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Danger of Learning English,

Pope's declaration that a little learn.
ing is a dangerous thing was never more
forciblE exemplifed than in the follow
ing story, which we find in the New
York Dispatch, related by a son of the
Emerald Isle:
In a retired spot in the mountains of
Connoymora, lived a man who had a
family of three sons, who could sneak
nothing but the Irish langwige. Well.
the three tho't they'd larn a little Ing
lish, so they made a plan to 90 ont, one
to day and 'tother tomorrow. and the
third the next day, and pick up what
they could; accordingly the owldest wint
out and hered two young sprigs of nobil-
lty tawking about some exhplite Of theirs
and the only word he picked up was we
three Well, he returned home, connin'
over the words all that dry, and wbin he
got into the hows he said to his brothers
we three
'Ka dair shin = (what is that said the
brothers-ov course he couldn't tell 'em
what it was, and therefore didn't say or
spake any more that day but we three
The next mornin' the other started out,
and he returned home with the words
: purse Of money and like the other one
didn't know what it mint.
The day after that, the yunghest whit
out, and he came back with the sooner
the better
Well, mkt mornin' when they was 60
ing to work in the field, they saw a dark
object lynn on the road, and they wint
down to see what it was, and bedad what
was it but a ded man, who was murthered
an left there by sun blaggards. Well,
they were tawkin, and considerin' how,
and by whom he was murthered, whin a
gertlemon cum ridin' upthe road, aud he
sthopt to ashk 'em wot it was. Sees he.
Who murdered the man?'
We three said the biggest, showing
off his Inglish.
'What did you do it for?'
Purse Of money seq the other.
Don't you know you'll be hanged for
the same?' seq he agin.
The sooner the better, says the
%younghe8t, and the gintlemon rode away,
disguised with their GOODNESS.
So. bedad, they were arristhed, th-ide,
an convicthed ov murther in the first de-
gree, an extuirpayted their crime on the
CALLS, an all for larnin' Inglish.'
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Interesting Experiment at the Wash
ington Monument.

We mentioned a few days age tina
Lieut.. Ives, the Superintendent of the
Washington Monument, was DESTROYS O
arranging the machinery and rigging or
the top of the column, in order to ar
early beginning Of the work. All thu
means of reaching the top had been re
moved except a single rope, attached tt
a strong brace extending across the tor
OF the column. At first it was suggested
that a niger might ascend by this rope
but Lieut.. Ives, in view of the possibilit,
OF an accident by the undertaking the rope
being rotten. abandoned the plan, Since
then several experiments have been made
First, a mar was produced who, standing
upon the ground outside the column
threw a stone over it, more than 17C
feet in hight. Having ascertained thai
he could perform this feat,ga small pack
of thread was attached to the stone, but
the resistance Of the air to the thread
prevented his casting the stone more than
half the hight Of the column. Next, an
Indian pew and arrows were obtained
from the Smithsonian Institution. The
arrows alone were fired over the column
easily, but when the experiment was
made with the pack thread attached, they
could hardly be forced up a hundred feet.
A rife was next obtained and experiments
were made inside the column by shooting
the ramrod, with a pack thread attached
upward, in the hope that it would de-
scend on the opposite side of the brace
before mentioned but this plan also
failed, the ramrod sometimes meeting
with obstacles which prevented it's ia,
king the direction wished, and at other
times the thread would be burned off by
the firing of the gun.
Yesterday a pigon was obtained and
carried inside the column. A pack
thread was tied to its leg, and the bird
was carried to the top of a ladder by
one OF the gentlemen present and thrown
upward /; the company below, to fright
en- the bird and make it continue its
fight upward, whooped and shouted the
bird flew round in the column and al
last rested upon a recess designated for
the reception Of one of the stones pre-
sented by contributors. By again whoop.
ing and shouting, the bird was started
and took its flight upward, and rested
upon the very brace over which it was
desired to cast the thread. This was an
anxious moment for those below. If the
bird descended by the side upon which il
rested the plan would fail for the time
if by the opposite side, all was safe, and
the end would be obtained. The shout
ing was raised again, but the bird looked
down upon the noisy company below with
a qalzzical mo you don't" A pistol
was then fired to brighten him, and after
some moments of suspense, the bird de.
sceneded upon the side of the column de
sired. The pack thread was caught
a heavier cord was attached and drawn
up, then heavier and stronger cords, until
a rope of sufficient size was secured over
the brace to ..enable the Triggers to pro.
coed with safety to the work of reftJing
the rigging on the top of the column, and
putting the machinery in complete order
for future operations. The experiments
were made under the direction of Lieut..
Ives.-W Washington Star.
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RESTORED To REASON BY HANGING HER
sELF.-We are reliably informed of a
somewhat remarkable occurrence which
took place in Sandusky on Friday last.
We give it without mentioning names, as
the lady is the wife Of a much esteemed
%nitizen OF Sandusky. For some time past
the woman to whom we refer had given
unmistakable evidence of being d~eranged.
Last Friday morning she managed to
elude the watchfulness of her friends, and
taking the valance to a bed she proceeded
to one of the out houses and suspended
herself by the neck. Fortunately, a Ia
borer about the house had occasion i'm
mediately after to visit the out house, and
found her in the condition described
She seemed struggling in the last agonies
of ~strangulation. He caught her around
the body, and, lifting her up. cried loudly
for assistance. The door having closed,
although his cries were heard, it was
some time before the people about the
house could discover whence the sounds
proceeded. The woman was at length
cut down and conveyed into the house,
where medical aid was summoned. Bleed.
ing was ~resorted to, and after losing a
large quantity of blood, the unfortunate
lady at length revived. With conscious
ness her reason was restored to her,
though she had no idea of what had so
nearly resulted in a tragedy. Her friends
prudently refrained from enlightening her
about it, and she still believes she has re-
covered from a severe fit. If her recov-
cry from insanity is permanent, and her
physician is sanguine that it will be, her
friends will have no cause to regret the
act.-CeUeLand Democrat.
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The Outside Dog i'm the Fight.

