The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, August 17, 1870, Image 1
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G. P. TOW5ES, EDITOR.
J. C. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE
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(Original Cnramnnicntians.
United State* District Court West*
ern District of South Carolina?An*
- gnat Term. 1870-Hon. George 8.
Bryan District Judge, Presiding
Wednesday, Ang. 10th,
Tho Court* was opened at 11
o'clock. Geo. S. Bryan presiding.
Tlio Grand, Pptit and Picas Jurors
answered to their names.
United States vs. Rich Leo, Jr.
Distiller without paying tax. Nol
pros., except as to first count. Jury
No. 1 charged with this cdse,
rendered a verdict of "Guilty of
being a laborer in an illegal distillery.
J. C- Hicks, Foreman ;M and
sentenced to an imprisonment of
two months and a tine of one hundred
dollars.
Ex. parte Win. McGill Fleming.
Petition for admission to practice
in United States Courts. On mo
tion of W. E. Earlc, petitioner was
admitted, sworn and commissioned
to practice in United States Courts.
The Grand Jury returned into
Court with the following bills a6
follows: Uuited States vs. Wilson
N. Cantrel! aud. Henderson Cash.
Distillers without paying tax. No
bills, and truo bills in following
cases: United States vs. Jno. Gosnell,
fraudulent use ot inspected
barrels; Henry O. Ilerrick, extortion
and wilful oppression in office;
Zachariah 1. lav lor, extortion
and wilful oppression in otlice;
Jesse Jenkins, distiller and retail
liquor dcaltft without paying tax ;
Tyre Odell, distiller and retail liSiun*
dealer without paving tax ;
abricl M. Thomas, personating
jLkvveuuu imiuw.
The Grand Jury wore adjourn *
cd to return on tlte 22d August,
1870, at 12 o'clock.
United States vs. Win. Ban
Bailey. Distiller without paying
tux. Jury No. 1 charged with the
case, returned a verdict of "guilty.
J. C. Ilicks, Foreman," and defendant
sentenced to bix months
imprisonment and fine of one thousand
dollars.
United States vs. John J. Odam.
Distiller and retail liquor dealer.
Jury No. 2 charged wuh the caso,
returned a vordiet of not guilty ot
distilling. Guilty of retailing,
and defendant sentenced to six
months imprisonment and a line
of one thousand dollars.
The Court then adjourned till
To morrow, at Jl o'clock.
Thursday, Aug. 11.
The Court was opened at 11
o'clock, A. M. Geo. 8. Bryan
presiding.
The Petit and Pleas Jurors an
swercd to their names. >
United States vs. Tyro Odell.?
Bet ail liquor dealer without paving
tax. Jury No. 1 charged with
the case, returned a verdict of
"guilty. J. C. Ilicks, Foreman
and defendant sentenced to six
months imprisonment, and a Hue
of one thousand dollars.
United States vs. Albert A. Ilart.
Retail liquor dealer without paying
lax. Jury No. 2 charged with
with the ease, returned a verdict
of " not guilty. W. C. Cleveland,
Foreman."
United States vs. Wilson N.
Cantrcll. Distiller without paying
tax. Jury No. 1 charged with the
cose, returned a verdict of " not
guilty. J. O. Ilicks, Foreman."
in JJ<tnkruj)tcy.?Ex. parte R.
. A. Latham.
In re. It. A. Latham. Rej>ort
of Register in Bankruptcy, J. C.
CbaintarS, pro pet. Ordered, that
petitioner have leave to withdraw
his application tor benefit of the
Bankrupt Act.
Eor the Greenville Enterprise.
