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A Deer-Hunt in the Palmetto State. BY K. *'Tlio autiered monarch of the waste, fepruuz from his heathery couch in haste. * A * A. moment listened lo the cry, That thickened us the chase drew nigh; Then,as thu hindmost foes appeared, With one brhvc bound the copse he cleared " [Lady of the Lake. It was ou a bright ami cloudless October morning, in 185?, that I fuuml myself pacing easily along tlio Staid road in llio uppor portion of Charleston District?inv VVesllev Richards thrown carelessly across the saddlo bow?a wallet of "fivers" lied to the crupper, and a tickler of old Bourbon distending my breast-pocket. Pet, iny tough little lackey, was lazily swilcliingaway 1 the gnats, against which my lace was protected by an atmosphere of real of Hava na; and Bounder, ivillbuck, and old Nell, whose tongues had swelled llio chorus of a hundred chases, and howled tliu requiem ! of' thaoy a gallant huok, were trotting J along beside mo. Tito 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 malatia, nor sweetened the yellow clusters of persimmons which decked the road-side, and the aUtuinn winds had scarcely commenced to despoil of their leaves llio ino-s-covereu pa triarcha of tl?o forest. As I chiuo in sight of tho "White Bridge," our well known rendezvous, I heard uo sound hut my horse's footsteps; tho waters ol the "raging can awl" were all uniufH - I, save by the occasional dip of a solitary kingiidicr, and all nature sCoined at rest, except the eyes of llio little gray squirrel, who peeled at me from the moss of an old oak, as lie drew his body cautiously behind the limb to which ho clung. Finding myself first at the meet, I dismounted, hitched Pel to a rail, and throwing myself at fall length on the bank, proceeded to suck the stump of my segar, and watch the graceful motions t?f an osjwey, who was ciroMng in tho blue Icy'. fur above my head. Suddenly I saw Bounder prick tip bis ears, and Pet turned her heiul up the "canal; and rising to my ?. feet, 1 caught tho souud of a distant yvlp, while ?"IVIm^ riUnTSwcj bariw, W as licarti llicc<itu;;inj( lio-'f aini Irk-m,11 , Kro the eehow ha I died IIWM . J--??rKe'i my own horn, and which made the old f o<> h 111:^.1 gain, and in a moment more Tom Clifton * paek dashed up the ro i 1, and ;u my own dogs with a hotvl of welcome, bounded forward to meet them, "five horsemen cantered up to the biidge. Header, allow ma to p u*eut you to my ea ma fades de la chaste. That small ?nan, with llie black mustache and hand some face, is Tom Clifton. Twenty three | seasons have passed over his head, and for j thirteen of them ho has been a hunter. Thai dare devil chap, with the crooked nose and wicked looking eye, is Kit Qillam. Doyou notice how awkwardly lie sits his liery chesnutf lie car. ride a thunderbolt bare-backed, or break tho Wild Huntsman's demon- j steed to harness. That broad shouldered giant, with a form iike a Hercules, and a face like the king of good fellows, is l>r. Morton, who now and then steals a day ' from his extensive practice to enjoy (he spoil j ot which ho is so fond, and in the skilful i pursuit of which ho has no superior, and , not many equals. The two ?tlior tigurcs are our uegro drivers: Tom Clinton's John, the "yellow nigger" willi the mustache, and | Col. Dickson's driver, "I>addy Jeeius." Our salutations over, I was soon on my marc, and all ready for a start. "liallo, Jeeins, said I, missiug Col. Dick- j eon's holiest face, "whero's your master?" "Maussa say him will wait for you up to 1 Peacock ole Held; an' he (ink you better jdribodnt fust." "What do think of it Jeeins?" "I 'spec you better lek d it for the fust dribe, sir; one dobbil ob a buck been in dare last night; I see all lie track gwiue in,, an' [ nobber see none coiue out; so I 'spec i lie lay in do saplin' Held now." " Verv Well. Jeeins." pliiimwl I ? 'IV.n. ''you ami Joliu go head iho drive; we'll give you plenty of litue before we take up : the stands." J'opping their whips, and calling the dogs, the hoys .set oil' at a round pace for the head of the drive, while wo turned our hor*69, and proceeded slowly towards the stands. 1 "Kit," said Tom.as wo were about to atari, we've got plenty of lime; lot's ride a piece up the bank and kill that old 'gator. ^'Oatorl" responded Kit, incredulously. What do you moan? Who ever heard of seeing a 'gator in October?" , "Why, I have! theru is an old follow up the bank nine feel long, if ho's an inch!" "Fool who!" was the skeptical response. "Got a mocking-bird's nest some where, ^ ain't you?" W "You may faugh as you please; but old . scales never gooa into wiuter quarters beI foro hard frost; and I've seen him out some 1 ii.?t days in December." L "Well, may-bo s<?; but we'd better not go now, for if we shoot, it will scare the buck, Alligul- i. ' I Mfr' * ahu onco started, be wou't stop ibis side or v oil! Susy'*." the. < v A, ride of ten minute* brought u? .to the "\ Colonel, and after a few minute* more, drinl pent in adjusting the stands, vfo parted, 01 and each proceeded to hi* appointed place, so, i Pet was aoou tied up