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ALL ABOUT MARRYING.

The world is just now in the midst of its
wedding season, and it is a favorable time
to whisper a word in the ears of the
fattering expectants. 1t is really not so
much an object for jesting as for serious
thought. We look upon it in that light,
and have saved some capital reflections from
the Sandusky Register, and for which we
give credit to the graceful and practised pen
of MIR. Victor:
1t is q mournful fact that this world is
full of young men that want to marry and
dare not. Deny this, as some will, it is
nevertheless true, as we can easily show
In this town, for instance, there are some
thirty or forty young men, well to do in the
way of salaries and business, yet who re-
fuse to take the step which they all want to
take, but do not and why?
Now the first question to be asked by any
sane man is, can I properly support a wife
if take one ? Then he counts the cost of
living as the woman of his preference would
wish, and 10 he finds to his amazement
that his income is vastly too small tosupport
even modest modern establishment, and
somewhat saddened by the reflection, he
plunges into labor and courts business with
an assiduity that takes away his health
eventually, in hope of attaining income
that shall enable him to marry and have
home of his own. And this is the secret of
all the hard unending toll of young men of
to-day who are fast approaching thirty years
of age-this is the the reason of 60 many
disappointed men and waiting woman, deny
or hide it las you may.
But, says some good woman, you do us
injustice, for any woman who truly loves
man will adapt herself to his circumstances
with the greatest pleasure. But what man
of any sensitiveness, or hig sense of honor,
would take woman from easy circumstan-
ces and pleasant and wel.furnished home
to adorn his housework, as the first principles
of economy would demand of him? Few
will do it; for though the woman signifies
her willingness to take up with such ex-
periencc, we are all such creatures of cir
cumstances that there would be complainings
on her part, eventually, and sickness from
over exertion, and uuhappiness from many
cares-all of which would render marriage
anything else but pleasant.
And so the young men wisely think, pre-
ferring few years more of single loneliness,
in order to obtain money enough to support
modest house of between twelve and fifteen
hundred dollars year, where she must do
her own work
Now, what is the remedy? Plainly that
women must fit themselves to be such wives
as the young men must have. Else the
young men must fit themselves to be such
husbands as the women want and spend the
very choicest years of their life in the
ceaseless toll, breaking down health, hap
piness, energy, only to give themselves up
to marriage when the best of manhood is
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SOURCE OF FAT.-During the course OF
the past year, experiments have been made
in France on number of ducks, to prove
that the fat may exceed the quantity which
could be referred to the food they were sup
piled with. Some were fed on rice, sub
stance which contains only few parts Of fat
in a thousand. Others fed on rice with
certain amount of butter added. At the
end of the experiment, the first were as lean
as when first placed upon the diet; the lat
ter, in few days, became positively balls Of
fat. Other experiments were made on pigs.
1t was found as the result of several trials,
that there was sometimes more fat produced
than was contained in the food on which they
were fed. Food which, given alone, has not
the properties of fattening, when mixed with
fatty matter acquires the property toau as.
tonishing degree; and fattening articles of
food, which do not contain much fat, always
abound with its chemical constituents, the
principal of which is azote, and from whence
the fat acquired is certainly derived.
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SOUTH CAROLINA CoLLEGE.-We are
glad to give expression to the belief that
this cherished institution is in the soun3est
condition. 1t has now roll of 203 students
and this number will be increased in
January. The catalogue for 1858 will
probly reach 2l5, and probably more. The
spirit of the young gentlemen is of the
most commendable character, and we know
that the College will open in January under
the most favorable auspices. Who will not
rejoice? We cannot disguise our heartfelt
pleasure at the striking exhibition of the
public favor and confidence. We miss from
the list of its Trustees the names of Col.
Wade Hampton, Senior, Col. W. G. Pres
ton and Gen. Gillespie. These gentlemen
have been connected with the College since
its infancy, and none have rendered more
faithful and efficient service. They have
voluntarily retired from all active participa-
tion in its management, but We know that
their interest will continue unabated to the
last. a link which cements our College
with the past has thus been broken, and it
now becomes our duty to cherish the recol-
lection of their valuable service, and to hold
up to those who come after them the bright
example of their patriotic devotion.-Caro-
Hnian.
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UNFORTUNATE RENcoNTRE.-A diff
Guilty occurred on the 9th inst, at public
meeting in Brunswick, Glynu county, Ca,
between j. W. Moore, Esq, the represen-
tative to the Legislature, and Col. Carey W.
