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*w, * ' L~- - . THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY cavis & teimmier. Pruclcc) to Southern Btgljts, Po'ilics, Slgricnlturc, rnO HVbcfUam). 82 PER ANNUM. VOL. XIV. . SPARTANIRJUG, S. C., 'THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1857. NoMcT . * ? - . ' ? * # +' % _r?-J- ? i- - ? 111, m ^ ..in i i jli w ,i i i j ii m ? m ? < tmmnz - - ? 1 ' t' ui . n? ? XHJfi CAROLINA SPARTAN. 1 BY OAVIS & TRIMMIER. i T-O.P.VERNON Associate Editor. . ^ Price Two Dollars per annum in advnnco, or $2.50 at tlio oml of the year. If not paid until 1 after the year expires $3.00. Payment will bo considered in advance if made . within three months. No xubsoriptfou taken for less than six mouths. Money may ho remitted through postmasters at i osr ri?k. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, and contraots made on reasonable terms. The 3tartan circulates largely over this and 1 adjoiuing districts, and oft'orsan admirable medium ] to our friends to rer.ch customers. dob work of all kinds promptly executed. . lllanks, Law and Equity, continually on haud or printud to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN, J OONSTITUTIOHT 1 OF Tlie i MORGAN RIFLES. Rule 1. This Company shall bo known I and designated as "Tiie Mougan Rifles." ' . captain. Rule 2. It sh.ill be tho duly of tlio Captain to prosido at all meetings of llio com- ^ piny, decide nil points of order, subject to , appeafto the meeting, and perform all such duties as may appertain to his ollice. In . tho absenco of tho Caplniu his place shall j bo supplied by senior olliccr present. orderly sergeant. t( Rule 3. It shall bo tho duty of tho Or- o derly Sergeant to keep a correct roll of the a company, to 9^11 tho samo at parados and drills, nnd to report all defaulters. It shall /< also be his duly to divide tho Company in- p to four equal squads, nnd furnish each cor- ? poral with a roll of members, to bo summoned by them for any parade or drill ordered by the commanding olliccr. secretary and treasurer. Rule 4. A Secretary and Treasurer shall s] be elected bj* ballot at every anniversary t. meeting. His duties shall he to keep a cor- 0 roct roll of tho present members of the corps, 0 together with a list of those who have been p members since its formation ; he shall at- ., tend all meetings of tho company and call ? the roll, shall koep the minutes' book, keep a correct copy of the constitution, and carefully noto any alterations made therein; which copy he shall have with him at every * meeting, <fec.; shall keep the account books a of the company, collect all moneys One the !l! company, ami hold the snnio subject only to d the orders of the ofliccr commanding. y MEETINGS. ti Ili'Ui 5. The regular meeting* of tho r< company shall he held at aucli hall as here- | after may ho selected, on the 3d Saturday m of overy month, at early candle lighting, j And at such meetings fifteen members shall . h form a quotum. ANSIVERSAUY. 0, Rui.e 0. The anniversary of this com pa- p ny shall he celebrated on the 17th January, st in commemoration of the liatlle of Cowpcns, d l?y parading ami target practice. In case w the 17th of January sliouid fall on Sunday, < < the anniversary shall he celebrated on the A Kitlnrihiv nrncn.liiKT ?J I ?5 vl * l'ARADKS. I' Ul i.e 7. TIlC following shall 1-0 litis Rogu *' Jar Parade Days of tlic Company, at which tiino the members shall appear at the hoar 11 designated: Twenty-second February, at 10 o'clock. Second Saturday in May, at 8 o'clock. ; j' Third Saturday in August, at 7! o'clock. | 1 Last Saturday in October, at 10 o'clock, j Second Saturday in Dec. at 10 o'clock. 0 MKMllKRfillll'. Hulk 8. All persons desiring to becoino w Members of this Company must bo proposed j, at one of the monthly meetings, and a vote p of two thirds shall be necessary to his dec- t| tion. c] Rule 9. No member shall be allowed tu w withdraw from the company without giving 11 six months' notice, and nettling tip all tines 1 al and arrearages due by him to the company, g absentees FROM KKOll.AK MEETINGS. '' Kui.e 10. At every regular meeting the , roll shall bo called at the opening of the , meeting, and the absentees noted by lire secretary; and tbo following shall be lire J 1 schedule of fines for nun attendance at ; Ill coin puny 111 eo tings: Commissioned ollieors, each 6100 C1 Sergeants " 10 Corporals and privates, M 10 Secretary 1.00 Hulk 11. At any regular meeting of ... (lie company any member may be fined i expelled l>y two-thirds of the member.; pros J ' cnt for repealed intoxication, nggiavatcl i misconduct, or any act disgraceful to the tlJ cliarAClor of a soldier or citizen speaking JU disrespectfully of llio company, refusing to je y comply witli its rules, or acting inimical to w its interests. FUKKIIALS. ]c Kui.k 12. When informed of tbo death bt of a member, the commanding oilicor sliall order the company to parade and bury liim ai with military honor , if not contrary to the cu wishes of ihe friends of the deceased; and fH every member who alien.Is the funeral shall ar provido himself with a piece of black