behind ii\plum thick* Han eh some two hundred yard* out of (he quen drive, and walking back to my sh>!id,- I Bounded the "buck-load* of sixteen whist- "J tors in my right-hand burro!, and the grocn ever] Kley in tny left, put ou fiesh copper*, and. tuini? throwing my gun across my shoulder,'walk- hauo -d to and fro, impatiently listening forthe eouti dogs; but I heard no sound, except tho dis- 0f lb taut shout* of the boys, as they rode about whet healing cover and cheering the dugs to bad hunt. Suddenly, three or four quick yelps, tuuy followed by a burst of music, brought me my i to u stand; but, alas for tho futility of hu- * > man expectations! above the clamor of the long dug*, came the crack of a whip, and Jeetn's huut voice, mellowed by the distance, was heard Stat< in angry tones: your "Como back, yalil you good-for-nuttin', {he cussed, little rabbit-dog, you! I sway brav inaussa hab for shoot da puppy, 'fore he Boui spile ebery dog in tho pnek!" eyes "Confound the puppy," muttered I, as I Warr turned to resume my walk; but ero I had wartaken a single step, my alteution was rivo- his c led by another sound?"yow oo-oo!" What l3oU] is there in that silvery cry that sends the |,ft?e blood bounding through every vein, aud pUm stretches every nerve to its utmost pilch? wou| Reader, that is Bounder's trail note, and with there'* gamo afoot. Listen, uow, for Nell her 1 aud lvUlbuck. There they are? the soft twee soprano of tho ono, and tho deep double- to r hass of the other, mingling musically with y0Ur Rounder's tonor. Nearer am! nearer comes ajon, the cry, and still that broken, quavering 0n \i tongue tells that the buck is still crouching man in his bed, vainly hoping that the infernal ulou< clamor?for such to his eais must it be? 8Uej will sweep pa-t him, as he cowers beuealh p00r the brush-wood. Nearer and nearer, till I his s can sou tho gleam ot old Bouuder's snowy fll8a| throat, as lie howls out his excitement, and he ? suutl's up the warm scent,and still they are dan;, only trailing. Excitement was beginning y0t I lo give way to bitter disappointment?for 1 y0t(] was now sure the buck must have sneaked whin out of tho drive before 1 reached iny stand was ?when, hark! what a burst! The cry than opened at a little gum-thicket, not a bun* tnun dred yards from where I stood. In dashed fa||e the dog* at one side, and out burst liio buck coin at the other. For a single instant, he stood ^c;ir undecided?it was but an instant?-and he wh?' was oil' with the speed of light; Ilia spread- G|J t ing antlers laid back upon his outstretched neck, and his while flag streaming in iho on [, breeze behind him. I was standing per- dic'.i fecllv motionless, and he was too much oc- ler > copied with the clamor behind him to ob l0 t| serve me; and as he dashed by within forty ?>] yards. I picked up my gun and tired. The mud buck bungled for a few yards, fell, recover- \vh cJ, and tin ally pitched headlong on the ten ground, gave one convulsive shudder, and nloc the next instant my blade was in his throat, youi As the warm blood flowed freely from the <1 gash, I looked up for iho dogs to conjw-*?ir crea and lake their share. Ton^j^aZcmeut, t|l0 there was not one ^ raised my w|,e head, I caugkir-^ cry, as it it bore down Wus tow^y-^rtflrDoctor's stand. I now perceiv. Cwbat my excitement had prevented mo e<| f; from noticing before, i. e.t that another deer cam ill innhrl in* IiaAii-a ...? I ! [ ?.uo uu^o, nuu ?iuie wllU they followed him off, running by sight, jy0( my buck haU slipped off un perceived, and ijjat in the confusion of his teiror, had become rod , separated from his companion?probably an old doc. I leaned on my gun and lis* ^no toned to the receding cry, when bang! bang! came the sound of the Doctor's barrels, and ij|e> all w .s still, llefoio I had finished reload- ^|us, ing. I heard ihreo notes of a horn ? the winj well known signal of "meat in the pot.'1 1 to t! raised tuy horn to iny lips, and returned Mm, the signal; and dragging my ijuarry to the aliav foot of a blasted oak, I mounted L'el and ,nor rodo for the rest of the parly. Upon arri*. rc0 | viug at tbu Doctor's stand, 1 found them the all sitting on their horses, contemplating the jtiu fat carcass of a lino old doe, which hung from the branch of a neighboring oak. l00) "Un't she a beauty, Hold" asked the on Doctor, as I rode up. mou "1'ioity good, Doc.; but I'll show you a ra?, pair of horns, by and by. will make her wan hide her diminished head." j?,r John was soon despatched to press some ces ( trash or shingle carl into service to carry wjj|, lioine lite deor; and taking "Daddy Jeems" .,ro^ (so cliristened by Kit Gillam, though not I , over eighteen years old,) wo proceeded to jluw lake the next drive; hut the dogs went Men through it without once opening. Nor was ^or, our succeeding effort moro successful; for .,?j though the dogs trailed about for nearly an broi hour, they finally left the drive without gt. starling. Tired of this kind of fun, we sl00( agreed to defer the rest of the hunt until er3 afternoon. Ho, seeking a shady nook near Bj)re a small hut limpid stream, wo were soon vt rulnlijil .