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bp ***' by cavis & trimmier. Dfuotft* to Sowtljmt politics, &gricu If iux nnfr iXTiscdJmnj. $2 pee annum. vol. xiii. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1856. KO^UST' THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY OA VIS <fc TRIMMLBR. ' T- 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor. Prioo Two Dollars per annum in advanco, ot $*2.53 at the cod of the year. I. not paid until after the year expires $3.00. Payuteut will be considered in advance if mnde within three months. No subscription taken for less than six months. Money may be remitted through postmasters at oar risk. \dvertisements inserted at the usual rates, and contracts mode on rcusonabto terms. Tito Spartan circulates largely over this and adjoiuin^ distriots, and offers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. Tub work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand or prin ed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN THE HOTIl E R'S FIRST GIFT. dv roakhf s. chilton. She sits beside the cradle, And her tears were streaming last, For she sees the present only, While she thinks of all the past; Of the days so full of gladness, When her first bora's answering kiss Filled her soul with such a rapture f That It knew not other bliss. Ohl those happy, happy moments! They but deepen her despair, For she bends above the cradle, And her baby is not there! rru i_ _r r ... i x fit*re are wurus 01 wiiuuri pjmikcii, And (lie leaden clouds of grief Wcnr the smilitig bow of promise, And she feels a sad relief; But her wavering thoughts will woudcr, Till thuy settle on the scene Of the dark and silent chamber, And of ull that might have been! F?<r a little vacant garment, Or a shining tress of hair, Tells her heat t iu tones of anguish, That her baby is not there! (She sits beside the cradle, But her tears no longer How, For she sees a blessed vision, And forgets all earthly woe; Saintly eyes look dawn upon her, And the voice that hushed the sea Stills her spirit with the whisper, "Sutler them to oumc to Me." A ltd while her soul is lifted On the souring u iugs of prayt r, Heaven's crystal gates swing inward, And she sees Iter baby there! i'resent Fashion.? > Bonnet on the shoulder*; N'we up to the sky; Both hands full of floutirt s, Raised a LA SlIANO Ii gli; Under skirts be spattered Ix>ok amazing neat; All your silks get "watered" Sweeping down the street! Churcii Trial.?At the recant session of theSy U?k1 of Month Carolina, of llio Presbyterian Church, the ruo of A. F. Browning came upon appeal from Presbytery. Of the case and the decision of My no J the Yorkvillc Enquirer ia)? "The charge in that Mr. Browning, otto of the firm of Browning & Lcmnn ami Bancroft, Belts As Marshall, fraudulently applied to his own u.-c the funds of the firm to the amount of about M'Jo,OUt). The session ol his church in Charleston, to which he hiinscl! referred the matter, sustained the charge and dism r-t.-d him. Alt appeal was taken to the Presbytery, and the verdict reversed; and all parties now tip|?oar before the Synod for a final adjudication. As far as I can judge from the evidence, Mr. Browning will be restored to his membership. So far Iroin being guilty of fraud, lie appears to be guilty of a want of business-capacity?a crime which, your readers may be glad to hear, is not in the category of which the church takes cognisance. Mr. Browning is not n'broken merchant.' I understand that he is able to pay and is willing to [>ay his liabilities handsomely, and 1 have hut little doubt that the case will appear somewhat in the , hght of a malicious prosecution?though the term prosecution cannot be properly used in rchrence to it." The Grand Jury for Grocuville District, whose presentment is published in the Patriot ami Moun fainter, called the nttmlion ol the Court to the Tact that miny men both, married and single, sustain illicit connections with members of the other sex, mid being informed "that there are no laws in this Stale that will reach such cases," (though we think they have been misinformed,) they earnestly recommend that legislative attention should be given to this Rubjeet. They further recommend as un additional modification, to the greater efficiency of the Free School system, that every male between the ages of 21 and 50 years shall pay n Free School tax not exceeding fifty cents, for the education of poor children, and that dollars bo withdrawn from the appropriation to the South Carolina College, to be applied to the same object. Some years ago, "so wo hear," in ono of the back counties in Pennsylvania, Parent Van Nuya "fell out" with Prom Van Pelt, "concerning of the misdeeds of Prom's dog, and in his wrath ho swore he would, at the first opportunity, kill that valuable animal "deader as tor Tttyvel." Iloriified at the threat, and solicitous for the welfare ol his quadruped, Protn went "full chisel" to the Justice of the Peace, made oath of the facts of the case, and prayed sureties of the pence against Parent. Deeply impressed with the turpitude of Parent's conduct in the premises, the Squiro issued his warrant, and shortly afterwards Parent appeared before the offended majesty of the law, "supported" by a constable. After sternly reprimanding the defendant, and inveighing in fitting terms against the infamy of "sich doins," his honor took Parent's recogni _ *1_ _ . /? 