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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-01-29
Thaddeus Kosciosko.

During the American struggle for !nde
pendence, Washington was greatly embar
rassed 10y the arrival of foreign officers, who
expected nothing less than highest posts in
the army, aud frequently, when accepted
proved unworthy Of the stations assigned
to them. Experience of this kind led Wash.
ing'on TO be exceedingly cautious IL receiv
ing foreign officers into the service. At this
period Kosciosko presented himsclfto Wash.
ngton, fortified by a letter from Franklin
The first interview between the gallant and
generous Pole and no less generous Wash
ington, is thus described in the third volume
of Washington Irving's Washington, just
issued from the press
"What do you seek llere?" inquired the
commander-in.chief
ITO fight for American independence"
What can you dol"
"Try me-"
Washington was pleased with the curt
yet comprehensive reply, and with his chiv-
alrous air and spirit, and at once received
him into hi. family as an aid .decamp. His
subsequent noble and gallant career as an
officer in the American service, is well
known, and has inseparably joined his name
with that noble struggle TO which we owe
our present exalted rank rs q naticn.
For number of years Il sui; has been in
progress in the courts of the District of Co
lumbia, prosecuted 10y his collateral heirs, to
recover the property left by him at his de.
cease in this country, which now amounts
to upwards of $4,000. We believe that a
final decision has been rendered, establish
ing the relationship of the claimants, and
validity of their claim.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-01-29

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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-01-29


THE GREAT COMET Re. E.AprEARED.-The
great comet that made its first appearance
and so greatly EXCITED the whole world In
1856. and which it was predicted would
appear again this year, really seems
to have wendel its way along. else it has
sent substitute. Mr.. Taft of Granite, first
reported seoing it, and the San Francisco
Bulletin, Of Monday, contains the following
We are assured by gentleman who has
seen the wonder, that the long expected
comet is visible in the heavens from this
point ut about 1 o'clock, a. Nj. lie says
he saw the illustrious stranger at that hour
this morning.
In commenting upon the singular ap.
pearance of this phenomena it says:
This comet appeared in 1856, and there
still exists medal, which was struck in
commemofation of the remarkable pheno-
mena. Upon this modal is represented a
cypress tree, because it was thought that the
deaths Of IA remarkably large number of
| crowned heads i'll that year were occaSioned
10y or had some connection with the ap.
pearance of the comet. In that year died
the Emperor Charles v. three Kings, fou,
Queens, among whom was Mary Tudor, O
England ; one Pope, ten Cardinals. and two
Crown Princes. 1t is remarkable that thi
comet appeared at tho period when tn,
great revolution ushered in hy the rcforma
ton and the art of printing began and
now again it is about to appear at the con
clusion of that period and at the commence
ment of a new one, when the gigantic de
velopments Of freedom in America is lead
ing the human race into new paths and q
new revolution begins, in comparison with
which the European one of three hundred
years sinks into insignifcance.
Sacramento (Cal) 41merican.
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Symplerns of First Love.

When you fSd Master Jack suddenly refuse
one morning, to play marbles any more forever,
be sure that Master Jack is seized with his FIRST
love.
When you frd in Master Jacks bed room
sundry bottles, with yellow bear or blue for
est on the table, which the liable, not the bear
informs You that the contents OF the bottle is an
unguent that makes the mousaches grow-you
may be sure that Master Jack is seized with first
love.
If Jack becomes satirical, and aIudes in scorn-
fol terms 10 the world, 5e sure Jacks first love
has just sprouted.
II you find pocket edition of Byron about
Jacks clothes, Ie sure Jacks far gone in his
first love.
II you find pair of patent feathers coming
home from your ihoemakers on Saturday alter
noon, and can'ttemembcr ordering them and
they don't fit anybody but Jack, don't blame him.
First love is responsible.
If you see Jacl's finger ends rather inky, and
scraps of an acroitic anywhere around, be assu-
red thst first lovehas caused the spolliag of some
good strtionery
Finally, if Ja,k is suffering from first love,
don't be hard on The poor fellow; and above all,
don't meet the complaint with too strong reme-
dies, lest it strikes in, and Jack strikes out from
parental authority. First love is like the whoo-
png-Cough-wemusta all have it and it Is best
to catch it Young
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How PAT harmed to make a Fire.

