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Dcasiicks Determines to be Girrotted. d (Prom th<- Now York Picayune.] Cl Wonderfully popular has the fashionable ^ amu-emenl >>f garrotting lately become, Ii seems to be one of lliu deli^litt'uI recreations j of high life to be choked anU robbed?lire hero victims of lite gaiotlw are a* inucli li- } onixeil in polite circles at pie cut, as l'olisli ^ nobles aiul Hungarian refugees once were. Instead of stars, ribbons and ordei-s, dam | aged faces and broken beads are now I lie iage in Fifth Avenue. A smashed nose U ^ a surer passport to social distinction than ^ the Order ol tlie Garter, and a black eye is belter capital foi soiree and parly bee pass- ' es than a dozen crosses of the Legion of Honor. Garrotting is exceedingly useful, loo, in nialriinouial speculations. A fast ^ fiieud of mine, young Deboots, owed old liootj tck, tlie oil merchant, $300. for money ^ advanced to pay College expenses?young jt Deboots' guardian sent liiui the dimes to | settle the account. That evening young j, l)ehoois sat down to n friendly game of "poker" with a few friends, much faster s| than himself, and after Jive deal*, bis "pile" js wasn't worth a Spanish quarter. Young ^ Deboots cogitated, and next morning got uji an artistic black eye, with some India ink and a little gamboge, put a couple of strips of couit plaster on his forehead, and () with his arm in a sling, presented himself jj to olu tfootjack. Ho loUl a uoielut Mory j of having been garrotted. and lie allowed the marks. Bootjack believed (ho yarn, and wrote a long letter to young Deboots' guardian for rnoro money for that young gentleman. Bootjack's fino daughter saw young Deboots in her father's office?pitied the interesting young mail, asked papa to introduce liini ? in three days young I>o ^ boots was invited to a largo party at old 11 Bootjack's, where ho was the lion of the H evening, and where he recounted his ad veil- ~ ture with his garroters, more than twenty ' times, with additions aud variations; Matil- M da Jane was caplivatod with the brave [' young tnan?the brave young man iinpro ' ved his opportunities; and four days ago M eloped with Matilda Jane, who has a hum l(. dr?d thousand in her own right from her j". grandauut. Young Deboots recovered fiom ' his black eye the first time he washed his face?he took his arm out of the black " handkerchief, and pulled the court plaster off his face the night he was married, and ^ has been a well man ever since. Pigford, my esteemed friend and fellowIroarder at Mrs. Snagley's, lias been garrotted?and it really seems as if the robbers 11 must hare intimately ki.own his private affairs, because the event occurred on the ?? .i.- .1 .i - i. i ingiii ui IIIO very uitjr IIIHI ue lecuivcu it ru miltnnce from England to pay Mrs. 8. his five month's board?he apppeared hi the P breakfast table next morning with a connto- a' fiance so much damaged, ami was so cast sl down on Mis. S.'s account, that she could '' ool find it in her heart to refuse him three ^ months longer credit, until he can gel ano- bl tlier remittance from England. ^ Jenks, another of our borders, was garrot- ^ ted twice in one week?it lias a bewildering effect upon Jenks?it makes him un- u steady in the legs and causes his breath to K smell of ruin punch?on the first occasion ^ of the robbing and choking outrage, he s< rung the area bell of the house on the olh lt er side of the stieet until a policeman inter- l! fered and brought him home?then Jenks 1 inveigled the policeman into (he house, ami c< delivered him over to mo with many for- " malities, asmi ing me that he was a garotter whom lie had operpowered and captured by main strength, and lie showed the slai u on the M> P.'a breast as the place whore " the invincible fi-t of Jenks bad "smashed l' his jaw." Jenks was garrotted again two b, days after, and brought home by a gentle- l< manly individual, who picked bis pockets at the door, look his overcoat, changed lials c' with liini, and then rang the hell for the giil to come and let Jenks into the house. l' The girl came and found this individual trying to whittle off one of the pickets of the a iron fence with his penknife, and mean- ^ while making a furious attempt to sing the r< words of the Evening Hymn to the Virgin r' to the classic air of Hoot Ilog or Die. The mania has extended even to the ; 11 kitchen, and the servants are now following 1 a ' o the example of their better*, and getting garrotted on every favorable opportunity? t( the bov goes to the butcfiei's; lie is nivalin- l' bly, according to l?is own account, attacked l' by a band of radians and robbed of the lt money before lie gets home?this has hap- H period four sue essive days in broad day- u Jight, and has cost Mrs. Snaglcy about four c and sixpence a time. I sent Sally, the lit ^ tie errand gill, with a dime for some beer, r' and she letumed in tears, with the news that she loo had been "groted," and bail lost the ' change. She had her ti>t full of lemon can a dy, and had two big apples in her pocket, ^ which I suppose the robbers had given her. I am positively frightened ? things are J ' truly in a dreadful stale in my neighbor :l [loud ? I dare not travel on the sidewalk, e and liavo ruined my best pantaloons walking through the slush in the middle of the road. I imagine lliete is a garrotter under every paving stone, or hiding behind every e lamp post. Daylight sometimes shows me v the strange mistakes 1 had made in the c night. 