11-1 l_ll ? anncuin mo sum 01 ono uuiiureu uoiiais, conditioned "that be, the said Barent \ an Niiys, would keep tlio peaco toward all ffood dogs in tho Stato of Pennsylvania, but especially towards Abraham Van Pelt's dog!" A "true copy from the record,"' as we are credibly assured. There is a chiliPinTohoes, N. Y., onebalf of whose left eye is blue while the other half is black. The division is equal, and the dividing lino, which is drawn perpendicularly across the eye, is straight aud welldefined, the color changing abruptly from blue to black. To Prevent Fruit Mould?Fruit jellies may be preserved from mouldiness by covering the surface one fourth of an inch deep with finely pulverized loaf sugar. Thus protected, they will keep in good condition for years. Conundrum.?In what aspect is James Buchanan unlike Col. Benton) Do you give it up) Because he gave Fremont Jessie. LEAP FROM THE MAIN BRUCKE. I. It was past midnight?the lights on the stone-bridge which crossos the river Main at Frankfort wore st;ll burning, though the . footsteps of passengers had died away for some time on its pavement?when a young > mau approached the bridgu from tho town with hasty strides. At the same time, another roan, advanced in years, was coming towards him from Sachsenhausen, tho wollknown suburb on the opposite side of tho river. Tho two had not yet met, when tho latter turned from his path, and went towards the parapet, with evident intention of leaping from the bridge into the Main. The young man followed hiin quickly, and laid hold of him. "Sir," said he, "1 think you want to drown yourself." "You think right, sir; but what is that you?" "Nothing at all. I was only going to ask you to do mo the favor to wait a few minutes, and allow tuo to join you. Let us draw close to each other, and, arm-inarm, take tho leap together. The idea of making the journey with a perfect stranger, who has chanced to cotne for the same purpose, is really rather interesting, ludeed, 1 have not experienced anything 60 exciting for some time; and I should not have thought that, in my last hour, so pleasant an occurrence would happen. Come, sir; for many years I have not made a request to any human being: do not refuso me in this ono, which must be my last. I assure you, I do not remember having over spent so many woids about any request whatever." So saying, the young man held out his hand, llis companion look it, and ho then continued, ..lib a kind of enthusiasm: "So be it; arm-in-arm?and now let us be quick about it. It is really charming to feel a human heart near me in these last moments. I do not ask what you are, good or bad?come, let us drown." Tho elder of tho two, who had at first been in so great a hurry to end his existence in tho waters of the river, now restrained the impetuosity of tho younger. "Stop, sir," said he, while his weary eyo tiied to examine-the features of his companion as well as the dickering light of tho nearest lamp would allow him?"Stop, sir. You seem to be too young to leave life in this way. 1 am afraid you arc committing a rash act; for a man of your years, life must still have bright prospects." "Hright prospects!?in the ruidst of rot tenness and decay, falsehood and deceit, vice and corruption! Come, lei us make uu end of it." it t -1 t - ivuu so young: i oui experience muse Iiavo been very sad to make you consider nil creatures which havo the human form .1 brood of serpents." ' Oh, serpents are noble beings compared with men; they follow the impulses of their natuie; they are uo hypocrites, bearing virtue on their lips and vice in their hearts." "I pity you from my heart; but there certainly arc many exceptions to this mis crable rule." ' I liavo found none," said the young man. "Then it may l>e a consolation, though a poor one, that you have found 0110 in this solemn hour. However much men are given to falsehood, there are very few who lio iu the hour of death, within sight of eternity, liul for ine, I have never told a falsehood in my life, and 1 would not for anything in the world enter upon the dark road with a lie upon my lips; and, therefore, when 1 tell you that I am not a villain, as you seem to think me, but an lionj est and upright man, I am telling you tho ! simple, unvarnished truth." "Indeed??that is interesting. And so I must meet the only honest man I over sawin the world when I am on tho point of leaving it, and in his own company!" I "Let 111a co alone, and do von remain __ a - y J here, Believe me, ihore are many good and honest people who could render life charming for you. Seek them, and you are sure to find thom." "Well, the first one I bnvo found already. Hut if life presents itself to you in hues so ! bright, I am surprised you should wish to leave it." "Oh, I am only a poor sickly man, una! bio to earn anything, and who can endure ; no longer that his only child, an angel of I a daughter, should work day and night to maintain him, and even sometimes to pro.! cure him luxuries. No, air, to allow this ionger, I must bo a tyrant, a barbarian." "What, sir!" exclaimed the other, almost terrified, "you have an only daughter sacrii Scitig herself tor your oakoi' "And with what patience, what sweetness, what love, what perseverance! 