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Tiiut Uix'Vcuvii us iliu cha&u drew uigli; Then,03 tliujtf-ndmusl roca appeared, With oi? bra?o bouud the copse lie elrnrrd " "V* -ViS [Lady of the Lake, f. tt vras oo a briglil and cloud loss October morning, in .185-, that I found myself pacing easily along the Stale road in the upper portldti of Ohnrleslon District?iny Westley Richards thrown carelessly across ttaiaddfd'-bow ? a wallet of 4,vi vers" tied to the crupper, and a tickler of old Bourbon distending toy breast pocket. Pel, my tough little tackey, wnsdiuily swilcbiugaway 'V the gnats, against which my face was protected by an atmosphere of real of liava _ na; and Bounder, liillbuck, and old Nell, ' v whoso tongues had swelled tho chorus of a hundred chases, and howled the requiem of many a gallant hack, wore trolling along beside mo. The sun was warm, though tempered by a pleasant breeze, for the frost had not yet given to the planters its bond of security against the malum, nor sweetened the yellow clusters of persimmons which decked the road-side, and the autumn winds had scarcely commenced to despoil of their leaves the mo-s-covered pa triarcha of the forest. As I came in sight of tho "White Bridge," our well known rendesVons, I heard uo sound but my y horse's footsteps tbe waters ol the "raging cuiinwV were ut| iliuufHed, save by the occasional dip of a solitary kiugii-hcr, and all nature seemed at rest, except ilia eyes of the little gray srjuirrel, who peered at me from lire moss of an obi oak, as be drew [IU body Cautiously behind the limb to which ho c'utig. Finding myself tirst at tile meet, [ dismounted, hitched Pet to u . rail, mid throwing myself lit lull length 011 the bank, proceeded 10 suck the clump of illy sugar, and watch the graceful inolluus \ m mi osprev, who w is circhng in the blue ?ky, far above my head. Suddenly I saw * Bounder prick up hid ears, and Pet turned her head up the 'canal; and riving to my ^ feet, 1 caught lltu sound of a distant yt'lp, 4l.iU ? 11*> Was licsr.f llK-coln^m# hoofutitl liwr*.1' Kro the ee'i ",-i !i,t ! died :.?v. ?jJb^frKvT my own-horn, mi l mast widen cqado the ol?l v. - ' >>, 'to.! l?> .? moment more Torn tuition s puck flashed U[) tTlO ro:i i, :in I a* JtJ . o hi dog*, with c howl of vrelcotue, bounded. To ward t meet tliem, five horsemen catltere I up to the jhiidge. Header, allow ine to p oscnl you to my eamarades de la. ckasae. Thnt'sinall y man, with the black mustache ami hand some face, is Tom Cliftou. Tweutylhrec seasons have passed over his head, nnJ for thirteen of them lie has been a hunter. Thai (fire-devil chap, with the crooked nose and P4 . wicked looking eve, ja Kit Gilhim. Do you notice how awkwardly he sits his fiery chesnuti He can ride a thunderbolt bare-backed, or break the Wild Huntsman's demonsteed to harness. That broad shouldered giant, with a form like a Hercules, and a SrJ. iTi." LJ-- -x ? ' ? " - iiku tuu mujf ui guou ioiiows, is Ltr. Morion, who now ami then steal* u day from bis extensive practice to enjoy tbe spoil ol which he is so fond, and in the skilful pursuit of which lie has no superior, aud not many equals. The two ether figures are our uegro drivers: Tom Ulilton's John, tbe "yellow uigger" with the mustache, nod (f)o\. Dickson's driver, "Daddy Jeeitrs." Our salutations over, [ was soon oo my marc, And all ready for a start. "^lallo, Jeems, said I, missing Col. Dick son's honest face, "whero's your ma-iler?" "Maussa say him will wait for yon up to Peacock ole lielJ; an* he link you better .dribo d?t fust." "What do think of it Jeems?" "I 'spec you better tek dat for tlio fust dribe, sir; one dubbit oh a buck been in dare last night; I see all he track gwine in, an' I uebber see none coiue out; so I 'spec \ Jie lay in do saplin' field now." "Very well, Juems," cbiiued in Ton), ''you and John go bead tho drive; we'll give you plenty of lime before we take up It , the stands." IJ'opping their whips, and calling the 4ogs, the boys set ulf at a round pace for tbe bead of the drive, while we turned our horses, and proceeded slowly towards tbe stand*. "Kit,"said Tom, as we were about to start, . we've got. plenty of time; lot's ride a j>iece I op (be bank And ki'l tbat old 'gator."* m ^'Orator!" responded Kit, iucredulously. V What do you mean? Who ever heard of ! seeing n 'gator in October?" . "WHv, I have! there is an old fellow up [ the bank nine feet loeg? if he's an inch!" L "Fool who!" was the skeptical response. "liot a mocking-bird's nest some ffheie, ^ ain't you?" ^ "You mny faugh as you please; but old I scales never goes into winter quarters be* I fore hard frost; and I've seen him out soiue I ibot days in December." L "Well, may-be s<>; but we'd better not go r now, for if we shoot, it will scare tire buck, AMigttwr. ^ U ' ' ald^hi^lrtarted, be won't slop. iht$.*ide of ^ \ v 4 *^ of t?D minutes brought us< to the ' WoM^Knd after a few minutes- more, ?lti p<H?t ^ adjusting th^stomfc, 0 ; ?W?iu tied up bob?dtfu^ut?J?n?k- Hf Ot, some two hundred :ynrde out of Uie qu djjivfl.