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VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1853. NUMBER 44. I ' " 1 1 rn.._ n. t>..? 4 ,?.f i (fl i i 1TULISIIED 'WEEKLY" 15Y" Jl THOMAS J. WARREN. h TElt.HS. c Two Dollars if paid in adv.-yico; Two Dollars and 0 Filly Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Tliroo Dollars if not paid till the expiration of theyear, p ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the fol- t| lowing rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) . seventy-live cents lor the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month- o: ly aud quarterly advertisements charged the same as \\ for a single insertion. * n SjpThe number of insertions desired must be noted .1 on the margin of all advertisements, or the}" will be published until ordered discontinued and charged ac- r.' cordingly. g ????? I ti illisffllancons. t THE ESCAPE. o m A STORV OF TIIE LYNCHERS. We make the following extract from a late " English publication. The reader will readily per- " ceivo that the 4 Hyenas' and 4 Tigers' referred to t( are the Regulators and Lynchers of the South West. The Herod referred to had been, previous ? to the adventure, a pirate. These lawless bands 1 are now seldom heard of, though the early settlements of Texas and the South western States al have been the theatre of numerous instances of the most heart-rending tragedies: " I was over in Washington count}-, arranging sjme business connected with my marriage with ?J Lucy, when I heard that Ilerod had turned out S with the Hyenas to regulate the country. lie w announced that every man found with counterfeit notes in his possession should be tried by Lynch law and hung. I put up at a small inn ? one night near a wood yard. The hut of the wood chopper was within 30 yards of the tavern I slept iu. About daybreak I was awoke by a great noise, and looking out, I saw the Hyenas were upon us. They were all mounted and well * armed, with Ilerod, in a green blanketeoat, at | their head. I peeped cautiously through a loop, and discovered fifty prisoners, their hands tied ?' with cords behind their backs. One of the live- 4| nas knocked at the door of the woud chopper's hut, and called out: ?1 'Jim Drown, turn up!' fc ' Look out, you regulating scoundrels,' was 1,1 the only reply, followed by a rille shot, and the speaker fell dead beside tlerod. Two pistol shots followed, and, it a short in- ai terval, another discliarge of a gun. The wood chopper, aided by his wife, was defending him- 01 self against the Hyenas. They flew tocover, and, ri unswinging their rilles, set to work. Dut Drown kept close, and while all his shots told, theirs rl were useless. Herod stormed with rage, and, al amid blasphemous oaths, bade his men break 1" the woodman's door open. Two advanced cau- ~ tiously, with heavy logs in their hands, and cast- ol ing them simultaneously, the door yielded. A w general rush was made, and in live minutes more the old wood chopper and his wife were priso w ners. IIero<l grinned a horid smile, and had 111 the three dead Hyenas and the five wounded '' carried into the iuu, in the room of which I now stood. I and the landlord submitted to be search- ^ ed, but as no counterfeit money was found on cither him or me, we were not included among the prisoners. Dut Ilerod bade nie in a tierce c' voice, to stay to the trial in order that 1 might . report to the Tigers how properly to regulate t: the country. Lots were drawn and Lynch's Jury of thirteen l' were soon chosen, Herod being the Judge, aud r< the trial at once commeuccd. Old Brown, of v< Sixtv-six Island, as lie was called, was the first 0 * * * ? . . . I a prisoner summoned, ins wiic uemg pui 10 me j bar beside him. The sturdy old wood cutter* boldly told them that they were a set of brig- !' ands and thieves, worse than Merle, the Watno J' pirate; and that lie had every right to defend ( his house against their invasion. The wife re w fused to answer a word. The jury brought in J1, a verdict of guilty, and Ilerod ordered them to , be hanged. A tree stood near the in door, and . over the boughs of this several ropes had been 1 thrown. The unfortunate couple made no re- ' distance, and in ten minutes they had ceased to " breathe. Then took place one of the most fearful scenes ? I ever witnessed or heard of. The scoundrels, ' under llerod's orders, took a log, nailed a board in the centre, and on this fastened the several heads of the husband and wife; their bodies 11 being strapped to the extremities of the log. s The whole was sent afloat in the stream, to be f picked up next day at Montgomery's Point, and make the whole world ring with horror against r Americans generally, because of the inhuman act :l of a band of monsters. I need only add, that 27 men were found guil- ? ty that day and hung, their only crime being !, > l i... i p.. ... i i I their incapacity 10 uisunguisn uau num ^miu . paper money. I was grateful when 1 Ierod let ine go with a message forjudge L , to the fc clfect that if next day he did not turn out with the Tigers and regulate White county, the IJyc- ^ nas would come orer and do it for him. ' You may jist tell the old badger,' lie added, ^ 'that we'll pay him a vi.