1 find that 1 have been two blocks r out of tny way to avoid a broken wheelbarrow which I took for a concealed ruttian; r and have run half a mile to gel away from k a pump, which I imagined was a fierce gar- k rotter with a club raised, and have on nine 1 occasions crossed the street tlirough a knee- c deep puddle, to esuape a molasses hogshead, 1 which I supposed to he a rotund robber, lying in wail for the subscriber. This slate 1 of tilings was unendurable, and I accord ? ingly armed myself for the want. I got f a revolver, a bowie-knife, a dagger, a slang- 1 shot, a sword cane, a "hilly," a policeman's * club, a pair of brass knuckles, and six good ' large paving stones, which 1 cauied in a ' convenient place in my over coat pocket? I there wasn't an inch of me that wasn't ' guarded by something that would shoot, f strike or stab. I had, to be sure, suino lit- * tie trouble in managing the entire armory ' ? I fired away four boxes of percussion caps, practising how to draw ami fire my tevolver in the least space of lime?then I ' thought I'd load it, which 1 did, putting so t much powder into each barrel, that 1 had l to drive the hall in at (he end with a tack- > hainrn?r?then I tried to fire it, and not a < barrel would go off?then at dinner I ncci- I dentally dropped it. and it all went off at < once, lodging throe of the balls in a boiled < ham on the tabffr? while the rest brought 1 up in a large bowl of mince meat in the ] kitchen, and we re afterwards discovered in ] lite pies by the boarders?then 1 sat down on my bowie-knife and cut my leg half off ' ?then I diopped my daf ger out of the i sheath, and it went through the top of my 1 boot and stuck into my foot?three times ] have I smiled my toes with my slung- ; io'.; and 1 have broke two entire set* of roikery, four mirrors, and all iny window '.?o4, practising with mv club and sword41.e. My pockets are so full of implements of ealh, tliul tliey ate in the way of my busied*?if I waul my memorandum book, ul comes my revolver; if I have occasion >r my portmunnaio, I find a ''billy" in its lace; instead of my penknife, I put iny and on a slung?hot; when I am in a bur y for my latchkey, I can't find anything ut a pair of hi ass-knuckles, and I have, on iur or live different occasions, attempted to ay inv boaid in paving stones, simply beituse I couldn't find anything else in my ocket. Hut I am fast becoming expert?I can raw and fire my revolver in two minutes ml a half, if the lock doesn't catch in the ning of my pocket ? 1 can get brass knuck s rea ly for action in four minutes?I can ruvv mv Inittio Iriiifss miirlr ;k 1 run nil J 1",v" - uttou my overcoat to gel at tlie haiulle; ml I can strike another man with my lung shot as often as I hit myself, which i luticli mote than I could do at first, iarrottors, beware ? Doesticks is prepared. Courageously, Q. K. PllILANUkK l)oK8r.TKS, P. It. P. S.?I've been thinking tho matter ver?on examining my i mate accounts, I ud that 1 owe money to diverse and shury places, as follows: Tailor $93 00 Hootniiilcer 17 50 Hoard 2l.lt Chop lluwc 3.87 Itorrawt d money 90 itcer 14.25 I date not add it up?the total amount rould overpower inu ? they have all heard iiat I intended to leave town lo-inorrow, nd they are all heio. $<93 is in the hail -$<17.50 is talking with $<'21 11 in the out parlor?*3.87 sits on the door step, hilo *14.25 has two boys on tho corner ) see that I don't run away before he gets ack from dinner. There is but one re>urce?I'll ' make paper"?I'll llunting>n a check, make it payable to morrow, liow it to these har pies, make them all beeve that they'll get their money soon, and ten, to night, in spite of my multitudinous eapons, I'll be gai rotted ami robbed of all have?Jones says he'll do it for me?he'll ive me a scientific black eye for nothing, nd peel my nose without any charge. 1 Jtisign myself to the tender mcicies of ones, which must satisfy my creditors for uolher three weeks. i ospairinglv, Q. K. P. D. P. R Wonderful, if True. A small Paris journal,called Los Content orains, has just published a most strange ccoutrl, signed "Henri Page," of an a.'io alio excursion, which the article declares as solved the long canvassed problem of irecling balloons. The persons who are ated to have made the excursions are the ount do Pleuvier, M. Gavaini. M. Migeon, lr. Falconer, an English aoonaut, and M. lenri Page, the wnler. The apparatus sed is staled lo have cost 300,0UUl., the reater portion of which was furnished by ount do Pleuvicr. The machine is iepreinted as consisting of two balloons uuiled igcther, of a spherical from, able to con un each 100 cubes of pure hydrogen gas. lie directing power is a in oil i lied screw jliiiuuiiicAlioii with the car, and a rudder, lado principally of ?haleboue, to change ie direction when required. M. Gavaini, le inventor, it is'declared, can obtain the pwaid ascent of the balloon w ithout throwig out ballast, which system soon exhausts ie resources of the very best constructed alloon, and becomes an invincible obstacle > long excursions in the air. The loss of ydrogeu is instanlaneoudy repaired by a uemical proceeding, of which M. Migeoii i staled to possess the secret, and by a lit e apparatus of communication, also invent J by M. Gavami. Tlie descent is effected, s hiihurto, by letting the gas escape. The epartute of the teronauis on the occasion alerted lo took place or. the loth of Janua y, at ten in the morning, from the park ol errieres, ill the Sologue, and the next lorning at ti\e the :erial travellers effected safe descent withiu half a mile of Algiers. We received," says the account, "the most | inching hospitality. The inhabitants want- ! J to carry us in triumph, but we declined ue honor, and, as soon as we could, went i j tako some repose, leaving our xrostatic pparatus under the guardianship of a tile f Zouaves. Marslial Haudon deigned to ' ougratulate us, and pressed the hand of ' 1. Gavarni with the utmost warmth. We Biiiaiued on (lie African soil only 30 hours, ud left at noon the day after our arrival, ii sight ol an immense multitude, who had i sseinbled to see us ascend fiom the Mole, j )ur return was effected without the slight st incident, hut with much greater rapidity U-hnlf past four the next nioiniug we lighted at the point from which we start d, ill the park of Count do l'leuvier." A Plack for the "Strono Minded."