^Mid walking-truck to sounded the "buck-load" <>!' 6?xfeeu whist,l?rsinmy righl-baiid bar/e!, 4?d the groen 0v< Elegit my left, put ou fresh coppers, and. tknt throwing my gun across my shoulder,"walk- ha ed to and fro, impatiently listening for the cot i?ogs; but I heard no sound, except the dis- J 0f ~tant shouts of the boys, as they, rode about wl . Cheating cover and cheering tho dogs to biv hunt. Suddenly, three or four quiok-y^ips, ton followed by a burst of , music, brought me mj to a stand; but, alas for tho futility of human expectations! above the clamor of the lor dogs, came the crack of a whip, and Jeeto's bu voices mellowed by thedistarice, was beard Sti in angry tobes: yo "Couie back, yali! you good-for-nuttin', iht cussed, little rabbit-dog, youl l sway bri inaussa bab for shoot da puppy,'fore be; Bo spile ebery dog in tho pack!" ey< "Confound the puppy," muttered I, as 1 wa turned, to resume ray walk; but ere i had Wfl taken a single step, my attention was rico- |,ia ted by another sound?"yow oo-ooP What 130 is there in that atlvory cry that sends the ha blood bounding through every vein, aud pU( stretches every norre to its utmost pitch! Wo Reader, that is Bounder's trail note, and *ii there's game afoot. Listen, now, for Nell j,ei and Killbuck. There they are! the soft tw< soprano of the one, and the deep doublo- i0 bass of the otli6r, mingling musically with y0j Bounder's tenor. Nearer and nearer comes aj0 the cry, and still that broken, quavering oa tongue tells that the buck is still croucbing ,nn in liia bed, vainly hoping that the infernal aJo clamor?for such to his ears must it be? 8U( wdl sweep pa?t him, as he cowers beneath p0( the brushwood. Nearer and nearer, till I njd can seo the gleaui of old Bounder's snowy fu8 throat, as hu howls out his excitement, aud |iQ suull's up the warm scent, and still they are ,j;l| only trailing. Excitement was beginning y0| to give way to bitter disappointment?for I y0| was now sure the buck must have sneuked wj, out of the drive before I reached my stand wa ?when, hark! what a burst! The cry tj,t opened at a little gum-thicket, not a bun- tnc dred yards from where I stood. In dashed fH|| the dogs at one side, and out burst tue buck CU1 at the other. For a single instant, he stood be; undecided?it was but an instant?and he wh was off with the speed of light; hi* spread- olJ itig antlers laid back upon his outstretched |m neck, and his while dag streaming in tho ol, breeze behind him. I was standing per- jjc fdClty motionless, and he wnw too much oc- lor cupied with the clatncr behind liim to ob- t0 *rve me; and as he dashed by within forty yards, ! picked up my guir mid'tired. The ,u,i buck bungled for a few yards, fell, recover- \\ eJ, and tinallv pitched headlong on the (et: nrriitiviil rvuua aiiu .1 >1? ?--1 1Q.VM.iv., ^M?V vim wiiTuisiiu Buuuuert miu the next instant my blade was in his throat.' yo As th? >?arni blood flowed freely troni the ,ugash, I looked up for the dogs to com**frlr ere and take their share, TomJt-**,,,T,?^10,111 tlu there was not oiiong^w-*'1^*? ^ raised my w|, head, I CAUgli*^5 cry? M il >' l,or? dowi1 wh towW-^J "odor's stanil, I now perceiv. t|al -e*f*wbut my excitement had prevented iuu ej from noticing before, i. e.t that another deer cu, had juin'ped up before the dogs, and while wj, they followed him otT, running by sight, jy, my buek lutd slipped off tinperceived, and in the confusion of his terror, had become r0t2 separated from Iris compauion?probably ^hr hii old doe. I leaned on my guu and lis- ^n toned to the receding ory, when bang! bung! wj| came thu souud of the Doctor's barrels, and ijfi a*.I w.;s still, Delete I had finished reload- blu ing. I heard ihreo notes of a horn?the wj. well known signal of "meut in the pot.'' I lo raised my horn to my lips, and returned \jy the signal; and dragging my i|uarry to the un. foot of a blasted oak, I mounted L'et and tmj rodo for lire rest of the party. Upon arri-. ving at the Doctor's stand, I found them t|K all siitiug on their horses, contemplating the jc, frit carcass of a fine old dde, which hung w|j from the branch of a neighboring oak. l0C "Isn't she a beauty, Dob!" asked the on Doctor, as 1 rode up. ra(J "P.?iIc !!.?? I'll -" ? - j * ollv^t* jtuu n ra, j pair of horns, t>y and by, will make her wft i bide Iter diminished bead." John wa* soon despatched to press some ces trasb or bbingle carl into service to curry w;( home the deer; and taking "Daddy Jeems" (so christened by lvil Gillam, though tiot ,0t over eighteen years old,) wo proceeded to jlo< lake the next drive; but the dogs went \je through it without once opening. Nor was ^ our succeeding olfort more successful; for MIM though the dogs trailed about for nearly an brc hour, they finally left the drive without ?t. starling. Tired of this kind of fun, we agreed to defer the rest of the hunt until era afternoon. So, seeking a shady nook near ?pr a small but limpid stream, we were soon ^oi stretched out ut ease, and preparing to m? gratify the wants of the inner man. wj, "Hallo!" cried