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" Tin: N ATI Ki: OF l.ovi * Is>s? is not taught, Quoon (Km-, 'tis a <?lft Mysterious its hie, and more divine; I'lm ooujjrepnled plories ol this cave, With nil its jeweled lamps and sparkling r?>of, I'xmM never purchase <>ne of its small joys. Ijovs, in exchange, takes nothing hut itsvll. t\?wer cannot claim it?fear cannot command ? It is a tribute queens can not exact. I ho humblest peasant sitting iu her hat, U often richer than the |>roua> st princess. It ia the gift of God left the human race To keep them (rom despair, when sin and shame, I'ain, poverty, mid death, ami madness en mo A m on a the people. When a youthful pair I .ook in each other's eyca and say, "\V a love," The common earth prows to a heavenly world. Singing of birds, shining ol siimiiier suns, ilhsitiniip of tloweis, and hrigliims* ol the moon, lli?VU (I MOW ciiurui iu Iiii ii i i.uiti They lirtir the mua'c ??f the universe. Walking, wiili light feel, to tliv li'imrony; Clinlcuiif viir? mi'l disbelieving pain, Grateful fur life?and nil because llicy love. FINIS nVNOI. Finis inutuli, in a borne, Feinina frightened, ?t foilonie, Ooineta, busts. wnio est, Kgo outibuM catch the rest. lukttbusl Omnia pruilcns will piei'ttie, For ignis copiu vt to npaic, Poiniiias, save uh, comvta cum, if not, givabus tiino to run. Itikabus! ltufttiin comet, magnum tail, Milium siguum cannot fail, Uiuiiulium, scrum-hum, I don't cure, ligo th'iabus off Irom Ill-re! lukuhu"! lCgo scio sticabus oiicc, ligoernt largibus dunce, Kgocusxibus?time to run, Omnia exeunt one by one! Inkubus! African Slave Trade lo be Revived. The world i* full of hypocrisies; but llic greatest now exlaul upon the distinguished arena of the woihl, is tho sensitiveness ol Knghmd and Krituco to tho conlinunuce ol llio African Slavo Trade in Cuba ami Brazil. Inquiries and responses have jus) 'been gravely put forth in the British Bar iianionl,showing the philaiilhiopic vigilance of the British people upott this subject. In the course of the debate, however, Mr. Labouchcro stated "that, during tho last nine years, 30,00D persons had emigrated to the tropical Colonies of Great Britain." Whe theso poisons are, and front whence they came, Mr. Labouchcro does not mention They cousist of Goolies an I negroes from iho Hast Indies and Africa. Tlio pom Uoolics hear glowing pictures of the earthly paradise in the West Indies, and are tricked into a slavery for life under an apprenticeship of eighteen years. Without any such visions to client their fancies, the Africans taken on the high seas from tiio Spanish slavers are taken to Sierra Leone, am] from Uience shipped to iho Biitish West Undies as emigrants. As they are ail slavei 4n Africa, these negroes lake to ihe bond ago designed for them very ualurally. The operation lias been so successful that tin Ijondon Times cannot refrain recommend ing it as a fair open operation. Discours ing ou the debate in Parliament, it speakas follows: "Talk to most jieoplo about bringing lie gioes from Africa to Jamaica or Trinidad under some system of apprenticeship 01 -contract, and they will probably say that ii in only a slave trade under another name and that the adoption of such a scheiut -would destroy all the influence we have nc quired, and-carry the world Lack to tin worst days of inhumanity and recklessness bnl onoe let the real slave trade have ceased forever, and not only the British colonics but oven those American States which have to their credit, abolished slavery altogether will Hud it to their advautago to bring ovei Africans under somo wise and humane sys tern, which will benefit tbc regions on Loll sides of iho Atlantic." Here wo of the Southern Stales are in vited lo participate in this new Africat Slave Trade. France teems to be <piit< alive to this now schema of philanthropy and Spain, like ourselves, is invited lo joir in carrying it iuto operation. The Haiti more Amoricau says: "Wo atinouuced some time since lha Messrs. Regis, of Marseilles, had made ; contract for the transportation of twenli thousand African apprentices to the Frcucl colonics. Wo now learn from the Ha reel o n? Fenix, that the first vessel for this trallii has sailed from Marseilles, provided will sea passports by both the French and Kn glisli Governments, for the coast of Africa She lakes out a largo cargo of trinkets o small value, which me lo l?e profitably in vested in contracting negroes for ten years service, and convoying them to Martiniqui ttitd Guadalupe. The Fenix adds that it i supposed this expciiment will he often re pealed, and finds in it a moans of supplyinj Cuba and I'orlo Rico with additional labor In connection with this subject, we notic that the Leon Kspanal, tho supposed orgai of Marshal Narvaez, slate- that the Govern ment has found tho uieaus of supplying these islands with abundant labor, whicl will soon bo put in operation, without in fringing the slave trade treaties wilh Lag land. This now stylo will soon break tij the old fashioned slave trade." Now ?o always did believe that >ho fu tor of the Ihitish Government for tho abo lilion of slavery, and tlio suppression of (In African slavo trade, was more political thai ldii'anlhroiueal. The faualicisin of cerl lit religionists was used, with not a iiula o <11eir cant; but lliu British statesmen, ii abolishing slavery in the West Indies, ex peeled material beticlils to result from it l< the British people. Innocent of the natun <>f the negro, they supposed that, being free ho would work for himself far inoro thai he had worked for others, and hence, tha the tropical productions would bo groallj increased, and the British commerce