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The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

Lord Byron s.ias. The late Lord Byron
boo.-Iast, about nine inches in length, mar
row, high, at the iusLep. and generally of
symmetrical shape, las been presented to
Nottingham (Englapd) society. His lord
ships shoemaker says the bard bad not
club foot, as issgere-aliy stated, but that il
was formed tie same as the other, except
being exactly ansinsh ,and half shorter,
e-rsstrormatfoa was ID the aukIe,ss ,shinh. .
was very weaki consequently, Ste foot
turned outward. Fo,remedy this, his lord.
ship wore very thin BOOT iitiehtiy laced.
under a,is stoekibg. II Ills ssrfy fite he
wore al. irop. with q iyipt At The a sa,kle,.. e,.'
which, passed .down,lLss outside gof,ihe .lee,, =,
hdsvas fastened olti1e aouR.of tho si,oe.a
The calf Of shas Iee~sss sG15achs.n.lle.. ssssIss
was the lsfleg. ; '(signed,J William swiittt..
(cobbler: :. .'.-r ~, -, 81
4 roucH1a AFps4i.-Tooliesshnn o spare are
That dog, touch not q, single hair; ba wor- IT.,
tiss mant bog. froui ott bis. muddy lair,
Oh, when be was pup, so fri,ky. aud, 60,
plnmpsEs 'lspped lis milk from.a. cur. 4
when hung,y--at a jump. And then sbisa
faoay thelA so'f 'fauhy in their place, 90 ,fall
Of saniiis llttskss ygur bands aud face YooanI
wiz 'suralyaisss him. .livesl OF, ,ado not Kill:
bihma1sdsesd; ha s be ,xagss bic narrative, aud
PraS1 f0fl hfaHrUot isad.! Go. .nat tha nu,.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

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:Fe.'ts se.sDds,iaad uisst a.esss.
a uads-Apd viiboss .sscs:
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

AN OWNER AND UID Nor Know IT.
A curious discovery has just been made
OF valuable real estate belonging to the city
of New York. Of which the author tiles
were totally ignorant. Some time Iast
year person appeared before Mr.. Hawes.
the ComptrolIer, and stated that he knew
OF large amount of property really belong
ing to the city. but which had been in the
undisturbed occupancy Of private parties
for years--and be proposed, for certain
consideration, viz: 8 per ceptage OIL the
value of The property recovered, to discloss
the location of the property and the uames
ofthe pseudo owners. Mr.. Hawes declined
to enter thea into tho arrangement, but
opened negotiations With the party giving
the hiIt, and mean~ hile communicated the
matter to the Commissioners of the Sink.
ing Fund, who set tbe Comptroller to. pre-.
pairing maps and lists Of all property owned
by the city, and making. Investigations ~
~. ----- -~uIcnltSWas discovered that
very large number of lots, possession Of
the city for mapy years. have. never. been
-~.1'avu III sII; tiIs original deeds, however,
being in possession Of the Comptroller !:
and 10 othsr cases., property to the value. Of
nifty thousand dollars was di;ecove,ed, which
was to the Possession ofotbeppartiea Ne.
got'at'ons are still pending with the: party
giving the first ,c|,,o. . al :.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

BEAUTIFUL ExPREssioS.-Rev. Dr.. Pal
mer of this city, is Acknowledged to be
one of the most eloquent ministers in the
United States. He uses no manuscript in
The pulpit, and consequently has that free
dom which is necessary to truo oratory,
giving full scope to the inspiration of his
subject. One Sunday evening, last year,
we listened to SERMON in which lie was
speaking Of God as recognized in His works.
His whole discourse was marked hy ear-
nestncss and perfect command of Ian
guage. Towards the close; when the whole
congregation had become warmed up by
the fervor Of his cloqdence, he raised his
voice and exclaimed 10 tones which all who
heard him will remember: The galaxy
which arches the Heavens go gtandy to-
night. is the glorious pathway Of the Crea-
tor through the Universe, and the myriad
stars which besprinkle it are the golden
dust that rise hp in ,be wake OF His chariot
wheels. O. Delta.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