1 see her sinking under her toil and hordepriva; lions, and not a word of complaint escapes from her pallid lips. She works and , | starves, and still has always a word of love, ! an affectionate smile for her father." "Sir, anil you wnnt to commit suicide! Aro you inad?" "Dare I murder that angel? Tho thought pierces my heart like a dagger," said the old inan, sobbing. , "?:r, you must have a bottle of wino with i me: I lee a tavern opon yonder. Como, you must tell mo your history; and, if you have no objection, I will then tell you mine. Hut this much I ina? say at onco ?there is no occasion for you to leap into tho rivor. I am a rich, a very rich man; i and if things roally arc as you represent, your daughter will no longer havo to work, aud you shall not starve." The old man allowed himself to be dragged along by his companion. In a few ininutes they were seated at a table in the tavern, with full glasses beforo them, and each examining curiously the features ol the other. Kefreshed and comforted by the cffecli of tho wine, the old man began thus: [ "My history is soon told. I am a misc rable man; but fortune never favored me I had no money myself, and I loved and married a poor girl. I could never bogin business on ray own account. 1 took situation ns book keeper, which I held un I became useless from age, aud young men were preferred to me. Thus my ci cutnstances wore always circumscribed, b i my domestic happiness was comploto. N wife, an angel of love, kindness, aud fun ness, good aud pious, aclivo and atreclio ate; and my daughter is the true image her mother. But j*ge and illness bai brought me to tho last extremity, and it conscience revolts at the idea of the be child in the world sacrificing her life for r old useless fellow. I cannot have inui longer to live; and I liopo tho Lord wi pardon ino for cutting oil' a few days < weeks of my life, in ordor to preservo < prolong that of my dear Bertha." "You aro a fortunate man, ray friend exclaimed the young mau; "I have nevi seen u more fortunate one. What yon en I your misforluno is sheer nonsense, nnd cr i l?o cured at once. To morrow ] will mal my will, and you shall bo the heir to nil rr possessions, nnd tomorrow night 1 wi i take the leap from the Main Biucke alon | But before I leavo this world 1 must s< your Bertha, for I am anxious to look upt one who is worthy tho name of a huimi being." "But, sir, what can have made you i unhappy at this early age?" said the o] man, moved with compassion. "I believe it was my father's wealth, am tho only son of one of the richest haul ers of Frankfort: when I mention my nam you will bo at ouce convinced of the trui of my assertion. My father died five yea ago, and left inc tho heir to an imuien! fortune. From that moment, every or that hns come in contact with mo has ei deavorod to deceive ami defraud me. was a child in innocence, trusting and coi tiding. My education had uot been nej lected, and I possessed iny mother's lovin heart. 1 endeavored to associate mysc in a union of love and friendship with goc and geneious people, but 1 found only hyp elites and impostors, who pretended friem ship for no other reason than to partake < my wealth, and enjoy themselves at my e: | peiwe. My friends, or rather tho villaii whom I mistook for tny friends, and I whom I opened my heart, betrayed m and iaiitrhed at inv simnlicitv: but in tin I gathered experience, and my heart wi tilled with distrust. I was betrothed to rich heiress, possessed of all fashionable a complishmoots; I adored her with enlhut asm; her love, I thought, would repay n for all my disappointments. But 1 sue saw that she was nothing moio than pruud fool, who wished to make mo h slave, and yoke all other men beside to h triumphal chariot. I broke off the ongag ment, and selected a poor but chariuii girl?a sweet innocent being, as I thougli who would be my life's own angel. Ala: ; I found her one day bidding adieu wil tears and kisses to a youth whom si loved: she had accepted me for my weall only. My peaco of mind vanished, and sought diversion in travel. Everywhere found the same hollowness, the sail treachery, the same misery. In short, became disgusted with life, and resolved put an end this night to the pitiable farce "Unfortunate young man," said tl other, with tears of sympathy, "how deep I pitv you. 1 confess I have been mo fortunate than you. 1 possessed a wife an a daughter, who came forth pure and ii maculate from the hand of the Creak The one has returned to hiiu in the whit ne#s of her soul, and so will the other." "Will you give mo your address, old ma j hiiu permit me to visit your daughter t l morrow i 1 tut you must nlso giro n your word of lionor that you will not i ; form her in any manner whatever that i am a rich man." The old man held o his