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2, From the Rock Hill Chronicle.
POOH T. OUTSET"
ny WILLIE LIaRrHEARr.

49, --stl-n
eff any, born Of kindlier blood,
~.4 Should ask what maiden lies below
Say only this, q tender bud,
,.N That tried to blossom in the snow,
Lies withered where the violets blow"
Five summers ago party Of happy
young people assembled beneath the
shadows OF a beautiful old oak, grove 10
a.neighboSing State. Ienjoy these ru.
raj delights far more than the locker on
would imagine; and, though appear
utterly Indifferent to the sports and
general gaiety which such occasions
suggest and call forth, have quiet way
Of my own Of passing the hours pleas
antly. u y 4
I was sitting upon an old log, some
distance from the, party alluded to
above. listening to the merry peals OF
laughter, looking upon the lovely forms
and faces Of a group of young girls just
budding into womanhood, and wonder
ing in my mind what experiences were
in store for each Of them 10 the future
years. HAD just fallen iEto kind OF
dreamy revcrie, when an Ind9 bber
ball struck me directly between the
eyes, causing me to see, for some mo.
ments, a fabulous number Of stars.
started to my feet; and. snatchipg up
z the bail. yaised my arm high above my
/ bead, when sone Of the most beautiful
beings that lever beheld, rushed from
behind a tres; and placing her dainty
littls Aas upon ono side Of her head.
stood directly before me- and ..srea me
70 throw the ball. I never saw any
thing half so beautiful as that young
girl. The ball fell from my hand; l fell
The warm-blood rushing 10 my cheeks
and throbbing at my tenples a strange
2 sindeiinable sensation caused my heart
10 6uttsf and thrill; audsterping n few
PAGES back, ] involuhtarily exclaimed
How beautiful" 49, q
Z Az I sa:d this, she looked reproving
ly upon me, then suddenly turned, ant
Tsioipsd her friends. j wassoon among
> th4 laughing. bssutiful group; and tax
ipg one Of the girls aside, inquire
Who the lovsly stranger wss, and frou
4 whence shs had 10 unexpectedly come
3 ~ a snsniqp. simply pointed to : ~
~ eQftage 10 the dls,sssccse, ssce and whisper
0 LoniAs y hss pane"
Fsll v>-ths& b 70 ~, de yoaal
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A YoCNu man, rather verdant and
very sentimental, while making himself
interesting to a young lady the other
evening, by quoting from the poets, and
other choice and rare extracts, added
this: =
"There is no place like home"
"Do you really think sos" said the
young lady.
=s "Oh, yes J. was the reply.
"1'hen."' said she, ~ by don't you
stay there - Y
GRAunrc.-The following letter was
written some time since BY boy down
in Alabama, to his father in Georgia
Alahammy, Pike Cy., Jan, 1851.
Dear Daddy-Corn is riz and brother
Henry is dead likewise.
Yours omnipotam, JoHN.
BE SILEKT.-l; is great art in the
Christian life TO learn to he silent. Un.
der oppo.ition, ro!'uEes, injuries, still 10
silent. II is better to say nothing, than
to say ii in an excited or angry man.
nsr, even if the occasion should seem 10
Justify degree of anger.
FLEAs must be long lived. The in.
dustrious heas that were taken
through the country fifteen years ago,
are advertised as having gone to Capr
Cod. They will have to be "indu..
trious" there, or they will starve to
death.
AaE, which tames all other passions,
never subdues the passion for dress iu
some females. Gay costume for al
vanced life, is like /" flower. wrealhed
around decay" Splendid jewelry on
parchment necks, is worse than pun
cut upon tombstone.
A WORTHY clergyman, uron being ssk. 4
why he did not venture TO an election Mt
which the proceedings were riotously cor
Quoted and give his vote, replied t" do not
see Why should endsnser my o,cn poll to
benefit another mans"
A coRoSER's jury in Michigan were
called on lately 10 "sit " on hat and
jacket found on the bank Of he lake,
and after six hours deliberaiion retuin.
ed verdict Of q" Foa.nd Empty"
VIRTUE may be misrepresented, per
secuted, consigned to the grave; but
the righteous wake not moro assured!a
the reality Of their hopes, than does vir :
tue to an immortal remembrance. e..