''Can you make fire, Pat?' asked gentle
man of newly arrived son of Erin:
''Indade / cat sir, ! learned to do that same
yer honor, to mycost sure. Whin ] came over,
you see, there Aas no one along wild me except
myself alone al,d my sister Bridget. Whin We
got ashore we sFnt together to a boording- house
and the boordiq master took me up stairs TO
room, and when went TO bed took the coat
and shirt off my back, and for fear some dirty
spa peen would be after stating 'em, put 'rm
away snug in a great iron chist that stood right
forninst the bed In the morning, whin the
day was brakin through my windrr, says to
rnesef. 'The for av the morning to ye Pat is
yer clothes sliqa' and jist opened the door ay
the big chist, hd bpgorra the coat off my body
and the shirt bf me back was burnt to ashes! Be
dad sir, that ddId divil ofa chest. was stove.
battiuck to'itt and lserxince ttIs', I've know'd
how to kindle fires, sir.'
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THE MAID OF SaRAGOSSA.

According TO a note 10 Chlde Herold, An
gostina (whose recent death at Cueta was men,
toned in the Post Of Tuesday, was in her 22d
year when the siege occurred, and must there
fore have been abou. 10 at her death. When
Byron was in Seville, she was to be seen walk
ing on the Prado decorated with medals and
orders, bestowed on her by command of the
Junta. We quote his celebrated stanzas-
Is it for this the Spanish maid aroused,
Hangs on the willow her unstrung guitar,
And, all unsex'd, the anlace hath espoused,
Sung the loud song, and dared the deed of war?
And she, whom once the semblance of scar
Appall'd, and owIet's 'larum child with
dread,
Now views the column scattering bay'net jar
The falchion fash, and DER the yet warm
dead
Stalks with Minerals step where Mars might
quake TO tread.
Yet who shall marvel when you hear her tale2
Oh! had you known her in her softer hour,
Mark'd her black eye that mocks her coal
black veil,
Heard her light, lively tones in lady's bower,
Seen her long locks that mock the painters
power,
Her fairy form, with more than female grace,
Scarce would you deem that Saragossa's tow
Bphed her smile in dangers Gorgon face,
Thin the closed ranks, and lead in glory's fear
fol chase.
Her lover snks-she sheds no ill-tmed tear
Her chief is slain-She fills bis fatal post
Her fellows fee-she checks their base ca
reer;
The foe retires-shp heads the sallying host
Who can appease like her lovers ghostl
Who can avenge like her leaders fall!
What maid retrieve when mans flushed hope
is Iosta
Who hang so fercely on the flying GauI,
Foiled by woman's hand, before batter'd
wall?
Yet are Spain's maids no race of Amazons
But form'd for all the witchng arts of love
Though thus in arms they emulate her sons,
And in the horrid phaIanx dare TO move,
IT'S but the tender ferceness of the dove,
Pecklng the hand that hovers o'er her mate
10 softnesS as in frmness far above
Remoter females, famed for sickening prate
Her mind is nobler sure, her charms perchance
as great.
The seal loves dimpling chin has impress'd
Denotes how soft that chin which bears hi,
touch
Her lips, whose kisses pout TO leave their
nest,
Bid man be valiant ere he merits such
Her glance, how wildly beautiful! how much
Hath Phebus wood in vain to spoil her
cheek
Which glows yet smoother from his amorous
clutch
Who round the north for paler danes would
seek?
How poor their forms appear! how languid, wan
and weak
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04
HeautifuI Extract.