Mc8nr$. Editor*? In v lowing
the present political condition of
onroountrr, and tho movements
of the different party organizations
in convention assembled un
aer the o)Ue hraneh of pence, for
the pinj>o?e of bringing about a
reconciliation of party spirit, on a
corajfromiso basis, umler the name
and stylo of a Union Reform party,
which is a very desirublo ami
commendable thing, and ehoulJEbe
approved of by every reasonable
man as putting an end to political
strife and contention, and The burial
of the tomahawk ; but our people
are, iu the commencement,
failing to perform that desirable
duty as incumbent npon them, and
-l!?!?U I .J ! 1 I .Plgg
l am
Drxrotrb to It no*,
;AILEY PRORS.
in i
have to 6oine extent violated the
true principles of the anticipated
compromise, by selecting ail their
nominee* from one side, thereby
reviving the old party spirit, and
creating dissension, dissatisfaction
and party strife, in place of allc
vmuiig aim avoiding mcsnmc. it
appears to me that any reasonable
or rational mind, not disguised in
sheep's clothing, holding ont tho
olive branch or ]>cace, would consider
an equal number from each
party a fair and equitable basis of
compromise on which to form a
conservative of union reform party.
Notwithstanding it 1# well
known by all intelligent men that
Democrats have very little iuflu
cnce in a Republican legislature,
and that union reform Democrats
would be suspected of leaning
back to thotr did hprnnflpotln
standard, and all their motives,
however honest and correct tlicy
may be, would be mistrusted and
doubted by the dark elements of
our legislative halls: tor which
reason a majority ot Republicans
ol conservative principles, of the
best selection at the present time,
would best subserve the interest
of the State, and have a greater
influence over the-colorca members
of the next Legislature.?
These party nominations give the
whole power of selecting onr officers
and law making j>owcr into
the hands of only a few men, who
monopolize the right and sovereignty
of the )>eopJo to carry out
their j>olitical designs and party
spirit, to thc Injury and degradation
of tho State and people at
large. Tho Constitution of the
State and United States guarantees
to the people a Republican
form of government, with the
right to select and elect their own
rulers, w hich l ight is abridged or
monopolized by these little nomL
tinting caucuses, which have a tendency
to keep np strife, contention
and dissatisfaction among the pco- '
iJa %? I?a St "4 ?? ?
i?v. .??.w, ii iiicj IUW MI. mi, ure
forced to I lie ultimate necessity of
voting for the choice of n lew lend
ing politicians to carry out their
parliKitti designs. The old plan of
inducing a goodly number of candidates
to come into the field from
all parties, of the best and most
competent men. niuTHrom their
ranks let the peoplo themselves sc
lcct by ballot their own rulers, officers,
&c., and throw away this
undermining business of caucus
nominations, and let every man
bo a candidate who wishes, and
leave the decision to the masses of
the people, which would ccitainly
1)0 far preferable to the present
unsatisfactory condition of things
in this political era. The great
corruption, fraud nnd speculation
which has been carried on in onr
lilwt" Timltlohinoo - ? ?
An.g>uix>?iv?t 1 o umil^ 111 H
groat meusnro to# these cliques,
party organ nations and nominations,
giving to the masses of the
jKiople no other alternative but to
vote for theso cliques or party
nominations, regardless of their
qnalilieu!ions, whether wise men
or tools, honest or dishonest, to effect
and carry out their partizan
designs and purposes; having its
immediate connection with the
present superfluous number of!
paying oftices and high salaries,
which, if not changed, is destined
eventually to rnin tho State. It is
i m imi't o?f !?? 1
..?f-vi IHIIV uinv OVIIJU ClIllIlgCB Or
reform slioiild bo made in governmental
affairs. Quito a number
of extravagant, high-salaried offices,
might be dispensed with, and
the salaries of the balance greatly
reduced. The taxes of the different
counties can bo collected with
a saving of several thousand dollars
to each county; and tax collectors
should be required to go
to the different election precinct*
over each of their counties to collect
tax ; numbers of poor Ial>orers
tvalk from fifteen to twenty-five
miles to the county-seat to pay
their tax, and are crowded out
time after time, and finally have
the penalty and cost to pay, simply
because the tax collector gave
them no chance to pay. There is
great room for reform in the administration
of onr State Government,
and it is desirablo on tbe
part of many voters that all nominations
be cast aside; and those
?.i & i ?J -?> -?
who wgiB uuujiimiuu, uuu ail OMl*
era who wfcn to become candidates,
come forward and declare
themselves, and let na have enough
in the field to enable the people to
make a good selection.