I'VE have had the under and upper dogs, and n
omebody gives us the outside dog in the fight,
he columns of the Boston Evening Gazette
Te think this last dog is the best of the pack
You may pirate of your upper and bottom,
And blow an alarming sight,
But, as I've found, the safest dog
Is the outside dog in the fight.
He never desires to be counted in,
Thus showing an instinct bright;
He saves his grinders for polishing bones,
Does the outside dog in the fight.
Mr.. Heenan may try as long as he likes
To damage his foeman's sight,
But the pleasant position of looking on
Has the outside dog in the fight.
Utterly needless if in the strife
Qhe might prevail or the right;
The appetite's good and tranquil the life
Of the outside dog in the fight.
When danger threatens, the rapid way
That he runs is refreshing quite;
And simply e%yinces the sound good sense
CT the outside dog in the fight.
Then here's to his healthy and happy days,
Luck send him abundance of prog.
And drink to the hero of private life,
A health to the outside dog!
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AN AQUATIC MoNsTER.-Captain eros.
by of the sloop Glide, which arrived at
this port on Thursday, July Is, from Cape
Cod, informs US that off Nobska Light, he
observed what he supposed to be a sea
turtle on the surface of the water at a
short distance to the windward, appa-
rently about eight feet long by four feet
in width, with c~rustaceous she'll from
beneath which its head p~rotruded the
size Of a mans head. Captain Crosby
changed his course in order to approach
the monster, when it disappeared beneath
the surface Of the water. This species of
turtle are, we believe, rarely seen in u
WATERSHED Bedford Mercury.
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land. And in the interesting Department
OF Philosophy, he was decidedly their su
perior.
In Memoriam.

LII 1G1n'
Light of a stern, but Science-dawning Age,
Great Teacher, Patriot, Counsellor and Sage!
Few minds upon this wide, expansive Earlh,
Have shone like thine, since Freedcm had her birth
To lure fair Science from her high abode,
To show the grandeur and the power of God.
His boundless goodness and His just DEGREES,
Well-skilled the listening ear to charm and please
To teach Religion, Virtue, Truth and Love,
To guide the hayward to the realms above;
That task was thine and nobly was it done;
And when life's sands had through the hour-glast
run,
Thy soul was winged for its transeendant flight
To yon bright realms of everlasting light
And are there none in this degenerate day,
To follow where thy spirit leads the way?
There may be some; but yet alas how few
Can emulate thy life, well-tried and true!
LITcHFIELD, July %, 1859.
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Treasures OF Thought.