hand. "I give you my word. I am anxious convince you that 1 have spoken the trut My name is Wilhelm Schmidt, and here my address;" giving him, at the same tin a bit of paper which ho drew from 1 pocket. "And my name is Karl T . am tbo son of Anton T . Take the bank-notes hut only on condition that y< do not leave this house until 1 fetch y> from it. Waiter! a bedroom for this go : tleman. You requiro rest, llerr Schmit : Good-night. Tomorrow you will see t , again; i>ut under whatever circumstanc . this may happen, do not forget the wo ! you have given tne." The name the young man had inenlio od, as well as the largo sum, struck tlio o , man with astonishment; but before be cot recover himself, his companion had left t house, and tho waiter came to light him his bedroom, wlioro, wearied and worn o he soon sank into profound slcop. II. In one of tho narrow and ill-light streets of Sachsonhausen, in an attic of lofty and unsightly house, s*t a prel blondine, about twenty years of ago, bus employed with hor nocdlo. Tho furnitu of the room was poor, but clean and tasi ful. The girl's whole dross would not ha fetched many kroutzers; but every arti< was as neat, and fitted hor as well as if had cost hundreds. Iloi fair looks shad ( a faco brightened by a pair of eyes of lu , vonly blue, which bespoke a peaceful mi and a puro soul. Tho spirit of ord 1 modesty, and cleanliness rcignod in evei thing arounJ her. ller features wcro d< i cato, like those of ono nobly boru; her c; , betrayed sleepiness and anxiety, and ei , and anon a deep sigh roso from tho m , don't, breast. Suddenly, slops were her on the staircase, and hor face lighlod with joy. She listened, and doubt scoir to overshadow her brow. Then cairn i knock at the door, which inado her tro I hie so much that sho almost wanted I f courage to say "Coino in." A young in shabbily pressed, entered the iooiu, n i' made a low hut awkward bow. "I bog your pardon, miss," said he; "d 1 Ilerr Schmidt livo here?" "Yes, sir. What is your pleasure?" I "Are you his daughter Bertha?" i "I am." a "Then it is you that I seek. I coiue til from your father." er "For Heaven's sake, where is he? What ir- has happened) Something must have hup ut pened?this is the first time he hiu> stayed !y away all night." u* "The misfortune is not very great." n* "Oh, my poor, poor father, what shall 1 of hear!" re The young man scorned to observe the ?y visible marks of anxiety with great interest; st i then, looking round the room, he said? in ! "Do not bo frightened, tny dear girl; it is :h j nothing of great importance. Your father ill met last night an old acquaintance, who in* or | vitod him to a tavern. Thoy had some or : wine together; hut when the landlord came for his bill, your father's friend had dct" camped, and left him to pay the score. lie er had not suflicieut money for this; aud now ill | the man will not let him go until he is m I paid, and declares that unless he gels his jo money, ho will send him to prison." iy "To prison!?my father to prison!" exill claimed tho girl. "Can you tell me how o. much the bill comes to?" bo "Threo florins and a half." >n "O God!" sighed tho girl, "all I hnvo in does not amount to more than ono florin; hut I will go at onco to Madame Berg, and jo ^eg 'ier lo ndvauco ,n0 Bio money." Id "Who is Madame Berg?" "Tho milliner for whom I work." . "But if Madame Berg doos not advance , the money?what then?" The girl burst into tears. "I am much afraid she will refuso. I already owe her one florin, and she is very r8 hard." "For what purpose did you borrow the ltf money you owe her?" J. The girl hesitated to reply. "You may trust me. 1 lake the deepest 1 interest in your misfortunes, and 1 sincerely 3 wish I could assist you, hut 1 am only a j|. poor clerk myself. Tell mo for what pur. pose did you borrow that florin?" ' "Well, my father is very weak, and oc1" casionally requires strengthening. I bor.. rowed that money to get a quarter of a fowl for him." "L'nder these circumstances, I fear Mad1!S aino Berg will not gi\o you any more. ? Here is one florin, but that is all I possess. Have you any valuables upou which we 10 could raise some money?" Bertha cousid ls ered for a moment. ,l "I havo nothing," said she, at length, "hilt inv lioor mother's tirnvor.Krkolr < >11 J J ? her death bed, she entreated me not to part K with it, and there is nothing in the world I hold more sacred than her memory, and !l i the promise I gave her; but still, for in) facr thei's sake, 1 must not hesitate.'' Willi a ei trembling hand she look the book down C from the shelf. sir," said she, "during - many a Beepless night I have been acoua' I | Joined to enter the secret thoughts of my | heart on ihe blank leaves at the end of the I | book. 1 hope no one will ever know V whose writing thev are: will you niomise j mu Unit}" "Certainly, my dear Bertha. I>o not alarm yourself. 