Styles, late of this State, aud formerly
editor of the Edgefcld htormer. The
meeting was called by Mr.. Styles, who was
the conservative candidate for Mayor, and
who announced that he would discuss "men
and measures" The meeting was crowd
ed one, and in the course of his remarks,
Mr.. Styles denounced the " Academy Bill"
which, it seems, Mr.. Moore had supported
in the Legislature-as ga system of con-
fscation and spoliation," applying to it the
term "dishonorable," and other epithets Of
that character. The correspondent Of the
Savannah Republican, who was present, and
whose statements, that paper says, may be
relied upon, says:
At this stage of the speech, Mr.. Moore
interrupted the speaker by rising, with his
hand in his vest, and saying, "If you say
that I have done anything dishonorable, it
is falsehood." Whereupon, Mr.. Styles,
having ceased, turned in the direction Of
Mr.. Moore, hurled back the falsehood in
stronger language, and placed his hand upon
his pistol. Mr.. Moore retorted, and drew
pistol. The next moment both gentlemen
lcvelled their pistols and fired, without ef-
feet. Then commenced scene of confus-
ion, which it would he impossible to des-
cribe, but which you may imagine when you
learn the fact that many persons were sitting
between the combatants.
The firing continued between the gentle.
men above mentioned, and others, until six
or seven shots were discharged. Our worthy
Mayor, James Houston, being one Of the
persons who fired at Mr.. Styles.
All at once, Mr.. Moore was heard to ut
ter groans and cries of distress. The lights
were struck out, and the writer made all
possible haste to leave, with the most of the
crowd. Mr.. Moore was discovered to be
shot in the abdomen, and died in about one
hour afterwards. The next morning, Mr..
Styles surrendered himself to the Sheriff,
and now awaits his examination befor Judge
Cochren.
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The DEAD MoTHER.--Look there in
that corpse you see the cold, dead body of
one of the best and godliest of mothers it
was ever our privilege to know. She had a
son; he was the stay of her widowhood; so
kind, so afectionate, so loving. Some are
taken away from evil to come, laid in the
lap of mother earth, safe beneath the graves
green sod, they hear not and heed not the
storm that RACES above. Such was not her
happy fortune. She lived to see that son a
disgrace, and all the promises Of his youth
blighted and gone, he was drawn into the
habits of intemperance. On her knees she
pleaded with him, on her knees she prayed
for him.
How mysterious are the ways OF Provi-
dence She did not live tosee him changed,
and with such thorns in her pillow, such
daggers, planted by such hand, in her
heart, she could not live, she sank under
these griefs, and died of broken heart
We told him 90. With bitter burning tears
he owned it, charging himself with his
mothers death-confessing himself moth.
er's murderer. Crushed with sorrow, and
now all alone, he went to see the body. A.
lone beside that cold, dead, unreproaching
mother be knelt down and wept out in terri
BILE remorse. After awhile he arose. Un
fortunately-how unfortunate that spirit
bottle should have b5sn left there his eye
fell on the old te2ptsr. You have seen the
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in shall not be included, but only the value
of lots and building, as property merely.
". That the Tax Collectors in the sew
eral districts and parishes in this State, in
their returns hereafter to be made, be and
they are hereby required and enjoined, to
state the precise amount of taxes collected
by them for the purpose Of supporting the
police of the said several districts and par
ishes aforesaid, stating the rates per centum
on the amounts of the State tax collected
for said district and parish police purposes !;
and the Comptroller General shall return the
same in his report.
V. That free negroes, mulattoes and mes
tizoes, be and they are hereby required, to
make their returns and pay their taxes, du-
ring the month Of March.
VI. That the lots and houses on Sullivan's
Island shall be returned to the Tax Collec-
tor of the tax district in which they are sit
uate, in the same manner as other town lots
and houses, and shall be liable to the same
rates of taxation.
VII. The Comptroller General is directed
to cause certificates for six per cent. stock, to
be issued in the usual form, to the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company, and to the Bank
of the State, in substitution for any of the
Bonds of the State which have been hereto
fore issued, and payable at the same time,
whenever the said Bonds shall be delivered
up and cancelled; and seperate account
shall be kept of all the Bonds and Stock is
sued for account of the erection Of the Capt.
tol and for account of the Blue Ridge Rail-
road Company, and the interest upon the
Bonds and Stock issued to the Railroad
Company shall be paid by the Bank in the
same manner as the interest upon other pub
lie debts; and the interest upon the Bonds
and Stock, issued for the erection of the
Capitol, shall be paid at the treasury.