-it to-morrow, and it will clear my score against him, his daughter, t and the Britisher who wants to marry her. lie had better raise a good stake to buy me oil*. Though considerably startled, I intimated my i readiness to carry his message, and live minutes v later 1 was 011 my roa 1, mounted on a good horse,! 1 and moving along towards a ferry some miles r oil'. ' ' v I had not got very far away, when 1 hoard the v galloping of horses hehind nie, and I dBlinci.lv | saw Herod and lia!ia-do/.eii Hyenas in chase of I. nie. J doubtless some one bad lohl him who 1 was. I looked to my pistols, primed iny rifle,. v and then gave whip to my horse, which was! c fresh and strong. I moved at a rattling paw,! I but still I heard the vagabonds behind nie,'i! <rj, | n I / .nl.l toll they were not gaining ground. My ! i sole chance of safety was the ferry boat. If that 1 r was on the other side I was lost. Still [ r<- i I solved to sell iny life dearly. Away I tli;W, i | keeping my good steed up to mark, and soon j t was in sight of the ferry. I he boat was about i I to start with several passengers and one horse. I now knew that if old Jerry saw Herod in chase, c lie would be afraid to take tne. I made a des- c perate dash, therefore, down to the ford, entered > the boat, drew my horse after me, and then hade i the ferryman strike out. ' Quick ! for your life, | s innn 1 I am a friend of Judge f, Iforod 1 j nil his gang arc after me, with blood on their ands !' 'The Regulators! I say, stranger, I ca onvene to this. I couldn't take you for a cord f money!" ' rush back at the peril of your life !' I relied, drawing my pistols; and aided by the [iree other men, 1 forced the unwilling ferryman dshove off. Two of the passengers were Englishmen, and ntcred heartily into my interests.?Scarcely ere we 20 yards oil", when Herod and his gang ushed up, reining in however, some distance from ac shore at the sight of our levelled riiles. Jerf was terribly alarmed, and did all he could to et out of reach ; and when the balked Hyenas red it was too late. I then told my horrible ;ory, which to all present seemed almost ineredile, though Herod's name had a suflicient rcpuition to render any atrocity within the bounds f belief. When we reached the other side, the ferry..... l.Jj rA' iirtf rnl li fii ill or til Kill III 111IJ<i IA U mo iiiivaibivii v. ..v? - ^ is post for some (.lays, while the others offered ) join in the defence of Judge L . I took lcm up, boatman and all, to the Judge, and at ace gave him the message of his daughter's inner suitor. 'lieshall be well received,'cried the Judge, Iter hearing my whole story ; ' but as no man ui say what will happen, you and Lucy shall e married to-morrow morning.' Lucy and I sat in the Judge's parlor, near an pen window, about 1 o'clock, watching the Tiers as they collected. They were farmers and ood choppers and hunters; all sturdy fellows, evotcdly altached to Judge L . ' Lucy,' said 1, taking her hand in mine, and azing at her soft blue eyes, 'I must turn Tiger >r one day.' 'James,' she replied quickly, 'you must. But c careful and wise. My life hangs on yours.' The look she gave me as she spoke, proved iat, quiet as she was, she could feel dcopiy, and felt my affection redoubled. 'James,' suddenly called the father, as the Tins stood in good order under the window, tell the Tigers w hy 1 have called them out.' I rose; and leaning against the bar of the pened window, aJdre-*ed the assembly. I was ckoncd a go-^l hand at a speech, and my feeligs were deeply roused. A dozen groans of orror interrupted me; and when I ended by fering to volunteer with the Tigers, a shout of qrlnusc greeted me. L then made mo come down and write .it the necessary warrants fur the arrest of JlekI ami his gang, which ho and live other magisates signed. Searc>iv had wc done so, when horseman dashed up with the news that Herod id his fellows were close at his heels, as if execling to effect a surprise. The Tigers fell in. -Judge L. heading about a hundred of F them, took a