own imported merno ram, worth
two hundred dollars, if cent! gave
(luareoo the carcass, on condition he would
never breathe word about the matter, and
promised him u sound thrashing of if he
should ever tell it-and, boys, haven't
tire.hunted since"
The Colonel ellaving spun his warn, we rose
to prepare for recommending our hunt; but
the wind had sprung up, and the driving
clouds warned us 10 be satisfied with our
sport for the day. So, appointing dav for
our next meet, and taking parting horn all
round, we separated, and each of us struck
lope Tor our respective homes. So ended
the days hunt.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29
The Manufacture of Words.

The following sensible remarks are ex-
tractcd from clever paper in Fr;tser's
Magazine:
No permission has been So much abused
in our day rs that nf Horace for the manu-.
facture of words. He allows men 10 mould
one now and then, with modest discre.
lion aud caution; bu; he Is addressing DO.
cts, not venders of patent leather or dealers
IN marine stores. Would lac not have stood
aghast at the term "antigrophylos!" Would
II not puzzle Il Scaliger or Bcntley2 1t is
time, we protest, To put "a stop to these vile
eolnages, when every breecheo maker or
backing manufactured inveu;s Il compound
word OF six syllables as expressive of his
wares. Ladies do not wear petticoats now a.
days, but crnoliues. What is their new
name for gartets: Men do not ride on horse.
back As atoretime-ihey take equestrian
exercise; women are not married Ike tb,ir
grand-mothers they are lead 10 the hvmc.
nnl altar. ~ books Her, forsooth, becomes
bibliopole; and a servant is converted into
u manciple. BARRIERS do not sell too,h.pow
der and shaving soap, as their fathers did,
but odonto, and dentifrce, and rypopha.
gon; hair wash has passed away-it is ca.
piliary fluid; can any one tell us wha, is the
meaning OF diagnosis as applicable to di.
sease: II 1t has a Specification at all, we
Will guarantee 10 find half-p.dOzen Saxon
monosy liables expressive Of the same idea
Medical gentlemen, too, talk oi phlebotomy;
We know that it has some connection with
blood letting, and, for our own part, We al.
ways associate the term with Il night we
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

STURGEON AND SLAvERY.-An American
minister called upon Mr.. Spnrgeon. and
said, IN the conversation, that H.. had a
congregation in the states of 5000 paopl,.
SPurseon: And haze YOU blacks in your
congr, r,gaiion! Jonathan: Oh, yes. And
do YOU all worship together. or have YOU
partitions and curtains! Oh, the blacks
are behind Il curtain. And do YOU take
The Lords Supper with the blacks behind u
curtain: Oh, yes. Now, sir, do YOU know
what monomaniac isl Oh. YES. Well.
sir, | IN monOmaniac "a monumaniac ON
the subject of slavery. (Aud Spuryeon
dashed his hand into his pocket and briur.
lnS out his penkniie, opened it) Yes, sir,
I'm perfect monomanac. I've no contro!
over myself, sir; and il you stay here ten
minutes longer. ! may put this kuife into
your hypocrtIcsl bosom. So wan YOU.
Be OF! bo oil! | feel it rising ia me. BE
oil, say! (And he hustled Jonathan To
'he door, nervously handling his knife all
The whie) And did you really mean TO
stick the fellow" said the friend to whom
he related the story. "Why, no." said he.
perhaps not quite that; but I'm going to
America before long, and wanted them
to know, before go, that they won't hum.
bug me about slavery" Gateskea1 OF.
scryey.
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NO. sc.
DOdging a Constable.

