msmt ii wTmrr?bbm, wnrnriii1 mw unit m.n-r 'am How to Kill Women. We commend the following extract to the attention of such of our lad v readers as desire to . be killed oft' fashionably, The system laid down : will be sure to produce the most satisfactory r> | suit5. Ail the experiments which have lv r tofore been tried have demonstrated the complete success of this plan of getting woman out of the way without having the trouble or expense ! of coroners' inquests or murder trials Not the j least astonishing fact connected witli this cirtuin-1 stance is. that the ladies themselves take to it ! as kindly as a duck docs to the water: " Wore we to be called upon to devise some mode for gradually destroying the health of all woman kind, injuring their offspring and cutting short their lives, in the meantime unfitting them for labor, exereise in the open air, and high physical enjoyment, we should proceed somewhat in the following manner: make an instrument of composition; which for convenience, we will call "stays." With this invest the upper two-thirds of the body, and draw the strings. The effect will be to compress the lower ribs, forcing the contents of the lower abdomen downwards, with a constant, unalleviated pressure, which in due time, will result in those female diseases which have made the fortunes of abdominal supporter manufacturers. v "Another effect will be to destroy the action of the diaphragm, so that the lower portion of the lungs will be entirely unused, and lie still engorged with blood for ten or fifteen hours at a time, every day. Resulting from this, the blood will not be properly decarbonized, the fluids become vitiated, and consumption come on in good time. To help on this process, we would put on a dress over me apparatus, jiia.Kiug me uress iui:g, auu arming it with whalebone to press down the abdominal contents, so that there should be no chance of their free action. We would moreover, make it so tight about the shoulders that the wearer should not be able to reach above her head, without cracking five or six hooks and ryes. This would answer for the waist. Then we would hang around the hips a hot flannel skirt gathering at the small of the back, so as to make at that point a couple of inches thick and solid flannel. Then we would add another, which should bo quilted and stuffed with ra\v cotton, gathered at the back as before. "Such as these, we would hang upon the hips until the weight of several pounds has accumulated, in the meantime seeing to it that the back and hips were so bundled with innumerable thicknesses of cloth that they should always be kept hot, perspiriug, and every healthy function of the skin become debilitated and diseased.? j This would assist the apparatus around the waist , in bringing on diseases peculiar to females. The j weight of the skirt, should the female attempt to , walk, would tire her very soon, in conjunction ] with cutting her breath short, while the long, , heavy drapery around her limbs will effectually prevent every free, rapid and graceful motion. An Interesting Incident.?Mr. Joseph Lea- , vitts one of our citizens, returned from California, j in speaking of sights and scenes in California, j mentioned the following incident, which speaks ( eloqently of the true humanity of hearts even in j California, where selfishness and passion are sup- | posed to reign with unwonted force. During the raging of the cholera in California, , a young man from the State of Mississippi, Jes- ( se Cook, about twenty-three years of age, who was engaged in the laborious work of mining, ( chanced to meet with a family from Missouri, consisting of husband, wife, and two children, one of , them an infant. Disease had attacked one of the children, a little boy, and he was soon stricken down by cholera, and laid by the sorrowing pa- , rents in a little grave dug in the bank of the riv- j er. Soon after, the father of the child died, leaving onlv the mother and her infant daughter.? Her grief was great. She was in a strange land. The husband of her youth and the first; born son of her hope had departed to the land of spirits, and their remains were lying in their graves in 1 the quiet vale on the river. Her earthly sup- J port had failed, ??nd yet she elung to life for the 1 sake of her infant. Strangers proved kind, and the hand of benevolence provided for her wants, ! and the voice of kindness greeted her ears. But disease preyed upon her, and death tore her itway from her tender infant, and by strange hands she was buried. The sweet loving eyes of an infant looked up confidently into the face of young Cook, and a smile wreathed its beutifnl face, and its d? licat?