position in front of the house, hile I, with as many more, hid ourselves in the ,'press grove. Another party, equally strong, ere concealed in a plantation. About ten linutes later the Hyenas came in sight, with x-rod%t their hea<). They reined np within venty yards of Judge L and the line of igcrs. k Well, Judge,' cried llerod, 'I sec you've heyed orders. You arc going to regulate the in n try.' 41 am going to regulate a murderous thief, died Herod,' thundered the Judge. At the same instant wo sprang forward, and ic astonished Hyenas saw* that they were surnindcd by six times their number. Xot a man entured to offer resistance save llerod, but his wii people fell upon him, and the gang of rullins were our prisoners. Judge L made ine pick out the thirteen leiubers of Lynch's jury, who were heavily oned, and marched awav under a strong escort j the county prison. The rest were at once ell flogged with hickory switches and turned drift, without horses or arms of any kind ; and lien, all excitement and fear being over, we liought only of the more happy event of the ay. The principal Tigers remained; and a nieryr time we had of it. I can only add that this, lv marriage, was the commencement of a long erics of happy days, unclouded as y*t by one loud. I had found a good, noble, excellent girl _>r a wife, and 1 strove to be happy, so I was. Roman \VoMi:n\?The feauturcs of the Ro. nan women are generally regular and the hap? of the face more inclined to the square linn the oval. The hair, rich, black, and full, s braided and knotted in becoming and pictuesquc fashion. The forehead is low, broad, ml firm ; answering in its expression to tlie owest part of the face, which is massive and ompact. The eye is large, and linely set in Is socket. The teeth, arms, and bust are hie; but the hands and feet, especially tin; atter, large; and the whole frame somewhat turdy and compact. The nose is large, and almost invariably ac|tii]ino. A clever Scotch woman once rcinar;od, in a mixed party of Italians and Kuglish, hat she and her countrymen looked like rcsored busts with iloses too small. The upper art is often shaded with sonicllung more than lie suspicion of a moustache. N\'liat is wanting in the Komnn women is m expression of softness, delicacy and rciiiicneiit. As the men ate like women, so the vomen are Pke men. The comji!e.\ioii is more ike the rich rind of a ripe, fruit than-the translaivnt veil of passing emotions which play and auish like auroral gleams. The eyes shine villi a fixed external light, like that of glass or lolished metal; and do not darken with seusi(ilitv. i he lips are firm and tremulous. 1 have often stopped to look at the nurses vho were in attendance upon their young harges ill tine weather, upon the I'ineian lill. Their heads, never defaced with a bonict, seemed made and dressed to go into a lirture. Tiie hair, of rich, lustrous Mark, lay n massive braids, and was gathered intoa knot lehiud, pierced with a silver arrow. Thecom ilcxioti oi a glowing gipscy yellow, such as uily Titian could point, was in harmony with he gay bodice and streaming belt ribbon. The face, square in outline, and compact in lonstruclure, wore tile impressive e.\ji<_->.->iuu ?f a marble bust. Hut the large brown eyes vere animated with a strange mixture of am mal teiulerncss ami fierceness?like those o| l tigress fondling their cubs. Passion ami cril lay slumbering it: their depths. It was a volcanic face, which at a moment's warning might break out in explosions of love, hatred, jealousy, or revenge. Thus Semiramis might have looked while yet a shepherd's daughter ?01* Charlotte IJorday, while dreaming in the woods of Normandy, before the air-drawn dagger marshalled her way to Paris.?Hilliard's Italy. Iteflcetions of Methuselah, IK HIS YOUTH, IK MIDDLE AGE, AND IK OLD AGE. To-day I am a hundred years old. How blushing are the feelings of boyhood! My senses are acute as the tree with the shrinking leaf. My blood bounds through the veins as the river pours through the valley rejoicing in its strength. Life lies before me like another plain of Shinar?vast, unoccupied, inviting?1 will fdi it with achievements and pleasure! In about sixty years it will be time for nieto think about marrying; my kinswoman Zillah wiU by that time have emerged from girlhood. She already eives promises, I hear, of comeliness | / o and discretion?twenty years hence I will pay a visit to her father, that I may "9*c how she grows; meanwhile, I will build a city to receive her when she becomes my wife. * * Nearly three centuries have passed since my marriage. Can it be ? It seemed but yesterday since, I sported