We would like to grasp the hand that wrote TIL
this little poem. A pleasant thing it is to meet
man whose mind is not made drunken by the spir
Of this selfish age. His verses are worth more tina
a nugget. Reader, treasure them it is no shan
to allow a flower of sentiment to I'll a corner in I'll
business heart. Business becomes a murderish t.
rant when it brushes out human natures finer il
stincts and susceptibilities.
If thou hast thrown a glorious thought
Upon LIES common ways,
Should other men the gain have caught,
Fret not to lose the praise.
Great thinker, often thou shalt find,
lille folly plumbers fame,
To thy rich store the crowd is blind,
Nor Knows thy very name.
What matters that, if thou uncoil
The soul that God has given,
Nor in the worlds mean eye to toll,
But in the sight of Heaven?
If thou art true, yet in thee turks
For fame a human sigh;
To nature go, and see how works
That handmade of the sky.
Her own deep bounty she forgets
Is full of germs and seeds,
Nor g%lorifes herself, nor sets
Her flowers above her weeds.
She hides, the modest leaves between,
She loves untrodden roads;
Her richest treasures are not seen
By any eye but Gods.
Accept the lesson. Look not for
Reward from out the chase
All selfish ends, and ask no more
Than to fulfil thy place.
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Prayer

I wish that I could count the time,
And know if days or months have been
Since fell this night of pain, that shut
The woods, with all their whispers. in.
l only know my feet have had
A weary, weary reach 10 pass
Since last I saw the flowers, and knew
The tender feeling of the grass.
l only know that through my blinds,
Shrouded and shut, the shadows fall,
So thickly that my eyes no more
Can find the pictures on the wall.
And as I reach my silent room
Through all its long familiar hooks,
I only guess the places of
My idle pen aud dusty books.
My Father, if it be thy will,
This cup Of bitterness let pass,
And give my eyes, to see enee more
The blessed sunshine and the grass.
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Raz= Among many lighter passages of

B@F Among many lighter passages of
the war we. find in the Sport" the
story of the capture of a detachment of
the capture of a detachment Of Austrians
who were taken prisoners by the engi-
neer of the railway. 1t appears that the
engineers were en- route for Peschiera to
reinforce General Urban, when the en-
gineer, whose s%ympathies were naturally
on the Italian side, switched off, and
conveyed the Teutonic heroes into the
middle Of the allied camp. Here they
were politely escorted from the railway
carriages, who, with that amiable polite
ness for which the nation is distinguished.
saluted their enemies with "All those
who are going to France will please e
change cars!' The feelings of the Aus
trians at finding themselves prisoners in
SO ignoble a manner, may be imagined,
but not described,
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Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
EEalEeGk.
BY HENRY WARD.

New-England mid thy hills and plains,
Among thy dark-green leafy groves,
Resound thousand minstrel strains,
To praise the Land that Freedom loves.
But few can strike the Eyre, so well,
Or breathe the soul-enchanting lay
AS HALLEok, whom the Muses. spell
Hath wrapt in beams of brightest day.
New-England claims him for her own,
Her gifted son of matchless song;
Rivalled by few. excelled by none,
Who to her minstrel band belong.
Then take, 0 Bard, thy Harp again;
That Harp of no discordant sound,
And breathe or ce more tn en%rapturing strain
The soul of melody around.
LIrcHr.ELD, July q, 1859.
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psA At a recent exhibition of paint
ings, a lady and her son were regarding
with much interest a picture which the
catalogue described as Luther at the
Diet of Worms" Having descanted at
some length upon its merits, the boy re.
marked, Mother, / see Luther and the
table, but where are the worms?"
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ggA A young lady that lives near a
railroad crossing, appears to have no oc-
cupation except perpetually poking her
head out of the window. A wag, the
other morning, hailed her from the street:
" Halo Miss"
What do you want" said she, after
the first flush of indignation at being thus
accosted.
The bell 'aint rung yet was the an
swer.
What do you mean?' asked she.
Why, was the reply, that sign says
yo're to look out when the bell rings,
but you are looking out all the time.'
The lady's head disappeared with a
jerk, and the window went down with q
slam.
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Ba We once heard of a Kentuckian,
whose amazing strength was attended
with very fatal consequences. He was
cutting q slice Of bread, when the knife
slipped and cut him in halves, and two
men behind him..
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o. gentleman travelling on horse
back out West, came across an Irishman
who was fencing in a most barren piece
of land. What are you fencing in that
lot for, PATTI" said he, "a herd of cows
would starve to death on that land."-
"And sure, yer honor, wasn't | fencingit.
so as to kape the poor dun bastes out iy
it?n
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RG~ A Texas paper says that a squad
of Camanehes lately got after a bald
headed white man who was hunting on
the San Suba River, and bad nearly over
taken him when his hat blew eff and ex-
posed his shining bad pate to their as.
tonished gaze. The savages halted, and
cried, 'scalped, scalped!' and stood won
dering SO long at the phenomenon, that
the hunter escaped.
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H&% A minister, noted for combining
the somewhat incongruous professions Of
preacher and money lender, was offering
a prayer, in which was the following pc.
tition: Grant that we may have more in.
terest in heaven
Don't do it, exclaimed one of the con.
gregation, don't do it! The old sinner
gets FIVE per cent. a month now; and
that's enough, the Lord knowsl'
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rs 1t is said the sheriff is the most
disagreeable sue,ing machine extant.-
Many a poor fellow is completely sewed
up" by him.
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$25 REW ARID,

