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Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, ac oontraots m.vlo on reasonable terms.' Tho SrAitTAN circulates largely over this an Adjoining districts, ond offers an udmirullo mediui to our friends to reauli customers. Job work o( all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and liquity, continually on hand t nfinluH ft* nrih.i*. CAROLINA SPARTAN From "'Porter's Spirit." A Deer-Hunt in tho Palmetto Stale. i DY It. *'Tlio a micro J monarch ofilie waste, itJprang from hia hcutlury couch 111 haste. mm mm * * A moment listened to tho cry, Thai thickened us the chase drew nigh; Then,as tho hindmost foes appeared, With one brave bound the copse he cleared " 11..iily of the I.nke. It was ou a bright ami c'oudloss Oetc ber morning, in 185-, that I fount! inyse pacing easily along tho Stale road in th uppor portion of Charleston District?in Weslley Richards thrown carelessly rtcros tho saddle bow?a wallet of "vi?crs" tied i the crupper, and a tickler of old liourboi distending my breast-pocket. Pet, in; tough little lackey, was lazily swiichingawa; tho gnats, against which my lace was pr<; tected by an atitiosphore of real of llavu . na; and Rounder, Killbuck, and old Nel whoso tongues had swelled tho chorus of hundred chases, and howled the rtquien of many a gallant buck, were troliiii; along beside mo. Tho sun was want] though tempered bv a pleasant breeze, lb the frost had nut yet given to the planter ita bond of security against the inahnia, no sweetened the yellow clusters of per.siii! moits which docked the road-side, and lit ! - - - I ? autumn wmus uau scarcely comuicnccil I despoil of their leaves (lie mo?s>covereu p:i triarchs of the forest. As I camo in sigh of (lie "Wliito I'm id,re," our well know rendexvotts, 1 heard uo sound liui in ^ horse's footsteps; the waters ol the "lagiu canawl"' were all uniulll I, save hy the or oasioual dip of a solitary kiugti-hcr, and a nature scorned at rest, except the eyes i the little gray scpiirrel, who peeled at tu front the moss of an old oak, as lie die* his body cautiou-.lv behind the limb I which ho e nag. Finding myself first n the meet, I dismounted, hitched Pel to rail, and throwing myself at full length o the bank, proceeded to suck the stump ( my segar, and watch the graceful motion <?f an osprev, who w is circling in the bin sky, far above my head. Suddenly I aai Pounder ptick up his ears, and Pet turn? her head up the canal; and rising to in feet, 1 caught the sound of a distant vclj while -tancc bsi ix>. Was heard Ihoeuin^ing lioofuad lk?r?." l".re the echoes ha 1 died n?v; \, my own horn, mid -nun-i i > Oi.thl witici (Undo the old v. -I U riijif.again, and itt . moment more Torn v<1ifl>m's pack d*?he. up the roa 1, an I a* my own dog', with : howl of welcome, bounded forward.to nice them,-ftvi horsemen cau'.erel up to tb biidgo. Render, allow me l<> p o?eul vol to my cauiaradcs tie la chasae. Thai snia! cnan, with ilie black mustache and hand some face, is Tom Clifton. Twenty-ihrc seasons have passed over his head, and fn thirteen of tliem lie lias been a hunter. Tha daredevil chap, with llto crooked nose am wicked looking eye, is Kit Gillam. Doyoi uotice how awkwardly he sits his liery dies null He car; ride a thunderbolt hare-back ed, or break tlio Wild 1 lunUinan's demon steed to harness. That broad shoulderci giant, with a form like a Hercules, and i face like the king of good fellows, is l>r Morton, who now and then steals a dm from his extensive practice to enjoy the spot ot which ho is so fond, and in the skilfu pursuit of which he has no superior, am not many equals. The two ? thor figure are our uegro driver?: Tom Oiitton's John the "yellow nigger" with the mustache, am Col. Dickson's driver, "Daddy Jeeius." < )u salutations over, I was soon on my in in .and all ready for a start. "Hallo, deems, said I, missiug Col. Hick aon's honest face, "wiiero's your iaa-.torf" "Maussa say him will wail for you up t< Peacock ole field; an' ho link you belle drihe ilnt fusi " "What do t!iink of it J coins?" "I 'spec you better tok *1 tl for the fu? dribe, sir; ono duhbil ub a buck been ii dare last night; I see all he track gwine in an' I uebber see none coiue out; so I 'aj>e< i lie lay in do snplin' liel.l now." "Very well, Jeoms," chiiued in Tom *'yo\l and John go head ihu drive; we'l give you plenty ol time before we take uj (ho stands." Popping their whips, ami calling tl>< Jogs, the hoys set oil' at a round pace fo the hea<l of (lie dii/e, while wo Inriiud on horses, and proceeded slowly towards tin stands. I4*Kit,"said Tom,as wo were about to start we've got plenty of lime; lot's lido a piew lip the bank and kill that old 'gator."