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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
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I VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. (;., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1857, *
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN
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CAROLINA SPARTAN
From Porter's Spiiit."
A Dcer-llunt in the Palmetto Stale
nv it.
*'Tlto antlervd monarch of the waste,
fepraug from his heathery couch in haste.
mm m m m m m
A. moment listened to the cry,
That thickened as the chase drew nigh;
Then,as thu In ndniost tuis appeared,
With one brave bouud the copse lie eleared "
| it'unj oj the l,atic.
p. It was ou a bright anil cloudless Oct
bor morning, in 185-, that I found invst
paciug easily along tlio Stale road in ll
upper portion of Charleston District?in
Wesllcy Richards thrown carelessly aeio
the saddle-bow?a wallet of "vivcrs" lied
the crupper, and a tickler of old liourbc
distending my breast pocket. Rot, in
tough little tackey, wnslazily awilchiugawii
the gnats, against which my face was pr
tccted by an atmosphere of real of Hav
r tin; and Rounder, lvillhuck, and old Ne
whoso tongues had swelled the chorus of
hundred chases, and howled the reijuiv
of many a gallant huck, were trotiii
along beside mo. The sun was wan
though teinpoiod bv a pleasant breeze, f
the frost had not yet given to the pl.-uite
its bond of security against the malaiia, n
bweetcned the yellow clusters of per.sii
mous which decked the road-side, and tl
autumn winds had scarcely commenced
despoil of their leaves the ino-->-eovered p
Iriarchs of the forest. As { came in sig
jL'Opptug their whips, and ealmig tl
dogs, the boys set oil at a round pace fi
the head of the dim\ while wo turned 01
horses, and proceeded idowly towards tl
stands.
I ''Kit,"said Tom,as we were about to stai
we've got plenty of time; lot's lido a piei
tip the bank and kill that old 'gator."*
\ **'Gntorl" responded Kit, ineredulousl
What do you moan? Who ever heard
r seeing a 'gator in October?"
. "Why, I have! there is an old follow t
I llio bank nine feet long, if lie's an inch!"
K "Fool who!" was the skeptical respous
F "Got a mocking-bird's nest some wbei
ain't you?"
"You may faugh as you please; but ol
K sc.ilos never goes into winter quarters b
| fore hard frost; and I've seen him out sou
V hot days in December."
L "Well, may-lie ho; but we'd bettor not p
W now, for if we shoot, it will scare the bud
*Altigut< r.
\
s* V
or tlio "W Into ISi? 1 jjo," our well know
rendezvous, 1 heard uo sound hut it
k horse's footsteps; the waters ot the "ragit
Canawl"' were all utiiulH-l, save l?v the o
casioual dip <>f a solitary kingfisher, and ;
nature seemed at rest, except tlie eye*
the little grav sipiirrel, who peeled at u
from the n' iss of all old oak, as ho die
his hodv cautiously behind the limit
which he cung. Finding myself first
the meet, I dismounted, hitched Pet to
rail, and throwing myself at full length (
the bank, proceeded to oucl* the stump
my sugar, and watch the graceful motio
of mi osprev, who w is ciro'ing in the bl
sky, far above my head. Suddenly 1 sn
Pounder ptick up his ears, and Pet turn<
hor head up the canal; and rising to ii
feet, I caught the sound of a distant yvl
while
\\ as licar?l i)it*c<itn?ifitf UvMfiititl Ik*U4.m
Kro the echoes had died aw. v.
my own horn, and u:n?i*.; * 0..i>t will*
made the old v < Is c oil, and ;t
moment more To n Ullfi >:i pack da* u
up the ro t 1, a . I a> : . u vti dogs, with
howl of welcome, bounded f- ward to me
them, five horsemen canterc 1 up to tl
biidge. Header, allow ine to p e>eut y?
to my camaradcs de la chasse. That sin
f man, with the black mustache and linn
some face, is Tom Clifton. Twenty thr
reasons have passed over his head, and f
thirteen of ihein ho has been a hunter. Tli
dare devil chap, with the crooked nose at
wicked looking eye, is KilCillam. l)ov?
notice how awkwardly lie sits his fiery che
nut? lie can ride a thunderbolt baie-bac
ed, or break the Wild Huntsman's demo
steed to harness. That broad shoulder*
giant, with a form like a Hercules, and
face like the king ol good fellows, is lJ
Morion, who now and then steals a d.
frAin lit^ ttviuiidi'ft ? ? . ?- .. !
w..? ui? vAkwu.iit v |/i<iCU(.U l?J dlJ'M IIJC
ut which liu is so fund, and in the skill'
pursuit of which ho has no superior, ut
uot many equals. The two > tlior tigur
are our uegro driver.*: Tom C.i.ton's Joli
the "yellow nigger" with the mustache, ai
Col. Hicksons driver, "l>.i>hly Jeem*." O
salutations over, I was soon on my m u
and all ready for a start.
"Hallo, Jeenis, said I, missing Col. I>ic
aori's honest face, "w hero's your uia-iuif"
"Maussa say him will wait for you up
Peacock o!e liehl; an' ho link you hell
jdribodal fust."
"What do litink of it Jeem*?"
"I 'spec you better tek d it for the fu
dribe, sir; one dehhil oh a buck been
dare last night; I see all iio track givinu i
^ an' I uebber see none come out; so 1 'spi
| lie lay in do saplin' fiehl now."
"Very well, Jcoin*," chiiuod in Toi
"you and Jol>it go head the drive; wo
give you plenty ol time before we take u
the stands.1'
... i > ....
, and onco started, lie won't stop this side of
old Susy's."