crape, w to be worn on the left firm during the her rr\ vico. "gt Kulk 1L5. The company shall liavo extra v.; parades and diills at such times and places or as the commanding oflicer shall designate, ce Hulk 14. The signing of the Constitution ttr shall bo an essential condition of member- bl1 ship. HUI.K 15 ? KINKS. COMMISSION Kl> OKKICKItrt. For non attendance at anuiversay or ful extra parades and drills : ?1.50 ov For non-attcndanco at regular parados 2.00 a|) For deficiency in dross, each article, 50 jj OKDKRLY 8K1I0EANT. at f For non-altendanco ai anniversay or Wl extra parades and drills : $1.00 hi Fui non attendance at regular parados 125 to for not suiuinoniim commissioned officers nnd sergeants, oncli, : : 50 '01 deficiency in dross, each article, 25 OTI1EU 8ER0KANT8. for noil-attendunco at anniversary and extra parades, : : : $1.00 for non-attendanco at drills, : : 1.00 7or non-atknidanco at regular parades 1.00 for deficiency in dress, oacli article, 25 corporals, for non-attendanco at anniversary and extra parades, . : : : $1.00 for non-attondanc? at diills,, : : 75 <'or non-attendanco at rogular parades 1.00 for not summoning his squads, each man, : : : : : 25 ''or deficiency in dress, each article, 25 PRIVATES, <'or non atlondanco at anniversary nnd oxtra parades, ; : : $1.00 7ut non-attendanco at drill*, : : 50 'or non-attendanco at regular parades 1.00 'or deficiency in dress, each article, 25 secretary ani> treasurer. 'or non-atlondtmco at meetings $1.00 'or omission of any other duty, such fino as company may imposo, not to exceed : : : : 2.00 Rule 10. ThoUniform of tho corps shall >o as follows : For non commissioned ofliers and privates, a single-breasted tiock oat of cadet gray cloth, with a skill oxtendng one half tho distance frotn top of the ip to the bend of tho knee; thrco rows of utlons, tho ccnlro row to contain 10 butans, nnd tho two outer rows in a half oval, n each sido, containing 12 buttons, placed t e?pinl distances. Rule 17. Each member shall pay ono fl) per year as annual dues to the coinany, to be paid to the Secretary and Treasrcr quarterly. Rule 18. Any member coming on paado with a loaded gun shall be fined in tho am of five dollurs ($5.) Rule 19. No alteration or amendment liall bo made to the foregoing rule? , unless ach amendment is submitted in writing, at nu mci-iiug, nuu approve* t ny two thiols f llio members present at the next meeting: rovided two-thirds of llio whole company re present, otherwise no alteration can l>o lado. CHARLES x"lTT OF SWEDEN, Blackwood's Magazine for May contains review of the |>ersorial Memoirs of Thonis Iloarno, of Oxford, Kngland? horn 1070: icd 1735. Ho thus describes Charles tho ill, of Sweden. lie certainly fails to sns tin the fanciful perfection* which modern vmnncfafn harothrowu around that remaikl>le general and king: "I will tell you, as a particular friend, tat even without leave (which ought to ave been had) 1 did venture the other day > iambic into Saxony, to satisfy my cuiisity in seeing those ditVerent things, and. enelrating as far us I could, how mullet* ood there, nud how our fate i< like to be etcrmiued by that Gotliick hero, who, itli a handful of men, makes himself droad1 and courted by all the powers of Kuiopc. for his person, ho did not dcinenlir llio aif??i I t...-t !.! ? n : - " v.-?. j tivm ? iikvi yji iillll* HO 1^ I IJIII atidsomu gentleman, but immoderately irty and slovenly. 11 is behaviour and imago more rustick than you can nagiue in so young a man should bo; and lal the outsido of liis ipuatlera should not el ye the inside, lie has chosen the dirtiest lace of all Saxony, and one of the saddest ouses. The cleanest place is ilio court bjire the house, where everybody is to alight tT his horse, and is up to the knee in dirt, here his horses stand with hardly any alters, and sackings instead of cloaths, iihout either racks or mangers. . . The orses have rough coat?, thick bellyc*, thin uttocks, and switch tails. The grooms i.at look after them seem not to be better loathed nor kept than their horses, one of hich stands always ready saddled for the lighty monarch, who runs out Commonly lone, and bcsliidcs his steed, and away lie allops be fore any ouucNc is able to f ll.nv im. Sometimes he will go ten or twelve r the c country miles in a day, which iirty or fifty of our Knglish miles, now in io wintei time, bespattered, all over w ith irt like a postillion. 1 should make i \ tier too long, if 1 should tell you his di is eating, drinking, and sleeping; but i. i let it entirely alone, T w'll tell \c i 1.1 at i-. plain blew, with ordin iry bra 1 ;:t i. -, tl.e . ' ii ts pin:;? 1 up I 1.1.. 