? V modern traveler tells us ilntl the Jewesss in Tlios?alonica (European Turkey) reerse our accepted laws of Hymen, by pur basing their husbands. The modus opeaudi is thus described: "Brokers are employed to negotiate mariages. The father of a marriageable gill joen iu u uroKur, iiuu iiimiircs wum uri?ie{rooms there are in market. Ho chooses >no higher or lower in the social scale, ac:ording to the dower he can afford his laughter, the price he can pav, and makes m offer of so much dower. The bridegroom, hrough the broker, demands more; they dialler himI bargain for weeks, pet haps, and t baigaiu is struck. The parties nevei see ach other till married. The dower is the wife's only security against divorce. The inshand can divorc** her when he chooses, )ut he must pay t.'ie dower, that she may >e able to buy another husband. Mrs. L>. was telling a Jewish girl that we do not require any dower in America. "How then," aid she, in utter astonishment, "do you do when lie wants to divorce youl" "Ven yon arrive* to the dignity of sawin' wood, UUlyette, it you is ever elevated to list ere profession, mind and saw the hig{eftVaUek* fust. Cos vy ? you'll only have ho little ones to saw ven you gels tuckered ml. Ven you eats pie, as I opes you'll ive to be a man, always eat the crust fust, sause the crust ain't a thing good to top off with,'specially if it's tough and thick as sole eat her. Ven you piles up wood, always jiilo big ones to the botom?always, Laff yeile, cause it's mighty hard exercise to lift em to the lop o* the pile. Theso nre the esulU of hobseivalion, I.atl'yette, and may >o depended on, and it's all for your good hat I say it." "Vy, farder," responded the foung hopeful, "vot a 'normons 'sperionce rou must n had." Aquafortis as a Beverage. In the pretty village of Haddonfield, New !a^ Jersey, some years ago, there resided an old !* fellow, who was familiarly known in the ,nl town and country around as"Old Joe." lie ^ had no particular occupation except doing ^ "chores" or errands?nor any particular location. lie ate wherever he could uet a ^ bile, and slept wheiever he could find a lodging place. Joe was a regular old to j per, and Jersey lightning had no more ?f- ^ ^ fi-ct on his inside* than so much water, lie ( generally made his headquarters at the low ^ er tavern, for there were two in tiie town. He would sleep and dose away the afternoon on an old bench in one corner of the bar-room, but was always awake when there was any drinking going oil. When j1^ he was not asked to drink, he would slip to the bar and drain thu glasses of the few drops iefi in thein. (hie afternoon Dr. Bolus, the village physician, was in the tavern mixing tip a preparation. He plac j ' ed a tumbler half full of aquafortis on the bar, and turned round to mix up some oth ^ er ingredients. A few moments after lie w| had occasion to nso the poisonous drug, when he found to his dismay that the luin* jjj bier lonl been drained to the last drop. ^ "Mr. Wiggins," exclaimed the doctor in affright, to lite landlord, "what has become of the aquafortis I put on the bar u few moments ago?" ^ "I don't know," replied the landlord, "unless Old Joe slipped in and drank it." | In this suspicion they wore soon confirm- j ed, for the hostler said lie had seen Old Joe j ^ swallowing the fatal draught. The doctor, | ^ knowing that he must certainly die after . such a dose, instituted n search at once. Af ! W 1 or I s /# "~9~ "*pv \ When this "institution" was first contriv- * vrnl, n small coverlet was given to each ^ sleeper. Hut these were so often stolen, !l ; ihat the cost was found to he ruinous to j r< the proprietors, and there is now a va*l , J coverlet raised by pulleys in the day and s' ' let down at night over the entire company , " of tied tellows. It has holes for the heads l' ! to come through, and, in the dim light of 11 I the dawn of day, is said to resemble a cab i R: j bage garden in high productiveness. Influence ok Office.?The Washing ton correspondent of the Tribune says: * "(ten. Cass is putting on tho airs of youth 01 in view of his appointment to the Piemier- I' ship. Ho h as mounted a claret colored 1' coat, and lias suddenly diseoveiod that he 01 is quite too young to ride to tho Capitol. ' He has accordingly abandoned his carriage, and walks daily to tho Senate, with short 1' ; and brisk steps worthy of Mercury just 11 lighted on the heaven kissing hill." Wo are pleased to learn that Mr. Huchanan lias l' tho Medea faculty of restoiing tho vigor r' and spiightliness of youth. Definition ok "Wild Oats."?A cereal1 i\ crop that is generally sown between eigln jt teen and twenty five; the harvest usually tl sets in about ten years after, and is com- . v, inonly found to consist of a broken ennsli- , tulion, two weak legs, a had cough and a trunk filled with small vials and medical w prescriptions. it ler some liour9 spent in looking through yV the barns outhouses and woods, for three n< or four miles around the village, doe was ^ abandoned to his fate. It was a cold night, ^ and as the village topers assembled around ' the blazing hickory lire in the bar room, r nothing whs thought of or talked of hut the unfoitunate end of poor old Joe. Some four days had elapsed, and nothing having been heard from Old doe, they all came to jr the conclusion that ho was a goner. The I doctor, about this time, had occasion to (j( vi>it a patient some eight miles distant. lo What was his surprise, when about five j miles from the village, to see Old Joe in j m front of a farmer's house splitting wood. | ^ "Why, doe," said the doctor riding up to j the fence "I thought you were dead and . buried before this?" "Why what made you think that. Doc i jR tor?" said Joe, leaning on his axe handle. |jfj "Didn't you drink that dose I left on old Wiggins' bar a few days since?" I R|, "Yes," replied Joe, half ashamed to own it. j "1 >o you know what it was?" asked the ' . doctor. I nj "\o!" returned Joe. n> "Why, it was aquafortis?enough to kill | Qja doten men!" | j)r "Well, now, Doctor, do you know that I , ^ thought there was something queer about , that darned stuff, for after 1 drank it, every {'t time I blowerl my nose, I burned a hole in my pocket handkerchief.0 ! ' An enthusiastic admirer of the Czar was v' repeatedly saying to a stranger, "The Czar | 1:1 is great." "Ye*," was the reply, "but God ''l is greater." "Ah!" exclaimed the Russian, ' co "but the Czar is young vet!" "Theie is a woman at the bottom of every mischief," said Joe. "Yes," replied Char Ctj ley, "when I used to get into mischief, my i 0f mother was at the bottom of me. Hut it l|| never did any good?it only taught me to , ,,j cheat and lie like the devil." y Links to a Fat Lover.? "My -le will never Iran j ol T<> like so huge it in:in, hi So I must beg you will come here (| As hi lie a' >ou can. . r" 'Ma,' said a little urchin, peeping from j ( beneath the bed clothes, 'I am cold; I want m some cover on ihe Let!.' 