THEs sPsHcE AFD 1Ht HtPttsEhHx4. The f,st
t,99ss Y ths hIesorY At ihiss aey erppspt the
shtet Msyhttsis ot thu rsp6b 6blfc .hSs sfcasi al
'tls sfsensfxs ststcn Q f9s gsssf sS ksff
al.!ass iasa y seas ssasoash 9afs smsjssssS Earth
tHedS go@s4EN ihcfa sspld. I'm 49, n rs. !.
Wssfsrn sStstsss ASdS fss6sei3 Xots Az sSS.s .S
Hest Of thenutiop.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19
VALUE OF WtE

NALuE Of WIN
A wit is aPticeless man fof a'ec~-
not scandainionRer, = heel bite
tractor,.a csbic, whose.owr iisppiu.
life being spoit is bene upSH making
ers miserable, but genial bedevolent
former,a wholesome and winning, though
cans.ic surveyor Of events, People breathe
more freely when they know thefe is sich
a n,an\;n the ascendant; for wicked men:
will be a:raiu Of him, weak men will strive
TO be stronger, and quacks will not have 1t
all their own way. Society is continually
in need Of the cxl lott Of that night.errant,
the wit. Evils creep in unawares some
good but very foolish man, perpctrates a
good deal OF nonsense, which is tolerated,
and even admired by virtue Of his good
ness, and fixed as All institution before its
Inconvenience is fully suspected. Honest
sentiments. with errors sticking to them, are
gradually heaped Zip into monstrous ag.
gregate Of prejudice. Sone bloated and
over-fvd truth weighs society down like a
huge nightmare, till tho Wit comes along
to tickle the senfsrihnt and wake us up once
moro into daylight with sensation Of free
honest living, or the old moral,ies of the
world get dull and commonplace, worn,
'ritc and battered, the effigiei nearly off
from them. TIE wit is general refur-
bisher, re casting the old coin, and prcscn
in" it to US again current with the image Of
to.u, y.-Century.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-10-19

hAAAys sessFsg g6hsslssp ahisss ssasssSi ssss
tsa1eyttahss s!eef !!sssaoSs ss-ss48tziaT ,a.sa
Then e q lshdii he Z { q assassi !.
I'm shlsep hsiabs,s 81,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
CourtShip in Egypt.

Last autumn young lady left Dundee for
Alexandria, to visit relations resident in that
city. AS the passengers were landing at Alex
andrla, richly athred Turk advanced to look
at the arrivals, and seemed instantly 10 be
struck with the charms of the damsel from
=" bonny Dundee" He approached her and
sudden y Fl ing string of figs about her neck.
The captain of the ship came forward, and in
formed his bewildered passenger that the Turks
gift was token Of admiration and affection.
The matter speedily became serious. Through
the medium OF an interpreter he Turk entered
INTO conversation with the captain, and inquired
the sum for which he would be wi ling to sell
the lady he had nine wives already, he said;
but could he possess this new beauty, she would
be the queen and " light of his harem." The
captain for the sake Of joke, replied that her
price was $4,000 piastres (about G5O0) The
Turk grumbled at the enormous demand it
was just double, he said, what he paid for the
most handsome Circassian, Georgian, or Min
grelian, ever brought to the Alexandrine mar.
ket
The captain, however, stuck to his price and
so the parties separated. But on the following
morning, when the captain was escorting the
lady to the residence of her relations, the Turk
again made his appearance. and throwing an
other fig necklace around the lady S neck, init
mated that he was prepared to give the requi-
site sum
Here was dilemma. But the captain soon
cleared himself. " Pooh said he, you are
too late ! sold her yesterday for IA thousand
piastres more: so you We lost her." The same
young lady was married, the other day, in Dun
dee.-Perth Courier.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
An Illustration Of Law.

good story was rite in our city this morning
which serves to illustrates that possession is
nine points of law" A is IL rather sharp law
yer, and resides next door to B. The houses
A. and b. occupy are similar in appearance,
and as they adjoin, are easily mistaken by
walks to the coal market, purchases load for
$780, and sends it home. The man of whom
he purchased. mistakes the residence Of A. for
that Of b., and dumps the coal in A 8 yard.
The lawyers man sees the coal, and gets wheel
barrow and shovel, and puts it into the cellar
B. is in a" peck of trouble that his coal does
not come, and goes out to find the man of whom
he bought it.
" See here, my country friend, | bought a
load of coal Of you, and you have not delivered
it," says B., as soon as he had found the col
lier.
4" You bought the load, and paid for it, and
delivered it," said the coal dealer.
Here the thought struck B. that he saw coal
in his nei ,hbors (thc lawyer's) yard, and i'm
medlately OWNED the mystery. He starts for
the lawyers Office, and finding him in, thus ac-
cosed him:
" Mr.. A., suppose you should buy u load of
coal, and the man shuld put it in the wrong
yard, what would you require of the gentleman
who appropriated the coal! "
"Well sir, said the lawyer, . should Ell
ther make him return the coal, or pay the
amount paid for the coal ."
Very WE'LL . said Mr.. B. just give me 3d.
30, and you can retain my load OF coal in your
cellar" The lawyer gently drew thirty cents
from his pocket and handed it to B.
Why, what does this mean. Mr.. A. -? YOU
owe me three dollars more, said the astonished
B.
Not at ALL said The lawyer, Il charge
three dollars for my advice. Peoria Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
Hospitality.

