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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRIRA RTS WILLIAM LEWIS, - RriE~e JOHN S. RICHA RDSON, Js., "RPRETRSnTERMoS- . IN D ANCE VOL. VIII. SUMTERVILLE, S. Co., MAY 10, 18.54. THE SUMTER BANNER IS PUBLISHED Every Wednesday Horning BY Lewis & Richardson. TERMS, TWO DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the expiration of six month: or Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued until all arrearage are PAID, unless at tho option of the Proprietor $ Advertisements inserted atSEVEN'rY FI ' Cents per square, (12 lines or less,) fo the first, and half that sum for each subsequen insertion, (Official advertisements the same each time). .S The number of insertions to be market on all Advertisements or they will be published --until ordered to be discontinued, and charged .accordingly. gg" ONE DOLLAR per square for a single Insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise ments will be charged the samne as a single in. -sertion, and semi-nonthly the same as new ones A THRILLEING STOdIY. THE TWO SPIES. As early as the year 1790, the blook-house and stockade above the mouth of the llockhocking river, was a frontier post for the hardy pioneers of the North-Western Territory. There Nature was in her undisturbed livery of (lark and/thick forests, inter spersed with green and flowering prai. ries. Then the forest had not heard the sound of the woand man's axe, nor the plow of the husbandman opened the bosom of the earth' Then those beautiful prairies waved their golden plume to the God of Nature; and among the most luxurient of these were those that lie along Ilockhocking valley, and especially that portion of it on which the town of Lancaster now stands. Hero the tribes of the North and 'West aet to counsel, and from this spot led forth the war path in dil'erent, directions. Upon one of these occasion, when the war spirit moved mighty, among the sons of Nature, and the tomahawk leaped in its scabbard, and the spirits of their friends who had died in the field of battle visited the - warrior in his night visions and called loudly for revenge, it was ascertained by the garrison stationed above the mouth of the Ilockhocking river, that the Indians were gathering in great numbers for the purpose of striking a blow on some post of the frontiers. To meet this crisis, two of the most skilled and indefatigable spies weie despatched to watch their movements and report. MACleland and White, two-spirits that never quailed at danger, and as unconquerab,e as the Lybian lhon in the month of October, and on 'inc oif the balmy days of lndian summer, took leave of their feloiws and moved on through the thick plum and hazel bushes with the noisless tread of pan thers, armed with their unerring and trusty rifles. They continued their march, skirting the prairies, till they reached that most remarkable promi nonce, now known by the name of Mount Pleasant, tbo Westsrn termi iiation of which is a perpendicular cliff of rocks of some hundreds feet high, and whose summit, from a Western view, towers to the clouds and over looks the vast plains below.--When this point was gained, our hardy spies hndi a position from which they could see' every movement of the Indians S below in the valey. Every day added a new accession of warriors to the company. They wit nessed their exercises of horse racing, running foot races, jumping, throwing the tomokawk and dancing ; the old aachems looking on with indifference, the squaws engaged in their playful .gambols. The arrival of a new war rior was greeted with terrible shoutsa, which, striking the mural face of Mt. Pleasant, were driven back in the va uious indentations of sthe surrounding hills, producing reverberations and echoes as if ten thousand fiends were gathefed at a universal levee. Such yells would have struck terror to the hearts of those unaccustomed to Indian revelry, -To our spies this was but martial .mrusic---strains which waked their w'atohfulness, and newly strung their courage. From their early yotth they & had always been on the frontier, and were well practiced in all the subtlety, craft, and cunning of the Indian war rare, as well as the ferocity and blood. thirsty nature of the savage warriors. They were, therefore, not likely to be ensnared by their cunning. nor, without a desperate conflict, to fall victims to their scalping knmves and tomahawks On several occasions, small parties left the prairie anti a scended the mount from the Eastern side. On these oc esrons, tlhe apies would hide in the 4eep fissures of the rooks oni the WVest, and, agait) leave their hiding place ~hen tlielir uninvited and unwelcome vit~irs ha-l disappeared. 