'Lie still, my dear,' 1 -aid liio mother, 'until your sister comes bom church, she litis got the comforter for ^ a crinoline.' A Fair Inference.?An old lady, observing a sign over a tailoring establish ot ment, liearing the inscription "Fountain of g, Fashion," exclaimed, "Ah! that must be the place where the squirts come from. A medical man of this city says that g< those ladies who tnako it a business to trouble dry goods clerks and never buy any ol tiring, ought to be called counter irritants. When may a man he strictly said to he in lu the habit of always "keeping bis word!" When nobody will take it. "I say, neighbor Hodge, what are you fencing that pasture for? Forty acres of it , would starve a cow." "Right," replied 1' dodge, 'I'm fencing it up to keep the cows ( ! out." | An Omnibus Red.?A French paper ?< gives an account of an accommodation for vagrants, which, though in China, i- of ra I ther crockery republicanism. At lVkin a ^ vast dormitory is kejrt ever ready to receive l' the houseless wanderers of the streets. It a' is called the ki-inoo fun or hen-feather house. An area is fenced in, tho bottom of ~ which is covered with feathers, and here '' sleep all who come, in one common bed? 8 men, women, children, old, young, clean ? and dirty?together. As soon as daylight '' appears they aie all turned out, a guardian l' | at the door taking the small piece of money ? ; which each navs for the Indrrintv. How P*oplic takk Cold.?Tbe lime for ciug cold is after your exercise; the place ( your own house, your office, your couut- c * room. ( It is not the act of exercise which gives I a cold, but it is the getting cool too quick t er exercising. For example: you walk 1 ry fast to go to the railroad station, or to r e ferry, or to catch nil omnibus, or to t ?ke an appointment; your mind being I end of you. tlia body makes an over ef- s 't to keep up with it; and when you get r the desired spot you raise your bat and t id yourself in a perspiration. You take I neat, feeling quite comfortable; you begin 1 ta'k with a fiiend, or to read n nowspa- i r, and before yon aro aware of it, you ex- i rience a sensation of chilliness, ami the t ing is done. I You look around to see wliero tbe cold ] mes from, and find a window open near I u. or a door, or that you have taken a I at at the forward part of the car, and, as is moving against the wind, a strong draft ' inado through the devices. Or, it may i you meet a friend at the street corner, lio wanted a loan, and was quite compli- < entary, almost loving; and you do not ce to bo rude in tbe delivery of a two letted monosyllable, and while you are tryg to bo truthful, polite and safe, all at tbe 1 mo time, on cotnes tbe chilly feeling from 1 raw Winu HI UIU sir^V V'UIIICI| UI uiu niuaji inud and water in which, fur tbo first ' ne, yon notice yourself standing. After any kind of exercise, do not stand 1 moment at a street corner for anybody or 1 ivthing; nor at an open door or window. 1 'hen you have been exercising in any way 1 liatever, winter or summer, go home at ice or to some sheltering place; and how- 1 er warm the room may seem to lie, do >L at once pull otf your hat and cloak, it wait some five minutes or more, and 1 v aside one at a time; thus acting, a cold ' impossible. Notice a moment: when you turn front a brisk walk and enter a warm ' om, raise your hat and the forehead will ' ' moist; let tho hat remain a few moments, id feel the forehead again, and it will he ( I v, showing that tho room is actually coolthati your body, and that, with your out j tor clothing on, you ltavo cooled otf full ' o soon. i' Among the severest colds I have known '1 en to take, were those resulting from sit i ig down to a meal in a cold room after a slk, or being engaged in writing, and havg let the tiie go out, their first adinonim of it was that creeping chilliness which the forerunner of a severe cold. J'eisons ive often lost their lives by writing or ro aining in a room where there was no fire, though the weather out-ide was rather inforlable. Sleeping in ro ins long uii ed has destroyed the life of many a visi r and friend; our splendid parlors, and co "spare rooms," help to enrich ma f a doctor. The cold, sepulchral parlors New \ork, from May till November, tng diseases, not only to visitors, hut to e visited; for, coming from domestic occuitions, or from the hurry of dressing, the at of the body is higher than natural, and iving no cloak or hat on in going to meet visitor, and having in addition hut little tality, in consequence of the very sedenry nature of the town life, there is very lie capability of resistance, and a chill and Id arc the result. J //(ill's Journal of 1/rullh. An Akvkchnu Sioiiy.?Thrilling ac 'tints are given in the Marvsville papers '.lie chase of two lovyt rs by an cm aged did party (tho parirnt,) who, as we take > the story, was following them across the u ha river: "Augustus saw tiie fury depicted in the d man's face, and deeming discielinn die tier pari of valor, made n dead liall in ie road and concluded to surrender. Ma a was franiio. Leaping suddenly from ir horse, and walking around through ad llireo feet deep, she gathered lier 1?uand by the legs and dragged him to the ound Then grasping him lightly around e neck, she shouted to her father, who as now iu speaking distance: "You shan't part us. Light, here up to ir knees in mud, we will love and die to- 1 filler!" The old man started back in amazement. " Yes," muttered the half u>el up An i-tus "we'll die right here iu the mud." 