Kit, who had been busily grt) engaged in making a drinking cup of his j;,r horn by tilting a stopper to the small end grc of it, "who's got a foyram,V iV p My mouth being just then "too full for the utterance," I silently banded him my flask, ing "Ah) that smells natural, now. Gentle- cur men, here's to General Jackson!" and he life tossed off a bumper of the pure stuff. cur "Kit," mumbled Tom, through bis busy spo jaws, "you never told us how your nose me got spoilt." the "Confound yon," was tho gruff rejoinder, rug "I've told you a dozen times?I fell down ke< and stepped on if," trie "Wbeul" hot "When I was so years old." It an Satisfied with this circumstantial account bri< of the accident, we all relapsed into silence, 1 And for a few momo^ls nothing was heard the but the crunching of our molars, while the Urc boys' chances for a dinner oil' tho relics grew 1 "beautifully less." dol "Colonel," #aitl f, at length, tossing away cbe (be used up drumstick of a cold chicken, yo\ 'give us that long-promised yarn about mo your adventure with the "Spirit Doe of St. ' Stephens.'" fart - .!' y.V'? ' .> "r/ + l* <f,"* V.fc , ' ? ? , . <*. V Mr .' # , let's lake ft fiupfly Of cotrro ^Udf^wia no objection to ilxts; , after ^wnainij?4 all rouml, we lit our tvAnaa, and listened to tire'"old ipan cloout." ' TUU colonbl'a orouv. ' "I suppose you-all know tbrtl to almost >?y plate where deer-are busted, the ne old story is, current"of a spectral buck uutingsotne particular drive; modified, of )fse, to toil circumstances and'the tastes tbo narrators. Well, up in St. Stephen's, ieo I lived there, some too vents ago, we d our veision of the legend; and as yon iy note; have hoard it before, I'll preface ( itdventure with the tale. Many years ago?perhaps a century, or >ger?wnen the Catawba tribe of Indians uted over tho northwest portiuji of .our ite, there was among them a beautiful uog girl, daughter of the bead chief of 5 nation, who was known among the ivos by the title of O mait o rec, or the unding Fawn. Her black aud lustrous js were mcro terrible to tho Catawba riiors than tbo watch-fires of a bostilo r-tfarty; aud rrtauy a warrior, who puffed i calumet in stoical iodifieienco when the unduig Fawn passed near him, would ve given his wealth of horses aud warn id, despito his affected stolidity, if she >uld have consented- to share his lodgo lb him. I3ut iu vain did they- aspire to r hand. "'tor pipe was smoked booen her father and tho elder brnveS, but no purpose; nod many a ono of tho linger warriors walked the war path no, in search of some gallant Adventure, which to base his claims?aud still Oin o-reo remaiued a maid. \Vi? bus pa tie, of all tho young braves, had never d for her baud. Be was young and jr, but he was proud, and he knew that spirit could never brook the scornful real, which he felt suro would be his lot if dared to ask tho War-Eagle for his lighter; for Wa-hus-pa's faco had never .-felt tho war-paint, and no hostile scalp . decorated his belt. But the panther-skiu licit screened the entiance of his lodge s larger by a hand's breath, every way, tn any in the village, aud the grizzly (lister from which it had been tout, had len before hie hunting knife in single ubat. Twico had ho despoiled the she ir of her cubs, ai.d slain her tvith his axo en she rushed lo avenge her loss. The i men looked with pride on his athletic lbs and splendid form, H9 he sat naked his horse, armed for the chase, and pre :ted that the fearless and successful hun would some day become a thunderbolt the enemies of tbo tribe. "I sslft tlmt W? kiM (m Lad liqY^r ule suit' for tbo Bouudiug Favvti. hy, then, did tho eye of the maiden glUt Willi pride, when she looked on the iccasins, the bolt, and the quiver of the ung and saw that they were formrtoin the spotted coat of the beautiful aluro whose namo she boie? or why did ? blood go bounding to her dusky clieck, eu she glanced at the spear-statF, which * planted in front of his lodge, and saw ugling from it his'medicine hag1 of stuff fawn skin! On tho other hand, whence ne that daily tribute of lidi or venison, ich was laid hy some unseen hand at the or of the War-Eagle's lodge? And on it bright July morning, wucu O man o i was waked from Iter shady slumber on i hank of the Catawba, by tho wellown dreadful rattle, and sUkhI transfixed lb horror at the sight of tho hideous rep>, which was preparing to give tho fatal iw, whose nervous arm and unerrim* nvi< # ; -r^ ? "J " iged the shaft which pinned tlio num&ler the oak, at whoso base ho was coiled? my tt*ked those questions, but none could iwer them, till the War-Eagle arose one >rning, and culled iu vain for O man o i to till his pipe. "Shu is bathing with i maidens," said the chief; but the mails had not seen her. Nor was it until a isper reached his ear that Wahus paJ >, wju missing, that the truth Hashed up her father's mind. "Then was there luuting iu hot haste," and the war-whoop ig through tho nucestral piues, as the rriors scouted otT in pursuit, lint oven; brought them back again, with no traof