1 will take caro that your j sec i els shall not be profaned. But now gel ready, that we may go." to i * . , ,? ! \\ In 1st she lett the room to put on her [ie bonact and shawl, Karl T (for the realy der will have guessed that the young man ,e j was no other than our hero) glanced over Kj the willing of the girl in the book, and bis u- filled with tears of emotion and delight )r as he read the out pourings of a pure e. and pious heart; and when they had left ! the house together, and she was walking | beside him with a dignity of which she ' i seemed entirely unconscious, he cast upon II her looks of respect and admiration. They first went to Madame Berg, who J : did not give the advance required, but as . sured the young m hi that Bertha was an lit ^ angel. Certainly this praise Mr. T | valued higher than ilie money he had ask|? j ed for. They pawned iho book, and the . required sum was made up. Dcrtha was ,s overjoyed. lf? **1 Jut if you spend all your money to day, remarked the young man, on what will you live to morrow t" sC "1 do not know, but 1 trust in (rod. 1 shall work the whole night through." 011 j '-Yes, trust in (?od firmly, and lie will "" help you," exclaimed Karl, with an en husiasm which almost betrayed tho emotion 110 ho felt. When they came to tho tavern, the young man wont in first to proparo old Mr. Schmidt for tho part ho wished him to act; n- j then ho fetched bertha. It is impossible Id to describe tho j?>y lie felt when ho saw the dd young girl throw herself in her father's ho , arms, and press him to her heart, to j ? () father," said she, "what a dreadful ut, night have 1 had! ? how uneasy 1 have been about you. !'>ut, thank (?od, 1 have you again;" and her faco brightened up 0l| with a stnilo of jov. - She paid tho bill, and triumphantly led lv : him home. T accompanied them, and j|v said ho had a few more kioutzois in his |r'e pocket: she had better go and get them ^0. something to eat. And then you should vo have seen this darling girl, how she busied L.je liersolf, and how gladly sho set about it. u Tho young man felt as if ho could fall at c,j her feet and worship her. It was into be jft. foro T went liomo that night; hut tlic ntj leap from the Main lirucke was no mort er thought of. lie came to the house every ry. evening, in order,as he said, to shaie with j|j. them liis scanty earnings. >os About a fortn ght after, n> ho was going fer away one evening, ho said to Bertha: "Will you becomo my wife! I am only a pool trc] clerk, but I am honest and upright." Up Bertha blushed, and cast her eyes to tin led ground. , u "Can you love mo, Bertha!" he nsket rn- aK:u", Ml ftU overflow of feeling. l|l0 She was silent, and did not raise he Hi,t head; but she held out her hand, lie seiz lluj ed it, ami kissed it fervently. "Bertha," said ho, "1 iovo you immcasu rably: you havo saved my life." A few days after, the young couple, aim ply but respectably attired, and accompn uied by llerr Schmidt, went to churcl I wheie they wore married in a quiet waj When they ctime out man and wife, an elegant carriage was standing at the door, and a footman iu rich livery let down the step. "Come," said the happy husband to his bewildered wife, who looked at bira with amazement. Before she could utter a word, the three were seated in the carriage, driving away at a quick pace. The carrivge stopped before a splendid house in the best part of Frankfort. They were received by a number of domestics, who conducted them to apartments decorated in the most costly stylo. "This is your mistress," said T to tlio servants; "and her commands you have 1 henceforth to obey. My darling wife," , said he then, turning to Bertha, "I am , Karl T , one of the wealthiest men of j this city. This houso is yours, and these ' servants will attend on you. I hold a | pledge from you that riches will not corrupt your heart, Hero it is, in the prayer; book of your pour mother, written by your I own hand: 'If thou wert to give mo nil the 1 treasures of the world, O Lord, I would still 1 remain Thine humble servant. For what | is gold before Thee, that luokcst into tho [ heart? Thine is my heart, and Thiuo it shall remain.'" "It is the Lord's and thine, my beloved Karl," whispered Bertha, and sank in his arms. I "Hurrah for the leap from the Main Brucke!" exclaimed T , cmbrnciug his father-in-law. The Emperor Nicholas* Bedchamber. Tho Xord has published the following details of a visit made by its correspondent to the bedroom of tbo Emperor Nicholas, at St. Petersburg: Tbo person who acted as my guide did | not say whither he was taking me. He conducted me into an arched room, of very I moderate dimensions, and lighted by a siugle window, lookiug into a court. This room was both a study and bo J room. Before ! the window was placed a dusk, on which tM... l._4 I ^ _ 1- 11^ ' 1 nua .1 JiutlvUl HUUK I1HII OpCU, ft 10 W SllCOU ' of paper and some pens, a crumpled up I handkerchief, a small etatuelto of the l'rincc of Wales, in the dress of a sailor, a watercolor drawing representing children. A straw-bottomed chair was placed at the desk, which was much the worse for wear, ; and bote many marks of being cut with a penknife. Near this desk was an old sofa, 1 covered with green leather, with well-worn cushions. Opposite, on a console ornament ed with a mirror, was a dressing case, in | leather, the simplicity of which showed that ; its owner did not indulge in