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W** ' - - Jfrom "'Porter's Spirit."
J k Deer-Hunt in the Palmetto Slate.
* BY II.
.*"301? atitlcrod monarch of the waste, .
. tBprous from-lti? heathery couch in haste.
*. " *
' A moment listened to tlio err.
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.
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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
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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,
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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 ?
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?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. "
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