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'VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1857. Wat""
v THE CAROLINA SPARTAN
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Writtenexprcsaly for the "Ciirolinn Spartan."
AN AMUSING ADVENTURE
?v VADorat en VL'ni'i inn
w t r vonwot u i b|tvi ua l/bi
Mksors. Editors: Will you bo so kir
and give tho following amusing advenlui
r place in your paper? It occurred son
years ago, and we believe lias never befo
been published. It may perhaps iuture
your many readers.
Yours, respectfully, F. S.
Not a thousand years ago, and not
thousand miles from here, (Windsor, X. C.
lived a young lady, tho daughter of vcr
plain country foiks, who had just return*"
from a distant boarding school - bavin
finished her education. Iler residence wi
on the western hank of a "little river" i
this country. The period of which I wri
was September, ltetwecn tho family niai
sion and tho water's edge was a fivo-ac
potato patch. Tho roots were ctiltivaU
in hills, and the vines were very luxuriati
On the opposite side of the river quite
number of young gentlemeu lived, wl
were noted Tor their gallantly. Their <1
votion to tho sex had induced them to uni
Accomplish men is in (he forming of a ser
nading band. The return of the youn
lady referred to afforded them an opport
nity of doing the genteel. They acco
dinglv met on a clear moonlight-night; am
each furnished with his musical instrumen
betook themselves to their boat, to give
musical treat to tho "fair returned."
With muffled oars they noiselessly cros
ed the river, and gained the beach. Wit
stealthy tread they approached tlie houi
at tho hour of midnight, and ranging then
selves in line, at a signal from their lendi
violin, flute,clarionet, and tnmbotino, in or
mighty blast, to the tune of *-Old L)h
Tucker," broke the stillness of the night an
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the old folks' slumbers. Tho molln
screamed from affright, and called to h<
daughter for an explanation of the unusiu
noise; and was informed, in reply, that
was a "serenade/" Mistaking tho repl;
tho fled to the old man, who, a little dcti
was silling bewildered nt tho, to him, coi
fused sounds.
The wife's report, "they are eannonadin
us!" satisfied him. lie llow to the gin
rack, and taking down old "blue triggers
hurried down stairs and aroused the hous
Meanwhile the young lady stood at hi
window, with curtain half drawn, drinl
ing in tho melody as it was waftod up. Tl
boys, iunocent as Sir Isaac's dog I)iamoni
of the mischief they had made, were levin
themselves out upon tho last variatioi
when at twenty feels' distance the old ma
shoved around the corner his old inuske
aud drew triggers. She did not shoot; hi
the fire rolled, blight as falling meteors. .
stampede of electric suddenness took plar
?the "leader" of tho band leading in a b<
line for tho boat, followed in commendab
nearness by his company. Tliey hurrie
in the start, but the repeated efFoits <
tho old man to eret his "niec?" off
their effort at speed, and a call by him fc
a "chunk of fire" to touch the priming tol
still more. They forgot the potato vine
and such a sceno of confusion was nev<
witnessed. Headlong they fell, and at eac
fall, the sound of broken fiddle strings <
battered drums foretold the death of th
band. Heller skelter, rolling and stum!
ling along, they gained the water's edg
and their boat, and such pulling?men-o
war's men might havo learned soinetbin
from theml
The vines so impeded tho old man's pre
gross, that ho did not reach the bank wit
his "chunk" till the cannonaders were on
of gun*shot; and returned, well satisfic
that his timely appearance and courageou
manner hnd achieved tho salvation of hin
and his. In the melee the old lady fie<
"for safety and succor" whenoe she could nc
be found that night. Noxt morning bIi
was discovered under tho wheat barn, am
after many assurances that the cannonader
were routed, was prevailed upon to comi
forth.
All the parties to the frolic are so sor
Upon the subject, that I hardly daro men
lion it; Aud I would not have them knov
1 had writ'ou this for the dowry of thogiil
and herself to boot.
I O U are the most disagreeable vowel
in the language, for the plain reason tba
they are not consonant with'one's fec'ings
Charmed by a Kattlesnake.
BY W. GILfclOKK SIMMS, LL. D.
A writer in the United States Magazine
pronounces the following description of a
or young girl olmruieU by a rattlesnake one of
til the most remarkable and beautiful doscriplions
ever penned. We pronounce it one
of the most truthful?having a voiy dis'*!
tinct recollection, from experience, when a
lad, of similar fascination and impotenco of
,l* volition, from the dreadful copjter head. Maul
ny porsons laugh at the idea of a snake
m charming as a delusion?it may be so, but
it is one that came near costing us our life:
nr "Uefore the maiden rose a little clump of
bushes?bright tangled leaves flaunting wide
.' in glossiest green, with vines trailing over
11 them thickly decked with blue and crimson
? floweis. llor ejecommuned vacantly with
these; fastened by a star-like shining glance,
a subtle ray that shot out from the circle of
green leaves, seeming to be their very eye,
and sending out a tluid lustre that seemed
to stroaui over the space between and find
r0 its way into her own eyes; very piercing and
le beautiful was that subtle brightness of the
ro sweetest, strongest power. And now tho
leaves quivered and seemed to fioat away
only to return, and tho vines waved and
swung away in fantastic mazes, unfolding
over charming varieties of form and color
to her gaze; but the star like eye was ever
n steadfast, bright r.nd gorgeous, in their
. inidst, ami still fastened with strange fond*'
ness upon her. IIow beautiful, with won)'
drous intensity, did it gleam and dilate,
1 growing larger and more lustrousavith ovc,r
ry beam it sent foilli. And her own glance
I became in loose, fixed, also; but with a
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^niuuni IICUIUUI T?lfl l?v vein,
t? throughout her person. At that moment
n, a rustling was heard in the branches of the
n tree beside he, and the bird, which had re*
j peatedly uttered a single cry above her, as
' it were of warning, tlew awav from his sin*
lion with a scream more piercing than ever.