- : little hands streached forth confidingly. No female was there to caress and care for it, and the young miner, with a swelling heart, and with a trust in God and his own resources, took the nameless infant, then only seven months old, in charge, and provided for it with a father's care and a mothers love. He-daily fed and washed and dressed it, and gave it the fond name of his mother, Mar}-; by day he cradhd it near him in his toils, and at night huddled it as an angel child to Ins bosom. After :i win!- lie in id ; application's to various families at Sacramento Citv to have the child taken care of, and otl'ered to pay five dollars a week, hut none were di-pos m Plain Facts for Plain Farmers.?Fanners are often complaining of the burthen of high taxes that weigh them down. Put it is a notorious fact that ninety-nine hundredths of our farmers lose and waste more valuable manures on tneir premises annually than would pay all their taxes for five years. We think we hear some of our farmers say that we arc mistaken, because they keep their straw and their cattle in a yard, and make two or three hundred loads of manure in a year.? True, but they lose forty per cent of this very manure by improper management of it. Generally it l:es on a steep side hill below their back barnes, with all the water from the barn running "Iio. uMicLm.r /nit tvi'nntr liirouiill 11 1UI llllli; VMV W..V..V, per cent of its \alue, carrying it into tin1 nearest run or ercek, and then they haul it into their fit-Ids in August, and spread it out for two or three weeks, on the top of the ground, allowing the sun to evaporate twenty per cent more of its valuable properties, before it is plowed under ground, where it ought to have been before it was ever permitted to become dry. Here is the forty per cent gone .at two operations. Now three hundred loads of manure are worth five hundred i dollars to the field. Forty per cent oft'of this is j two hundred dollars loss. SiNt;r:.ak IIistokicai. Fact.?The New .York Express brings to light a singular historical fact, winch is not generally Known. Jt says inai 111 1 SI 7, a Russian of eminence, M. Pozzo de Forgo, being then in Paris, proposed in a memoir addressed to his Court on the importance of replacing South America under the dominion of Spain, that the United States should be subjugated. lie said that, "Pounded on the sovereignty of the people, the Republic of the United States <>f America was a lire, of which the daily contact with Europe threatened the latter with conflagration; that, as an asylum for all innovators. it gave them the means of disseminating at a distance, l?v their writings and the authority of their example, a poison of which the communication could not be questioned, as it was well known that the French revolution had its origin in the United States, that already troublesome effects were felt from the presence of French refugees in the United States." The Russian Ambassador went on to state and argue that the conquest of the United States was an easy enterprise; that the degree of power to which the Americans had risen, made tJifem objects of fear to the European Monarchical Governments, (fee. The editor of the Express came in contact with this curious paper in the State Library at Albany in an old file of the Missouri Republican, printed more than thirty years ago. Dreadful Accident.?A correspondent wri- j ting us from St. Helena Island, under date of; the od inst., states that on Thursday, the 'J9th | of January, Dr. liandell Croft, of Greenville, whilst on a visit to his plantation on St. Helena Island, was accidentally shot by his driver, The circumstances, as related by our correspondent are as follows:?"The Dr. was on his way to a friends house with whom he was to hunt and 1 fish, and on ridinc bv his lieerro houses stormed ! to procure a pair of grains, which are used for striking fish. The driver was pushing them under the seat of the buggy, and the Dr. turned round to caution him not to touch his gun, but j before he could speak it went off (the grains having unfortunately touched the trigger,), putting the contents through the fleshy part of his right arm. No bones were injured nor large arteries severed. The wounds, thought dreadful to look at, the physicians think are doing well up to this time, and hope the case will terminate favorably. Many friends are around him, and no care and attention which their kindness can bestow, is withheld The good wishes of the tvhole Island for his speedy recovery attend him." Charleston