TNHE subscriber will pay the above reward
L. for the apprehension Of transient per-
son who lately stopped in our Village calling
himself
annes Levcrett,
aud for the delivery of a
HORSE
Which was STOLEN by the said Leverett on
Der. inst.
The said Leverctti is about five feet, six or
seven inches high, stout made brown hair and
eyes. wore drat' felt hat and snuff colore.,
pants. is about % years Of age, and calls him.
self a plasterer.
The animal stolen is Il GRAY YORSE
about l2 Years old, PAGES slowly, is shod on the
fore feet, and had on, when stolen. a omitted
Saddle, with II knot in Of the Stirrup
Leathers also q single rein bride, aud martin.
gale with black Rings.
W. W. RUSSELL.
Abbsville. s. c.. Sept. 20. 1853, 2l.*tf
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SONGOUND DED FROM
Pure Vegetable Extracts. and put up in Glass
Cases. Air Tight. and will keep in any climate.
The Family Ca'har tic Pills is n gentle
but active Cathartic |G which the proprietor
has used in his practise !, more than twenty
years. Il
The constant in-|e crensing demn nd,
from those who haveIS iong used the Pills
and the satisfaction e (which all express in
regard to their use has induced Inc to
place them within the reach of all.
The Profession well . know that different
Cathartlcs act on dif-l. ferent portions of
the bowels. r.
The family CatharticI.s I.s Pill has. with due
reference to this well u established fact. been
compounded from a va. l& |riety of the purcst
Vegt q ! 9 Extracts. i- which act alike on
every part of the ali IS mentary canal, and
aregood and safe in all l@ leases where a Ca
thartic IL needed. such ID las Derangenents of
the Stomach Sleepi- ness Pains ia the
Back and Loins, Costiveness. Pain and Sore
ness over the whole body, from sudden cold,
which frequently. if neglected, end in long
course of Fever, Loss of Appetite. Creeping
Sahsation of Cold over the body, Restleesness.
Headache. or weight in the Head. all Inflamna.
tory Diseases, Worms in Children or Adults,
Rheumatism. great Purifier of the Blood and
many diseases to which flesh is heir. too nu-
merous to mention in this Advertisements
Dose, l to 3. :"
PRICE DIMES.
The Liver Invigorator and Family Cathartic
Pills are retailed by Druggist generally, and
sold wholesale by the Trade in large towns.
8. T. W. SANFORD, III. D.
Manufacturer and Proprietor.
335 Broadway, New York.
Also sold by
JORDAN d MoLAuonLIN, A6beville.
BRANCH, ALLEN d EDwAnDs, Abbeville.
April l6. 1859. 50-12m
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u. B. GLASS,
SUCCESSOR TO r. L. BRYAN,
7ooEx SELLE7.
AND
STATIONER,
IFS Richardson St. e. doors above the Market
COLUMBIA, S. G..
H AS for sale large assortment Of Law,
IL Medical, Theological. School and Miscel.
laneous Books, Fancy Goods, Cheap Publica-
tions and Blank Books of every description,
Stationery. Foreign and Domestic, of every va
riety and Quality. Oil Painting Autographs
and Artists Materials. Globes, Writing Desks,
Musical Instruments, Dc, &c.
BLANK BOOKS manufactured to anv pat.
tern. and blank work of every description pre-
pared to order.
Wholesale Purchasers supplied. and all or
ders promptly attended to at the iooea cash
prices.
Aug. l2.l859, 6m.
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THEE