A ride of teu minutes brought us to the
Colonel, and after a few minutes more,
spent in adjusting tho stands, wo parted,
or and each proceeded to his appointed place,
til l'et was soon lied up bohind a'.plum thicket,
some two hundred yards out of the
de drive, and walking buck to my stand, I
sounded the "buck-load" of" sixteen whistuj
lers in iuv right-hand barrel, and the green
I Kley in my left, put on fiesb coppers, and
ad | throwing my gun across my shoulder, walked
to and fro, impatiently listening for the
'in ! ^?os? ^ beard no sound, except the distant
shouts of tho boys, as they rode about
I beating cover and cheering the dogs to
of i hunt. Suddenly, three or four quick yelps,
I followed by a burst of music, brought me
^ i to a stand; but, alas for tho futility of huJ
man expectations! above the clamor of the
dogs, came tho crack of a whip, and Jeom's
voice, mellowed by the distance, was heard
in angry tones:
"Come back, yah! you good-for-nutlin',
l cuased, little rabbit-dog, you! I sway
inaussa hnb for shoot ua puppy, 'fore ho
j spile ebo?-y dog in tho pack!"
"Confound the puppy," muttered I, as I
i turned to resume my walk; but etc I had
taken a single stop, my attention was riveted
by another sound?"yow oo-oo!" What
is lliero in that silvery cry that sends tho
blood bounding through every vein, ami
stretches every nerro to i'.s utmost pitch?
10 Reader, that is Bounder's trail note, and
' v there's gamo afoot. Listen, now, for Noll
, and Killbuck. There thoy are! tho soft
lo soprano of tho one, and tho dcop doublobass
of tho other, mingling musically with
'-v Rounder's tenor. Nearer and nearer comos
[y , the ciy, and still that broken, quavering
?* . toll I'll a ttdls ill at lhi> toii'lr i< alill
n **'" *""V" 'W """ V'WMVUM'jj
" in his bod, vninly hoping that tho infernal
" clamor?for such to his eats must it bo?
il will swoop pa*t him. as ho cowers beuoath
"l die brush-wood. Nearer and nearer, till 1
'? I can sco the gleam ol old Bounder's snowy
"> {tlnoat, as ho howls out his excitement, and
"r su tills up the warm scout, and still they aie
l!> only trailing. Excitement was beginning
,jr j to gho way to bitter disappointment?for 1
was now sure the buck inusl have sneaked
10 out of tho drive before 1 reached my stand
lo ?when, hark! what a burst! 'l'ho cry
1 | opened at a litllo gum-thicket, not a hun'll
| dred yauls from where I stood. In dashed
" 1 lite dogs at one side, and out burst tho buck
" at the oltior. For a single instant, ho stood
'?? j undecided?il was but an instant?and be
i was oil with tho speed of light; his spread 1
,i ing antlers laid back upon bis outstrelcbed
; neck, and bis white tlag streaming in tho
,e breeze behind him. I was sUndtm? nor
fectlv motionless, mul ho was too niuoli ool"
copied wiili iho clamcr behind him to ol>
at serve me; and as bedashed by within foiiy
11 yanU, 1 picked up nay gnu and flied. The
buck bungled for u tow yards, fell, recoverol
ed, and dually pitched headlong oil the
us ground, gave one convulsive shudder, and
110 ihu next instant my blade was in his throat
1 w As the wRttu blood flowed freely trom the
e<' gash, 1 looked up for the dogs to come ?!'
l-v and take their share. To inv w?"Ze".ieul,
P? there was not one nj'jns ' raised my
head, I caught ?^rtT'cry, as it it bore down
t,)W^4g-,-rtTCiTocloi's stand. I now percciv.
I nf, what iny excitement had proveuted ihu
i from noticing t>efoie, i. tf., that another deer
" ! had jumped up before the dogs, and w hile
' they followed him otF, running by sight,
' my buck had slipped oil unperceived, and
1 in the confusion of his teiror, had become
el separated from hi.s compauion?prubably
,u I an old doe. I leaned on my gun and lis*
>u toned to the recedingcry, when bang! bang!
came the sound of the Doctor's barrels, and
'' a.I w s still. Defoio I had iitiiahcd reloadcc
1 ing. 1 hoard liireo notes of a horn ? the
well known signal of "meat in the pot.'' 1
:U raised my hoiu to my lips, and returned
K' the signal; and dragging my ?juarry to the
fool of a blasted oak, I mounted I'd and
s" rode for tho rest of tho party. Upon arriling
at the Doctor's stand, I found them
all sitting on their burses, couleilipiutiug the
;i' fat carcass of a tine old doe, which hung
,l from the branch of a neighboring oak.
r* ?I.-u't she a be iuty, Hold'' asked the
Doctor, as 1 rude up.
1,1 "l'lelty good, Doc.; but I'll show you a
pair of horns, by and by, will make her
' ' iiide Iter diminished head."
John was soon despatched to press some
" tr tdi or shingle cart into service to carry
home ilie deer; and taking "Daddy Jeems"
ur (so christened by Kit Gillaui, though not
over eighteen years old,) wo proceeded to
lake the next drive; but tlio dogs went
through it without once opening. Nor was
our succeeding eliorl more successful; for
l" though tlio d<>gs trailed about for nearly an
er j hour, tliey tinaily left tlio drive without
starting. Tired of ibis kind of fun, we
agreed to defer the rest of the hunt until
1,1 afternoon. So, seeking a shady nock near
111 a small hut limpid stream, wo were soon
"> i stretched out at ease, and preparing to
130 i gratify tlio wants of the inner man.
"Hallo!" cried Kit, who had been busily
u> engaged in making a drinking cup of bis
" born by fitting a stopper to lire small end
'1' of it, "who's got a foyruiii.]"
My mouth being just then "too full for
| utterance," 1 silently banded him rnv flask.
J' i "Ahi that smells iiHttir;?l now. Gentle,r
i inon, here's to General Jackson!' and he
10 tossed off a bumper of the pure stuff.
"Kit," mumbled Tom, through his bu-y
' jaws, "you never told us how your nose
got spoilt."
"Confound yon," was tho gruff rejoinder,
"I've told you a dozen limes?I fell down
? [ and stepped on it."
! "When!"
'P "When I was so years old."