woul< get thorn at greatly reduced prices. In a very few years the negro disclose) his true characteristics, and tho ogiegiou folly of emancipation was exposed. Brilisl statesmen then turned to the Kasl Indies It rectify thoir blmnler; but hero again tlioj were checked by nature. After the inos costly experiment-;, aided by tho best plant era from our Cotton Slates, and all the ap plinnccs of our agricultuio, the climate o the Kast Indies proved ttusuiled to the cot ton plant, at least so far tnisuited a-. toren der competition with our Southern Stale impossible. They now aro deterinincd l< go hack to the old locality, with the old in ftttuincnlality, to the West Indies and (In negro to raise the tropical productions. Tin emancipated ticgio will ti?.l work; hut tin importod negro, a slave in hisown country and ignorant of the Kuglish language, cat easily be made a slave and do the work o a slave, whilst he will have no claim fo that protection and care which is his coin pensalion in acknowledged slavery, lb will bo mercile.sly worked down, and tliet bo left to slat vo and die. The I.ondoi Times in right ill the imputation it supposes might l>o made against tho hypocrisy of Knglaml, wlicn it says "the adoption of such a scheme would destroy all the inllueneo wo have acquired, and carry tho world back to (ho worst days of inhumanity and reckless* neM." Wo trust, at the a )rp coaching Congress, steps will lie taken to havo the notice given to the (loveiumcul of Great Britain which our treaty requires, that the United Stales withdraws its cruisers fion'i the const of Af lien to prevent tho African slave trade. To continue them longer on this coast is aconj tumptiblo and most expensive farce.? Mercury. Life in the West. The following good-humored letter from 1 a woman, whose husband and family lately ; settled near Strawberry Hill, Kansas Torri! lorv, atlbrds some glimpses of tho diflicullics and privations attending emigration from tho comfulls and pleasant associations ! of cruly life. These, together with the dis : coinfoits of leaching u home in the bush ? i C a dozen or so riding by turns in a small wagon, d tagger I with dilticiillv hy jaded horses, huddling in a night camp, exposed to all weathers, or stopping night after night in a log cabin innocent of daub or chinking, holding bed clothes in your teeth to keep he wind from blowing them away | ?is a tout ensemble of friglitfulnoss that I makes us rathei "hear those ills we have than fly to others'' of which wo have no cxjh.'iieuce. We quote from the letter: ! "I wish to goodness that I could send | I you a drawing of our houso and furniture. |- I can't do the thing juslico. The houso i> I* about as largo as jour kiuheii. The logs I are beautifully bowed inside. They still retain their natinul appealanco on the outside. I have the greatest quantity of kinJ( luig by just going around tho walls and pulling them oil. Wo will havo enough to last several years if we have good luck. Wc have no window, but something far more | convenient, made hy simply moving the ( shingles to oiio side. As they are not nail od, it answers overy purpose. Tbo day we got liere Mr. S made tno a table and a ' cupboard, and two benches; one lias a ba k. As our bedstead has not yet conic from tlio Point, wo make our bods on (lie tloor. \Ve I have two shelves whore wo put all our pretty things. Three or four bigs hanging mound the walls help the appearance of tlicm very much. My guitar occupies a ! friendly position near tlio meat bag. 1 have I a nice little cooking stove, which bakes very well. Wo bavo no chairs or anything that town people require. "I wish you had seen us eating our first dinner; we had no dishes. Charley ale oil a shingle; Mr. S. look the lid of the stove! M ate off her broad; I had a big piece of brown paper. Wo drank our coffee out ( of tin cups. !> and Mr. S have made two of the nicest gardens you ever saw. They fenced them, and all in three days. I helped I) clear off the gar' dons for three days; and I w ish you could see , my hands! Hut 1 have been very happy; it is so tiico to work alono with one's litis' band. Thursday I did a throe weeks' wash ing. I> is very well, and as happy m s he can be. lie has a wagon and a yoke ol . oxen, cow and calf, two turkeys and two | dogs?which, I believe, is all the livestock wo liavo yet. Wo huvo not seen butter ' since wo left the boat; it is not fashionable ' here. D is going to build a bouse nsxt week?a frame one, too. llow I wish you wero here; I long to seo you. 'l'hc j country is lovely, and wo Iiavo a splendid place. 1 have two beautiful bouquets I gathered yesterday when I went with I) ( after wood. I rodo in an ox wagon!. 11 has been so cold lately that I havo worn two dresses. I think the comet does it what do you think of it hy this time? Wc have tho most gooseberries and rnspborsie.you ever saw, all near tho house; besides ; strawberries all around the door, and plen * ty of wihi plums." A l'cuii.ouri 1 'anthtcu Kiunr.?Mr. \V ' K. Stock end, a sinewy, stout, active young Scotchman, associated in farming with Mr ' T. Linklatcr, Tenahpiot Plains, in this ' county, recently killed a largo panther, si.