1 an ! le, whi !i : hows lii-s majesty's oh! K. i msicoai ami nrwi lies, wlucli, tli > till.. , 111vti!. v grcasv lli.it tliey i.. ! vol; hat V, he;: 1 . . him t'. . : .t new, fur he ha 1 boon a gallant a lr. ;furc. lie l.a! 1 a to e'h.i./ A . s's quoou, upon her return to l^oij<-siok, ul to bo fine, ho had yet on th o now atliorn breeches, spoke not above lliiee ords to her, but to talk to a foolish dwarl o had about a quarter of an hour, then ft her. Ho wears a black crape cravall, it the capo of his coat buttoned ho < I . e >oul it that you cannot seo whether lie ha> iy or no. 1 lis shirt and wristbands are ninioiily ve ry diitv, for ho wears no ilitis or gloves but on horseback. His hands 0 commonly of the same colour as his ristbands, so that you can hardly di tin ii~.li thorn. His hair is light In <wn, wry easy, and very short; never cunib 1 but itli his fingers. He sits upon any chaii stool ho finds in tho house, without any ; rcmony, to dinner, and begins with a eat pieco of bread-and-butter, having' jck his napkin under his chair; then inks, with his mouth full, out of a groat ; ver old fashioned beaker, small bear, liicli is bis only liquor. At ovcy meal 1 drinks about two Kuglisli bottles full, r ho emptyos his hunker twice. Hotwocn ory bit of meat ho oats a pioco of brcadid butter, which ho spreads with his thumb, c is never inoro than a quarter of an hour dinner; eats like a horse; speaks not one ord all the while. As soon as lie lisoa, a life-guards nil down at the lino table, tin -aim victuals ||i h. d Hiamhii ' | a very little dirty room, with two wi 110 sheets nor canopy to his l?od, tlitr initio quilt that lyes under him tu up over him, and so covers him. . , His writing-table is of ? slit deal, with o a slick to support it; and instead of a . t dish, a wooden thing, with n sandbox of sumo. IIo has a line gilt biblu by his 1 side, tho only thing that looks fine in equipage. Ho is u very handsome in well shaped, and a very good face, stern countenance; but bo is vary whim-, and positive, which makes all tho all afraid of him; for ho risoucs himself ; hisnnny as easily as another would figl duel." L'*iom tho same source we derive km ledge of a Welch custom unknown to but upon which sonio bookworm may It. fallen: *'Tho. Morgan, gent, writ n little thi printed in quarto, called 'Tho Welch ma Jubilee,' to the honour of St. David. Sin ing the manner of that solemn cclobrat which tho Welchmen annually hold honour of St. David; describing likewise true and real c.iuso w hy they wear that da Leek in their Hats, with an oxcelleiit mo sonnet annexed into it. Ho thinks the t reason of wearing the look is because David always, when ho went into the fi in martial exercise, carried a leek w ithlr and being once almost faint to death, immediately remembered himself of leek, and by that ineansnot only presori j his life, but also came oft' victorious." Those who oppose the piactico of snx ing, may concedo hoiuo virtue to it at roading what follows: 4'1 have been told, that in the last gr plague at Loudon none that kept tobac lusts' {jhops had the plague. It is cert that smoking it w as looked upon as a 111 excellent preservative, in so much that cl dren wero obliged to smoak. And 1 member that 1 heard formoily Tom Hog< who was yeoman-beadle, say that when was that year, when the pjnguo raged school boy at Eaton, all the boys of tl school were obliged to smoak in the sch every morning: and that ho was no whipped so much in his life as he was c morning for not smonking." From tho complaints so prevalent at t day among reluctant church goers, wo in that sermons of equal brevity with tl mentioned below would exactly suit lli patience and memories: 'Ls?t Sunday, in tho afternoon prencl at St. 1'elcr'h in tho Erst, (>xon, beforo univct.-ity, Mr. Will, l'echo, Fellow of John's College. It was rcinaiknblo that ;->e: moil v ,io not abo?e j-rc;:*'h ' s ' very liltlo more, and that it was shot than his prayer. This Mr. l'eclrc is a v< good scholar, and was formerly a studic man." The custom chronicled below would I Irish iarc sport for tho hooped damsels our day: ' It seems, on Monday after Whits week, tlieic is a fat live lamh provided; ti the maids of the tow n, having their tliun tycd he-hind them, run nficr it; and shell with her mouth lakes and holds this Ini is declared taJy of the lamb, which, hci d re-sod with llicskiu hanging on, is can on a lon? pole before the lady and I companions to the (Jrceri, attend. 1 w music and a morisco dance of men, -i another of women, when tlio rest of tho<l is spent in dancing, miith and jollity. I next day, the lamb ispntt baked, part bo ed and roasted, for th ladie ' feast, wh she tils map tieally (an 1 much respect allowed to iter) at the upper end of the bio, aud her companions with her, v musick and other attendant-., which < : the solemnity. Mr. lilouuld >cs not tell the leasoii t this cu-tojn, hut I am t<>1 1 upon account of th inhabitant.-, beii ' ; I free in < ?.\f-'rd and othei p!.;.,_ . I w . ti yestoi 1 .y that Hie i-asno eu-t. :u t iiu belong *! to Wightham (Wytha ...( 1 Jerks." I Many per on; a;-p.- ,o the c .o -> I this ; . e arc gieator than in l! > e j t. i' Imp. thi. is, in the ?jvn ral,< ; :-at it r ; rather from the renter f. f.a in I p. t'.ce than a wan * in ral < a liti. .. i: j otis. The annexed i IJcnt could ; a be J : i.iSei. : at thi? d*y: | t4Yc (crday, at two o'clock in the f no !!, wt a :a i ; in i ? v : tin th .ti in < ' a' u 1, a . . b I up for it ia .t ; -t > ' , a a' !. I iio ? a . ti :;< w- re I . ' ar y (i . i woman) (hat could am >ak out thrco o in r<f toh i . t w till )U' drinkin 'y or ?