1'or fuod, -they depend, on jerked Yren son and. com breaid, 'with (vhich ,tN 1i'api~ks were' well 'stored, 4'y rg'l jt. hiic a fir." alidytho report of one of their rifles would have brought upon them them the entire force of the Indians. For drink, thev depended on some rain water which still stood in the hollows of some of 'he rocks; but, in a short time this store was exhausted, and McCleland and White must abandon their enter. prise- or find a new supply. To ac. complish this most hazardous enter prise, McClclan-1, being the oldest, resolved to make the attempt; and, with his trusty rifle in his hand, and their two canteeins strung across his shoulders, he descended by a circuit ous route to the prairie, skirting the hill on the North, and under the cover ofthe hazel thickets he reached the river, and turning to a bold point of the hill, he fotr.d a beautiful sprin within a few feet of the river, now known by the name of Cold Spring. gin the larm of D. Talmadge, Esq. ie filled his canteens, and returned in saf-ty to his watchful companion. It was now determined to have a fresh supply of water every day, and this duty was performed alternately. On one of these occ:sin s after White had tilled his canteen he sat a few moments watching the limpid ele ments .s it came gurgling out of the bosom of the earth, when the light sound of foot-steps caught his practiced ear, and upon turning around he saw two squaws a few feet from him. Up. on turning round the foot of the hill. the eldest squaw gave one of thes far-reaching whoops peculiar to Inidi. ans. White at once comprehended his perilous situation. If the alarm Abould reach the camp or t. wn, he and his companion must inevitably perish. Selfpreservation compelled him to in flict a noiseless death on the squaws, and in such a mnauner, if possible, to leave no traces behind. Ever rapid in thought, and prona-t. in action, he sprang upon his viutims with the ra pidity and power of a lion, and grasp. og the throwt, of each, sprang into the river. Hie thrust the head of the eld. est under the water. While making strong efforts to submerge the young er, who, however, powerruily resister resisted hin, and during the short struggle with this young athletic wo. naiu, to his astoni hment addressed himi in his own language, though in al most inarticulate sounds. Releasing his hold, she hifo'rmed him that she had been a prisoner for ten years. and was taken from below Wheeling, and that her brother an. herself were taken prisoners, but he succeeded on the second night in mak ing his escape. Daring this - arrative. White had drowned .ho elder squaw. and had let her float. tiff with the cur. rent, where it would not probably be found out soon. lie now directed the girl to fllow him, and with his usual speed and energy pushed for the mount. 'they had scarcely gone half way. wlie they heard the alarm crf sone quarter of a uile down the strean. It was supposed some. party of Indi. ans, returning from hunting, struck the river just as the body of the squaw floated; past. White and the girl sue. ceeded in reaching the mount, where McCleland had been no indifferent spectator to the sndden commotion among the Indians. The prairie parties of warriors were so, n immediately to strike ofT in every direction, and White and tihe girls had scarcely arrived before a party of some twenty warriors had reached the East. era aclivity of the mounit, and wer, cautiously and carefully keeping tunder cover. Soon the spies saw the swar thy foes as they glided from tree to tree and f'roma rock to rock, till their position was surround..d, except, on the West perpem-dicular side, and all hope of escapd was cut off. In this perilous condition, nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as pos. sible, and this they resolved to do. and advised the girl to- escape to the indi ans, and tell taemn ahe had been taken prisoner. She said no, "No ; death to me, in the presence of my own peoplo is a thousand times sweeter than cap tivity and slavery. Furnish me with a gun, and I will show you how I can fight as well as die. This place I leave not. Here my bones shall lie, bleach ing with yours, and should either of you esacape you will carry the tidings of my death to my few relations." Rlemonstrances proved fruitless. The two spies quickly matured their plan of defence, and vigorously com nmenced the attack from the front, where, from the very small back bone of the mount, the savages had to ad vance in single file, and without any covert, Beyond this neck the war riors availed themselves of the rocks and trees in advancing, but in passing from one to the other they must be exposed for a short time, and a mo muant's exposure of their swarthy forms