Ashesille must be a great place during
court, rs will be seen in the following from
the News:
Nearly all the lawyers OH the Circuit are
here, and n tremendous crowd of outsiders
--specula.ois itinerant merchants, gentl..,'
men Of leisure, Jews, GentiIes. and the s.ih-:
l'abitants OF the hill country round about.y
Money! money!! is tile cry heard OF, .nlls
sides. Several sad cases have occurred un-
der our own observation. Take one for
sample, long legged constable heldsan
ugly document beginning, You are hereby
commanded to take The body of," Gc.
agans, IN unfortunate individual. The CON
stable had trai!ed him all ,lav, but forrea,
s'n' satisfactory 10 himself. no doubt. this
debtor lodged him. Several times the le-
gal pursuer thought lie had his victim safe.
but like Patrick's flee, when he put his fin-
ger on him "he wern't thar" Finally losing
All patience, constable determined, like
Capt. Bolts, to head him OF die" With
eyes peeled, every muscle sprung. and de.
termination to conquer or die written OH
his iace, he again started in pursuit Round
the Court House, among the cake wagons.
through the crowd, along Liquid Row, in
at tie front and out AT tue back, by a .cit,
cuingunjulow" doubling the square again,
until iinaly law triunphed! Debtor caved,
wind broken and sore footed, he surrender
ed gracefully, reposing his weary limbs up,
on an empty goods box. Constable drew
hIs weapons" figured on, the "priu.," int"
and with "A benevolent smile handed it over
Tor the inspection Of his victim Debtor
looked al IT, and in bland tone said, "all
right proceeding ut the same time to draw
his 'calf skin" and count out the required
amount. Constable sat by, broad grin Of
sat'.!aciion and good nature overspreading
his coun,enance. Through with the one
ration. debtor handed pile over to consta,
b.e' who IN ian proceeded TO ascertain that
all was right. \ sudden pallor oyerspread
!ls features AS he turned over the bills aud
his eye rested upon "Ococe." Bank of JEFF.
iersou,' Exchange Bank" &c. Gaspiug
tor breath, Lo hurrieIy exclaimed, mo
money but thsi' Nary redI' solemnly
replied debtor. 1t was too much. Human
nature could not stand it, Constable's
countenance relaxed, his jaw fell, his knees
smole together, and touering for a moment,
he fell headIong. The last words he uttei,
ed, rs bys,anIer knc.t over him, were,
wild Cat, by thunder" Should he not
recover, the verdict of tho jury Of inquest
will be-"Died OF Tennessee money"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

MULE VS.. RAMA friend some few DAYS
since made US laugh "consumedy." by
relating the following:
NOT long since, our friend i. Of
Mobile, was on visit to Look Out Noun
tam. Georgia, aud was much struck with
The fact that fine jet Of water WAS thrown
up above the top of The eminence on which
the Hotel stands. lie knew it WAS brough,
from TAR below, bu, lie was curious to know
by what mechanical contrivance. Walk
nag round the jet admiringly, he accosied--
IN his accustomed polite and rather precise
way--a plain countryman, With:
My friend, is this water forced up by a
hun E-meanng, of course, the hydraulic
conirlvance SO named.
RAM exclaimed the countryman.
u say Rant"
No, si'. It's dern big MULE, and hard
work at that Come here, aud I'll show
him to you
And sure enough, friend b did,
from different point of view, get u sight
ot the quadrupedal hybrid working the MA.
chinery, and agreed that it WAS pretty hard
work. Montgomery Mail
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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN..
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A lady beloncing to the ton" in Sempi
vile, New York, having purchased a raven,
one OF her neishbors asked her why she
thought Of buying such All ugly aud u,c
less bird. my husband aud l." said she.
wished TO try the experiment whether rae
vens live to the age Of seven or eirh, hun
dred years.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

