Winyah Observer

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E.  WATEUiMAX, Jn.,     ,
J.  U^ TAHBOX,
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PitomrLroKS.
Devoted to News, General Intelligence^ fiisceliany, &e.
B. H. W1LS0\, Ed.toi
Vol. XI.
Georgetown, S. C, Weduesday, July 16, 1851.
No. 613
WKlfTASl    ©lBSi<''i¥il('^o '     '-^'^^ poor willow of one of his ollicers, ; awliile upon ihe perfoclions ofilie Kin^'j you ?—I am just six."    "Sire," repiicd    i.,p . '   waving grass, lies a small vine-
  " "   % who was boih n;reH and   infinii,  ufler  .1 ' of I\ing3, whose j!;lory and honor I  fear lj ihe corpor.Tl,   "my   w.ilch  say.s neither , clad :;r.ive; its moilesi he.id-skMie bears
siriKrirlp wilh liPT  Driilo   apnlicil   to   llu? ' vou huve quite lost sit'lit of while devo- i six imr seven ; all it i.s good for is to re- . this inscriplion, " Little Sallv." Beyond,
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King lor a pension.    " I tun sorry   you ! ting your  allention to mc.       Willi this ,' iiiind rne to be ready at any hour to die ,^ monument and sialue.recede in tho dis- ,„     ,„ ., ^ i did nol let me know vour  s'.iaiilioii   ba- ' Kenllo roiiidnf. which   was administered ! for vour Maje.slv."    " Here, my friend," j lance.    Crossing a  lawn,  tall dark  ce-
J jnits.— 1 too dodnrs and fifty cenar^er nnnnm ¦ • 1 - • 1 '-
11 paid iu advance, and Three UvUars al the end of Ihe year
From the   Washington   Union,
Frederick thc Great. j
Paganell's    History     of    Frederick, [ Aviiich we   believe  has   never   been re- ¦
fore," replied Frederick,  " bolli becau.se ! in full   court,   the   reverend   gentleman ii returned iho Kiii& handing llie corpo-^ dars wave to and fro, discfosing the  lof-
3'ou ouizht to have been re'ioved, and be¬ cause, al |iresenl my pnision li.-^t is filled up, and all' I can fparr for ihal puipose is already approjirialed. But your liu.s- band was a brave man, wilh uliuni J should always have willingly sliared my '*fmblished in this counlry, gives a mucii ! dinner. I will rcliench, ihen, Olii.- di^I) Hio're   aliractive  view   oflhis warlike ' diiily IVom my table ;  ihat   vvill   save   a
was disinis,sed; but iheiiceforlh a change j r;il his own walch, which w.is  enriched < ty poiifts of a   marbfe structure.    This
! was manifest in the slyle of his preach- :j wiih diamond.s, " take ibis ; ifyou should    is ihc most exquisit specimen of eleganco
¦ ing, which was greally to ihe advantage .1 be called upon to dio  iuf uie, il will in-    and token of aflection ever designed;   it
of-his congregation. ' dicale the hour rather more exactly. ' is evidenily tlie woik ofa great masler
1      Looking one day   from a window in ;j      Equally mild and gentle was the King j—an   inspiration   caughl   from   Italian
his palace, Frederick observed a crova! '. to his personal atlcndanls and his house-,j tkies! Four pillows supporl ils Gothic
ofpeople occupied in reading a   placard J hold ¦servants.    He seldom  spoke   to a j lOof, and tho  base elevates   a pedestial,
wiiicli   wa.s' uysled ata   most  inconve-,1 domestic or a page   without using some ij on which  is  sealed a female  figure; in
hioharch lhan any   we   have heretofore i crown a day, and ihat you    sli;iil have    nient height  upot; a   neighboring  wail,    kindly  appellation,  as   " my friend," or ^ her left hand is a book she seems intently