Satisfied with this circumstantial account
c' i of the accident, we all relapsed into silence,
?' and for n few momouts nothing was hoard
. but the crunching of our molars, while the
( ; boys' chances for a dinner off tho relics grow
?* "beautifully less."
10 "Colouel," said at leiiglli, tossing away
tho used up drumstick of a cold chicken,
[? | 'give us that long-promised yarn about
your adveuturo with tho "Spirit Doe of St.
I Stephcus.'"
"Oil, yes!" cried all the others, "let's ha*
the Colonel's story."
"Well, well, boys, let's take a fainiI
drink iirst, though."
Of course there was no objection to this
so, after "smiling" all round, wo lit ou
Havanae, and listened to tho "old man clu
quent."
TUB COLONCLS 8TORY.
"I suppose you all know that in alums
every place where deer arc hunted, th
same old story is current of a spectral bucl
haunting some particular drive; modi lied, u
course, to suit circumstances and the taste
of the narrators. Well, up in St. Stephen':
whou 1 lived there, some ten years ago, w
had our version of the legend; and as yo
may neve; have hoaid it before, I'll prulac
my adventure with tho tale.
' Many years ago?perhaps a century, o
longer?when the Catawba tribe of Indian
huuted over the northwest portion of ou
Stale, ihero was among them a bcaulifu
young girl, daughter of the head chief c
the nation, who was known among th
braves by the litlo of O-man o ice, or th
Hounding Fawn. Her black and lustrou
1 eyes were more terrible to the Cataw b
j wariiors than the watch Ores of a hostii
war-party; and many a warrior, who pulfo
; his calumet in stoical iodiffeietico when th
j Hounding Fawn passed near him, woul
! have given his wealth of hoiscs and wain
; puin, despite his affected stolidity, if sit
I would have consented to share his lodg
with him. Hut in vain did they aspire i
! her hand, l'ipe after pipe was smoked bt
1 tweou her father and t' e elder braves, bu
to no purpose; and many a one of th
younger warriors walked the war pat
alone, in search of some gallant advoulurt
on which to base his claims?and still C
' man o-ree remained a maid. Wa bus p
j alone, of all tho young braves, had neve
sued ior her baud, lie was young am
' poor, but ho was proud, and ho knew tha
' his spirit could never brook the scornful rt
i fusal, which he felt suro would be his lot i
! I,.. ,l...?-l .1- w i' > ?
Iuu viiuvu ?i"K uiu ;ir-ivigio lor lil
daughter; fur Wa-li us-pa's i'aco had neve
yet lull llie war paint, and no hostile seal
yet decorated his belt. Hut tho paulher-skii
which screened the enhance of his lodg
was larger l?y a hand's breath, every waj
than any in tho village, and ihe giiz/.l
monster from which it had been torn, ha<
fallen before his hunting knife in singl
combat. Twice had he despoiled tire sh
bear of her cubs, and slain her with his ax
when she rushed to avenge her loss, Tli
old men looked with pride on his athleti
limbs and splendid form, as he sat nake
on his horse, armed for the eliase, and prt
dieted that tho fearless and successful huii
ter would some day become a lliuuderbo!
to the enemies of tho tribe.
"I &wi<* tlmi vv?? tin* |iu l.ud neve
mado suit for tho Hounding Tavvi
Why, then, did tho oyo of tho maiden gli.ten
with pride, when she looked on th
moccasins, the belt, and the ?piiver of th
! young b"4*^ and saw that they were I'uini
i ,.J rToiu ihe spotted coat of the bcautifu
1 t creature whose name slio bote? or why di<
tho blood go bounding to her dusky cheek
when slie glanced at the spear-stall", whic
was planted in front of his lodge, and sat
dangling from it his'medicine bag'of sluli
i ed fawn skin? On tho other hand, wlienc
came that daily tribuio of tish or venisot
which whs laid hy some unseen hand at th
i door of the War-Kaglo's hnlge? And o
| that bright July lUornincr. when O man .
w ? D """" ""
ico was waked from I.or shady slumber o
iho bank of tho Catawba, by the wel
known dieadful rattle, and stood iranstixe
with honor at tho sight of tliu hideous re]
1 tile, which was piepaiing to give the fat:
| blow, whose nervous arm and unerring c\
winged the shaft which pinned the muiiaU
to the oak, at whoso base ho was coiloe
Many u>ked thoso rpiestions, but none coul
1 answer litem, till the War l'-.igle aiose on
I morning, and called in vain for <? man <
! reo to till his pipe. ".She is bathing wit
\ the maidens," said the chief; but the ma
! dens had not seen her. Nor wa? it until
| whisper reached his ear that Wa hus p,
loo, war missing, that tho truth llashed uj
1 on her father's mind. "Then was tlui
inouuliug in hot haste," and tho war w huo
1 rung through tho ancestral pine--, as tl;
warriors scouted oil* in pursuit. l?ul evei
ing biuiight them back again, with no trr
1 ccs of the fugitives. Tho old chief foaiue
with rage and soirow, and his brothel, l!i
prophet of tho tribe, donned his mysl'
lobe, and with spells and incautalioi
' howiod out his cuise upon the living pai
Meanwhile, Wa lrus pa's stout gi lding ha
' borne tho loveis gallantly on. I'hrcu da)
and nights, with scarce an interval of iobrought
them to the neighborhood of ol
St. Stephen's church, and lioio the nobl
1 steed traVQ out. Wearv and faint. tli.? lm
' era agreed to rest hero tor awhile; an
j spreading his panther robe beneath a thicl
j boiighed holly, the young bravo placed ?
t man o-reo upon it, and let'l her to slum be
while ho wandered oil in search of soin
game for a meal. Ilo had not proceed?