\ feel seven inches in length, m a fair list an.; ' hoot light?the circumstances attending which are related as follows: , It sc-ems that at the fuilhcr end of a large ' field, about a quarter of a mile from the B house, Mr. Slockend discovered quite n " movement and dhtuibance amoiig*l a lot ol hogs il at wore kept in the field. lie al - once proceeded in the diioclion loasceitait ' i the cause, when, toliis surprise, a short di.s u j tance from the hogs, he discovered that r 1 favorite young dog was engaged in a con " | tlicl with a panther. Determined to save ' | the dog at all hazuula, he resolved to inter 1 | pose in tho light, expecting to frighten llu 1 panther up a tree that stood hard by, when . lie could return to tho liouso for his ritle ' ' and bring it down, lie accordingly gavi the animal a substantial kick, when it co is ed its engagement with the dog, straight enol itself erect on its hind legs, and pitch ed into 11iiii, in the meantime, tho young 1 ! dog made a hasty retreat for somo dis ' I lance. 1 lie content now secuied to l?o a deeper ' ale and very unequal one, bill tliero was in escape from it for our friend Slocketid. The ' panther made a furious dash at him, bul !! retaining his full presence of mind, he mcl ' it with a fin ions kick. '1 ho light now as 1 sinned llio character of a "rough and turn 1 | ble,'' and a voile) of well directed kicks dis ' ; abled the animal noiiiowliat. lie called hidog back, and the faithful animal, as ii . | ashamed at having deserted his master ii | tlie hour of peril, and as if to make amendfor its ungrateful conduct, entered into the ' conflict with unequalled ficicuuess. Mr ' Stockoml tinnlly succeeded in getting uiu foot lirinly planted upon the neck of his as 1 sailant, and keeping (ho other in rapid mo | lion in the direction of (he animal's head . soon brought the coutcM to a close, lit I has no doubt but that the long, heavy boots w hich lie wore wore the means of saving ; his life. The light lasted, first to last, about fifteen minutes, in the course of which Mr. Stock end was badly scratched?ho received i 1 ! severe wound from the teeth of the animal 0 in the thigh, and was badly scratched in L several places, although by no means dan goronsly, or by which ho will hcieafter lx disabled.? Olympia ( Wash. 7Vr.] J'nmect I and Dent. - j When a duoglitcr remarks: "Mother, I i) would not biro holp, for I can assist you tc 1 do all the work in tin kitchen," sot it down i ' thai she will make a goo 1 wife." MW The Cornet of 171'2. S As every body is on llio t/ui viue in re gnrd lo the comet, and as all sorts of idoas V aro "around" in regard to it, wo give tho fol- hi lowing amusing sketch gleaned froui an o old paper: "In tbo year 1*712 Mr. Wbisloti, having a calculated llio return of a comet which was si to inako its appearance on Wednesday, the 14th of October, at fivo minutes after live cl in the morning, gave notice to the public y accordingly, with a terrifying addition that w ! a total dissolution of the world by tire was I lo take place on tho Friday following. Tho ti I reputation Mr. Whiston had long main- is tained in Kagland, both as a divino and a ! philosopher, loft little or 110 doubt with tlio . populace of the truth of his prediction. I "Several ludicrous events took place. A b ! number of persons in and about London h I seized all llio barges and boats they could I lay their hands on in tho Thames, very v rationally concluding that when the cotilla graliou took pluco there would be tbo most s: safety on the water. A gentleman who b bad neglected family prayor for better than a J live years informed his wife that it was his . determination to rcsumo the laudable prac- i I tice tbo saino evening; but bis wife, having v ! engaged a ball at her house, porsuuded her ,, | husband to put it otV till she saw whether 8 i the comet appeared or not. The South |, I Sea stock immediately fell to 5 per cent. 5 ' and the India to 11; and the captain of a v 1 Dutch ship throw all his powder into tho | | river that tho ship might not bo cudan- | i gerod. f, "Tho next morning, however, llio comet a i appeared according to llio predictions, and 8 | before noon the belief was universal that tlio ( i I >.iy ul Judgment was at hand. About tbis ( j timo three hundred and twenty-three clergy- s men were ferried over to Lumbetb, it was c i said, to petition that a short prayer might be ? 1 penned and ordered, theio being none in ] the Cliureli service on that occasion, lliree ' { i maids of houor burnt their collection of ? ; novels and plays, and sent to the book sol- j lor's to buy each of ibem a Hiblc and 1 Jisli- t op Taylor's 41 Inly Living and Dying.' The ] run to the bank was so prodigious that all | bands woro employed from morning till i night in discounting hills and handing out specie. On Thursday considerably more than 7,000 kept mistresses were legally ! mairied in the faeo of soveral congregations. And, to crown the whole farce, Sir < filbert Ileatlieote, head director of the Hank, is- ' sued orders to all the fire ollicers in London 1 requiring them 'to keep a good look out ' and have a parliculs* ovo on the I tank of 1 England.'" _ J A Snake Tai.f.. Says the lawyer: ? i "Animals sometimes very nearly approach 1 leason in their cunning. 1 got interested in the study of serpents down in Arkansas, ' where 1 spent the most of last year. I don't < know why, but 1 was constantly watching ' thcin and testing their sagacity, by placing ' them in now situations, and surrounding ^ them with novel expedients. Of all kinds, 1 I experimented most with rattlesnakes and coppei heads. One afternoon 1 seated my- < i self oti a little knoll in the woods, to smoke 1 and read?for I always had a book or news- | i paper with inc?and bad been enjoyiug 1 ; myself for soino time, when 1 espied a copperhead making for a liolo within ten feet < of where I sat. < >f course I threw down my < \ book and cigar, and proceeded to try anew 1 r experiment. As soon as I started the rns- i : ?.,i .. <i.n i...i... i.,,i i t.i . i \.