seen. Contrary to the generally receiv-; "iitil I can do belter ;'or yon. 'J'li'j next i " See whal lliat is that exoiiiS so much ed Opinion, it would appear lliat Fredcr- j S^ood pension whicli falls in shall be .curiosity," said he to an attendant. 'livS- jck, vvitn ;Jl  '''s  cynicism, possessed   a '[ yours." 5 page went,  and speedily  returned w«h
kind and afl'ectionaigc.'isj)osilion, as well! Who has nol iieard the frightful story j the informaiion ihalthe oKractive ob- asa large fund, both oi'gOOu Jiafure aild : of liie oflicer condemned to dealh for llie i! ject was a handbilhibusive ofthe person good humor. \ ;'uUry oflenee of burning a candle in his ] i>"d  government of his  majesty.    "Go
The King  (says raganell)   professed li tent dui ing ihe hours when  lighls  were | and have  it   placed  lower down," said lj ered    unpai'don;.b!e,   were   laken   wilh | counlenance.   The soft blending of these, 10 think that "a sovereign should  carry I pi'oliibiled, and  whom   it was said  thai
"my child;" and all who were failhful ? rending; her right tests on the head of .ind deserving received from him the J a small dog, which is looking Up earnest- most priterii3l treatment. Faults wero ;| ly in his mistress' face; the hair is frequently lorgiven or ovellooked; tiiid ; thrown back negligently, and ifie drapo- someiimes when liberlies, which in most ;i ry falls loosely from the shoulders; ami- royal households uould have been consid-)¦'ability and purily   are  depicted on  tho
his heart in his  hand :" hence  his   life ' Frederick forced to add as  a  postscript
was spent in one continued effort to bring his feelings into subordination lo llis reason; and so well did he  succeed
lohis last teller of advice lo his wife the
the King " the people can hardly see to jl him,  lliey only elicited some arch   and ij casts a halo over all.    Around this bloom read it." i H^'"' hum.>red  reproof, wiiich,  wiiile   it ^i the choicest flowers, together with raro
Being informed ihat a certain citizen of Berlin was a disaflecled person, and j
checked presumption,  infiicled  no seri- i e.xoiics.    Cluslersofilainask roses, ming-
cruel words,   " When you receive this 1 | "f Berlin was a disaflecled person, and | ous wound upon  the  feelings.    Passing |]ing   wilh   white   lillies,  jessamine  and
shall have ceased to exist!"    The   pen- ,'uilered    the    most   aitrocious    threats ij a looking glass one day, he observed one i honeysuckle,  creeping   round   tho iron
that he has left behind him a ' very gen- ! cil, as well as the pen has been put in re- \ against   him :    " How  .many   hundred . ofhis pages behind his baek helping him- ;: railing, falling here  and there down tlio
eral impression that ho was   bv  "naUire 'quisilion to illustrate lliis instance of the || thousand   men  can   he   bring  into  the j self to a pinch from the royal snuff box. || gravelled   walks form a  picture  indes-
"       ' ¦ ' " ¦'¦       "' "¦ ¦ ' ' " How doyou like il ?" asked the King ; crlbably enchanting.    Ilis the  reslj,-,g
d,  unfeeling   and    despoiic.    Those [ heurllessness of the   Prussian    despot, j; field r"   Said   the   King.—Eh ?—none ? who had  an   opportuniiy,   however, oil Now, not only is this anecdote false, bui ^i Well, then,  it is hardly worth whilo ftir knowing hitn most  iniiinntely,   and ob-rj unfounded   in   every  particular.    It   is jj us to mnke war upon him." serving h's domesiic habits and   his de-i pure fiction, for thero is not   and   never lj      Nolwilhstanding the  severity  ofhis portment in private, could  not fail   to como 10 a very different conclusion.   To his family he was kind, affeciionate, and indulgent—10 his friends sir.cere, gener¬ ous and loving.