the fugitives. Tho old chief foamed ,h rage and sorrow, and his brother, tho >phet of the tribe, donned his mystic ?e, and with spoils and incantations wlod out his cuise upon tho Hying pair, an white, Walt us pa's stout geldiug had rue the lovers gallantly on. Three days J nights, with scarce an interval of re*t, tught them to the neighborhood of old Stephen's'church, and bote the noble od gave out. Weary and faint, the lovagrecd to rest here for awhile; and ending his panther robe beneath a thick' jghed holly, tho young bravo placed On o-ree upon it, and left her to slumber, 51 ^ ? - l no no wauuereu on in search ot some ao for a meal. Ho had not proceeded , before he came upon 11 lovely, halfiwti doe, reposing beneath the shade of lolly; quick as thought, his shaft was oti i siring, and the next instant was quiver\ in her heart, lie sprang forward to soe his quarry, and before hi in lay the less form of his bleeding bride! The so of the prophet had followed him; the ill was upon his souses. Ifn gated a moil t upon the horrid sight; then, tearing i> garments from his l>ody and limbs, bed into the depth of the swamp, a naI, howling maniac, and nono hare seen a co of Wa hus-na since, lint from itmi Ir, the While Spirit Duo of St. Stephen's i haunted the holly bush by tho old sk church." 'liravo! Colonel!" cried Torn, knocking ashes from his segar, "you've almost ught tears to my eyes." 'Now, kind friends," drawled Kit, in eful tones, "we'll g>ve you a werry paitic tehorus, iu behalf of this tltiforiiriit ing inadine and her lover, the young niac." 'Hush! you heathen! nud let us hear the :e After the tragedy." ] "It's a short story, boys, and soon told," ' rejoined the Colonel. "1 was out fira bunting ono night, with old QuarfeoO? pfeaco to bin ashes!?carrying-the ligbu W? had walked a Ibng "Way without; seeing wiyIhiog, and twelve'o'clock found us near the churclf on our way home. 'Maua&H,' wbia pared Quarcoo, creeping neardr lo me, *1 spec yob better go todder road; you find too much mod bog 'long dlft way.' 'Why, i' Quarcoo,' saiil I, 'I believe you're scared?' ;i 'No scare, maus-a, but be mighty bad luck for fire-hunt 'bout de old holly-tree.' 'Come on,' rejoined 1; 'may be we'll gut a shot at the old viliite doe/ 'Ki! inaussal you neb . ber to talk dnt wlvy! Ef you obber raise your gun at dnt deer, you sure to be dead in less limn tree week!' I paid lio aUenHon to him, but kept on, until suddeuly a rustling to my left arrested me, and made me look around. 1 was within twenty steps of the old haunted holly, and there, directly under it, were visible a pair of eyes, ' reflecting the flicker of the burning pineknot, which almost fell from Qunrcoo's trembling hand. I mi) not superstitious, f but u -strange feeling came over me, as I looked at the eyes. Could the story be true? Was there really a'spirit deer!' Ju-t lliftn tho torch shot up u tongue of flume which, for an instant, illumined the tree. 1 caught a momentary glance at the deer, and, to my mnaz.'ineiit, saw that it teas white! lioys, I have said I was not superstitious; but had iny adventure ended here, 1 should, to iny dying day, have been a firm believer in spirits. 1 tut, frightened as 1 was, 1 intended to see it thtough: so, muttering to invself Othello's remark in a somewhat similar dilemma, which, by some uuaccountable means, came into iny luiud at tbo moment: 'if that thou be'st a devil, 1 cannot kill liiee, I mined my gun and fired. The scuffling that followed showed that 1 had to deal will) real flesh and blood; and rusliing up to sec what I had done, there V lay my owii imported merino in OS, worth two hundred dollars, if a cent! 1 gave Quarcoo the carcass, on condition he would iiover breathe u word Mboul the niniter, and promised him a sound thrashing off if he should ever tell it?and, troys, I hureu'l fire-hunted siuce!" The Colonel having spun his yarn, we rose to prepare for recommencing our hunt; but the wiud had sprung up, and the dining clouds warned us to be satisfied with our sport for the day. So, appointing a day for our next meet, and taking a Dartiin? horn all o a " " round, we separated, and each of us struck u lope lor our respective homes. So ended the day's hunt. The Manufacture of Words. The following sensible remarks are extracted from a clever paper iu FrasorV Magazine: No permission has been so much abused in our day as that of Horace for the manufacture of words, lie allows men to mould one now <iiul then, with a modest discretion and caution; but lie is addressing poets, not venders of patent leather or dealers iu marine .lores. Would be not have stood aghast at the term "antigrophylost" Would it uot puzzle a Scaliger or Boutley? It is time, we protest, to [nit a slop to llie&o vile coiiiHgos, when every breeches maker 01 blacking manufacturer invents a compound word of six syllables us expressive of bis wares. Ladies do not Wear petticoat, nowadays, but crinolines. What is their now name for iraiici.-l Men do not ri?l? nn imrcn. 