%\i ill iiuu a i 11 o 11 i u uiv; u"iv# i/??i i v'lii^ui i Iiis tail as ho got nearly in, and jerked liiin j i 8GIU0 twenty feet backward, lie throw < [ himself into a coil in no time, and waited . i for mo to pitch in. But I concluded to let . i him tiy his hole again. After a while he s stalled for it, stopping when I stirred to I coil himself up; but as I kept pretty quiet, [ ho recovered confidence and again went in. | Again I jerked him out. No sooner did he , L hit the ground than ho made a grand rush ; i for the hole in a straight line for my legs! | : But that didn't work, for I got out of the ' way, and gave him another dirt! This time i he lay still awhile, appealing to retlect on i the course to he taken. After a time he , tried it again, though rather slowly. After getting his head a little way in, he stopped and wiggled his tail, as if on purpose for mo to grah it. I did so: and quicker than f a flash ho drew his head out, and come within a quarter of inch of striking me in ? the face. However, I jerked him quite a distance, and resolved to look out next time. I Well, he tried the same game again, but it wouldn't work?I was too quick for him. , ; This time he lay in a coil half an hour, I without moving. At last, however, ho tried ! it once more, lie advanced to within live | feet of the hole very slowly, coiled again, j and then, by heavens! got lite start of mo ! by ono of the cutest tricks you ever hoard of" I "How was it.'" wo all exclaimed in one | breath. "Why," said the narrator, sinking his voice to the acme of solemnity, and looking ; ' as honest and as sol < r as a man could look, j "why ho just turned his head toward my I hand, and went down that hole tail first!" ;j I'kkvhmiox ov J'jilint. in S.mm.i. l'ox* ! ?Mr. Starlin, the senior surgeon to the linrney Hospital for disease* of the Skin, has communicated to the Medical Times a > very important plan, which ho has adopted dining the last fourteen \ ears, for preventing I 1 pitting in small j>ox, ami which (ho states) has always proved successful. 1 ho plan ' i consists in applying tiie <tc< turn cant ha fides, j ! or any ve icating fluid, by means of a camel hair brash, to tho apox of each spot 1 or pustule of tho diseaso, on all tho exposed 1 surfaces of tho body, until bliitering is evidenced by the whiteness of tho skin in tho parts subjected to tho application, when the 1 ' | tluid producing it is to be washed oil with j i water, or thin arrowroot gruel. Tho pain j ' attending t:.o application of tho vesicating fluid is very slight and transient. Kdiiino a X r.w-1' M-iai.- It i> one of tho 1 pecuiiaiilies of modern society that every one fancies himself capable of editing a newspaper or waiting a paragiaph. .Nlon j I arc not given to believe that they can make ( a hoot or pair of breeches without having p served an apprenticeship to the trades r?- i j quired; nor is it usual for young men about ! ! : town to undertake to treat a pationt for ; paralysis, or to plead a case in court, with uiii ^wiiic j?i ? j?ai .ii?m v imu ever y i I man9 woman, unci almost cvtjy cliiUl?bcliov6s lli nt 111 o duties of llio editor are instantly ac- j ; .piirod l>)' every mind. So far as our experience goes, there are i . 1 more men in the country who could make ' a pair of loots, treat a sick person, plead before ilio Supremo Court, or drive a steam engine, without previous training, than >' there aro who could edit a paper without i previous apprcnlioahip to the pi<>U >*ioii. | AVia )\>rk Ifrralti. | ? ! i ?? ???mmmmrn mall Qfc&Bge from tin; N. Y. l'lcajune. J qukstioxb kou mati1bmat1cian8. i'hat is the si iiq of an angle? The sign of ' Li nnglo is light hair, and a disposition to mil tho h's. a y? What is a co sine? Harper Brothers is l'"s cosign. But a palm tree is a cocoa nut '1 gn. I at I What is a circle? Oh! you go to Jo?i-1 as ft lio! You mean to say that you have seen , as a our sistor in her new dress and don't know ? hat a circle is? San: What is a triangle? An Irishman who ,j0oi ies to pass himself olf for an Englishman t nial i a try angle. him What is a lozenge? Ask Wild. g How many sides are there to a square? j hat depends entirely upon how many aro w, uill. I hare seen many new squares that i wj)0 ad only ono side? i 0f ( What is a cone? A fasnionahle lady ( rith hoop skirls. i 4 n ?- ii 11.? I gOOi jiuw is a cjiiu iruiicnivu; i*y iukiii^ mv j ante lady to Saratoga. If you inspect her J cri" aggage, you will find that she is a trunk- . * ted cone. c Mr.tieorge Washington Makeweight has . men ill?quito ill, so as to demand tlioser- l,lN ices of a physician?but ho has not for a riomont lost the keen edge and brilliant .',l* parkle of his wit. When at tho crisis of | lis disease, ho was troubled with an unu- lire ual appetite, and craved a pork chop, rare, ritli mushrooms. "Doctor," said he, faint- cou y, to his medical advisor?"Doctor, my fcs^ lunger is fearful. It is as if you should of- ,n? cr a dollar for an article at auction, and I to t hould offer a dollar fifty,' "I don't under- \ )'ou land you, sir," said tho Doctor, thinking i 13 hat his patient was delirious. "Don't mi- I Pou lerstand?'' a-ked (1. W. M., "why don't you | '4": oo, it is more bid, of cour.