! AneoppER who WAS seized for steal.
ing scnf out Of a tobscconist's sho,.
4 by way OF excusing himself, exclaimed
] that he was not aware Of any Law ,has
4 forbade 4 man TO take snuff
THERE is chap out West. with hrir
so red. that when he goes oat h~s-
day he is taken fn-4 100
,--s - -. sunrise, aud u
socSs be in 10 crow.
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ohs u the South and The fusion d 0lse snoudoe AMONG ait Glas
GREENLE CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 49, 1862
GnowISa OLp.--The dead are the

GRowINa OLD.- THE dead are the
only people that never grow old. Your
little brother or sister that died long
ago, remains in death and remembrance,
the same young thing, forever. 1t is
fourteen years this evening, since the
writer's sister left this world. She was
fifteen years old then she is fifteen
years old yet. I have grown old, since
then, by fourteen years, bnt sac has
never changed as they advanced and
if God spares me to fourscore, I never
shall think Of her "a other than the
youthful creature she faded. The other
day listened rs n poor woman told of
the death of her first born child. He
was two years old. She had 4 small
washing green, across which was stretch.
ed rope that came in the middle close
TO the ground. The boy was leauing
an the rope, swinging backwards and
forwards, and shouting with delight.
The mother went into the cottage and
lost sight Of him for a minute; and
when she returned the little man was
lying across the rope dead l, had got
under his chin l,o had not sense to
push it away, and he was suffocated
The mother told me, and believe tru
ly, that she had never been the sam,
person since then; she thought of he
child as an infant Of two years yet; i
is little child she looks 10 meet At III,
gates of The Golden City. Had he
child lived, he would have been twent,
years old now he died, and he is onI,
two; lie is two yet; he will never b,
more than two. The little rosy face o
that morning. artl the little half articu
late voice, wonld have been family re-
membered ty the mother, had they
gradually died away into boyhood ana
manhood :. but that s,creotypcd them
and they remain unchanged.
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SENATOR HUNTER:---.Metropolitnn
Hall was. crowded, on Friday evenin,
to hear Senator Hunter. A large nun.
Der Of ladies occupied one Of the gallei-
les. Senator uuptcr appeared on tho
platform at s o'clock. and was enthusi.
tically received. He proceeded to
address the sassemblage on the great
issues of the day. and for nearly an hour
and a-half he enchained the attention e
his hearers, by n mastery and states
manlike address. He was followed b;
ex- Governor Allstop. of South Carolina,
who was most cordially received. The
Ex-Governor delivered brief but cln
quent address. Next came Wm. IT,!
Cooke, of Wylhe, and Senator Neeson,
of Marion, both of whom addressed tho
meeting briefly but in very effective
and strong manner.
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NUMBER q.

DEcIsIoN.-More than half csntu-
ry ago, boy was put apprentice to one
Of our ordinary trades. There was
nothing very remarkable about him,
with, probably, one exception he pro-
missed TO be a pious lad. But, alas in
his case, Ms in many Others, bis early
goo lness soon passed away. He had
to sleep with an ungodly apprentice;
and, on retiring to rest, shame of being
seen to pray. so shook his firmness, that,
like his wicked companion, he hurried
to bed without bending the knee. His
'sgsrd for old lessons got less and less
10y and by he threw them off altogeth-
er, and seemed like a boy who had
never known anything better.
In course Of time. however, another
apprentice came to his master. He al
50 slept in the same room. Like a lad
accustomed to pray, the new apprentice
quietly knelt to offer prayer to God on
refining to rest. This was seen with
deep emotion by the other. Co. =
science at once and severely condemned
Lis want Of frmness.
! S""'"o !" Fioy ih VIC pfeseHce VI h'N
fellow apprentice. was the first step in
| his downward course. The poor, un-
happy and fallen youth was once moro
brought to reflection; and with firm,
er purpose than ever, he consecratc,l Il
himself TO the service Of God. In af'er
life he became useful and honore,l
minister; and a month or two ago, af-
ter turning very many to righteousness,
he passed awayto glory. The ministcr
was the beloved and reverend John Az,
gell James, of birmingham. How
much harr' may we get from one act
of indecision aud how much good may
be done by one act of trmness Who
can tell what may be The result from
the turning Of an apprentice boy to
goodness Who cannot be useful
This example of juvenile decision was
the means of turning a poor apostate
youth TO a course whose issues eternity
can alone reveal.