\n? .*? ? * ? v?vi*vM vub uv uaau, iHIU jPrt'JMI IIJJJ 40 nillli gratify the wants of liie inner mau. wy| "Hallo!" cried Kit, who had been busily j,ltlu engaged in making a drinking cup of hi* far horn by tilling a stopper to the small end ^ru> of it, "who's got a foyratn\" ;l iK My ruoulh being just then "too full for thu i utterance," 1 silently banded him iny flask, ing "Ahl that smells uatural, now. Gentle- cure men, here's to General Jackson!" and he lifoh tossed off a bumper of the pure stuff. curs "Kit," mumbled Tom, through his busy spoil jaws, "you never told us how your nose men got spoilt." tho "Confound you," was tho gruff rejoinder, rush "I've told you a dozen times?I fell down ked, and stepped on it." trao "Wheul" houi "When I was so years old." has Satisfied with this circumstantial account Uriel of the accident, wo all relapsed into silence, "j and for a few inomcitls nothing was heard the but the crunching of our molars, while the broi. boys' chances for a dinner oil' tho relics grew "1 "beautifully less." dole "Colouei," said I, at length, tossing away chet the used up drumstick of a cold chicken, youi 'give us that long-promised yarn about mon your adventure with the "Spirt Doe of St. "I Stephens,'" faro ill, yesl" cried all the others, "let's havel 3olobelVstgry." . Veil, well, boys, let's take a family 1c first, though." f course there was no objoctiou to this; after "srnfliug" all round, we lit our anas, and listened to the "old man clot? TUB COLONELd 8TORY. suppose you all know that in almost 1 pldfce where deer are bunted, the > old story is current of a spectral buck itiugaomo particular drive; modified, of ie, to tail circumstances and tho tastes e narrators. Well, up in St. Stephen's, i 1 lived there, some ton years ago, wo our version of tbe legend; and as you novo; huvo hoard it before, I'll prefaco adventure with tbo tale, lany years ago?perhaps a century, or er?when the Catawba tribe of Indians ed over tbo northwest portion of our >, there was among theru a beautiful *8 8,r'i daughter of the head chief of nation, who was known among the cs by tire litlo of 0-iuan o-ree, or the (ldirig Fawn, iier black aud lustrous were rtroro terrible to tho Catawba iors than tho watch-fires of a hostilo party; and many a warrior, who putted alumet in stoical indifference when the tiding Fawn passed near him, would i given his wealth of hur&cs and warn , despite his affected stolidity, if she J Id have consented to share his lodge ! him. But in vain did they aspire to i land. Pipe after pipe was smoked be- 1 n her fniher and the elder braves, but 1 10 purpose; nnd tunny a one of the t iger warriors walked the war-path < u, in scare!) of some gallant adventure, > rhich to base his claims?nnd still O- t o-reo remaiued a maid. Wa bus pa ; < e, of all tho young braves, had never lor her haud. lie was young and 1 , but ho was proud, nud lie knew that < pirit could never brook the scornful re- 1 , which he full sure would he his lot if I lared to ask the War-Eagle for his < filter; for Wa-hus-pa's face had never i bit the war-paint, and do hostile scalp ] Iticorated his belt. Hut the panther-skin * :h screened the entianco of his lodge I larger by a hand's breath, every way, any in tho village, and tho grizzly < ster from which it had been torn, had 1 n before his hunting knife in single ? bat. Twico had lie despoiled the site ' of her cubs, ai.d slain her with his axe ? 11 she rushed to avenge her loss. The i ........ 1 I ? . i ? iiivu iuukvu nun jjriuu on iiu atiilcllc >s and splendid form, as lie sat naked I is horse, armed for the chase, and pre id thai the fearless and successful hunvould some day become a thunderbolt te enemies of the tribe. k?*o ai?i^ ?li*t W?-Utt4 (>14 Uud nijver j 0 suit' for the Bounding Fawn, j 1 y, then, did the eye of tho maiden g!i?- ! . with pride, when she looked on the ' cabins, the belt, and tho quiver of the ! ' tig b,M*e? und saw that they were form- ! 1 rom the spotted coat of the beautiful > 1 lure whose name she boie? or why did ' blood go bounding to her dusky cheek, ' u she glanced at the spear-staff, which j planted in front of his lodge, and saw 1 jliug from it his'medicine bag'of stuff 1 iwn skin? On the other hand, whence ' e that daily tribute of ti>h or venison, :h was laid by sumo unseen hand at the ' of the War-Eaglo'a lodge? And oil bright July morning, when O man u ' was waked from her shady slumber on ' bank of the Catawba, by the wellivn dreadful rattle, and stood transfixed 1 1 horror at the sight of tho hideous rep- I which was preparing to give tho fatal r, whoso nervous arm and unerring eye jed the shaft which pinned itio monster io oak, at whose base he was coiled? y linked those questions, but none could ver them, till tho War Eagle arose one ning, and called in vain for O man olo till his pipe. "She is bathing with maidens,'' said the chief; but the inaii hud not seen her. Nor was it until a iper reached his ear that Wa hus pa,1 war missing, that the truth tlashed up her father's mind. "Then wa? theie luting in hot haste," and the war-whoop f through the ancestral