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And though sweet be the breathings of minstrel's re vealings, And soft as tho zephyr that lingers the last, Round the blush of the rose-bud all spell-bound its feelings, With the perlumo each leaflet shook out as ii passed; The spirit that wakes from each high-gifted string, All the light of those sphores that a mortal may fling, TliougTi bright be its sccmings, May wear 'noath its gleamings, The depths of its fountains all darkly o'crcast. Sumlerville, S. C. , ALAS! HOW SOOX T1IE HEART FORGETS. Alas! how soon tho heart forgets Its deepest, wildest pain; The tear an hour the eyelid wets, And all is joy again.Still rushes on the tide of men, As though the past bad never been. A year, one year is scarcely gone, Since yellow in the fall, We heaped the frozen clay upon The dearest of us all; And now, alas! as 'twere a dream, The momory of that da}- doth sccin. Sho was our life but yestcr morn, And by her tombstone now, We sing and plant the yellow corn, And drive the furrowing plough, As g ty as if beneath that stone Were sleeping one we'd never known. FKO.Y1 ST. AUGUSTINE. By the schrs. Empire, Capt. Southwick and Stephen $ Francis, Capt. Coxeter, we received yesterday, the St. Augustine News of the 21st inst. front which paper we copy the following: St. Augustine, May 21. We have the melancholy duty of again chronicling the murder of several of our citizens, by the wily savage. A letter from Santafee, (Mineral Springs,) under date of 15th inst., slates that on the day before the Indians killed two men, named Van Zant, within 6 miles of that place; and that on that mornintr (15th) they attacked the house of Mr. Moses Cason, within four miles of Santafee, and killed his wife and one child. Mr. C. escaped with one child, but was himself dangerously wounded. A parlv of five persons immediately went out for the purpose of burying the dead; but they iiad not proceeded over half a mile, when they were fired upon by about twenty Indians, and one man (Mr. Osteen) mortally wnundetfe Another letter, from Ncwnansville, writ, ten while the mail was being closed, stales that the house of a Mr. Ward, some 8 or 1C *T _ r .!_ ? 1 _ ., |. ?.J miles worm 01 mm piace, was aiiiiciveu by Indians in the Night. Result noi known. Since the foregoing was in type, we learr from a gentleman just from Pilaika, thai the Indians, after their outrages in the vi cinity of Santa fee, wended their way South their trail was discovered about six milei from Fort Wakahoota. Lieut. Baker im mediately proceeded to the place, with sii mounted men, and while examining tin trail was surrounded and fired upon bi about 25 warriors. Two of bis men wer killed by the fire, and another unhorsed who was instantly stabbed. Lieut. B. atli he other three men made good their es cape to the Fort. All the disposable fore ,of the 7th Infantry, about 500 men, are i pursuit. The perpetrators are doubtless, a band t runaway "Creeks," under the chief Octt hachcc, having with him Tiger tail, wli was not killed as supposed. They hav committed those horrid murders in n , venge for the surrender of Hallcclc Tustcnvggce. We have now the lamentable proof that this desperate banditti will fight till they are annihilated. Sixteen or seventeen whiles, it is reported have been murdered in this last attack?more than have been killed at any onetime, out of the field of battle. It should now he a war of extermination to the. end. We Jiave great confidence in C<?|. Worth but we irnusl think that his steel has been ternper etl with mercy too long. Why not call i out a hundred or two of t'te gallant woodsmen of Alachua, an^ Columbia, whoso j knowledge of the country combined with the perseverance and bravery of his com! mand will dispose of these Creek despera1 does in short order? rn ni'L _ /? _ _ j i i exi'kka.m;fc;.? i ne ursi anniversary oj ithe Washington Temperance Societies of I the city of New-York and its vicinity, was ' celebrated hy a procession in New-York !011 Tuesday last. Nearly fifteen different Societies from Long Island, New-Jersey, and the neighboring counties were represented on the occasion. "The procession," says the Tribune, ''was nearly two miles in length, and marched through the streets between lines of delighted and astonished citizens crowding the corners to behold this great and before unheard of Temperance triumphs, t<t Washington Parade Ground, where three stages i.'td been erected, from which the great concourse, which must have embraced some eight thousand people, were addressed in heartfelt, eloquent language by Mr. Barrel, District Attorney of Queens county, Captain \7. A. W isdorn, of Philadelphia; Messrs. J. Holland and T. M. Woodruff of this city. Then forming in procession again they marched to the Park, where they were dismissed." In