'L>ut, Maria?my child "?groaned the d man, "are you not my daughter still?" "Yes," was tiie reply, "and I am his wife _ 11 o. "And are you married?" "\Yo are," exclaimed both. The old man looked daggers for a mocut, closely scrutinize 1 the couple as they ung to each other in the mud, and turn- i g his horse's heal towards the city, ho , at ted off, saving ? "That's all I vomited to Jen > o. i^oucan >w j t out or' the mud and come home/" | onuaoeous Tkeatmf.nr ok a Yotso t"ikk.?Our <piiet little town has been irown into a burst of wild excitement [>out a domestic affair of an atrocious naue which transpired in our midst. Mr. , (we withhold his name on account of is frie ids,) a young gentleman of fortune lid family, not long ago led to the altar ne of the loveliest of her sex, and up to ie time of this most extraordinary act, ley appeared lo live in llio full enjoyment t f connubial bliss. 1 lie particulars are rielly these: On Tbuisday inorning last lr. arose at half past <> A. M. He resaed liiinself witli bis usual deliberation nd taste. Just as bis wife was about lo bo herself in ber daily babiliments, tbe rutal busband seized ber booded brown L rt, and deliberately seating biinselt upon , he commenced singing?-"I am sitting on 1 le style, Mary," Ac. 11 is wife fainted. We ndersland bis lawyers will rely upon inmity for bis defence.? Cynthiatia (A'y.) I (ft. Important Information.?Tbe Norfolk : irgus coiiimunii'Jitos a fact in one .?f it-s ro ent issues, wliicli is highly important ? articularly to such as nro threatened with iat iatal and insidious disease, k own as onsumplion. It seems a gentleman in I lOuisiana bought tom? consumptive norocs from a dealer in Norfolk, and placed icm on hissugar plantation. They ate plon- j I'ull v of the cane, but more especially of le young shoots. The slaves, who had been tin, weak and sickly, soon became strong, >hust and hearty, and in a short time all i races of the disease with which they had . een affected entirely disappeared. The Ligus learns that this planter has a standig order at Norfolk for negroes who have ie symptoms of the disease, and of course xpeels to get them at a reduced price. - ? - In order to live justly, and he rospoctod, e must abstain from doing what we blame > otheis. ' Patrick Henry's Grave.?The Milton North Carolina Chronicle) says: -We nean no reproach to the State of Virginia although she ought to blush, if she knows iow!) when we announce that to this dahe grave of the illustrious and immortal lenry in without even a stone or a slick to nark the resting place of his bones. And here is but one persou living who knows lis grave with cer?*;nty from others that urround it, adJ that person is a venorable legro, who has often watered it with his ears. The apparent negligence of his re* ations happened, as wo learn, in this way: Virginia claimed the grave as her property, ind promised to erect over it a monument worthy of tho man and as imperishable as .itne. She has neglected to do it?but laving rocently erected a bronze statue of Henry at Richmond, a few of his relatives nave concluded to place a marble slab over tiis remains. The slab is 3 by 0 feet?of the purest white American tnaiblo, and contains this Inscription: "To tho memory of Patrick Henry, born May 20th, 1730; died June, 5th, 1799. Ilis fame is his best epitaph." A New Dodge.?A few days since a well-dressed and gentlemanly-looking man, leading a beautiful boy some five years of iee, entered a jeweller's shop in Broadway, New Yoik, and asked the price of a band?ome gold bracelet; it was *123. The gentleman examined and finally bought the article, and put it in his pocket, lie then Look out a large purse, full of shining pieces, and opened it. At that moment lie sud Jenly exclaimed, with a look of alarm, "Why, where is Charley ?" and, dashing the plump purse on the counter, he rushed from the store in frantic, search of his boy who had disappeared. The cleik awaited the gentleman's return for some time, with his purse lying where he had ca*t it down in his excitement. No fear of trickery was entertained, as the purse evidently contained money amounting to twice the value of the bracelet, ltut when hour after hour passed without the gentleman's return, and it was found that tho purse only contained brass medals the size of half eagles, the cle?k and his master both came to tho conclusion that their customer was a slippery one, and that his innocent?looking boy was not being brought up in the way he should 8?* Wom a n.?Enthusiast?"Oh! beauteous woman!" Spirit of Truth.?"All art." E.?"What soft, bright eyes." Sp. of T.?"Belladonna." E.?"What a marble brow." So. of T.?"Lilv powder." A'.?"And glowing cheek." S/i. of T.?"Liquid rouge." E.?"And teeth." Sp. of T.?"Best mineral on gold plate." E.?"And round form." Sp. of T.?"Cotton." E.?"And taper waist." Sp. of T.?"She can scarcely breathe." E.?"And arching instep." Sp.of T.?"Heels on her gaiters." E.?"And walks as if she sailed along." Sp.of T.?"Which is due 10 hoops." 1 m<*t her nl sunset bright, her gingham g mn was blue; her eves that danced with vouug delight, wcie of the same dear hue; and always when the sun goes down, I shall think of ilie girl in the gingham gown. 'I lie man who thought he could learn to make boots by swallowing sherry cobblers lias ju?t got out a hiii k, in which ho aticmpls to prove that by eating bops you will acquire a knowledge of waltzing. The only class of men in the world who are not in the habit of disparaging their neighbors are the a^se-sars of taxo-; for it is well known that they never "unluriale" anybody in the slightest degree. "Cm i iliou love me. ircntle straiiirerT" ltlm-hing ! K>- .1 rose >he.sifluil; A ii.I I lie Uii'vln at once admitted, Tli.it lie lather thought he could." Cost nihil m iiv 1 'iium-tioks.?"My Uear sir," 8*id our friend Drumsticks to a young married gentleman who liad just been made to feel the joys of paternity, "ray dear sir, can you tell tile in what your present status varies from that of the same individual ouo year ago!" "Can't say that I can, Drumstick*." ' I will tell you. One year ago you were a sighing lover; now you are a loving sire. I) n't sav a word; I see I've got you. Good morning, sii!"