any refinements 1 of the toilet. On the chimney-piece was a | small time piece, in black marble, on which stood a bust of the Count do Henekendorfl". There was no looking-glass on the chimney, llalf concealed by llio time piece was a statuette, in bronze, of Napoleon I., similar to that in the Placo Voudome. Some pic tares ornamented the walls, representing ' military scenes, painted by Horace Vernet, | or Herman artists. A bust of Marshal i Kadctzky stood on the console; a portrait of the Hraud I>uke Michael, brother of l'aul, was hung half concealed in the corner of j the wall; in one corner of llio room stood a Common soldier's musket, and on a small 1 table was the helmet of a general, without a pluine, and bearing maiks of long service. Near the sofa, and parallel with the desk, was an iron camp bed. On tiiis bed, which my guide told me to press with my hand to v? how hard it felt, was a mattress covered with leather, and a pillow stalled with hay. There was folded upon thobed an old grey uniform cloak; and at the foot of it, on a well-worn carpet, was a pair of morocco leather slippers. 1 contemplated with surprise this austere retreat in a remote corner of ouo of the most magnificent palaces 1 of Kurope. When 1 had seen all, my guide I said: "This is the study and bed room of the Emperor Nicholas. At that desk he sat for nearly thirty years, and on that bed he drew his last breath. That old cloak, which ho always wore, when in this room, bo louged to bis brother Alexander. On that carpet he knelt down and prayed morning and night, every day of his reign. These slipj>ers, which ho wore to the last day of j his lifo, were given him by the Empress 011 the day of his marriage. With thai musj kct lie himself taught his children the tnnoual exercise, and this hemlet he always wore in the streets of St. l'etersburg. Cxt SK III EAKTIlgrAKBS ANl) VOLCANOES, ? Dr. 0. K. Winslow, in a paper recently ' prepared by him, re affirms the opinion he advanced some time ni?co, that earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and all changes ol level on the earth's surface, are caused by tho action of the sun?Grst, bocauso the Moon, Venus, Earth and Mars, ail having similar inequalities of surface, must have some general or central cause for their uni 1 j form physical appearances; and, second, be cause tho frequency of earthquakes is great est during the lime when the earth is rolling through the perihclic portion of its orb , , it, and fewest when in tho aphelic. Dr Winslow also details facts which go to piov< that earlhiiuakes and volcanic uhneoniAii.'i i aro inseparably connected with tho earth': ) motion round the sun, and liial some chang< of tension is annually indulged in tho rnol ten nucleus of the globe, whereby dynami cal energy is exercised and its suiface i: ; elevated, tent, shaker, or oponod for tin I eruption of the plutonic fluid, which rolls o r presses underneath it, or flows through con duits which form a sort of network through j out the solid crust. 1 ; A Libkl cpon Cap* Cod.?This libel oris paragraph appeals in a late Knglish pa r per: "In tho vicinity of Capo Coil two appli trees and a gooseberry bush are called ai orchard. Captain lioroas owns fivo plun trees, and is looked upon as an arislocrai i- One year ihey don't bear, and tho lies l they can't?the schoolboys using the frui i. for bullols to kill owls with. Great cour ., try, that Cape Cod." Could Wait no Longer.?One day < ring the past week a bridal party arrived the Spencer House, Ciucinnati, hum Brw en county, Ky., consisting of the bri bridegroom and the lady and gentlem who alter,ued upon liiem during the wt ding ceremony. During the afternoon t happy party took a ride around the city, the evening attending the National Theat after which they sought their quarters a retired for the night at a very respeclal hour. The remainder of the story is re led by the Cincinnati Enquirer, as folloi The young lady who attended upon t bride was a young sister, who, it appe.'i had been courted for inore than a year the attendant upon the bridegroom. J had even gone so far as to ask the hand the sister from tho lady's father, but u rofusod on account of the extreme youth the daughter, she being but a tritle upwi of sixteen. Everything went merry as a inarria bell until tho following morning at ni o'clock, when tho bride and bridegroom i poared at tho breakfast table, whero th were inct by the ever smiling I'ratt, t landlord. Late as it was, the rest of t party had not come down, and tho bri requested that they bo sent for. It v done. Tho messenger, however, Boon turned with tho intelligence that neilt tho lady nor the gcntlemau were in th rooms. This was astounding, the worn was what was become of them, although was shrewdly suspected by the bridegrot what course the twain had taken. Inqu was made by tho gentleman on watch wb tho first train of cars left for Louisville tt morning, whereupon it was ascertained t lovers had taken the traiu, and were fart on their journey to matrimony. Last evening, about seven o'clock, tl part of tho wedding party left behind ceived a despatch froui Louisville, whi read: ' Dear Sister: Cbnrlcs and I could w no longer?the knot is lied. Kate." It was rather an unexpected sequel, t I'ratt said there did not appear to b3 ma regrets among any of the party; on the c< trary, the bride and bridegroom on the fi |>art appeared highly delighted. Anotiikh Casper Uavber Stout.? letter iu the Allegemeinc Zeitung tellmost romantic story of a girl who wasfou i iu November, 1853, wandering about n the village of Welskirchen, in the Bar almost in a savage state, unable to sp< intelligibly, though she was full gro..