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The Romance of Western History. Where is llio West! Like the indefin# tile horizon, it is coutinually retreating We thought it was but a short way off, an now it is heyoud the Mississippi, and fa away on ibe shores of the Pacific. Th islands of the Ocean, and then the Ob World, Kast, will he our West! To those of our readers who are new 1 this region wo would say that Ohio an< Kentucky wpro, only a short generalioi since, the West; then Indiana and lllinoi Were the Far West! It was in those day mul in the Valley of tho Ohio, that Ju-lg Hall laid the scenes of a very iuteresiiu) rabiaie called "The Rntnanco of West em History." Liko all his works, it is ele gatitly written, smooth and pleasant; butt 'hose whose reminiscences lie hack atnonj the Pioneers, or who in their boyhood as tf'Ciated wilh tlicui this Koiiianee, (alhei liss romance than fact,) it has a peculiar zest 5: bri tigs up, like a good picture taken ii other days, the dress, attitude, and appear mice of tho old race, who oneo lived her and struggled through tho setni-barhaiic p? riod of civilization. It is only hy such pic I lima Il.nl .v.. .S I I for they cnn never return. Lei in <juole a paragraph or two fron this Romance of History, that we may rate! ? sidelong glanceat the old Pioneer. Judgi llaii relates n story of (as he understood it Muldrow, who gave name to Muldrow, stil in Kentucky. This man, who was one o I ulieal pioneers, had a cabin in one o the tugged acclivities of the hill or moun tain named from liiin. lie had been ther< i year or two, and was s arching for g une when he saw a small dog running in hi* track, and supposed an Indian was near a a few minutes the owner of the d<>g -came stepping cautiously along, glancing j> alously around, and making signals tc lis dog. The owner of him halted in fioiil of the hunter, and full exposed to view. Hi was a tall, athletic man, completely armed with rifle, tomahawk, and knife, but whe thcr be was a white man or Indian, coul-.l not be determined, cither by complexion 01 -siren. "He wore a hunting-shirt and loggins o| -dressed deer skin, and a hat from which the rim was entirely torn away and the crown elongated into the shape of it sugar loaf. The face, feet and hands, which were exposed, were of the tawny hue of the sav-ago, but whether the color was natural or the efleet of exposure could n<>t be a-certained even bv the k? en eye of the hunter, and the features wcro so disguised by *lirt and gunpowder that their expression allbrd <*d no clue by which the question could be decided whether the individual was a friend or foe. Thero was but a moment for do liberation, and after a hasty scrutiny the pioneer, inclining to the opinion that the 3tranger was an Indian, cautiously drew up -his rifle, and took a deliberate aim; but the bare possibility that he might be pointing his weapon at the bosom of a countryman induced him to pause. Again he raised his gun, and again he hesitated; while his opponent, with his ritie half raised towards his face, and his finger on the trigger, look ed eagerly around. Both stood motionless and silent; one searching for the object of lils pursuit, tho other in readiness to lire. At length tho hunter, having resolved to delay no longer, cockuu his iilie?the'lick' reached the ear of his opponent, who instantly sprang behind a tree; tho hunter imitated his example, and they were now fairly opposed, each covered l?y atieo, from behind which lie endeavored to get a shot at his adversary without exposing his own person. And now a series of stratagems ensued, each seeking to draw tho tiro of the other, until the stranger, becoming weary of suspense, called out, ''Why don't you shoot, you eternal cowardly varment!" "Shoot yourself, you bloody red-skin," tetorled thuother. "No more a red skin than yourself." "Are you a while man!" "To l>e sure I nm; are you!" "Yes. no mistake in me." Whereupon, each being undeceived, they threw down their guns, rushed together with open arms, and look a hearty hug. The hunter now learned that the stranger had been settled with his family about ten miles from him for several months past, and that ll ey had often roamed over the same hunlimr mound* ?;ich sin moon.* o n t ? " ' "I I *"""?> himself tlio sole inhabitant of thai region. On the following day llie hunter saddled hit horse, and taking nj> his good wife be hind him, carried her down to make a call upon her new neighbor, who doubtless ro ceivud the visit with far more sincere joy than usually nllonds such ceremonies." Such was the solitary and the dangerous life of the pioneers. We will add one incident related of a woman; and, as the same *hing in substance was told in by men contemporaneous with this heroic woman, we believe it to lie true: "The females, too, had 'their exits and their entrances' in this bloody drama; and exercised (heir courage as well as their in veutive powers in the practice of strategy, A patty of Indians approached a solitary log house with the intention of uitirdcrirg its inmates. With their usual caution, one of their number was sent forward to reconnoitre, who, discovering the only persons withili l<i be a woman, two or three children, and a negro man, rushed in by him self and seized the negro. The woman caught lip an axe, and, with a single blow, laid tho savage warrior dead at her feet, while the children closed tho door, and with rendv satracitv crnnloved ilioitw..U.