A This movement had the effect for which it
0 seemed intended, of bringing back to her a
, portion of that consciousness she had been
1 > nearly deprived of before. She strove to
move from tho beautiful but terrible pres^
ence, but for a while she strove in vain,
af The rich, star-liko glance still riveted her
(] own, and the snbl'.o fascination kept her
bound. The mental energies, however, in
the moment of their greatest trial, now
' gathered suddenly to her aid, and with a
"t desperate effort, and with a feeling of most
jr annoying uncertainty and dread, she suc],
coeded partially in tho attempt, and threw
^ her arms backwards, her hands grasping
tho neighboring tree, feeble, loitering, and
>e depending upon it lor that support which
> her own liinbs almost entirely denied iter.
;e Willi her movement came, however, tho
f. full development of the powerful spell and
dreadful mystery beforo her.
"As her feel recoded, though but a sin* I
gle pace, to tho treo where she now rested, j
i- the audibly articulated ring, like that of the
b watch when wound up with the vorgo bro*,
lt keu, announced tho nature of the splendid
. yet dungeroua presence, in tho form of a
' monster rattlesnake, now but a few feet bo18
fore bor, lying coiled at tho bottom of a
3 beautiful shrub, with which to her dreamy
j eyo many of its own glorious hues had
>t been associated. bho was at length con- j
Hciuua enough to perceive and feel her dan- ,
0 ger; but terror had deprived her of the ;
' strength necessary to My from her dreadful
s enemy. There still glared tho eyo bcauti-!
1 fully bright and piercing, fixed upon her
, own; and seemingly in tho spirit of sport,
j the insidious reptile slowly unwound liim-1
0 j self from his coil, but only to wind him-'
* self up again into his muscular rings, his
r great fiat he ml rising in the midst, an/
1 | slowly nodding as it were toward her, the '
' eye still peering into her own, the rattle (
slightly ringiny at intervals, and giving
i forth that paralysing sound, which once
I ( heard is roinemberod forever. The roptilo
,' all this whilo seeming conscious of, and to
uieaunng senso wnioii conjured ot> 1110
in wildest fancies, terribly beautiful, lluit took
,fl licr soul away Iroin her and wrapt it about
n- as with a spell. Slio would Iwivo lied, she
re would have tlown, but she had no power to
move. The will was wanting for Jitu llight.
She foil that she could have bent forward
'* to pluck the gotn-like tiling from the bosom
a of the leaf in which it seemed to grow, and
10 which irradiated with its bright white
0. gleam; but ever, as she stretched forth her
hand, and bent forward, 6ho heard a rush of
t0 wings and a shrill scream from tho tree
0 above her?such a scream as tho mocking
ig bird makes, when angrily it raises its dusky
u. chest and Haps its wings furiously against
r its slender side. Such a scream seemed like
a warning, and though yet unwakened to a
full consciousness, it startled and forbade
t. her ctl'orw
a "More than once in her survey of this
strange object bad she heard that shrill note
of warning, and to her mind the same vague
consciousness of an evil presence. But the
" star like eye was still upon her own?a
se small, bright eye, quick like that of a bitd;
now steady in its place, and observant seentJr
ingly onlv of hers; now darting forward
with all tho clustering leaves about it, and
10 shooting up toward, as if wooing her to
in seize. At another moment riveted to the
d vine which lay around it, it would whirl
.r round and round, dazzliugly blight and
4 beautiful, even as a torch waving hurriedly
by night in the hands of some playful boy;
4' but in all this time trie glance was never
11 (oL'an * ' '*
i.win uci uwn ? mere n grew, tixeU ?
y, a very principle of light?and with a bright,
f subtle, burning, piercing, fascinating gleam.
' such as gathers in vapors above the old
l* grave, and binds us as wo look?shooting,
darling directly in iter eye, dazzling Iter
ig gaze, defeating its sense of discrimination,
[j. and contusing strangely its sense of perceplion.
She felt dizzy, for as she looked, a
' cloud of colors, bright, gay, various colors,
c* floated and hung like so much drapery
er around the single object that had so sec uric
ed her attention, and spell bound her feet.
Her limbs fell momentarily moro and more
insecure, her blood grew cold, and she seem1
pil to fi-nl tin, iti-o'I? *i r..A? 1
ho litllo door was already half filled with
llagers, and sobs and moans and lamentions
over iho fate of the dying child were
?ard in every direction, mingled with
nick and hurried questions as to the man>r
of its occurrence, and vain attempts at
lswering, which added an oppressing con
sion to tbo sadness of the scene.
