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4? ?W> t- < of courbinstiao npd coiwpimcy iu India? ******** ^ridouceSvhicl. the v V$Vf>r*at^ia biw Hint umfortlood. There ui^y hawfeeeH symbol* which perplexed ihein. Tb*e in?y Iimvo been ooudnet the v v which they eftuld nut penetrate. Put tbirtpi'*V'? rto evidaneo of combination. for the last twelve month*, c-peeiallv iu Ihmgfl, H^eiut la ma a p<witiou which cay not for a moment be-nmin tamed. (Hear. IWJI&tn has heard ??f the circa 1' ^\?b|i vf mysterious utko'a in India, or, it '?tot^A)lmv n?? to tell them what has taken " place and WM tali ting place ioTndia nearly twelve month*'ego. This took place. A -tHe*>?uger . Quint;* tu Iho headman of a v i I r * - ? bring*,hitn *ix pancakes?chupat * - " '* <u?, kucll as the unlives aiirtVe of wheaten ' ' * $?ur, and be ryiyn,wi'h?He *tX pitneakes are 1 J ?. r'J<M^.ta^yot^jy>t?.wi|l make ?;x others and . * * aOrul th*?> on to the next village." The * heud. man obeys, accepts the !>i\ cakes, makes bitsfOthers, nnd sends them on to the ^Uea2|tlianori|*e neitt'village witli the same mesrfagn. ITdvr did il begin? It i< my siciy? . V ?;e ktiew the vtllpgo whence the pancakes wtefe rirst circulated we might get very' valuable" itiformntlon. lbit in the e->ar*e of four gi Ibc humtbs t!i<* whole of I fJenghl and ill*} great p;>rt ol* tliv conligu- j oas cersiitrv have h<eu Subjected to the pro cess ol'a man going from village to village, -freiu headman to headman, from police | Nation to police station, leaving fix pan cajcc* with .-no: other than thai six other pitneakes should be. made and eircu" late;!. Suppose the Kmpcror of Russia, whose lenitorv -ia extent and 'character line * ' ir.oio resemblance lo our Eastern possesions than the territory of any other power?sup. pose tbeEinpol\>rof Russia were told, "Sue, j tliero is a very /emnikable circumstance g<?. | . trtjf on in your territory; from village to j village men are passing, who leave llio tail j of nn-onnioc or a pot of cwWnte, w ith a ines- ! ?age to some one to perform the same cere ! tuony. Strange to say, this has been going | on" hi some 10J)00 villages, 'and'we cannot Mint Ice head or tail of it. I think the Km . _ perur of Russia would say, "I do not know whether you can htike head or tail of it, i but I am quite sure thero is something | wrong, and wo most lake some precautions, I because, where the people are not usually i indiscreet *anU troublesome, they do not J make a secret communication unless it i> opposed lo-tho Govcrnmctit; This is a so ! cret conttuunicalion, and thorefoic a com | rnuuicatiou dangerous lo lite Government." This sending o( cakea went on. 1 do not . ny that the Governineu.t could penetrate _<Ce 6eciet; 1 do not find fault with them because they did not fttul it out. What I want to show Is?that there woro outwaid .... 1 ?.! - -t 1 - -t ' * mm tisioro signs oi Coni'UoiMCy. .1 litre i was also an indication cf conspiracy among the military, which must have been known /.to the Indian.Government. I allude to the circumstance of the lotus flower. A man came with a lotus flower aud gave it to the chief of ? regiment. It was circulated from baud to hand in the regiment, and every ! raau wlib took it looked ut it anil passed it i con, saying notlriug. YVo must understand i tijat every man who passed it on was ac j tjuaiuted with the plot. "When it came to 1 -the last soldier of the regiment, he disap .pcated and look it to the next station. The , process was gono thiough in every regiment : in Bengal. There was not a regiment, not ' a station, uot an escort, to which lite lotus I flower vtn-i not sent. All these thiuge look ( place after the annexation of Oude. (Hear.) ' An hod. genlleuiuu reminds me that last i s vflar the llengal icgiments refused their furTouglrs. That whs certainly a significant ' circumstance. 1 ventured to say thai 1 . wotihl show a state of society in India which proved the existence vf ?6ueial discontent, M and, difficult as it might be to prove conrtpiracy, tlral'I would offer to the House facts and circumstance? biilEeicnlto com yuicjo ihern lliat theie >vas cons piracy. 1 "^think I liave said enough to induce the . House to pause before' they fonu too precipitate an opinion upon lito cause* of the disasters in India. I think 1 hare said enougli to make tho Ilouso at least fveh that it is not by anting that we have to deal with a inoro military inotinv that we shall savd India. Vkgetaukk Locust.?The Concordia X(L;i.) Intelligencer say*that ita editors litivc been presented by Mr. O'Hrynn, of Forrest _Vjiiuta'.iou, in thai palish, wiili n curious &kftjf*U production, representing wlilit ho , coil* a ' Vegetable as he knows of t no oilier appropriate nanle, linking never #^?en nny llirrrg of the kind hofoie. Tlia fmclligShcor-IImm continue* tile description: /*lt i"3 h tiiarit partaking both of the animal Ah'd vegetable kiugdoiu. the lnuvr part or r?v>l precisely In ibis shape of a locust in tttc citrys-.dis stnte, Wd having a fangjj* / exciesCcnre, glowing out nt the licad tb? wards the surface of the cnrtlt, while small ?pi>!!??hoi>t downward |n>m it* tail. The tuiiuryQ fcit and wings urs plainly visibly. ^ The upper shoots on some of theni arcjhroe : ! inelfos in length, of a bluish pink color.! Many of theite have been ploughed up in Mr, O'Brymi'ts field. NoTfiing of the kind has cvef been seen in thii parish befoie, j and we would suggest the sending of t>>>nie ! of them to some academy of science, thai ! .the wo: Id may l?c benefitted- by an ercnfnl- i nation of them." A N;:V Uovvy..? In