-e!" I he physi- | sea' inn was much shocked, and advised quiet ' y ind sleep, if possible. "I can't sleep till I | lave eaten a pork chop," insisted tho inva- ; ' id. "I assure you, sir," replied the I )octor, lal that it would be very injudicious in your .' . ucsont state?exceedingly injudicious." | j (| 'Nonsense!" cried Makeweight, "I tell you, 1 0 doctor, that pork is never in Jew dishes!" j lo had tho chop. j Krautsalaat, talking nbotit tlic modern j bili tylo of dress with the Rev. Dr. Tyng, re- tha narked that tho present fashions made all niti adioa look obese, if not o-beuslly. "I beg the cave to differ," answered tho humorous tit - a n rine: "1 think that instead of looking obese, siui lie ladies all look lean." "How, lean?" all tsked Krautsalaat. "Why, crino lino was tati .lie ready answer. And the Rev. Dr. also its mid that even his wife's lion net reminded *w< rim of tho side of a prize pig, for the sou iimplo reason that it had a spare rib-on to- : tini t! j ver A waggish fellow, somewhat troubled ; villi an impediment in bis speech, while f,'al Jiio day sitting at a public table, had occa nu >ion to use a pepper-box. After shaking it | '',e ivith all due Vehemence, and turning it in rations ways, he found that the pepper corns i the .veto in mo wiso inclined to come forth. I rcc< 'T-t th this p-pe pepper-box," he exclaim 'ov id, with a facotious grin, "is so-some some- 1 .hing li-liko myself." "Why so?" interro- 'ie!| rated a neighbor. "I'-poo-poor delivery," 1"" ivas the reply. ?f ? "A Paterfamilias" writes us a letter of ' somplaint about the gas companies, which, '"V i\c regret lo .-ar. we have ru t room to pill) " , i-li. lie snys that ho has been swindled, j ,a hat the gas furnished him i- so bad hecau- [ j!"1' not make light of it, and ho behoves that the director-, of the company have no ? 1 1,1 jl* of compassi ii. \\ o don't know much l 1'V' il.out tho latter clause, but wo liiink tli it. j? the contra-v, they are uncommonly , iinart about lb ga>-lricks! W? re.nl, the other day, of a young lady oho fell ovvi j.aid from a Jcr.-eV Keirv ' . 4 >m boat, and w il 1 l ave l* -n drowned but I'm [iie buoyancy f her crinoline. Wo have f\ beard of tho sailor's siipeistitious faith in a ' baby's r-jil, as an infallible hfe-pi< server, and il naturally occurred to us to inquire < w hot In r tlut In lv in oue-'. '!. in I i i r nat tl advent, caiuo with a ho p or came with a 0f I call J j on< Tho l'opo of ? Pius Ninth ? i- not about to can> 'iizc Christopher Columbus. ; t.,,| This is no mure llian fair. Cor as Columbus j scented out tho new word, we don't son why wa ho shouldn't he sainted now that ho is out of the tho woi i alttogether; especially as he was see sent out by the < >M World to vent out the exc Now World, and found himself considera- it i bly more than a cent out of pocket by the j alh operation. 1 Jones gives it as his opinion that if the hat new city charter finally oma- into force, the let metiopolis should bo laid out anew, and the ' wards numbered ov> r again, lie says that mil tho poor city has Wen flabbergasted and dot mulvAlher&l by tlio 11 Vnarchy," that ho I li thinks it certainly deserve-. t > be re warded ; by tho party that ultimately gains the day? be*. W<> don't SCO tlio use of ii-f rms. live ry soct of reformers prove.t its d->clrities t.. I"' he entirely uncalled f >r, because each tiiesj its be.-.l to make out it. | articular "Um"t'? ho the true ore, and we all know that it i-> one of tho tlrst principles of logical rea soiling, that "tru isms arc supei du. u>!" A lemonlosa Iri hmnn was observed, one j evening, slicii g a potato in his hot whiskey | loddv. "Why, what are you About!" Charley in*|tiired. "It's punch 1 am makin',. deai!" .juicily replied I'at. "Hut what are j( you slicing that in for?" To give it a tlavorl" l((*' "What! a potato llavor?" "Sure, and isn't) it a flavor, whether it's lemon or pitaty? ' A farmer, who has recently taken a reli- | bel pious turn, has disposed of all his sheep. Wa from the idea that they are the most di-v-d- s:tj, p iled and immoral "characters" of all otboi j)ru animals; because, when young, they ar* ,m continually ' gamboling," licjueiit the turf, i|is and generally grow up black legs, though .i. .. . ;L,rw..il? it ...I W.VJ ...? -....J 'IV?V?I, | ge, A new nalirg of nil old coil plot is thus I tendered by i savago linter of hoops, and that stylo of dress which haves too littlo of ;i!" woman's homily to tlie imagination: "l?o! ?>? it nttrrow neeU <>i l?nJ, thn I'wint IM'u unbound? I ,.o? I stand." (>c Wo notice, in some of our Western cx- nm changes, tiio marriage of Mr. ( has. (.). I*\?l Ifu V, a<'?id 70, to Miss Annio llowc Swoot, ( the aged 18. Wo should call that Swoot Folley j ? Anuioliowo (anyhow.) "Mister! ate you llio gentleman as is the mate?" asked a steerage* of ono of tho ofli cers on a New York packet ship. "No," ^ says tho uiai. addressed, "hill I am tho gitrtIonian as eaitis tk> unite!" ( Mrs. Partington, hearing a very noble' gentleman say that \\q jratnvl all liis words t-? suit .his hearers, remarked that sho a e thought liis frame maker's bill must ho for wh a very large amount, as lie talked so much.; at i Cal "Tlie greatest organ in (lie world," *omo ?dd bacheloi says, "is tho organ ol speech in a woman, it is an organ without slops." | (.)U )ino graceless scamp says: "It is woman not Iter wrongs, that should be redreM \ny 1 'out in a Sroiiu"?application b mug lady?"Do tako us to Nowpoi aumtiicr, papa!" Itero is an iuacriplion on n lotnbstom j? Pointe, Lake superior, which read dlows: "John Smith, accidentally ahc mark of affection by his brother." When a fellow is loo lazy to work,"say i Slick, "ho paints his narno over lh r, and calls it a tavern, or grocery, an :es the wholo neighborhood as lazy n self." nobblcchops, who has beer, ruslicatiuj own on rural accommodations genera lie says that the disposition of a run . puts up at a country inn for any longt into soon becomes inndis|K>silion! Why would Lavater havo been I man to drill a company of raw ri ts? .. Uocauso he could icritc about fac< er than any one else, evcral cases of death from spider bit< ing been lately published in the newi ors, a correspondent of tho Cincinua otto makes known the fact that catni| scd and applied to a wound of that tit i, is a certain cure. l few days since, ouo of our learnc nscls deemed it necessary to shake tli imoiiy of a Mr. Itutlorworlh. by impugi iiis voracity. Tho witness being calle he stand, tho lawyer commenced: "IJ kuow Mr. llutterworthf" "Yes." "Win Putterworth?" "Two and tenponco tid, although I havo paid as high as? lat will do, sir. You can take yoi 'Iatiumony.?Iii the selection ?