The little play-fellow's uncle, who had
?en up stairs with the child, hail run instntly
to call the father, and but a few mo
ents elapsed beforo ho sprang into the
iddlo of the group. Ho had been told
I and asked no questions. I had timo to
mark that his eye was very stern and
at his lip was firmly compressed. Others,
o, remarked it, and 1 knew afWwnrd*
at a murmur ran round the circle of how
range it was that ho betrayed no feeling.
He reached out his hands and took the
did from its mother. Its eyes were now
osed, and a while uozo coming from berceti
tbo blackenod lips. Was over death
oro assured! I saw him open the eyeIs,
and beard him givo a sigh of relief,
o told mo afterwards that the eye was
>t shrunken, anil so death had n<?t begun,
e then attempted to open the mouth, but
0 teeth were light set, and they resisted
s etroits. But with a forco that seemed
most brutal, he wrenched the teeth apart
id oponed the mouth.
"Shame!'' cried one of the bystanders.
The lather did not heed it, but motioned
1 a neighbor to take iho child in his arms,
o did so.
sport with while seeking to excite, her ter 11
ror. Now, with his Mat bead, distended vi
mouth and curving neck, would it dnrt tn
forth its long form to warn her?its fatal h<
teeth, unfolding on either side of its upper qt
jaws, seeming to threaten her with iostnn- rn
taneous death, whilo its powerful eyo shot ai
forth glances of that fatal fascination, ma- fu
lignnntly bright, which by paralyzing with
a moved form of terror and of beauty, may b<
readily account for the spoil which it pos- st
sosses of binding the feet of the timid, and ni
denying even to fear the privilege of tlight. in
Could site have tied? She felt the necossi- a!
ty, but the power of hor limbs was gone; ic
and thero still it lay, coiling and uncoiling, tli
its arched neck glittering like a ring of to
bronzed copper, bright and lurid, and the tli
dreadf?l4beauty of its eye still fastened, cn- si
gorly contemplating the victim, while the
pendulous rattle still runt; the death, note, cl
as if to preparo the conscious mind for the cl
fate which is momently approaching the tv
blow. Meantchile the stillness became death in
like with all surrounding objects. The bird li?
! bad gone with its scream and rush. The II
J breeze was siient. Tbo vines ceased to wave. n<
The leaves faintly quivered on their stems. II
The serpent otieo more lav still, but the eye tli
was never turned away from (ho victim, its hi
corded muscles nro all in a coil. They hare al
but to unclasp suddenly, and tho dieadt'ul at
foils will be upon her in full length, and the
fatal tee'h wili strike, and the deadly venom
which they secrete will mingle with the life to
blood in her veins. II
' The terrified damsel, her full consciousness
restored but not her strength, feels all v<
her danger. She sees that the sjtorl of the te
terrible reptile is at an end. She cannot
now mistake the horrid expression of his c:i
rye. She tries to scream, but her voice died m
a..:.j V" a fiJ:!- in lnf thioat. k<
llcr tongue is paralyzed?her lips senl-d;
once more she tltives for flight, but hoi so
limbs refuse tlieir office. She has nothing at
left of life but its fearful consciousness. It tli
is in her despair, that, as a last effort, she to
succeeds to scream?a singlo wild cr y, forced e<
from Iter by this accumulated agony; she w
sinks down upon tho grass before her one- tl
my?her eyo, however, still open, and still
looking upon thoso which direct forever
upon them. She sees him approach, now cr
advancing, now receding; now swelling in la
evUy part with something like anger, while
hi'/ neck arched beautifully, like that of a w
w Id horse under the curb, until at length, cl
tired as it wero of play, like the cat with w
her victim, she sees the neck growing larger, y<
and becoming completely Lowed as if to
strike?the huge jaw unclosing almost di w
rectly above her; the long, inhabited fang. I?i
charged with vonotn. protruding front the A
cavernous moulh-au 1 she see* no more! In , st
sensibility caine to her aid, and she lay life- t ?
less under the folds of the verv monster." In
i "1
An Hour's Siru^le Willi Poison. t.?
1 was spending some ?!avs, not inanv "
years ago, in a b< aut ful little countrv village.
and in a family that had more thari
common attractions t-> one who l<?\-s d.>. "
iue<tic life as well as myself. The little
circle lia<l in it more of re i! interest than 1
have often seen developed in the same itutn- 1,1
her of persons.
The father of the family?alino-t too u
young to feel vet that lie was entitled t-> al
t it
milt IIUIIUWIUII] appellation WHS il ll'te,
frank-hearted young mechanic, with a wide "
vvurld of life bounding in bis vein*, an energy
lliat, when fally aroused, drove everything
violently before him, and a waiinth ! ''
of disposition that won him more friendship j
i than it had then given him the goods of w
this world. j ri
His wife, to whom he ha I been married ;
some four years, was singulaily beaut:ful. lG
They had two chihdren ? the one a laugh- cf
ing, browned-eyed and brown haired little al
fairy of three years Her name was Kvo w
loen. The second was a crowing, laugh ,n
I ing, blue-eyed, plump little beauty, of lo-- :i
I than a year, promising to have all the
j charms of the older at her age.