In the Senate House, the twenty-6rst day of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and 6fty-six, and
in the eighty-frst year of the sovereignty
and independence of the United States of
America
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr.,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES SIMONS,
Speaker Houscof Representatives,.
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PARCHMENT FROM PApER.-The days
of sheepskin, as material for writing on,
seem to be numbered, and it is probable, too,
that it will be degraded from its dignity of
the drum-head. Paper-makers have sue
ceeded in making from rags very exact
imitation of parchment; but a still better
imitation has been produced almost by &C.
cident 1t has been found that common
unsized paper, if immersed in solution of
acid-three parts of water to one of acid
andsuffersd foreman there for three minutes,
becomes, when taken out and we'll washed
in cold water, almost exactly like parchment.
1t shrinks somewhat, but is increased fully
eightfold in strength, while no change in its
weight takes place A number of scientific
men in this city, professional and amateur,
have been experimenting on it, and with
the most astonishing results. 1t has been
brought before the Academy of Natural
Sciences and the Franklin Institute, and the
accomplished gentlemen of these institutions
confess that they are wholly unable to &C.
count for the change that is produced in the
paper by this very simple process. The
only thing known Is that the change takes
place, and that the commonest kind of paper
acquires all the properties Of Parchment
There must care be taken in its preparation,
and the paper before drying must be iroued,
or calendered; but nothing else is neces-
sary.
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nauiete, or, perhaps smartness of wit and
dexterous intelligence. But even in woman
such noses need to be associated with good
features If they are not they add much
to the expression of iusignifcance or even of
coarseness. The thicker and larger form of
snub nose in either sex commonly indicate
the predominence of the material sensuous
character and turn-up nose with wide
obvious nostrils is an open declaration ESQ
far as nose can make one) of an empty and in
flated mind of mind in which there is but
the spurious imitation of that strength and
loftier pride which the wide nostrils in a
well-formed nose night indicate. Large
noses, in men, are generally good signs
especially, they add emphasis to the good
indication of well-formed head; but they
must not be too fesby or too lean. If they
are long (et short of being snout like }
they mark, as prolongations of the forehead,
the intelligent, observant and productive
nature Of the refined mind. If Roman,
arched high and strong, they are generally
associated with less developed forehead
and a larger hind-head and they disclose
strength of will and energy, rather than
intellectual power; they show also the want
of that refinement which is indicated by
the straighter nose. The Jewish or hawk
nose commonly signifies shrewdness in
worldly matters; it adds force to the mean
ing of the narrow concentrative forehead
symbolical of singleness of object; and its
usually narrow nostrils wear the unfailing
sign of caution and timidity. The Greek,
staight nose Indicates refinement of charac-
ter love for the fine arts, and bellies letters,
astuteness, craft, and preference for indirect
rather than direct action. Perpendicular
noses,-that is such as approach this form,
% suppose mind capable of acting
and suffering with calmness and energy
A nose slightly befed at its end, extends
and coroborates the indication of the
analytic forehead. Such noses, large and
broad pointed, are frequent in men with
acute practical knowledge of the world
The same befed end is often seen in the
cogitative or wide-nostrilled nose, wide at
the end, thick and broad, indicating mind
that has strong powers of thought, and is
given to close and serious meditation. With
these symbols, Lavater's dicta fall in: "A
nose whose ridge is broad, no matter wheth-
er straight or curved, always announces
superior faculties. But this form is very
rare And again, "A small nostril is the
certain sign of timid spirit In a woman
a large nose is of more uncertain augury
for it is apt to extend into caricature. Ifit
be well-formed and finely modelled, rather
large nose, and especially one which is
nearly straight, or slightly arched, is, in
woman, often characteristic of excellent men,
tai power. But any of the more peculiarly
male forms of nose, if large and coarsely
formed in woman, denote a too masculine
character; and those that of i'll omen in
men, much worse in women, since the evil
of being inappropriate is added to that of
n.-Quartcrly Rcvicr.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE GRAVE OF COL. WILLIAMS.

THE GRAVE OF COL. WILLIAMS.
Upon sunny slope the hero sleeps,
The green grass waving DER his silent grave,
And the grand mountain with its crnggy sleeps
Dyed in the blood his heart so freely gave,
Like bold and independent thought\
Rising proudly gainst the distant sky,
And breathing of the days when heroes fought
Till Freedoms banner proudly waved on high.
No monumental urn contains his dust,
No pllared dome high rises Ger his grave,
No art. triumphant, animated, bust,
Marks the last resting of the bold and brave.