FAIRVIEtV.
August 8th, 1870.
Mres MrrroaD, writing of a certain
authoress, says : 44 She ia ugly,
and all Hterary ladies are ao. I
never met one in life (except Miss
Jane Porter, and abe ia rather rxia
*ce) that might not bareservca for
a scarecrow to keep the birds from
the cherries. Its prodigiously
strdngo and disagreeable peculiar*
HI
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Politic, Jntellige
. t six- '^O^k^C^oOO.
GRSJ
CttwpmliM* oT th? Hobfl? Ktftblitia. 'I
A Buke Stery?Fearful Fight Ntd '
Horrible Death. 1
On Friday last, a jonng man J
named G ray nor, ashed me to spend (
the night with him and go coca
hunting the next morning, to which
request I readily assented. We
started out about 3 o'clock A. M., {
and near day tl?e dogs opened on
a trail in the swamp in Bear creek.
Just after snnrise, the deep baying
of the dogs informed us that the n
game had taken a tree. We pro- (
ceeded to make oar way through
the bogs and tangled brush and (
vines in the direction of the doge, ,
until wo came to a small space of (
firm ground, which was covered ^
with a low growth of oak bushes. ,
Here we listened a moment for |
the dogs.
% IT _ T 1 S -
wo naa oareiy paused when we (
were startled by a loud, strange, rat- (
tling sound issuing from beneath a
low, thick bush, within a few feet
of us. Though I had never heard ,
that peculiar noise before, I knew '
instinctively that it was a rattlesnake,
and sprang back in terror,
remarking, M Graynor, letV leave
here.*?
" What. 8 ," said he, are
you alraid f
u Yes," said I, "I am afraid."
? Well, S ," he cooll v remarked.
"I am going to kill the
snake; it would bo a pitty to leave
6iick a fine fellow here. So here ;
19 1 '
gUU3.
While Graynor was speaking I (
caught a glimpse of the snake, (
which, as nearly as I could judge, ,
appeared to be about eight ieet in (
longth, and three inches in diame* (
ter in his larger part. lie was .
lying coiled nu in }>ei feet circles,
with his head drawn back in a terriblc
graceful curve; his small black
eyes sparkling, his slender forked
tongue darting swiftly back and
forth, and his brown neck swollen
with fatal wrath, while ever and
anon he. twirled the warning rattles
in the air, with a harsh, bloodcurdling
sound. * ' 1 j
" For God's 6ako, let's go," said !
I, shuddering at the terrible sight.
"Don't ^et scared," said G.;
"just cumD a nee and he won't
bite you. It ain't every day tbat
a fellow meets with such a fine,
1 large snake as this, and it wouldn't
do to lose him.*'
lie had picked up a 6inall stick
about a yard long, and, while
speaking, was drawing back the
bushes trom above the snake so as (
to get a sight of him. lie threw
his foot around over the bushes !
and tramped them down in such a ,
manner that the monster was fair- (
ly exposed to view ; but just as he (
did so, and before he had time to ^
strike, the snake made a sudden
spring at him, and I turned away (
my face in horror. The next in- (
stant, Graynor exclaimed uI've
got him, by George I"
I turned to look, and with his |
right hand he was grasping the ,
snake by the neck in sucn a manner
that be could not bite, while (
the monster was <mafthinr? liia
e ....g vvvv"
most furiously, and twisting and j
writhing in huge folds around G.'s (
arms. All of a sudden, in some <
unaccountable manner, t e snake ,
ti ced his head, and quick as light- (
ning plunged his deadly tangs into
G.'s right cheek ; when, dropping
on the ground, he glided a few
paces and again coiled himself up,
keeping hia head erect aud ringing
his fearful rattles. G. turned
deadly pale, paused a moment,
and then, with a little stick, advanced
toward the snake. As he !