l have higher reverence for the virtues o
hospitality than we seem to set upon it at pres
ent. When Turk regaes a Christian will
ham (as it happened at Athens last winter)-a
priest in Lent roasts his turkey for you-wher
an advocate of the Maine Law gives his Ger.
man friend glass of wine-when some of nv
an'l-tooacco friends allow me to smoke a cigar
IN the back parlor with windows opon--there is
sacrifice of self on the altar of common b,.
mainly True hospitality involves considcrs
ton for each others habits-not our erceese,
but our usual habits of life-even when thew
differ on such serious grounds as | have men.
toned But have dined with vegetarians who
said, Meat is unwholesome, so my conscience
will not let me give it to you > or to the ven.
tiators, who proclaim that i" fires in bedrooms
are injurious, and was starved and frozen
-Bayard Taylor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
Sleep.

There is no fact more clearly established in
the physiology of man than this, that the brain
expends its energies and itself during the hours
of wakefulness, and that these are recuperated
during sleep; if the recuperatlop does not equal
the expenditure, the brain withers- is in
sanity. Thus it is that in early English history,
persons who were condemned TO death by being
prevented from sleeping always died raving ma
MACS thus it is, also that those who starve to
death become insane the brain is not nour-
isbed, and they cannot sleep. The practical in
ferences are these: First, Those who think
most, who DO the most brain work, require most
sleep. Second, That time saved from necessary
sleep is lnfalibly destructive to mind, BODY, and
estate Third, Give yourself, your children,
your servants-give all that are under you, the
fullest amount of sleep they will take, by COM
polling them to go to bed at some regular early
hour and to rise in the morning the moment
they awake; and within fortnight, nature,
with almost the regularity of the rising sun,
will unoose the bonds of sleep the moment
enough repose has been secured for the wants If
the system This is the only safe and sufficient
rule-and as to the question how much anv one
requires, each must be rule for himself-great
Nature will never fail to write it out to the OH
server under the regulations Just given.-Dr.
SpiCer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
An African Village.

Capt. Burton's " Lake Regions of Central
Africa abounds in sharp sketches of life and
character. The WAX 'huta dwell
" In few struggling novels Of the humblest
desert tion-with doors little higher than an
English pig-sty, and caves SO low that man
cannot enter them except on all lours. In shape
they differ, some being simple conos, others
like European hay stacks, and others like Eu-
ropean hay stacks, and others like our old straw
beehives. The common hut is a circle from
twelve to twenty-five feet in diameter; those be-
longing to the chiefs are sometimes of consider
able size, and the first part of the erection is a
cylindrical framework, composed of tall stakes
or the rough trunks Of young trees, interviewer
with parallel and concentric rings of flexible
twigs and withes which are coated inside and
outside with puddle Of red or grey clay. In
some a second circle of wall is built round the
inner cylinder, thus forming one house within
the other The roof, subsequently added, is
Of sticks and wattles, and the roof rests chiefly
upon central tree. 1t has caves like proiec-
tons, forming a narrow verandah, edged with
horizontal bars which rest upon forkcd uprighrs.
Over the sticks, interwo7en with the frame,
thick grass or palm fronds are thrown, and the
whole is covered with a coat of thach tied on
with strips OF tree bark. During the first few
minutes of heavy rain, this roofing, shrunk by
the parchlng sun, admits water enough to patch
the interior with mud. The furniture of the
cottages is like that Of Wazaramo; and the
few square feet which comprise the area are d.
vided by screens Of waffle into dark pigeon
holes, used as stores kitchen and sleeping rooms
A thick field of high grass is allowed to grow
IN the neighborhood Of each village, to battle
PuIsuers in case of need and some cottages
are provided with double doorways for easier
flight In the middle Of the settlement there is
usually tall tree under which the men lounge
upon cots scarcely large enough for an English
child; and where the slaves, wangIing and
laughing husk their hocus in large wooden
moFtars. These villages can scarcely he called
permanent even the death OF chief causes
them TO be abandoned, and in a few months lone
grass waves over the eircets of charred stakes
and straw"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
Mechanical Invention,