like a young antelope round my father's tent, or climbing the dark cedars, nestled like a bird among the thick boughs?and now I am a man in authority, as well as in prime of life. I lead out my trained servants to the fight, and sit head of the council, beneath the very tree where as an infant, my mother laid me to sleep. Jazed, my youngest born, a lovely babe of thirty sum mors, is dead, but I have four goodly sons remaining. And my three daughters are as fair as their mother, when first I met her in the Acacia grove, where now stands one of my city watch-towers. Tliey arc the pride ot the plain, no less for their acquirements than for their beauty. No damsel carries the pitcher from the fountains with the grace of Adah? none can dry the summer fruit like Azuhah? and none can fashion a rube of skins with the skill of Micah. When their cousin Mutinied has seen another half century, he shall take the choice of three. * * * * * My eight hundredth birth dayl And novr 1 feel the approach of age and infirmity. My heard has become white as the blossoms of the almond tree, lam constrained to use a stall' when I journey, the stars look less bright than 1 *lin JLt-t'/kvc cm.->11 1 j?ccj Arlnrniti! I I'M IIIL'I IJ ) irIIW iiutl V/l Q OUIVIi i? UMVIVUH J A lirivo laid Zillah in the tomb of the rock ; Micall is gone to the dwelling of Malialeel; iny sons lake my place at the council, and in the field; all is changed. - The long future has become a short past. The earth is full of violence ; the ancient and the honorable are sinking beneath the youth and the vicious. The giants stalk through the length and breadth of the land, where otiee dwelt a quiet people ; all is changed. The beasts of the field and the monsters of the deep growl and press on ns with unwonted fury: traditions, visions mid threatenings are abroad. What fearful doom hangs over this fair world I know not; it is enough that I am leaving it; yet another five or eight score years, and the laic will he complete. Hut have 1 in very deed, trod this earth nearly a thousand years ( It is false 1 am yet a boy, 1 have had a dream?a long, long busy dream of buyng and selling, marrying and giving in marriage: of building and planting ; feasting and warring; sorrowing and rejoicing; loving and hating; hut it is false to call it life. (Jo to ?it has been a vision of the night; "Lamceh, my son, how long is it since we planted the garden of oaks besides the river ? . Was it not yesterday" My father, dost thou forget '( The oaks cast a broad shadow when my sister carried me hcnealh them in her arms and wove me ehaplets of the leaves." "Thou art right, my son, and I am old,? lead me to my mother's tomb, and there leave nic to meditate. What am 1 the better tor my past length and being? Where will l?c its records when I ant gone ? They arc yonder? on all sides. Will those massy towers fall ? Will those golden plants become desolate?? Will the children that call me father forget ? The fcers utter dark sayings on their harps, and they sing of the future ; they say our de1 sccndants shall be men of dwindling stature; that the years of tlieir lives shall be contracted to the span of boyhood, hut?I have listened I to the tales of paradise?nay, in the blue disi tancc I have seen the dark tops of its cedars, j I have heard the solemn melodies of Jubal ! when he sat on the seashore, mid the sound on i the waters mingled with his harping. 1 have seen angels the visitants of men, hove soon an i end of all perfection, what is the future to i me?" Tito ISiI'd of Paradise. Wl.s.iv. ntv> fun- ili-it li;ivr> ninro. deceived j ami puzzled ilie learned tlian tliis. Sumo liavo I 1 described it as an inlialiitaiil of the air, living j ' only on the dew* of heaven, and never coming : j down to the earth. Others have acquiesced in J the latter part of its history, but have repreI seated it as feeding on (lying insects. Some 1 have asserted that it was without feet, and others [ have ranked it. among the birds of prey. Tlie great beauty of this bird's plumage and tlie deformity of its legs, seems to have given rise to most of these reports. The savages of the .Molucca Islands, of wlneh it is an inhabitant, perceiving the inclination the Kuropeaos had for this beautiful hint, carefully cut oil' its legs before they brought it to market.? Thus concealing its greatest deformity, they eoloidered themselves entitled to lise in their demands, when they olfer.'d it for sale. Deceit led to another. The buyer, finding the bird without legs, he concluded that it could only live in the air, where legs were unnecessary. The extraordinary splendor of its