a Klrect at the i Noiih End, Somewhat distinguished for the nnnitkcr of its dunking shops, recent o(lbn? j pg. have been made to enfotee ilieKnn.P.i- I" ? ' ! a* M?i?v of thorn had utndu r gi<;nle*l pro. its on the fcNihbntli, and this inleifercnee " wn? i>f rto mean* salisfaCtoiy. The pronri. eto? of uno of iht'so "aalootu" was struck uithft iaippy thought. llo lemeinhcrcd 4lie decision of the court, lh.it it, wa* legal to keep ? pen barbel's shops on the Sabbath, and'forthwith run out a stiipo! polo in front of V>in place. The next Sunday his establishment whs thro. J with customer*, and tiioitgh he was ahiu to perform lotmorinl operations on hut few of theni, they left >\j well satisfied (lint most i?F them leturned 1 again mil again during iho day. His neighbors look I lie hint and acted upon it, and now the street is lined with hatha riiop*, and all of them do a good business i tm a Sabbat It.-1- Motion Jit raid. "You charge n dollar for killing a ctdf, you Hiutly rascal," said the planter to tho ?hl negro.r **No< no, Massn," replied the g<*nlh*iiir.ii from Africa; 4*nto charge fifty | cent for kiihnn cnlf, and fiftj* cent for t'to i knot* how." fr a woman wonld hate the .voihl icspe.ci f hri huslautd, she must *< t the oxample ' j . A. Wiirrrttr %?MHon? .til* foll<j^j|)| M -Unvitig occur rod Freubhtaaiiv h^ljr^rrjveiL w??4 into a muurant and ealledi for a gma of toer. A# the boy brought it, n taU mtm, ttnkhown to 1)i(n. who had eyed tho Frenchman ra titer insolently on liis entrance, snatched the gU?a froin the table and drank it off. "I have not the honoi of ypur ncquftin tance, sir," remmked the Frenchman, surptisod at the Tamiiiiuity. "Nor I ofyoufe,'' retorted the ether. "Von are seeking a otmriol wrfth iuo, then!" r "I should he sorry to leave yon. in dOubl of the fait," was the insolent tes]X>ti50. "Look you, sir," said the new coiner, "I am a man of peace, and mind my own Jmsi nesn. I meddle with none, and I receive no unprovoked insults. 1 pass yoitrs by for this lime. I toy, bring tue nnothci g'a-r / ; ; ; The Creole broke into taunting laughter, and when the second glass was brought, stepped up and seized it. diank pail ot the contents, and threw the remainder away. I'he Frenchman would have rushed upon hint, but was held hack by the bystanders. "Hold, sir!' they cried, "or you are lost! H lie does not kill you on the spot, he will in the duel, (or lie is the most skilful due'list in Louisiana. With pistol, or rifle, or with the sword. lie is unequalled. lie has killed thirty-four men, and wounded overi>ixty more. "What yon tell me," replied the Frenchman, "convince* me the mote that he ought to l o dealt uillt." lie then drew near tho'man who had insulted hint and said: "Sir, I happen to he in a patiicular good humor to-day, and tun not disposed to take offence. You have taken away two glasses of beor 1 had or lered; it is now mv tinn, and 1 hope my forbeatatico may teach you better behavior. I toy, another glass'" The hoy brought it, trembling as if anticipating n CHtastroph'e. Scarcely bad lie j placed il on the table, when iho bully again seized it, and tossed otF tlio contents. At the same instant, like a tiger on his prey, the Frenchman thicw himself on his enemy, and assailed him in the face, luea-t, and side, with a tempo.-t of blow s and kicks. The bully, who had not time to recover: himself, was soon stretched on the lloor, and |Kimmelled still more unmercifully till bleeding and cjuile insensible. The victor then quietly drew forth his.pocket book, took out a card, and pinned il to the vest of his prostiatc foe. lie then said to the spectators of the alltav: ' If there is present any friend of this individual, 1 would inform him that ho may find mo at my lodgings overy morning ftoiu eight to eleven. 13oy, another glass of heer!' I This time he took the class, And drank it oil composedly. Then paying for the, four glasses, he turned and left the place, amid the wonder of all iho company. As lltoy liftod the vanquished bully, it whs found (bat two ol his ribs weto broken, and one oi his eyes was seiiously damaged. The card horo tho inscription: "Lucian l'etit, Fencing Master, (rum Paris? will give instruction in fencing, boxing, and in the various methods of fighting. Terms moderate " Some six weeks after this sccuo the door of M. Petit'* apartment was flung open one morning, and a man strode in, without an uouncement. "Djjtm know me?" he cried, in n voice choked with tugo. Perfectly," responded tho fencing master. "What is your wish?" "To kill you," thundered the bully, who hud just recovered fiom his wounds, of which, however, ho Lore the truces. "I know I was lit si in the quarrrol; on that account I give you the choice of weapons, lint tualce haste, for you or I must be u corpse before sunset." "Let us rather talk the matter over cool ly," replied the Frenchman. "I have no more desire today to kill yon, than to beat you the other day. liul if you are bent on picking a quarrel, you will tind Ine ready." "Wretched boaster, we shall seel I have killed thirty four men alreajy in duels, and you mo much mistaken if you think to make mo afraid of you!" Tlieio was no help, and the combatants proceeded to fight out their quarrel. Petit deferring to the bully, who chose the sword, in the u--o of w hich lie was very expert. He j received a wound in the arm, and the h ating master proposed an adjustment; but the Lheolit insisted that thy encounter should bo fatal to one or tlio other. It, was not long before ho fell mortally wounded. The community was dcliveied frbm a