< . i 11. t. , :n>uld have twelve aillin . i a.;, tiio and 'twas thou it that a i 1. Vi'llli 1 i ^ ^i .. ! would have boon victor, ho omoaltinfy fas than, and being many pipe before,the r? l*uI at la I 1 c wa > i ; I; that "tw . . thou ; ho would have dyi 1; an 1 an < '1 man, tl iia l been a smn!. r, ami sm hi!; I m i. eamo ofV con j :eror, -in >:tk. ! l! e .? ounce t ?juit*.- out; and lie I Id <>:. (:i whom I fin 1 it) that after it lie n i'. 1 : or live pipe- tilO same evening."' Some reader* of Kugii !i hi t <ry ma. member I'air U > wiiotil an . die in . . of her life. d in. account will a;, nd . tiait, and a! > exhibit her ?. tun. : ''.SalilUel (iah , Iv-p, wiiUs me, an in letter dated ft m; l.m 1 >n th I in, ai that h. hath lately and accidentally p chased an nntioiil, but line, picture of l beautiful Ito-aniond. 'Ms painted on panel of waiuscoll, and represents her in three ?juartor proportion, dressed in ! habit of the times, a straight-bodied g?n of changeable red velvet, with largo mpi. sleeves of black llowerod dnma-k facin turned up above the bend of lior aims, a close sleeves of pearl colored satin pull out, but buttoned at the wrist, appeali liuiii Ulidei the l ogo olies. Sh. basse' tal lingi el w illi prclion atom. on I finger*. Die li art coveted will; a ti ilk; lloworoJ linncn. < athcred ci j ai (ho nock, ben but liko a ruft'j 1 ! ? f ico i ariningly fair, rivi irns with a fino blush in here 1 kg her hair, of sho , . a dark brown, parted wit1, 1 seam from tlio twc iily middle of her f >reh> id i ml. under her en, an- coifuro, which is v i\* j I . nit a g >K1 laco Ole tho pppbara abort i'. and t'. it >reroa with n Uu ?cd- cap of black silk, She i -king very in- v. ii his tently on ill * fatal cup, v n she holds in wo< an, ono lined and tho c -wr tlib oilier, as bee no going to drink it. Ik? * . er i> a I .bio nat ieal covotod with bint! ' t:na . on which there cha yes lion ft prayor bo ik Open, writt in tho nntiout fan ind I Mack character.. The v.! !o picco is ex- the it a | tremoly v.<!i pr< serve !. Mr. Oalo takes it lou to have be ;i dono about ?!cnry tho Sov- sail )w. cnth'.s liinc." * blu us' Blrth-Fteoe of Washington, &c. ; t (he FUOM THR HOSTON JGU.NAL. j jh Wl -i 111>RB1 \Ck)UJiI . May 1,1850* I qUJ ?1 was (his im,ruing at iO birth-place of ill s . . u. , . , V ii 1 on* I Ocorgo \v hmgton! 't i l>ecii my privi- f w"| h'gc, in years pmt, to ' ho natal slninos 0j(j : of Columbu , >!iaksp?-n Napoleon, and j [ ,X] others who have played j mine-nt parts in CJr| \ the gicat drama <HIV,tho emotions t then nwakvjt d wei. !hc' indeed coinpar- ; '- ed w ith lie 'so w\ ieh uh ed my pulse us | ...n rnc . i-iii . i . -i 1 g. I.nccoittphsh . . ictod pilgrim a go I yJ to tho fiist homo </i him v. .- ro uatno makes i j(|j( .L' ororv A.mcfican lit t with pntri >t: I uv , i i mi.i j ' homage. < 'ur wrangiii legislators, tu ; lI0< L. their contests for political power and parti- ?ru K. san plunder, havo left tl..- hallowed spot tj10 wliero the existence of Washington com- y]r moiiccd, liko that where it tenninatod, and S(5j: whero his mortal remains reposo in peaeo? vo_ "ler uuljonorcd, The plough share annually |jOU passes over the silo of the birth-place of #up ^ him whoso subsequent th<-itro of action was wjn ^ our then infant liepublic, and there are but ! j ' -ni a few eliunco visiters to ih play grounds of a child whoso subsequent docdi of manhood f j I were, in peace as in w ar, tiio highest exam- jpT ro pies of human wisdom a:: 1 ]>atriotic virtue sp0 to all mankind. Vet his glory (to uso the I J words of llanicl Web toiy "is as durable as |lJn his piinciples, as lasting a. tiuth and virtue wa, jn', themselves. Whilo the hundreds whom uol party excitement, and temporary circuni- .,a, v^r stances, and casual comb: .ntious, have iai-. |>0. )IjC ed into transient notoriety, sink again, like p.,j their bubbles, bursting and dissolving into ' rctl . . the great ocean, Washington's fame is like j }-rot t!ic rock which bounds '. at ocean, and at \ ,|ie 'ui whoso loci its billow- a'- destined to break pc , Lint harmlessly forever." ras, lt|r It is incorrectly sta\od by most of the cot| biographers of Washington that ho was born "in the homestead ? Bridge's creek," COI1 in a house which "had probably boon pur- C(j l'10 chased with tho pr?>p r. Vet had any s^a', one of them visited the birth place they tj,e b's would not havo thus cr-ed in its location. ] ''' KvenlliegiftCvl auiiioroi i j ".Sketch Book," lcr whoso woiks are treasured wherever the rosj 2,.v pure Knglish tongue is read and tpoken, yj0 31,3 lias copied, in the ah vo ijuotcd words, the errors transmits 1 by M usliall, \V ecnis, and ..r;. in- others. Mr. Irving vXiied the plea-ant (jrt of hoiiic-i of our Ang'o X Tin in falherlar. 1, . j0 t the prnities f the tiieat W? t. and the do- j.-,, sorted tnagnificenco of the Alhaurhra, cie 0f ho poitiayed them with his vtr itile pen. lvvt Almost every other locality hallowed hy j.