the evening a large number sat down to a grand dinner in the Centre Market ( I fi I I At .li.rlll nt oA,i nitp I, ? I. I ! ~ I I il? UIVVUHjJB IIUIU III V'lriotis parts of the city. The Hon. ThcodoreFrelinghuysen addrcsseda large meet ing at the Tabernacle. TIIE POPULATION OF SMYRNA. For variety of costume, and diversity of the people of different nations, Smyrna beats every thing I had ever beheld. I had previously looked on Gibraltar as ihc Babel of many languages; next, in this opinion Constantinople usurped its place; but they were both thrown far into the shade by the varied assemblage I witnessed here, in a morning's stroll through the jrnarket places and bazaars. Your way in the narrow thoroughfares is often completely stopped by long strings of camels, groaning qnder immense loads of figs, and j preceded by.their uncouth and Tartar-like ( lookingdtVers. generally mounted on a; j small ass. These wild looking and bronz- j ed figures frotn the interior generally re-! , i i ' i. ! juice in enormous luroans ami migc jai-K, , or railier fisherman's boots, which must add greatly to thn already over weighed iillle animals which they bestride. You are jostled by busy and noisy Ut&eks, ever in motion,and resplendent in all the glo-, ries of the magnificent "Palicar" costume,1 offering by their noisy vociferations and vehement gestures, a marked contrast to the Turk or stalely Persian merchant, who? | with his amber mouthed chibouk in hand, is patiently awaiting the arrival of a customer for some of his rich silks or hand-, some carpets, which are displayed before him in the greatest profusion. The next stall is, may be, occupied by some cunning Israelite, or plodding son of Armenia, who with pen in hand, and an enormous tea kettle of calync stuck of his shaven crown,isjearefully noting down in cramped and mystical characters, the gains ofi the day, and scarcely raises Wis eve as he casts a glance of surprise at the rolling and careless gait of some of our jolly tars, who, with "Dido" written on their glazed titles are now having a spree on shore.? Unless to this list lie added Frenchmen and Austrians, fiiars and Catholic priests, wandering Turcomans, and begging dervishes, Syrian Jews and Maltese sailors, , the picture would be incomplete, as far as i regards the rougher sex. And now we take u peep at the ladies. Remoter from its focus, innovation has, > at Smyrna, made less rapid progress than M in the capitol; and, as the insignia of the I faith, the ''turban," is here much more I pravalent than the fez," so, in the gentler sex, a greater adhesion to Oriental customs i and costume is observed in the closer folds t of the ferdigrec, and more careful adjust ment of the yashmac. Their charms are ; further protected from any obtrusive s. glance by the addition of a piece of black - crape, which completely shrouds the couni tcnance, and leaves nothing for the most e lively imagination to seize on. Towards / evening, the portly beauties of Armenia e mav be seen at the. windows, and are ca I,, silv discernible by their "Dudu" forms [i; fcleepv dark eyes, and fine complexions; fr'Xfie vol uptuous languor of their general e appearance offering a marked contrast to n the lively glances and sparkling charms amidst the gaudy and often ill-assorted col>f lection of brilliant colors, of which their i- tiress is always composed, and which gives 0 them a much less modest appearance than c their veiled and nunlike Osmanli sisters c- The hair, increased by the addition oj false or colored silk, 8nd either twisted round the red and studded fez, else intermingled with the folds of the turban. A kind of loose jelic, spencer, with open sleeves, and generally or rich embroidered. vcl?et, and a common petticoat, complete i>ie costume of the fair Smyrniote. The Jewesses were seldom seen in public; however, mo. ~. .#f their tribe anon. Mingled with all these Oriental costnrnes, bonnets and shawls are now nearly as common as in London or Paris; and I even had one or two passing glances at the mysterious and fluttering "fuldctte" ofCalypso's isle. To this list most be added the worthy and thick-lipped beauties of Ethiopia; and a more varied collection of these Houris could no where be found, or be deemed more worthy of the zenana of the blessed Prophet in his seventh and highest heaven. Colonel Napier's Excursion along the Shores of the Mediterranean. Delirium. Tremens.?The Boston Journal says th.it this terrible disease, attendant on continued free indulgence in intoxicating drinks, may be effectually cured by giving the patient a strong decoction of wormwood, taken as hot as it can be borne, and repeated until the agitation subsides, and sleep is obtained. If this does not answer, and it continues for a long time, anodynes may be administered by a skilful and strictly