nuisance, and Petit's fame so widely established as a' professor of the science of battle, that pupils emtio to liiui f?Otn every quarter. A Cool Avunoeiu?A certain English gentleman,-w ho wot a regular hoquenterof the greenroom,of IhuryLaiio ThoAlro in the davK of Loid Pyron's Committee, and w ho always stood quietly on the hearth tug 1 there with his hack to tlio fiie, was in his u-ual place one night when a narrative! was related bv another gentleman, newly' feTtUued from the fftntiueut, of a bjiriier j duel that ha 1 taken place in Paris. A young Englishman? a mere boy ? bad been ucspoiled in a gambling house in the Pa-j l:;i- Loyal, had charged a coil.tin iimiiim - i? r? & Count with cheating hin), h:ij gone out \viil> ti 10 Count, louj wasted Ids tire, jind had I wen slain by the Count under tlio frightful circumstances of ll/e -CotiM * walking tip to liiin, lining hi* hnndon his heart, ' saying. "You are a brave fellow?Iiavo y<>u a inoiheif' ami oli his replying in the nllir- 1 inaiive, lOmai king coyllv, "I am Aorrj for her," and Mowing his vietim's-brains out. Tlio gentleman on the hearthrug paused ' in taking h jiincli of mhiII 19 hear the story, | and ohsei veil with great placidity, *;I ?ui ftfrnid I must kill (hut rascal." A low nights elapsed, during .which '.ho green-! room hearthtUff was without him, ami then ho reappeared precisely as before, and only incidentally mentioned in the course of tlio' evenirtg, "lienllcnien, I killed that rascal!", I In had gAne over to I'm is on purpose, and . tracked the Count to the smile gambling ' house, had thrown a glass of w ine 111 his j face in prepuce of ail the company assem Mod there, had told him that he was coino , to avenge his young compatriot?.-and had rlouo it by putting the Count out of this world, ami Coming bii"k to the hearthrug as if nothing had happened. [ Household Word*. Spider bites can be be cured, it is said, by J wetting ?ho place with cold water, ns fasti ft* it nbsoih.s or dries up. i * >' *# -* *' ... ' The Ifitwrtl History of tlwSailor. > Th? Sailor, of which lk?C**? are several ?p?ci?^it an -nmpblttou* and vwrtebrat? ^ J animal. 11 U indigenous to ?0I climes, aod , appears quit* m muck at Koine in the trop- ? ica U at lit? torrid tone. It ia usually .* found, in- low, mnraky ground* nnd puasa- 7? ' gen, bordering tho ocean or large river*. The head and face of the Sailor are gen . * orally covewd with long, coarse hair?the '.>ro? hotly ia of dark blue, and the feet and hand* ' blade. It displays womlciful activity in ^* olipibihg, nud can ascend it tree almost as qur&ly a* an ourang oulang, to which if . r h6ar? *onje resemblanco. It is usually brave, atjjl when aroused will fight devpjr- J18?", rttely.' The average Upjgth. i* from five to ,u si* feeW and when foil grown it sometimes ',r',r roaches lite weight of tvo hundred pounds. 8tt V In America- may be found the be?t speci- . j. men*, whilo in France they seldom or iierer ^j\ arrive at perfection., .j. , The Sailor, is oiuijivoroits, devouring - 1 ^ yrcedily everything tliat comes in its way. J0.j When on water, it feods on all manner of decaying refuse nnimrtl and vegetable mat- ^es.' tor, left for it "(in the same manner that the r,j lion leave*, its scrap* for tl'ie jackal) by a more? powerful animal called the Mer-Chnnt. On land, the Sailor lives almost entirely by suction, and the mastication of an Indian vegetable.' known as Te-Bac-kee, of which it is exiravagnnUy fond.- f Ii is-very useful to man, in a variety of i i .? Hrrn ways, when managed with proper seventy, hut if (rente I with kindlier it Is found en (J<jj lively useless. Some naturalists, however, ^ do not agree witli us in this. Junes says: . "The Sailor, when lame, is generally a ' ?j mild, quiet, and. iuotfensivo animal, allowmg great alfeclion and regard for any persou that has'done -it a kindness. In its 4ij wild'ntate it i*. generally speaking, pretty harmless, unless esci ed hy alcohol and w?- 4t, Icr, (called by scientific men Bran Bee.) which is always to be tound in great nbun- ^ dance near any spot frequented bv Sailors. * When under the influence of alcohol and water, they have hocn known to kill human | beings. When detected, they show great .' | * repentauce and nppear sorry for what they "j!*0 Iinvo done." ?j V' Wo beg to differ from Jones, for within . 1 r'| the Inst few yeats soveial attempts have IM^' been ma le by benevolent gentlemen to ^ * tamo and domesticate the Sarlor, but their ^ efforts have always been abandoned as ' ' . W - - - ft?'| hopeless. ' ll is to this humble creature that wc :ue j ^ indebted for our supplies of silk, India-rub- M%v l>er, teas. borax, logwood, and delicate fureign merchandise, which it conveys from onb country lo the other across the water. Tlie llosh is cousidcrod valueless r.s an j ^ article of food among Europeans, though | Ittucll nought after by (be upper classes ill j | Now Zealand and the Fejee#, by whom it is tj osle<-nied a great delicacy. f .j Their natural enemies are boarding house keepers,land-shftrks, and suckers (Eat. nam- ^ pirus, a vampire.) These lonthboino things ^ ^ fasten upon a Sailor as soon as they see -j. j him. and do not leave liiin till they have sucked every drop of b'ood (Lat. bankxu, ^ j billies?goldio) froin his veins. ' ^ The tamer Sailors take somewhat after " the jtapilio, and often pass through throe (> distinct changes. Tliey first exist in the ,,e larva state, in which state they aio called ,1 Sailors. They then pass to the pupa stale, j,l ' | where they are known by the unme oflir.si, second, or third mate. When they have 1 remained in the pupa stale for some time, 1 it may ho a few months, or it may be ycais, : P ' 1 it is tjuite uncertain, they issue forth in their full and peifect beauty n? captains. ,j ' Appended are a few^ Ankcdoi ks ok S.wloic9.? We were once ,,f t|, on a visii to Europe, a lid wbeu in t lie mid j die of the Atlantic, a beautiful little girl, I the daughter of one of the passengers, fell j P overboard, and would, in all prtibabilitv. ' tural have been drowned, if one of our New , and England Sailors?a iiobhs*auimal, six feel i y" long, belonging lo somebody on board? 