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DRFERENCE oF TWES.--It is astonishing
to see how a man msy live on small in
come, who has hardy and industrious
wife. Some men live and mako far better
appearance on six or eight dollars per week,
than 9th hers. do on fifteen or eighteen dollars
The man does his. part we'll, but the wife is
goo,l for, nothing She will even upbraid
her husband for not living in as good style
rs his neighbor. while the fault is entirely
her own. His neiglIbor hasa a neat, capable,
aud industrious wife, and that makes th.
difference. His wife, on the contrary, is a
whirlpool, into which q great many silveI
cups might be thrown, aid the appearance,
of the water remain unchanged. ~
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Il meant to have told you Of that hole"
said an lrishman 10 his friend, who wns
walking with himi his garden, and tum-
bled into pit OF water. mo matter" says
Pat blowing the mud and water out Of his
mouth, "Ive found ~" p Er.....F
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THE Arr OF LEAsSINe.-The chief art of
learning, is to attempt but little at a time.
The widest excursiens Of the mind are made
by short flights, frequently repeated :, the
most lofty fabrics Of science are formed by
the continued accumulation Of single pro-
positions. - Locke SfE :,
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SENsIDLE.-A story is told Of the
first courtship of Senator Foster, of
Connecticut, which has a decided flavor
Of its own. When young law stu.
dent, he became engaged TO an accom-.
plished and fashionable yonng lady, and
shortly after his admission To tie bar
the wedding arrangements wcro made
Among these was visit TO his parents.
whom lie always honored. and from
whom (though poor) he felt that lie had
received what wealth could never have
given him. When this visit was men.
toned, for fsw moments the lady kept
silence. She then said : You know
have been educated with different ideas
from yours, and have always associated
with people whose manner and style of
living me different from those Of your
parents, and although | shall make no
objection 20 your proposed visit. wish
you TO understand that ! shall not 'ex-
pect you to,repeat it soon or often, and
that | shall not desire to associate with
people of their Glass;" Nothing could
have surprised him more than to hear
these words from her lips. For a few
moments lie walked tic room, seeming
ly half bewiIdercd. Then taking his
hat in his hand, lie turned. and with
words more emphatic than refined, said
Madam, am glad TO have found YOU
out in time. You may go to the--!
The last we heard Of the lady she
was still living, an ancient maiden, hav
ing seen this son of parents she consid
cred beneath her notice, filing witt
honor the highest Offices to which hi
fellow'citizens could promote him. g..
t....... ID Life Illustrated.
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WISE Maxns---A smooth sea never makes
q skilfnl mariner. Neither do uninterrupted
prosperity and saccess qualify man for use.
fulpess or happiness. The storms Of adyer.
sify, like the storms Of the ocean, arouse the
faculties and excite the Invention, prudence,
skill, end fortituds Of the yoyager.it =, r..
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8 We like to see a beautiful girl OF that
captivating cast. sometimes invidiously call.
ed a squint. Like a bowl, its very bias
makes IL sure Of hitting the mark, while It
SCENE TO be running ont of the course and
it has moreover the Invaluable property of
doing execution without exciting suspicion,
like the Irish guns with crooked barrels.
made for sh ootins round corner. H- .,ts.E
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~" / KNOW am perfect bear In my man
nerl" said ayoung farmer TO hi, sweetheart,
"No, indeed, you are not John; You have
never hugSed me.yet YOU are moro sheep
than bsaS," E..
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Q AMAS may be excused for being miserable
in his feelings, hhe is careful never !. be 70
in his pHals.
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i. . To some men It is Indispensable to be
worth money, for without It they are worth
nofI,in,y 3 lIk,e '-lf.i .ss., h+3 stFsFE rH
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Rusb while in hogs heads. is capable of
doing bnt little mischief; but when it gets
into ssen's hea6s--look outl .f -.