Courier. Florida Indians.?We observe, (says a late number of the New-Orleans- Delta,) the arrival n this city, of Gen. Luther Blake, with a deputation of" Seminole Indians, from Arkansas, on their way to Florida. The object of the General s to induce Bowlegs, and the remainder of the tribe now in Florida, to migrate peaceably to the West, Among the Indians in the General'# suite are, Abram, one of the oldest and most noLed warriors of the tribe, and a .sister of Bowlegs, through whose influence he has no doubt of being able to prevail on all the Indians now remaining in Floridia, to remove to the West during tlu- approaching Spring. General Blake's long residence at the different Indian Agencies, Iius.mj familial ized hiimvith the diameter of the. Red man, as to make him most influential amongst them, and highly useful as a public agent. "Carry me back to Old Virginia.?It is probably not generally known that the division af the Methodist Church does not exactly follow the geographical line between tin' live and slave Sates. Districts near the borders are, ii* some instances, includ-d in conferences on the opposite side. Thus the counties of I lanoock, Brooke and Marshall, in Virginia, are attached to the Pittsburg Conference. The Wheeling Gazette states that this division is complained < . 1 r I quantities oi eoOKea un-ais, preparm mm a [miuv that did not conn* off, perhaps, remain on hands, which, tor want of knowing how to preserve, are measurably lost. Su<-h should be potted. Cut the meat from the hone and chop tine, and season high with salt, pepper, clows, cinnanioii, and moisten with vinegar, wine, brandy, cider, or Worch'-^ter-hire sain/-, or melted butter, according to the kind of meat, or to suit your own taste, and then pound it ti?_tht into a stone jar nearly full, and cover over the top with ahont a quartern!'an inch of united butter. It will keep moiitbs, and always afford a ready and excellent dish for tie- tea tab!'-. S'jytts Count.? A iK'troit paper is responsible for the following: "Careless T bought a gallon of < hard at llrady's to take home, and by way of a label wrote his name upon a card, which happened to he the seven of chilis, and tied it in the handle. Alderman (.'. coining along, and observing the jutf, remarked, "That's an awful careless way to leave, that liquor." "Why so ?" said Tom. "Why ? Hecause somebody might come along with the eight spot and take it." Importation* ok Liquors into the United States.?The aggregate value of the wines annually imported into the United States is aliout *2,000,000; of brandy ?.'1,000,000; of beer ?175,000; of tobacco, snuff and segars ' 1,7.50,000. Total about. 12,000,000 gallungs, valued at say ?7,000,000. Hie value oi tea annually imported is *r>,ooo,000; of coffee ?12,000,000; and of fruit (rajsins, figs, almonds, Ac.) ?1,000,000, At n concert recently, at the conclusion of the song, "There's a good time coining," a country farmer got up and exclaimed? "Mister, you couldn't fix the dati;could you?" r Til II maacrnmnm m THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. I FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 0, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market, The Cotton Market has assumed its former activity since our last, with a:i advance in prices, quotations ranging from 5 1-2 to 7 7-8. CitARl.ESTON", Feb. 4. The sales yesterday reached but 500 bales at firm prices?extremes ranging from 6 1-4 to 8 1-4. I ,r.rSv--ru-u-i--^--n_n_r Mr. White Again. Mr. White closed his third lecture -on Wednesday night; his audiences were large, intelligent and rcspoctftil, and seemed highly pleased with the efforts of this distinguished advocate of Temperance. We arc certain that his visit in our midst, will have a tendeni ey to increase the zeal and energy of the brethren of our order; and although no very remarkable demonstrations have been made, it was no fault ofJIr. White's. Ilia arguments were unanswerable, his eloquence captivating, and his wit irresistible?taking him in all, the best speaker we have ever heard upon this subject.? We commend him most earnestly to the fellowship of : the Order in our State. Those Divisions who have been fortunate in securing his services, may expect to be benefitted by them. We hope it may be like bread cast upon the waters, to be seen and gathered many days hence. Certainly a revival is greatly needed in our midst. Accidental Death. Mr. James Parker, an aged citizen of this District came to his deatli on Tuesday last. He had been to Camden, and was returning home?near Chesnut'sFcr. ry he fell from his horse, which caused his death. A inn- ,if Trmiio?t \e?s hclfl nvr*r his bodv. who have rcn dered a verdict to the effect that he canic to his death by a fall from his horse. Meteorological. We have been favored by a friend, with the following summary of the official observations upon the Weather, during the past month, taken from the report to the Smithsonian Institute: HEIGHT OF TIIERMOMETOR. Least, Tuesday 20th, sunrise, 4 deg. Mean, same day, - - - 16,75 44 Greatest, Saturday 31st. 3 P. M. 73 44 Mean, same day, - - 57 " Monthly Mean, ... 