I was sitting one afternoon in a quiet ,n
little room, with my feet upon two chairs, Ct
roadinp .. pleasant little book, in a stale be- le
tweon asleep and awake?my host away at
his shop, a hundred yards oil", and my pretty l''
little hostess engaged in her liousehol I la
bora?when 1 was thrown out of my indo- "t
lenco by a scream that brought mo to my 0l'
feet liko an electric shock. It was a wo or
man's voice, and had in it an excess of
agonv that cannot ho indicated in words? l''
so loud that it rung over that quiet little I"
village, and brought every one forth to as- ; 0,1
certain the cause. ' ju
I sprang to the door that separated the , bf
sitting room from the dining apartments,;
1 Ulld MIW I I??? IV tlr.l.? ?l ? I I -
.... ... V> .. Mtriv IIV ? ^hlllUli I lit;
mother stood at the door wiili her lirst-boru, p'
our darling ICvoIeen, in her arm . dying. \ hi
luief and huriied word from the servant afi
told 1110 the sad story. The little girl had an
accompanied a child uncle up stairs, and ac
while the attention of the older child was w]
for a moment turned away, she seized a hi
buttle of corrosive sublimate iu alcohol, and an
had taken enough to have taken away all
tvvouty such lives. Tho little thing had "a
tottered down stairs, and the mother met uri
her at the landing with the empty bottle
in her hand, ami tho poison oozing from po
her inouth, and the child all unconscious of ali
tho thing sho had done. Was it any won- ed
der that a terrible shriek rang out over the he
quiet village, and that already tho occu- rei
pants of every house near were rusiiing to- str
wards the spot where the mother stood.'
Hut a few moments could possibly have i
elapsed sinco the poison was taken, and "S
yet tlio effect was already foarlul. After de
tho first shriek of terror, the mother had
quieted to a calin despair for tho moment, f,j
and stood with tho child in her arms, ma- t()
king no effort for its relief; ami, indeed, it se,
seemed hopeless, for alroady tho subtle poi- jiy
son seemed disused through tho frame; tho "|
brown eyes had lost their lustre, tho face was nn
blackened as in after death, and the teeth ,jr,
were tightly set in a convulsive spasm that
evidently would not pass awav. I oxam- <
inod tho little lost darling for a moment, J be
saw that it was hopeless, and then turned ' ed
away, unable to bear that mother's agony, i sh
"lJring me the egg basket?" lie upoko
iry sternly, almost without opening his
etli. to the servant.
"What ?lo yoti want of it!" "What
in you ilo with it!" "He's crazy!" and
any such remarks followed, but tho hasjt
was there in a moment,
lie r one of tho eggs, broke it, inTied
his lingers again bikweev ?' * teeth,
id wrenched them open by force, thougn
icy shut with so convulsive a motion as
tear the t1e-.li from his fingers, and pour1
the albumen into tho throat. There
as a slight struggle, nothing more, and
le spectators were horrified at the action.
"I>on'i! the child is dying!" said one.
"Please don't hint the little thing; it
in't live!" the mother found voice to say,
ying her hand upon his arm.
"Mary, he still!" ho answered sternly,
l.i !e his teeth were relaxing from their
eliciting, and hi.-* face as hard as if he
ere entering a battle; "and don't any ot
;>u meddle with me. Keep off!
The bystanders involm.taiilv obeyed,
it h many harsh remarks tip m It it cruelty:
ill he did not h - <1 them, and went on
Mother and another egg wns hiokcn, and
iil there was no -igu of life. I heii the
hole body o| bystanders Inose out into a
ud murmur, and cties of "Tho brute!"
,.?t the ohil-l die in peace!" "Ile is crazy;
ke the chil l away from liiui! ' were heard
onml him.
lie desisted for a moment from h's of
its. ami tinned with a fierceness which
id Iu-f oe a'togi tlo-r foreign to his
tlure. but no one wiiosiw him afterwaids
tg u it. ' pools!" he hissed, "mind your
,vn business, and |eive me to mine. Take
pr away will you? Try it!" And he
ent on eiiijitving egg after egg down tho
parentIV lifele-'s throat.
1 lie mother could staml this no longer
er first boin was being tortured to detlll
foe her eyes, and she imploringly filing
grse'f on her L m-.w !? - '
..... v , V. |viv .IVI timi'.UKl >
liter, who li'iiI that in mien*. arrived.
"O, father, do slop hint!" she gasped; "he
ill obey you; ?lo slop him. lie is loriung
thai poor, dying child.'
The grandfather started forward a slep
i interefero, for he, too, thought the profiling
an outrageous one; hut he stopped
td^suid, ''Mary, let him alone. The child
ill die it ho does not go on. It cannot do
ore titan die if ho does. I would not say
word to him for the world. The child is
>; let him use it at his pleasure."
I here was a silenee then. In a moment
'<ro lliero was a quiver of the eyelids, a
mvuhivo movement of the chest, and the
eth lost their tension. The father seized
? child, turned iter faeo downward, and
e poi on began to llow fioin her mouth,
gain and again, as the retching ceased,
i repeated the experiment; the life returnI
still more, the face losing it* black col
every instant. More t-.an twenty titties
bunion had h en administered, an I more
an half those limes followed by the ex
ilsioti of the poison; when the eyes open I,
the father desisted, the little sulForer lay
*t alive in his aims, c\hau*tel, its little
d terribly *!i ittered, bill saved!