>f a hu d, a j-oung lady should look for trut priety, and doeoi urn, rather thnu f< ion, wealth, or good looks. CourUdii >\vs her all the opportunities nccossat this study of a man's character; so, ho. r delightful that probationary pcric y he to the imagination and the susce lilies, it is tillod with serious respons ty. 'I hero is an interest attaching to t should impart thoughlfulnoss, beni: and icfincment to the whole being man and woman. As the threshold oit life, it should be guarded against t -tor influences?all insidious tondench weakness, and liability to fall into torn on. < 'ourt-hip cannot be too pure, courses too strictly watched. It is tl ot communion and interblending of tv Is, previous to their sacred marriage ai tv m tlii- life and the life beyond. I v trivialities ought to be fenced rour It respect; and no indecorous jesting^ i iders, no week levity, no dark suspicion want of faith should be allowed to ca ir grim shadows on its path. All shou bright, hopeful, and pure as the Hush < virginal cheek after the rosy lips ha1 eived the first kiss of kind and respcctf c. Marriage, too, should bo cmblernat ho union of mind to mind, and heart irt. It is well to build matrimonial ha ess on physical sympathy?better eti lenrt extending to heart; but tlio raent iptation, and a similarity of views, rel ? to the great principles of action, at the relations to society, should also I on into consideration; for the bodily J rtion- must fade, and the ardor of a tie i may cool, or l?e diverted into anotli innel; tin reform, tho purpoa ist be elevated and table, ami its energi I bo found to diminish but slowly wi reading wars. A marring." founded n this mutual understanding has liti mce of I.. ;n r w retched; both partir s ev linp the self-same mental beauty tli a admired, ami constant!? deriving fro h other t!.c lu notit of mutual inteichan t!;. ?ght, sympathy, nn<! endeavors. [ I'ortt rs Sjtiril. 'i in11?n i Difvei:.?A colored woin. r.altiiiiore, who was exhibiting sevei liar chihlren the other day, amonp the . with a lighter skin, said that sho "cou hare dat child, ka>o he was too light or, and showed diit so easy." After a christening at a church in Soul rk, while the minister was making o i certificate, lie happened to say, "Let n , this is the thirteenths "Thirteenth laiined the indignant mother, "indcc s only tho rlercnt/t.'" The minister \v j ling to tho day of tho month. 'I say, my little son, whore does the rig id road go}'' "Don't know, sir; 'lai ni nowhere sinco wo lived hore." Sambo, I'ho got a conumdibus to pi ilgate to >on.' 'Propel, darkey.' 'We i, why am voti like a tree?' 'Why a ko a treo? I trib dat up.' The reason why you am like a tree auso you am t fu r yretn! Julius, 1'se got a conuin libus to pi iinl to you.' 'K\pat:ate, den, Sambo.' 'Well, den, why is you liko a tree!' I gibe-i dat up lor sartin, daifcoy.' ll)en, darkey, I can demonstrate do fa reason you am liko a tree is becau it am a (<>w ? ?*.*" <i. 1 bye. darkie, T oxchangc no me illations wi 1 you.' A Sour. Jokk.?Tho following joke, y f the rum. Is of the Western papers, ? good to be lost: I ho superintendent of tho Marietta a1 iciniiali railroad discharged a conduct onging to that road. 1 ho conduct a asked why ho was discharged. "Wei d ho, "I was discharged for giving a fr >3." "What made you such a fool as g a'free pass?"' "Well, you see," repli ! conductor, "I got tired of riding alot 1 gave a friend of mine a free pass ; him to go along for company." - Monstku Milk.?Tho Alliens Hcr.i louncos that there will appear on exl ion in that city, in a fow days, a nu it stands over twenty-ono hands hi; von feet,) is ten feet in circutnfureni 1 weighs over 3000 pounds. This ly something of a mule, and wo ho i monster may bo passed along this vv; Portir's Spirit. A traveller in Africa declares that ho n a king who had eleven portly wives, whom were weighed monthly, tho o it weighed the most being invariably i lied mistress of tho household until t >e of the next weighing. At IMacervillo (Miss.) ladies havo form alico league, to which nobody can belo o is unwilling to make her appoarar church, at parties, or on tho street in ico dross. Why is a carpenter like a locturor! 1 ? c ho is an ox plainer. DISU0.1K8T SUBSCRIBERS. I- \Vc cow and then reoeivc notisea iron pusimastor?, stating that A, 11, or C's papers are not called y for?reason: "removed from the place," or that t thuy ore "rsfused." Thii ia |H.-oull*rly true of subscribers iu Georgia. The diabouesty of auch com duct deserve* sercro repreheosion. Whenever a a gentleman wisitc* his paper stopped, lie liae only it iopaynrrtars and apprize ua of Ida wishes, and the Spartan will ? oosu its visits. The editor of the >n Herald of Truth handles such chaps on this wise0 "Removed to Arkansas, one C. J. C. Wamack, j j of N. C., without settling his account with us. Th;s | same man said,4 Trust me, friend llicke,' for o 19 part of Neileon's new grain; and wc did trust him. He never paid us for it, nor mode an attempt to do it! lie is behind, also, for his jj&pcr. Ilelp him ?' on, friends: niul as lie goes, let him sing, Do, re,?i?fa, *ol,la, n I'll soon be in Arliansaw! It | Then free from debt I'll surely l>e, And the Herald's columns no more see:? Do, re, si?fa, sol, la, How rich I'll get in Arkansaw.' 