pine-, as the . riors scouied off in pursuit, lint oven- j brought them back again, with no iru- | if Hie fugitives. The old chief foamed i rage and sorrow, ar.d his brother, the diet of the tribe, donned his mystic i, nod with spoils and incantations !od out his cuiso upon tho flying pair, nwhile, Wii -bus pa's stout gelding had le tho lovers gallantly on. Three days nights, with scarce an interval of re*t, ight tliein to the neighborhood of old Stephen's church, and hoic the nolde i gave out. Woary and faint, the luvagreed to rest here for awhile; and ading his panther robo beneath a thick- ! jhed holly, the young hravo placed O i o-reo upon it, and left Iter to sluniher, le ho wandered oil' in search of some 10 for a meal. Ho had not proceeded before he carno upon u lovely, halfvu doe, reposing beneath tho shade of illy; quick us thought, his shaft was on siring, and the next instant was quiver- ! in her heart, lie sprang forward to soi his quarry, and before him lay the rss form of his bleeding bride! Tho ; 0 of the prophet hail followed him; the ; 1 was upon liis souses, lfe gazed a mo* t upon tho horrid sight; then, tearing J i/i.rnieiits from his lu>i\v ami limln O , - J j od into tlio depth of lliu swamp, a tut , howling maniac, and none have scon a 3 of Wa llos-pa since. Hut from that j r, the White Spirit Doo of St. Stephen's haunted the holly bush by the old If church." liravo! Colonel!" cried Tom, knocking nshe* from his aegar, "you've almost ight tears to my eyes." Now, kind friends," drawled Kit, in ful tones, "we'll give you a worry paic (chorus, iu behalf of this utiforlinil ?g inadine aud her lover, the young t liac." Hush! you heathen! and let us hear the i a after the tragedy." "It's a slioVt story, boys, and soon ejoined the Colonel. "I was out lire ng one night, with old Quarcoo?pe lis ashes!?carrying the light. >V vulked n long way without seeing hing, and twelve o'clock (bund us n< hurch on our way hoine. 'Maussa,1 )ered Quarcoo, creeping nearer to pec you better go todJer road; you fi uucli mud bog 'long dis way.' Quarcoo,' said I, 'I believe you're si No scare, rnaus-a, but he mighty bn or flro-huut 'bout de old holly-tree.' )n,' rejoined I; 'may be we'll get n t he old white doe.' 'Ki! inaussal yo >er to talk dat w.Tyl Ef you obber four gun at dat deer, you sure to In n less than tree week!' i paid no iou to him, but kept 011. until stiddi -uslliug to my left arrested ine, and ne look around. 1 was within I >teps of the old haunted holly, and lirectly under it, were visible a pair u effecting the flicker of the burning cnot, which almost fell from Qui xerobling hand. I am not stipe is jut a strauge feeling camo over m? ouked at the eyes. Could tlie sit rue? Was there really a 'spirit deer hen the torch shot up a tongue of >\hich, for an instant, illuiniued the i aught a tuoinentary glance at tin uid, to my uinaz inout, saw that i ohitcf Hoys, I have said I was uot titious; but had my adventure endet I should, to my riving day, have been .teliever in spirits. Hut, frighletici was, 1 intended to see it thlough: so ering to myself Othello's remark m a what similar dilemma, which, by soi iccouutablo means, caiue into my it ho moment: 'if that thou be'st a t innnot kill thee, I inisvd my gun au< I'lio scuffling that followed showed tad to deal with toal flush and bloo ushiug up to sec what I had done ay my own imported meiiiio lain, .wo hundred dollars, if a cent! Quarcoo the carcass, on condition ho tcver breathe u word about the matt Promised him a sound thrashing of] should ever tell it?and, hoys, I 1 ire-hunted since!" The Colonel haviugspun his yarn, ,o prepare for recommencing our hui lie wind had sprung up, and the < floods warned us to be satisfied wil sport for tbo day. So, appointing :i< onr next meet, and taking a parting li rouud, we separated, and each of us i lope lor our respective homes. So iho day's hunt. The Manufacture of Words, The following sensible return ks ; racled fiom :t clever paper in 1 M:t?iuine: No permission has been so much n our day as that of Horace for the facta re of wo ids. lie allows men to mie now and then, with a modest lion and caution; but he is addre-si its, not venders of patent leather or hi marine stores. Would he not hnv< aghast allheterin "antigraphylu?<" it not puzzle a Scaliger or Boulleyl lime, we protest, to put a stop to tin ioinagos, when every breeches ma blacking manufacturer invents a con word of six syllables as expressive wares. Ladies do not wear petticoat > Jays, but crinolines. What is the name for gat tots? Men do not ride ot back as aforetime?they take , exercise; women are not nianicd grand-motlu' - -they aio lead to tne dial altar. A books Her, forsooth, b a bibliopole; and a servant is con veil a manciple. Barbers do not sell toot der and shaving soap, as their fatho but odoiito, and denlibice, and ry gon; hair-wash lias passed away?il pillaiy fluid; can any one tell us win meaning of "diagnosis 'as applicable sease? If it has a signification at will guarantee to tind half-a-dozen monosyllables expicssivo of the sain Medical gentlemen, too, talk ot phleb we know that it has some couueclio blood letting, and, for our own part, ways associate the term with a niuiico spent between the slice;-, all ;< in an iiish hotel. \\ ho would belie "epistaxis" means simply bleeding uoael Fancy mm schoolboy doull fist, and telling another to "look < epistnxisi" NVIiat i.