plumage, assi-tcd in this deception, and as it had heavenly beauty, so it was asserted to have j heavenly residence. Hence its names and all ! tin- false reports that have; hern made concern-1 injr it. F.rror, is short lived, and time has discover-! <m1 that this hird not only has logs, Init very large, strong ones for its size. Soon alter the I discovery was made, this harmless hird was liramh-.i with the character of hcing rapacious, I [ of destroying all birds of a smaller size, an from the amazing rapidity of its flight, unqualified for a vast deal of mischief. The ret history of this pretty creature is at present to erably well known, and it is found to be a harmless as beautiful. There arc several specimens of the Ilird o Paradise. Some of them are as large as i pigeon, though in reality, the body i3 no much greater than that of the thrush. The tail, which is about about six inche in length, is as l^ng as the bod}'. The wing; are large compared with birds of other dimen sions. The head, the throat and the neck an of a pale gold color. The base of the bill ant the side of the head and throat are surround ed by black feathers, which arc as soft as vel vet, and changeable like those on the nock o a blackbird. The hinder part of'lie head is o: shining green mixed with gold. The bod) and wiiiL's are chieflv covered with beautiful 0, ? u brown, purple and gold feathers. The uppermost part of the tail feathers are of a pale yellow, and those under them white and longer than the former; for which reason the hinder part of the tail appears to bo all white. Hut what chiefly excites curiosity, are the two long naked feathers which spring from the upper part of the rump above the t lilf and which arc usually about two feet long. These arc bearded only at the beginning and the end; the whole shaft, for about two feet nine inches being of a deep black, while the feathered cxtremily is of a changeable color. This bird, which for beauty exceeds all other species of this genus, is a native of the Molucca Islands. There, in the delightful and spicy woods of the country, this beautiful creature Hies in very largo flocks, so that the groves which produce the richest spices, prodiicc the finest birds also. The inhabitants themselves arc perfectly aware of the great beauty of these birds, and give them the name of God's birds, as being superior to all others in existence. They live in large flocks, and at night porch upon the same tree. They fly very rapidly, and are almost continually on the wing, in pursuit of insects, which form their usual prey. Appeal to Parents. Encourage your children, to he orderly, and studiously to regard right. Youth are frequently tempted by the example of vicious associates to violate the rules ot good behavior, and spend their time in iJlc mischief, or vain pursuits. As you cannot always keep them removed from pernicious inllnencesi and depraved companions, do all in your power to form in them an abhorrence ol all that is evil, and a deep regard for everything that i.s 'lovely unci ot good report." so train them I hat they may come in contact with vice without being contaminated; nay, more than this, that their own upright conduct, ami pure conversation, may exert a salutary influence upon those who manifest no love for virtuous ads. Improve every fit opportunity to impress upon their minds the ruinous consequences of vice and idleness; and, at the sr.me time show them that, ' Wisdom's ways arc pleasantness, and all her paths arc peace." Teach them t< avoid trifling deviations?to do right at all times and on all occasions, because it is right, and because, by so doing, thev will be more happy and useful. Teach thoni that it is better to "suffer wrong than to do wrong; and that the fact, that wrong has been done to them, is no reason why they should do wrong in return, Tell them that kindness will allay wrath, ami that it is more noble and manly to return "gooe for evil" than to give "reviling for reviling/ Teach them to feel that if they would be truly wise, and great, and happy, they must first be truly good. Encourage your children to be studious, by man ifestiny an interest in their lessons. Improve every suitable occasion to converse with them concerning their studies: and de all you canto convince them that the more rlili gent and faithful they are now, the brightei will bo their prospects for future usefulness and happiness. l)o all in your power to in spire them with a love for knowledge, as r source of gratification and improvement. Ii the morning enjoin upon them the great im portance of diligence through the hours o school; and at night, enquire