1 ! far, before ho caino upon a lovely, lial
1 grown due, reposing beneath the shade t
; a holly; ipiick as thought, his shaft was n
! tiie siring, and the next instant was ipiive
I ing in her heart, lie sprang forward to m
' euro his ipiarry, and before him lay th
i i lifeless form of his bleeding bride! J li
' curse of the prophet had followed him; ill
spoil was upon iiis senses. Ho gazed a im
i meat upon the horrid sight; then, teaiin
the garments from his body and limit
rushed into the depth of the swamp, a in
ked, howling maniac, and nono have seen
trace of Wa hus-pa since, lint from tin
hour, the While Spirit Do? of St. Stephen
has haunted the holly bush by the ol
brick church."
"Bravo! Colonel!" cried Tom, knockin
tha ashes from liis segnr, "you've almo
Urouijlit tears to my eyes."
"Now, kind friends," drawled Kit, i
doleful tones, "we'll give you a w rry |>.
chetic (chorus, in beiutll of this unfoilin
, young madiuu and her lover, the youu
. inoiiiuc."
"Hush! you li9Hlltcn! and let us hear tl
j farco after tho tragedy."
o 1 ''It's h short story, boys, and soon told,"
i rejoined the Colonel. "I was out (iro hunty
j ing ono night, with old Quarcoo?poaco to 'p
his ashes!?carrying the light. We had ' 'preJ)
>; walked a long way without seeing any- j . ]
r thing, and twelve o'clock lound us near the J CMMi
> church on our way homo. 'Maussa,' wliis tion,
percd Quarcoo, creeping nearer to me, *1 shot
spec you hotter go todder road; you find too so w
it much mud bog 'long dis way.' 'Whv, i f
c tiuarcjo,' said I, '1 believe you're scared!'
k 'No scare, maus-a, but lie mighty bad luck ; lon
if for firo-hunt 'bout de ?M holly-tree.' 'Come beio
a on,' rejoined I; 'may he we'll get a shot at carl*
i, the old while doe.' 'Ki! mauosa! you neh I ^ U(
o ber to talk tlal way! Kf you ubber rai?e j
u your gun at dat deer, you sure to be dead c":<,
e in less than tree week!' ! paid no alien- li"'
tion to him, hut k pt on. until suddenly u lhul
r rustling to my left arrested mo, and made ( J!
s mo look around. 1 was within twenty , Preji
r steps of the old haunted holly, and there, new
i| directly under it, were visible a j aii of eyes, |,ii0
>f retleeting the flicker of the burning pine- sj3
0 knot, which almost fell from Quaicoo's 6tl>j)
e ! trembling hand. I am not supeistilioiis, whu
s , but a i-lrauge fcoting came over me, as I .,put
a 1 looked at the eyes. Could the story be rt,inl
e true? Was there really a'spirit deer!' Ju-t |Vn i
J thou the torch shot up a tongue of tlamo ' fun,
e ; which, for an instant, illumined the tree. I iiua|
d : caught a momentary glance at the deer, l|,0
1 j and, to my am i/, incut, saw that it was ^j,,.c
e white! Hoys, 1 have said I was not mi: or ;iIij
o 1 stilious; Inst had my adventure ended here, OOUI
o ! 1 should, to my dying day, have been a linn
believer in sniiiis lint fi-i 1 1
4 ?, . n0!ll
t I was, I intended to see it lluough: so, unit- aH f,
u ! tering l<? myself Othello's retiiaik 111 a some- );
li what similar dilemma, which, by some uti;t
accountable menus eiuue into my mind at I saV
?. the moment: 'if that thou Lo'at a dovil, 1 ?ai,(
a cannot kill thee, 1 raised my gun and fired. fr,?,
r The scuffling licit followed showed that I duii
1 bad to deal with loal llesh and blood; and lllor
il lushing up to sec what I bad done, tliem lo
). lay my own imported merino ihiu, worth t ,jt,
if two bundled dollars, if a cent! I gave | ejn;,
n tjuareoo the carcass, on condition ho would ' j,
r i never breathe a word about the mailer, and |\ J
it I promised iiim a sound thrashing oft' if he \'ir.
it I should ever tell it?and, hoys, I haven't ){j]|
o | fire-hunted since!" < ,jcr
, ) The Colonel having spun his yarn, wo rose
v to prepare for recommencing our hunt; hut | uftoi
J 1 tlie wind had sprung up, and the driving ? '
0 ' clouds warned us to he satisfied with our (
e sport for the day. So, appointing a day f<<r |,ui,
0 our next meet, and taking a parting horn ail \ |e0t(
e round, we separated, and each of us struck |ars
c ( a lope lor our respective homes. So ended j Trei
d I tho day's hunt. ! and
1 ] - -m ? and
j ! The Manufacture of Words. , i)K"
1 Tito following sen-able retuaiks are cx,
. ? , ,, , ' COill
tiaeted lioni a clever nairnr in riasei s (
i Marine: V. "J
No permission has been s>? inueii abuse.I i ' ''
0 , in our day as that ?>f llnr.uo for the nianu- ! '
0 factureof woivls. lie allows men to mould i '
one now and then, with a modest discrc- ! 1,1
j lion and caution; hut lie is luldre-siug po- ro>t
j j ets, not aiders of pa'.ent leather or dealer* j ~
i in marine *l<<ic-. Wmild ho not have stood ' IIJ'1
|j ' aghast at the tei 111 "atiligrophv los.-" Would j ,l'j%
v j it not piizgle a Scaliger or Ken lie) / It is ! V; 1
[ j time, we protest, to put a slop to these vile
? I coinage*. when every hreeelies maker ?.r 011,1
, blacking manufacturer invents a compound ""f
y word of six syll.bies at expressive of his il1'
n wares. Ladies do not wear petticoats now-a- !,|lu
, ' days, but ci iuoli ecs. What is their ne.w "" 1
I( name f<>r guiteis? Men do not ride on horse- : ox<^
j. hack as aforetime?they take , :> tia'i i
,j exercise; won are not nianied :. ot.r ,n
( I gruiid-motlu > llioy aie lead to ti hytue- !'e
. j nial altar. A hooks Her, forsooth, bucomcs |lve
0 a bibliopole; and a servant is conceited into I
.,. a manciple. Marbers do not sell toolh-pow
U ' der and shaving soap, as their fttheis did, '
,j ! but odoiito, and deolitiicc, and lypnpha- a'1'1
, gon; haii wa-b has p?s>ed away?it is ca-j * -V'
pillaiy fluid; can any one tell us what is the
lt ' meaning of "diagno.-is' as applicable to di- u 14
j, j sea-el If it lias a signilieatioti at nil, \vc 1"'^
a guarantee to find lialf-i-dozcn JSaxon
4 i monosyllables expressive of the saute idea. *''1
, Medical gentlemen, too, talk of phlebotomy;
c we know tlnil it has some connection with
blood letting, and. tor our own pail, we a'.- 4 "
' wavs associate the term with a night we , '
C n I ^
I once spent between tile *hoel?, oil .live ' ?! *.