-. meant by tlm fa b!o woid ":e>ilitticsf' Wo take up i book within reach, and open it at r It is William Wordswoith, a biogra] Edwin Paxton Hood. Well, what i end I "lay aesthetic biogiapliy," In "is simply intended a life in idea! atti Simply intended! Hid ever mortal u ton to such verbiage mil mad/ again, are wo to understand by liies. "objective" and "subjective," which goose with his sham metaphysics has days on his lip-/ Me lb vs. ham.?a friend some It since made in laugh "consumed! relating the following: "Not long since, our friend l>?Mobile, was on a vi-.it to Hook ' Mil lain. Georgia, and was much stiu< tlio fact that a line jet of water was up above the top ?>t" :ho eminence on the Hotel stands, llo knew it was I from far below, but ho was curious t by what mechanical contrivance, ing round the jet admiringly, he acc< in his accustomed oolite and rather way?a plain countryman, with: 'My friend, is this water forced ii| Ham:'?meaning, of court*, tlio liy contrivance so named. Ram!' exclaimed the countryman 'I say Ram!" No, si.-. It's a dern big mule, ai work at that, (ionio here, ami I'll him to you!' And ?uro enough, friend It from a dliferent point of view, get i of tlio quadrupedal hybrid working cbinery, and agreed that it was pretl work.' "?M'ontyomt.-y Mail. told," Origin of the Sub-Treasury. i- hunt iaco to r?|ie admirable working of the 8ubo bail ?i'reRgury gclieine, under the first monetary jar the cr's,s w',,ct| 'ias occurred since itsintroduc' whis tion, has made it important that tie author ine, 'I should bo known and have the credit due for nd too so wise a measure. The following, from the "aroJ?' Washington correspondent of the Charlesd luck lon Standard, shows to whom this honor 'Come belongs, and among the names of its few hot at early defenders and friends we are pleased u neb- | |lulc ?.llno 0f Hon. Francis W. Pickral*? i yil? the prominent candidate for the Units ilead 1 alien- le" Senate, as successor lo Judge Billy a Under: made ^ Kvery thing now connected with the Subwenty , Treasury is of peculiar interest?for this there, j new system of financial policy has worked f eyes, lik.0 a charm during tho present money cri; pine- Sjs over the country. In 1837, when a arcoos suspension of banks was general over the !itioi|s, whole country, there was hardly a sound 'i as I , spot upon which lo stand, while trying to jry be | rebuild their shattered institutions. Ilowdif!' JiM fa rent is tho caso now! As the leservoir llatno fuiiiikhcs a constant supply of pure and Iree. I healthy water, so does tho Sub Treasury ol j deer, j i|)0 country, by pouring out a supply ol it was j sp?cio in its legitimate operations, nourish super and support all the great interests of the 1 here, 1 couutrv, while the banks and banking ina firm stitulious arc undergoing a system of puri1 as I fication, as uecessary for their owu health i mut- | as (or ihe good of the community, some- l>uL with whom did the ii'^a of a Subice un- Treasury, now so popular, originate. Some liud at 8ily it was the natural offspring of the ff lovil, 1 niincial crisisof 1837?others, that it sprang 1 tired. from Col. Beutou's burd money doctrine that I during the time "Bentou uiint drops" were d; and more talked of thau handled. I know it , there have hem of still earlier origin, and worth tliiuk I-cau give you the true souiee whence I gave emanated the grand scheme, would in the years of 1833-'34, the Hon. Win er,and j |.\ Juidan, thou a member of Congress from t if be Virginia, and while the favorite "Pet Bank iuvcu'i lli||"ol tho Jackson Administration was under consideration in (he IIuuso of ltepresou we rose tallies, moved to strike out all of tho bill it; but after the enacting clause, aud insert: Iriviug ' That from and after the day ol th our in tfic year , the Collectors o Jay tor public icvetiue at places wheie llie sum col lorn all facted shall not exceed the sum of dol struck |ars per annum, shall be the agents of lh< ended Treasurer lo keep and disburse the sums and be subject to such rules and regulations and give such bond and security, as lie shal prescribe for tho faithful exceutiou of his of tiop iinil Jiill i uc.iurt ! ? ? , .... . ....... . QMVMUUU IV I in !re eV compensation now allowed by law, j>ei r.iser t? cc,njuin on i|,a sums disbursed, so ilia . it dv*.