1-baok as aforetime?they take equestrian exercise; women iiro not mutiicd like theii grund-inoilit'.rs ?tliuy aro lead to the hymonial altar. A books. Her, forsooth, becomes a bibliopole; and a servant is converted into a manciple, barbers do not sell tooth-powder and shaving soap, as their fat hois did, but odonto, and dentifrice, and rypophagon; hair-wash has passed away?it is capillary fluid; can any one tell us what is the meaning of "diagnosis''as applicable to disease? If it Iras a signification at all, we will guarantee to tind half-a-dozen Saxon monosyllables expressive of the same idea, Medical gentlemen, too, talk of phlebotomy; ; we know that it has some connection with : blood letting, and, for our own part, we a!I ways associate the term with a night we Olico spent between the diet-:-, all alive < >! in an Irish hotel. Who would Itclieve that "epistaxis" means simply bleeding it the uose? Fancy one schoolboy doubling his tint, and telling another to "look out for epistaxis?" hat is meant by this fasbiona blo wool "uj-thelics?" Wo lako up the tint book within reach, and open it at random. It is William Wordswuitli, it biography, by Edwin Paxlon Hood. Well, what do we road? "l'?y aesthetic biography," bo mi)*. "is simply intended a life in ideal altitudes." Simply intended! bid ever mortal man lis ten to such verbiage run mad/ What, j again, are we to understand by these words j "objective" and "subjective," which every < goose with bis sham metaphysics has now-a days oa his lip-? Mile vh. Uam.?A friend some few days since made us laugh "consumedly," by relating the following: "Not loug since, our frioml b?? , o< , Mobile, was on a visit to book Out Mountain. (ieorgia, and was much stiuck with i the fact that a fine jet of water was thrown j up above the lop of the eminence on which the Hotel stands. He knew it was brought from far below, but he was curious to know l?y what mechanical contrivance. Walk ing round tho jet admiringly, he accosted ? i.:. ........... i ?v<.u-tiviuuti |>01110 ana rattier precise way?a plain countryman, with; 'My friend, is this water forced uj> hy u UamP?moaning, of course, the hydraulic contrivance so named, Ram!' exclaimed the countryman. 'I say Ham!" 'No, si;. It's a dern oig muck, and hard work at that. Ooino here, and I'll show him to you!' And suro enough, friend It??? did, from a different point of view, get a sight of the quadrupedal hybrid working the machinery, and agreed that it was pretty 'hard work.' "?Montgomery Mail. ML J Origin of the Sub-Treasury. The Admirable working of ihe Sob- $ Treasury scheme, under the first monetary .j crisis which has occurred since lutalrodiic-. ! lion, has made it important that its author should he known and have tiie credit due for ( l so wise a measure. The following, from ?tbe Washington correspondent of Ihe Charles- J ton Standard, shows to whom this honor belongs, and among tlio names of iu early defenders nnd friends wo are pleased , to note the uaiuo of lion. Francis W. Pick- i ens, the prominent candidate for the (Jot- i 1 led Stales Senate, as successor to Judge i Sutler: 1 Every thing now connected with the SubTreasury is of peculiar interest?for this new system of financial policy has worked like a charm during tiie present money crisis over the country. In 1637, when a suspension of banks was general over the , whole country, there was hardly a sound spot upon which to staud, while trying to ( 1 rebuild their shattered institutions. (low different is tho caso now! As the leservoir 1 furnishes a constant supply of pure nnd . healthy water, so does tho Sub Treasury ol tho country, by pouring out a supply of specie in its legitimate operations, nourish and support all the great interests of the country, while the banks and banking institutions arc undergoing a system of purification, as necessary for their owu health us for the good of the community. But with whom did the idea of a SubTreasury, now so popular, originate. Some ' say it was the natural offspring of the financial crisisof 1637?others, that it sprang jroin Col. Bentou's hard money doctrine, i during the time "Benton uiinl drops" were more talked of lhau handled. I know it to have hem of still earlier origin, and think I-can give you the true source whenco emanated the grand scheme. In the years of 1833-134, the Hon. Win. F. Jordan, then a member of Congress from Virginia, and while the favorite "Pet Bank Bill" of tho Jackson Administration was under consideration in the IIouso of Ifcenrasait. 