did so, the snake made a spring at
him, hut G. struck him with a
1 stick and knocked him back. 1
A second time the sn&ke sprang (
at him, and he again knocked 1
him off with a stick, but before he 1
could strike a third blow, tbe snake 1
had made anotbor spring, and in- ]
Hictcd another wound on Graynor's '
arm. This time Gray nor again 1
managed to seize tbe monster by 1
the neck, and dropping the stick, '
he drew forth his knife with one <
hand, opened it with hia teeth,
and then deliberately cut off the j
snake's head. Mood spurted from (
the trunk, and G. still grasping the f
snake, whose huge folds flapped ,
and writhed around him, turned }
toward me, staggered' and fell. I ,
rubbed up to bim and asked birn, ,
44 what in the name of God can I
do for you
"Nothing," said he calmly, "I t
am dying. Tell them goo??,"
and hia features became frightfully \
contorted, his eyes rolled over as (
if starting from their sockets, and t
his'Ufcick, swollen tonguo protrnd- (
ed from bis month. Then ho fixed |
bis red, wild, staring eyes npon (
ino, and heaved a deep, piercing >
groan; a shiver passed over his i
frame, and then all was still. I '
was alone with the dead.
Marking the plaoe as well as I J
could, I hastoned to a house we r
had passed on tho road, some half e
7 i . N 1
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llljl:.:'
it?, attlr % 3mpi
JNYiLLE, 80UTE CAR0L1N
.., ,i
i mile from tim ftitnl tfMowlv I
It miners Were setrt tbttmgli tbej
neighborhood, end to the course
>f two honrs eomo twenty of the
tefgbbors had gathered. r1i7c proseeded
to the place, which 1 found
no difficulty jn pointing cut.
Good heavens', whet a sight met
Mir view. The face and bwy had
.urned to a deep pnrjde, and were
swollen to three tihfiea the natural
sice, presenting the most horrible
ijrjiearance I had ever witnessed.
The snake lay where he was thrown,
ind whs still writhing.
A litter of bonghs was hastily
constructed, and with heavy hearts
ive took our way to the residence
?f his parents. I will not attempt
to describe the heart-rending scene
when thev Raw tKn Krwtw ft
like theirs cannot be portrayed.
This was ray first encounter with
i rattle snake, and I pray God it
may be the last. L. A. S.
Clopton, Ala., 1870.
rhe Cause and Prevention of East in
Cotton.
An Essay read before the Pornological
and Eatwcr's Club of
Society Ilill. '
toe earnest, period.
It is well known that cotton usually
rusts about the period of its
fruiting. I have never known a
young plant to bo sReeled by the
disease. It is nt the time of fruit
ing that the demands upon tho soil
are largest. The nsli of the cotton
?ccd amounts to four per cent, ot
weight, and is one ot tho richest
Dt all vegetable substances in inorganic
matter. It might be expected,
then, that any defect of
tho 8 11 would be exhibited at this
critical )>criod, and the vigor and
strength of the plant being impaired,
it would fall an easy victim to
disease. It is a well attested fact
that mannrmg, at this time, has
often checked the development of
rust. Again, it has hecn observed
i imi i-uituu 111 aniirea wiiii guano
tins tuken rust, while that uniua
11 u red and adjacent has escaped.?
This fact U not singular when wo
reflect that the ofYect of guano, especially
in small quantities, is soon
exhausted, and the plant is then
lett npon very poor soils in worse
condition than if no manure had
been nsod.
Again, it is said that the prolific
varieties, which are now known
under the general term Dickson
seed, wcro found more liable to
rnst than the ordinary varieties.?
The principle upon which this de|>ends
will not bo difficult to discover
when we examine into tho
exact function which the plant performs
in producing fruit.