* "'Gator!" responded Kit, incredulously What do you moan} Who ever heard o seeing a 'gator in October?" f 44Why, [ have! theru is an old fellow uj I tho bank nine feet long, if lie's an inch!" I "Fool who!" was tho skeptical response "Got a mocking-bird's nest some whore ^ ain't you?" IW "You may faugh as you please; but oh [ scales never goes into winter quarters be I fore hard frost; and I've seen him out somt r hot days in December." L "Well, may-be so; hut we'd bettor notgc " now, for if we shoot, it will scare the buck *AHigst<r. ( > " t and onco started, be won't atop this side of old Susy's." A ride of teu minutos brought ua to the Colonel, and after a few minutes more, spent in adjusting tho stands, wo parted, )r and each proceeded to hfc appointed place. :il Pet was soou tied up bohind a',plum thicket, some two hundred yards out of tho 'e drive. And walking back to my stand, I sounded the "buck-load* *T sixteen whisttx[ lers in my right hand barrel, and the green Kley in my left, |>nt on fieab coppers, ami id throwing my gun across my shouhler, walked to and fro, impatiently listening for the [n dogs; but I heard no sound, except tho distant shcuU of the boys, as liiey rode about boating cover and cheering the dogs to ?r hunt. SuUuculy, three or four quick yelps, followed by a hurst of music, brought me ' to a stand; hut, alas for tho futility of human expectations! above the clamor of the = dogs, came the crack of a whip, atul Jeetu's voice, mellowed by tho distance, was heard in angry tones; "Come back, yah! you good-for-nuttin', cussed, little rabbit-dog, you! I swav inaussa hub for shoot da puppy, 'fore be spile ebery dog in tho pack!" "Confound the puppy," muttered I, as I j , turned to resume my walk; but ere I had , taken a single stop, my attention was rive- ' i ted by another sound?"yow oo-ool" What J i is thero in that silvery cry that sends the . j' blood bounding through every vein, and J i stretches every nerro to its utmost pilch? 0 Render, that is Rounder's trait note, and V ' there's ganio afoot. Listen, now, for Nell s , and Killbuck. There thoy are? the soft u I soprano of the one, and tho deep double11 bass of the other, mingling musically with ' Rounder's tenor. Nearer and nearer comes ; the cry, and still that broken, quavering I tongue tells that the buck is still crouching | | in his bed, vainly hoping that the infernal ' ! l-lllUll.r fur lli'll In t,i? on.o mnsl 5l ! ? 11 will sweep p:v?t liim, as he cowrers beuoalh 1 ; the bruah-wood. Nearer and nearer, till I ? t can see the gleam o! old Bounder's snowy l? I throat, as ho howls out his excitement, and r snails up thy warm scout, and still they are s only trailing. Excitement was beginning r j to give way to bitter disappointment?for I j was now sure the buck must hare sneaked u out of the drive before 1 reached my stand ? ?when, hark! what a hurst! The cry 1 opened at a little gum-thicket, not a butt1 dred yards from where I ?lood. (n dashed " the dogs at one side, and out hurst liio buck V at the other. For a single instant, he stuod p I undccideil?it was but an instant?and he i was oil with tlio speeJ of light; his spread. | iug antlers laid hack upon his outstretched '' ! neck, and his while ting streaming in the e breeie behind him. I was standing per'* fectly motionless, and he was loo much oc" | cupied with the clamor hehiud him to oh lt ! serve me; and as ho dashed by within forty *l 1 yards, 1 picku<l up uiv gun nud died. The n buck bungled for a few yards, tell, recovcrcd, and finally pitched headlong on the ,Sl ground, gave one convulsive shudder, and 0 the next instant my blade was in his throat. ,v As the warm blood flowed freely hum the 1 gash, 1 iooked up for the dogs to come -\f' J and take their share. Tojijjy j^wZemeut, J ' lliero was not ono np;4W-<?fTTl as 1 raised my head, I cau"l#>--*<r<$cryi :l9 'l 'l bore down U)Wy^i*-rntrT5ocior,s stand, I now psrceiv-.-rtfjvvbut jny excitement had prevented mo j ' j from noticing before, i. e., tint another deer 1 j had jumped up before the dogs, and while 1 they followed him oil", running by sight, 1 j my buck had slipped off unperceirod, and 1 ) in the confusion of his teiror, had become 1 ; separated from his companion?probably u j an old doc. I leaned on my gnu and lis* | toned to the receding cry, w hen bang! bung! ' cnmo the sound of the Doctor's barrels, and all was still. Ilefoio I had finished reloadc ' ing. 1 heard ihreo notes of a horn ? the 1 i well known signal of "meat in the pot."' I 1 raised my horn to tny lips, and returned ' the signal; and dragging my tjuarry to the 1 fool of a Masted oak, I mounted 1'ul and * j rode for the rust of tho party. Upon arri-. ' ! ving at the Doctor's stand, I found thetn 1 ' I all sitting on their horses, contemplating the 1 1 | fat carcass of a lino old doe, which hung 1 from tho branch of a neighboring oak. "Isn't she a beauty, Hold" asked the i Doctor, as I rodo up. 1 . "l'ictty good, Doc.; but I'll show you a ' ; pair of horns, by and by, will make her I j hide her diminished head." John was soon despatched to press ioui'i trash or shingle cart into service to carry 1 home the deoi; and taking "Daddv Jeeins" r (so christened by Kit Gillam, though not , '? uver eighteen yours old,) wo proceeded to ' lake the next drive; but tlio dogs went through it without unco opening. N'or was our succeeding cliort more successful; for J though tlio dogs trailed about for nearly an r hour, lliuy finally loft the drive without starting. Tired of this kind of fun, we agreed to defer the rest of the hunt until 1 afternoon. Jio, seeking a shady nook near 1 a small but limpid stream, wo were soon > stretched out