1 "? had not plunged in after her and brought tig.il her safely on deek. The father of tho child i I tried to express his (hanks to the Sailor, will and offered him a purse containing money. il at The Sailor gazed 11 the parent with a stu- over, pid btaro, ma le a peculiar noise, as if try- to tl ing to imitate a human laugh, and trotted A oil", showing his contempt for money by re- wenl [.fusing to lake it. *>17.' Extraordinary Sagacity ok a Sailor. "0,u ?Mr. Smith, of West Point, once possessed l':il a curious Sailor, wlio was extremely lopd cai?-'l I of all kind of liquoi*, and would nmusQ ces r himself by sotting the dog tipou lite cat. a" '' Mr. Smith was writing in hi* study, and g llie Sailor happened to l?e in the rn'ojn at <?*hi lite same time, when Mr. Smith sai l. *'I j' ''' wi.-h I It id mv handkerchief? I've left it in 0x!,lJ (he parlor." The Sailor immediately left hibil the room, and soon after returned with Mr. '1 Smith's handkerchief in his paw. * H Upon another occasion lie was sitting at s?m? the window looking quietly out, when lie I \'.v li saw a lot of boys loruiouting a poor old ?'om ' Worn an 71 to immediately jumped out of the a^? window, drove the hoys away, followed the ' old woman to lier homo, and then returned a sal as if nothing li:uThappened. raise fA7w York Picayune. bun: ed a The Scotch papers contain indignant ac- . counts of more barbarous treatment of poor !?"J tenants ou iho estate of the Duchess of 1 10 Suthcihrnd, tbo niistocralio patroness of!*1 A" Mi.-, llariiet IK'CcIieP Stowe, ami the zealous | . 'I propagator of that lady's cuilimntus ab ml > N the sullViings of slaves on Southern plantations in ihis country. It is the case ul one Donald Mifrray, n laboring man, on the 1'0?** Sutherland estate, who was ejected fioni 1 "e liis holding under circumstances of cruelty. , '![ The ftot v i-. long, hut it is Hummed uj? in * 1',,] the Northern Kusign (Scotch) thu?: "Au inotVeiisive family, occupying for ' forty years a rude hut, erected on laud eitjier oil tlxf parish glebe or occupied by Pi I he l?flli?ll I m 1111 , t r llnnivn ?ut ? 111 cftuso existing or assigned. The father and hem Ivio giiis, alter lying for some time in an opon lleiJ of tlio "(iooj Dake," arc at la-t j,oU accommodated with teinpowny shelter at l,ut | the minutei's standing; but at the voiy time ?lien the Duchess of Suthciland is yol,| ll.touting in joweljed magnificence at the baptism of llto royal infant of Queen Yicto- tC)>v ria, an aged foinalo was lying iu the open doits, air, amid the wreck of ejected furniture, chert thrown out by tho Dike's orders, and i- in,,si still tli 114 spending the days and nights of a Rn);jr northern midsummer." ni.~r> It may bo that tho Duchess docs not Jamw of the baibarities practised on her ,.?<j properly and in her name, but oho known Kn,j | as much at least as sho does of Ameiic;.n a*loti slaver*; and lias duties there which it would ihey be better for her to look after, than in ex- se|v\> pending her sympathies whoie they are not wanted, and petting Mich libellers of their Yi own country as tile authoress of "Uncle | is a i Torn."'-.V. O. Pirapunt, Auptift 1 1 put I y Kr*Oftmo?Awr ?BUhy mn?ngb?r that toward* theeluao of the ,CJo|: Tarleton pawed through North ?tinn. Owing to ?omo cause not knov n, pent two night* in flidifHX county? within the hospitable grove of Willie M, near the towu of Hnlifkx, and the a- higher up the county, near "Qtianlrey pel." Either because he waa scaice of lisiona end horses, or from a malicious re to destroy the property of American ens who were opposed to the British, eawgltt All the horses, cattle, hogs and I fowls that he could lay hands on, and royed or appropriated thetn to his own Tlie male midmost of the female inilants of the country fled from the tip ich of the British trOop*. ami liiJ them? in the swamps and forest adjacent, when they passed through the country, lo every one else left the premises on sb she lived, Mrs. Powell, (then Mi?s iop) "stood her ground," and faced the earlessly. >ui it would not'do; they took the horind cattle, and among the former, a fale puny of her own. a-d drovo them oil' le camp, which was about a utile dis Young as she was, sho was dotered to have her pony again, and, as she t necessarily go to the British camp, to ilono if no one would accompany her. 1 alone she went, on loot, at night, wilbu?y weapon of defence, aud in due lime red at the camp. y what means she managed to gain an cnco with Tarleion is not known; hut tppeared bufuie him unaiuioUnced, and ng herself erect, said: I have come to you, sir, lo demand reslion of my piopeitv, which your krnivbllowers stole from my father's yard." Let tue tinderslaiid you, miss," said . ton, completely taken by surpri-e. Well, sir.'* said she, "your roguish men j ?-il coals caiuo to my father's hnu?e i it sundown and stole my pony, and I j i walked alone and unprotected to claim ( ucmauu inm; ami, Mr, I must and will j ) liiin. 