A lnnn ? ^
xviiu uiu I'Kiub can nrouuce
nothing. It can only worlc up into
living forms tho dead elements
of the soil, and, it these elements
die wanting, the very tendency to
Pruitfulness is iUelf a source of
fail n re.
In the report of a commission
npjiointed by the Government of
Australia, to investigate the cause
of mildew in wheat, it is stated as
iiipportcd by facts that the more
improved and productive varieties
wero peculiarly subject to the disease.
This Iruili is sustained by
snalogies from animal life. Im
proved, stock require improved
pasturage, and improved and prolific
plants require a higher condition
of the soil.
THE REMEDIES INDICATED.
The limits of our essay will not
allow a further statement of facts.
From what has been said, I think
wo may concludo that whatever
may be tho exact nature of tire
disease, its exciting cause varies
with the varied condition of soil
and sensnn If man -oi ? ?i
inf?j uu UIIII Ilit'U
that whatevej^B unhealthy to the
plant will generally cause it to develop
ru6t. A general remedy is
done to be fouud in judicious manuring
and cultivation. A special
cause will often require the application
of a special remedy.
There is a disposition among the
purely practical farmers of the
x>untry to ascribe the disease to
lome general cause, such, for cximple,
as the presence of the pokereed,
add to seek for a remedy
ipplicable to all cases. In this
new, common salt is sometimes
*ecommended ar a panacea. The
ralue of aalt, both aa a manure
ind aa a remedy for mild?w in
;r*int constitute* one of the most
rexed questions in the litcratnrc
>f English agriculture, and its valio
in this country seems equally
incertain. Some remarkable facts
iAve been stated to me by several
>t onr best farmers, attesting its
raluo as a preventive of rust. Bat
t is difficult to aooouat for its acton
in tbis respect. Its base contitntes
one ot the Isast important
dements which enter into plants,
tod its value as a septic agent
nust be inferior to both lioio and
ifchjs. Its effect in destroying iu*
Lpn |i? m j i\imm ,iiin | iijij irufi
.
ale ai& Catmint.
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Americans Akmi iti
An American telle tbia etorj of R<
lie foroigu experience : m<
nwttmeirf of ttyc %\
A, AUGUST 17, 1S70.
_L . ..L^'^LL.IJ..J. 1 .J
scct-Ufe is well known, and m Enafland
ii has been found equally destructive
to fungus growth. It is 1
to this that Professor Job< sfoti ascribes
its valne both as a prevent- i
ive and a remedy for mildew.? J
WhelheV it acts in this way npon t
the disease in onr cotton plant. 1
IDAIllfl ? -1 r
ufuii wooiiier ii- i
Were of the same character. 1 I
pr0}K>60 during the present season e
to make some careful experiments 1
to test the value of salt as a pre- ?
ventive of rnst.?Edward E. Ev- t
(ingj in Rural Carolinian for 1
June.
The Great Heate of 1870.
The present year sec ma destined
to bo crowded with both political I
and physical phenomena. The re- i
establishment of the second Napo
leonic empire by a popular vote; I
the proclamation of infallibility in <
a mortal man; the most sudden,
and possibly most terrifically de*
strnctive war of modern times; i
tho burning of Constantinople;'
the savage slaughter of 6trnpgling
patriots in Cuba, have been ana
are accompanied by an almost universal
drought in Europe, the
failure of crops, the most awful
tornadoes and electric storms, and
the most general range of earth
| qnaxes experienced within the
memory ot man. But not the
' least remnrkable of all these incidents
to a rcmai kablo e]>ocli has i
been the surprising succession of
hot spells that have made both
hemispheres pant and swelter be- i
ncath the rays of a sun that seems
to bo 6even times heated. For
one month, with onlv an odd interval
to give us breatli, the denizens
of New York and a wido region
of teriitory north and west of it
have groaned in the torrid temperature
of Calcutta. On successive
day6 in June the mercury ro6o
I aoove ono hundred decrees Fahrenheit,
and on Thursday last it
! was ten degrees higher hero than
at Havana and New Orleans.