4. in an iiish hotel. W ii > won d ! uicvo that ^
d "epistaxis" means .-;nip!\ bleeding ?. I tie' j
c, nose? Fancy ? no mm . .Ib 'V doubling liis
j4. li-t, and telling auotlor t?? "look out to '
L epistaxis?" What is meant by this faslii >na "
r> ! bio woul ";e-llietic- ' We take lip the ti -1 4'
(j book within reach, and open it at inu.i >:ii. 1 '
s It is Williatu Wordswoith, a biogruphvby
ti I'M win Paxton II.nd. We.l. Wuat do we ^ 4
tj lead I "I'.y ;e>thctic biogi ipbv. lie t
|u "is simply intended a life in ideal altitudes."
f. Simply intended! I'..I ever mortal man lis
,j ten to such verbiage i in mad.' What, 1
again, ate we to uudei.-t.itid bv these Wolds
1 "objective" anil 'subjective,'' which every <
r goose w ith l.is sh mi nictaphysics has iiow-a mj,
y days oa his lip-! sain
e< in
I- Mi lk vs. Ham.?A friend -nine lew days >p
d since made m laugh "constiiiicdly," by von
n relating tho following: d ;
r- "Not long >inee, our hi nd l? -- , of pan
3- Mobile, was oil a vi-it to I. .. k ? it Moun am
e taill (iililr.ri:i Mil. i ..... i. .... .1. . I II...
"?" ??.?- lil'U II 'II III Iv I III 4ii*
o (ho f a t that ;i tilit' j. t i.| water w is thrown cuil
Oj ii | > above the li?|? ot *! i o oiiiin.-iioe i'ii \v It it'll w li
? the I folel stands. lie knew il was brought sir,
g j from tar In-low, but ho was curious l<? know tho
s, by what mechanical contrivance. \\ ilk '?
i- j ing rouml tho jet admiringly. hoacco?tc.l ? ing
a in his accustom * I polite an 1 rather precise 1 m
it way?i plain countryman, with: ove
s 'My friend, i-? this water forco<l lip by a mill
J llmnP?meaning, of course, tlio hydraulic Y??u
contrivance so named.
g ' 'Ram!' exclaimed tho countryman. oil,
>t *1 soy Kam!" die
'No, sir. It's i dein big mum:, and haid die
n work at that, (lonio here, and I'll show stic
i- ' him to you'.' ho i
it And suro enough, friend l'? did, "|?e
g from a dttleicnl point of view, ml a sight Am
J of tlio quadrupedal hybrid working tliema- to I
in j chinery, and agreed that it was pretty 'hard hu^
! work.'"?Montgomery M<ti!. sm
Origin of the Sub-Treasury.
ho admirable working of the Sul
usury echcine, under tho first monctur
s which has occurred sincu its introdui
, has made it impr-riaut that iUautlu
ild bo known and have the credit duo fc
Uo a measure, l ire following, from ill
thington correspondent of tho Churle.
Standard, shows to whoiu this hour
ngs, and among tho names of its fo
v defenders and fiietids we arc please
ule the iianio of lion. Francis W. J'icl
tho prominent candidate for the Un
States Senate, as successor to ?Jud"
ler:
very .'liing tiow connected with the Sul
tsury is of peculiar interest?for th
system of financial policy has worke
:t charm during the present money cr
over tho country. In 1837, when
elision of banks was general over tl
lo country, there was hardly a soun
upon which to stand, while trying t
aid their shattered institutions, llow di
it is the caso now! As tlio teservoi
ishes a c >nstniit supply of puru an
thy water, so does tho Sub Treasury i
country, by pouring out a supply t
:e in its legitimate operations, notitisupport
all the great interests of tl
itry, wbile the banks and banking it
ili'iiis arc undergoing a system of pur
ion, as necessary for their own licall
>r tlie good of the coruinunity.
ait wall whom did the idea of a Sul
isurv, now so popular, originate. Sunt
it was the natural offspring of tlio
ciul crisisot 1637?others, thai it spran
i Col. Kenton's hard money doclrin
iij; uk- iiiiio dciiwii 111 IIII drops" woi
e t.i!ke> 1 of than handled. [ know
have l*ct n of still earlier oiigiu, an
k I can give y> u tile true souicc whom
nalcd llie grand scheme,
t the ye us ol 1S33?-4, th?? H jii. Wr
loidan, tl.en a member of Congress fioi
;inia, arid while the favorite "Pet Han
" ol the Jackson Administration was ui
consideration in the I loiue of liepresot
ios, moved to strike out all of the bi
r the enacting clause, and insert:
That fioui and after the day <
- in the year , the Collectors
lie icvenue at places wheie tlio tuincc
l*iI shall not exceed the sum of dc
per annum, shall be tlio agents of it
isurer to keep and disburse tlio sum
be subject to such rules and regulation
give such lioiid and security, as he shf
iCribe lor the faithful execution of hist
and shall leceive, in addition to tl
iponsation now allowed by law, p
tnn on the stuns disbursed, so th
of i>?i o\I l t.,J ihe sum of tlolla
annum.