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Is you want enemies, oxcel others ;'if you
want friends, etthem excel you. ..
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BEArr1FuL ExTRacr.-The Independ-

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.--The Indepcnd-
ent order of Odd Fellows. speak of a
peculiar philosophy. but which is moth
ing mere than Christian benorolencc
under another name, as is plain from
the following elegant and glowing de-
scription Of it taken from the Grafton
of brother The Order:
Here is calm, sweet realm. Here
are the green pastures, and the still wa
ters-here's the wavs Of pleasantness
and the paths of peace The garden
which she tillS is the human heart, and
the seeds which she scallers will bear
their fruit in Heaven. Hers are not the
Pomp of science, the splendor of genius,
the glitter of wealth, the might Of ar
mics! With her pale finger she points
to the annals Of the past, and they all
become but as chaf upon the bosom Of
the wind. Yet she stops not here.
Speaks she now in order of tones as
solemn as midnight bell. of the moth
ingness of human greatness. Listen
again and ye shall hear her clarion
voice proclaiming aloud, that human
virtue never dies! Appears she now
with the shadows Of death upon one
hand, and the history of the world up.
on the other, to teach how piiiful is in.
dividual ambition. and how scnseless
the love Of SELF. Look again, and ye
shall behold her descending upon her
angel pinions of 1" love and charity" to
gather the entire human family beneatl,
their ample fold. Comes she now in
the shape Of hoary philosopher, worn
and bent with the weight of years I
Lo! she comes again in the shape of a
mnistering angel, with smiles of sym.
pathy and tea,s Of pity to the abode Of
want, and the house of death"
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A YOUNG man, rather verdant and
very sentimental, while making himself
interesting to a young lady the other
evening, by quoting from the poets, and
other choice and rare extracts, added
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-16

OF manufactures aud produce, they seem to be
kept up merely for the sake of custom, for the
liermans never give up anything that has the
charm of antiquity.
The most noted sights in Frankfort are the
old onBcil-cllalnber where the Emperors
We're elected, the cathedral where they were
crowned, the house where Luther resided. tho
house in which Goethe was born, the museum
containing Dauneckers statue of Ariadne (thc
boast of the city7--a female form reclining on
a tigross) the picture gallery the birth place
of and present residence of the Rothchills-@
the bankers of the civilized world. There are
! great many Jews here, (4,000, and they
have been very much oppressed until recently,
by cruel laws for instance, the gates of their
part OF the city were closed at dark, and no
passing to aud fro allowed. The nu.rber of
marriages among them was limited to thirteen,
yearly The Judengasse, on which the Roths.
childs live, has as much rags and filth as the
Jews quartor" of other cities hus AS |
learned these things and looked upon thci,
homes, thoughto the striking fulfllment
OF prophecy in their hard lot and of the beau
tiful lines of Longtellow concerning these
I" lshnaes and Iiagars of mankind :"
They lvod in marrow streets AMI lanes obscure
Ghetto aud Judehstrnss, in mirk and mirc
The life OF anguish and the death of fire.
All their lives long with the unleavcned bread,
Aud bitter herbs of oxilo,and it's fears,
The wasting famine of the heart they fed.
And sleked its thirst with tho Marah of their tears
AnathenA naranathai was the cry
That rang from town TO town from street to street
~ every gate the accursed Mordopi
Was noeked and jecred and spurnid by christian
fcctI
The condition of the Jey shave been very
much anelioruted in nostSf the European
governments within a few years past; they
now exercise some of the rights of citizens -
a proposition was before the PrusSian Parlia-
ment this winter to make them eligible to
ohce, but the old foggy Z" little Lords" re-
jcctedit
The synagogue, il Frankfort. (quite near
ltothschilds' bank, is very imposing build
ing, and furnished withinwith great snlcndor.
The railroad from Frankfort to Heidelberg
follows the direction of the old .yia ntoutun0
of the Romans, at the foot of the Odinwald
mountaihs, the highest peak of which, Mount
Alelibocus, looks quite graud, and is s0iG to
afford fine view OF the surrounding country.