Bisuor MEADE's oSrRIBurIoxs.-Th
Iate volume by bishop Meade, Of Virginia,
on The Old Families and Churches OF Vir-
ginia," is one OF the most interesting and
valuable of recent coniribuiuns to State
his,o'i0S From late summary and run.
ming review of the work, we extract the fol.
lowing items:
Pe"dleton.-Two brothers, "of a guod
family 10 decay" one of whom WAS the an
cestor OF The distinguished Edmund Pend,e.
ton, (the friend and colleague Of Washing
ton in the first Congress,) who died in 1904.
as President OF the Court of Appeals, came
to Virginia from England, about the year
1914. The descendants Of tue first PEN
dielon have n,ermarried with The Po!lar,ls,
Iaylors, Roys, Ganescs (the late Gen. Ed.
+. Gaines is descended from a sister Of
Judge Pendleton,) Lewises, Pages, Nelson's,
Harts, Richards, Taliarerros. Turner'S, Sliep,
herds, Carriers, Kemps, Palme,s, Dan.
bridges, Cooks"-"lhousands throughout
Virginia and elsewhere"
Washington. on.-There are some few anec.
rdoies furnished 10y Bishop Meade that have
not appeared in Gen. Washington's tiogra.
ply. It appears. as If provijeniially, that
several of his early proposals of marriage
had been rejected. Irving refers TO an ear-
ly flame "lowlaai beauty aud Miss
Gryines, Of Bradshaw. in Mildlesex Coun.
ty, The mother of "Ligh,-horse Harry
General Henry Lee; also 10 Miss Cary. OF
whose father Young Washington asked
permission 10 address his daughter" .lf
Iliat is your business here, sir" responded
the proud Col. Carv,"I wish YOU to leave
The house, for my daughter has been accu..
toned To ride in her own coach" The
daughter of Col. William Faunt lie Roy lot
one olihe most ancient families Of Virgin.
IN, aud probably brother to the grandma.
her Of The first Col. John Taylor} had a
daughter, Elizabeth, who became wife of
Mr.. Adams, Of James River, after having
refused the hand OF Gen. George Washing.
irh" a sense ofduty called The youthful
Washington To the el bef,re he had ma.ls
his tornaI address 10 Miss Phillips. Their
renewal was prevented 10y her engagement
his friend apt. Morris. But for this cir.
rnmStance the Generals lot might have been
different.
Bishop Meade bears testimony To Gen.
Was,inston's deep religions feeliug, anl
liai ne was a zeslouS church man and hum.
l'lo communicate.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

ifyou ask lady to walk out with you.
she brst looks at your dress, and then
thinks of Der own.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

IRADE or rue UNITED STATES Accora.
'ns 10 the la>, Patent Oi!ice report, the an
nnat yaIus ofproduc,s ~ agriculture in the
uni.ed States was two thousand millions OF
,,'llaIS; Of manufacturers SIX hundred mil.
hon; OF rniucs three bundled millions, for.
eSiS one hundred millions; Of navigation
and fisheries one hnndred millions. OF me.
chanical traies and professions foar huu.
dred millions. making the total annual val.
ue Of the domestic products Of the United
States tlir,y-tivc hundred millions Of dol
lars. 1t we add 10 the above tie annual
foreign imports, three hundred and sixty
millions, and esiiinste three hundred fold
manipulation, before au article reaches t.,
consulaer. the annual aggregate Of the
transactions. between NAN aud man, in ,ls
United States, wouli amount TO ten thou.
sand uiIlions OF dollars
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-29

''Somehow or other saiJ Frederick the
Great, 'Psoyidcnce seemsio do the mos.
for the best disciplined troops.r II have
always noticed" said Nopolcou, stl,at Prosf.
Jepce fsvors The heaviest ba,iaIjops.- ~
Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-04-17
San Frnncisco Items.

Anole 1roseque has been entered in the
case OF Cohen VS.. Thos. 5. King.
In the Police Court, on the morning Of the
9th, the case of John NJ Gro we'll and G. \
Sears, for concealins their property with in
tent to detraud Hathaway x Co, to come up.
Sears was discharged but Crowell sent to
the Court OF Sessions, to answer before the
Grand Jury. Bail fixed at $1,000.
A woman named Mary Ann Calthread.
aged A. years, a native of Yorkshire, Eng
land, died very suddenly, last evening, at :
o'clock, at the What Cheer House in sacra-
mento ST A pest mortum examination re.
yealed the fact that a piece OF meat had
lodged i'll her gullet causing her to sufocate.
In the IT, S District Court, yesterday, an
order was entered dismissing the appeal on
behalf Of the United States on the claim Of
Mary y Bennett to six lots OF land in and
near Santa Clara.
Marks Abrahams filed petition to be
discharged from his debts, III the Twelfth
District Court, on the l4th.
The popular Banking firm, Lucus, Tur-
ner & Co., are about winding up their bust
ness in California.
A man named Thomas Brown, charged
with running away from oiskiyou county,
taking with him some twelve hundred dol
lars in money and another mans wife, was
arrested on the l4th
A Spaniard, named Manuel ESQ, alias
Jellaveta, was yesterday sent 10 the Court
of Sessions on charge of highway robbery.
Shortly after one o'clock yesterday MORN
ing, he met young Frenchman named Geo.
Taussaint, on the corner of jackson street
and Washington Place, and Selling him by
neck with one hand, cut his silk guard
chain and took his watch with the other.