~cj ' " reminiscence^ of Washington ho has dos- lon ",u crihed from personal ol?ervation, and al j|Jir though hi* tiron ie. p .ting the "home n," . ^ I stead" aic not at all important, the facts CJI may be of in lot est. sap Col. John Wa ! in t'.mi, who came with ;lll ,l J 1 hi., brother t A noricA in 1G57, settled on ?r j' tho bank i f ! h : !? ' ere k, a small inlet of hUV ! the l'otoma . \. i<j bo tl.oncef >r;!i lived, rj.: and whoio be \ buried, lie had two \\* ' j>ons and :i dau r, an it was to l.io sec ' ;i ,, e,v ..r a.. .. i - ie i . . ,n vi ?.? k, i. > 11 . i u ?? j;s:iii ion, j ' tlint l,tho pi ?|w loi of tho Northern Neck Jcoo .l;|* uf \ ir?'; .'.I f lan-l Jit t ( t'.,> I lOiltll <1 i'oji. ' . . !., tl.t* 2 I til of J Ulii', JO J 10J 0. 1..' i u Washington wn? (bus an a j ,1!' original pro} . ' >*, mu] in !iis will, which cr^ ii1 M nt!. lUli, 10 .la -aj : "Igivi ilUl lliO Wa.-t ol I: i i I. >v I:vo t -!:t? c,. ' W'.i-iiir. 'I ? ? r ! , io ' - an- i ::t : t > , . 1 1 i ' i c unty, w. . : > ; *- i icck ita'. 10 | . ,u ci Angu-.lit.i-, t\ i t r ??. > . i. I.j i. , hiiOWl i t wi i". Y\ ii \\ It'll, i >. . I I:. I , vi' u!? ... -i !i I 1 v ly it i N..tliin . i t - T U t cii '.I . .' . ?vc ' ' I I- I'J i nnv i x, |, I 1 . ..: i, v.i.l will j ilitf. : ,'i-> .. n vv .. . .. t? f li.i- hi-t- j ... . . , \> . I . ..I pal i.c j i a., uti .:i l?l.. li .i \ . . i j an 1 |, a , i .. . I .... . \ ' > I i itik ;, i,ii "V. U| HI i - I. (t?0 ) "without j ti^li ' .li '.ii v ii.,.1 t; ?u I'l.o . ilnlilion | of a'! "ti li v . , .. w. i. i v <y>.:.i>ii in \ in. , . - . ' North . N i iusi .f i tli.- Inji-.li ol time j?l;, III It 111 ' .11 I 'I I Vj'i - I 1,10 in.', . t ; ' i : < 'I wlioii Ji.lt 1 i I'll' v.' !i I : : . ; 1 .i in? In : ?. I lit M}|. " j 1 1 ?i' 1 1 ivl.i ' a iim a lilt at \o . .it'.i . I ii cavity ,^ i?ii tin.loin lilt ha I>?.-?. vui/ j?r<?|? i!y filled uj. \ ' ur* with earth by Mr. Ltwioiic Wa>hiii^l jii, ho olio i't its late i i j>'i ; >r-?, i i pi? rout the ||o| >* | bones of tlio dead being taken away by \i>i , u 1 a ter.s, wh h i I 1" :nn t ii t>? ; .1 ?.;?. it. Not ' '| ho far from the vault tlioro w.rs a laijo slab I M)11 vii1 lying tlio ground with thfl naino of the j ire family ai. 1 two chihliiti. I hero wero aUo xv|(l 5s, fragments of another." 0j,, nil The "biilh |'laco" is noarly a niilo distant, Col| o>l up ai 'iiiewhal ilria'.i'l plat".ill, around ;l j( i? ' which :iW>'. ]? ?, in a >oini ciroular ciiivo, i I\?|i, i i, l?, j?i -t l'?.i>n t) il cii?|?ti* < into the |(1 |( " | I Vl Hi . \ . i ,h l Ii. . .in.> ll) b? low tin . ( mouth i ti? rock, tiding mticli to tlio coj| uty of tho scenery, wbilo far acre s t!4* :r i^ the graceful outline of the Marylnm re. The bank at the pirth place isab*?u nty-five foci high, quite bleep and wood whilo tho creek, like tho classic Av?n o 1 Fkigkmd, may be called a poet's stream disturbed by all sounds of Irnffic, i ids it way through green marshes an< >dcd acclivities, which secin to have eve n sacred to ohtade, ami the promincn ural features of the landscape can havi nged but little --iuco Washington's in cy. The chance visiter can look upot samo scenery upon which that chib Iced, as truly as lie can gaze upon tin re blue sky and see it-, image in the saim 0 water. I'ho house in which Cicorgo Washingloi 1 born was destroyed by firo soon aftc family left to reside on their Stafford ro cslalo at Fredericksburg. A subso :nl proprietor "cither repaired one of tin houses or a wing of tho old one, or buil mall house for his overseer out of tin materials." So says Bishop Meade, am. :n incliii- ] to think the latter supposilior reel from the appearance of tho chimnej his second structure, which is all of i t remains. A < t near it the filled uj ar of tho "birth mansion" i-*plainly vi-i , and the plough has turned up severa :ks, piece* of earth*, uwaro, and ulh*. r mc tlli.s. Close by a luxuiiaul clump of t:c is and othoi bushes mark tho garden a ml, and a few dnll'odils bloom alonj, edges, where tho malted roots of tin lieos resist cultivation. There is also : tary apple tree, said to ho tho last survi of an orchard immediately around tin ise, but 1 searched in vain for a scioi .able for grafting, for tho recent sever, tors have evidently destroyed all linger vitality. \ sinali monumental slab, sadly tnulila , lies upon the ground in the clump o trees, whore it was removed from tie of tho "birth-mansion." It originallj c this incription: "Jlore, the lltli Feb ry, 1 V.'FJ, Washington was born," am ? placed tlieio l>\ lii-t ward <i. W. I' ;tis, in Juno, 18IS. Mr. Custis, nccom lied l?y some friends, carried the slab ti ?e's creek in his yacht, tl?o "Lady of tin ce," and after they had deposited it the; lined on board, and fired .1 Federal salut 11 a swivel which they had brought fo purpose. It so happened that the goo? pie of the vicinity had been much ha sed by the Ilrilish during the wai jus eluded, and when tlioy hoard the firin< y supposed that hostilities had been re lirn need. The whole country was alarm the children and women prepared t rt for the pine woods on the tidge, am men gathered for defence, t is duo to tho Washington family to sa t when Col. Ceo. C. Washington (wh idod in Georgetown, and owned Jth unt Vernon books now in the l?os>toi lcineuni) sold "Wakefield," which com - - the "ihidgi Ctc -k" and llio"l*ope' xk"estates, on the 13th of' )ctol?ort 1S13 lohn Cray, of "TmveJler's llest," nca lerickshtirg, he re irved sixty feet squar the ground around the biitli-pl.ace nm uity Ik. t f jiiar.? uioiiml the vault. I: jruary, 1S3G, Col. I. w W. Washing (k,on and heir aldaw "f CJecrgo C. Wash ton) presented those reservations "to tl>< ;!. i State of Viiginia in perpetuity, oi lition solely that the State re piire '.In 1 places to ho pet mancntly enclosed will ir< u fem e, ba^ed on st oic foundations ether with suitable ami modest (tliougl tantial) tablets, t comniemoiato t?