* ??.t ovived illo sum of . dollar :iln,s?41 per annum. in aim- 1 ...... mould Section 2. And be it further enacted discr - ',nt al I'hices where tho amount of public ii" t?o- rovenuo collected shall exceed the sum o dealers dollars per annum, there shall bo ap e stood P?hUed by tho President, by and with th< Would a,'v'cc JUM' ct>U*e?l of tho Senate, receiver I [t js of the public revenue, to be Agent* of tin so vile lrt'i,sUrer? who sliall give such bond and ae iker or ciu'ly to h?ep and disburse the public reve mound nue* nn^ ?uhjcct to sucli rules and regu of his hilions, as the Treasurer in ay prescribe, am now-a* S'WI" recc'voh'r their services per centun i uow i on the sums disbursed, provided it does not i horse- exceei' l'i0 8um dollars per annum Suction 3. And be it fartfur cnacleil e their "'ftl from and after the day of hvnio- the whole revenue of tho United Stato*. de ucoines r've^ from customs, laud*, or otlierwise, slial ed i. to Pau' 'n the current coins of the Unite* h-pow. States." i> diJ question, "shall tho bill be si iiowlri' 'l was decided in the 'jegative Iis cv Ayes 33, nays 101. it is the t hose who voted iu the atHriuativc, ar.< to di- w',l> stund recorded on the pages of our n:i all we l'wu*' I'istory as the thirty-three oriyina Saxon ^"h-'l reavury n;en, in favor of divorcing ; i ... I lhink and Stale, were; John Quincv Ad ?t?l|uv" ' a,n-*' *. lleraan Allen. Vt.; John J. Al -"|* leu, Va.; Chilton Allen, Kv ; Win. S. Ar :i uilit . .. v- i. . . . >. i clier, \ a.; .\oyes i.aibcr. touti.; James M 'lt?i\<* V.*.; Martin Itculv, Ky.; Ilobcr V .,. H. Campbell, S. Cg N. II. Claiborue, Va . " W.l. I'b.rL-.. i * . a... ii " venial' -v. ,i. v.i.nun, un. , , Anins 1 >avis, Kv.; 1 Iioiium I )cu von port, Vh ' r Kdiuund Deberry, N. C.; Tlios. P Fostei Kogcr L. (ilaiiible, Va.; June* 11 , ^ liliolson, Va; Win. P. Gordon, Vh ; Job I I ,j lv. Griilin, North Carolina; Jas. 1'. Ileal I. ' M l; U fbt. l\ Letcher, Va.; Dixon II. Lew , , i-. Ala.; 11. C. Martin.lale, N. V.; W.i t>\ ,, , , ... ' - ... 1 r _1 McCoiiia*. Va.; l< rancis W. rickens, S. C, John liobeit-on. Va.; David Spanglor .I Ohio; John N. Stee'e, M?I.; Win. I*. Ta\ 11,11 f'. lor, Va.; Richard 11. Wilde. Ga.; Lewi '\Vh u Williams, N. C; Henry A. Wise, Va. 5 word* ? m every Si-t HClEON AND Sl.AVKHY.? All Amoiicai now-a iniiiislcr called upon Mr. Spurgeoii, an< said, in (lie conversation, that he had congregation in the slates of 3,000 peonh iw days Spuigeon: And have you blacks in you v," hv congregation? Jonathan: Oh, yes. Air do you all worship together, or have yo 1 itf pailili ins and ?_ ??11-iii?-f Oh, the black Moun- are behind a curtain. And do you tuk k with the Lord's Supper with the blacks behind thrown curtain? Oh, yes. Now, sir, do you knot i which what a monomaniac i?? Oil, yes. Wei roiight ?ir, I'm a monouiiniac?a luoiioiuauiac o o know the subject of slavery. (And Spurguoi Walk- dashed his hand into his pocket, and Lrici 3fto,|? ing oil I his penknife, opened it.) Yc, sii precise I'm a perfect monomaniac. I've no coutrc i over myself, sir; and if you stay here te ? bv a minutes longer, 1 may put this knife ini draulic your hypocritical bosom. So 1 wain yot I In oil! bo oil! I feel it rising in me. H all, I say! (And lio hustled Jonathan l tlio door, nervously handling his knife a id hard lire while.) "And did you really mean I I show stick the fellow}" said the friend to who# ho related tho story. "Why, no," said In ?- did, "|>otha|>s not (juiio that; but I'm Ruing t ? sight America before long, and 1 wanted titer the ma- to know, before I go, that they won't bun y 'hard bug me about slavery."?(futtshca i 01 stiver. Jefferson's Portrait of W&sbingto The subjoined sketch of the life, clu ter end servicoa of Ueuernl Wushingloi from the pen of Mr. Jefferson. mid i* t found in eletterof hie to Dr. Walter Ji dated at Monticello, January 2d, 1814. is a powerfully drawn picture, and b entirely free from fulsome panegyric, o tempt at exaggeration, wo command i tile careful attention of our readeis, a* bodying in a short space all (hat need said of llint great and good man. written in the cohc.se and vigorous for which its illustrious author was mi maskable, and is worthy of being trea-> in the memory of every admirer of "Father of hie country." or the hum writer and signer of the Declaration of dependence: I think I knew'General Wnshingtoi ' timately and thoroughly; and were I c on to delineate his character, it should terms like these: His mind was great and powerful, \ \ out being of the tery first order; his j tration strong, though not so acuta as ofa Newton, Bacon or Locke; and, a< as he saw, no judgment Was ever so i III was slow in operation, beingliille cd by invention or imagination, but ?u . conclusion. Ileuco the common remark of bisotli of tbe advantage lie derived from con 1 of war, where, bearing all suggestions selected whatever was host, and cert; no general ever planned his bailies i 1 judicious)''. Bui if deranged durinj course of the action, if any member ul plan was distracted by certain circurn ces, he was slow in a rejustmout. I (is sequence was that he often failed it field, and rarely agaiusl an enemy in lion, as at Boston or at New York, was incapable of fear, meeting pen dangers with the calmest uncon eru. ^ Perhaps the strongest feature in his < acter was prudence, never acting ever v MreiinitiafiMi au: 1 , ? . -'-'J was maturely weighed; refraining if Ik a doubt, but when once decided, << through with his purpose, whatever o cles opposed. ills integrity was most | ' his justice the most indexible 1 have 1 known; no motives of interest or coi guinity, of friendship or hatred, being to bias his decision, lie, was intlec every sense of tlie word, a wise, a good a great man. ilis temper was naturally irritable ' high-toned; l>ut redecliou and re>ol 1 bad obtained a linu and iiabilual nsccr j cy over it. If ever, however, it brok bonds, he was most tremendous it | wrath. e In his expenses ha was honorable, Lt r act; liberal in contributions to wha 1 promised utility, but frowning and un; s ing on nil vi?i,mary projects, and ull worthy calls for chaniy. 