1 '** talivei<, moved to strike out all of tlio bill after the enacting clause, aud insert: 4*Tlmt from and afier the day of in the year , the Collectors of * public revenue at places wheie the sum collected shall not exceed the sum of dollars per annum, shall be the agents of the Treasurer to keep and disburse the suras, aud be subject to such rules aud regulations, and give such bond and security, as he shall prescribe for the faithful execution of his of tice, and shall ieceivc, in addiliou to the compensation now allowed by law, per centum on the sums disbursed, so thai it doc? uvt ovrred tbe sum nf dollars per annum. Section 2. And be it further enacted* That at places where tho amount of public rovenue collected shall exceed the sum of dollars per annum, there sIihII bo appointed by tho President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, receivers of the public revenue, to be Agents of the | Treasurer, who shall give such bond and se. curity to keep and disburse the public revenue, and be subject to such rules aud regut latiuns, as the Treasurer may prescribe, and shall receive for their services -? per centum on tho sums disbursed, providoJ it does nrt exceed the sum of dollars poranuuin. Section 3. And be it farther enacted, . That from and after the day of the wliolo revenue of the United Stutn* d?. ' ~T | rived from customs, lauds, or otherwise, shall bo paid in the current coin* of the United States." On tho question, "shall iho bill be so unleaded" it wa* decided iu the oegative: ' Ayes 33, nays 101. ! Those who voted iu the ntHrmative, and : who stand recorded on the pages of our n.v i , tioual history as the thiriy-three original \ Siib-Tieasury n.en, in fa*or of divorcing i i Hank and State, were; John Quiney Ad- !' 1 ams, Mass.; Ileninn Allen. Vt.; John J. All; len, Va.; Chilton Allen, lvv; Win. S. Ar! cher, Va.; Noyes Barber. Conn.; James M. II. Heale, Va.; Martin Bcuty, Ky.; Robert IS. Campbell, S. C; N. II. CI liborue, Va; Win. Clarke, I'.t; Aug. II. Clayton, (in.; A:nos Davis, Ky.; Thomas Dea von port, Va.; I Kdinund Deberry, N. C.; Thos. F Foster, (la.; linger L. Gamble, Va.; Jame< II. i ihoUon, Vn ; Win. F. Gordon, Va; John u. Gritlin, N'ortU Carolina; Jas, X>. Heath, Mil ; Robt. I'. Letcher, Va.; Dixon II. Lewis. Ala.; II. C. Martindale, N. Y.; Win, McConias, Vh.; Francis W. Pickens, S. C.; John Robertson, Va.; David Spanglor, < )hio; John N. Stee'e, Md.; Win. P. Taylor, Va.; Richard II. Wilde, Ga.; Lewis Williams, N. C; Henry A. Wise, Vn. Si-ukokon and Si.avkky.? An Ameiicaii ' minister called upon Mr. Spurgeon, and t - in nit] conversation, titut li?] liml a I congregation in the stale* of 3,000 people. Spurgeon: Ami have you blacks in v>>ur congregation? Jonathan: Oil, ye*. And do you all worship together, or hate you r partitions and curtain*? Oh, the brack* are behind a curtain. And do you lako the Lord's Supper **itli the black* behind a curtain? Oh, yes. Now, sir, do you know what a monomaniac in? Oh, ye*. Well, I air, I'm a monomaniac?a monomaniac oil the subject of slavery. (And Spurgeon dashed hi* hand into his pocket, and bringing out his penknife, opened it.) Ye*, sir, I'm a perfect monomaniac. I'vo no control ! over myself, sir; and if you stay here ten minutes lunger, I may put this knife into your hypocritical bosom. So I want you. He oil! bo oil! I feel it rising in me. He | off, I say! (And ho hustled Jonathan to tho door, nervously handling hi* knife alt the while.) "And did you really mean lo stick the fellow?" said the friend to whom ho related tho story. "Why, no," said he, "perhaps not quite that; hut I'm going to America before long, and 1 wanted them lo know, beforo I go, that they won't humbug mo about slavery."?Qattshcai Observer. Jefferson's Portrait o( Washington. I The subjoined sketch of the life, charac Ler *nd servicajrof (leuem! Washington, i. from the pen of Mr**Jefftrcon. and i? to U fouhd in A letter of hi* to Dr. Walter June* dated at Monticello, January ?JJ, 1814. 1 it a powerfully Uia.wn picture, and bcinj Bnliretjr free worn fulsome panegyric, or at Leinpt at exaggeration, we cotnioemi it t< itle careful attention of our reader*, a* em bodying in A short space all (hat need U said of that great and good man. U i written in tile conc.se and vigorous ?ty!< for which its illustrious author w*? no re markable, and is-worthy of being treasurer in the memory of every admirer of tb "IfallnefT' pf hie country," or the iininorta writer and signer of Declaration of In dependence: I think I knew General Washington in lirnntely and thoroughly; and were I c*lle< on to delineate his character, it should be it terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, with otft being of the sery first order; hi* pene tration strong, though not so acute a* tha of a Newton, Bacon or Lpcke; and, a* fa as he saw, no judgment was ever BO Ii<!ei It was slow in operation, being little aid ed by invention or imagination, but ?ure it conclusion. Ileuco the common remark of bisoflicer* of the advantage ho derived from council of war, where, hearing all suggestions, h selected whatever was best, and certain!; no general ever planned hi* battles inor judiciously. But if deranged during lb course of the action, if any member of hi plan was distracted by certain circumslau ces, lie was slow in a rejiutiueut. The cop ^uquuiice wan mat lie often failed in lie field, awl raroiy against an enemy in tin lion, as nl Boston or al New York. II was incapable of fear, meeting persona dangers wills the calmest uncon era. Perhaps tlio strongest feature in his char actcr was prudence, never noting unli every circumstance, every consideration