The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-06-05

Taxation of pess.

ss Wiling and % gent tho has been
ldspris ed of may hours OF set rcpose by The
yeihang clrsS &c this iuIs burg qhosts us 70
(ndyocnts a ) manioipa staxst MS d
fiing that wonld be dent iii iiscf sprofita-
Etle ip its results and lonorab to our Council.
OF coifrse isss Is ~ - =.
BRass sbcens5 moi tlis nows-we believe
years sinse last slept iii town; but tha,
'last,tans sS'seasell femembe ands wo arc free
td.say thets I'VE remember 1t mora from its nsso so
with degs tlian any other cause or
ssailses.s We Ind spent pleasant eyeping, re.
about 10 o'clock tova comfortable bed
and rstFatelied out our legs for q comfortabl,
map. but II 80 hapf fened TINT tile room in
which we were placed by our host adjoined
that which used to be occupied by George
McDuffie when, he practiced law in .Edgcficld,
md which is stil known, and sspoken of by
some old servants asI..air. :4fc1asss Room,
This set us to thinking, nhd sleep came not a.
we first expected. Indeed it was near mid
sshight and dark silence hnd settled down upon
the place and the people before we turned over
to Danish thought and proceed to snoozing.
How vain the calculationl It was at that mo.
ment, that dog fight really startling in il,
suddenness and ferocity, came to pass in the
backyard Of the dwelling whicli.domiciled us
There seemed to be at least half DOZEN in the
affair so continuous was the ihdcscribaJle
':greeos'-ro,cro~-;gra rglc--grash'n-gronyrou y
that accompanied the melee. We learned next
morning that in reality there were only two
dogs engaged in the difficulty, one of them
being the yard dog on the inside of the fenee
and the other strange dog on the o,itside,
the engagement, having been carried On
through a,crast. Still b was q terrific fight
as 'ce hcardi. Yet was it, But tile Beginning
Of the end-.ofi dar sleep,for the fight TIE
fight bad not fully subsided batpre we pcrceiv.
CD diatinctly that many. many other dogs had
put their mouthssinto the -matter and were
vc"ting their Lively ysintefsst in the occurrence
by IN incongruous; ebntinuityaof' 'Atrocous CO.
nine c"rsi"g and soeariny which made us wisl.
the whole pack, coniGatants and all, safely
located within the region whose entrance il
said TO, be guarded by an elder brother of
2thein5 93ie eupssar continued some half hour
or nIore' and then. gradually lowered itself into
more and more RATIONAL bousils, until at length
all stopped but one internal old hoarse mouth.
cd villain who 'ooIdga on, think rs We pleas.
led: Ihe ear was just becoming accustomed
to his mcnotolous do~,'oo,q and again we had
! ;r9lIlasgyer aI end hugged up one Of onr pillows
4eN a soeiaf nap. wllen-"what in the, world is
the emntterh" Such was the hurried exclama-
ZION which we lrtd uttered-on our feet, out of
S&ed and at the .window--lsfore we could in
|fkss least .eompretshT the cause Which had
asaip fosbklasa slsep to our eyelids. .,Grndu.
ally we saWiftes the thing and it ,was this =:
Some onfsSsypaIe cow had remaisssd out at
grass, the eseli1er before too late 40 Gin the
Protection Of Gle com-pen. So slsssts5iled up
toFaras the 'yillpge square, tssnjoy the ssene.
by moonlight aloneass she tondiy Imagined.
But the eanihe mnrapders were out and Door
Old Sase must BE yictildizcds AT IL stlwy went.
ssssto6k -hsf ground fGr .a.yhiIe, we ,can
weikimagipe; but seeing stLa 9nemy Increase
with wi.l every new AsqfisI of her horns
Ike IKE sensible s2w she cut dirt and run. Thes
Game; the Jirorr3he tiitetcommingled:ated
,,batkings AMI yelringS suf' all kidds Of stray
dogs aud meand dogs. wlilo nbw and then above
the row the dcspairing yet. .ycry lauiiLle Ha.
lowings Of ihe ilefsted; o2w pealed forth as If
TO }etgWu the distraetng eoht5sion OF sounds.
;Bns@ @tsr SW0hiisthe r6ate, passed up a some
distapt: :strest and directly we heard no
more Of 1T. One wiz say-"weii.: now you
d'd succeed ingettfng'to sleep:"-Neverr more
mistaken in AL ydhr life. a., There were. three
or four more parts ofsths detestable .doe.oper;a
yeeaS Be Performed, and each one of them
was. introduced i before. Morpheus Ind
el6iped usf6f; ;EiS4isn.. We :d;dss,ees =, Ii,i,a