1 fear not your men; they are , nnj unprincipled enough to dare to j ' insult to an unprotected female; hut r cowardly hearts will prevent their do- j lior bodily injury." tid just then, by tho light of a camp j espying her own dear little pony at a t distance, she continued: riiero, sir, is my horse. I filial! mount and ride peaceably home, and if you r any of tho gentlemanly feeling within of which your men are utterly destitute, you have any regard for their safety, will see, sir, that I am not interrupted, before I go, I wish to say to you, thai . ho can, and will not prevent this base cowardly stealing from hen most*, sla and burn yards, is no belter in my ostloo than the mean, good for-nothing. tv wretches who do the dirty work with ; ' own hands. Good night, sir." nd. without wailing further, she took ' pony and galloped safely homo, for clou was so much astounded that ln? rou that she should be permitted to d<> i io chose. rs. Powell died in her native county j BIO. after she altaino 1 a green <d 1 age. of her g'andsons. Win. S. Parker, vol ered in tho Mexican war, an 1 died at live, in Mexico. \mithci, Itichai i l? ter, is residing in Udifix county, N O., jst estimable and worth) cir.ieu. An ! rand-da gllter. Mia. M try K Sh-dg", | t ?'f W. T. Siedgo, and sis; r ?.f lit first named geulleiui n.) al*o live* in fax county, beside* other relatives, wh-? io d-uil.t, d ? justice to hoi unuir >ry; Ion rs should do likewise, f >r slro was one I 0 noble -pirits uf the limes that tried ; 't souls." Aii-iM Aor.n.'ij|M:HB.?Agnind Agricul 1 Pair i- -'???r11v to be he! I in thi* S ate, our special i< porter has been on the ; t'il'C to tilld out what wiil hu exhibited. ! following list i- tho result of hi* lures 1 a i ,ioh: - j in ndo \V?d (Mayor of Nor* Voikj ' exhibit himself, under tho im; ?e**ion he is some Putiiukius. lie will, how , , be placed in iho depai tmeiit allot.i l t io sin d! potatoes. "gentleman from tho interior," who i t t<? Greenwood aud was diddled out of j j by a couple of gentlemen, who had h little invention to show linn culled tin* : etil Mile,"' will ho coniiihut. il hy 11i^ J lul tnair.ma. Lemming >tilI a few tra- i >f his city intoxication, he will be classrecti 0? 111. Mem her of tlie Common Council will i hit some elegant cample* of I *?: -1C 11 i?; ?t largest ever seen. These will not he ' seil to the public, however, a the eXion w ishes to try fui liter expei intents iu .ante diicclion. j lie Municipal cx-Toliceaun will fiend -uxirnoulinnry Hunts, I" i motIv J? .trolled lieiu. These ptincipally consist of lines one bar-room to another. They will contiihute>omo Lye t.iees. en. Win. Walker vlul intend exhibiting i nple of what ho called the Sweet Fiag, I by himself in Nicaragua, but he (I that it all came to Stalks, and stalkway. variety of Cabbage beads will be sunt Washington, taken at random from Senate. S..m? en >rm ?;i-. Leeks are nltpeeled fioin the National Treasury. j urcimt-ns uf Low Celery wi.l be given subeditor. lie Ministers of liostoii intend contribu- I a .quantity of v. iy tine I>ebeau-C!u?r These will be placed in the coutio of lloi ticiiltiiiai Dcpa* tment, jvilli the :?priate Scriptural text: "l?y their Ktuits ye know them." The Lev. i.S. K Ibcli i l?een invited t ? deliver a lecture on "the method of sowing Wild On-..'' [.V Picayune. 115 IiUAS tS Kolt KlOlli SlI.K DiIKSSKS. laria," said a lady { > Iter colored chainlaid, "that is the third ?ilk dress y n worn since you came to me; pi ay, j many do you own: "Uii v seven, Miss; , I'rt sa\ iug iny wage* to buy nnodor." oil! what are seven silk drones to W hy, I don't own ns tunny as that," jets not, Miss " said the smiling *1 ?r you doesn't iced em as much as 1 You see you quality whito folks pboily knows is quality; hut we betlci* kind of called pu*?on* has to dress t to 'fttiugllUh ourselves from common crs. So, ciitics, who deiiounco the in', extravagant style of dress, he louiAnd when tho paraphernalia of hoops flounces, silk., velvets and laces is very Hiding, think: Well, poor things! must do something to'stinguish them, s fioni common folks. tUY Ot.n.?An Illinois paper says there nan in CHliey so dilly that the assessors lim down as 'real estate.' m * V ? nil ^hiibiT, ! I I I * II A Cwuuu*'Pitstje cur Romance?The New Orleans eschango papers are full Of a singular piece of tomaoce that is now oi> the*apis in ibat city. 'Pbe -particulars ere aa follows: "A young nriltioer girl, witfr wbo%e chi-ims a young Spaniard had become emitten, was presented by liim witli a ticket in the Uavuna Lottery, on the condition that if it drew a prizo they should sbaro the money and gel married. The girl smiliiigly couseuted to the arrangement, ami the amorous Spaniard left. The next arrival from Havana After that brought the drawing of the lottery, and what was the nitoiri-diluent and delight of the pretty milliner and her beau to find that the thiee eighths, held between them,, were of the number which drew the capital prize, and poured at their feet, an if by magic, the pleasing little pinch of $18,750 (l?ks the discount in cashing!) The young man lo?t no time in coining to ntt understanding with his sweetheart. Ho held her iojter bargain; she held to it also; and in an ecstacy of happiness the bveewt about making preparations fur the maniage. A lino house on Bienville street?whether pttrclm--ed or rented, we did not loam ? was procured, and fitted up sumptuously for tho coining nuptials and the honeymoon which was to follow. Tho brido (that was to have been) made a lavish use of the money placed at hor command; provided herself