In Europe, while the 6ame intensity
has not been attained, the
heat has been eo phenomenal as to
bring continued drought and threaten
actual famine. The statisticians
aro recalling former years of
similar infliction. In 1214 the
Thames river conld bo crossed
near London by wading, after the
excessive heat had lasted for four
months. Franco was once terribly
tried in this \va^- for a series
of six years, viz.: I< rom 1528 to
1538, inclusive. The crops were
nearly burned up, the rivers dried i
away, and while the wholo land
suffered from famine, epidemics
broke out at l'aris, Marseilles, Ly|
on*, Lille and other large cities.?
In 1562 not a drop of rain fell in
ir a -f - -
some places ior three ana a half
months, and the sky glowed like a
coal. All the rivers were exhausted,
and 6nch was the consequent
u run " upon the mills to get grain
ground to flour, that people fought
furiously for the first chance, and
many persons were killed. In
some districts the inhabitants had
to make a circuit of several leagues
in search of drinking water. In
1CS1, HOo, 1710 ana 1719, similar
heats occurred witli like results.
The cattle perished wholesale, and
I thousands of human lives were
stifled out by the hot air. In 178S
all Europe was scourged with heat
and drought, which were renewed
in 1S03. Normandy is the great
rain region of France, yet, in the
year mentioned, not a shower descended
during tho lapse of ninetyfive
days. The river Seine almost
literally disappeared near Paris,
and the face of the country presented,
with the flowing firmament
overhead, a picture that realized
the u land of iron beneath
skies of brass" in the awful Scriptural
denunciation of Judea.
And now. while a heal: wmw
titan the ordinary fnry of the dogstar
vages, and half the civilized
world trembles in the presence of
a judgment that all its skill and
science cannot stay, the madness of
jwditlcal passion rnehes to qnench
its savage thirst and bespatter the
parched earth with coots of human
blood.?Y. IJerald.
Quite a romance was connected
with the family of Mrs. S. C. MerHam,
who died a few days ago, at
Watei bnry, Oonn. She was beautiful
in her youth, and was sought
hy Mr. Merriatn and by Mr. J. M.
L. Scoville, who was disap|>ointed.
Scoville waited patiently until the
nmaflf rlan?!? " !? ? a"**
vimvuv UI?1?^II?VA VI Alio 1IIOV IUTW
captivated him, but again found
himself too late, she having becomo
affianced to a Mr. Morton.? I
Scoville again waited, and when ^
Mr. Morton died, won his widow, i
to whom he afterward left a handsome
fortune.
Whipping the baby ia considered
sufficient ground for divorce in
^St. Louis.
Uoi day last fall, in company fn
frith an eminent clergyman of er
London, I wae making ray way co
oward tbe Thames Tunnel, when gr
ire were etopped by an itinerant gr
render of picttires who seemed to
mow my companion. M Bny
ome of tbeso pictnres of the pnbie
buildings of London, sir," de
taid he, u and yon can give them er
io yonr American friend to take ns
home with bira." ei
I was m a hurry, bnt my won- tl
J er merit would have stopped me bj
if I had been running to a tire. w
w How in creation aid you know b<
that I was an American V' I fv
ssked. a I
44 Why, I couldn't mistake that," m
[he.picture seller replied, with a di
'jniet laugh. aj
M You're Amerloan all over." o|
I purchsed a picture and then al
asked him to explain himself. as
44I would know by youj soft tl
leaver hat," be said. w That is an I1
American fashion." t
44 Wetl?it it were not for that ?" a
lie glanced down .at my feet. r
41 Yonr boots would betray Ji
you. Nobody but Americans wear d
square toes." t<
44 Weil?what else V e
.44 Yonr chin whiskers. English- tl
men always wear tbe mutton-chop- c
style." n
44 Well?anything more." o
44 If you won't be offended, w
sir 1" u
44 Not at all; I am asking for h
information." .. o
"1 6liould kn w you by your g
thin, peaked face." r<
44 Well my friend," I said. tlI c
fancy yon arc to the end of yonr n
catalogue now. Suppose that. I t
wore a stiff high-crowned lmt, s
round-toed boots, mutton cl?opj>cd tl
whiskers, and a face as red and s
chubby as any in Britain?wonld u
yon be able to know mo for an t<
American then t" - r<
M Certainly I should, as soon as h
I heard you speak," the fellow tl
triumphantly answered. 44 You e
Americans invariably commence si
every sentence with a todlp
Mv English friend laughed lonor li
and loud at the man's adroit ti
nc*s. . U
441 believe ho is more than hall ti
l ight," he said. %4 See it your d
nationality is not detected everywliere
you go."