37.67 " Cloudy days, - - - 9 ' Fair 44 - - - - 13 44 Clear 44 - - - 9 44 Mercury and Courier. Xcither of the.se valuable exchanges reached us last night. A cotemponuy was about right when lie said a pair of scissors and the Charleston Mercury constituted important prerequisites to an Editor's table; being at the receipt of custom, they are enabled to give us the latest and the best information of any papers in tnc country. Hon. J. L. Orr. We are under obligations to this gentleman for recent favors. He will please, therefore, accept our thanks. Louis Napoleon. Notwithstanding he has the reputation of being a sort of unmeaning character, with no particular mark of greatness, he has shown himself in the present extraordinary state of affairs in Franco, to be a man of iron will and determination. Ifo has clothed himself with a blaze of glory, akin to that of his great prototype. His actions accord with the name lie bears, and certain it is, few but the descendant of such a man as Bonaparte, could seize the reins of government, by a single grasp, and by his own imperious will, direct the affairs of tiic French government. His extraordinary power, lies in the fact that he is closely allied to the man whom fickle Franco both loved and feared, and at the bare mention of whoso name, nations might well turn pale. The present Napoleotj seems to deal in matters on a large scale, and does not content himself with a moderate degree of power, lie wants no opposition to hi.-- haughty will, liis right lot none dispute? regarding a splendid failure as bettor than a petty suceess. Louis Napoleon has tho example of the elder Napoleon, who carved his way to fame through the j rugged vicissitudes of life, and under circumstances of j the most adverse and dillicult character?whose path was deeply marked, and rod with tho blood of slaughtered thousands. It is hardly possible that such circumstances will ever occur in the history of the present usurper. Yet, the blaze of his glory, at last, like the other may be quenched in obscurity and night. The banishment of such a large number of the most influential citizens of France, is obliged to be an experiment attended with great danger to the sway of Louis Napoleon. It is but a reasonable conclusion, to sup| pose that a revulsion will take place at no very distant I day, in the affairs of the present despot, whose reign is j but the commencement ol another reign of terror. Na poleon has but little to assure him, we think, that his sway will be of long duration; the same fickle clamor which shouted his ascension to the throne ofhis present power may, in the next change of political excitement, ; turn against liim and uneonmioniously eject him, as they j have others before him. The tenure by which tyrant* | hold their power is uncertain. The popular cry of vice j la rot in t'av?r of some other usurper lbr the time, may J tell Napoleon's fate, and give to liis, as others have rcj eeived? ) "To tyrants hopes an carlv grave." I M Aitui.uii:.?The Cherokee Advocate amioun| ccs the following marringc.wliich took place in Dej cemlicr last, in the Cherokee Nation. "Married, on the 2'Jth of last month, by the ]{ev. Tlios. Hertliolf, Mr. .Ituiies Duller, of South j Carolina, son of our late esteemed Agent, Dr. 1 hi tier, and brother of our present worthy Agent, (Jcorge 1 hi tier, to Miss Faucis Taylor, daughter of Diehard Tavlor, Second Chief of the Cherokee i Nation." m mi John E. Kirkpatrick, a native of Charleston, is now tilling the chair of Creek Literature, in i the 1'Diversity ??f Edinburgh, recently made vacant l?v the death of J'rof. Dunlar. * ! . I am km Mostuomkiiv, the poet, a-* Shoftiold (Knglish) paper says, lias read the notices of his death in the American papers, with their acconij panvinjr eulogies, with much satisfaction, and, ; what is more, read them without the aid ofglasJ sos. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT. Baltimore, Feb. 2. The steam ship Ilumboldt arrived at NewYork to-day from Havre, via Cowes. She has been detained in consequence of an injury to her rudder sustained in a storm.. She left Havre on the 14th ult. Tiie Markets.?The sales of Cottox in Liverpool on the 12th and 14 ult. amounted to 1? iL ?? J /\4* ?