ul ease, and preparing to i gratify the wants of the inner man. "Ilallo!" cried Kit, who had been busily ' ongaged in making a drinking cup of his ' j horu by tilling a stopper to the small cad I of it, "who's got a fogrumY' My mouth being just then "too full for 3 utterance," 1 silently handed him my flask. "Ahl that smells natural, now. Gentlemen, here's to General Jackson!" and he tossed oil' a bumper of the pure slutr. i "Kit," mumbled Torn, through his busy i jaws, "you never told us how your nose 5 got spoilt." "Confound you," was tho grutT rejoinder, II "1'vo told you a dozen times?I fell down | and stepped on it." t I " Wbeul" | 3 [ "When I was so years old." Satisfied witli this circumslautial account I ' | of the accident, wo all relapsed into silence, ' and for n few inomouts nothing was heard i . j but the crunching of our molars, while llie I boys' chances for a dinner off tho reiics grow '' "beautifully less." i ' : "Colouel," said I, at leuglh, tossing away i tho used up drumslick of a cold cbickeu, ; 1 'giro us that long-promised yarn about 1 your adventure with tho "Spirit Doe of St. i Stephens.'" ' "Oh, yea!'' cried all the others, "let's havo 1 the Colonel's story." "Well, well, boys, let's take a family drink first, though." Of course there wa9 uo objection to this; so, after "smiling" all round, wo lit our Mavanas, and lute jed to tlio "old man eloquent." TUB CKONULS STORY. "I suppose ycu all know that in almost ovory place where deer are buuled, the same old story is current of a spectral buck haunting some particular drive; modified, of course, to suit circumstances and the tastes of the narrators. Well, up in St. Stephen's, when 1 lived there, some ton years ago, we had our version of ibo legend; attd as voir may never have hoard it before, I'll preface tny adventure with tho tale. "Many years ago?perhaps a century, or longer?when the Catawba tribe of Indians Ituuled over the northwest portion of our State, there was among tlreiu a beautiful young girl, daughter of the head chief of the nation, who was known among the braves by tho titlo of Oman o ree, or the j Bounding Fawn. Ller black attd lustrous j eyes were more terrible to the Catawba : warriors than tho watch fires of a hostile: war-party; and many a warrior, who putted his calumet in stoical indilfeienco when the Bounding Fawn passed near hitn, would have given his wealth of horses and warn puin, despite his irtfected stolidity, if site would have consented to share his lodge with hint. But in vain did they aspire to her hand, l'ipe after pipe was smoked be- i tween her father and tire elder braves, but j to no purpose; and many a or.o of tbe : younger warriors walked the war-path j alone, in search of some gallant adventure, ' ... i i :- ? - fi- ' wu ? ItlWIi IV Uiiao Ills CI ill Ills?alio Sllll U" I man o-reo remained a maid. NVa litis pa , alone, of all tlio young braves, had never sued lor her hand. He was young and poor, but lie was proud, and lie knew dial his spirit could never brook tlio scornful refusal, which ho felt suro would be bis lot if he dared to ask the War-lCaglo for his daughter; for Wa-hus-pa's face had never yet Tell the war-paint, and no hostile scalp yet decorated his belt. Hut the panther-skin which screened the enhance of his lodge was larger by a hand's breath, every way, than any in the village, and ilie grizzly monster from which it had been loin, had fallen before his hunting knife in single combat. Twice had ho despoiled the site bear of her cubs, and slain her with his axo when she rushed to avenge her loss, The old men looked with pride on his athletic j limbs and splendid form, as he sal linked on his horse, armed for the chase, and pre dieted that the fearless and successful huu ter would some day become a thunderbolt to the enemies of tlio tribe. "I li'xe sai?* ilint W? tin. |>k l?uJ never : made suit for tlio Hounding TawTi.> Why, then, did the eye of the maiden g'.ia- ! ten with pride, when she looked on the moccasins, the bolt, and the <juiver of the ! young b"**c? !l"d saw that they were I'm 111 ! ,.J (Yoni ihe spotted coat of the beautiful > creature whose name she bote? or why did the blood go bounding to her dusky cheek, when she glanced at the spear-stalF, which was planted in front of his lodge, and saw dangling from it his'mcdiciuo bag'of slulf I ed fawn skill? On the other hand, whence | tamo inai u.uly tubule of ti?h or venison, which was laid by some unseen hand at the door of the War-Eaglo'a lodge? Ami oil that bright July morning, when O man o ioo was waked from her shady slumber on the bank of the Catawba, by tlio wellknown dreadful rattle, and stood IranstixcJ with honor at the sight of the hideous textile, which was picturing to give tho fatal ! blow, whoso nervous arm and unerring eye : winged the shaft which pinned the monster ; to tho oak, at whoso base he was coiled? Many a>ked those questions, but none could ' answer llieiu, till the War-Eagle aiose one morning, and called in vain for <> mail oroe to till his pipe. "She is bathing with the maidens," said the chief; but tbo inai- > dens had not seen her. Nor was it until a whisper reached Iris ear that Wa hu? pa, 1 too, was missing, that the truth Hashed up on her father's mind. "Then was ihcie mouuling in hot haste," and tho war-whoop rung through tho uucestral pines, as the . warriors scorned otf in pursuit, liut oven ing brought theiu back again, with no traces of the fugitives. Tho old chief foamed with rago and sorrow, and his brother, (lie prophet of the tribe, donned his mystic j robe, and with spells and inointntioiis, howled out his cuise upon the living pair. I Meanwhile, Wa-hus pa's stout gelding had j borne the loveis gallantly on. Three Jays ! and nights, with scarce an interval of rc*t, ! brought them to the neighborhood of old : St. Stephen's church, and lieie the nohie stood gave out. Weary and faint, the lovers agreed to rest here tor awhile; and HOrP.