1IUheart wa > warm in its atfections, but he exactly c lated every man's value, and gave in f solid esteem proportioned to it. Ilis son, you know, was tine, his stature ex 3 what one would wish, his deportment * erect and tioblc; the host horseman c e age, and the most graceful figure that i * ' bo seen on horse-back. Although in * | circle of his friends, where lie might b " | reserved w ith safety, ho look it free . 1 in conversation, his colloquial talents 1 1 not above mediocrity, posseting ne 1 | copiousness of ideas, uor freedom in ! uso of words. ?j In public, when called on for hisoph - ' he was unready, short and emhttrr: | Vet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, ' easy and correct style. This he hat i ! quired by conversation with tha wnrh j hi* education was merely reading, wi 9 ! and common arithmetic, to which he a : surveying at a later day. ills lime was employed in action cii I reading little, and that only in agrict and English history. His cortespuu* ' became uocessaiily extensive, and, ' journalizing his agricultural pinceej occupied nto?t of his leisure hours in ' ' On thu whole, his character was in its * perfect-?in nothing bad; in lew ju-ju | different; and it may truly ho said 1 i never did nature and foitune corjihine i poifyctly to tnake a man great, mid i | in in in the same constellation wiili wl ' j cr worthies have inuiiled lijuJii un ' ! everlasting remembrance; f?u his wa i singular destiny and merit bf fending'tl 1 ! mies of his country thiough an ar< ' | war, for establiftiililcut of its iudcpetW of conditcliug its councils through the ! of a covcrnmeiit, new in its form- and ' cijdes, until it had KCtjlerl down into a ? and orderly tmiu; and of rferu, ul obeying the laws through the whide s : carter, civil and military; of which lit j tory of tho world furnishes o'lier ? i pic. I felt on hi-* death, with my cot i men, that "verily a great man hath tli I fallen in Israel." ? | - HutCK-MAKINU MaCIUXK.? At the ' I Exhibition <>f tho American Institute j ' Mr. Wood, of Hartford, b\ hi lute 1 fi. i first time a remarkable but -inipV c II 1 vatiee for making id brieks and dt oniir > ! The clay is in a large open l?.>\ or ho|>|i L side of which is a revolving wheel knives, shaped like the letter S. Hv i , i of thi" wheel, which has a doublu . and mar ho worked either l?y hale!. 11 or steam power, the clay i- chipped n u kneaded, the separation of stone* and ! extraneous substance* in effected, an j j clay ia then forced into mould* by a pressure, and delivered on each side r machine, ready to l>e dr.el. 0 ' J __ ' A lady belonging to the "ton" in .S - ?ille, Xe* York, having purchased a i " one of her neighbor* asked her whj " thought of buying *uch an njly ami ? less bird. "My husband and I," *ai< 11 "wished to try the experiment w belli J* vens 1 i*o to the n^o of M!i?n or eight ? | tiled years." i- J If you M?k a lady to walk out willi b she first look* nl your dre**, and . think' of Jjer uwij n. Dodging a irac- A&hovillo must bu a great place tluril^^^'^'v '? w court, as will be seen in the fallowing froaE/!* % ? iiit) News: m ji Nearly all the lawyers on the Circuit ar6 V w? eing ',er0' u"^ R crowd of outsid^ V-X* r ?"peculators, itinerant merchant*, geiifle*^ jf' t lo men of leisure, Jtw*, (icntile*, and the "in-' ' ; ' #l? habitants of the hill country round abettl.'* V I ^ Money! mount!! i-. the cry heard on nil I sides. Several fad ca*os have occurred-.itn- ' s>. . ntvle ,n,r own observation. Take one foij ?fc. . t *|e sample. A long legged con-table held-'**, *' ? /*' nred ugly document beginning. "You are hereby -v v ' tbo cou'^randed to take the b-*dy of,*1 ort.,l against an unfortunate iinli*idurd. TheqQa?. v/ ? ?;*. */" In- sla'''u trailed liiin all day, but for rdj^r s n> satisfactory to himself, no dould, tb?: a in- ' ^cl'lor dodged him. Several times llio'fo- y ailed &a' l,,,r*uer thought he had his victim sale, * be in | ''^e ^>alr't'c * fi*e? when he put his finger on him "he wern'l lliar." Finally losing villi- H" PMt'60ce' constable determined, like ,ene. Capt. Uott-, to "head hi in or die." With that eyes peeled, every muscle sprung, and-<le? ? f ir ' termination to conquer ur die written ott ider '*'s 'rtC0' rtK'uu started in pursuit. Round i ' the Comt House, among the cako wagons, ' . re in through the crowd, along Liquid Row, iu at tho front and out at the back, by a "cit? lcer< cuingiinjiilow" doubling the square again, ncils Ulll'l filially law triumphed! Debtor caved, ho ; w'n<l broken and sore fooled, he surrender*inlv e<' BrHcefu,l.v, r?jp?fcitig his weary limbs ujh more u" H" got>ds box. Constable drew t| his "weapons," figured out tbo"prin.," "iut.." f his H,u' w'1'' a benevolent smile handed it over ^ for the inspection of his victim. Debtor looked at it, and in a bland tone saiJ, "all , ritrli t " ivrnfofiilirwr ?