with a wardrobe rich enough for a queen, and made other preparations for the coining event; whilst the bridegroom, (that was to have been.) in his ecstacv, presented her with a case of jewelry worth $020. Everything being ready on his part, he called upon his intended to see how she was getting along. She received him coldly, avoided conversation about the wedding, and filially gave hiin to understand, in a manner which lie could not misunderstand, that she had changed her mind, and would not marry him, notwithstanding Hauie Fortune's command, and the complicated slate of the case between tliem in regard to the money, jewel*, etc. f^lio itittl undergone one of those rever*os of feeling which are mj common in sudden accessions to fortune, find there was no u-o in the Spaniard talking to her about marriage. The discarded lover did not shoot of down hiiuseif, but went straightway and entcicd legal proceeding* against her. lie was making hi* propaialioiis ? i? Saturday to institute a suit of law against the faith les* fair one, for the tecovety of the money used by her, or tlm articles purchased there, with, as well as the change she might have beside*. 11c insists, with tbe tenacity of a Shy lock, upon the I kU 's ludilmeiil ol the bond to the very letter?else not ono picayune will ho abate of his just demand. Tub (Jukat Elkvatoil?A Southern gentleman, at a Northern hotel, perceiving that the dining room servant, a negro, was bestowing his attentions elsewhere, to hi* own neglect, called up John, and accosted hi hi in litis wise: "John, I have servant* at home, and am wailed on as a gentleman should be. I am neglected lieie, and am tiiod of it. I give \ou fair iioiico that 1 wilt whip you like a Jog unless tou behave better." l nc consequence was that John became very attentive dining tbe I **v duv* that the gentlem m remained. Oil g ?<ng away. In 'ii was culled up and presented with a dollar ??r two, which ho ,hu- nek row I edged: " I hank, c?\ in ?-> a S uuln m gentlemen always s,??Jjck u> Iiko b a/ei if we d ?li'l tvnii on 'cm well, but, when they go, dcy allfs g.h Us a dollar or two. "Now, de>e aboli i >i? goiiinnui migiitv liard to suit, an 1 w.u ,t tn icli w i .ing oil. all' when <t y go ' ? y shah- y?r it u.d, io.?k up to d? w all an' n.?v, (! j | hi von, my I'lfortuu.ite f'lei d, an clewate van in the - lie ol, l,u it > uly," <>r so'iicttilng like that, but dey tiebi-i gib in a dollar or t?vj to c.ewale us w id." Ttir. Jriilmar.v or .^ofiu Carolina.? 1 n the (a iis.idei, a temperance m iga^ ue, published in l^iiiciimati, Ohio, for August, we fuel the following j-M ami well ineiltol compliment to the Judiciary of South Cuiui iliat . ? "Chief J astiee O N? all, of Smith Carolina, has lecentlv dcliveted, in Ooluinbic, two :iil,lli's^.s nil 11.t i .? in..I l.\...o.- Iw... .1.. of that Stale, from their lx?;?iini!ti:j. lie take* up each Jud_;o ami Chancellor scpa lately, an.I yives bis biography, and sketch ? > his peculiarities. Tlu?>e :i i?I'? ?shout 1 be p'escrvcd in the nichives of the Stale, as they will be of inestimable value to the future historian. No tu in living i-. *<? well able to yivc these delineations ;?s tli.* verfeiable t ' N? ill. Allii ?nwe are hot personally inteies'od, we have toad them will) piofoiiud interest. No State in the Union lias lia l ii|i aider <h?urt tmui the he^oining of the lb-public, than South Carolina." A Ni.w IVvuoMitriiK.?TheCrbckeil(Tex? a*) Printer describes a barometer in thai olKee. made by M.<j ?r V. T. lt.iliou, >>f lialveston. The active power, which is an ordinary violin siting, one end of which is attached to ?hc ioof, inside of a siiikII toy Iioiise, easily made of cig ar boxes, the other < n I being fixed in lite cenl'c of n bit of board, upon either end of which is a toy figure, t? tlio fancy of the maker. I ke house has two doors, so cut thai cacti of tire li ;i?res will stand before a door. Thus pre pared, ot,o of the figures will move outside its door when the ilamp aim wphere relaxes the siting, and vice versa when dry weather causes the string to twist tightly. Tints one figure outside the door indicates rain, the other no rain, and most accurately so; oilis has twelve hours previously foretold evuv rain that has fallen since our return from <?alvcston." A lioNIAMIC MaKHIAOK AND ITS KnIi.-Yoiiiig ladies of a romantic turn of mind may derive flouio wholesome experience of the misery which awaits ill-assorted marriages from a case now be Tote the 1'aris tribunals, in wbirli a madame Cabro seeks to l?a divorced from her husband, M iisieur Cabre, alias Lightning. Tlio lady, it appear*, is tho daughter of n noblo Belgian family, and was some years ago jmssessed of beauty, youth, and ?7,200 sterling. It happened (hat, while visiting tho famous circus of M. I'je.iu, a'. Brussels, she foil desperately in lovy with the clown of his establishment, surnamcd Lightning, probably fiom the marvellous manner in whieh he blazed away. She followed thy interesting ohjeet ot her passion to l'aris, where she and Lightning weic united in the bonds of uiMtiimony, But the ungrateful clown, after Spending the property brought to hiin hy his romantic wife, deserted tho latter, and flashed away with a young hu)v connected with KranconiV, whose talents in jumping through paper It op*captivated his practical mind . :* "*r t , . ^ w?<[* % MNTW4MK Doa* FQ? Nothuro.-VTI* ?dUbwlof article ebould be Q *? 4 *?4 pwdi^ai'jri ? by every mac who I take* * newspaper without paying for lu The result of cay obMrvetion enable* too to state a* n fact, t|j&t the publisher* of tt**rs- g papers are more poorly rewarded ?