was maturely weighed; refraining if ho ?nv a doubt, but when once decided, goinj through With his purpose, whatever obsts cles opposed, ilia integrity was most pure bis justice the most indexible I have ove known; no motives of interest or consan guinity, of friendship or hatred, being aid to bias liis decision, lie, was indeed, ii every sense of the word, a wise, a good, nn< a great man. ilia temper was naturally irritable am high-toned; l>ut reflection and resolutioi had obtained a firm and habitual asccnden cy over it. If ever, however, it broke it bonds, he was most tremendous in hi wrath. In his expenses he was honorable, but ei act; liberal in contributions to whaleve promised utility, but frowning and unyiehl ing on nil vUinitary projects, and all uu worthy calls for chanty. Ilia heart was nu warm in its affections, but he exactly calcu latcd every man's value, and gave him solid esteem proportioned to it. llis j.ei sou, you know, was fiue, his stature exnctl; what one would wish, his depvtirruul easy erect and noble; the bent horseman of hi age, and the most graceful figure that couli b? seen on horse-back. Although in lb circle of hi4 friends, where he might be uu reserved with safety, ho look a free shai in conversation, Iris colloquial talents wer uot auovti mediocrity, possessing tieithe copiousness of ideas, nor freedom in th uso of words. In public, when culled on for his opinion! lie was unready, short find embarrassed Yel lie vviole readily, rather diffusely, in ui easy and correct stylo. This he had :ic quired by confersution with the world, fo his education was merely reading, writing aud common arithmetic, to which he uddei surveying at h Inter day. His time was employed iu action childly reading little, and lliul only in ngricultur and English history. His cnriuspdiidcltC became ftecessaiily extensive, and, will jotirnaliziig his agricultural jnoceedingoccupied most of his leisure hours in doorOn the whole, his character was in its masi perfect'?iit uutluug bad; iu lew p..iuts iti different; and it may truly be said, thn never did nature and foilunvcombine utor perfectly to make a man great, and |?l;u Iti in in the same constellation with whutov er worthies have merited fituiK man hi everlasting remembrance; for his was th singular destiny atid merit bf fending'the ;u iniea of his country thiough an arduotr war, for establishment of its iudcpcndeitci of conducting its Councils throqgji the birtl of a government, new iu its form-and prin ciples, until it had settled down into aumt aud orderly tmirflj and of rcru, nloud obeying the laws through ilia whole ?-t hi career, civil and military; of which die hi: lory of the world furnishes ? o odier exam pie. I felt on his death, with my country liuen, that "verily a great man liSth this da fallen in Israel." UulCK-MAKIN'tt MaCIUNK.? JC t t!i?' hit Exhibition of tho American lii-uit.uc K.iti Mr. WuoJ, of Hartford, exhibit.- 1 hi th fust lime a remarkable but contii vance lor making dl bricks and ?ir ?rWtftg tile Tho clay is in a large open box .>r hopper, in side of which is it revolving wired will knives, shaped like llin lctt?*r S. I'?v mean uf llii-* wheel, which ha? a dmiblu MOiinti and may l>e worked either l?y hand, !n>rs< or steam power, the day it dripped Hp an kneaded, the separation of ?>ti.iiw? and othe extraneous substances in effected, and tli clay is then forced into mould* by a gien pressure, and delivered on each side of th machine, ready to be dried. A lady belonging to tbo "Ion" ill Sett) pi *ille, New Vork, having purchased a raser one of ber neighbor* asked ber why ?b thought of buying such an ugly and u?? less bird. "My husband and I," vaid ftlu "wished to try the experiment whether n vens li?e to the ago of seven or eight hud dred years." If you ask n lady to walk out with yuj, he fir-t looks at your dress, and tb* thinks of }jer owi). Dodging a Constable. . Ashoville must be a great place cluriiA^SwSSCSf^ court, as will be seen iu tbe following fi i'(BT^ 1 > jr^ [ Nearly all the lawyers ou the Circuit . here, and a tremendous crowd of outsidjfilr^^all^UCSp . ?speculates. iiinerant merchants, |^rljK|fe&dEa^'\,* j men of leisure, Jews, Gentiles, and habitants of llie lull country round abeftt.t * l> Money! mount!! is the cry heard un^aJP-V: n sides. Several sad eavos hate occurreilMftw' * B der our own observation. Take one cv sample. A long legged constable lie)dS?^-t* I uglv document La-ginning, "You are Q commanded to take the laxly "f.