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*. * Wiir Should anv Mas Sweak ??I can
. .conceive of no reason why lie should, but
many why he should not.
1. It is mean. A man of high moral standing
would almost as leave steel sheep as
. swear.
2. It is vulgar; altogether too low for a dc
cent man.
3. It is cowardly ; implying a fear cither of
not being believed, or obeyed.
4. It is ungentleraanly. A gentleman according
to Webster is well bred, refined.?
Such an one will no more swear than go into
the streets and throw mud with a elod-hoppcr.
5. It is indecent ; offensive to delicacy, and
extremely unfit for human ears.
6. It is foolish; "want of decency is a want
of sense."?Pope.
7. It is abusive?to the mind which conceives
the oath, to the tongue which utters it,
and to the person to whom it is aimed.
8. It is voneinous; showing a man's heart
to be a nest of vipers ; and every time he
swears, one of them sticks out of bis head.
9. It is contemptible?Toifeiting the respect
of all the wise and good.
10. It is wicked ; violating the Divine law,
and provoking the displeasure of Iliin who
will not hold him guiltless who takes His name
in vain.
Oranges and Lemont in California.?
The attempt to grow oranges and lemons in
California is every year becoming more successful.
The princiyal groves are at LosAni?
_1 4.V.,.?n nra lialfa dozen ITieU CO
geios, Wlieic tuuv o.v ......
gaged in the business. Oranges are grown in
other places in the State, but mainly in gardens,
and for private use. There were about
60,000 oranges and 3O.000 lemons grown last
year at LosAngeloB; this year, nearly 100,000
oranges and 40,000 lemons have been raised
in that vicinity. The oranges grown this year
are larger and in every way better than last
year's crop, and sold at. the grove at ?3 per
hundred.' The largest growers are two Frenchmen
at the Mission San Gabriel, whose crop
last year amounted to about 25,000 oranges,
beside a quantity of lemons.
The Sabbath is the green oasis, the little
grassy meadow in the wilderness, when after
a-oat dav's iourncv, the pilgrim halts for
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refreshment and repose; where lie rests beneath
the shade of the lc.ty palm treOs, and
dips his vessel in the waters of the calm, clear
stream, and receives his strength to go forth
again upon his pilgrimage in the desert with
renewed vigor and cheerfulness.
Names of militia districts in Cherokee, Georgia.;
Possum Snout, Blue Gizzard, Pop Sknll,
Wolf Skin, Buzzard Roost, Pan Handle, TaD^
gle.Lcgi Lick Skillet, Shake Rag.
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camdeh MOM>AY, MAYS,
Tlic people of Kentucky are hunting down guerillas
with such xoal that the business is pretty much stop1K(1'
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Sati Francisco bns at last issued $40,000 in bonds
to aid the construction of Die Pacific Kailroad. A bout
1,S00 men are at work on the road.
The loss by the late Hoods in different parts of llie
State of Pennsylvania is estimntcd'by engineers archif^r.fo
nnit ?n-rif?nlinrifita ns fullv reaeliirir SI0,000,our.
Fine Wheat Chops. ? After making enquiry. W
many formes and planters, not-only of our own district;,
but tliose living abroad, we learn that tlie prospect
of an abundant wheat crop is bettor than has been
known for many years. ,
Great Britain ?The revenue returns for the financial
year, ending March 21, show a net increase of
?104.000 on the year. Notwithstanding the great/
reduction in taxation, the revenue exceeds by nearly
half a million sterling the estimates of Mr. (it.vnstone.
The Bank of England, on the 20ih March, reduced
its rate of discount to 4 per cent., at which their ?ds a
lair demand for money. 1 his movement strengthened
the English funds, aud consols tiro buoyant and
advancing.
From the accouuts published in Northern papers, il
is evident that there is a difficulty browing between
the United States and Mexico. The Kmpirc lias again
been insulted by the United States Government by
tho recognition of a miuis.er of the Republic at San
Francisco.
No News ?We have nothing of interest with Ayhiclr
to regale oar news-loving readers this morning?the
only censmion on the lapis being that of France, Austria
aud Spain having formed an alliance with a view
to intervention 111 (?) However, the quidnuncs arc
on the alert?so look out for something frksii. The
gentleman from ''Fountain Head," it is said, will arrive
this p. m.
"Wie would refer our readers to Gov. Magiuth's
circular, suppressing all undue distillation of liquors,.
in which lie calls on the sheriffs and magistrates of the
different districts in the State to combine their efforts
for the detection of those who are engaged in viola"ting
the law in this respect. He also issues an address
to the people of the State, calling on the agents
of the State to have turned over to them all subsistence
stores and property of the Confederate States
within the limits of the State?the same to be use for
the relief of the people of the Stalo. Ho also states
that it is in the highest degree obligatory on said
agents, who receive these supplies to provide out of
them freely to the soldiers of this and pilier States passing
through our limits who may need aid.
Important Communication.
IVe are indebted, says the Columbia Phoenix*, to
his Excellency the Governor for the following despatch,
which he has received from Gen. Johnston*. The
great anxiety which is felt throughout-the State, induced
tho Governor to give publicity, without delay
to the information it conveys. Its official announce
ment will iu uui urAk hi i/ij'7 j^iuLiuiua^
tion of the.Governor, with which will appear the letter
of Gon.' Lovell and other papora of interest connected
with the communication between Gens. Johnston
and Sherman.
Greensboro, N. C., April 20.