The future with all IFS thck-coming events
lies before U.s. We are in the midst OF rapid
and forward age. The Spirit OF inquiry Is a.
broad among the masses. Every land, far and
near, feels the quickrning impulse OF the tunes.
We cannot stand still if we would: for to move
is TO live, and to halt is to die. We must DIS
charge our duty to ourselves, and so 10 others
We must know what is transpiring around and
bevond US. The great questions that concern
our common humanity are 10 longer mysterious
ly confined to the few: they are interesting TO
the world and to all its tribes Of men, Let US
be ND 10 this age. Let Us be equal TO such an
era. And we can only be so by pouring INTO
every corner the light Of that knowledge which,
thanks to free and fearless press, llumInateS
the pathway Of Liberty, and exposes to the con-
tempt and adherence OF the historian lhe eI'o'S
and the vices of her foes. The questions vhich
relate TO our own Destiny, are profoundly in-
teresting The obligations we owe TO oui Coh-
stitution should be sharply defined; the Tlauon
we hear 10 each other as citizens, and tfe rFld-
films of each State to every other Siate;tne al
tacbment we owe 10 the covenant OF the Union;
the oppostion we should give to fafa'lclsm'
North and South; the narrow extent OF llile t"a'
divides us from the old nations withhi 'helF
communities of living men and all tneF H''i'or-
les of dead greatness the novelties 9 oui Pos
ition, with Inventions its imProyen1Ht"s' anu ~
woaders, and thus its responsibilities az" =. nS
danqers:-what field Tor actlon7 "Nd' '''e-
atre for ambition.
ssMind mind alone, -,
Is Light. and Hope and Llfednu, r 90.
| Earth's deepest night from t's O'e'' '0'''
/ The night of mind is soF
sThe Pass all lands shagans,
.Tbe PRrss,' sThe Press,'Ve bring
All lS"u' " Weekly Press.
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Affection.

We sometimes meet with men who seem to
think that any indulgence ofafrctionate feeling
is a weakness They return from journey
and greet Their families with distant dignity,
and move ancng their children with the cold
and lofty splendor of an iceberg, surrounded with
its broken fagmenis There is hardly moro
unnatural sgbt on earth than one Of those fam
lies without heart. A father had better ex-
tnguish his boys eyes than take away his
heart. Who that has experienced the joys of
friendship, and values sympathy and affection,
would MT rather lose all that is beautiful in ma
ture's scenery than be robbed of the hidden
treasureDf his heart2 Who would not rather
follow ts child to the grave than entomb his
DECENTRALIZATION? Cherish, then, your hearts
best affections. Indulge in the warmth and
gushing of fraternal love. Think it not weak
ness. leach your children to love; to love the
rose; th robin; TO love their parents: to love
their Cd. Let it be the studied object of their
domesti culture to give them warm hearts, ar
dent Affections. Bind your whole family to-
gether Iy these strong cords. You cannot
make TEN too strong.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

the song and the story heard around the kitchen
fire have coloTed the thoughts and lives OF most
OF u.s. have given US the germs of whatever po-
etry blesses our hearts whatever memory
blooms in our yesterdays. Attribute whatever
we may to the school and the school-mastpr
the rays which make that little dav We call
life radiate from the God-swept circle of the
hearth-Stone.
Then she sings an old lullaby she sang to
mother-her mother sang 10 her but she does
not sing it through, and falteFs ere tits done.-
She rests her head upon her hands, and i, is ST.
lent in the old kitchen. Something gliiters
down between her fingers and the frp-light, and
It looks like rain in the soft sunshine. The old
grandmother is thinking when she first heard
the song, and ofthe voice that sung il when a
light-baired and light-hearted girl she hung al
ound that mothers chair, nor saw the shadows
of the years to come. Oh! the days that are no
more! What spell can we weave to bring them
back again? What words can we unsay, what
deeds undo, TO set back, just this once, the an
cient clock of time!
So all our little hands were forever clngng
TO her garments, and staying her as if from dy-
ing, for long ago she had done living for herself,
and lived alone in Us. But the old kitchen
wants presence to-day, and the rush-bottomed
chair is tenantess.
How she used to welcome US when we were
grown, and came back one more TO the home
stead.
We thought we Were men and women, but
were children there. The old fashioned grand
mother was blind in the eyes, bot she saw with
her heart, as she always did. We threw our
long shadows through the open door, and she
felt them as they fell over her form, and shp
looked dimly up and saw tall shapes IN the DOOR
way, and she says, edward | know, aud Lu-
cy's voice | can hear, but whose is that other?
Ii must be- Jane's"-for she had almost forgot
ten The folded hands. sOh, 90, not Jane, for
she-let me see-she is waiting for me, ism t
sbe!" and the old grandmother wandered and
wept.
at is another daughter, grandmother, that
Edward has brought" says some one, "for your
blessing"
"Has she blue eyes, my son? Pot her hand
10 mine, for she is my latest born, the child of
my old age. Shall sing you song childrrn?"
Her hand is in her pocket of old she is idly
fumbling for toy, welcome gift to the child
ren that have come again.
One of US, men as we thought we We're, is
weeping She hea:s tlie endll-SupP'tsSeu SUI; SuF
saws, as she extends her feeble hand, "Here my
poor child, rest upon your grandmother's shoul-
der; she will protect you from all harm
Come children, sit around the fire again.
Shall I sing you a song, or tell you story
Stir the fire for it is cold the nights are grow
ing colder"
The clock in the corner struck nine, the bed
time of those old days. The song OF life was IN
deed sung, the story it told, was bedtime at last.
Good night to thee, grandmother. The oId-lash-
ioned grandmother was no more, aud we miss
her forever. But we will set up tablet in the
midst of the memory, in the midst of the heart,
and write on it only this:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
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John Bulls Latest.