was enough for the urnerring rifle of the spies. The Indianis being entirely ig norant of how many were in ambus cade were more cautious how they ad vanuced~ A fter bms-tdyv maintainingZ the fid't in front, and keeping the enemy in cueek, they discovered a new danger threatning them. The arch foe now made evident preparations to attack them on the flank, which could be more successfully done by reaching an isolated rock lying in one of the ra vines on the southern bill side. This rock once gained by the Indians, they could bring the spies under point blank shot of the rifle without the possibility of escape. Our brave spies saw the utter hopelessness of their situation, which nothing could avert but a brave companion and an unerring shot. These they had mot, but the brave n'ver dispair. With this impending fate resting upon them they continued Calm, and calculating, and as unweari. ed as the strongest desire of life and the resistance ofa numerous foe could produce. Soon McCleland saw a tall and swarthy figure preparing to spring from a covert so near to the fatal rock that a bound or two would reach it, and all hope of life then was gine. lie felt that all depended on one single advantageous shot ; although but an inch or two of the warrior's body was exposed, and that at a distance of eighty or a hundred yards, he resolved to risk all ; he coolly raised his rifle to his tee, and shading the sight with his hand, diew a bead so sure that he t.lt conscious it would do the work. He touched the triggle with his finger, the hammer came down, but in place of striking fire, it broke his flint into many pieces ; and although he felt that the Indian must reach the rock before he could adjust another flint, he proceed. ed to the task with the utmost com posure. Casting his eye towards the fearful spot, suddenly he ,aw the warrior stretching every rnu1 for the leap; and with the adgi! 4, 'f a panther he made the spring, but instead of reach. ing the rock, he gavo a yell, and his dark body fell and rolled down the steep the valley below. He had evi dently received a dea i wound from some unknown hand. A hundred voices re echoed from below the ter. rible shout It was evident that they had lost a favorite warrior, as well as being disappointed for a time of the most important movement. A very few minutes proved that the advan. 'age gained would he of short dura 'ion ; for already the spies saw a linpse - f a tall swarthy warrior can tiously advancing to the covert so re cently occupied by his fellow.compan ion. Now, too, the attack .in front was renewed with increased fury. so as :o require the incessant fire of both pies to prevent the Indians from gain. .ng the eminence, and in a short time McCleland saw a warrior making pre 'arations to leap to the fatal rock. Phe leap was made, and the Indian irned a somerset, his corpse rolled down the hill towards his former com piainion. Again an unknown agent ha interposed in their behalf. This sec ond'sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks of their assailant, and just as the sun was disappearing behind the Western hills, the foe withdrew to a short dis. Lance, to devise some new mode of at tack. This ropite came most season ably to our spies, who had kept their ground, and bravely maintained the unequal fight from' nearly the middle of the dlay. Now, for the first time, was the girl missing, and the spies thotht that through terror she had escaped to her former captors, or that she had been killed during the fight ; but they were not long left to conjecture. The girl was seen emerging from behind a rock and coming to them wi h a rifle in her hand. During the fight she saw a wai rior fall, who had adva-leed some distance before the rest, and while sonme of thema changed their position. she resolved at once, live or die, to possess herself of his gunu and amuni tion ; and crouching down beneath the undlerbush, she crawled to the place and succeeded in her enterprise. h~er ke. a and watchful eye had early no ticed the fatal rock, and hers was the mysterious hand by which the two warriors fell, the last being the most intrepid and bloodthirsty of the Shaw nee tribe, and the leader of the comn pany which killed her mother and her sisters, and took her and her brother prisoners. Now, in the West, arose dark clouds which soon overspread the whole heavens, and, the elenments were rent with peals of thunder. Darkness, deep and gloomy, shrouded the whole heavens ; this darkness greatly embar. rassed the spies in their contemplated night escapie, supposing that they might readily lose their way, and accidently fall on their enemy ; but a short con. sultation decided1 the plan. It was agreed that the girl should go foremost