Kt' I ion J. Ami be it further enaclt
t at places where the amount of publ
Utile collected shall exceed the sum
? dollars per annum, there shall be a
tied by *.!io I'lOsiJent, by and with ll
ice ami consent of the Senate, receive
ho public revenue, to be Agent* of tl
usurer, who shall give such bond and ?
ty to keep Mid disburse the public lev
, and be subject to such rules and reg
ui*, as the Treasurer may prescribe, at
II l fur llioil- i s?
. ...V.I ^hivcj J?C CC..1II
die aUUH <lisbui>e !, provided it Joes in
;ed the sum of dollars peranum
iucTiox 3. And be it jart/ur enactt
it from and after tlio day of
whole revenue of the United States d
J from custom*, lands, or otherw ise. sir:
raid in theatrical coins of the Unite
.es."
hi the question, "shall the Ull he
mded" it was decided in the negaliv
s 33, nays 101.
hose who voted in tiie uiiiimalive, at
> stand recorded on the pages of oar n
al history as the thirty-three ori-j'u
' Treasury 11.en, in ftv. r of Jivorein
ik and State, w.>r,-; John tjuincv A
. Mass; llcmun Allen. Vt.; John .1. .\
\ a ; Chilton Allen, Kv ; Win. S. A
r. Va.; Noyes U nhei. I'onii.; dallies !
Heaie. Va.; M.ntin ll atv. Ky.; l*ob(
. 11111?1 dI, S C.; N . II. CI 1 iborne, V
a. ' like. I'a ; Vug. II. Clayton, (1;
? l'av Kv ; I hoimu Dcavoiiport, V
n(ind I ?? U? 11 v. N. l'.; I'hos. F l*'ost<
; K"g> ' 1. (iambic, Va.; June* !
? 'il. \ a ; Win. K. Cordon, Va;.lol
111!i 11, North Carolina; das. I'. Ileal
; II iht. 1*. I.etcher, Va.; Dixon II. He
\. 1 ; II. C. Marlindale, N. V.; Wi
' una*. \ a.; Francis W. 1'icketis, S. I
n Koheitson, Va ; David Spangle
. John N. Ste.-V, Md ; Win. I'. Tn
Va.; Uiehard II. Wilde, 'da.; Few
Hiatus, N. C; Henry A. Wise, Va.
du nokon anu St.avkiiv.? An Amoiic
n.-ter ca.led upon Mr. rS;m??n. at
i, hi the conversation, that he had
negation in the states ot 3,000 peon
ii^ton: And have you blacks in vo
ligation/ .lonalhaiit Oh, v es. Ai
y " 1 ail woi.ship together, or have v<
liti 'iis and curtain*} Oh, llie Mac
behind a curtain. And do you la
I ad's Supper with the blacks behind
mi.' ' >h, yes. Sow, nr, d vou ku<
it a monomaniac is) Oh, yes. W?
I'm a monomaniac?a in Miomaniac 1
subject of slavery. (And Spurge
lied his hand into his pocket, and hriu
0 it his penknife, opened it.) Yes *
a peifeci monomaniac. Fvnnocoiiti
1 mvself, sir; and if you stay hero I'
a.I.-L l.uI
> in.?j I'm una MUM 111
r hypocritical bosom. So i want ji
oil! I'D oil! i feel it lining in me. 1
I say! (Ami 110 humle?l Jonathan
iloor, iiei voitsly humility Iti > kllifo ;
"liile.) "And did you leally mean
1; the follow!" said tlio fiiond to v\ha
related iho hlory. "Why, iio," said I
inot ijuile thai; but l'*u going
icrica before long, am] I wauled the
mow, before 1 go, that they won't Inn
; mo about slavery."?(f tteshcoi C
rr.
Jefferson's Portrait of Washington.
The subjoined sketch of the life, cliarac- J
>* ter and services of General Washington, | cta
y from the pen of Mr. Jefferson. and in l?? he ^
s. found iti a letter of hi* to Dr. Walter Jones '
)r dated at Monticello, January 2d, 1814. It'
is a powerfully drawn picture, and being I 1
>r entirely free front fulsome pauegyiic. or at- j '
10 leinpt at exaggeration, we commend it to 1 ",c
s- i lite careful attention <<f our leaders, n? em
)r I bodying in a short space all that need be . '
w ' said of that great and good man. It is s
I written in the eonc.se and vigorous style i
! for which its illustrious author was so re I **'
t* ! matkable, and is woithy ofheing treasured j 11 ^
i- | in the memory of every admirer of tho j Cu'
,Q "Father of his country." or the immortal
1 writer and signer of thy Declaialiou of In Sl'4
! dependence: s( 1
. j i tlrink I know General Washington in 1 u<
'* j litnately and thoroughly; and were I called
. | on to delineate his character, it aliotihl be in | "
' j lorms like these: ! r^'1
:i His mind was great and powerful, with- |
16 out being of tire very first order; his pene- a
" tration strong, though not so acute as that '
? of a Newton, Bacon or Locke; and, as far !*" '
, ! as Ire saw, no judgment was ever odor.
ir j It was slow in operation, being little aid !"
ed by invention or irnagitialimi, but sure in 1 "
, conclusion. 'Il
i I Ileuco the common rcinaik of bis olliceis,
i of the advantage lie derived from councils ""
10 of war, w here, hearing all suggestions, ho i w!'
*" | selected whatever was best, and certainly ;
; no general ever planned his battles more
judiciously. 14ut if deranged during the
course of the action, if any member of bis *"
I plan was distracted by certain ciicuiiistau {' r
^ i ces, ho was slow in a rej-.:?tiuciit. I hecmi- 1
sequence was that ho often failed in tho j [ "
" . liold, and rarely against an enemy in sta
?* tion, ns at Boston or at New York. H<* 1 '
0 was incapable of fear, meeting peisoual j'.
11 dangers with the calmest unc >u eru.