> th ng gcioM iti- n the -o notable spots/' C jv neccp < 1 the d mati >11, and a 1 lre--->e? ie i to tko 1. d-1 dure, askin ? an up j k in ;i i f ;2,<j'oJ to comply with ti. ?lli n -. 1 it 11. ii "11 i ?h Mtghtinc- c . I i U..>i.M'f N'ii dnin, limi it dillicu! i-s a: \ i lone 1 leal value v* it!i<> 1 ea! o( "impracticable" diw iwiott. 1 lifTct ... v i .1 , i . i J i.i till.. i b. ! - l i.tju... tt ? I cot.r.-t . :o w ' 'i oh' . .11 V. ! s'if'.. . s ; to nou'lott' ! i i ; " : wl.vli the I :. th |?lac?: i *' ! l I* yo i lyitijJ in li ! i .'. r i'. '! . i v I .lv t... !, -it. ! i ! u; ?m .!l i y-tor i>!ie!N, wliioli nr ..! is. ; !*u ' nio-I el the |- iut t i . i 1 : .n.ao. At the liuio o! .i 1 ! 1M i w.i- mi ' ; oi i/,li in :r 1. i t t' it 1. ; t v.i'.'.in 'i fov *>. 1 !. ii . i. i n, f.i: . . . ' . . . iiti, lily Vnv . . "(rii; '. n,' !i ? *, i i , "ti i iii : I > ," ;ti. 1 "'i;!. c .it ; t 'ii k; 1 if.1' I i*; I . lit i on O' i. ii i I. ; . |' . - J 10 1 \ik i.; liv.i } oak i \ a.*' t 1 I. .till .. t > - !j>, -l ill ?t \\ llllilio . : :..i i ir.: j. ii -ii iv ,4-. i ?t?irc ' o i l., v- icic ho li -iili i in.til It , ; tlio tii?i soutonoiitl boundary ,i . cj unco. 1 liuro in i. > io.moii l> < .o tli.il ii< vi..? fvoi thorn a ? - ?" !. it ii .'ln'" If V, M itli I. s h.ili'lu l 1 !' I . . I..CI-, 01 I. , , ! ko Ml...I li . .. ii v t.? ,. :,i>' -I .! i ho !. t 1 l.Ti "the utiiMj'ti arm*" it i ii ' that, i i I'li j'iliy within* chlo t.n'i . h< . j vo l tlio- athletic -J'orlI a hi .ii. i t , anil n il recreations ii oil : V oflh.it I .111'! ilulli .o 1. an ; I I. . I I' .'.li l! .1 1.1 lillr..' to- I.I ? . ..o its wt : !i mi >' ii i!i. Mow In ! l ,it i.i #ri i1114 1 r lhe ma., c iium A won inn* kccoihI m^Ii n' li ici ik 1 hi , tli kl 1 iiii.v.l i i.l 11 :. ill v 11 r tli, . 1 in rvi il w;ii wIt n !tl ?>?. W . iiin^ton, wi 1I1 I.i. "bi^ l>m 1-, ' ii-c I t<? wt?ii, in tin inli'ii, 1 i?1 tin vis ti< water, swim lli fiol, ]>!ay :i >it>, or join in ;i gaum <>l bamly. '!io estate now lioioii0.4 tu .1 v^l 111 li. \\ il , livj , (who ii cuiiiK'c'ti'tl by liiauia^ li tlui Washington family,) a -iitloio.il ?so comteay mi l bespitality I acknowl ? with gialiltih1. lia has eroclo.l i mioilious io-i lenco, which coiainainl 111,>1 a 1111 >ii a 1 j 1 1,tie beauty, cYlululiiij 10 ib,1 pictures I>10 si. 'if* ol lint i\?lu , with tin ' iiiilh pla.v'' in the folu ilii I. I In. 1 ?nd heal in ok ol tMHii iv ' : 1 '1 mo-.j'I literi n [ grovo of pino trees at some distance from 1 j the house, arc neat and comfortnblo. Ucfoic leaving tire hiitlr jilaco I obtained a cane from an old and gigantic grape vine j( f which grows upon the bank ?>f the creek, at . a placo where tho chimney of the old man- sj l ; -ion must have cast a -unset shadow. A ^ 1 souvenir from tin- Gr-t farm home of the r finmost American fanner, I trust it will j t bo an acceptable gift to the lion. Marshall 2 1*. Wilder, who has labored assiduously to j. ".-peed the plough," ami w ill say, ns did Dr. j t Franklin when he bcipioailn d his walking- "j 1 stick to Washington. "If it were a sceptre, ^ c ho hn> merited it, and would become it." j e Peuluy. ^ lihodc Island and the Slave Trade. J) Harper for August, 1804, contains an il- o luslrntcd article on tho history of Newport, C1 2 lihode Island, now become so fashionable ^ t and popular as a summer resoit for people j tl 3 from all sections of the country. Woinako si tho following excerpt from this paper, to 11 . how how largely Nowpoit is indebted to 0 t the slave trade for its prosperity: * ? "Probably none of the northern colonies, ., i i I wxiuiij I-UHU Hi I'lwjnjiuuil IU 11H Kl/.O, \V IS J ( 1 | so deeply engaged iii the rlavo trade as R( I Uhode 1 land. Many of the great fortunes ^ I I ?>f her niorchnul.i wore amassed by that p * | trailie. So late as the year 1804?8, when ? f tlio port- of South Carolina were opened p - for the importation of slaves, there were, of p 1 ! 