it was even 60. In Paris I was h
importuned to buy a photograph w
ut Lafayette, because tie was 44 ae J
friend of ze Americanin Genoa r
a dirty vagabond was clamorous fi
to exhibit to mo the bouse where f<
Colouinbns was born, because he 11
discovered the t% signer's great c
countree." '* si
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From tho Uoton Timet.
Shoop-Killing Dog!. H
Mr. Editor:?I learn, from ?
your comments on the 44 bell " pre
vennve against oneep killing L>ogs, "
yon advise bullets or strychnine 11
as the only sure remedy. Yon
further say, u nntil the Legislature j'
puts a tax, amounting to prohibi ?
tion, on dogs,'1 <fcc. Now, sir, I 8'
differ with yon on both points.
Some rears ago, I oyncd a pack c
of fox hounds. Then the Red Fox ^
was unknown in this section of our u
country, and the Grey Foxes were
nearly all caught, consequently I
did not appreciate my \>ack as ^
highly as 1 had done in my young- b
er days, when tho Grey Foxes f
were more plentiful. My dogs, for i
the want of better employment, 1
took to killing my sheen. Valuing 1
my slieep more than tlie dogs, I 7
ordered the dogs to be killed. My !
men (jmu; ? young man, oeg- '
ged mc not to kill them, but to let '
him try a plan ho had heard of, to 1
break them, which ' thought f
would Bue.ceed, to wlny:. i consent- 1
ed. He tied each dog separately 1
and, with the assistance of two or 1
three beys, took tl?cm to the sheep v
pastor*. He then caught as many c
of the old sheep as he had dogs,
and tied a sheep to each dog. As
soon as they were turned loose,
the sheep ran off with the dogs and <
the boys after litem, whipping tho <
dogs. The sheep, after becoming <
worried, turned upon tho dogs and
butted them severely. This sport
was kept up nntil the dogs wefo <
completely exhausted. When they c
got back to the house, which was t
not for several hours, I hardly ^
knew them, their heads were so i
nincii swollen, i thought several y
of them would die. However, 11
they all recovered, and I assure t
you that neither bullets nor-stryoh^ r
nine could have been moro effectn- t<
al. They conld never bear the '
sight or stnell of a sheep after that, m
And now, sir, foryonr prohibitive pi
tax on dogn: I admit there are t to
too many " cars of low degresfriTl
in tho State, both ot the c;inin%lP
and homo genus ; but 1 object t^l
taxing dogs, because they are notji
considered property. It a prohib ?
> >f??v T i
,ir? >?* J. -i*y ax*** *
- ^tTO k. 44uV <V
PLUME IVII-m it
re tax was pht on nil dogs, tbe
sd Fox, an animal becoming
are nnmeron* everv year, would,
less than ten years," destroy ery
Pig, Lamb sod. Turkey in the
untfy, therefore, to get rid of a
eat evil yon would incur a much
eater one. '
, Yours, &c. . D.