THE
GRE AT WONDER
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
PROFESSOR WOODS
HAIR RESTORATIVE.
DAnI MAINE, Jan. 20, 1856.
GAYS the St L.uis. o.laDenoerat: Below,
- "" publish letter 10 sI,fsN God Of this city
from gentlemen in Maine. which speaks glow.
ingly "f lhe superior merits Of his hair tonic
| Snch evidence must have it's effect, when com.
| ing from reliable si,urce. If certificates are
guarantees Of truth. :he DR.. needs no encomi-
| un,s, nor useless pufery from the press:
BALTIMORE Jan. 23, 1858,
PRoF 0. j. WooD d. Co.:-Gentlenen : Hay
! ing MY attention called few months since to
the highly beneficial! effects Of your hair resto.
rniive was induced to make application Of it
uron my oWn hair which had become quite
grny. probably one:ihird white my whiskers
we're OF the same character. Some three months
since procured d bottle of your hair restura
tive. and used coon found it was proving
| what had wished. used it about twic. a
week. have eince procured another bottle
OF which have used some. I can now certify
TO the world that the gray or white hair has
totally disappeared, both on my head and face,
and my hair has resumed IL rat,,ral color, and
oS''SsS 'h"c sotG uIu HItbsfy tudD IL n0S OeSn
before tor twenty years. am now sixty years
old; my good wife at the age Of iifty.two, has
used it with same effect n rEsa
The above notice deem due to ynu for
yonr valuable discovery. I am assured that
whoever will rightly use, as per directions will
not have occasion to contradict my statements
! am a citizen Of this city and resident here
for the last fifteen years, and am known to
nearly every one here and adjoining town.
Any use you may make of the above, with my
name attached, Is at your service, as wish to
preserve the beauties Of nature mothers as we'll
asmysek am, truly. yours
WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE.
PSoSrssoR WooD--Dea, Sis: Having had the
misfortune % lose the best portion, Of my hair,
Orleans in ASA, Iswas induced TO, make
Trial of y our preparation and found it to an.
swer as.the very thing needed. Ny hair ia
now tladkzsnd glossy, end no words can express
ny obilasslons TO you in giving to the sfiieted
such aat<easure. -
The undersigned, Rev u. Il. Bragg. Is q min;
lister in regular standing, ssand pastor Of the
Orthodox Church. st ;BtoSk kfoids Mass. He is
= gentleman Of great inadenes mud universally
WIN. DYER,
BRoeSFrkIn. January -. 1859,
PEoorssoR Woop- Dear SiA: Having made.
tsisl Of your Hair Restorative. il givese me
pleasure to say, that It's eject has Been excel.
isnt in rewsving Inflammation, dsndruff end q
constant Hudency to itchingswith which have
been tr6bblef from my ehiidh6ods and has also
restored my. hsir, which was becosdfig gray
70 its original colof have hsedho other ar,
tiels yithsnytiisg like5.he same plsssufs Or
: = s, 81 YoaWss W sasass, Tx. BRAna, 2
The. .Rsstoratiyejsb but upin Botsls sSofs sSisss,
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MOORE g. 0UhlFE

Have new IN store a very y1nrge stock of Il H:ADY
MADE CLOTHING, Hat. and Caps. We hnv.
the Seamless Clothing, ,ha. we will Warrant
not TO RIP. 1t y"u wart anything in this wa,
come and see before yon buy elsewhere, as w
promise to save.yonrsmoney in thiSd E pa rtue,
and sell good goods.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

Office Court Of Common Pleas and Genv Session,
PeterB. Burton
w HEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the fourteenth
~. day,of November eighteen hundred and
fifty nine. file his declaration against tie De-.
fendant, who. Gtis said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State and has neither
wife nor attorney known within the same. nm.
on whom 2 copy Of said declaration might be
Defenaaut do appear and plead to the sad Sso. dsu
Isration. on or before the ffteenth .dav Of
November, eighteen hundred and sixtv. 9th.
erwiss fnal and absolute Judgment viii then
be given and awarded against hinS. '"A
MATTHEW MoD0NALD.G O. p.
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DISSOLUTION

THE Partnership heretofore existing under
day dissolved by mutual consent. 'All the
notes and accounts Of ftbe firm are in the hands
of DR.. @. V. Bnrnes, who alone is authorized to
use the name of tho firm 10 making settIernen ts.
81. II. SCUDDAY,
C.. v. BARNES.
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WEARN dc HIX,
Photographic and Fino Art Gallsry,--7 Main ct
Columbia, sc.
Sept 80, ls59-12m