202 vessels employed in the traffic, 70 Brit- p i-h, 01 from Charleston, and 50 from Uhode ,] J i Island. From Boston thoro was one, and a ' from Connecticut one, and no others from |( l" i the present Northern State-. Of the whole number of slaves imported, which was 38,- p 1 775, there woro 7,238 brought in Uhode n * I Island vessels, and 450 in all other New |, f England craft. Between 1730 and 1750 S1 Q the slave trade of Uhode I-land increased a f with tlio Weal Iudia trado, negroes being a brought back as part of the return cargoes. p ' Vet it seems not to have been coutitenan- p ' ced by the Legislature, for so early as 1052, p * the practice of slavery is denounced, and to p 3 hold a slave inoro than ten years is made ? e penal. In 1774 iho importation into the | k" I colony was prohibited; and ten years after- p u ward, it is provided that all children of slaves p r born after March 1st, 1784, shall bo free. n I "At tliiw time, 1730-50, the trade of New- .5 * port was very extensive. Thoro were thirty p 1 distilleries constantly at woik, and tlio rum * was exported to Africa, and procured the ' slaves thero. There were not less than forty p or fifty vessels engaged in this traffic, and i( Ll | their owners were the loading merchants of ? i Newport. The Quakers did not scruplo to b j own thorn. Joseph Jacobs, an opulent old c ) } Nowporter of that persuasion, had several a ? | slaves who "wore the plain garb of the Qua- v 0 kers." And a recent historian of Newport, 1 " Mr. Peterson, who has amassed a curious t ' ; collection of historical facts, declares, that u * "to see the negro women, with the black ^ '? hoods and blue aprons, walking at a res- d ' pectful distanco behind their master to c i meeting, was not an unpleasant sight!*' h 1 j ? __ ? -- b ii j Fcnnv Kat Tuai*.?A correspondent of o 1 the Genesoo Farmer relates the following 1 ; funny way of catching rat.-: "I build my t 0 com ciib on posts about eighteen inches h :i high, made rat proof by putting a board or d e slieet iron on the top of tlio j?osts. Make 1 everything socuic against the rats oxcepl , the granary, and liavo this rat-proof, except a one <>f tho comer*. Here, where they n - will like il be.-t, make a nico hole, with a ji ; it live in ves ! ,ug his the outside, where v 1 tl.ey can go in an 1 out ami oat at pleasure, p Then, it" the rats are too numerous I lake ji a l-i;, after dark, anj slip the mouth over v t! >: a'. mi tho outside of the granary; h then - 1 It n. in ?il the door with a light, r t and the rats and mice will run into tho hag. p I hen ^iij? the b ig otr the spoilt, and s!a|? it t< . . ihi-or twieu against tlie granary. Turn v < at tin i !, an in and hour or two repeat o the pr ee s. After all are killed, slop up t - l!. hole till now recruit* arrive, which u at :!i iii the sain -' way. v W.\ i:\A- I * a i: r iK nu. Roman Em i< - bill:;:! -Mr. II. 1 >. 1'atiicK, of Texas, ha* L . f.'Uin!, m Miiue di-t.u; '0 below the suiface } f tin mi l, near Ee<?rri, an ancient c >pp t c< ;n, ab nit the M20 of a cent. The ori nal 1 ;uie* and letteiing on botli sides j ' i i ialve.-t'in New*, hive been consid i v ! "w 1 bv t'.< apparent corrosion of " ag- -. < >u one side, however, can bo plain- j t!. * woi 1 "a'- ir;" .?n tlie outer? lg'', " n: d over an im ige mncli like all such as . in have si?eii of the Roman Emperor on j ' i >taei a .cn-nt c .'m*. 1'licie are visible tw | 4 L ot throe of the letters of the word Julius," r on the hi: ofC.t' ar, ami on the light * one "l of tlie R n .n it uncials evidently inlembnl 1 I t -how the date, but >:o too much eorro 1 de l to be clearlv m id.- nil (t.. tl>.. i-. i-...-.. " m Io i> toe image of h Koman >ohlnr, witIt ' j a shield iti one Inn 1 and lite other elevated. ' 1 hut so inueli defaced thai too v\"ftpuii held i is not ?bible.? X. (). J'irji/unc. -? frit.; NIII KUOM lilt: I'oWK.lt OF Imaoina . ~ ? HON.?A >l ?r\ ix i<?!J in a late nunther of ( X'"i li /,itauj "i a |?liv*ieiaii who tried , h :ui i\|i.'iiuient mi a C'iminnl capitally con ! v ... i it tit i. illusliatn. ; the ) >wor of inn/ina | 11 j li 'ii. I 1 ?? in in w i> perinilled lo see a dog " be. ed to tie 11 , an 1 l>? see a I i the s v niptoins ' | ?<f la in'.* life, is detailed l?y llio physician, C r t; '11 in >iiie.it el the animal's death. Ini^ nie I..ile!\ alter tin? criminal's O)'0ft wore s ! in ; u;e I, ain! I. x arm pierced with a Ian- ! 9 eel, though no viin wax opened. I lie phy- v , :c hi went mi describing the same ft)'illp- ? L, t.'iiix witne-.se i in the dog's case, and finalt l\ pioiioii.ieed the words, "now lie is dv- 1 ing." 1 lie man did really expire under f? the e opeialiolis, although he hud not lost a 11 luble.xpooUhll ot b'ood. ' C "Crow, I want to ax you a cotmondrnm." , "Well, Julius, succeed, 1\? open for de , <jiiexlmn." "Can you tell ino why do art of u , self defence am like a >ild>cr at low title:" h "No, Julius, I doesn't seo n-? biiuilarily in h de two stlbjech VI defel, I g ive it up." a | J -\\ ell.-lcn, I II id \oii. It t ini plv ho h ai t. it develop th hiujCcI " ? Fashionable Sins. 