-n. ? has been carefully educated, siuce that til by Frodericb Kck, the teacher to whom i was confided by the municipal authoril of Offenbach. She is now able to give so account of herself, and the result has b< published by llerr Eck in a pamphlet j printed at Frankfort. What can becolh ed from her is, that before she was five ye old, she was seized stud carried awny fn her mother, who lived, according to her i scription, iu a large house, like a cas with three towers, and probably situa somewhere in Hungary. For some fifleeu or sixteen years afl wards sho lived in a place under grou in the luidst of a forest, where sho waste I cd bv an old woman called Bertha, am | man named Eleazor used to bring food t clothes for l>oth of them. About se years after her arrival there a little ba ( two or three months old, named Adolf, ' brought to the subterranean dwelling, r | remained there from that time. No ' struction was given to either of the c j dren, but they were kindly treated. : October, 1S53, their foi?ter-nioiher, Berl took the girl out of tho cavern, put her i a carriage drawn by two horses, and c veyod her to tho place where sho was at doned near Aschaffenburg, whence j wandered about until she was found by country peoplo. The little boy was left hind iu the underground abode. Sucl the storv which llerr Eck has been abb gather from tho girl's broken recollecth The Austrian government b.is directed possible researches to bo niado by the t authorities to clear up this mysterious af Kxikavaoanc-b in Dkes3.? In a cit; Belgium extravagance has assumed s alarming proportions that the Indies lit selves have been obliged to combine for purpose of arresting its disastrous progi It appears that extravagance had been some years a source of constraint in fami and it was noticed no marriages were i i traded, since the young men, frightenc the hills looming up in the distance, pr< red to live in celibacy. The mothers cognising the inconvenience of a stale o faiis encouraged by themselves, have res r od to bring about salutary reform, and \ this view they have formed a conimil which meets once a week. They have dared open war with extravagance, am cry member announces publicly the trenchmeuts made in her own house expenses. They say that happy ler have already been obtained, and that s bar associations aro to %c formed in neighboring towns. Tiif. Mkkaoerik.?-'Mr. Showman, w 3 that ?' "That, mv dear, is the Khynoeerv. is cousing Gorman or Dutch lelalive tc 3 Unicorn, lie was born in the desse Siiiri' \nn ui\<l f?>.l r\ t? Ko m ?* ?,! %-?!. . ... , ?? ?) nw\a ivm v?. vfuuvvv ilUU 11119 aries. He is very courageous, and r s leaves homo unless he moves, in which 1 i he goes some w hero else, unless ho is < r taken by the d;uk. lie was brough this country much against his will, w accounts for his low spirits when he's ancholy or rejected. Ho is now some aged, but ho has seen the day when h< - the youngest specimen of animated n * in the world. Pass on, my little dear allow the ladies to surway the wisdo a Providence as displayed in the ringt n monkey, a hanimal that can stand har I like a Idler criter, only it's reversed, t. II When is a lover like an ancient ir it , meat of war? i- ! Ans.? Whor. ho is a cross beau ( I bow.) iu- Advantage of a Good Name. ' al As the steamboat Northern Belle wm . on her up-the-Mississippi trip, it waa rumored among the passengers that the poet ian Longfellow w?* on board. The Histcr: e<1 cat Society had extended to the poet an :be invitation to be present at the corner-atone 111 laying, and a distinctly marked trunk, "H. re? W. Longfellow," coming on board, settled the fact that the author ot Hiawatha was b'e one of their number. But which is he! waa '' * the oft-repeated question; and none answer*s: ed except to guess. At the table, each one "e was looking most intently at the other to ir*? 1 divine which was the poet, and all wonderb/ cd why every one stared so. This man was pronounced the poet because he wore a moustache; that one because he shared rH* clean; and we noted the fact as to who was ?