The FLOWING is the latest joke upon John
Bull:
Johntras travelling on some Western rail-
road, wien a tremendous explosion took place
the carsat the same time coming TO a sudden
halt. The passengers sprang up in terror, and
tushed olt to acquaint themselves with the
nischief-all but Mr.. Bull. who continued read
ng the newspaper. 10 moment somebody
ushed back, and informed him that the boiler
lad burst.
"Awe" grnnted the EngIishman.
"Y-s,' continued his informant, ''and sixteen
eoplp have been killed"
cave" mnttered the Englishman again.
ssAnd-and," said his interlocutor with an ef-
ort, "your own man-your servant has been
down into hundred pieces"
',7tce bring me the pice that has the key Of
ng ,ortmanteau."
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY
oLD-FAsHIoNED GRANDMOTHER,
COD BLESS HER FOREVER.
SINAI.
OF THE

Tn about an hour and half from the time we
left the convent, we reached the top--the ''grey
top" of Sinai, for while the grea, body OF tie
mountain is of red granite, this is OF grey
Whether from decay or the pecularity of the
original formation | do not know, the granite
appeared Illuminated at the top, so that we were
able to split off some slices with the help OF our
hammers, of perhaps an inch 10 thickness.-
With these eXfoated fragments we filled our
bags or pockets, thinking it worth our while to
carry home with us specimens Of that mountain
which "burned with fire. and on which Jeho-
yah himself descended. The wind was strong
and the air cold, so We took shelter under part
OF the low wall at the entrance TO one of the
chapels While the monk was striking light
and preparing coffee, we were gazing on the
scene, and writing a few short letters to friends,
dated ''the top of Sinai" ] had taken with me
ten commandments in the original, on large
sheet, and, spreading it out, ] read over the law
on the summit of the mountain where 1t had
been given three thousand FIVE hundred years
before.
The cold and driving rain was considerable hIn-
drance, and more than once my tables of thr law
were on the point of being torn in pieces and car
ried away, but | accomplished my purpose. 1t
was interesting at the time nor IS 1t less so IN
my recollection. The day was not clear msis
were rising in the horizon, so that we did not
see far off But we saw the "grpat and terrible
wilderness" around us, and it it was vision of
more utter barrenness and desolaion than we
had ever seen or fancied No soft Failure in
the landscape TO mitigate the unbroken horror.
No green spot, no tree, no flower, no rlll no
lake-but dark brown ridges, red peaks like
pyramids of solid FIRE. No rounded hilocks or
soft mountain curves, such as one sees even in
the ruggedest of home scenes--but monstrous
and mlsshapen cliffs, rising tier above tier, and
snrmounted here and there by some spirelike
summt-serrated for miles into ragged grand
eur, and grooved from head to foot by the win
ter torrents that had swept down like bursting
water-sPouts, tearing their naked loins, and cut
ting into the very veins and snews of the fiery
rock.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04
A HORSE STORY.