from her intimate knowledge of the localities, and another advantage might be gained in case they should fall in with any of the parties or outpost. lfom. her knowledge,. she might db ceive tlie seni~inels, as tho raqnl prov ed, fir scarcely had they desceided a hundred yards, when a low whist from the girl warned them of their danger The spies sunk silently on the ground where, by previous arrangements, they were to remain till the signal was giv. en by the girl to move ,in. H-r ah sence, for the space of an hour. began to excite the most serious apprehen. sibns. Again she appeared, and tohl then shem had succee-led in renoving two sentinels to Ia short distanu , who were directly on their route. The de scent was noislessly resumed, and the spies followed their intrepid leader for halfa mile in the mon profound silence when the barking of a dog at a short distance aFpriied them of a new dan ger. Them A'lmnot simultaneous click of the spie's rifles was heard by the girl, who stated that they were now in the midst of the Indian camp, and their lives dependedlupon the most profound silence, and implicit:, tidhlwirg her footsteps. A moment afterwards the girl was accost d by a squaw, from' an' opening n her wigwam ; shet reiplied i ni the Indian lanIgn;Ige, and withoutfstopping still pressed forward. In a short time she stopped and assured the spies that the village was cleared, and that they had passed the greatest danger. She knew that every leading pas was guar ded safely by the Indians, and at once resolved to adopt the bold adventmre of passing through the rentre of the village, as the least hazardLous,'and the sequel proved the corrcotness of her judgment. They now steered a course for the Ohio river, and after three day's travel arrived safe at the block house. Their escape and adventure prevented the Indiant from making their contemplated a'ttack, and the rescued girl proved to be' the sister of the intrepid Corneal Washborn, cele. brated in the history of Indian war. fare, and as the renowned! spy of Capt. Kenton's bloody Kentuckinins. From the Mobile Morning Newcs. How to be Healthy. It was well said. by one w..o had t ornghbly sti:ied he subject twat the hig eat amlitioin of an aue ent Greek was 'it be healthy, beaut, fui and rich. We can.,, t help thinking, says the Philadelphia Bullet n, hat the old Athenians, in this respec', were wiser than ourselves. Mio, as we boast "t our *onderlul intelligence, we have no:, yet practic illy at empted :o a method of life s . comprehensive as that lursued not on!3 by the phi. los- phers, but by the men of t-sh oin abouit toWdin Ati o e and the Oelopone Ius. They placed health first, and m-.ney making- last, while we invert this orde.. Yet they were Pagans, and we Christi-,ns. Sure ly we should cry " shhhit " tw ii -selve , In eality, the two lricipal ohj-ts sought by the ancient Greek. health and beauty;- were but one and the same. For beauty c-aunot a ist with out health. 'I he mah wh.i is constant. ly confin d at the co'utntinug d-~k, so n a quires an h hitual stii.op; the one who devotes his whole soul to nu hey niaking bee..Imes w ski d hb oreL his time On the c-itra v, he wh.., in dulges in p oper en rese and recre'a tion, at, f ir exa:ipji, a well-to dlo t- r:, er in heal by diatriect- carries an erect trane to te verge f sevetv, and h a ruddy chtael- ev au wiem at'octogena. rnan.' The first by neglecting the laws of natu e, not only destroys his own mnuly bearing, bu.t tranismiit s a p'unv fourm and weakly cnsitutio~n to his children. The last perpetuates a race oIf hardy v4ons and majestic dauaghiters. ihore is but one way to pre.-rve his heahlh, and that is to live mioder. ately, tak proper exercise, and ho in the fr esh air as mu. h. as';.ossible. Trhe mnwho is always shut tip in a close room, whether the apartmeant be a mmwniter'., study. a h.aw yer's (,a gas light store, is defying nature, and must: sooner or later-, pay the penalty. If his av cation rend. rs such confiiie. ment necoe.sar-y dur-ing a portion of the year, he can avoid a plremalture break ing down of the constitution only by taking due exercise during the long vacations of the somnhner and wint,.