%f? ear " class of men in the United States who invest un equal uinounl of laborj capital end c< thought. They are expected to 4b more. ? service for Ic-s pay, stnnd inord sponging '* and "dead heading," to pulf and defoqd " iiioio people without fee or hopo of retvaijd, i than any o?her class. They ciedit wider and longer; get oftener.' ti cheated; sutl'cn^fcoio pecuniary loss; are of- ' tUtter iho victims of misplaced confidence/ * than any other calling in the community. r People pay a printer's hill mote reluctantly 'a than any other. It goes harder with them (o expend a dollar on a valuable newspaper, (| than ten on a needle* greiv-gaw; yet every- ri body avails hitpself of the use of the editor"* pen and the pt inter** ink. 4 How many professional and political ie- " putalion* and fortune* have been made and sustained bv the fi iendly.. though onrequ.t a ed, pen of the editor? How many embryotowns and cities have been brought into J notice and pulled into prosperity by tbe f pie*s? IIow many railroads, now iu suf;- j ce-sftil operation, would have foundered but i for the assistance of the "lever that moves ? tho world?" lit short, what branch of in d us try or activity has not been promoted, ) stimulated and defended by tho press) j An<! who has tendered it more than a t miserable pittance for its mighty service*? ? The bazaars of fashion and the haunts of f appetite and dissipation aie thronged with ^ an eager crowd, bearing gold in their j palms and tho commodites there gathered n are sold at enormous profits, though intrin- n sically worthless, and paid for with scrnpu- ^ loos punctuality, while the counting room * of tiie newspaper is the seat of jewing, cheapening, trade, orders and pennies. It c i* made a pointed' honor to liquidate n grog- ? ! I.iil, but not of diahottor to repudiate a prin- v ! t;.v? bill. I V ai.uk of Railroads to Farmers.? \\ c notice in smiio of the agricultural journals complaints .?f the farmers against ? ; railway companies; that they tako up the ] | l>e>t lauds of the farm, do uot protect the lands, and often kill the sheep and cattle, and ato of doubtful utility. This is a very short sighted view of the influence of railroads upon the farming interests, lly ? opening new muikets for districts remote <> i*. i.. .l._ __i r | ' in mi- vnj nil-J uiivii uuuuin me liuiiBui j farms mT(1iiii u few years. Instead of h ; " ilnil inaiket the farmers all along the line of rhitd find it difficult to meet the pressing demands for milk, butter, cheese, mlves, pig->. arid aliiosl everything that the farm pi od tees. llusbamlty tin 2ves under the stimulus of a hungry market. Arnosi eve ry thing brings ca*h in hand, instead of the old store pay, with a settlement once a year. Faun lands are in brisk demand, nud go | up in jinee forty, fifty, and a hundred per ' , cent. We believe that railroads have add } | ed onougli to the value of the farms of-this ( country to pay f ?r one-half the original ex pen?e of t>uU<!itig them, enormous as it is. i Wo were eon*erring with an intelligent farmer, a few days since, who lire* upon the I rue of the Syracuse r.ud ning'mmton rail i<>:i I. 1 lie stock wrrt \riplhle>s, and he had | ij tfie IhiImI'u.I dollars which he had < put into it. ldut he said he couridcred it ! one of the best investments he o???r made, f ?r it had added ten thousand dollars to the v due ot his f.niii Fanners, then, can atfird to put tip with the trilling incomenhsiiee of 1 art toad?. It is safe for them to subscribe f ?i f, sh.vo of the slock, accord j ing to their 1 neaits, if' they can thereby *e cure the building < I a road and open a ready maikvt for ibeii puxluce. [.VcMf J'urk Times. Ci*rjoi*s.s?NJi. II. <J. Ji-nuves. a law* ot 1 , of Tiny, who lias Toug r?joice?l in the ijioal ample and luxuriant of locks -banging gt me fully over u wide aim! eauv Collar, was | on Wednesday shmfl of his hiisuie gl<>ry i 1 by a co n ink toe of citizens <vbO had pur iciiaacd of him the right to il l so by^pat tug | him the lound.sitin of one hundred donarv The 1. dr was removed by a ferocious look pug bather with a pair of shears three feet long; a sHpernumetary lifted each separate ' lock with a pitchfork, and laid them or. plates provided; while a negro with a banjo played the dead march. And the lawyer j alOM*, picketed his $100, and went forth ; cropped. It was u good speculation fj? j iii 111.. . . Some people have about as adequate an ! idea of heaveu as the good woman whom j the neighbor was consoling for the loss of ; Iter sou. 4 If hi* grandmother hf in henv- I en," so I. bed the poor woman, 4,I know she ! won l see Uiliy ubtucdr a rr.h m'ksiur rhyme*. i UKUIClTEl) TO TlIK 111.l.l To tdk uckdci.l estate, j > I'.m [taliy liiinuiig? e.iji n's ?..ii ; hmitinz? I 1 . ic lid I f. .111.1 rli.iit nn<l Kin To magglu 15 ihy in! ? Feicb .1 i il?c biihy from Iti ilvw s'.rnis'it, W In ii liii- In- r in-in * lie yeu llMt*.-?l>?ti", , Hut ilo l'itj :.nd I ia vi ih, tiny kick up n squall, 1 A till ill aii tumid, v bain ami loriane and nil! 15 i-.i. b:i-a, I? i|vu?>, have you xny belrsf ' \ c-, my little Caibn, liaif-.i-.b?.o pairsSome tor il l 'pi niii, ati'l imuik t<> let alone, An I one lor Mi?. C-imn-liin in nw? fur heroin! ' {tV. V. I'tcayunr. . Tito Motjluiwnery (AIn.) Messenger ban liven ' shown a counterfeit, piirpurlinj to In- n div liolor . lull on ilio 15 ink of (inir^ttnwii, South Carolina The counterfeit hasji figure of liberty <>n ihe Hghl ball.I >'It \s K;eli in ii.t| in the genuine; nil iho left , hand s tie of the counterfeit i* an cattle??