'An English clergyman," writing to the imos, gives tlie following sketch of fasliinablo life: "There was six months ago a celebrated liop called 'Harding'*.' Everybody about >wu knew that fashionable resort ip Patilall. From the Queen downwartlt, it wa? 10 high place for high dress. .True, the rices wero high likewise; but then, as the lir habitues were won't to say, 'You know ie workwomen arc well paid, well fed, well reated; thoro is no slavery there.' Yet one ay last Novcmbor the house was closod. [ow was litis? An excellent connection, real reputation, an old established house, ill. great capital originally to back it, it ad b en losing money for years. How Duld this be? It was for this reason?bemsc these ladies?the highest and fairest f llio land?whoso names figure in end's* charitable societies who pay homage > Mrs. Bcecher Stowo as the thorn in the dc of slavery, and fall down and worship lishop Lawnsleevcs as the regenerator of vnugelical religion?because these ladies 'ouid not pay tho milliner's bills. The hifcen could set a good example. She could ay regularly every quartor for what she 'quired; hut three years at soonest was >011 enough for the duchess and inost of le rest of tho train of silk-and-satio loving eaulies. llow was it possible for any busi* ess to answer wbcro tbo capital could on1 be turned over once in three years, unless ie staff was underpaid for over-work, and ie poor girls screwed down to a needle and 1 read slavery that flesh and blood revcU t? Tho houso 8tops. The good debts, ing, long incurred, amount to many thou *nd; tho doubtful debts are greater; the ad debts moro extensive still. But such oblo names! If this be tho case with large ouses, what must bo the case with the mailer establishments? Unluckily for me, n unwilling creditor, the assets, the hooka nd the facta have swept away, with their arsh and cruel reality, that fair dream I ad froru my boyhood of Engliah true noility. And were the books, or rather the lack list, published, as it deserves to be, as luch as tho balauco sheet of the Royal trilish Bank, it would be seen that our aiglisb ladies are as extravagant as some aroi)ct3 and honorables are unprincipled, n J that though they can buy, they will not ay?though they can preach, they will not ractice." Symmes'8 Hole.?Everybody baa beard f "Symmes's Hole," and has some slight Jea, at least, of tho origin and significance f tho phrase; but as we happen to hare efore us, at this moment, a copy of a cirular issued by tho projector of that famous perturo, (if a "hole" can be "projected,") vo present herewith a brief account of the natter as it was first given to the public hirty nine years ago. This circular, a part f which we quote, bears date at "St. Louis, lissouri Territory, April 10, 1818, and is ircclcd "to all the world!" "I declare that tho earth is hollow, and ahitable within, containing a number of olid concentric &phcres one within the tlior; and that it is opon at the poles 12 to C degrees. I pleJge my lifo in support of liia truth, and am ready to explore this ollow, if tho world will aid mo in this uuIcrtaking. "Jons ClIvks Symmks, of Ohio, "Late Captain of Infantry." To this circular the author appends a uta Una, staling that he has "ready for the ?ress a treatise on tho principles of matter," dtorein he "will show proof of the above osition." lie adds, "My terms aro the latrouage of this and tho ntu> world. (By >hich he means the kingdom come in the ole.) I dedicate to my wifo and teu childen. 1 select Dr. 8. L. Mitchell, Sir HumIn ey Davy, Baron Humboldt, as my protects. 1 ask ona hundred brave companions, tell equipped, to start for Siberia in the fall f the season, with reindeer and sleighs on lie ice of the frozen sea. I engago wo find farm and rich land, stocked with thrifty cgelablos and animals, if not inen. Wo iill return in lhe spring." Tho postscript i 4.. ~ i : . . n tir_ , mim-iiu'i tu ins eseeiieuey vjov. win, 'Ink," anl'so concludes the document.? loxtoii Post. r>.waro Taylor with the Finnish ititLs. ?1> lynrd Taylor 11.-us some novel ad' cnturea in his Northern European lour, and leots wiih strange customs and curiosities, ii his last letter he tell, us about stopping couple of nights with a very friendly old . nidi la 1 v. w heic ho got a hod with tdieeU. 'no lb>l night llie mother and her sons oio - > .mi izod to see him undress before etiiing, that they wore curiosity bound* :i 1 'hi .i>>t leave their stand point in tho oia until he was snugly covered up. The ovulation <>f what lliey had seen, toother ii! ihcis ot the family, produced a most n,], i! nu.lioiiee tlio second night. On his occasi >n he w i itc: "Three bnxom dauglp.ois, o fage ranging oia >:\teoi: to tweiitv-two. annearcd ahoui Iiu time f r leliring, and stationed themt'lvfs in :i low near tho ilour, where tliet Latched vis with silent curiosity. As we ad shown no hesitation in the first case, >o determine 1 to he equally courageous iow, and c?>iimtt neotl removing our gar uents with deliberation, allowing tliem to Lilly inspect them. 1'ho wmk thus proceded in mutual silence until wo wero neary ready for repose, when by pulling off a locking and displaying the muscular calf, uddculy alarmed the youngest, who dartd to the door and rushed out. Tlio secnd caught the panic and followed, and tho liird and oldest was obliged to do likewise, liongli with evident reluciaiice.. The pecjct composure of tho girl4, and the steadi ess with which they watched us, showed lint they were quite unconscious of having ouuuillcd any unpropiiety." In order to convince a neighbor of the sefulut of birds, a faimei near Bing ainpt.ui, New ^ oik, ln>t year, shot a yel* yw biid ill his wheat field, uiionel its crop, ltd found in it two hundred woeviU, and ut lotw grain. of wheat, and in thc*e four aiii the WcvviU h.?J burrnwesf.