*? !..? - 4 - J? > late wi u ne was a zealous cli arch man and hum* Kntr, \ hlO COltUltUMlfoHji. i the: ?. nntri | Tradb ok fin: Unubd Status.? Aeeoid; ii!?r?. ; ii'jj to liio hi-l Patent Oiliou r*-j>??rt, the an. or, in- I tiual v a 111j of ]?n?diu*t* of agriculture in the with Utiifcd Stales wni t?vo thousand uii!li >iisof noun* dollar*; of manufacture* *?X hundred nii? i'iinti, lion*; of mines three hundred million*, aw ln>r>o, ono hundred millions; of navigation |> ami j and lldiurie* one hundred millions, of ut?. other ! chanioal trades and |?rofewutH fourhwwid (lie | dr.-'d millions; malting the total annual *al. gi&it ( ud'iif Uio <lom?stic prolucu of ill? U??ie?I 4 ilia States ihitly-llvo Ituu-lteil millions of <lolInr*. If wo n<Kl lo the above ibo annual foreign imparls, ihr?o InimlrcJ nrul em pi mitliuiis, an<l ostiuuie a three hundred fold raten, manipulation, l?eforo uu nrlielo reach?* Ihn f ?b? consumer, tlio annual aggregate of ilia I uso- ir*i)HuUion*? Uiwcen map and man, in the I she, Ur.iieJ States, wouM aiauuul to t?o thou* i?r ra? saiul millions of .dollar*. .' Somohow or Svcref, said Frederick lb* Great, "I'roridene? kcomft lo do iU? inoal i you, for tb? best disciplined Uooji*." M hav? lb?n always notice!" nid Nopoloou, "tint Provf. de?)?f& favors the he*vje?t baUnljons," I the I r S.uuc unit! iu uruw ata 'Ms "c;l"* s^'"" ""J COUUt out the required Ho ' I'Nouut. Constable sat by, a broad grin of tonal ' sad?faction and good nature overspreading i bis countenance. Through with the opochar ral'oii, debtor handed pile over to cousin* until '''e' w'io lu,n I>roce*-'ded to ascertain tlmt ition M" was A sudden pallor overspread > law' ','!4 'calu,e-s Hi ho turned over the bills and Mint; 'l's e-Ne res,ed upon 4 Ocoee," "Bank of Jef- ^ bsta- i "Exchange Bank," Ac. Gasping niire I ,'or breath, bo hurriedly exclaimed, 4,Nu eve^ money but this!" 4,Nary red!"' solemnly nsnn- re|'''ed debtor. It was too much. Human Hj(|e nature could not stand it. Constable'* ^ d in couut?n?nce relaxed, his jaw fell, his knee* ami 9IIU'te together, and toitering for a moment, he fell lieadlong. The last words lie utter* ) and t^ :t8 a hystan Jer knelt over him, were, ution Cat, by thunder!" Should ho not iden- ret*over. tho verdict of tlio jury of inquest e its w'" oj Tennessee money." Bishop Meade's Contributions. ?The ,t ex late volume by llishop Meade, of Virginia, lever 0,1 "The old Families and Churches ofVirnehl gini*." 's ?'ie of the most interesting and uu. valuable of recent comributioiis to State is not historic*. From a late summary and ma* :alcu- ohtg review of iho work, wo extract the fob ni n lowing items; T.--? I .1 . i. r j i- - per- j ' < ..uu>v?.? i "u mi'iiieri, "ui n guoil actly : f*QliIy to decay," one of whom w*? the an- t ea?y, ce?lor of the distinguished Edmund Pondlef his t?"? (the fiieiid and colleague of Washingcould ton in the first Congress.) who died in 1804, f the w President of the Court of Appeals, came e un- lo Virginia from England, about the year share 1^74. "The descendants of the first Penwere dleion hare intermarried with the Pollards, iilier Taylors, Roys, Gaineses (the late Gen. Ed. i the P* Gaines is descended from a sister of Judge Pendleton,) Lewises, Pages, Nelson*, lions, Harts, Richards, Taliaferro*, Turners, Shcpissbd. herds. Carters, Kemps, Pulmeis, Danin an dridges, Cooks"?"thousands throughout I ac- Virginia nnd elsewhere." I, for Washington.?There nre some few aneciting, dolus furnished by RUImp Meade that hare dded no* appeared in Gen. Washington's biography. It appears, as if providentially, that licHy, several of his early pjoposals of marriage iltnro been rejected. Irving refers to au earletice ly flunao* ft "lowland beauty;' and Mis* with Gryines, of Braddtaw, in Middlesex Couuliri<?-. Iy? the mother of "Light-horse Ilarry"? (oops. Geneial Henry Let; aiao to Mist Oary, of maw whose father "Young Washington asked u m- pcMUisbion lo address his daughter." "If that 's your business here, sir," responded iiiorc pond C.,1. Cary, "I wish you to leare piaco house, for my daughter has been nccu*?aiev. tinned to rido in her own coach." The m all daughter of Col. William Kmint Le Rov (of * the ?no ??lho most ancient families of Virginhe nr. K Hl?d probably brother to the graudmoJutMis ihef of the fir>x Col. Jolin Taylor) had a Ic-iiCf "daughter, KiiXshelh. who became wife of birth Mr- Adam*, of James River, after having prin- refused the hand of Gen. George Washingumet hai.' A sense of.duty cilhid the youthful mu.-U Washington to the field l?ef?ie ho had ma<l?t ot his hi? formal H.hlress lo MUs Phillips. Their e his- 'fl??wal was prevented by her engagement xam-' l"- I'i* f'icud apt, Morris. Rut fir thiscir. intrv- ! atin-iaiice the General's lot might ha*e been isdav l dilJToVnt, Ri-hop Me.ule hears testimony to Gen. Washington's deep religion* feeling, and