temperate Physician. In nearly one hundred cases of Delirium Tremens at the House of Correction in Boston, we have the authority of Dr. Butler for saying that every one has been cured, by Wormwood Tea, taken hot and freely. TAMING HORSES. IIORSG TRAINING. BY A. J. ELLIS, B. A. WINDSOR, OXLEY. Mr. Catlin, in his work on the manners and customs of the North American Indians, gave the following' account of their method of taming the wild buffalo calves, and wild horses. "I have often, in concurrence with a well-known custom of the country, held my hand over the eyes of the calf, and breathed a few strong breaths into its nostrils; after which I have, with my companions, rode several miles into our enramo ment, with ilie little prisoner busily following the heels of my horse,the whole way. as closely and affectionately as its instinct would attach it to the company of its darn This is one of the most extraordinary things that I have met with in the habits of this wild country; and although I had often heard of it, and felt unable exactly to believe it, I am now willing to bear testimony to the fact, from the numerous instances which I have witnessed since I came into the country* During the time that I resided at this post, in the spring of the year, on my way up the river. I assisted (in numerous hunts for the buffalo, with in the Fur Company's men,) in bringing in, the above manner, several of these little prisoners, which sometimes follow for five or six miles close to our horses heels, and even into the Fur Company's fort, and into the stable where our horses are fed. In this way, before I left for the head waters of the Missouri, I think we had collected about a dozen." In'.lie same way, the wild horses are tamed. When the Indians has got him well secured with the lasso, and a pair of hobbles on bis feet, 'gradually advances, until lie is able to place his hand on the animal's nose over his eves, and at length to breathe in its nostrils, when it soon becomes docile and conquered; so that be has little more to do than to remove the hobbles from his feet, and lead or ride it into camp." Mr. Ellis chanced to read this account when on a visit in Yorksnire, and forsooth resolved to try the experiment. He and his friends were a alike incredulous, and sought amusement from the failure, rather than knowledge by the result?but two experiments, all he was able to try, were both succcsssfu). Here in the paiticulars , of one of them; "Saturday, Feb. 12 1842.?While the last experiments were being tried on the yearling, W. espied B , a farmer and | tenant, with several men, at the distance of some fields, most ineffectually, on the old system to break a horse. W. proposed to go down and show him what effect had been produced on the yearling. When the parly arrived at the spot they found that 13. and his men had tied their filly short up to a tree in the corner of a field, j one side of which was walled, and the other hedged in. W. now proposed to B. tc | lame his horse after the new method. B. i who was aware of the character of his | horse, anxiously warned W. not to approach it, cautioning him especially against the fore fept,asserting that the horse would rear and strike him with thefore feet, as it had laimed' his own (B's.) thigh jtisl 1 --?* -- -*? ? - i ??a nn vv , oeiore mey uau come ?(>. uuiukk 'proceeded very cautiously. He climber I '.he wall, and came at the horse through I the tree, to the trunk of which he clung foi [some lime, that he might secure a retrea in case'of need- Immediately upon lib touching the halter, the horse pranced ai bout, and finally pulled away with a dog i ged and stubborn expression, which seem | ed to bid W. defiance. Taking ad van f tage of this, W. leaned over as far aa h J&k * v I could, clinging all the time to the tree wi I his right hand, nnd succeeded in brealhi | into one nostril, without however, beii able to blind the eyes. From that m ment all become easy. \V'., who is ve skilful in the management of a horse,~coa ed it, and rubbed its face, and breathi from time to time into the nostrils, whi the horse offered no resistance.* In abo ten minutes W. declared his conviction th the horse was subdued; and lve..then u fastened it; and to the great and~>>kle astonishment of B., (who had been tryii all the morning in vain to gpt a maste over it,) led it quietly away with a loo halter. Stopping in the middle of tl field, with no one else near.'-W n..;*.. , * '* ? Mul>k walked up to the horse, placetf'his ar over one eye and his hand over the othe and breathed into the nostrils. It \v pleasing to observe how agreeable th operation appeared to the horse, who-.p up his nose to receive the 'puff.' In th manner W. led the horse through all tl fields to the stable yard, where heexami ed the fore feet of the horse, who*?nfen no resistance?but while W. wa5?iexami ing the hind feet, beift its neck ronrfd, aj kept nosing W's back.' He next buckji on a surcingle, and then asaddle, and jfjfe ly fitted the horse with a rope. Durii the whole of these operations, the hor did not offer the slightest resistance, n< did it flinch in the least degree.'