Then, when the necessity for exertion
id determination were over?when llio
lysician had been summoned, and they
low that d irling little Kveleon might live,
ter many weeks of struggle between life
id death; when the relieve I friends had
knowledge.I thev had wronged him lir*t;
ion the beautiful and sorrowful wile ha i
esst I iii 111 through lior ki*-es and tears;
i?l all knew that, under (rod, only such an
most tierce dolor ruination could hive
Veil lIto child? then tho lather sal down,
inervod, and wept like a child.
Not as in "Little Sister Kveleen" did the
lisiin do ill fearlul otlice. Kveleen is
vo today, and her brown eyes are openupoit
a wont t'tho i |. I hit there is no J
?*ir in iny life that brings so thrilling a
collection as that of the young father's j
ugglo for the life of his child.
"Sally, whutlitnodo your folks dine?"'
oon as you go away?that's missus' orrs."
A letter was lately found, in which one
end spoke an freely of another, that it led |
an itreconcileable quarrel. "I am stirj ri ;
I," observed \V., "that such bitter hostil'
should arise out of so trivial a cause." ;
am not at all," replied .1.; "it is quite
tural; for a /Wc.uf becomes a /ir/W it yon j
op a letter."
A down oast poet thus immortalizes the
autiful river Connecticut*, "lioll on, lovConnecticut,
long bast thou ran, giving .
ad to old Hartford, and (roodotn to man!" '
Emigration.
As the fall adrancoa we daily see pi
signs that there is mi immense tide of e
gration turning to the West. Whether
is as had from other States as from this
know not; of one thing wo are sure, t
North Carolina is fast losing a largo port
of her most valuable population, liar
I a day passes but we soo a train of w:;g<
in our streets. The Salem press speakt
a large number who havo passed from I
i section via Wytheville. We should s
pose that the emigration from North Oh
lina this yoar would nrnount to some ill
sands.
Hundreds of those now going wost
breaking up from comfortable farms t
good neighbors to settle in an almost
civilized, certainly unrefined, portion
our country. It is true they obtain
goal for which they are striving?wealt!
! but it is at the expense of liealth and c<
fort. Their children, raised without soci
| aud education, will bo brilliant only in
use of the rillo and tlio bowie knife, i
whose guffaw and swaggering manner \
ever indicate the deficiency in the mind
Wo learn that there aro a tiumhei
young men hereabouts who speak of go
West. To all such, wo would say, sli
some sign of energy, industry ami tale
' in your own home, before you attemp
do so among strangers. And we wo
| warn them that they will not find in
! West that gold grows on bushes whenc
j can bo plucked without labor.
It has always been our opinion, and
i ways will be, that with energy and inn
! try a man may succeed as well in his o
{ State as elsewhere. It is true, though, I
t!ie?o faculties have been in the West
velopcd in some who never possessed th
beio?by their being there brought tou
destitution, and forced to work or
I >? -; .-rate di*oa?os required desperate re
dies.
In this connection wo will extract fro
private letter which has been sent us
publication.?Asfuvilfe (.V. C.) Specta
"l received a letter from you souie t
ago, in which you intimated a wish to cc
to Texas. I will give you iny own hoi
' convictions, after four years'experienced
i servalion.
1 have not boon an idle '"looker on in V
ice," but apparently ''half asleep" both c
. have been; at least half open. I could
you somo things, which n North Carotin
would scarcely believe. 1 will begin v
the good ami close with the opposite.
Voll Can bllV ill ibis ?- ?
. - ?" K
land as chii bo fouml in any count;
North Carolina at *3 to *5 per acre.
The water is as pure as any there am
healthful. You will liiul also a few g
lieineit, an noble, high minded and hou?
1>I?' as any in the world, but you will i
find a number ??If you can cc
to Texas with a few hundred dol
?enough ?ay to support you lw?
months, and bnv yon a tract of land,
ready cleared for cultivation, you may t
get along by hard work; othewise you
liiid youi^elf in the sintnip up to the iv<
If you can make a display of wealth, y
friends ('.) will be so numerous and so A
you will soon come to the conclusion t
you are a gr?-nt Ulan, and Texas the gn
est country in the world, Better, w
you come, leave or sell your education,
t'c as you may have, at half pr ce, and
liibit the proceeds, as soon as yon get h
, if you wish to conclude Texas a gloti
; country for awhile.
If you have the cash in hand you
get corn at ^1.50 per bushel, tlour at (U 1
! per barrel, sugar at six pounds per dol
| and cot fee, I believe, at live. Bacon
about IS cents. Another good thing
' tor as it goer. a good carpenter can g??t
. promise of S-.00 per lay and board h
self, with the privilege of receipting f>?r
money when lie receives it. Besides,
have the piivilege of saying what
please about other people, whether true
fals , provided no one kills you. I'll
h ive been only 'hirteen men murderer
. counties joining this one within the t<
peiiod of fifteen months, as far as 1 h
learned.