: Perhaps tho strongest feature in Iris char- !*'
:o J acter was prudence, never acting until 'jj
j every circumstance, every consideration, i
was maturely weighed; refiaiuing if ho saw ; j"
| a doubt, but when once decided, going
i through with his purpose, whatever obsta"*
j cles opposed. Ills integrity was most nitre.
!'" | his justice llio most indexible 1 have over
| known; no motives of interest or consnn- ri'
! guinity, of friendship or hatred, n?able '
, to bias his decision, lie, was indeed, in
" J every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and
,l u great man.
Ilia teinj?er was naturally irritable and I ^
10 high-toned; bul rellectiou and resolution
'* i had obtained a lirm and habitual ascmden- J r0!
i cy over it. If over, however, it broke itsi*'
k' 1 bonds, he was most tremendous in his j
wrath.
ie Tn his expenses he was honorable, but ex ! 'aI
cr ! act; liberal in contributions to whatever ?"
al promised utility, hut frowning and unvieid"
j mjj on nil vl.n,nary project", and all uu- : V;t
| worthy calls for chanty. Ilia heart w as not j "
; warm in its affections, but he exactly calcu ; u"
' latcd every man's value, and gave him a 1,J'
?f | solid esteem pioporliuncd to it. 11U j-er
p- son, you know, was tine, his stature exactly ,;tl
m what one would wish, his depotliiiunl ea?y, Co
r? erect and noble; the best horseman of his ,c"
age, and the must graceful figure that could 1,(1
v i b? seen oil horse back. Although in the :is
V' circle of his friends, where he might be un- to
u" reserved with safety, ho took a free share Id
J in conversation, his colloquial talents were )'''
m not above mediocrity, posse-dug neither i '11
ft copiousness o! ideas, tiur five Join in the ^
n* use of words. *'u
In public, when called on for his opinions, ^
? ho was unready, short and embarrassed.
e* , Vet he wiote readily, rather diffusely, in an *'rr
'1' ea>v and correct style. This he had ac- ^ :
,i 1 " -
quircl l.y convenation with the world, for
ins education was merely reading, waiting,
So ' and common arithmetic, to w Iticli ho added n0
t: surveying at a later day. I''1
His time was employed it* action chiefly, sc
l,? reading little, and lli.it only in agriculture ',:i
1 and hnglisli history. 1 ii-? correspondence '.V
liecamo uece.vsaiily extensive, and, with
'd journalizing his agiiculuii.nl pi oceeding-.
occupied tin-st ii| his leisure hours in doors. * "
L' On thu whole, h\s character was io its mass, w'
'" ! perfect?in untiling had; in le-.v p juts in- I"'
different; and it may liuly Uo said, that [
rt i never did nature and forlunccomhiue more j l''
;l? pet fectly to unike a man great, and plaint
1 ' ' In in in the ?atnu c uislcihilioii will whaiev- 1,1
;t' er worthies have merited fioin man ;.u j '
' everlasting roineilihrance; fn his was the' ""
" singular d< stiny and merit of feadii g i!io ;ir- !
1,1 mies of Ins country thiougli nil arduous!
war, for establishment of its in '.. pondeuce, (
vv' of conducting its Councils through the hirtli
of h government, now in its form* an I priii- re
cijdts, until U had settled dow n into atjuiet ' 1
r? and orderly t ain; and of sciu, ulou-l\ : ^
')* ol eyiug the laws through the whole ? ! his 1,1
,ls career, civil an ! military; of whieli ihe his- ,c
j lory ot the world furnishes o o'her exam- kM
plo. I felt on his death, with my country- !
to.mi, thai "verily a great man hath thisdav .
i fallen in Israel."
1,1 ? \\
, 1 I uick-makint. Maciiini:.? At lie* late <h
Kxhibitiou of the American Institute K.dr, h.
'j Mr. Wood, of llartfurd, exhibited I i the
first time a rental kalle Inn -imp Ciuitri ;
j '1 vatice for making of hrieks and d. owing ii!.-? in
I j'I he clay is in a large open ho\ or hopper, in- m
jVt side of which is a revolving wheel with U
knives, shaped like the letter S. 11 y means : d?
II of this wheel, wliic'i has a double aeiiou,
and may ho worked either by hand, horse,
or steam power, the clay i- chipped up and J Ai
kneaded, thu separation of ?loii?? .ml other j cl;
" eUrineou* substances i* elFooted, and llio ! di
"l clay ia tlitiil forced into mould-. by a {* ftat ?'?
procure, and delivered <>n each Mile of the: Si
L" , machine, ready to la ilr.e l. ! la
l? - . lfu
' A lads' ImIoiu'hio to the "ion" in.Sempi- i ni
^ ?ill<\ N'oar Vo,L. having purchase! a laven, m
ll' . one i t' li'.T uei^hboi* asked her why she | c?
' ' thought i f Iniymo mirli an u^ly and il*o- tr
to U'NH bird. "My Itn~h.niJ and I," r-aid she, (J
m "v*i*h? 1 to try lh? ?*per.inc it whether ra- &;i
,e? veils IIIc to tbo a;?o of sesen or eioht hunlo
died \car*."
IU ?. G
a? If you aak a lady to walk out with you, fo
ho fii?t looks ?t vour dresi, and then at
think* of JiHf own dt
J. S X l/V?t
*.? 1 f
W$l
Dodging a ConMable. 4 ' , *.> *
Ashuville must bo a great place during
irt, as will be seen in llie fallowing from
, News: 1 .
* * # , * ?