*. Two experiments are all Mr. Ellis R had opportunity of eitfijer witnessing,. i hearing the results of. But, as he state these have been to him perfectly sratisfa lory; and, as he has no opportunity'.qiie^ rying them on, since he is. unacqudmtl with the treatmenfcdf horses, and-jneith owns any, nor is likely to be thrown in tl way of unbroken colts, he has resolved publish these partt&ilarsf that gentleme farmers, trainers, and others, may at lea try so simple a plan, and thus test and d termine its value. Mr. Ellis is of opinio ihat this is the secret oftfce celebrated Iri; horse tamers?and^yve remember that more than one recorded imrtance of tlu power, they preiendecTio whisper to tl animal, and played with his head, and th probably, breathed into his nostrils. SINGULAR CUSTOMS OF THE IB PEOPLE, AFRICA. Infanticide of a pecular nature likewi nrpfitilc nmnniT Ihpml I ti- ma a ro. ???? < r v.... ?t< mo uiiic*ti. < lowed to live. As soon as they are bor ihey are putintotwo earthen pots, and e posed to beasts of the forest, nnd ihe u fortunate mother ever afterwards, end(ir great trouble and hardships, A small te is built for her in the forest, in which si is obliged to dwell, and to undergo mat ceremonies for her purification. She j separated from all society for a considei ble time; her conjugal alliance with h husband is forever dissolved; and she never again permitted to sit downwi oilier women in the same markat or in tl same house. To give birth to twins therefore considered to be the greate misfortune, that can befal a woman of tl Ibo nation. If any persons wishes to a noy an Ibo women, lie lifts up two fingei and says, "You gave birth to twins which is sure to make her almost mad; If a child should happen to cut his ti teeth first the podr infant is likewise ki ed: it is considered to indicate that tl child, were it allowed to live, would fc come a very had person. To say to a person, "You cut your top teeth first,'* therefore as much as to sav. "Nolhinir eo can be expected from you: you are bo to do evil: it is imposible for you to f otherwise."?Miss Reg-. From that sensible little paper, t Lynn (Mass.) Locomotive, we extract t following paragraph, which is the cone sion of an article on ,'Isms."? Next comes VVashingtonianism. T apostle of this ism is John Hawkins. I name is written upon the heart of eve Washingtonian, ami thousands call h blessed. His name should be hand down from generation to generation, one good and great, the beuefoctor of I race. Some of the beauties of this i are, that it transforms a beast into a mi it raises the drunkard from the gutter, s makes him eoual with his fellow man; changes his home from a hell to a heav it heals the broken heart of his wife; cloihes the naked; it feeds the hungry, a dispenses throughout the land the ble ings of peace, health, comfort, and pros rily. \Ve believe in it. Walk up, genl i men, and sign the pledge. i A Lesson for Scolpino Wives "And I dure say you have scolded y< wife very often, Newman," said I, enc? Old Newman looked down, and the w , took up the reply. "Never to signify . and if he has, I deserved it." "And Id say, if the truth were told, you have see I -.1 kim nnits OC llflpn." "NftV." Said I CU III Hi ljUUV UW w.v... f i olil woman, with a beauty of kindn r which all the poetry in the world cam I excel, "how can a wife scold her g( 3 man, who has been working for her t - her little ones all the day? It may do fc - man to be peevish, for it is he who be - the crosses of the work; but who sho i- make him forget them but his own w e And she had best, for her own sake? hi ~-v th nobody can scntil-oiuch/^liep lire 8CoI<Imv^-^R^ ng-is all un onefrnde."? pulwcr's Student, tig v. ?? , 'N * Boat.jAhoy.?TI16 St* Loots Organ - ?* ry tells of a^incident which occur ft it while*' ^ the sleaoier Caspian was descending the' e'd Mississipr^to N*yr Ojjetfns, in thiswise';-** le ?T he' b o a t s t op p e d ,a|'C a r rta gc ?11 n etto wn^ ut I watf nearly i^der wjjter?-a?nd as,lbe boat ati neareil'the booses?(iheive. being;no Jand; 3P ^ ing)?a J^l custo(i^, stWj^ihg h,? * " nljknees in w?terj4|p fhejfj-ont of hir. dvaelj^ ^ ijr |uig," balled the boat-'-with. ry K&'Btai atari* . i: se 'Whatqfryou watotl' said tlje Captai'ft' - * ^ Wfiat will you take, Capit'aine, to tow^/*\ \v my house ove^-the^river where there Uf*> * ' m high griftind?' r, 'Fifty dojlj^,' ea^ ihe.Ca^Uin^^ v as 'I wont give itJf!s^,the js ter; float on with yottr "darn'cbphr boat?I ut don't believe thcre will be much of a rise, * js any how.