Behind him rolls Broad Rivers dashing tide,
AS bold and fetterlsss as it was of yore,
While round his feet the sullen waters glide,
Of Buffalo that chafes her sounding shore.
I trod upon the banks of creek and river,
In childhocd's days-nor deemed hero slept,
The dreamless slumber that awakens never,
Beneath the sod on which careless slept;
And as lettering watched the dashing wave
That eddied round the rocks am pebbly strand
little thought heroic Williams grave
Had marked this spot as consecrated land.
The careless angler lingering in the shade,
The sportive trout was all sought or Saw,
Or truantfancy, by some love betrayed,
Felt not as now a reverential awe:
But now pause-a proud and stalwart form,
noble hero rises in my view,
And where careers the battles widest storm,
see him move-the soul Of valor true.
And o'er the hallowed dust lightly tread,
IT'S glory's grave, mark it with tear,
And envy such fame encircled bed
To the heroic seeper's honored bier
Go visit it We pilgrims, It's shrine,
Where glows the patriots warmest, purest, fire,
Where nature wears beauty most divine,
And bids the soul to loftest deeds aspire.
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iron approach the magnet Call it spellfas-
cinatiou, call it anything bad, demoniacal,
but as the iron is drawn by the magnet, or as
a futteriug bird, fascinated by the burning
eye and glittering skin of the serpent, walks
into its envenomed expanded jaws, so was he
drawn to the bottle. Wondering at his de-
lay, they entered the room, and now the bed
holds two bodies-a dead mother, and her
deaddrunk son.-Dr. Guthrie.
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more exacting sex to be reflected on for the
of their tastes and manners.
In the mirror thus held up before them,
they cannot avoid observing the very diff
ferent standards by which the standard of
the two sexes is constantly regulated. If
any reason can be assigned why one should
always be lady and the other hardly ever
a gentleman, we hope it will be DONE
Neuark idvewirr.
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gone. The woman must choose for them.
selves, which it shall be, for the matter is
solely in their hands. Let mothers say to
their daughters, put on that calico gown, 60
into your household and fit yourselves to
become wife and mother; let the young
women checrfully consent to such service,
and instead of lavishing all thought, and
time and money upon the adornment of the
body, seek to accustom the hands to proper
industry, and to school the mind to proper
tastes-then there will be no longer COM
plants that young men 'cauuot afford to
marry and We shall have beautiful modest
wives and loving husbands, and life shall
once more have something of the truthful
ness and virtue which it had in the days of
our blessed fathers and mothers, and when
it was woman's ambition to become the head
of the house, and the mother Of noble
children.
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I~" You will loss nothing in the 'long
rum" said an eminent divine, from the pull
pit, "by being kind, atectionate and cheer
full" Before night the eminent divine fog
ged six of his children within an inch of
their lives, and gave his wife tremendous
"blowing up" because she had forgotten to
sew string on his night cap.
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MANNERs-MALE AND FEMALE.-Who
can tell why women are expected, on pain of
censure and avoidance, to conform to high
standard of behavior: while men are in
dulged in another a great deal lower? We
never could fully understand why men
should be tolerated in the chewing of tobac-
co, in smoking, and in splitting every where
almost, and at all times, whereas woman
caunot do any of these things without e1-
citing aversion and disgust. Why ought a
man be allowed to be SO self.indulgent, put
ting his limbs and person in all manner of
attitudes, b, vever uncouth and distasteful,
merely because such vulgarities yield him
temporary ease, while woman is always re-
quired to preserve an attitude, if not of
positive grace, at least of deceucy and pro-
priety, from which if she departs, though
but for an instant, she forfeits respect, and
is instantly branded as low creature!
Can any body say why man, when he
has the tooth-ache, or is called to suffer in
any other way, should be permitted, as a
matter of course, to groan and below, and
vent his feelings very much in the style of
an animal not endowed with reason, while a
woman similarly suffering must bear it in
silence and decorum? Why should men as
a class habitually, and as matter of right,
boldly wear the coarsest qualities of human
nature on the outside, and swear and crowd
and fight and brutify themselves, so that
they are obliged to be put into separate pens
in the cars on railroads, and at the depots,
while women must appear with an agreeable
countenance, if not in smiles, even when
the head, or perhaps the heart aches, and
are expected to permit nothing ill-tempered,
disagreeable or even unhappy to appear out
wardly, but to keep all these concealed in
their bosoms to suffer as they may, lest they
might otherwise lessen the cheerfulness Of
others?
These are few suggestions only among
many We would hint to the stronger and