-lll I II ir lli< minllinp "'I'.' I ' ' -j 0 piiiiiivi IUUV UVIIC'IWI d IIIK'K boughed holly, tl e young bravo placed < > man o-rce upon it, and left her to slumber, while ho wandered oil' in search of some game for a meal, ilo had not proceeded far, before ho camo upon a lovely, halfgrown doe, reposing beneath the shade of a holly; quick as thought, his shaft was on the siring, and the next instant was quivering in her heart. Ho sprang forward to secure his quarry, and before him lay the lifeless form of his bleeding bride! J he curse of the prophet had followed him; die spoil was upon his senses. Ho gazed a moment upon the horrid sight; then, tearing the garments from bis body and limbs, rushed into tho depth of the swamp, a ua- i Iced, howling maniac, and none have seen a Iraco of Wa hus-pa since. But from that hour, the White Spirit Doc of Si. Stephen's has haunted the holly bush by the old brick church." "Bravo! Colonel!" cried Tom, knocking the ashes from his sejyar, "you've almost brought tears to my eyes." "Now, kind friends," drawled Kit, in] doh ful tones, "we'll give you a worry pa- i chetie (chorus, in buiialf of this tuifoilinil young inadine and her lover, the young inoniuc." "Hush! you heathen! and let us hear the j farce after tho tragedy." "It's n short story, boys, and soon told," rejoined the Colonel. "I was out tire hunting ono night, with old Quarcoo?pence to his ashes!?carrying the light. We had walked n long way without seeing anything, and twelve o'clock found us near the church 011 our way home. 'Muussa,' whis pered Quarcoo, creeping nearer to me, 'I spec you better go todder road; you find too ru.-ch mud bog 'long dis way.' 'Why, Qunrcoo,' said I, 'I believe you're scared!' 'No scare, tnaus-a, but lie mighty bad luck for fire-hunt 'hout de oUl holly-tree.' 'Como on,' rejoined I; 'may he we'll get a shot at the old white doe.' *Ivi! inaussal you neb her to talk dat wjfyl Ef you ebber raise your gun at dat deer, you sure to be dead in less lliau tree week!' 1 paid no attention to him, but k -pt on. until suddenly a rustling to my left arrested mo, 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 t'.ie flicker of the burning pineknot, which almost fell from Quarcoo's trembling hand. ( am not Rupoistitiou% but a strange feeling cauio over me, as I looked at the eyes. Could the story he true? Was there really a'spirit deer!' Ju-t then the torch shot up a tongue of flame which, for an instant, illumiued the tree. 1 caught a momentary gl.uico at the deer, and, to my am az .-incut, saw that it wan white! lioy.s, 1 have said I was not suj or stitious; but had my adventure ended here, 1 .should, to my dying day, have been a firm believer in spirits. l?ut, frightened as I was, I intended to see it lliiough: so, muttering to myself Othello's remaik in a somewhat similar dilemma, which, by some unaccountable means, came into my mind at tho moment: 'if that thou bo'si a devil, 1 cannot kill thee, I raised my gun and fired, 'l'ho seullling that followed showed that I had to deal with teal llcsh and blood; and rushing up to seo what I had done, ihete lay my own imported merino i.iid, worth two hundred dollars, if a cent! i gave Quarcoo the carcass, on condition ho would ......... t 1.~ .. i t - iiu*ci uictiiiiu u ?uiu iiuoui inc mailer, aiui promised iiim a sound thrashing off if be should ever tell il?and, boys, 1 haven't lire hunted since!" The Colonel haviug spun his yarn, we rose to prepare for recommencing our hunt; but the wind bad sprung up, and the driving clouds warned us to be satisfied with our spoil for the day. So, appointing a day for our next meet, and taking a parting horn all round, we separated, and each of us struck a lope for our respective homes. So ended tlio day's hunt. The .Manufacture of Words. Tho following sensible remuiks are extraded from a clever paper in Fraser'.s Magazine: No permission has been so much abused in our day as that <>f Horace for the manufacture of wolds. lie allows men to mould one now and then, with a modest discretion ami caution; but lie is addressing poets, not venders of patent leather or dealers in marine stores. Would be not have stood aghast at the lei m "antigrophylosl" Would it not puzzle a Scaliger or liontley? It is time, we protest, to put a slop to these vile coinages, when every breeches maker or blacking manufacturer invents a compound word of six syllables as expressive of his wares. Ladies do not wear petticoats now-adays, but ciinoliues. What is their new name for gaitcis? Men do not tide on horseback as aforetime ? they take j.lian exercise; v.