This abrideement of a horse story is taken
from W. c. Primes work, "Boat life in Egypt
and Nubia, as related 10 him by one Of the gov
ernment officers at Edfou. 1t is story OF an
old Shelk of the Bedouins, which has often ap-
peared in print, but not like this:
'sThe Sheik was old and poor. He owned
tent, NubIan slave, and mare nothing else
The mare was the feetes; animal on the desert
From the Nile to the Euphrates, the fame of
this animal had gone out, and kings sought in
vain to own her. The love of a Bedouin for
his horse is not that fabled affection that we
read of in books. 1t is the love an American
nabob has for bis gold, or poor laborer for his
days wages. His horse is bis life. He can
rob, plundrr, kill and destroy, ad Hbitum, if he
has feet steed. If he has none he can do
nothing, but is the prey of every one who has.
Living this wandering life, the old Sheik was
rich IN this one mare, which was acknowledged
to be the feetest horse in Arabia. Ibrahim Pa
sha wished the animal as his father had before
him. He sent various offers TO the old Sheik.
but in vain. At length he sent dpputa,on
with i've hundred purses, purse is FIVE pounds,
and the old man laughed at them. Then said
lbrahIm Pasha. l viii take your mare.' TRY
It, He sent a regiment into the desert,
ana Inc ohelk rode around them, and
laughed at them, and the regiment came
home. AT last the Shiek died from wound
received in fray with neghboring tribe.
Dying he gave to bis Nubian slave all he had,
bis priceless mare, and the duties of the blood
revenge. The faithful slave accepted both, and
mas ever since been the terror of the eastern de-
Sert. Yearly he comes down like hawk on
The tents OF that devoted tribe, and leaves hall
or lance in a man or woman. No amount
OF blood satiates his revenge and the mare and
the black rider are as celebrated in Arabia as the
Wild huntsman in European forests, and much
better known.
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GA story writer says, "Florabel clasped
her wide white brow with her two white hands,
as il to still the thunder Of thought booming
through her Brain" How her head must have
ached with such noise in it. Florabel must
be the young lady whose 'seyes emit lightning
fashes.o
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

ETA newspaper is something better than
what it has been aptIy enough called, 'the ful-
crum which Archimedes longer for" Lord
Mansfield recognized one Of IFS great uses when
be remarked TO foreigner who was surprised at
the scany public in the Courts of Justice in
England: 'sNo matter, sir, we sit every day ia
the newspaper"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

GA great many people have some knowl
edge of the world, although the world has no
knowledge whatever of them, and no particular
desire 10 acquire any.
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GA little urchin, some two or three years
old, being little distance from the house, was
suddenly started by clap of thunder. He was
very much frightened, and made rapid tracks
towards the house. But as the shed was the
nearest shelter he entered it, and casting de-
fant look at the clouds, exclaimed, ssThun-
der away, I'm under the she'd"
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GA man being asked by his neighbor how
his wife did, made this answer "Indeed, neigh
Dor, the case is pitiful; my wife fears that she
will die, and fear she will not-which makes
disconsolate house."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

GIGroom signifies one who serves in an in
ferior station. The name of bridegroom was
formerly given TO the new married, because it
was customary for him to wait at table on his
bride and friends on bis wedding day.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

GA philosopher who had married a vulgar
but amiable girl, used to call her sBrown Su-
gar" because, he said, she was sweet, bot un-
refined.
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GSnodgrass, being sick ofsinele blessedness,
advertised for wife. The next day be received
a note from Mrs. Mcpherson, inquiring "what
be wanted of her.'
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y-"You have considerable floating popula-
tot in this village, haven't you!" asked stran-
ge-of the citizens of village on the Miss
issipi. "Well, yes, rather," was the reply;
''abut half the year the water is up TO the Sec
ondstory windows"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

UA witty docter says that tight-lacing is
public benefit, inasmrch as it kills off all the
foolish girls, and leaves the wise ones TO grow up
to be women.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-09-04

G|'My DEAR said wife to her husband,
"did you ever read of the plague in London7"
"No, | don't want to read of it; il is enough to
have plague in my own house."
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nTAn editor out West calls on maidens to
take courage; because the census shows that there
are halfa million more men than women in the
United States.
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WPuncb says that every family ought to
keep a kitten to amuse the children. They
should also keep children to amuse the kitten.
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glove is like river, if the current be OBJ
strrted it will seek some other channel. 1t is
nomnfrrquently the case that the kisses and at
terions bestowed on the child of six years, are
intnded for the sister of sixteen.
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"Wel, then, dad, pumped our old drake as
be was flying, over the fence to-day, and it
would have done you good to see him drap"
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"a Miss "Steed,' lady of brief stature,
haing lately married man by the name of
"Crry," after weeks acquaintance, Brown
rerRrked that it was an exempli6caton of the
oldproverb-ssA short horse is soon curried. -
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UOwls look wiser than eagles, and many
sheepskin passes for chamois.