| Longfellow, was settled either by the excees >r" or lack of hair. This doubt in a few hours unendurable, and the universal cry 8? was to "trot out" Longfellow. Finally, by ,,e the aid of the clerk, the number of his lP" state-rooiu was ascertained to be 30, and a ey gr.ard placed at cither door of 30, so that be no one could escape undetected.. Soon the door oponed, and Longfellow passed to tho deck, where were assembled the curious. It ras was arranged that an old Virginia major, ro* who had faced the red meu in their most r savnge days at Fort Snelling, should draw j*Mr fiom tho inystorious passenger an admission '?J" that ho was the poet Longfellow. The mall jor, by his age, and fund of information re?m garding the Indians, was a privileged char,fy acler on hoard, and stepping up to the ocien cupant of 30, slapped him on the shoulder ,al with "Well, old chap, they say you are Longfellow!" "That is my name, sir," was 'P* the answer. "Well," persevered the major, "are you II. W. Longfellow!" "I am," ,al replied the now observed of all observers;. r?' "Well," continued tho major, "are you icb 7 r-li --.l r - ? ijvugiunuw, nuiuor 01?01? oi?-, wuai ao you call it?"' "Hiawartha!" replied a dozen R,t voices. "O vcs! arc yon the author of Hiawatha!" All eyes were riveted upon him ml of state room 30, for the answer to so direct "5" a quesliou must determine the interesting 5n" query. Wo leave our readers to imagine in,t t 10 scono when the ciose-ouoslionod occapant of 30 said: "I am II. W. Longfellow, _ y a shoe maker at St. Paul." A shower of (*R "lap-stones" could not more effectually hare . scattered that party; they started to tlieir car kcl as " on a "bristle." The "Song j of Hiawatha, of which at least twenty ?ak coP'e* bad, UP t? that moment, been con,jie stnnlly open, vanished into satchels, and np the poetry of the trip was suddenly changed into the matter of-fact article of shoe* leather. The shoe-maker had unconsciously ZTm soled them, me ^ n, fen Bkilliant Whitewash.?Many have ust heard of the brilliant stucco whitewash on set- the ea?t end of tho President's House at iar* Washington. The following is a receipt om for making it, with some additional imd? proveinents learned by experiment: tie, Take half a bushel of nice unslaked lime; ted slake it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain -cr* tho liquid through a fine sievo or strainer, "d, and add to it a peck of clean salt, previousnd |y well dissolved in warm water; three i * pounds of ground rice, boiling to a thin md paste, and stirred in boiling hot; half a i en pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and d>y, a pound of cloan glue, which has been prewas viounly dissolved by first soaking it well *"d nMd then hanging it over a slow tire in a small kettle, within a largo one filled with bil- water. Add five gallons of hot water to I" the whole mixture, stir it well, and let it ihn -. i _ e .i 1 r_ .u. t. ? aumu <% ivw uitja tu?ciuu uuiu uio uin* iv nlo should bo put on right hot; for this puron pose, it can be kept in a kettle on a porta>nn Ho furnace. It is said that about one pint he of this mixture will cover a square yard, if the properly applied with a brush as in paintbo jug. h answers as well as oil paint for h i* wood, brick, or stoue, and is cheapest. It 5 to retains its brilliancy for many years. Thero >U3- is nothing of the kind that will compare *11 with it, either for iusido or outside walls, ocal Coloring mailer may l>e put iu, and mad* lair. 0f nily shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in will make red y i or pink, moroor less according to ike quaauc 1 tity. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty c'u" | for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish brown ress. i before it is stirred into the mixture, makes 1 , a lilac color. Limpblack iu moderate quanlilies makes a slato color very suitable for c*)n' i the outside of buildings. Lampblack and " al Spanish brown mixed together produce a r" reddish stone color. Yellow ochre stirred .r? in makes yellow wash, but chrome goes far1 : ther and makes a color generally esteemed ?. T" prettier. In all these cases, the darkness v of the shade will of course be determined ^tco, by the quantity of coloring used. It isdife* ficult to make a rule, because tastes are very cv" | different; it would do best to try experiments At) u cl ihaIa anil list if /! w \Va Kflua Kaaiv 'J'j1 j told thai green must not be mixed with 111 * lime. The lime destroy# the color, end "'u i the color hae an effect on tho whitewash, which makes it crack and peel. If a larger quantity than five gallons is wanted, the i , same proportions should be observed. Some "man of the world" gives the follle lowing rules for the observance of young > the I married ladies: Loll in bed until eleven rt of A. M., ami liavo your toast and coffee a la sion- Grtrque. Kise at one, and adorn youreelf lever to attend the most fashionable church. Be case everything you wear is of the very lajvtr tost stylo, otherwise there is no necessity for t to your going. A persou who does not create bich surprise and numberless remarks in passing inel- up the aisle, is not worthy of notice from what any one. ' ^ marblbisino plabtbr objects.?ob8 ur<j jecls in plaster of Paris are now rendered ' nm, like marble, by coating them, one or more m. times, with a liquid of two parts stearine 1,.et and two parts Venilian soap, with 20 or SO ^ ^ parts of cold solution of caustic potaaoia; then add one part of pearla*h, and cold ley islru- 9U?cient to produce perfect flexibility. It is singular bow very slippery whiskey iross- punch makes the sidewalV*. very remark* I abie indeed.