-omon are not inariicd i;k?* their gratid-uioilii rs -they aie lead lottie byincnial altar. A hooks 1 lor. forsooth, becomes a bibliopole; and a servant is converted into a manciple. I'arbeis do not sell tooth-powder and shaving soap, as their fathcis did, but odonto, and deulifice, and rypopha iion; lutii wash lias iinssed :m:iv?i? ! . _ . , i j " pilhuy fluid; can any >>110 tell us what is the meaning of "diagnosis'as applicable to ti 1 sense} If it lias a signification at nil, we will guarantee to find hulf-i-dozeii Saxon monosy llables expiossivo 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, wo always associate the tcnii with a night we once spant between the sheet*, all alive < >! ill alt ilish hotel. \\ In* wou'd believe that "epistaxis" means simply (deeding i.t the nose? Fancy one schoolboy doubling his list, mid telling another :>? "look out I t epistaxisi" \\ hat is meant by this fash; ?na b!o woid ";e?lhelics:"' Wo take uj> thelinit hook within reach, and open it at randmi. It is \\ illiaiu NVord.sWoith, a biography, by Ed win I'axton Hood. Well, what do we leaill "Hy a-slbelic biogiapliy," be v?)s. "is simply intended a life in idea! attitudes." Simply intended! l>i*l ever mortal man lis ten to sncli verbiage inn mad.' Wit at, again, are we to understand by these words "objective" and "subjective," which every goose with his sham metaphysics has now-a days on his lip-} Ml lk vs. if am.?A fried*I some few days since made us laugh "comninedly," by relating the follow in*_>: "Not long since, our fiieml l? , of Mobile, was on a visit t,? f?.?*k 'bit Mountain. (ieorgia, and was iiiii. lt si 1 uck with the f icl that a tint* j<*t of water w ?s thrown tip above the top of the ?ii?in in ?'on which the Hotel stami*. Ho knew it was brought from far below, but ho was curious to know by what mechanical contrivance. Walk i??j; round the jet admiringly, ho accosted ? in his accustomed polite *iit< 1 rather precise way?a plain countryman, vvith: 'My friend, is this water forced up by a Hum."?meaning, of course, the hydraulic contrivance so named. 'Kami' exclaimed the countryman. 'I say Ham!" 'No, si.*. It's a dern big mum:, and hard work at that. Como here, and I II show bim to you'.' And sure enough, friend 1? did, from a different point of view, get a sight of the ipiadrupedal hybrid working the machinery, and agreed that it was pretty 'hard work.' "?Montgomery Mail. Origin of the Sub-Treasury. Jefl Tin The admirable working of the Sub- tor an Treasury scheme, under tlio first monetary from i crisis which has occurred since its introduc- found lion, has made it important that its author should be known and have the credit duo for | so wise a measure. Tlio following, froin the leinpt Washington correspondent of tlio Charles* the c.i : ton Standard, shows to whom this honor hodyi i belongs, mid among the names of its few sa'^ writte early defenders and friends wo are pleased (or wj ! to note the name of lion. Fiancis W. Pick* mark) | ens, tlio prominent candidate for tho Uni- ; in ill led States Senate, as successor to Judgo t u .1 . ' writer Duller: . ! ? , . depeti hvery tlimg now connectod with the Sub- j i Treasury is of peculiar interest?for this timnti i new system of financial policy has worked on lo liko a charm during the present money cri- ^orms ' sis over tho country. In 1837, when a j|j, suspension of banks was general over the oul | , whole country, there was hardly a sound tratioi spot upon which to stand, while trying to 0f ;i ^ rebuild tliei r .shattered institutions. IIow dif- . a# jie feretil is tlio c.iso now! As tlio iu->ervoir , , furnishes a constant supply of puro and j_,y healthy water, so does tlio Sub Treasury o! 1 concl, the country, by pouring out a supply of jje specie in its legitimate operations, nourish j and support all the great interests of the Qe WH country, while the banks and hanking in- i Re|0C{( stitutioiis are undergoing a system of puri- ' no tication, as necessary for their owu health j as for tlio good of the community. j coursi But with whom did the idea of a Sub- \ pjan , Treasury, now so popular, originate. Some j j, say it was the natural oflspiiiig of the ti- ' su,Jll0 uancial crisisoi" 1837?others, that it sprang 1 jj jj from Col. Benton's hard money doctrine,' ijon'| ; during tlio time "Benton uiint drops" were was j more talked of than handled. I know it , to have hot n of still earlier oiigiu, and think l-can give you the true souicc whence aC(er ! emanated the grand scheme. every In tho years of 1833-'31, the lion. Win. w;iH |( i F. Jordan, ll.ou a member of Congress from ? tjot ; Virginia, arid while the favorite "Pet Bank t|ir4111 I j: 11 ? i . i i .... t j>111 ui mo aacKsou Administration was mi- c|03 0' I tier coiisidcialion in the House of ltcpreson- |,isju j tatives, moved lo strike out all of the bill know ! after the enacting clause, and insert: <ruinil I "That from and after the day of "0 ^ in the year , the Collectors of evcry public revenue at places wheie the sum col u gfe lected shall not exceed the sum of dol- jjj( Inrs