>u the i go.ul b ll a female he.id. The coniuerteit can re.adi. Iv It ikl' Otvd. as n'l good live (lobar bill* on the I 15 ink of fJ.-t rgetnwn liavea red cheek back. Tho color ?il ibe pi .initio it rather pale, when compared wilh the genuine. The engraver's imprint on good , bill is ,llv-iwdoll, Wright, 11 atoll ? Ktlell, New , \ el k,'' u bile oiillie e* unterfvil It it "Ti'ppail, Oar pouter A; Cat., iN. V." Thero ia one fashion pi evading nl C?po May ' win b bits not yet been introduced nl Ncw|>ort. The | Iade*4 flymio the water promiscuously wilh'beau*,' making regular engagements a* f?>r n d.niec. tt? , im-ct im-ni mi ini- Dt-ccn or niie'tig me i Pltero is one hriglit-fyc<l tilll>* gipsy ffiini Baltimore, j tile belle of "t 'ongt ess 11,til," who is "engaged | ahead" lor bulling .is well sis dancing during (lie remainder of |lie season} ami sometimes, in order In keep tlu- poaec anions her iidtnfcers, she has t?? h ah.' Willi three or four gentlemen of it inommg, 1 allowing etch by torn the fclititv of fl-ating or ducking her dear little figure.?Ktiejutrl AVips. ^ No Cav.i mi JLIkspwndixo.?Wo are sorry t<? sco n fault, hearted few, who, by ihe way, are not thoroughly nequsintcd with Kansas i no iters, ore j indulging in wvir.ls of despondency a* lo making Kansas n Slave Slate. Those best ncOiMintril with | the nlTiirs of the Territory, and who bare labored , long tiud faithfully (or the purpose of implanting Southern institutions iherr, hare high hope* ol success, mid look upon the signs of the times as more j el tee-ring to their cause than nt any former period . in ih( h'story of tho Terri'nry.? fivrfm t>i$pntrh nr vari.iw dfettti 'rvogh Mcdwiaa Mr ?***itl>iipwb?t. * variably relieved,md mfhrndfrtftummtmrntMa cry vcuret enttt. NV hrt) aV othcxjpmgb l?tywi lUM !?* r*ikd. this baa -' -* T' I ill I, ill h-agai<i?, dealcra in MadkliM*, ?f rhtn haa^bceo ht> cxperiaac* aftha * ix-dit^oe. K hehna boon aching K fcroajftMrib X time be wtil nil yo IT MTIHt B?fcT MEDICINJSBTCAVt. livlow wo Kita a fayr ninri* from Wftaaa p \ taw roccived lately rrgurding the vkrtveaof ill nedicir.t. . . x I>r. 8. 8. Oa)in, ofKnoxviHOf6o.,Aayoi fSoea, rev veing four Liverwort and Tor very awlafticrt^ in my practice for thro* ynri mW, oA I it with pleasure i state my belief i? m nn. CIORITV OTCK -ALI OTHKft AtTICUM WflA vltci / , . :?/? acquoiuted,for which it Ortgdmptemded." M^r? Fil*sr*-rnld & Hennery. writing from VoyncBTillc, *.?. a?f: "7V liwrMrl aatf Par i# becoming daily tdoje popular intkitCemmry, and vry think Jirrtt ad. df/ ichmJkett ITWd t speak 41 commendable ternu ?f U, mmd my it n very UneReial im alleviating ikt tampimimtefer 4 oltte/t it it recommended." ? . . ' Mi*". PittgwaU & llrttnera, writing from ?nyiiraviHr, N. C., aayt ' 3Kle Liverwort mmd ' < y Tar it becomimg daily mote popular im Hit CamI ry. AND WE THINK JlTTLir DO. dif Wi* AoB? ried it tptah im commendable tenet of it, mod ay it it very beneficial in alleviating lie (M* ilainte for which it it recommend rd." Oer Agent in Piittrni LKatrie-. 8. C..'Mr. 8. K t. Me Fall, niMuroK us''that Ar mm it vtti great enefit in hi* own family, nnd recomairndait to Ma crghbors." He give* no instance->f a Negro woiian, in kia vicinity, wlto had b**n milt-ring with fR HAC3M." of ilif I.?nga for jcara, attended with oat nr ?Hnigli, who mi relieved by the Livarwur nd Tar. Sock are the good reports we hawr of thia Midi ine from all part* of the South. For a report of he surpriving cures it baa performed in the M'nt rn nnd Northern aud Eaatcrn States. we would i)vite the auflVring patient fo read the pamphlet rhich ocoutnpanica each bottle. To all wa aay, tame hope, hate hope.' .' i TRY THE MEDICINE! I BR W A II ^ II D I If ?EAIOR . beware of Counterfeits and Base imitations I The genuine article i* Andkrw IUmiim -? ------ ? niv vnur.ivi u wrniyrr nrcunu vm-ti Price $1 prr boltlr, or aix bottle* far fj. Sold . IioIwnIc and r?*tnil l?y SCO\ IE A MBADti IJ I Chai (era St., bet. Cmxii and St. Lvrnir, Is. O. Solj Aourre run tub Suuiieis State*, ? all orders and applications lor Ag?uciw a^H itist be addrcsM-d. SOLD AT .SO BY " 4 | FISH Kit A ITKINITSH, Spartanburg, So Ca. DKAN & GOODGI0N, \V. II. WATSON, Greenville K. KHUTCH. ? . KEN NON t NORRIS. tTnivntXr, (> S II. IMSXJIY. Uinrci?vin? V" C. L. IIAURIS, & CO , RnWriardfair, N.C April 24 P . . fiw , Fislicr A Kloinilsli sell RAT AND MICH A NNIIMI.ATOR . Dr. McLANE'S CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE livek'pills. Two of thr best Prr|>?rslloni of (Ue AC*. They are not recommended as Universal Cure-alls, but simply for what their name purports. The Vermifuge, for expelling Worms from the human system, has 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. Purchasers will please be particular to ask for Or G MrT ono'r G?1? .. -? . xnvi^aiiv. o v>l1c~ brated Vermifuge and Liver Pills, prepared by sole proprietors, Pittsburgh, Pa., and take no other, as there are various other preparations now before the public, purporting 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 Stores. FLEMING* BRO S, 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sole Proprietor*. SCOVIL a mkal), New OrUana, N*litdtrv..lv A Kent* f.>r the South, to wk>n nil ?** i'f* (nibt be nd<li ?**? <!. m>u> 1iy KISHKU A HKIN1TSH. Sportnnbwrj.Ro. 0?. J>KAN A OOOlXiRjN, m * * A TOLLE4CN, 44 " 44 K RRUtCH.OreMHb, 44 44 KlU?NAN & NORR&, U?Mttlle, 44 41 JOHN II HENRY, Lnarewtlle, M * W. F. PRATT A CO.,Hrwbcfjry, 14 44 I. P. R A UN KTT A CO . Yorktilh-, ?. Q. X. W. HARRIS fc CO . Ruthv.fordum N.C. Mot ? II If