?J'vnsaculu Tunes. FINCH'S Auti-Rhoumalic PowdersA SAKK.SPKEDY ANIHtADICAL CI* UK FOR It 11 KI'M ATISM, RHEUMATIC GOUT AND SCIATICA. \\7 li, the undersigned cm zeiis of Putnam v v County,(ieorgia, clieertully bear testimony to the efficacy et I.inch's Anii-lthcumatie Powder* in (lie treatment of neute or chronic Itlicumutiain, many cases having been successfully treated by l>r. .1. C GIBSON, within our personal knowledge, in winch these Powders were principally used. Iih-1 Braiihnm, M. ]>. Wm. 1? Carter, Stephen It. Marshall, I>. It. Adams, I'. It Harwell, Thomas Respcss, It. It I'liomas, .1 Nichlesoii ,v otheis. Any reasonable number of individual eer itic.it-s can be given in attestation of their efficacy Prepared and sold by ,1. <i. GIBSON, M. 1> , l'tatoiiton Ga., at s."i per bo*. All orders directed to him, with the nbovo sum enclosed, and a description of the case, shall receive with the Medicine such advice as may suit any peculiarity thereof. Knit s vi.r itY FISIIER & 11 EI N ITS 11 , "Spartanburg and Columbia; \V. F PR ATT, Newlwrry; l<. P. BARNKTT. Yorkvillr; O L. PENS'. Edge field; WARDLAW A LYON, Abbsslllet Dr 11 II HPGGINS, I)iirliiigtiin; REEDY & \VY LIB. Cheater O. H.; M B. KAREK, Groeu vill.\ and throughout the Stale generally. Joly a 27 ly^ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIXA Sa KT ANnt'ltU DISTRICT. IN THE COL'RT OK ORDINARY. Lorenzo Chapman, Ad'in. App't. v*. Dr. O. G, Chapman, ft nl del'ta. Citation to settlement. %Y7"IIERKAS it has been uliown to thesatisfaet tion of thm Court that Dr. O. G. Chapman, Wilson Chapman, Samuel Chapman, \V 11 ford Chapman, W.ley Chapman, Madison Chapman Coleman Chapman, John Chapman, Naney Chapman, the heirs at law of Martha Thomson, deo'd. Farmer am) Ann hie wife, Maiden Chapman, Cynthia Chapman, Win. P. Chapman, Memory Chapman, Virgil Chapman, Cheve* M Chapman, John A. Turner, Memory II Turner, George \V Turner, Ahmr R. Turner, Dr. John A. K?an? and \N I > Kvaim, heir* and distributes at law and legatees under the will of John Chapman, sr, dee'd., reside from anil without the limits of thin State: It is therefore ordered and decreed, that they and en eh of them bo ami appear ut the Court ol Ordinary for said District, to he held at Spartan burg Court House, on the 27th day of March next, to show cause, if any exi-t, why the estate of the said Johu Chapman, sr , deo'd., should not be finally settled, and the assets of the same ordered to be paid out icoording to law, or their consent to the same will be taken pro fwa/cMO. Given under my hand and seal of O.Hrc, the 11th Dee., 1856 K BOWDKN, o. s. i?. Dec 18 dd 12t Rogers' Livorworth A Tar FOR THK COMPLKTB CURB OB COUGHS, COLDS, fi INFLUENZA, ACTUM A, BRONCHITIS, SPITTING OF BLOOD, * ALL OTHER LUNG COM PLAINTS TENDING TO CONSUMPTION. ? This preparation is getting into uss all over our country. The nunurvun letters we receive from our varioua ogenta, informing u* of cur** effected ^ in their immediate neighborhood#, warrant tw in aayiug it in "lie of the beet, if tot the wry best, Cough Medicine now before the public. It almost ^ inrarutbly relieves, and nut unfrequently cures the very worst cases. W lieu all other Cough preparu- ^ lions hare failed, thie lias relieved the patient, us n Druggists, dealers in Medicine*, and Physicians, can testify. Ask the Agent in your nearest town, what has been his experience of the effects of this J medicine. II he has been selling it for any length u of time lie will tell you y IT 18 THE BEST MEDICINE I5YTANT. c Below we give a few extract* from letters we J have received lately regarding the virtues of this a medicine. p Dr. S. 8. 0?liD,of Knoxville,Ga , says: I bate been using your Liverwort and Tar very extensively in my practice for three years past, und, it is with pleasure 1 state my belief in its sureriority over all other articles with which I am acquainted, fcr which it is recommended." t Messrs. Fitzgerald & llenners. writing from Waynesvillc, N. C. say: "The Liverwort and Tar is heeoming daily more jtopular m this Country, and wk think Jt'BTLT so. All who hart tried it speak m commendable terms of it, and say it is very beneficial in alleviating the complaintsfor which it is recommended." Messrs. Fitzgerald & Benners, writing from Waynesville, N. C., say: The Liverwort and j Tar is becoming daily more popular in this Country, and we think justly so. All who have tried it speak in commendable terms of it, and say it is very beneficial in alleviating the com plaints for which it is recommended Our Agent in Pickens Distric, S. C., Mr. S. R. McFnll, iouuroi 08 "that he uses it with great benefit in his own family, and recommend* it to his neighbors." lie gives an instance of a Negro woman, in his vicinity, who bad been suffering with l disease of the Lungs for years, attended with scI vere cough, who was relieved by the Liverwort and Tar. Such are the good reports we hear of this Midi# cine from all parts of the Sooih For a report of the surprising cures it has performed in the Wesl| ern and Northern and Eastern States, we would t ! invite the suffering patient to read the pamphlet , i which accompanies each bottle. To all we say, t have hope, have hope! j TRY THE MEDICINE!! Ibewarnedin SEASON. i Beware of Counterfeits and Base i itnif ft/tons! The genuine article i* signed Andrew Rogers t the engraved wrapper around each bottle. Price SI p*r bottle, or six bottles for $.r?. Sold | I wholesale and retail by SCOYM. Ac MEAD. , on 11 I Charters St., bet. Coiiti and St. I>>uis, N. O. t Sole Agents roa the