per antrum, shall be the agents of the highI Treasurer to keep and disburse tho sums, jjad 0 I and be subject to such rules and regulations, Cy QV and give such bond and security, as he shall hunds prescribe fur the faithful exceutioti of hisof ! wr;llh tice, and shall teceivc, in addiliuu to the j(i coiupotisalion now allowed by law, j>er j. j 1 centum on the sums disbursed, so that lmm) 11 llv>V .? Ik o V |*| ?ed the sum of dollars j m 0 per annum. w?rlll Section 'J. And be it further enaclcdt warm That at places where tho amount of public luted revenue collected shall exceed the sum of solid dollais per annum, there shall be ap- son, ) pointed by tho I'rc-ddent, by and with the *hat advice and consent of tho Senate, receivers erect of the public revenue, to ho Agents of the agt| t Treasurer, who shall give such bond and ?e- i ho sc< curity to keep Mid disburse tire public leve- circle uue, and be subject to such rules and tegu- reserv lations, as the Treasurer tnay prescribe, and jn coi shall receive fur their services per centum 1 llut a | on the sums disburse !, provided it does not i copiui exceed tho sunt of dollars per annum. J USlU u| 1 Section .1. And be it fartiur enacted, j itl ' That front and after the day of l.? ? j (he whole revenue of the United States, de- Vet li ; rived from customs land-, or otherwise. shall easy ; j bo paid in iho current coins of the United j ,jui"re< ' States." ' his 01J On the question, "shall (lie bill be so 1 it?,| c amended" it was decided in the negative: SUrve Ayes 33, nays 101. j Hi! Those who voted in the atlirmative, and readii who stand recorded on the pages of our na anj jtinnal hi-lory a<? the thirty-three original beeau Sub-Treasury n.er., in fiv- r of divorcing 1 jonrn. Hank and State, were; John Qnincv Ad- ucciip 1 auis. Mass ; I lent in Allen. Yt.; John J. Al ' Qa j|| leu, Ya.; Chilton Allen, Ivy; Win. S. Ar- I j)crfct eiier. Ya.; Noys 11.nber. < 'oim.; Junes M. j Jjflyp II. I >ea!e, \ a.; Mai tin lleaiv. Ivy.; l.obcrt never It. CainpUdl, S. C.; X. II. CI dborue, Va; pcifvc Win. Clarke, I'a; Aug. II. Clayton, Ca.; him i Amo- l?av:>, Kv ; Thomas 1 >eavonport, Va.; , er w, i'idiiiiiud l)eb?-rrv. N. (1'hos. F Foster, ! c?v0rln (la; lb.g.r L. (fallible, Ya.; Jaiuo* II. Cm,hi ' i1? ..hi, Ya; Miii. K. (lordoii, Ya; John j mies ' li. < 'itliu, North Carolina; J1*. Heath, war, I M 1 ; 11 d't. 1'. I-etcher, Va.; Dixon II. Lew- ; Ofco? i>. Ala.; II. C. Martindale, N. Y.; Win. J of a c MiOoiiih-, Ya.; Francis \V. Pickens, S. C.; ' ciplea Joltn Ilobeitson, Ya.; David Spanghir, ! ;t||(| Miio; John N. Stec'e, Md ; Win. 1*. Tnj- 0|,eyj lor. Ya.; llivhard II. Wilde, tia.; Lewis ' cartC1 Williams, N. C; llenry A. Wise, Va. i tory i _ - i pie. Si'fitiieos and Si.avkuy.? Aii Auioiicaii minister called upon Mr. Spnrgemi, and , x ,iU said, hi the conversation, that he had a ' y ? ngiegation in the stales of 3,000 people. ].-x|lt[ Spington; And have you (Jacks in your i ^ couchi/alioii/ .1 <>ii:?ilimii* <n> s. 0 ........ xv^.., t ?j-?. alulj i j il ? \ou ;tll worship together, or have you . . villi co paitKiU* mid curtain*; Oil, the Mack* am belli lid a curtain. Anil do you take ^ j t lite I ,rd\ Sii|ip?r with iliu black* behind a ve cm tain' Oh, ye*. Now, tir, do you know ^ ^ wh.il a monomaniac i?? Oh, ye*. Well, " , J antl 11 Mr, 1 in a iiioiioiu tiuac?a m inoiiiauiac >?u ^ the mi I >j eel of slavery. (And Spiirgcoii ^noa" t].tilled hi* liaiul into In* pocket, and bringing out iii* penknife, opened it.) Ye*, sir, , I'm a peifeci monomaniac. l'?o no control over myself, sir; and if you stay here ten loin tile, longer, 1 may put this knife into t?ur hypocritical bosom. So 1 warn you. a I ltd oil! t'o oil! I feel il lUing iu me. Me T;;10 oil, I say! (And ho hu*tlcd Jonathan to 4l| ilio tloor, nervously handling hi* knifo all j|K,u? llie wlnle.) "And did y??u really mean to j ? stick the fellow}" said the friend to whom "wish ho related the story. "Why, no," said he, Vt.,)S ; i "peihap* not quiie that; but I'm going to ,j(0j America before long, and 1 wanted llieia to know, before I go, that they won't hum If \ bug mo about slavery."?Qateskcai Ob- ^|,e i trrvtr. think ferson's Portrait of Washington. 9 subjoined sketch of the life, characd services of Guiierid Washington, is j c, the pen of Mr. Jetr<?rson. and is to he (| in a letter of hi* to Dr. Walter Junes, at Monticello, January t>d, 1814. !t owerfully drawn picture, and being ly free front fulsome panegyric, or aval exaggeration, wo commend it to ' " ireful attention of our teadeis, a* em ' ng in a short space all that need be * of that great and good man. It i* s. tt in the eouc.se and vigorous style i licit its illustrious author was so te 1 " vblc, and is woithy of being treasured 11 0 memory of every admirer of the i c or of his country." ??r the immortal 1 ' and signer of tire Declaration of In dence: , s link I know General Washington in- ' bIv and thoroughly; and were I called ? delineate his character, it should be in | like these: ? 