As you speak of teaching, I will toll ;
of the glory of the profession in T?>v>*
you wish to teach, come on, if you can s
I? ?rt vour family on promises, account!*, ?
provided you wish t<? remain only 3 t
months in one place, and provide ! you
prepared to please every man, every worn
every '/runny and yrnntcr who patron
you; for if you otfcnd one of tho dear li
ones, you ollotid all its kin.
This is a full country. The ordci
things is reversed. Children govern tl
parents, wives their husbands, credit
their debtors. This, too, is a very "km
ing" country. Il you buy a hen i
chickens, it will soon bo known fr
whom you bought, how mtt.li you pi<
isod t<> give, ?feo. Von would not
I here ten (lays before all your Height
would know about the sum of your est:
thev feel so much interested in your tOfl/i
Many persons believe any portion of
State more desirable than the place wh
tliey live. Others, who have land to *
have n > doubt of the 'Mixed fact" but ll
land is the best ami most desirable part
the whole State.
I hmi here, and wish myself away
much as you wish yourself here. I wo
rather ho the owner of, ami settled on,
little farm where t grew up, than to hu
owner of, ami settle I on, the host league
unimproved land I have soon in this St;
if required to remain on it. Whoro I
now living, iny nominal income has In
?l,<>00 a year. Il l have received $50
cash, I have received $50,000 for my wo
So if you come, you w ill have no trouhk
taking care of lite money you will receive
a teacher. I would i at Iter ho a teacher
any one of tho 10 Western counties of t!
State, than to ho President of the first t.
lego in this. If teaching is your obj<
stop before you start to this country; i
less you want to learn a few lessons ye
elf, of which you are now ignorant. \
know my manner of life: If I could, hi
paper at my fingers, and I wanted little else.
In Texas, where I have been most intimately
acquainted, learning is estimated about qq
jt as highly, by a majority of the people, as suml
red Irish potatoes are in your country; while (jie j
hat PeoP'e ',ere $'*00 f?r a of the po- j- |,t
tatoes which you could afford to cultivate t|(e j
.. at 20 cts. a bushel, ami make more clear BeasC
1 ^ money at the business than men can here wear
by cultivating corn at $1.60 per bushel. tixod
I have paid in Texas $15.00 per month lers ,
for boarding not half as good as I have had |ievw
11in Kast Tennessee for $4.00 per month, .j
Further, if yo i do coino as a teacher, never ,
ou- ,.,*? it i? an \ i
think of taking a school managed by a fop Si
"Hoard of Trustees." Hang on your own
^ j h'X?k, or stay where yon are and cultivate |t
Irish potatoes, rve, apples and a little com,
un , , 1 ? i / i u,eit
( feed a cow. and nourish a few pigs, and cost?
^ live on them; and you will never repent wj)Q
having gone to a new country, in order to ,jr)rri
1 make your chihlren rich without money or j?|es,
,"1* labor. 1 have givon yon in my own way, cam,
'jp my opinion of Texas. I havo told you the ,rraC(
,lli truth a# near as I can. I
*nd tr- i o > ? amp
len > irginians and Carolinians are dis- l||
satisfied to every one who is satisfied, and
' , wish they woro where they started. Not
P o! I T e . Ulltu
one have I seen from the tnountaiunus re- j
gions of those States who does noi wish lie
iow p^ j i .i J
v<( I
"V' If lift* and health t>e spared me, I intend ,i,?
lt?. ii , l,,<?
i i to C" back as soon as I can.
n d r, .... , . bai"
(l ( Many persons are in lexas who are not ^ ,
j satisfied, because the were deceived. If the j, " ,
whole population of any one of the seven |e|4l
^ western counties of my native State were ^ratl,
, here in tiiisconrity, with all its inconvenien- j,_r?
'"9- i i i i . t . e her0
ces, I would exchango it for any portion of ^iejt
hat lho South*rn country. busl!
ilo """"" Koir
em Whiskey Hoot, a
tier A Texas correspondent of the New Or- ccrl|
^'e* loans 1'icayune, writing from Corpus Cinisli,
is responsible for the following descrip- H(|t.
m a tion of vegetable whiskey. If true, we no ami
for longer wonder at the tide of emigration disti
(or. setting towards Texas: lrKl11
nue . , i - slyk
Some tunc ago i ^rote juu that tlicro ;
,nu was such a thing in this country as a oj. ^
'ib "w','8^ey root;" you disbelieved. I now
la'.ic my revenge by sending you the speci t (
men. It is what the Indians call "I'ie o- "w
lU ke." U grows in Southern Texas on the nQW
' ".* range of sand hills bordering on the Rio .
Grande, and in gravelly, sandy soil. The In- beju
dians eat it for its exhilarating effect on the verv
' system, pro?lucing precisely the same as al- .j.