/%! ? aha flmnconrl iweive uumsaixu uciius, ui nmvu bales of American were, for export. The market was firm, and the demand animated. England.?The London Times says that nothing can save the Cabinet but a liberal modification of it. The London Daily Ncm states that the British Government will express to the Cabinet at Washington in manly terms its disapproval of the outrage on the Promelkus,i\x\d its intention of divesting the perpetrator of it of his rank in its service. France.?The President has issued a decree dissolving the national guards, but stating that he will reorganize them whenever their services may be required for the preservation of public order. Victor IIcgo, General Changarnjer, and Messieurs Theirs and Giraudin, together with 020 Representatives, have been banished from France. Arrests were made daily, and a perfect reign of terror exists. Locis Napoleon is using dospotic power before he proclaims himself Emperor. The French funds have fallen. Still Later. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. Baltimore, Feb. 4. The Niagra arrived at Halifax to-day. ti 1 r? ?,.i int'AiUt^UlUljllUlljll ijnuiuwi IU1 mv; "C*.** 41,000 bales. Orleans fair 5 1-8 upland fair 4 7-8. Tlie demand was good, and the prices stiffer. Holders were pressing on the market. Speculators took 4,000 bales?exporters 28,000.The arrival out of the Europa created more confidence and better prices, but with an anxiety to realize. Stock in port 408,000 bales?ofwhick 225,000 are American, against 455.000 last year, of which 258,000 were American. Cms for Corpulency.?At a meeting of the French Acade my of Sciences in l'aris, December 15, 1851, among other papers received was one from Mr. Dancel, on the developement of fat in animals. It conveys the results of his observations on the human species. Excessive corpulency is relived by an almost total abstinency from vegetables and feculent substances, and by diminishing the quantity of drink, and increasing, when necessary, the quantity of meat usually consumed. The Savannah Morning News regrets to announce the death of the wife of the lion. John Maepherson Berrien, which took place in that city on Monday. Mrs. Berrien had been in feeble health for several years. We are gratified to perceive that the lion. nenry nay nau so tar rocovcreu as to iiavo ooen able to ride out, accompanied by his physicians on the 29th ult. Death of James (?. Birncy.?James G. Birnoy, who was, in 1844, the candidate of the '"liberty party" for president, died at Saganaw, Mich., a few days ago. Mr. Birney was formerly an uncompromising abolitionist, and an opponent 1 of the colonization scheme; but it is said that he had lately changed his views, and that there is now in press in Cincinnati, a pamphlet written by him, and which contians an address to the colored people of the United States, and gives very decisive reasons in favor of their removal, and no less decisive in favor of Liberia, in preference to Canada or the West Indies. Prices of Xeyroes.?We learn that a sale of negroes on Monday, in Orangeburg, a gang of fortv-nine, from infants to negroes over 90 years of age, the lot averaged Sold. In nearly onehalf of the purchasers the cash was paid for the property.? Carolinian ? I Congress.? In the Senate, on Tuesday last, 3d i instant, petitions were presented, one against j Sunday Mails, and requirement by Government i of otlieial duty on the Sabbath, of those engaged j in the Bost Office department. Also, another, j fi?r an increase of the salary of the Judge at Key \\ est, A resolution was offered, inquiring into the expediency of limiting the terms of military appointments. A bill was introduced to enforce discipline iu th?j Navy department. In the House of Ilepresentativcs, Mr. Camp; bell spoke on the Compromise measmvs, deelarinor the Whig party the true conservative party j of the country. Pay of Jurors in New York.?According to the regulations of the jury system in New York, ! the sum of twelve and a half cents is all that is allowed jurors in any case, no matter how long or short a time it occupies. The jurors in the Forrest divorce ease were paid,/or thirty-four days labor and confinement, only this pitiful sum. The Chrraw and Anson I'lank Road.?The. O'azettc advertises for contracts tor the clearing, grading and bridging this road, and for the timber etc. It also states on the authority of Major McFarlan, President of the road, that it is to be i l,/.L-r .....i