1 mind was gieat and powerful, witlr- " sing of the very Hrst ordei; In* pene- j * i) strong, though not so acute a* tliat v 'ewlon, Bacon or Locke; and, a* far !' saw, no judgment was ever so nder. 1 * as slow in operation, being little aid , 1 invention or imagination, hut sure in 1 jsion. :i uco the common remark of his ollicer*, c i advantage he dot iveil from councils " r, where, hearing all suggestions, he v ed whatever was bust, ami certainly ' neral ever planned hi* battles more ously. lint if deranged during lire 1 > of the action, if any member of ins * wrus distracted bv certain ciicum>laii j j' e was slow in a rejustmeiit. I he con- ' tree was that he often failed >n the ' ' and rarely against an enemy in sta 1 v* at Huston or M New Y<>rk. lie;"' ncapable of fear, meeting personal j srs with the calmest uticon em. rlraps tho strongest feature in his charwas prudence, never acting until circumstance, every consideration, i lufnrsilv _ ri ..v.^uvu, n.-n.iiiiiiig u no saw I j ibt, but when once deckled, going gli with his purpose, whatever obsta- . pposed. ills integrity was most pure, slice the most inflexible 1 have ever ; 1 u; no motives of interest or consan- 1 1 y, of friendship or hatred, being able i 1 us his decision, lie, was indeed, in c sense of (lie word, a wise, a good, and at man. t teinjrer was naturally irritable and * toned; l>ut reflection and resolution btaiued a firm and habitual asoenden- ' er if. If ever, however, it broke its * i, he was most tremendous in his ' _ his expenses he was honorable, but ex ! 1 iberal in contributions to whatever I c ised utility, but frowning and unyield- ! ? ii nil vi?i<mary projects, ami ull uu- v iy culls for charily. ilin heart was iiui 1 in its a (lections, but be exactly calcu 1 every mairs value, and gave him a ' esteem pioportioned to it. lit* perou know, was tine, his stature exactly ' one would wish, his deportment ea?y, c and noble; the best horseman of his 1 ind the most graceful figure that could 1 mi on horse-back. Although in the of his friends, where lie might bo uii- 1 ed with safely, ho look a free share ' iveualioii, bis colloquial talents were J bovo mediocrity, possessing neither ' jsiiexs of ideas, nor ficcdutu in tho ' ' words. ' public, when called on for his opinions, ' is unready, shoit and embarrassed. ' 0 wiote readily, rather diffusely, in alt c ind correct style. This he had ac ^ 1 by conversation with tho world, for lucalioit wa* merely reading, willing, t oininou arithmetic, to which lie ad-led ' ying at a later day. I i tiiue was employed in acti-m chioHy, K ng little, and lJi.it only in agriculture ' English hintory. His corie-pniulciice ' 10 uece>saiily extensive, and, with * ulizing his agiicuituial proceeding*. * lied most of Iris leisure hours in door*. ^ io whole, li'.s character was i.i its mass, N t?in nothing bad; in few points in- I ml; ami it may truly bo said, that j ' did nature and fortune combine luore ] 1 tly to make h man jjrcitlj umi plain j 1 n llm ?aii)e CoiisloUulioii wish wha'ev- 1 nrlliic* have merited I'miiij man ail i 1 isling remembrance; f?u his was she ' lar d? -.tiny and merit of fending the sir. 1 of Ins country ihiougli an arduous fur establishment of it ? independence, " ill acting iu Councils through the hirth * [uwriinU'iit, new in its form* and ptiu- ' , until it had settled dow n into a unlet 1 orderly toiiu; ami of -ciu, uh?u-U ng tlie laws through th.i whole of his ' r, civil siiul military; uf which the hi?- 1 >f thu world furnishes * i u'her exam- j 1 I felt uii his death, ivitli my country- 1 that "verily a great man li.itIt this day j 4 in Israel." j 1 ICK-MAKIKU MaCIIINK.? At the Into j ? liliuii uf the American Institute K.iir, . ' lV UOi), of Hartford, ovhibile I I'm the iilte a remai k d ie bni -imp contri ' for making ul bricks and .b eiting tiles, i lay is in a large open li<>\ ?<r hopper, in- ' of which is a revolving wheel with ' ?, shaped liko the letter S. I?y means I is wheel, which lias a doiihlu aeiioii, ( ' lav ho worked either by hand, horse, < am power, the clay is chipped up and > led, tho separation of ?ton?? a;i l olhei ? icous substances is effected, and the ? a then forced into moulds by a g?e it t ire, and delivered on each side of the I ino, ready to bo dried. I lady beloiii'ing to iho "ton" in Sent|>i | i \o* VoiL, having purchase I a raven, i t" li"r neighbour ai-Led Iter why she < hi of buying muh an ugly mul u*o i ird. "My hu-hanJ Mini 1," i-aiil she, I i'i| l? try 11 or experiment whether ra- i li?e to the ago of seven or eight hunyeara." rou aak a l i ly t?> walk out with you, | ir*l look* ?t your dtes*, moJ then i v of Jier ov?i), J < XI Vf. UV?. -t 'J: v *- ) i j Dodging a Constable. ' 4 - \ 9 Atlieville must be a great place during ourt, as will be seen in llie fallowing from .* * 11o News; Nearly all (ho lawyers ou tlio Circuit nr6 ' ere, and a tremendous crowd of outsider* '*^5* -speculators, itinerant merchant*, gentle* v ?s leu of leisure, Jews, Gentile*, and (lie "jtl- * * ubitants of the hill country round about.'