-r months. The waste of stamina must be restored by frequent and full draughts of mountain and sea beach air, by the pursuis of the eprtsmnan, by travel, or other similar means. Every man who has felt the recupera tive * ffects of a month or two of relax. ation, knows from his own experience how general its influence is; how it sends him back to business with a new flow of spirits; how it almost, re-creates him, so to speak. B~etwo. n the lad brought up to physical exercises in the invigo)ratii~g open air, and , ne kept c' ntinually at school, or in the factory, th re is an abyss of difference, which becomes more perceptible every year, as umanhood approached, the one ex. panding into stalwvart, full chested health, whil the other is never more than.a half completed man.. The advantagen of erete ma a Tale of a Pin. In an early month of the year 1788 with a tolerable education, and with many qualifications for a fihancial life. Jaques Lafitte was seeking for a situa tion as clerk. He had high hopes and a light heart, for he brought with him a letter of introduction' to Al. Perreg. aux, the Swiss banker.' Iltt with all his sanguine anticipations and golden day-dreams, he was bashful and retir ing. It was with a trembling heart that the young provincial appeared before the Parisian man' of bonds and gold. r'e managedt'o explain' the purpose of his visit, and presented his letter of recommendation. The brok. er quietly read the note. " It is im possible," said he, as lib laid it' aside, that Vcari'find r omn for you at present, all my offices are fdll. Should there be a'vabahcy at a'more future time, I will see what cah be done. In the meantime I advise you to apply else. here, a- it may be a considerable period before I shall be able to a imit you." Away went sunshine and' pros perous visions! Disappointed arid gloomy, Jaques left the presence of the polite banker.- As he crossed with downca t eyes the courtyard.of the noble mansion, he observed a pin lying on the ground. His habitual habits of' frugality, amidst his disappoint hent, were still upon the watch. He icked up thh pin, and carefully stuck it in the lappel of his coat. From that trivial action sprung his future greatness; that nd single act of frugal care and regard' f'or ltt;e things, opened the Way to a stupendous fortune. From the window of his cabinet, M. Perragaux had observed the action' of iis rejected dierk; and he wisely thought that the man who would stop to pick up a pin, under such cir cumstances, was endowed with neces. sary qualities for a good eonbnis, he read in that sihgli put of parsirony an indication ofa great ilnancial mind, and he deemed the acijuisition of such a one as wealth itself. before the day had closed, Lafitte received a note from the banker. " A' place , " it said, " is made for you at my office, which you may take possessi'oh of to-morrow. " The banker Was not dedeived in his estimate of the dharacter of Lafitte, and the young clerk' soon displayed a talent and aptness for his'calling that procured his advancement from a clerk to a dashier;- from a cashier to a part ner; and from' a partner to the head proprie60r of the first banking house in. Paris. He became a deputy, and then a President of the Council of M inisters. What a destiny for a man who would stoop to piclk up a pin ! Gyp'stuni for' Gardening Purposes. This valuable fertilizer is nbt yet half' appreciated by Southern garden. ers. As a munnre for poor soils, it is valueless ;- its chief benifit arises from its power of holding and fixing the ammon'it which rises from manure al ready in the soil, and we look upon anything as manure that is food for plants, whether it coms from the sta ble or the swamp. From the sulphur in Gypsum, it is a great preventative (if worms ; gardens WeIF dressed with it, will he exempt from the cut worm. Young cabbages and turnips sprinkled with Gypsum in their germinig state vmil be exempt fmom the ravages of the g. ecn worm. G'uano is doubly in creased in value b'y being' sav-ed with plaster. The past dry summer has fujlly developed the utility of Gypsum; wherever we apieid Gypsum to the unions, English jeas, Irish polatoes, or melons, there we have had the finest crops, notwithstanding the drought We observe wheni there has been no dlew at night, and all vegetation looks parche.f and dry, where Gypsum hams been fully used ini the garden,- there is a dampness in the morning like a dew. had fallen. It is asserted by an emi nent No rthern Horticulturist, that Gypster' is positively injut'ious to strawberries ; we have no doubt Bnt it stimulates the vine into too rapid a growth, and as we oft he South want fruit instead of vine, it should be used cautiously. But fhr garden vegetables; where thos., vegetables have anythinW to feed upon, Gypsum is a great priN moter of appetitu by nmoistenird( tIl ford' ready idi- the routldts to take up with their thousand mouths. It can be had in the New York market at about *1 per barrel .--Exchange paper. Mr. 'Thackeray says, ini the last num ber of the Newdo6mes, that withnei wishing to disparage the youth of othei nations, he thinkts a'well bred English' .