Forwarded from Chester May 1, 1805.
His Excellency Gov. A. G. Magrath :
The disaster in Virginia, tho capture by the enemy
of all our work-shop for tho preparation of ammuni-j
lion and repairing o" arms, the impossibility of rwuit1
in<r cur little army, opposed by ten times its number;
of supplying it except by robbing our own citizens,
destroyed nil Impes nJ'sueoo>sml war I have, ili'-roi'ore,
made u military conveniion with fien. SiieiiM.w
to terminate hostilities in North and .South Carolina,
Geo:gia and Florida. I made this convention to spare
tin: blood of the gallant little army committed twine;
to prevent fartfiersull'eiinjr of our people by the devastation
and ruin inevitable from the Marches of invading
armies, uud to avoid lii? crime of wagiug
hopeless war.
(Sigiud.) . J. K. JOHNSON, General.
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f French Army.
Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia, in a
pamphlet printed Foine years ago, gave us ilie
first principle of the French' army, that the
French soldier always marches forward ; the
secoud, lie says, is, that moral is superior to
physical force. So Marshal Canrobert, when
lie had a cOup dc nwin on his hands in the
Crimea, always asked his soldiers : ' Do you
fc.-l equal to it.'" They never answered
"No;" and the promise which tlmt themselves
had given to their General was the guarantee
of their success. Tito third principle of the
French, according to the Prince, is, to hold
themselves in a serried colum'n against an enemy
which is hat'iy disciplined and unaccustomed
to military manoeuvres ; and 011 tfie cmiIrarv.
to fiirlit with disordered tanks and like
skirmishers when they have to do with regular
ami- well disciplined troops. The fourth
Frcin-li principle is, never to defend themse'ves
passively. Of this the IViucc says: "If
it happens that the French are attacked bv a
close coliiuiu, they proceed in this way, ami it
is especially excellent when the attack is i.ot
suppoited by a corps dc reserve. The French
riflemen give way at the point of attach; the
attacking column, imagining that this is the
commencement of a retreat, pushes on, but'
soon the riflemen present a new front; one or
two cohrmus advance; the shaipshooters snr,round
the enemy on all sides; he hesitates ; he
loses time ; lie cannot turn back ; there he is
compelled to fight, and is abandoned to his
fate. The French soldiers are ordered in this
ease not to kill anv more, but to make fuison
ers, because a soldier can take five or six prisoners
in the time required to kill one man."
"It is a principle," says the Prince, "in the
French army, that an attack, when once resolved
upon, can nev<rbe executed too soon or
I too rapidly. In Italy, fire seldofh lasted a
quarter of an hour before thoy eame to the
bayonet; oftenti es they" did not bu$p a cartridge
during the attack. It appears now that
the French attack at a full run, to which they
I are exercised during peace, so that, when they
[ reach the enemy, they are not out of breath.
The Prince claims many of these principles as
of Prussian origin. He believes that they are
i not even the proauct of the French national
! character, and that the temperament of the
J Prussian soldiers is admirably adapted to their
'adoption. In conclusion, be proposes first to
j employ riflemen by columns of o^e company
| each; second, to dispose the armed in depth
rather than in breadth, which increases the
! power of resistance on the flanks, and prevents
J a rapid loss of men ; and thirdly, the disposit
tion of au army as mach as possible like the
squares on a chess-board, which is the best
means of sustaining the impetuous attack of
such troops as the Zouaves and Tnrcos made
on a full run and with the bayonet. Perhaps
it would be well to? some of our own authori-r
'ties to study, these principles.
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If you hear a man say that lie hasn't a
friend in the world, you may be pretty sure
he doesn't deserve one.
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Domkstic Lire.?IIow sweet is it whey theheart
expan<I.s0and the mind kindles l?v reciprocated
kindness and knowledge ! And
sweeter far in domestic life is it to rest the
wearied heart and mind of the. chastened expression
of sympathy lightning up the wellknown
and beloved countenance of cue who
has olten treated our sorrows with compassion^
returned long suffering to o?r tryingncss, and
shown enduring fidelity in our burden?endeared
to us like n gallant ship, which: though
the gloss of its new paint and rigging may be
worn less bright, yet, in its very scars, marks
the tenacity with which its anchors have held,
ami its rudder answered the helms map,
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' The past winter in Europe appears to have
been more severe than in this country. In
Scotland, the snows have been almost unprecedented.
Deer and all kinds of game were
s" anted out. (Jreat numbers of sheep perishi-d,
aud even lions- s were so covered up with
snow, that the neighbors bad to assist in digging
out the inhabitants. The English poor
have been great sufferers during the winter
from the cold and want of employment, especially
among the cotton spinners,
A very curious ease of smuggling on/tho
Canadian border has recently been detected,,
for which the law provided no remedy. It
seems that the smuggler built his house immediately
upon the boundary line, with an entrance
from the north and south. He canthus
bring British or American goods into his.
house? without paving duties to either Govern- .
mef.t, ami cau without ?let??ction easily passthem
over to the other side.
The Mncl^d- runner Banshee, with onethousand
hales of cotton, arrived at Nassau 01/ '
the 2ut.li ult., from Galveston. She reports.
Galveston garri?.oncd by 1^200 troops. Twelve
Federal ships weie off the bar. Six steamers;
had sailed lecentlv from Havana for Galveston.
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Tobacco for Barter.
Twenty boxes no i tobacco in store
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