* v loiiey! money!! is the cry heard on nil ? ides. Several sad ca>os have occurred uner our own observation. Take one for a ample. A long legged constable held Ail glv document beginning, "You aro hereby ounuanded to take lite body of/' Ac., gainst an unfoilunate individual. The con table bad trailed him all day, but for re*?? n- satisfactory to hiuiselt, no doubt, the cbtor dodged him. Severn' times the lead pursuer thought iic had his victim safe, art like I'atricks llee, when he put his finer on him "lie wern'l thar." Finally losing II patience, constable determined, like hipt. lJott*, to "head him or die.'' With yes peeled, every muscle sprung, and deer munition to compter or die written ou lis face, lie again started in pursuit. Mound ho Conn House, among the cake wagons, lirough the crowd, along Lhptid Mow, ill t the front and out at the back, by a "ciu iiiiigunjiilow" doubling the square again, mill finally law triumphed! Debtor caved, kind broken and sore footed, he surrenderd gracefully, reposing his weary limbs up, n an empty goods box. Constable drew lis "weapons," figured out tlio"priu.," "int?" rid with a benevolent smile banded it over jt the inspection of hi* victim. Debtor joked at it, and in a bland tone said, "all iglit," proceeding at the same time to draw iia "calf skin" and count out the icquired mount. Constable sat l>y, a broad grin of ntisfaction and good nature overspreading lis countenance. Through with the opeatioii, debtor handed pile over to cotista* >!??, who in tain proceeded In ascertain that ,11 was right. A sudden pnilor oveispread lis iealuies as he turned over the bills and lis eye rested upon "Ocooe." "Bank of Jefcrsoii,"' "Exchange Bank," Ac. Gasping or breath, bo hurriedly exclaimed, "No Iloliev but this!" "Nnrv rpil''' u/.lnt.inlo ? ?- / eplied debtor. U ? ?, too much, Human latute could not stand it. Constable's ouiitenaiice relaxed, his jaw fell, his knees niote together, and tottering for a moment, le fell headlong. The last words he utter* id, as a bystan ler knell over him, were, 'Wild Cat, by thunder!" Should ho not ecover, tho veidict of tho jury of inquest vill be?"Died c>j Tennessee money." Hisuof Mkadk's Contuiul'tions.?The ate volume by l?i?hop Meade, of Virginia, m "The old Families and Churches of Virginia," is one of the most interesting and utluable of recent conrributiur.B to State ii?toriw?. Krom a late summary and runting review of the work, wo extract the folo? ing items: J'endielotl.?Two brothers, "of a good aiiiily to decay," one of whom was the ancolor of the distinguished Kdtuuud Pendlo011, (the fiiend aud colleague of Washingon in the first Congress,) who died in 1804, is President of the Court of Appeals, came o Virginia from England, about the year C74. "The descendants of the first Penllelon have intermarried with the Pollards, Taylors, Hoys, C.iineses (the late Gen. Ed. \ Gaines is descended from a sister of iudge Pendleton.) Lewises, Pages, Nelsons, Iart>, Richard*, Taliaferro*. Turneis,Shopterds. Carters, Kemp*, Pal met*, Dan* Itidgc-, Cook*"?"thousands throughout t'trg'utia and elsewhere." WasAtiiy/on.?There nro some few aneclote furnished by 1 Jishop Meade that have tot appeared in Gen. Washington's biograthy. It appears, as if providentially, that everal of his eaily proposals of marriage tad been rejected, living refers to an ear y name' ft "lowlan I beauty;"' and Mi*a iry the*, of Hrad.sliaw, in Middlesex Couuy, the mother of "Light-horse Ilarry"? j fitter al Henry Lee; also la Miss Cary. of vln?s? fuller "Young Washington asked Minuission to address his daughter." "If hut is your business here, sir," responded ho jrrotid c.?|. Cary, "I wish you to leavu he house, for my daughter has been accn*onied to ri.lo in her own coticli." The laughter ?>f Col. William Faun I Le Hoy (of >ne of the most, ancient families of Virgina, ainl probably brother to the graitdinoher of lite fw-t Co|. Joint Taylor} had a 'daughter, Elizabeth. who became wife of ilr. Adams, of James Liver, after having (. fined the hand of Geat. George Washing>n." A seusu of duty called the youthful Washington to the field trefore lie had nurd* n? formal address to Miss l'iii!lij>s. Their enevval was prevented I?y Iter engagement o hi* friend apt. Morris. Hilt for thiscir. uinstance theGetterafa lot might hare been lillervnl. Li-Imp Meade bears testimony to Gen. Washington's deep religion- feeling, hh?1 hat he was a zcalou-church man and hum>l<3 communicant. Tit ito: ok t it:; Us: t ten Siwtks.? Accordtig tit tho his', l'.itcut Orlice report, the anmat valu j of products r>f agiicultuie in tho Uhi'.od States was two thousand millions of IoIIhis; of manufactures sit hundred milion-; of mines three hundred millions, for*?ts otto hundred millions; of navigation rnd fishutic* one hundred millions, of m?.1 : ... i . . . i > - * * mi.mint: K ings mm professions tour littuh i) million*; making the total annual Tab no i f llio domestic product* of the United hates tliiiiy-tivo huudte I millions of ?lollars. If \vc add to the above the animal foreign imports, three hundred anil sixty millions and estimate H three hundred fold manipulation, (tcfore an article teaches tl.; Boqsum^r, ihe annual agj??i'gato of the transactions, between m m and man, in the United (states, would amount to ten thousand millions of dollars. Somehow or Miter,'' said Frederick tlio Ureal, '"Providence seotns to do the inosi ror the best disciplined troops." ' ! have ?l ways notice 1,Ms.aid Nopoloou, "that Provf. Jpnco favors tho heaviest battalions"