~d has th'is adv'ath'gie otneu thein, that' his bearing is conlrmdfly' more ritbdest' than theirs7 "fle does niot rrssithie the tail~coat4 ahd'the m~nners of'man hood too eafly ;-he holds his tofigne, and listens tdi his'.erders; hle mIhad blukkes as~'ll'as his hesh'dd .ntn w' tnaka bots, antdpa conpiments llkn'the y~itg Fn .min, nof to' co1fitrailis a6nle~ia mas, l'af a' lhfbrhed - A~nerliast-a uIMrM' TUE 'NEGROES OF JAMAICA.--rI'Iai ca, as it is, under the favorito British' policy of n atirnisiori, is tlls repra sented by Bishop Kipp, irfda let.ter pub lished in the Churchman,- dated at Kingstoi, where the steamer on *hichl he embarked for California stopped "to coal :" " The streeti, the Bisloj'ays are crowded with the most wretched look ing negroes to be seed' oi4 ths face of the earth: Lazy shiftless end' diseased they w'ilJ .ot work since the rianumis sion act h-.s freed' tierlH. Everi' coal ing the steamer is done by women. About a hundred marched dii board' in a line with tuba dn their head,)tubs and cdal togethir w eigliing- about 90 pouiids)'and with'd wild song empty them ihto the hold. ikh mein work a day,-arid then live. oi it a' wVnk. The depth of' degredatiori to which the ne gro population has sunk; we are told, is indescribable. The itihabitants of Sodoin were pure ddipacd'iith tliem.' 'Once,' said a gentlemeri to me, 'you did not see an untity negro id' the' streets. Now look at therh,' pointing toa group df squalid wretches' This' is the unvaryirigtestimotiy of thle rea". dents I' have seen." EXTRAORDnAkY DxhdOVERY..--es. terday aflernoori, as some wdrkmen' were excavacatinga cellar on Linton. .greet, a' short distaido~ belois' John street, they came in contidt 'ith a' hard' substafce, about nine feet below the grade of the street, which after' some trouble, was eicavaeated and brought to light, and proved to be a human body in perfedt state of petri. fication. This extraordihary eeim'erti of the human race is'a male, abotit five feet seven inches iii length. The hair is cut very short, and seemW td hai-6 been- shaved ii' several' pat's, as its' fornatiori' is perfect and.apparently un injured by time. The tace is singularf formed, and differing in, shge and ex pression from any of the rader of'the present age. What is moi-e remarkable .thb body is perfect' in all its parts, every uilus cle fibre and sindw being pert otly de. veloped. The color is rather df Jight gray, and in some parts approachesr very m-ar to the white man' altibu gh' this may have been produced by the action of the soil in Which it has been' buried, for agds. A riunber of emi. nent scientific gentlemen visited' this remarkable and strange exhumatiorn yesterday afternoon, but nothing of a definite character was arrived at rela tive to the cause, or what length' of time it had lain there, although all agreed that several hundred years'muat' have elapsed since it *at biribd.' Cineins'ati Inquirer 1st' A WIFE'S INFLURNCE.-u t noti'de," said Franklin, "a mechanic among other, at work in a house erected near my office, who always appeared to b in a merry humor, and had of kind' word and cheerful smiin foa' every ohe he met. Let the day be ever so sold gloomy or sunless, a happy smile dhn ced like -a sunbeatn on his chberful countenance. Meetinghim one morrd ing, I asked' lim .teH uie the secret .f,.his constant happy flow of spirits. 'NSo secret, doctor,' he replied ; '1 hav' got one of thi be t of wives' n I go to' work she always lias a kind word of encouragemecnt for me, and when I go home she meets me with a; smile and a ki.,s ;rand shb is surefdb ready, as she has done so many tHngW durimg the day to please mor that I' cannot find it in m.- heart tospeak -tt kiM\ to any body.' What i~O then, hath Wotnatl'over thesh' t man, to soften it and make itt tain of'cheerful and pure eniqU Speak genti '; then, a hapy~t~ v kind wot' ofr4reetlhg; aft'd9 il~~ of the day ake over, cost? nolIhId m' I ad 'go fat' towards maiking a'holne.' rco fuil and happy." BA'm/DTArLo oN " Nilo &@....: " On our retuln'td thm )IIp We iii a nutmeg plant'atidn. A et'ree are from twenty to thirty feat idII~Ih, are planted in rokvs,- at. int rvl of taboiit fed't. The lddibirk ~ aind ghdsy, resemnbhidg thigt 4ft i'el, and the fruit at's litt' dlites riIght' bd taken- lI~ a' 1~I splits in the centre, SId' 'sad#rIet net work' of mace, en r~l~ ansano, nut, black'tja dbftd~ 41I is tht nutint ofcd?64bidO" , treA, not" no ' iik~~ " hdh~ sofn rdAhdblac mtst ldboo and ' prding, :awe' drove thr'ougli' tlie drdhid the' prarrn aIr ufinoon washiy Mispice.' The rich'oddts exlvaled frot' the trees pen et,rated thb.fram0 witdl' a~ gation of' finnea bcamre an 't~~i h senses were at ' a ertng feehin lug ty. H4oiit hejd to TduI ihit, I- sih~doi. log crumpled ?Ooe-laf~ ge at to femalecs also. All that we have said about preservi g the health in the