%. ie The last that was seen*' of Jiimite . hid got^anrthje.roof of his house, playing the \ ?d -fitldle, whileji little baj&was trying tovr ?? learn his do^^tt'^pbnjiiahindi legs. ''l "D^'l-you sajrto' fAttpgj^Lt T* _f butclfer, wasvenuroii' ourSaH" & g "Whjv chird, hbvfyoh talk-.. He'sonJ*~ % . paying his attentions to her." V --J^V . ./' *" gg "Wal, you'd better stop it thei^es^'eyf ' are infhe parlfir now, and Bill just bit SaiJ. , right on the mouth?be did, kojs 1 <ee/l' I him:- : , "Thomas, heres a fent?fttfl oo^ .t<t g(j tlie'baker's and'buy tf horse^^ke,-.. iihen you may go and play.e speHHbai what eyes thene children hftyegaL". # . 7 to Richmon/ffitaP: v*. n ' # nt- "V. ; 8| "De contcrekationjj.il ple&lie to singr ?# e the von doiisaridth ana twoUh psalTOi,,-4i^fj[ -. ' n" a Dutch fgirson as he gave oiH.tbe3morn-<?? sh 'n& h-vmn* * 3 ln "There are not so many In the<bo0kf'*, ,jr responded the chorister. ^ f,e ^ "Veil, den, pleesfifr to sing so many-aA. v U8 tarepe." v ? . . . ... *i?- ** ." J*" ' " 1 ? * Oiling Dp.??An old lady living on the >0 line of a railroad in Michigan, lost several of her pigs by their being ran over by the cars. She demanded payment of ther di86 rectors, whiclvthey promptly refused'^: So "* the old lady tryed out tt'srnall qnantily o( '~ pr lard, from the slaughtered pigs, and poor-* - en some jni li warm on me rails. Tfti# n* proved a "dead set? to the locomotives, ea and it was only by strewing sand on the "l rails, tfiat they could get over, Every j morning found a fresh spot,greased on the * 7 rails, somewhere in the vicinity, without / 13 any means of proof or detection, till they a' were glad to compromise, by . paying a e.r fair compensation Tor the pigs. l'' From the Temperance Advocate. ; ie A nuisance, affecting generally the property is, of the citizens of the State, and particularly the st relations existing between master and ;;g]ave, is |,e to be found in the horde of free negroes'suffered n. to remain within our limits. There are but few of this class who regard the plainest rules of mor3' ality. Of idle habits, "loafers'' in feeling and ' principle, many of them entice slaves to run;^ ~ away, sometimes harboring them, and occasion^ [>p ally they go so far as to provide free paper?, and .. ? II- otherwise aid them in escaping to a non-'eli^e- " 4 i he holding State. ,e_ In some sections of South-Carolina, planters are annoyed by this population to an extent no .' longer to be tolerated: indeed, as a class, they 13| aptly illustrate the truth of an old and quaint ? saying?that "an idle man's brain is the devil's rn work shop." let The influirvflliaroreBtfi itfielf. what is tn he #1onet 1 j OQ 4 , w vv However harsh it may be judged, would it not be advisable, as a matter of policy and humanity * to present them the alternative, either to leave j the State within a limited time, or upon refusal, * , to be sold as public property, and placed in every respect on a leval with the slaVe population. Whether there exists any legal authority for f,e their removal, is a proposition deserving conside- * lis ration; though, if its affirmative be true, then it :ry \Vould certainly be an act of kindness, where im they had local partialities, and preferred it, to |etj allow them to become slaves anu remain, rather than be driven to associate and amalgamate tfith their kind and considerate friends of the North. The sort of freedom they now have can scarce sm be said to exist in name?more than enough* an? however, to suit their1 capacities. Take it from ind them, such as it is, and the condition of all our it slaves is not only improved, but our property pn. would be rendered more secure; whilst, on the contrary, they would be more than compensated , in knowing and feeling tliat they were happier and better contented in a state of slavery. ss" At a time like the present, it becomes us tc Pe* adopt such measures as common reason would le- indicate proper to be pursued, in reference ta ^ our domestic institutions. It is hoped these crude observations may have the effect of drawing public attention to a subject deemed by many ' _ slave holders, well worthy legislative action. i _ Fairfield. ''fe New Notion.?A facetious genius, "down ' east" has issued a prospectus of "The Bustle," a are ladies' journal, to be devoted to literature and dd* the fine arts. What's in a name? the ????* ess Notice* <t not T OST or mislaid, an order drawn on or about the )od ninth of May last, by N. G.Abbott, on Messrs. ind Potters & Kclsey, at Charleston, for one hundred ^ >r a and seventy-six dollars and sixty cents, payable to ars my order, and endorsed by me. This is to. caution uld the public against negocialing it, as I hare, received * ife? tho pay for it. -for EDWARD BROUGIITO^. i <r'* ,