0 If there be other*, among our subscribers, who do not intend to |eiy us for the Herald, we hope 58 they will soon follow the example of tho above named, that we may get rid of them iu some way. Good luck to ye, fwys.'? Safe landing, and many joys!" t- ,ns ti Tax Returns for Laurens.?The llerakl is farp, uished with the tax returns for f,aurcns, from which l- we condense the following facts: Slaves 12,200 $8,582.00 !(] Pre# Negroes 40 08.00 J Goods sold 280,350 420 52 j 0 | Professions 21,250 106.25 ?- Town lots 172,050 215.06 , (1 l^and, at $1 22,260 1 1 an 1.156.16 I t{j liUUU, UI i\'. * I DO. I UO J U $10,568.00 * Commissions 739.76 ir ! $9,828 24 Road and llridgc tax,30 per ct $3,170.40 5. | Commissions 221.92 $2,948.48 Poor tax, 23 per ct 2,042.00 >P | Commission* 184.94 J 1 Marriages 90; birtli*?white mules S7; female* 1 ' 90; blacks?male* 270; female* 200. iHaths? ' ' white males 03; female* 59; black*?male* 16j; fcP" mile* 126. Corn in Ten.nemkc.?We conversed yesterday with two of our citizens, just returned from NashK* ville, Tenuc**ce, which place they left on Wedncsof day evening, who state that corn had declined to of 75 cent* per bushel at Nashville, nud was dull and i|] dcchninc, and that provision* of all descriptions }8 were drooping. They give a glowing description ' j of the prospect* of the wheat crop. Corn, they P" I Kiy, is small, but that owing to the lateness of the or spring much land that would liare been planted in ie i cotton, ha<l the spring been more forward, has been k,Q put in corn. This is sensible in our Tcunetmee . friends. Corn is more profitable in Tennessee at 33 cent* per bushel than cotton at 12 oeuis per lb., ts to teiy nothing of the economy of labor. This is id plain to any man acquainted with the applicability )q of the sail and climate of thut locality to the two 5 product*.?Columbus Sun. Nkw Kngland .Morals Abrojii.?I<aNordefa | lei leading Belgian pnptr) hui; nn article on the Knl)U h>ch ens' in Boston. The verdict ia severely catlap vnosed, and the conduct of .Mr. K '? congregation, | in receiving aud complimenting him, is looked u|>on V a* an evidence of the inherent corruption and ,IC hypocrisy of New Knglnnd society. The article to <-onrluit<-? amu*ingty: p. "How well it tliem after this to stigma |] tixe the iimtitutions of the South, nod especially , j what they term ih<*ir immorality! Tliiw comedy i* tho r< ?uH of Knglifth manners and habit* *o deeply a" rooted in the Northern State*. Thcae habits o' )<i thi>Jcht, when develop**!, allow, n* their role ten L>e deticy nod object, hypocrisy, under the v? il of ^ which they attempt to hide all trico.' '1 lie journal l.-i Nor do i* stvo* odty hostile to Knsfiinl nod her c* ins'itot oiis, and i* known to be in the uthr?>t of er UuMia. 'S CorirrKNFKiTa?It i* the gnieriil impr-i-*?it?ii ( s h< hm'oiii*, that there i? a e iut? <>l eouutcrleiter* ill lit this region, whose Ilea ijuirtor* it, located in the p- " Ki rk." They are iivimifacturini; ???d, silver, jJc, and |mpi r money. We the Mlowing dcwcrip t r lion of eunnterleit five* and t- u? on the hank o( Capo Fear, N. C., so thai our readers may he on L*y the r guard: .Vs vignette: a female?Lnle of cotton til and ship in the di-tuiicc?Indian with how und arirC row on the lelt iDil. ^ 10'? vignette; portrait of female with a trail-ut in In r lelt hand?farmer'* hoy on loll end?mechanic on right end?iiiiituliou oi genuine?nine ral atipeatancu wood.?Cojfetvillt i Mi*s.) Inlellin" 'tnrer. rItl * m Srunixu Rocks without llusnxo.? |t] Some Frcncli inventors have taken out h a patent in England for splitting rocks by tlie i generation of beat without causing an ex|i. plosion. They u?ed a substance composed ut. 100 parts of sulphur by weight, 100 of salt 1)0 pet re, 50 of sawdust, 50 <>f horse manure. !?" and 10 of common salt. The saltpetre and j cotnmon salt aro dissolved in hot water, to as which four parts of molasses are added, and the whole ingredients stirrod until they are thoroughly incorporated together in one mass, which is then dried by a gentle heat in a room, or by exposure to tho sun, and is 0. tit for use. It is tamped in the holes l?ored |1 for blasting rock in the same manner as i? powder, and is ignited by a fuse. It does not cause an explosion upward like gunj3 powder, but generate* a great heat, which splits tho rock. If you do not keep your paper, cut this J out, and put it wltcio you can (ind it. A surveyor's chain is 4 poles, or 77 feet, divided into hundred links, or 702 inches. A t s.piaro chain is 10 square poles, and 10 s-piaro chains is an acre, hour roods aro an acre, each containing 1,240 square ! , yards, or 04,787 feet, or 24 ynrds 28 inches on each side. A polo is tivu yards and a In!'' u IV V ti rn>rrt is A Q.1H annurn yards, or 09 yards 1 foot 8 1-2 inches each ' is way, and tlneo acres or 120 yards aud a half each way. A square mile, 1,760 yards n,j each way, is 040 acres; half a mile, or 880 or yards each way, is 100 acres; a quarter of a or mile, 4 10 yards each way, is a park or farm |t" : of 40 acres; and a furlong, or 220 yards 00 each way, is 10 acres. tu ?d Fiisroii's Anti-Rheumatic Powders lo A SAFE, spRliDY AND RADICAL CURB lOR RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC C.OUT AND SCIATICA, lid \\J R. the undersigned citizen* of Putnam ii_ vY County, Georgia, cheerfully bear testimony j](. to the ellicaey of I'inch's Anti-Kheumatio Powders in tlie treatment of acute or chronic Rheumatism, " mnny case? having been ?uec<-s*lully treated by CO, | l>r. ,J. (}. tilRSON, within our personal know I id pdt?c, in wliicli these Powder* were principally