MECHANICAL INVENTION is necessarily antece-
dent to every form of successful industury. It
precedes agriculture in its most premitive devel-
opment and modern field husbandry is practical
Die only through the aid of machinery.
Seed sown by such nelp in one or two days,
which could not be sown by hand labor in twen-
ty days, and crops harvested in week by the
same aid, that could not be gathered in month
if at all by manual labor, make difference in
the products of farm equivalent to the fruits
OF whole season. 1t must also precede all sue
cessiul commerce, as it is by machinery alone
that surplus is obtained which affords to COM
merce opportunity for employment. The infu,
ence OF mechanical invention upon social life is
lnapprecIably great and, as an agent of civil
ization, all other pursuits fade before it Who
can measure the Importance of recent agricul-
tural improvements-of railroads.&c. the tele-
graph the dagueTreotype and photographed
the cotton gin that creates the crop? The sew
ing machine will work as great change in the
family as railways have in communities and
States We have seen at this exhibition per-
feet watch, unsurpassed in beauty of workman
ship and forservice, that is made by machinery,
aud under one roof, where the roughly swedgcd
materials fashioned into the perfect watch in the
hours intervening between morning and evening
an achievement never before attempted in any
part of the world. And understand that ma
chinery is in progress of construction that will
secure the manufacture of as perfect time-keep-
ers, at cost of three dollars, as are now impor-
ted at cost of three hundred ~. p Banks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
Go Aheadism.

Sir Charles Lyell, when in the United States,
received the following advice from Il friend =
When you are racing with an opposite steam
boat, or chasing her, and the other passengers
arc cheering the captain, who is sitting on the
salety-valve to keep it down with his weight
go as far as you can from the engine, and lose
no time, especially if you hear the captain ex-
claim, - Fire up, boys-put on the resin :"
Should servant cal out, " Those gentlemen
who have not paid their passage will please 60
to the ladies' cabin obey the summons with
out a moments delay, for then an explosion
may be aPprehended. " Why to the ladies'
cabin " said l. " Because it is the END of the
boat, and they are getting anxious for the per-
sonal security Of those who have not vet paid
their dollars, being, of course, Indifferent about
the rest. Therefore, never pay in advance, for
should you fall overheard during the race, and
the watch cries out to tho captain " passen-
ger overheard " he will ask, L" Has he paid
his passage and if he receives in answer in
the affirmative, he will call out, - Go ahead
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
common words

English prices-current often speak of the
price of wheat per quarter-to reduce this to
barrels multiply the price by 7,and divide by u
and it will give the price, at the same rate, by the
barrel, Thus [fwheat is quoted at St shillings
a quarter multiply Sc by 7, and divide by p,
and it gives the price, 80 shillings pence BAL
rel Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

AN UNFORTUNATE ILLUSTRATION Professor
C., OF Bowdoin College, was noted for having
certain set of illustrations from which he could
not well deviate without running the risk of a
bunder In illustrating the powerful effects of
prussic acid, he was won't to inform the class
that a drop placed on dog tongue was sui
ticiert to kill hint On one occasion the class
filed into the recitation room, and the professor
commenced the exercise. L" Mr.. Smith" he
sald' addressing young man whose chance of
gaining the vaedictory was very slender what
can you say of prussic acid Is it Werrul,
or otherwise =! 1t is rather powerful. " said
the student, obviously" " Rather powerful"
said the professor, Indignantly. &" Put dyOp
on your tongue, and ii roOuH kill dog!" The
shout Of laughter which followed, and Smiths
confusion revealed to the professor that his ill.,
lustration had served double purpose.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