^. coholic drinks. It is sliced as you would a . j
^ cucumber, and these small pieces chewed, J4j| j
' ,n the juice swallowed, and in about the same
. ^ time as comfortably light cock-tails would B^jr)
as "stir the divinity" within vou, this indicates ..
rOll .. . *r i i mi Ii
' itself: only its effects are wliat I migli t term .
jru* s j . hi ii
a little more k-a-v o r-t t n *7, giving rather
k ?? a wild r scope to the imaginations and ac- , .
uue , 1 , i- i i i i ? bach
I Hons. It can bo sliced and dried, and in a |R|
this way the Indians preserve it, then parch wbj(
' and serve it up as cutl'ee or tea. It is evil
' i( dently of cactus species, and it resembles e(,
c,. that more than anv other plant. I have ,,
will . . . 1 , liie i
, never seen this particular root mentioned in . ,
llSl. , i i i- .1 i ei1 "
any woik, and believe these?and specimens |
y mens I sunt to lho editor of the Southern je ^
Cultivator?to bo the specimens sent from tjoJj
i the Stale. I wish you would have these ^
lien Mnft'V6e<l? am* publish the result. I would ^
jj do this myself but for two reasons?1st. I J )t|j(
have no crucibles, chemicals teats, or con- I L
ex -
vemences for accurately making tl?e analy- ^aJM
sis; and 2d, even if I had, I don't kuow 011
oth * * ' tunc
now to uo it.
This plant is suggestive of much reflec- j
'r)l) lion to tho Southern man; it is n Southern
pioduct, and as such I am disposed to palar,
? r 1 poui
. ironize it.
at .. , , i Oi, I
ar l* rom its growing only among the rocky #j(0l
the 'la 's R oue' Rl1^ as such, l'in fonr
uii disposed to sympathise with it. fron
It heing of liome manufacture, wo can
Ills ?? , * silve
y u supply ourselves cheaper than sending to
( the North or elsewhere. ...
And just think of the advantage of a fel
i or | , J ... ... ? ame
r(i low hanytnj out his whiskey tu dry?a most (
j jjt decided improvement. ^et
r Think of the convenience of calling for Bin
^ a bushel oj whiskey', for its a going to j (
| knock wet measure into dry, thus?say a ^
bushel is 50 pounds, 10 ounces iu a pound,
you | ' ' ' - . is a
' j(- and 16 drachms in an ounce. this would Uj|.
t uiro 15,003 drachms to the bushel; or a ,
1111). n ' 7 I \\i\%
| bushel would givo one man 15,300 drains, I ^jl|e
' r ! 'r 15,330 men one dram each. And |jh
; rou can thus coiiveniciitly calculate from a .
are \ J. , ,. . , * . . nets
I single private individual up to a whole . ,
lan, i , 1 . , 1 ? look
jz ^ family, or to a?"general muster.
tile ?lS"'n? to l',e dealer; for it ^
settles definitely the question?what a dram j
r ( j- is. but now, some men say?"just pour j
i me out very little;" another will say? I ? ,
en i , J , J,, i-? a *mH'
. "oivo me a buck load ?which ineaus five , .
lors l -*? , * I oaro
1 lingers on a tumbler?as that is the mens- i
1)\V I <? j ;
I lire on his ramrod for n buck lo rd*," and ;
ttlu .1, , |,|* , . . i Hie s
i vet another will -av? i II take a yhissel of ,
om i i hi i ..o i t is a
whiskey. Under tins new "Southern In
>m- ? , . . .... succ
, slitute, a drams a drachm; and it one .
be , . .... i ?.i
<ir?tui i* not siiiiicic nt to line all the coats i , 15
"'rs e i II . .. i i- . ? ' nniii
of Ins stomach, lie cup just aay? duplicate, >
or?''cut mo off another peck," 01 "half 1
Initial," according to the *i/o of the itoin- ' c ",j,
ero M g I ry d
oil. ,, i i i nam
jr Hoy a are sometime* endowed wiln re,
mark able memories. We know a family t
ot . , . J and
in this citv, const-ting of one gnl and one .
hoy?the latter about seven years old. Til'. ,, (
a* i , I I H?ii!
nl ! w,,ro wllinQ one evening around the taole, , ^
(j engaged in telling each other how far back
j t thev could recollect. The little girl recob ..
t ' f lected when she had a "doll that cried."
The boy hpre *poke up, ami said lliat he ^ "L
(||j recollected worse than that, "llow worse?"
>t>)| chimed in half a do*en voice* in a breath 11 le
i m hv, I recollect four weeks afore I was rs
i. born, and I cne<l all the lime, for fear l\l ? ,1
u? o?,r '
i a* * was
in "Wlint, my fiiend*.' cried the Rev, Doc ,j,e .
hat tor ivnoxadus, as he preaclied on tho vani}0|.
ties of life?'what, my friends, ?? money!'
ict. And he gavo the p.ilpil an awful bang. Si
mi ' I wo per cent, a month,' cried Solomon I hi, ?
iur- WalUtreet, waking from a ?leep dream. TjnfT
'on bo looked around, and saw that he thro
%ve wasn't at the board, and that ho was a a,e ,
ju| moneychanger in the temple. .__Lihali
The Fashions.