Few sisters were ever more tenderly cherished ^ a brother than was tho -Margravine af Bareilli by the Great Frederick.    Few subjects have ever re-
was any such regulation in the Prussian i discipline, Frederick  was loved as a fa- service punishing such nn  ofll-nce   wilh ! ther by his soldiers^ and a faiher nnd a | dealh;     and    so   far    was     Frederick « fi'iend he  proved  him'self lo them upon | : from being capable of such  cruelty   of ; a^i occasions.    And old sergeant, on half- his own accord,   that   it   vvas  wilh  ihe lj F'ay, incapacitated by his wounds for ac- greatest  reluctance   he   even signed  a i| live service, had Ibr a long time been an sentence ofdealh when a criminal  had 'j applicant lo ihe Minister of Finance for j been condemned by the tribunals of \h% "„ a Sm.ili post which would increase his country; and never during bis long reign |1 slender income, and enable him lo make ceived    from    their    sovereigns    more ' though always vested with the power of I some  provisions  for   the   future.    Tbe touching marks of attachment r.nd  es- '| life and dealh, did he inflict that punish- i Minisler  Werdcr,   ihough a man of ca- teem than these bestowed by   iho  King [j ment wilhoul a judicial decision.    Rigid'; paciiy,   wers  haughty and inaccessible; upon   his   failhful   counsellor,   Jordan, '.and even severe in his discipline, hc ab- ;: he had his own family  and favorites to While this friend was on his dealh   bed, j! horred   capital  punishment,   and  never ;i provide for, and the poor sergeant's suil lie insisted on sharing the duties   of  the ? failed lo subslilute   some lesser penalty ; W'as  too humble lo attack evtnthe pas.s- .'sick room with his family.    "Go and en- j; in place of it whenever  ho  thought  thc : i'ng s'lOtiee ofthe great man. deavor toget some sleep," said he to the i welfare of society woukl permit il. \      Wearied and  discouraged, the soldier
Equally erroneous are those accounts I sat down and slated his case  in writing
turning quickly, and addressing himself ij place of two lovely slsiei'.?, who died lo the embarrassed alteiulanl. ConfttS'!'J'oung, Their afliicted parents visit tho ed and abashed, the young man could j; spot daily, and mourn their lost ones, lor nol answer a word. " I asked you how :; they are childless, and life " wears loue- you liked my snufT," repealed the King, | Iy away." The inscriplion is as chaste " I expect an answer." Forced to reply, i'l as the conception of the memorial, that the culprit al last stammered out that it i; "wne sister was the echo ofihe olher," was very good, " Put the box in your :; conveying an idea oftheir unearihly pocket ihen," said Frederick, ' il is nol ;j harmony. Oppi'site this is a bed of dai- large enough for both of u^s." J sies, in which aro four littie grave.', side
The freedom '^vliich this absolute mon- ) by side, containing the treasures of an arch accorded to the press was virtually jj afilieled mother. Nexl, a large willow as great r.s that vvhich ft enjoys under !: falls over a dell, concealing all but aa the most liberal governments; for not- ,| angel's wing, who seems to havejust lit withstanding his ministers vvrung from '1 on a child's grave. Its graceful bend him an ordinance restricking it, under I and averted faco are heavenly. Tha the prelext of restraining its licenlious- i insciipton is "Angela waft hci thro' tbo ncs.s, it wm powerless from ihe fact that |j skies!"
the King invariably defeated its enforce- \\ Then, their stands a Goihic Chapel, ment by the exercise ofhis supreme pre-I! superbly ornamented; in fact, up hill rogative.    Any one prosecuted and con-'; and do'.vn dale, present the  rnost deli-
care'.vorn   wife; "leave your   husband
in my charge.    I will watch by him and '| which ascribe to this King a habit of in- jj Io 'he King.    Ufion the  receipt of this 5 victed under  this   la-.v for political rea- ji eale  memorials of affeclion and friend supply all his wanis, as you would, with > flicting personal chasiiseiiienl upon those j letter Frederick sent for him, and found, | sons had only to apply to the King, and j^ ship.    Near this,  on   a spot   elegantly
his penally  was sure to be remittted— ¦ railed, stands a large monument; on ths
my own hand."    Pivery day he   walked ' about him for   oflences  against  himself « upon inquiry, ihat his complaint was by 10 the house on foot,  (fearing the   noise \ or his domestic regulations.   In this par¬ ol a carriage woufd disturb ihe invalid,; ? iicular ho bore  no   resemblance   to his
no means a solitary one—several old vet¬ erans and invalids having made similar applicalions   v.ilh   no    better   success.