nan, is as true of the opposite Sex. But this is not the Whole. The true foundation of beauty in womia, is exercise in fresh air. No cosmetiets are equal to these. The famous Diana of Poicteers, who maintained her love. lines until she was near sixty, o ed this extraordinary result, in her own opinion, to her daily bath, early rising, and ler exorcise in the saddle. En. glish ladies of rank are celebrated, the world over, for their splendid persons and brilliant complexions; and they are proverbial for their attention to walk. ing and riding, and t e hours spent daily out of doors. The sallow cheeks, stoopimg figures suspectibility to cold, aid almost constant ill-health, which prevail among the Amnerit!an wives and daughters generally, are to be at tributed almost entirely to their ex. cessive sedentary I fe, and to the in (irunity caused by the same life on the part of their parent. A woman can no nore becv:axe beautiful, inl the true sese vi the term, or reinin so, with out. healthlful excruise in the open air, than a plant can thrive without light. If we put the later into a cellar it eith. er dies out right, for refuses to bloom. Shall we wilt our sisters, wives or daughters, by a similar deprivation of what is as necessary to their harmoni. ous development? In another aspect, the care of health is a more importan thing than is usu ally supposed. There is no doubt that, as betwee. city and country, the popul.,tion of the fbitfbr sdliersmost from want of exercise and fresh air, and that consequently t .e stamina, so to speak, of a city population, is infe rior that of a rural one. It is even said that in somb cities; Paris for in. stance, few strictly town bred families last over a century, ahd that,-it the population was not continually recruit ed from the country, it would die out. It i an equally striking fact and one that lies within the observation of all of us, that the most energetic mer chlts generally, in New York; Bbston aM.d' Philadel-hia, have been originally lads from the rufral towns or countries, whose well balanced health has not only produced well balanced, vigorous, enterprsing n.inds, but ena led themr to enduire atrammunt of fatigue which the average of tiieir city bled competi. tors could not rival. The public weal, therefore, aLs well as the happiness of the individual, is ccerned in this question of health. Yet, we Americans almost ignore i , and practieclly negleet it entirely. 'iche old Greeks had their gymnasiums for physical exercise, which were as romch state institutions as common se"hools are now. Were not the Greeks wiser, after all, than we are, at least in this poratiuilar? A CONNING TRICK. Dr. Willeott, the celebrated Peter Pindar, was an eccentric character, a:l had a great many qu er notions of' aiis own. A g' ol story is told by one of his contemporaries of the inle: in which he oncea tricked his publisher. The latter 'riahing to buy the copy rt'ht af his works, ouli.red him iby let tera li:annuit.y of ?200. The doe tor i-arning that the publisher was very.- anxions toc purchhse, d'emathded jJ300,. In reply, the latter appointed a~ day- on which he would call and talk the racat Ler over. At the day assigned, tihe doctor received him1 in entire di-h acbille, oven to the nightcap; and hav img aggravated the sickly look of a nastucrally cadaverous lace by purpose ly abstammig from the use of a razor foar somiie datys, he had all the appear anice of a candidate for qnibk'consump. tien. Added toc tli.is, the crafty author a~ssumied a hollow acid mcost sepuleb/al t~ cgh, such as would, excite evencc the Lit :.f a shaeriff's catlicer, anid mcake a rich ruian's heir cazy with joy. Th le publisher hoawever, refused giving mobre than ?200, tall suddenly the doe tor broke out into a violent fit of' cougrhinag, which paroduced an offer of ?250. This the doctor peremptorily refused, and was seized, almrost instant. ly, with another eveni more frightful and longer protracted attack, that near ly sullhcated himc-when the publisher thinking it impossible tait sudeh-a man could live lonug, raised his offer and closed with him at ?300. The old riague lived some twen-ive or thirty y ears afterwords ! Muscd-The Emwpress Josephine was v-ery fond of perfumaces, and, above all, of musk. He~r d ressing room at Mahinaision was filled with It, In spite of Napoleon's frequent remonstrance. Forty years have elapsed since her deathc, and the present owner-of Mal. mnaison has had the walls of the dress ing room repeatedly' washed and pain ted ; but neither scrn bbingj aquafortis, nor paint, has been able to renove the smell of the good Emnpress'. ntask, which contnuesaa-strong-as if the bot tle which ' contained'- it: had been but yesterday removejd.