respecting tin studies of the day, and ascertain what new idea have boon acquired, what facts have been storm up, what dilliculties overcome, what kindly act performed. Induce them to examine, to inves tigate, to think, in a word?do all you can t* cause them to feel the great advantages ofed ucatinu, and the necessity of patient applicatioi to obtain it. You will thus increase their inter est, and cause them to regard with pleasure ex crcisos that would, otherwise, appear dull am unimportant. Cultivate, in your children, habits of true jh fitcness and courtesy. True education requires the full dcvclopc incut and exercise of the better feelings of th heart, and the proper culture of these will e> hibit themselves in outward actions and exprcs sioiis. Indeed we are. much inclined to lorn an estimate of those with whom we meet o associate, from their mode of address, and froi external appearances, If they are coarse an i ?i rude in l lie I r manners, rougn ami iiiru^uuh in 1 heir salutations ami remarks, or uucourfc oiis and abrupt in their answ ers, we are intdin ed t?i avoid llioin, and regard them as iinliini and nneomjinuioiiablc. \\ c do not expect t< tind much that isattraotive in tlieni; and il'tlie possess some, worthy qualities, their first aj pearancc is so repulsive, that we are hardly pro pared lo witness any subsequent evidence < real humanity and goodness.?Tear Iter an I'd rent. . - To feel old.nge coming on, will so little 11101 lily a wise man, that he can think of it wit pleasure; as the decay of nature shows hit that the happy change of slate, for which h has been all bis life preparing himself, is draw ing nearer. And surely it must be dcsirahl to draw nearer to the end and the reward c his labors. The ease of an old man, who ha ? i*......i.l,. |'lir. I'litnriiv :IIK| find m? nmniM lamv J?I vw ^ , t li?> fatal hour approaching which is to dopriv him of all his happiness, is loo deplorable lb words to represent. U J-llti X ICA VI.Mi UU1. ? 11 long since called upon to visit a dying female, il On entering the humble cottage where she 1- dwelt he heard in an adjourning room an infant s voice. lie listened, ami found that it was the child of the poor dying woman engaged in prayf cr. a "0 lord, bless my poor mother," cried the t little boy, "and prepare her to die! 0 God, 1 thank thee that I have been taught to read my s Bible, and there I learn that 'when my fa3 ther and mother forsake me, thou wilt take me up!' This comforts me now that my poor j mother is going to leave me : may it comfort 1 her, ami may she go to heaven?and may 1 go - there t^o! Oh Lord Jesus, pity a poor child! and pity piy poor mother, and help her to say, f 'Thy will be done."' f lie ceased, and the visitor, opening the door r approached the bedside of the poor woman. I "Your child been praying with you," said he, 1 . "1 have listened to his prayer." t "Yes," said she, making an clfort to rise, "he is a dear child. Thank Clod he has been sent i to a Sunday-School. 1 cannot- read myself, but he can, and he has read the Bible to me, < i and I hope I have reason to bless God for it? 1 Yes, I have learned from.him that I am a sin- ] ner. I have heard from him of Jesus; and I do, yes I do, as a poor sinner, put my trust in i him. 1 hope he has forgiven me! I am going to die, but I am not afraid; my dear child lias 1 been the means or saving my soul. Oh, how thankful am I that he was sent to a Sunday- 1 school!" " He sec it but in jforl,'" in the beautiful language of the Bible, is well and forcibly illustrated in the following : A traveller, as lie passed through a largo and thick wood, saw a part of a huge oak which appeared mis-shapen, and almost seemed to spoil the scenery. " If," said 1 c "I was the owner of this forest I would cut down that tree." But when he had ascended the hill, and taken a lull view of the forest, this same tree appeared the most beautiful part of the whole landscape. " i i i- - t.i i " now oiTOiicousjy, s;ug ne, i uavi- juujjui.i while I saw only a part." - "This plain tale," says Dr. Olin "illustrates the plans of God. We now see but in part.? The full view, the harmony and proportion of things, all are necessary to clear up our judgment." Ukaitifil Little Allegory-.?A humming bird met a butterfly, and being pleased with the be beauty of its person and the glory of its wings, made an offer of perpetual friendship. "I cannot think of it," was the reply," as you once spurned ine and called me a drawl, ing'dolt." " Impossible!" exclaimed the humming bird, . "I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you." "Perhaps you do .now," said the other "but : when you insulted me, I was a caterpillar? , So let me give you a piece of advice: never insult the humble, as they may some day bc, come your superiors." There was once a man who came into a couni try store with an egg. which ho wished to ex change for a darning-needle. To oblige him, the store-keeper agreed to the trade. ?he ; bargain over, the egg-dealer asked. "Don't you treat when you have driven a trade?" | "Not for so small a trade," answered the | merchant. > "A trade's a trade, whether its for an egg or . a thousand !" . Aghast at the man's meanness, the storekeeper complied, and asked, "what will you . take?" "I'll take a glass of wine with an egg in it!" . answered the mean man. , The store-keeper said nothing, but took the . egg which he had just received from the man, r and broke it. It happened to be a double5 l'gS"There!" exclaimed the mean man, "now 1 you must give me two needles, cause that was , a' double-egg I gin you." f Lewis, the fun-loving Editor of the N. M* 2 Union, is a candidate for the Legislature. In s the last number of his paper, he publishes a 1 Circular his to fellow-citizens of eight columns, s Whereupon he says: It may be asked why I write so long a Cir3 rular. An anecdote will illustrate my answer. * Once upon a time an old lady sent her grand1 son out to set a turkey. On his return the fol lowing dialogue took place. "Sammy have you sot her!" 1 "Yes grandma." -.1- i .1 . -11 ?1.. ?M Tixetl uic nesi an up mcvijr; )- "Mighty fine." "How many eggs did you put under her?" !- "120, grandma. U "Why Sammy what did you put so many under lor ?" i- '(2minima I wanted to see her spread heri set/:' r My opponents will pitch into this Circular ii ?hope they will have a good time in making tl a large percentage of it. A short one would il he as much as they could got over, but I want i- to see them spread the insiders. We hope the Tishomingo boys will spread I themselves for Lewis; if they don't "we shall l> always think that they ought to"?that's all. y Aberdeen (.t/V.v.v.) Independent. I ^ Happiness.?Those who, in pursuing their '' various occupations, have gathered, in their journey through life, all the happiness which it can aH'ord, have not proposed happiness as their end. They aspire to some object more precise, more dclinite, to which, had it been noli eessiiry, they would have saeriOced happiness ii ?....or ft tlniK ihev oroceed in their nath H3VII. ? ? ' --?.? 4 ? e way through life. Not only is the search for happiness illusory, hut it retards us in the pur(> suit of what is valuable. ?f The impossibility of forming to ourselves a s clear idea of happiness is the reason that our s imagination substitutes pleasure in its stead, e Nothing of an earthly nature, when closely considered, can fully satisfy the soul.?Madam S i assure. vynitTiii firm:*. Cuircsj'Ondoicc of Vie Mobile Rcjiater. fl Havana, Oct. 15, 1853. I I believe it is time tliat the South should be-^B waking from her lethdrgy, ?ind be looking calm- '9 Iy for self preservation at tilings which, with ra- fl pid strides, arc approaching them. There is no -^B doubt of the fact that England has forced upon Spain the necessity of adopting the apprentice system, which has been in secret cogitation fq'rtf^B long period. A secret convention has been con^fl side-red by Spam, England and France, growing i^B out of British suggestion, and it has only been" B| delayed until Spain could fabricate the appear B ancc of consent of the people of Cuba, which" .JB hits been accomplished, and left by the last stcairt- jB cr, 8th instant, for Cadiz. The question was re-. iB ferred to a named junto, who would sell their fl SOIIIS 11IIUCI IIIO rtllUIUI I/Hlbiuil VI |>v?v.i. ^ ; Free importation of negroes from the coast of J Africa is to be permitted as apprentices, and the A term of years made so convenient that it will bo'^ a species of servitude worse limn slavery. They i are to have a reasonable time for cmancipatiott j of the present stock and the following gertera-' ! Lion; in compensation for which England and ;5 Erancc are to protect Cuba against all other pirates. Some of your Southern gcntlemeu have' been instrumental in preparing and moulding; y opinion f'V this change here, hy their restricted is( notions of injury to the Southern interests, should' Cuba hy accid nit become a free and independent' \ State. They never can fwk back a few ycaray. \ when the banks of the Mississippi and many of-' I its tributaries were uncultivated. They Ibrgoiki that, numerically, wc arc more rapidly increasing 1 in consumption than it is possible to proportion 4 supply, with all the sugar lands of Cuba