wrile a new petilion lo the minister for the place you wai^t."    The sergeant did
and .spent some time wilh hitn.    This he 1 father who  was  notorious for   Ids vio-
contiuiied to do till Jordan breathed   his ;' lence   toward    every    member   of  his
last when afier providing   in   a princely i'household—sparing  nol even  his  o-.vn
manner for the bereaved, he had the por- f children in his paroxysms of rage.    For
trait of the deparled removed to his cab- \ some of ihei.e outbursts of passion Fred- \ •>» he was ordered.    " Now  add," con-
inet, and for a long time could never look } crick has doubiless been unjustly credit- ';. tinned the King " that we old solifiers are
upon it vviihotit tears.    J.irdan, itis true,'¦ ed.    Nt)l only, howeve.^ was  he   inca-•'ofopinion that yourexcellency does   not
well deserved these nKiuiiestatioiis ofthe ; pable of descending lo such unbecoming ' "'i^''' 'he veteransof the army ofihe King !
royal regard ; for he loved the King and 1 demonslralioiis   of   displeasure   against ¦ '¦vilh 'die consideralioa due their services
served Ilim disinteresletlly  and   wiihout , those who ofl'ended liiin,, bul, on the con- ' and  merits, and  that  unless juslice is
the woids "I '.visil the press to be free" , topis an urn, partly covered by ac'olh, being usually appended to the royal par-,I below, a wreath of roses, and in their don.    Ilis diflicult to reconcile such an ji miiist is  inscribed,  "To  our  iVIolher."
i'ake a [len," sa'.d   ilig King,   "and    exercise of power with our ideas of des- 1 It bears an air of pure  afieclion,    Go-
llailery, as Frederick says of him in the | trary, ifhe noliced them at all, it   was \ done In ourselves and to our comrades, .*
eulogium which he wrote with liand.
hi
s own
almost alway.s in  a good-Iiumored and : we shall take measures to procure your ! facetious wav. I excellency's   removal, and  the appoint- '
f\om the New Orleans Della.      '
A Stroll througii Greenmount Cemetery.
This beautiful spot is situated on  the j Alongside, is a pine prove; in ita solita Frederick possessed in an eminent do- |     A certain clergyman in Berlin made Ij n'onl of some one who will treat us bet- I suburbs of Baliimore, from  which  tho .' ry grave of a Prodigal Son.   Theinscrip
polism; and yel, if the absolute and un-¦; ing on, a marble Mausoleum rises, the limiled control and disposal of the lives I'/ac simi/e of the Royal vault in Wust- and property ofa people conslilute ades- ij minister Abbey ; in ils recess is a bier, polism, Prussian monarchy in the time of i supporting a coffin, covered wilh a pall, Frederick the Greal was most undoabt* " suberbly embroidered and fringed, as lv onf i; finelvas lace vvork.    The tassels are in-
il geniously hooked to the corners, giving lj il a nalural appearance, when moved by •' the breeze. A richly carved piece pro- , jecls from the ceiling, suspending a lamp.
Rree the happy faculiy   of conferring  a : the King tho constant object of his   at- ^ ter in your place." Thc'old sergeant star-
lavor io an easy and agreeable manner. There was no o[)|)ressivo   condecension
I lacks from tho pulpit; he declaimed jj <J<I.and wondered but obeyed oiders vvith- wilhout ceasing agai.ist him as irreli- ' "Ut a quesiion. " Good," said ihe King; in his mode ol giving. A colonel in his li gious, proftme, tyrannical, and poured |; " now sign your name and then give me service the faiher of a numerous family, I; forih upon hisdevoled head, as Sabbaih i the   pen."    The   sergeant   signed   and
had become embarrassed  by  his  debts, I succeeded Sabbaih, volumes of the mosl i; handed the pen lo the King, who at once I chain after chain wind on, and are lost in'! ly   ornainenled;   on   it   lies   a   Bible, and began lo shovv it in his looks. Meet- /: virulent abuse.   Ho '.vas reproved by the || appended his own signaiure below that f tho  blue firmament.    Greenmount was ' over   which   reclines a large   Cross
Monumental City presents an enchant-.'tion is,  "A.  wonderer whose homo is ing prospect,    ll is laved on one side by ;j found."