CATCHING A TIGER SHARK. On Tuesday last,
large sea- monster was captured by persons on
board one of the ships anchored off our Bar,
measuring eleven feet in length, and seventeen
inches across the back of the head 1t was of a
species which our pilots term the tiger shark,
(though Curier makes no mention OF it,) the skin
being notified like u mackerel On being opened,
the stomach was found to contain four king crabs,
the largest Of which measured II inches in width,
with the shells unbroken showing the immense
capacity of the thorax and maw-a lot of large
bones, several pieces of salt beef, some Jumps of
clay and leather boot. What is more interest
ing in this fish story is, that an owner for the
boot has been found in Mr. Wallace Smith. who
lost it from the pilot boat Cumming on the pre.
vious day. The boot has been preserved. and
is now in the city to answer for itself and t.,
prove that although all may be fish that comes
to the net, all may not be irrevocablv lost that
goes into sharks nav .-Sauannah Mems
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

UPON an average, one-third, at least, of a
man s life is spent in sleep. Sleep is certainly
one of the greatest boons bestowed ON man in
his weary pilgrimage. To enjoy this blessing
In perfection, there are three things which are
lndespensably necessary good health, good exer-
else, and good conscience.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

TECHNICAL WORDS In reading, we frequent
ly come across words with which we are unac-
qualnted, and which are necessary to give ns a
full idea of the subject. TO obyiate this diff
Guilty, we give definition IF some of the more
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

late, Sir Henry ordered them to appear again
before him the next morning, at his own house
at Ardley Bury, and left Jane Wenham in the
constabIe's hands -
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

" Do you see this stick, sir? " said verv
stupid acquaintance to Sidney Smith; this
stick has been all round the world, SIR" In
deed, said the remorselesV Sidney, and yet it is
. My stick "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

Jacob " said master to his apprentice
boy, 6 it is wonderful to see what quantity
you can eat" g Yes, MASTER" replied the boy,
" have been practising since was a child"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

Why can no quadruped enter city garden
Because there can never be more than three
feet in gard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

RED CHEEKS are only oxygen in another shape,
Girls anxious to wear a pair will find them
where the roses do-out ofdoors.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
"WnEN was Rome built ~

"WHEN was Rome built %
In tho night, sir"
"ln the night how do you make that out?"
Why, sir, lou know Rome wasn't built in a
day"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06
Chase and Capture of an Indian Chief

correspondent of the Sal Francisco Alta
Cdftorniu, in an account of an expedition
against the Indians of Honey Lake Valley by
COL Lander, of the wagon road expedition, mar.
rates the particulars of the chase and capture,
after gallant resistance, of an Indian chief
who had yentured away from his companions.
He says:
g. given signal two of our most skillful
riders started in full chase after the Indian, and
in open view Of tho enemy upon the hill. The
fugitive no sooner saw our men in pursuit than
he threw his soldier cloak off and with the speed
Of an antclode made for tho hills, but he was
too late. The race was a hard one; his COM
rades on the hill saw his peril but dared not
come to his relief. We counted thirtv.one
mounted Indians emerge from the canon, but
they were afraid to advance beyond its mouth.
just at this time the fugitive turned and fired
upon the foremost of his pursuers, who saw his
object and threw himself dexterousy over on the
opposite side of his horse, (as the Spaniards)
Vile DILL passing hafmlesSly over the horse The
rider then raised and fired, bringing the Indian
to his knees with ball from his revolver. As
he rode up, the savage clutched at the rope
hanging from the horse IS neck; the rider again
drew his pistol and fired. The ball entered the
neck of the Indian, who held his grip, and with
his dying gasp gave the war-whoop, which was
answered by his comrades from the hill, who
dared not come to his relief. A rope was then
tied around his leg and he was dragged into
camp The dead savage was recognized by the
Rangers as " Big Jim" a noted warrior of the
Snake Greek band, one of the murdercrs of Mr..
Adams, and the leader of the parties who had
made their incursions into the valley"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-09-06

*Drawing blood from the witch an approved spe-
chic In the proceedings against Jane Clarke and Others
the witches of Grat Wgon, at the asszes held Lei
cester Aug A, l7T Is stated that they had another
cure which was Invaluable when they could come at it,
ana hat was to fetch blood Of the witch and this prac
tced upon all occasions if they could get the opportun
nut the witches were stubborn that they commonly
called tile constable to with the assistance of
good number OF people, to hold them by force whilst
tney were olooded Tho old WOGn skin (they deponed
ing SO they used pins and such instruments for the
purpose."-(From very curious manuscript preserved
in the Town Museum Of. Leicester.)