III] used. doe! Itrnnham, M. D. Win. I?. Carter, - ' Stephen 1$. M.irsliall, D. U. Adams, ] T. 11. Harwell, Thomas Rsspess, O, R. Thomas, J. Nichldoi Aotheis. Z9m Any reasonable number of individual ocriliosUs can begivciv in atn-station of their efficacy, lie Prc|?are?l and sold by J. CI. CJID0ON, M. D., in. Eaton lou Ha., at $5 per box. i All order* directed to Inm, with the above sum enclosed, and a domiptimi of the case, shall receive with the Medioino auoh advic# a* may toil any 1 peculiarity thereof, od ! FOR SALE T1Y nr* FISHER A HEINITSH, Spartanburg and Columbia; W F PRATT, Ncwherrv: L. P. RARNKTT, York villo; (i. L. PEN'S, Edge 1 a field; WARDLAW A LYON, Abbeville; Dr. If. II. HUOOINS, Darhngton; REEDY & WY IdK, Chester C. H.; M. IV KARl.U.Urcen?0 villo, and throughont the State generally Inly 2 27 ly j'3 At,<* it**** ? , \v Dr. MoZ.AlTB'a 1 CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE LIVERPIUA Two oftlio best PrcparsUoM m ilk* A(?> They are not recommended as U niversal Cure-alls, but simply for what their name purports. The Vermifuge, for expelling Worms from the human system, has 1 also been administered with the most satisfactory results to various animals subject to Worms. The Liver Pills, for the cure of Liver Complaint, all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, 8cc. ' A Purchasers will please be particular to ask for Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver Pills, prepared by | sole proprietors, Pitts! I I- T> _ 1 ; uurgn, ra., ana tatte no other, as there are various other preparations now before the public, purI porting to be Vermifuge and Liver Pills. All others, in comparison with Dr. McLane's, are worthless. The genuine McLane's Vermifuge and Liver Pills can now be had at all respectable Drug * i Stores. FLEMING BRO S, 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sole Proprietors. SCoVII. ik MKAI). N?w Orliaii*, Griirnl Wlioltiolv Agents lor the South, to whom nil or?h rs nto?l te aildrcanri. SOLD BY FISH El' &. HKIMTSI1, Spartanburg. 80. O. DEAN ?V GOODGION, " 44 A. TOLEESON, 44 44 44 K. KRIITCII, Greenville, 44 44 KEEN AN & NORMS, Unionville, 44 44 JOHN 11. HENRY, I-iurennville, 44 44 XV. P. I'll ATT & CO., Newberry, 44 44 I. I*. HARNETT & CO., Yorkville, R. C. .1. XV. HARRIS Jt CO , Rutlterfurilton, N. C. May 7 1J 1y_ J Rogers' Liverworth & Tar I Oil Tits complete cl'uk or oounns, colds, infll/kxza, as til m a, nitONCHlTIS, SriTtino or blood, 41 all otiikk ll'no complaints tending to consumption. '.i 4j ? 'a; * s q Thin preparation in Retting into use nil over o?r j country. The numerous letters we receive from | our various agents, informing o? of cores effected 1 i hi their immediate neighborhoods, warrant us in i say?n;r it is one ol Ilia lieat, if r.ot the very best, ! Coagh Medicine now before the public, it almost /. i .:i iablf relieves, ami not unfrrquently ewes the "* I very worst rases. When all other Cough preparations bin hiM, thie hn relieved the patient, ae 1 | I Irugguits, dealers in Medicine*, and Physician*, ! can testify. Ask the Agent in your nearest town, J what has been his exjxTieocc of the effects ol tbia medicine. 11 he has been selling it for any length of time he will tell you IT IS TI1K HEST MEDICINE EYTANT. Delow we give a few extracts from letters we have received Lately regarding the virtues of thia i medicine. Dr. S. S. i >slin, of Knoxvillc, Ga .says: 1 hate | been using your Liverwort and Tar rery exten J strely m my practice for three years past, and, ' it is with pleasure J state my belief in its st.rtkiority ovkr all otiikr articles With which / am acquainted, for which it is recornmended.,', ; Messrs. Fitzgerald & lionners. writing from Waynosville, N. C. any: "TAr Liverwort and Tar is becoming daily more popular in thts Country, ash vvk tiiink jistly ao. All who hare tried (it speak in commendable terms of it, and say it is rery beneficial in alienating the complaints for which it is recommended Messrs. Kitxgcrnld & Hcnners, writing from V.'nynesville, N. C.. say: The Liverwort and Tar is becoming daily mare popular in this Comnj try, and we think jcstlt so. All who have tried it speak in conim en liable, terms of i<, and say it is very hentficial in alleviating tJu complaints for which it is rccomtnendedV Our Agent in Pickens District, S. C., Mr. 9. It. McFall, aiwuros us "that Ae uses it with grist benefit in his own family, and recommends it to hia ^ ' neighbors." He gives an instance of a Negro wo.?.> ... k;-?l- ? i ? >' in. jr, who IKtn DC?n XUUeflllg Witl* disease or the Lungs for years, attended with severe cough, who was relieved by the liverwort and Tar. Such nre the good reports we hear of this Midi cine front all parte of the Sooth. For a report of the surprising enres it has performed in the Western and Northern and Kastern States, we woo Id invite the sufLriiig patient to read the pamphlet which nceontpaiiies each bottle. To all we say, ; Aore hopr, hart hopr! tRY THE MEDICINE!! IS E W A It * E 1> I N SEASON. Beware of Counterfeits and Base inn fa f tons ! The genuine article ia signed A nor aw Rogers the engraved wrapi*?r around each bottle. Vricc $1 per bottle, or aix bottles for $5. Sold wholesale and retail by 8 CO VILA MEAD, anil I Charters St., h?t, ContiandSt. I/o?is,N. O. Sole Aorkts for the sovriisaw States, t* whom all orders sn<l applications for 1 must bo addressed SOLD AI.SO BY KI9IIKR A 11 KIN ITS!I, Spartanburg, So. 2* W. II. WATSON, Greenville ? K. KRUTCn. n KKNNON A NORRI8, UmonvWU, " x S. K. HKNRY, Lsiurenaville M C. L. HARRIS, A CO., Rntherfordten, It.C April 24 0 6ns Frosli Arrival?. 1 |l AISINS AND CANDY?just received at I IV Feb 26 1 tt MORGAN A MOORRN