Tnic Fkknoh Natiott.?Alexis
i Tocqueviile says: Did there
er appear on tbe earth another
L.A ? ? ? G ** ' im "
uiou ?o rercne in contrasts, so
liicrae in its acts?jnore nndcr
ie dominion of feeling, lees ruled
v principle; always better or
oiee than was anticipated?now
slow the level ot humanity, now
ir above; a people so unchangot>le
in its leading features, thnt it
inv be recognized by ;>ortraits
rawn two or three thousand years
50, and yet so fickle in its daily
pinions and tastes, that it becomes
t last a mystery to itself, and is
i much astonished as strangers at
ie sight of what it has done??
fatnrully fond of home and roninc,
yet when once driven forth
,nd lorced to adopt new customs,
eady to carry principles at any"
cngths and to dare anything; iuocilc
by disposition, but even bcter
pleased with the arbitrary, and
ven violent rule of a sovereign,
an with a free and regular govrninent
under its chief citizens;
ow fixed in hostility to subjection
f any kind, n- w so passionately
redded to servitude, that nations
lade to 6crve cannot vie with it;
>il lir n (lii-ood oa ? ?
..j .. .,..v?u w jviijj ?? nu wora
t' resistance is spoken?wholly nn*
over liable when the standard of
evolt is laiscd?Ihns always deeiving
its masters, who tear it too
tinch or too little; never so frco
hat it cannot be subjugated, novcr
0 kept down that it cannot break
lie yoke; qualified f<?r every pur11
it, but excelling in nothing but
rar; more proncfn worship chance,
nee, success, eclat, noise, than
sal glory; endowed with more
croism than virtue; more genius
iiau common sense ; better adapt*
d for tho conception of grand deigns
than the accomplishment of
reat enterpiecs; the most briliant
and tiic most dangerous naion
of Europe, and the one that
1 snrost to inspire admiration, ha-od,
terror or pity, but never iniffercnco.
Pa88 Tiiicm Round.?Most of ua
ave heard of a certain poor man,
dio, traveling from Jerusalem to
ericho, fell among thieves, was
nbbed and otherwise most shameully
handled and lett on tho road
jr dead. We had of late the
lisfurtuno to fall into the handa of
ertain sharpers of a couple of Inuranco
Companies from whom wo
avo received similar treatment,
xcept as to the corporeal tronnclg.
These humane, illustrious
nd noble cor) *?rations arc tho
incoming, of Muncy, Pcnnsylvaia,
and the United States Firo
nd Marine, of lialtimore.
Tho course pnrsned by these
ust and high-toned gentlemen up* ,
U sustaining a loss is highly intructive.
They at once send out
, sharp and skilful agent, who
xumiucs the ground, picks out
aws and makes tho ignorant and
iffortnnato j>olicy-holder believo
tat his pajicrs are utterly worth
. 8. xney tncn give liim to nncvstand
that he must go five or
ix hundred miles from homo, foe
i lawyer in New York at a coat of
&250 or $50t), and sue for his mon>y?otherwise
he may whistle!?
IVhen his feelings get down abont
:ero and he begins to feel sorry that
10 was not burnt up in his huildng,
they change their tone, tell
>iin they are unwilling to press
heir legal advantage nnd propose
tcompromise, in which he receives
wenty-five or fifty per cent, upon
lie Imco of his jiolicics. If our
eadors please to believo us, they
vill give a wide berth to the M Lyc*
uning" ano " United States."
[Marion Crescent, Zd inst.
Noteworthy.?Should the prico ,
A salt take a sudden riso in our
lommnnity, our readers may nclount
for it from the following :
We know our fair readers ncv>r
dreamed that tho great bunch
?f " hair," which fashion calls a
iliignon, had anything to do with
ho price of salt, but it is a fact.?
iVe are informed that tho Virgina
Salt Works Company paid last
ear about one thousand dollars
noro for salt sacks than they did
ho previous yenr, owing to tho
i?e in tho price of Juto, the maBrial
of which tho sacks nro mado.
JVell, but what have chignons
with that?" Why, your
ibn, fnir lady, is made of Jute,
tad tho great demand for tho
fial to make chignons has
id the price to advance ; and
is how your chignon came to
ncrcaso tho price of salt, as well
is tho size of your head.