Southern States, to , , whom all orders and applications tor Ag?ncie- ( must ho addressed. , Sold Wholesale and Retail by ( Srovil & >1 rail, 111 Chartrrs Street, V (I. Ceiieral Agents for the Southern Stuten, to who | | all orders must he ml dressed. I SOLD ALSO BY i I I* is 111'.ll ?te 11K1 IN" ITSII. Spartanburg, So.'t < W. H. WATSON) (ireenvillc " I K. KRUTCII, 14 ( KENNON & NORRI3, Uuiottv.lle, 14 ! S U. HENRY, I.diurensville 44 C. L. HARRIS, ?fc CO., Rutherfordton, N. C April 04 9 8m BOOMS: KOOMiS: ! ~ r|"MIK subscriber takesthis method toinformtbs 1 -L citizens of the Village and surrounding country, that he is now receiving a g<s>d stock < ( N EW 1 BO<>KH. at Inn Book Store, No rt, Mnin itrvrt opposite the Court House, such rk tire generally iim'iI in Colleger, Academies andoommon Eugl** Schools. A large variety of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, embracing HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL 15 Kol.t Jt i IC A I., M I'XI1 A N1CA L, Pot'dca land Musical > ' ->,of Vi'iiour ? >.<> anil prices. ! Some I .i. reading (in the way oT Novels.)? Rl'TII I*AI<L, Fanny Fern's w. ' ?!?* ; TOM JONES' COURTSHIP, Ac. Ac. | BLANK R<>OKS A number of II Y M N BOOKS, used by the d'fferent denominations of ' Christians, together with a large assortment ol FAMILY BIBLES, prices from i'J.OU to $10 <>0; small HI HI.KS, front ; 50 cents to $1,50 and .TESTAMENTS Irotti fifteen cents to $1.00. 1 li A \ EK 1JOOKS at various prices. Also a variety of small religious books,toy books and Primers. A good lot of Foolscap, latt. r, Ci>nitn? rcijtl.m 1 Note Paper. Envelopes from common to tlx-finest Black, Blue and Red Ink. NEW MUSIC FOR THE PIANO. Between 500 and 1,000 new pieces for the I'i! ano, from the best composeis, the greatest \nriety i ever offered in the up-country, i M e hope llteluI dies w ill cull and supply tin ins. lv? s.) 1 have made permanent aiciingcments with several large licck Houses in Philadelphia and New York, to exchange my Music Work?the SOUTHERN HARMONY, 1 at CASH PRICE, tor l!tc?r Rooks, Ac., at cash i p> ces, Dr i. I will, tin tcot e, be able to sell Rook" rod S.. iionei v lower than they li.'veevci been sold | ot Spot .Uiiboig ; i??id c? 1 desre to do an entire ! r.islt I ii.itii'iw, if the people w ill cell w i.h their monev, 1 think thev wfilbe satisfied that they can buy Books, \"c., ii.Mii me. as elte. p as they can (nt re. iil)in Columbia or Chat lesion. ZWCALL A SI) SEL.j^x WILLIAM WALKER, A S. 11. ^"School 1 achetv supplied on liberal terms I' S If any person should ci.II for a Bock or Rooks, that I hare not got, 1 will immediately or i j 'liT them if Ihey dnirc it. N* It. riu. New Edition of tlit- Southern* IIarMorv. k? p; constantly on hand, whoh?ole mid retail, at tli.- CASH P.OOK STOKE. ; May 17^ 19 tf THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA : Si* A HTA NBl'KG L>I8TK1CT. JAMES W11.1,1 A MS. who is in the custody of the Sheriff of Spartanburg, by virtue of ca. ?a I at the suit o( M. Myere, having fi'od in my oftice, together with a schedule, on oath, of his whole esj late am) effects, Ins petition to the Court ot Common Pleas, praying that he may be admitted to the benefit of the not of the General Assembly, made j 1 ! lor the relict of insolvent debtors: It is ordered, that i the said M. Myers, Admr. of U. Stamen, and all other the creditors to whom the said Jaincs Williams is in anywise indebted, be, and they are hereby, summoned and have notice to appear, before ; the said Court, at Spartanburg Court House, on the first day of April ueat. to show cause, if any j they can, wliy the prayer of tho petitioner aforesaid should not be granted. Office of Common Pleas, Spartanburg District, tins 19th Nov., 18.*>6. J. B. TOLLKSON, Nov 90 39 tf Clerk. \f iTs:in i ill %J u a \y VVKKY largr selection of the best ami latest improved PI- yf W 1 ANOSof all kinds can behnd nt If w J ll K A M SAY'S ; PIANO FORTE ANl) MUSIC STOKE COLUMBIA, S C r Mo invites aupcoinl claim nation of the late patented improvements in Mallet, l>uvi? A Co'* celebrated Pianos. Every oianois guarantied. ] June '28 18 ly BREASTPIN FOl'ND. I^OCNI) in p?iase**ion of a negin, a day or two ago, a large Cameo tire mi pin, which thu ! owner oan have by proving property and pay in J for this advertisement Jan 1 45 1/ rv jc - i i i ii snsam fl COMPOUND FLUID KXT*ACTOT j," larsaparilla, Queen'* Delight, fc?, S For purifying tlie blood, and removing aft As- '? mm arming from the imparity of the sauie, and li ? specially recommended for the cure of M Lheunmlism, Scrofula, Kryvipelaa, Ulceration o( 9 the Throat and Lungs, rains and Swellings jk of the Hone*, Tetter. Pimples in tb? face, * Old Sores, and all Cwtattaous Eruptions, I Neuralgic Affections, Mccurial Dlaatw, I ind for assisting the oprratiao and preventing fo 5 tal eonseijucuecs ol Mercurials in Syphilia. | For ti c Composition of this Preparstioa, and the * fedicinul Properties of ibe Queen's Delight, Phy- J cinns are referred to the 5th and Gtb Nos. Vol. I, f r the "Southern Journal ol Medicine and Pkar- J lacy." | he Stilliosii Sylratiei, (Qnen'i Delight,) cserves much more notice than has been bestowed 2 pon it. It has been mcd for the last ten or fifteen f ears by several of our most drstingoivhod Pbysiinns. nnd i believe tbey buve never had canaa to eny to it n high rank among our indigenous rnediitl plunla.? [?d. So. Jour. Med. ana Phsr. Praarcd by Kenifick & bkrinc, Chemists and Druggists, No. 277 King street, Charleston, S. C. S >le Proprietors of the celebrated \ Palmetto* Yeast Powder, 'or nntking Iiuckwheat and all kinds of Cake# Uiaoui's and Light Bread. Feb 5 ftO 1y Carter's Spanish Mixture. THE G HEAT 1*1/ III El EK OF THE BLOOD The Best Alterative Known t WOT A 1'ARTICLE OF MERCURY IK IT L Li infallible remedy for Scrofula, King's Evil, Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions, Pimples or Purtuies on the Face, Blotches, Boils, Ague and Fever, Chronic Sore E)es, Ringworm, or Tet- ^ ter, Scald-bead, Enlargement and pain of the Bone* and ? Jute, Salt Rheum, * Stubborn Uloers, Syphilitic Disorders, una nil diseases arising from an injadicious use of Mercury, Imprudence in Life, or Impurity of Blood. j This great alterative Medicine and Purifier of he Blood ia now uaed by thousands of grateful mtient* from all parta of the United Slater, who estily daily to the remarkable cure* performed by he greatest of ull medicines,"CARTER'S SPAN- , SII MIXTURE." Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Eruptions on the Skin, Liver Disease, Severs, Ulcers, Old Sores, Affection of the Kid teya, Disc lac* of the Throat, Ft male Complaints, Pains and Aching of the Bonra and Joints, are ipeedily put to flight by using this inestimable eme-dy. For all diseases of the Blood, nothing lias ye recti found to compare with it. It cleunses the rystem of all imp rrities, nets gently and efficiently >n the Liver and Kidneys, strengthens the Dig??;ion, gives tone to the stomnch, makes the Skin ;lcar and healthy, and rcstoies the Constitution, enfeebled by disease or biokcti clown by the cx case s of youth, to its pristine vigor ar.o strength. For the diseases or rvMAt.Es it is peculiarly applicable, and whenever it has bcccme known is regularly prescribed wit It the In ppiest effects. It invigorates the weak aud debilitated, and imparts elasticity to tbe worn out frame, clears tlie skin, and leaves the patie nt fresh and healthy; n single bottle i>f this inestimable remedy is worth all the so-called Sarsapnr'lla* in existence. The large number of certificates which we have received trotn persons from nil (tarts ol the United States is the best evidence that there is no humbug about it. The Press, hotel keepers, magistrates, physicians, and public men, well known to the community, all add their testimony to the wonderlul effects of tins GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Call on the agent and get nu Almanac, and read the d< tails o' nstouislnng cures performed by CARTER'S SPANISH MIXTURE, <iw MOST cases where fcVKHV thing eu-k HAD SIONALL) taileo.) The limit* ol an advtt tisenieut will not adti n tbeir full insertion. Wl. S. BHEKS k CO., Propriflt-rs, .Vs. 3l>4, Rroadtcay. Arte loti To whom all otdi imi.usI be addr.Astd. For sale by Druggists and Country Merchants in all parts of the I'mted State* and the Cniu.dlis and by ll.MIEUA IIKINITSIl, Sp..rtanborg. I JOHN L. \Ol'NO, I'iiie-uvtile. May 8 II IN EQ11TY?Spartanburg. bl'ARTANUtKO lJlSTRICT. James Bennett, et al., vs. lliram BenntU, adrn'r. et al. Bill for I'urtilion. f T appearing to the satislae ti, n e.f this Court that 1 Sarah Renin, n, the daughter ? f Rowland lie illicit and lit-r husband, il innrurd, (?Ikk name is unknown,} and In i biothiix John 1\. Hiuiiitl and James l>v unelt, William Edwards, l?nac Edwards, Hiram Edwards, 1J< until Edwards, Jauc Davis, tornn rl) Jane Edward*,) and In r husband Fkm! mg 1 >svis, CiTa 'l ate, (lor inn Iy Cilia Ed wards,) | and hci husband Henry Tate, Nnm y Clark, flurnu-tly Nancy K wnrda.) and her husband Charles Clark, children ut Elisabeth Edwards, (formerly, Elizabeth Rciin.tti end Iter hustand Lippe Kdwrrds, Jackson 1*. B< unott, Elizabeth Moore, (formerly El zabeth 1U inn-It,) and Iter husband James Moore, Sarult iJitwtr, (luiiiierly Saiuh ilinnrti,) and her husband Green Er?-u cr. the children oi Jorial Iliunc.t, Williams I>. inn tt, Is-aic Wofford, Eleanor Lew >?, (formerly Elmiwr W <-fiord,) Mary 1 I'M wards, (lot merly Mary Woffi-rd,) and her busIb..ltd Isaac Edwaids, Ehz..belli J Reese. (loi merly El / ibeth J. \N t floid,) and Iter husband V\ illiam Ruse. Ma>k J. Woffoid. M. trick H W.ffb.d Benjamin M Wuflonl, John M . W offord, Isaac E. \Vofford, Nancy K. Woflord, and Mary Htmtree, Isaac liembree, Jim Heml-rcs, Johnston Henilirec, Mil rick lleinbrcc, J aim* W Hen-brer, S.irali Ann llciitbtec,tb< children of Eunice llem. brtc, (lonncily Ecu cc Woflord,) and her husband Eliliu lit mbrec, bt>lh dead, who ate children of l.-aac Woflord and .latie his wife, who was a sister i of Mark Bennett, deceased, defendants in this case, it-side Iront and without the limits of this State: It is, on motion of Daw Ions & Choice. Complainants' Solicitors, Ordered, 'lhal they appear and plead, ~ answer or demur, to complainants' bill of com plaint, wi bin three months Irani the publtcatkin of this rale, or the same will be taken pro eon/etoo against tliem. TIIO. O. P. VERNON, c. * s. o. Cem'rm. (iffitv, Feb. 9, 1857. Feb. 12 51 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Spaktaubpro District. IN Til K COURT 0'r ORDINARY. 1 Ann I?. Dacus, applicant, vs. John Glenn, et si Defendants. Summons in Partition. 1 \ ' HtKKAS it has spoored in evidence to T T the satisfaction ot the Court that Garland A. Glenn. Beverly B. Glenn, Opiney McClain, William Parks, duly Ann Gauch, William Gauch, Matthew Johnson, and Amanda Johnson, delen- * dants in the above case, reside liom and without tho limits of this Stale: It is th? refore ordered and decreed that they he und appear at the Court of Ordinary, lor Spartanburg Diatrut, to be held at Spartanburg Court House, on the 17th dr.y of April next, to show cause if any exist, why the real estate of Tyni Glenn, dee'd., Consisting of one tract of land, lying on the waters of Tygcr river, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, bounded by lands of A. Wingo, Adam MeKIrath and others, should not be sold, and the proceeds ol said sale disposed of according to law, or their consent to the fame will be taken pro conftttn. Given under my hand and seal of Office, 16th Jan 1857. H. BOWDEN, o. a. d. January -2 48 1 St RARklLOO & WADDETl, Stock and Exchange Broker* and Cottoa Factors, Columbia, S. C. Will buy and sell State. City, Railroad and al other BONDS and STOCKS on commission. Strict attention paid to selling COTTON, and liberal advances made on consignments ol the same. Oct 9 _M If. CLOTHING! CLOTIHNC! FITIIK larpeut stock of READY-MADE CLOJL TIUNG, can be found at Nov 6 37 tf TOLLKSON A "WIN GO'S. FOR SALE AT TII^OFFTCE,