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[ CAROLINA SPARTAN.
| - ' From "'Porter's Spirit."
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