To the right lies the valley of the Rhine, an
immense fertile plain, with here and thcrc.a
little tow1,. aud occasionally tbs highest S.i-
ters OF tho river glittcring Ikea thread of gold
IN the riys.of the setting sun. Along the
western IoflJu appeared the blue tops of the
Fosges mountains, in France Along here
one does not know whether totbe most en-
gagged with the beauties of nnturc, the effects
lof present culture and civilization, or the
grand historical associations Of the past
have not time to tell you about Hei}el-
berg, its university, its castle, the students
and tho mountai;is.
Yours truly. b.
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road. But every reasonable thinker will re
pudi0tc so. monstrous ON idea He will admit
that the road must have a considerable reve-
nue.. He will concede to its friends and sup
porters the reasonableness of believing, as
they do believe, that with S1000,000 more
OF subscription from the State, and 31;000,-
600 more of Endorsement they will be able
to raise the remaining S860,000 on the credit
of the Company, and the Company paying
the interest on its own bonds, for the perfor.
nance Of which its ability may fairly be IN
ferred from the experience of every Southern
road, the State would be left to provide the
interest on only S1,315,000, or S7S, ,000---
This would require an increase of 122 per
cent. on last years tax, or about twelve cents
additional on every negro, and i'll proportion
on other property.
1t would be great presumption to insist that
these expectations will be exactly fulfilled; n
want of candor not TO admit the fallibilty of
all buman Judgment, and the 1isappointmcuts
to which the best founded expectations of
men are exposed But the falliblity of his
Judgment is not an argument against the cx-
eruiSc of all reason. And those who will
agree to dismiss prejudice from our couusels,
and allow reason her legitimate authority,
will perceive that the plain, practical and
common sense view of this matter is the one
here presented. Andif they are willing to
admit, as all should be, tho possibility that
the State may be obliged to do somewhat
more than is stated; that she may be called
upon to advance somewhat more of the annu-
al interest until the resources of the road arc
fully developed, they will be as ready to con
ccdc that in the progress of time these re-
sources will be multiplied and enlarged, as in
the case of every railroad in this great and
growing country, and the State amply repaid
for her courage and munifccncc
You ask how long the taxation to be impo-
sed%ill endure? The reply is very simple.
The Bank of the State from It's annual gains
can pay 5000 600 of public debt every year ;
at this rate the entire sum of the proposed
subscription could be extnguished in eight
years; and with the payment of the princi-
pal would of course be terminated the taxes
imposed for the interest
Nour obcdicnt servant,
CT A. TRENHOLM.
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BY R0BT. A. THOMPSON.
s 81, g . 60 pos u e v.
NV Father.

1. 4 " a.
pYHoN. Is.SPY t5JAoKsoN, OF GA.
AS die the clnbcrs ntlle hearth,
Aud DER the floor the shadows fail.
aud crccps the chipping crickct forth,
tnd ticks the deatl, watch upon ,llc w&1t--
$40 aforn III youder chair,
rhltgrows beneath the waning light
There are tic wan, sad features there,
Fhe paliid brow andlucks of white!
Ny Fuherl when they laid thee down,
Anl hcapel tile clay upon thy breast
.tmN.cit thee sleeping all alone
Up2n thy narrow couch oil rest,
/ know not why. could not weep
The soothing drops refused to roll;
AMI oh, that grief is Wild and deep
Which settles fearless on the soul
But when saw thy vacant chair
Rbiuc idle hatupon the WALL
lily book--thc penvilled passage where
Thinc eye had rested last of all
The tree beneath whose friendly shade
Thy trembling feet had wondered forth,
Wien last they fecbly trVd the earth;
And thought, while countless ages fed,
Thy yaeant seat would vacant stand
0Unworn thy hat. thy book unrcad,
Efaccd thy footsteps from the sand
And widowed in this cheeress world,
The heart that gave it's love to thee
Torn, like av vine, whose tenlrils curled--f
More closely round the falling tree.
Oh, Father, thcn, for her anl thee,
Gushcd ma1ly forth the scorching tears,
& AMI OFT, and long, aud bitterly,
Those tears have gusled In later years;
toras the worIdgrows cold aroiuld,
And things take on their real hue
'Tis sad to learn that love is found
Alone above the stars with you.