Nearly all tlio lawyers on (lie Circuit are .
e, and a tremendous crowd of outsider* v '
'peculators, itinerant merchant*, gentle*
n of leisure. Jew*, (ientile*, and lire "in- * ; ?^x
Uitants of the bill country round about.'* /
ney! money! 1 is the cry beard 011 all
e*. Several -:?<I casus have occurred ur?
our own observation. lake one for a
uple. A long legged constable lield an
ly document beginning, "You are hereby
iimauded to take llie body of," <kc.?
aiu.>t an unf.Mtuiiatu indiv idual. Thecunble
Ik..J trailed Ikiii ail .lav, bill for rea1
satisfactory to bimselt, no do ubt, the
lor dodged him. Severn' limes tlio leI
pursuer thought lie bad hi* victim safe,
I like Patrick s llee, when be put bis fill1
on him "he werift lhar." Kinallv losing
patience, constable determined, lika
pt. lb-Its, to "bead bini 01 die." Willi
:s peeled, every muscle sprung, and de*
111 inatic>11 to compter or die written on
. face, lie again started in pursuit. Round
1 Com 1 House, among the cake wagons,
otigb llie crowd, along Liuuid ltow, in
the Irotil and out at the back, bv a "cir?
iigunju'.ow" doubling llie suunrc again,
til tiuallv law liiuinpbed! 1 >cblor caved,
nd broken and sore footed, be surrender*
gracefully, reposing bis weary limbs uia
an empty g "ods box. Constable drew
i "weapons." figured out tho"prin.," "int.,"
d with a benevolent siitile banded it over
the inspection of bis victim. Debtor
>k?d at it, and in a bland tone said, "all
;ht." proceeding at tlio same time to draw
1 "call skui" and count out the required
lOUut. Constable sat by, a broad grin of
. fiction and good nature overspreading
1 countenance. Through with the opo1
mi, debtor banded pile over to coti&tn*
*, who in turn proceeded to ascertain that
was right. A sudden pallor overspread
> Icaiuics as be turned over the bill* and
, me rested upon "Octree." "Rank of Jefsou,"
"Kxcliange Rank," tfce. Rasping
[ breath, hu hurriedly exclaimed, "Nu
Miey but tbisi" "Nary red!' solemnly
died debtor. It was too much. Hainan
1.1 .......... 1 ' * ...?
hi-; uf mines three hundied million*, forts
??t?o hundred millions; of unvignlioii
id li.-liurics one hundred million*, of iii?<
arnica! (r.nle* and profession* four huu>d
millions; making the tola) annual volj
<>f Ike domestic products of the United
site* thiity livo hundre I millions of d?d*
rs. Jt' we add to the above the annual
rei_u imports, tlireo hundred and rixty
illioits, and estimate a three hundred fold
imputation, before an article teaches the
lasuuier, the annual aggregato of the
atisaction*, Ltwceu mm and man, in the
i.ited State*, would amount to ten thoulid
million* of dollars.
' Somehow or other,"'said Frederick tiie
rcat, "Providence accina l?> do the most
r the best disciplined troops." '*1 have
ways notice I," * tid Xnpoluoii, "that Provf.
;iifC favors the heaviest I. itt?l}t>n\M
m.v wum n'jv, siitiui 11. vousiaoie a
uiiteiiance relaxed, losjiw foil. It is knees
U'te i< .getlier, and jittering for a inonicnl,
fell headlong. The last words ho utter*
, as a Lystan Jer knelt over liiin, were,
Vild Cat, by thunder!" Should ho not
over, the verdict of tho jury of inquest
II bo ?44Died oj Tcnncxzet money."
Bisitor Mkauk's Covtuibctions. ?The
0 volume bv Bishop Meade, of Virginia,
"The old Families and Churches ofViriiin,"
is one of the mo-i interesting and
Iuablu of recent contributions to State
itcriiM*. From a late summary and runug
review of the work, wo extract the fob
n ing item.-:
J'rmllttun.? 1 wo brothers, "of a good
ilily to decay," one of whom was the an?lor
of the distinguished Kdtuund Pendleii,
(the tiieiid and colleague of Washingii
in the first Congress,) who died in 1804,
1'rcsident of tin- Court of Appeals, came
Virginia front England, about the year
74. 'The descendant* of the first Pension
have intermarried with the Pollards,
lylors, Hoy*, C.iine-os (the late Geo. Ed.
Gaines is descended from a sister of
dge Perrdletoii.) Lewises, Pages, Nelson*,
arts, Kichard-, Taliaferro#, Turner*, Shop*
rds. Carter-, Kemps, Palmer*, Dimiilge-,
Cooks"?"thousands throughout
rginia antl elsewhere."
Washington.?Tliero are some few anecite>
furnished by Bishop Meade that have
1 appeared in Gen. Washington's biogra.
iy. It appeal*, as if providentially, that
veral of liis early proposals of marriage
,d been rejected, living refers to an eartin
roe* a "lowlan I beauty;' and Mi**
ryine*, of Bradshaw, in Middlesex Couu,
the mother of "Ligbt-horso llarry"?
itieial Henry Lee; al-<> to Miss Gary, of
lose fuller "Young Washington asked
rtuission to addre.-s his daughter." "If
: i ... i. - i ** *
ii is )uur ouMiiess nere, sir, responded
e jrrottd Col. Oary, "I wish you to leave
0 lioiise, for my daughter hfls been nccu*med
in ri?lo in her own coach." The
.tighter of Col. William Kaiuil be Iloy (of
o oClho most ancient t'anii!ie> of Virgin*
, ami probably biother to the grand moi-r
of the first Col. John Taylor) had a
aiighter, E!it ibclli. who became wifo of
r. Adams, of dames Kiver, after having
fiis?'.l the hand <>f Cieii. (ieorge Washingii."
A seusti of.duly called tlie youthful
idiiugli.u lo the field bef.'ie he had made
* formal addiess . > Miss Phillip*. Their
tie iv a! was pt even led by her engagement
hi- fiiond apt. Morris. Hut for this cir.
instance the iJctieial's lot might bav e been
iFe" en t.
liishop Meade bears testimony to lien,
'Hsliington'a deep religious feeling, and
it lie wa* a zealous chtireh man and humo
commuuicaut.
I*it vt: or vitr. Ustt tr* Hr.vrica.? Aco'udg
to the !a-l Patent (.'.lice report, lUv ani.d
\ tin of products <>f agiicultme ill the
ni ed Slates was two thousand millions of
"llaisj of tnauufacttiroH site hundred mil