aixf Louisiana. They have now to count tl?c value, of two evils?if, with political freedom, there bo % evil?and decide, and that right promptly. As * soon as the articles of agreement can be discussed and submitted to the throe powers, they will , be signed, and the ikets of England and France. ' will be here to enforce the edict, which, under f the name of enlightened philanthropy, is to \ shackle poor Cuba forever. If the introduction, j for which large preparation is now making, and % at least forty vessels already upon the waters for Africa?should be allowed to proceed, thef fate of St Domingo may wait on the planters of >. Cuba. . / -J, There is enough in the matter, wincti ever way it may turn, to enlist the serious attention 4 of our statesmen, and to take those idlers from* ' tnc G 1 -1 cent fi-diing grounds, atidthe Jiumbli?- ; gory of entertainments of parties, to the* mil^ lions involved in this question, if not the . very',-* lite-blood of the Republic. Tlic North-western Passage The Philadelphia American cites as one of the most interesting items in the late foreign news,'/- y the following from the Olficoof the British Ad-* miralty, showing that the problem of the Northwest Passage lias been solved at last and thai' a ship has actually saile<Wround-the American' J continent through the Arctic Ocean. Commander McClure carries off the honor of thisf \ remarkable exploit: Admiralty, Oct 7, 1853.?Commander Iriglefield, who, it will be remembered, was despatched in her majesty's ship ^Phoenix in the spring of the year, with supplies to Sir Edward* Belcher's squadron) arrived <tt the Admiralty to day, having left the'Phamix at Thurso, New Brunswick. Commander Ingleficld brings no intelligence of Sir John Franklin's expedition; he has, however, succeeded in depositing the supplies ?s* directed, and we are happy to say, is accompanied by lieutenant Croswell of the Investigator, * 1 ? / n i _ _ with despatches irom uommanucr mcv^iure, who sailed in December, 1840, in search of Sir John Franklin in her Majesty's ship investigator, and from Captain Kellett who sailed in the spring of 1852, in her Majesty's ship Resolute, on the same mission. We regret to say that no traces towards success in the main object of their mission have.' been discovered; but we have been favored with a communication of a letter from Coin- -i mander McCluro, dated Her Majesty's ship In vestigator; Ray of Mercy, Boring's Island, -; April, 1853, which announces his success in accomplishing the long problematical enterprise of the Northwestern Passage. The gallant writer states that during tho winter of 1850 his vessel wintered in pack without sustaining any damage, (and surprising to say, he was to report tho same result at the f end of the third winter, and without the loss of a single man of his crew) in tho fiozcn waters called Pnncc of Wales Strait, and communicating with Barrows, as he ascertained on tho 20th of October of that year. In July, 1851, lie states, '*such a body of ice came down upon' 1 us wilh a strong cast wind, and set the vessel so far to the south, that we determined to attempt a passage by the east end of tho dill's - '? - I- - I I r. il.a An?Mi'nm 1)1 l?;illft? lJ.UIU, IV/I iuin0 111 v? aiuau* vi.hi M..vv -wtin; lar^c Island under which we now are." The diiliciilties imd dangers of this passage' may he estimated from his statement that tho ice Hoes encountered measured from 40 to 70 feet beneath the water, only G or 7 feet above. The London correspondent of the American stated, in addition to what is contained in tho above, that natives have been discovered further north than ever have been seen before?at Woollaston Sound, at Victora Cand, and Prince Roberts Land. Copper of the purest description was found in lumps, and the natives who were friendly, were much amused at seeing tho sailors run to pick up the lumps of metal with which they edged their spears. Commander * * * t i n .\? t n . .. .VIcuIure is coining noinc oy Damn s nay. Stock of (Jraix at St. Loris.?The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 12th says: We notice an unusual amount of wheat, corn ami oats in store. When wo say unusual, we moan more than there has been at any time before the present or past season. We have no definite statement of the amount, but would say there is at least eighty thousand bushels of wheat, perhaps as many of oats, and half tho , quantity of corn. The most of this is held by speculators, who anticipate a further advance in prices and consequently a handsome profit. The widow of Louis Philinnc. with the Prince and rrincc?s de Joinvillo, haw gone to Lisbom^j