tho clear waves of the Chesapeake, and |j     Beyond, is  a dark, grcen  sward; a
on the other,  moss-grown banks arise," part is handsomely railed round.    Jn iho
j gradually  swelling  into  mouniains, lill    middle is a massive marble table,  rich-
ing him one day while oll'duty,   pensive    niinisiry, and repealcdly advised   to be ' »f'he petitioner, nnd senl the document J formerly the summer retreat of the late   a superb  piece  of sculpture.    The in-
and abstracted as usual, the King (who ' moro circumspect by those who appre-il to the minister, saying, with a smile, f Robert Oliver. An association of Ivven- ' scripiion is, "Catharine Ogle, consort of took a fatherly inierest in llis officers, and hended thai his insolence antl temerity i( " We old soldiers musl mako common I ty genllemen purchased the esiate from ; Rev. Charles Goodrich of New Orleans" kept himsell generally acquainted with vvould draw down upon him som..» ter- ''cause vvhen the greal folks treat us ill, ii his heirs, and it was solemnly dedcaled j'l ¦—that estimable lady, whose face was all that concerned them) accosted him ij rible relribul'on, but all in vain ; iho fe-j'lot us sec vvhat the minisler will say to'; as a buiiol place, on Ihe 13lh of July, so familiar lothe frequenters of Chrisi thus:—" What ails you, colonel ? You |; rocily ot this clerical bull-dog was nol the petitioner." Il is needless to add that J jgOO. At present three ihousand bod- Church. Nexl to this is a bower of are out of spirii.s, and have been so  this'to be appeased. f in this case, as well as in all of a similar'^ ies rest within its limits, which contain', white roses; in it a grave, headed, "Our
long  lime.    Now   this   is  wrong—be-|j     At lust lie was arreste.i and  brought I character,   there   was  no   longer   any j| seventy acres, enclosed by a high granite ' dear liltle boys rest here together."    Un. tween friends there should be uo secrets, j. before the King. " .My reverend friend," ¦ ground for any complaint on the score of j ^aW, to prevent intrusion. l dernealh is sculpliired a stem wilh three
You ought lolel me know what troubles f said his -Majesty archly, "you have ev- ;| inattention or neglect. Ij    ' Qn entering the Gothic gateway, turn- .i buds, and bouquet vases,
you ; perhaps 1 can help you." Seeing 1 idently an ambilion lo be a martyr. Now lj A corporal of ihe guard, whose gal- i ing to the right, is a myrlle walk, which | The most impressive, if not the moit Iiun confused, and hesitating, without |: understand meonce forall; iu that res- ; lantry in the field was only equalled by I winds its wav to nn elm grove on the elegant, is a lofty monument oiMhc edge wailing for him lo answer, the King con- j, pect 1 cannot oblige you. You may j! the love of display upon parade, spor^ » summit ofa hill. Trhough the spreading of asleep hill; from the top towers a large tinued, "No matter; LU tell you, then, abuse me lothe end of the chapter, bul I f a dashing watch chain and bunch ofl branches marble columns arise in sol- ^; cross, il may be seen from all parts of for I always look after the afl'airs of my shall not persecute you in return. Per- ' seals, to which, for want of a watch, he '! emn stateliness. sAscending, tho grove the cemetery, and brings the rambler to friends as well as my own. You owe ,1 mil me to advise you to select hereafter | attached a musket bullet, which ha car- ¦ leads loa declivity, nnd falls gracefully '; a full stand. Beneath flows a sparkling two thousand crowns, (handing him a I'some other lopic for the edification of ' ried in his fob. Frederick found il out. voleau of ducats:) there's the money to [ your audience. After hearingso much j, "Really, Corporal," said he lo him one pay it—(then   handing   him another)—1 of the imperfections ol an earthly   king, ', d.-iy,  "you must   have  been   very  eco-
and the.e is more  to keep  you out   of!; I doubt nol  ihat it  vvould  be quite rc-' nomical to have saved  enough out oi\ countless shades, on the rich shrubberry    as if to guard iho sacred deposit; on the debt for the future." 1 iVcthing to them ifyou wero to descant    your pay to buy a watch; what lime are I below     Beside a gurgling stream, in a ^j other 'is a ihrine, wilh a chalice cai ved
into the most exqui'iite valley imagina- stream; on one side o marble ciadltj ble Here the fragrance of a thousand holds a liule grave, covered with violets, flowers  ascends,   and   the  sun   falls  iu    over which an angel   spread   its   win|«.