Paris, Sspl. 34 184*.
le mode* for tbe coming trinter am ee-, <
ng, in style, a resemblance to tboee of
I Bill century. Pur lbs last few yoius
ly-powdered hair has been adopted by
udios of the court baut-ton; the coming
m it wilt be more generally worn. The
ing of hair-p?wder has been stigma- .
ns an uncleanly fatbionby many wrw
[>f the present day? but we cannot botiiat
women of rank, taste nad edtieawuuld
have over consented to wear
hing either repulsive or uftbecorarag
9 long a j>erioJ. It is certainly do? '
coining, for white, as it is ft mixture
II colors, harmonizes with all, ttd,
ifore, a white head-dress will suit any
ime. whether dark or light. Any one
has had the pleasure of seeing the dtslished
actress of the present, Madame .
y, in the costume of tire Inst century,
ot fail to have observed the beauty and
e of the powdered head-drees, of the
le skirts, laced sleeves, and rich stiff silks
o 18th century. The origin of tbe
on of hair-powder, which was intro<1
in the reign of William and Mary,
continued in use until the death of
ge the Third, has been accounted for
aiious ways: that it was used to give
appearance of age?to conceal gray
i?that a jester brought it from France,
A Into writer asserts that it was owto
the pa-sion for things classical prevain
that age. While the poets sang or
dated the praises of classical heroes and
ines, the cavaliers and dames powdered
* locks in imitation of the while marble
* and ?i!Hiiaiiu? iI<a? v 1-? e
. iiiqj wiuu^iu irum
ie, Florence, or l'ari?I
II chaussure is now high-heeled, and it
duly mid* stature. The full akirt forme,
t were, ;i basement to the pyramid of
>ery; the low waist shows the bnst to
intage; tho hair raised from the face
revealing its fair proportions, doee not
irb the harmony of color by an abrupt
sition from white to black. It is in the
i of arranging the back hair that the
ion of tho present day differs from that
he last century; then the bair was eol- .
id in rows or knots on the top of the
I, and the pyramid of arlidcial elegance
often terminated by an ostrich feather; ? i
, the fro;)' locks are raised, as tbey were
, to some little height over the fore1,
but the back tresses form e coiffure
low, almost lying on the neck?
he beautiful autumn robes fa?htO:;?d
dadame Kauvet, 4 Hue du Menare, ere
rimmed a quilles, that is with patterns
elret of satin down the sides of the
The corsages of walking dresses are
nade high. The shapes of sleeves are
great variety. That called the Pf?ic
it cut open, and hangs long at the
: of the arin. Another is composed of
-ge puff, forming a short sleeve, from
:h hands n deep frill caught up at the
t of the elbow. A very handsome one
itinly formed of graduated puffs from
shoulder to the wrist, where H is finish*
y a band. A mere dressy sleeve is
i* and open, being cut up the whole
(b in front of the arm. Tl is made
>le, and trimmed all round with a
e. Under this sleeve sre worn large
t ol tulle, trimmed with ribbon bows*
3rs are plain at lop, fastened by a wrfoti,
and trimmed in lh? same way. The
i is growing in faror daily. At on*
i we bee the fichu Marie Antoinette, of
k lace or richly embroidered muslin,
med with lace and ribbon to match tho
r or trimming* of the dress; or the fichu
taonr of guipure or embroidered organn
large flat plaits, drawn down on ih#
ilders and the middle of the buck, to
i a low body. The fichu is crossed in
t, and is fastened with a large gold or
ir pin; the ends fall on each side over
band.
he autumn bonnets displayed by MadAlphousine,
12 Rue du Helder, are
rally a mixture of crape, lace and volof
a light color, such as green cTftley,
te de I'hene, Rose de Che me, etc. Other*
> velvet crowns, with open-worked
K and are decorated with fringe. There
variety of new shades of velvet for winbonnets.
A lighter and brighter red
taken the place of grenal; the dark
s and greens are all of a lighter shade;
quantity of black lace with which bonare
trimmed would give too sombre a
to the coitfure if the velvet was of a
dark color. Feathers and rich velvet
era will be the favorite decorations,
ovening full dress, the novelty, as a
ure, is a kind of chaperon, formed of
II claret colored daisies, from which two
>ea of black lace full down behind,
lio last new pocket hnndkorchiof, from
-hop An Sublime Porte, line de la Paris,
small square cambric, bordered with a
? ?- - * 1
c--.-tun ui men insertions anci tiemn, each
l'l l?v a narrow lace; the lace which
Ire* the handkerchief must he wide,
ral inches deep. The round hatulker*
f, richly embroidered, is also in rogue,
he gorgeousness of all art'cle /jewelaily
mceases. The necklate*?an orenl
which will l>e much worn this win-bracelets,
Sei'iynes, agraffe*, wreathe
bouquets tor the coiffure, dec., now dieeJ
at the cstablisuumt An Negre, 10
levard St. Denis, are splendid ?]*cim?ns
duress, cornbinod with good taste.
'antkd a Discount.?Some waggish
leman yesterday sent to one of the
is a promissory not for discount. The
promised to pay the sum of tire do)*
at thirty days. The entire back
o document was covered with first class
irsements, and to leave no means unem- ^
ed to "get it through," a ten dollar bill
pinned to it. Whether the bank did j
taper or not remains to be wen.?Phil. -/
th American.
it art Hoy.?"John," raid a father to ^
on one day, whon he caught him shathe
"down" from his upjarr hp, "don't
w your shaving water out whers thsee
?ny barefooted boys, for they might get J