^?38fcB: I against an unfortunate indi*idunl. I stable bad trailed liiin all day, but fui^fljZr iL$c**0*-" s >iis satisfactory to himself, no dould, . debtor dodged liiin. Severn' limes therjlfr? I gal pursuer thought he had his victimV"', j hut like Patrick's tlee, when lie put hie&o-> *' ger on him "be wern't thar." Finally losing " all patience, constable determined, h Capt. Bolts, to "head him or die." ' M : t eyes |>?elcdt every muscle sprung, and-de* r termination to conquer or die wriaeu^uu his face, lie again started in pursuit. Bound j the Court House, among tbe cake wngou*, ? ( through lliu crowd, along Liquid Bow, iu at iho front and out at the back, by a "ctt. cuinguiijtilow" doubling the square again, J until filially law triumphed! Debtor caved, ^ wind broken and sore footed, he surrendered gracefully, reposing his weary limbs ujw on an empty goods box. Constable drew l> his "weapons," figured out tho"prin.," "int.." s and with a benevolent smile handed it over for the inspection of his victim. Debtor looked at it, and in a bland lone said, "aU " . " " u ngm, proceeuing ;ii mo same tune lo draw his "calf skici** Mini count out the required p amount. Constable sal by, abroad grin of I satisfaction and good nature overspreading bis countenance. Through with the operation, debtor handed pile over to colisla* I b!e, wlio in turn proceeded lo ascertain that all was right. A sudden pnllor overspread J his features as he turned over the bills and his etc rested upon 'Ocooe." "Bank of Jef> fersoa," "Exchange Bank," Ac. Gasping for breath, he hurriedly exclaimed, "No j money but this!" "Nary red!'' solemnly . | replied debtor. It was too much. Human 1 nature could not stand it. Constable's n countenance relaxed, his jaw fell. Iris knees j smote together, and tottering for a moment, ' " he fell headlong. The last words he ultetf i ed, as a bystander knelt over him, were, B "Wild Cat, by thundei!" Should be not ' . recover, the verdict of tho jury of inqoatt ?* g will bo?"Died of Tennessee money." Bishop Meade's CovnuiiirnoKa.?ilia late volume bv Bishop Meade, of Virginia, r on "The oh'. Families and Churches ofVir|. gin in," is one of the most interesting and 1 valuable of recent courributioi.s to State (l historic*. From a late summary and ranI. rung review of the work, we exlraol the fob R lowing items: ^ I. Pendleton.?Two brothers, "of a good y family to decay," one of whom was the anr ceslor of the distinguished Edmund Pendla* j, ton, (the friend aud colleague of Washingj ion in the first Congress,) who(lieil.itv 1804, '*-*** e as President of the Court of Appeals, came *, [. lo Virginia from England, about the year t 1674. "The descendants of tbft first f*en? e dlelon have intermarried with the Pollards, j. Taylors, Roys, Gaittesos (the lata' Gen. Ed. ** e P. Gaines is descended from a sister of Judge Pendleton,) Lewises, I'ages, Nelsons, Harts, Richards, Taliaferro*. Turners,Shep* |* herds. Carters, Kemps, Palmers, Dan? ? dridges, Cooks"?"thousand* throughout _ Virginia and elsewhere." r Washington.?Thero aye v?me few anec* r tidies furnished by Bishop Meade that hare j not appeared in Gen. Washington's tnogra". nhy. It appear*, as if providentially, that . several of his early proposals of marriage e harl been rejected. Irving refers to an eura |v (liiiDtf a "Irtwhm I .hmiiin-'' Ut? I, Gryines, of ftrikdsliaw, in Middle*?* Couu. ly, the mother of "Light-hoot? Uarfy"? u General Henry Lee; also to Miss Gary, of wh??ae father "Yotfng Wh^Mgtpn -v j. permission to mUlr?** hu.' daughter." "IJ t thai your business here, sir," responded 0 the proud Col. Cary,-"f wish you to leatr? 0 pro house, for my daughter has been nccn*touted to ride in her own coach" The ? lUngh.ter of Col. Willirim- Kaunt Lb lloy (of K one ok thu most ancient families of Virgin' in, mid probably biother to the grjuulmo. ;ltclr of lite fir>l-Col. John Taylor) had a , "daughter, Kiizditih. who became wile of I, Mr. Adams, of James Khvr, after having [*; refused The hand of Gem Georgo Washingj Mti.' A sense oCduty ?uilwd the youthful x Wiidtiugloit to the Held before ho had mat la * > _ hi* formal adtlre** to NJi*d Phillip*. Their renewal \vn* prevented by luv engagement l'i hi- friend a| t. Morris. Bui f.-rthi*cir. I'ltm-tance the General's lot might have beam y .ililjr?rrot, - Uidmp Meade boar* te*tiim?Qy to G$n. Washington'* deep religion* feeling, and * e ' that he was a 7e.slou> chnreh man and hum r, ( !?jd contmuhtvaot. * * LI ? ?*L r i-. j TriAbE o>' ti|i: Unii ki* States.? Accord- V ..T Ing to the hod, Paten'. Odlce report, iha an. f i- [ una! vahn of product* of agriculture in the I II.-I.-l CJ.~. ----- . t - * ? I Villon vtllHMUfll lWO,[BU<lliinn >111111.'?H Of s dollars'. of inanufai-'.mos -i* hundred mil>n-; of mine* iKree hundred million*, for\ e4x uno hundred million*; of n*vi<jatioi? 1 anil fishurie* olio hundred million*, of mer irlmnioHl trades Un>l prufysniun* four hu?* o tired millions; making the toul annual *alit uo t>f the domestic product* f ilie United e State* ihiny-lho hundred million* pf dollars. If wo add to the above the annual foreign imports, three hundred and eixty ' millions, and as it mate a three hundred fold ' manipulation, before an article reacbe* the e commuter, ilto annual agg'egaio of thn >- trativ.u tions, Ulweon map and man, in lite *? United States, would amount to ten then* i* sand millions of dollar*. ? "Somehow or otlii>r,,> said Frederick it* Ureal, "IVbridcnce *eem? to do the moat for'lire-beet disciplined troojw." have n always noticed" said Nopolcmi. ' riiit prndfaTOfs tlie lie*vje?i 1*1*001)%" T*y p. " t , * , ^ I