^ o ^ 1 / v'TXf. ,n1' t citing it. The rest of the Indians came up .1 attempted to forco an entrance; hut the negro and the children kept the door closed; and the intrepid mother, having no effective weapon, picked up a gun barrel which had neither stock nor lock, and pointed it at the wages through the apertures between the logs. The Indians, deceived by the appearance of a gun, ami daunted by tlm death of their companion, retired." Thi?? was a heroic woman, ami of such, and and in just such a period, were the ancient Spartans. In conclusion, *?c desire to add our contribution to what a discriminating public has already given of praise to the labor of Judge Hall. IJe was one of the earliest to make Western literature respectable, and j?rove that letters were not (lufam'iar to the poople of the West.? Cincinnati Gazette. As Joe was walking up Washington street yesterday with a friend, who indulges pret sly ft cely in the use of the weed, tlio latter -remarked thai he was almost roasted. "No wonder," replied Joe, "as you have been on -tlta */>it all the morning." What h' a man? A young lady nnswers, "A thing to waltz with; a thing to flirt with; to take one to places of amusement; to litOgli at; to ho married to; to pay one's bills; to keep oue comfortable." Not .far fiom the j^i .truth. tip VI * wsmsBsss^sssBsssemageamBm Original Anecdotes of Ooa. jackson In one ol the Indian campaigns, whi< f. not recollected or inntorinl to our atoi J whilst the army wan on the inarch, still r Tennessee, on its way to the scene of w o in Alabama, a drafie<l company nru e J peeled daily to overtake the main body lioops. This company at length reach) 0 the rear of (he train. Information of the 1 approach was immediately carried to tl il front, where Jackson was at the time. I s the messenger passed from rear to frot i, the fact that this company were witlio o arms, having left their guns at home, w g made kno .rn along the whole line. Il w known to the entire armv before it rendu c Jackson's ears. Curiosity was on tiptoe 0 know how the irrnscible commander wou r act under such circumstances. A stor i- was anticipated. Soon the General w t observed making bis way rapidly to tl . rear, and to the surpiiseof all parlies, seer 1 ingly in railier a smiling mood. Finull - lie met the company. He saluted ihor [? Tliey looked for a volley of curses, and f i- immediate dismission home?the vei tiling they desired. .Vol so, however. O, 1 Hickory pulled oil' his hat, and with ti politest and lowest how, expressed hjsgial i Hcation at their arrival, and especially i i the fact that they had no guns. The vei 3 men lie wanted, just as he desired thein) without arms. Forming them for rapi I motion, at doable quick step, under li f ow n lead, tliey marched on till a bagj,aj f wagon was reached, then halted, atnl ear man was furnished with an axe. Forwai > march again was the word. As tliey pas , ed along the line of march, the General i object was seen, : ml laughter, Intld an . j uproarious, Willi many a hearty cheer, si r luted thein as they made their rapid wn r to the front. Theie these axemen were i ? oneo initiated into their campaign dutie 1 They cleared tlie roads, they hiidged til creeks, or carried the wagons piece hy pioe | the baggage, aininuiiition, tke., over o their backs, when bridges weie impasnabl | They were ever in a post of danger, boa ing the burdens of the campaign. Sliarin none of its honors, the laughing slock of th r whole army. Asotiikk.- Old Hickory crossed the Wai i rior river at tlio close of the campaign, i Carthage, in Tuscaloosa coiiuty. There h halted and rested for the reciuit and i? freshinenl of the sick and wounded for few days. The citizens of Tuscaloosa, the a sin dl village, got up a public dinner t the Ceneral. A deputation of militia oil ceis. armed cap a pie, went to Carthage t extend the invitation to Jackson. The found him busy, on foot, near the mai road, dismounted, and with well set phras their spokesman invited him to the dinne "For how many have you made provis ion?" asked Jackson. "For all my men?" "No, only for yourself and officers," "Hy the , then," replied the ol hero, "1 nor otlicer of mine will eat a din tier not provided for all our boys!" The turning on his heel abruptly, he left then The poor militia men were sadly discon Hied and morliOed at this rebutf. i Quartermaster, or his assistant, had laii hands on every horse of the delegation, an claimed them for public service. Furioui thev annealed In iliAtJenurul 11? /t/?..i;r... interfering; could make no distinction: Other men's horses were taken, why nci their*? was surprised at their want of p; triotism, not willing to give up their horse for transportation of tho sick and woundei soldiers! Tho case was hopeless?lit weather w arm?tho military trappings, coul sword, hoots, Ac., all ununited for a Ion; march in the hot and dusty weather. N conveyance, however, could ho had. Th Generals, Colonels, Majors, and Captain of the Tuscaloosa militia wulked to Tusca loosa. "And that's tho reason," naively nddei my informant, "why Tuscaloosa, 1 own, al ways voted against the General." 1 believe those anecdotes to bo true They have never been published. ' The au thoriliea from whom 1 had them are ii every way reliable. The late , of Selina, Dalla county, gave mo the lirst in 1838. lie wa a quartermaster in Jackson's army?him sell an enthusiastic admirer of the old hero politically, at that time, a supporter ? Judge White, lie represented himself a an eye-\vilne-s of the scene. The second 1 have from I). Ii., near I la vana, in Greene county, Ala. lie is stil living, llelieves Jackson to have been tin greatest man, save Washington, who eve lived. At the time of the occuircnce he rt sided near Caithage. lie saw and heart | as 1 have written substantially. K. [Mobile Mercury. TKitntni.E Scknf. in a Tiikatrf..?A wii ter fioin Kurono gives the follow ing doscrip lion of il?e scone Hi Leghorn, where in ai agony of causeless alarm one hundred inei of a crow.I were trampled lo death an? five hundred wounded: " The house was crowded ? the play, "Tlx Taking of Sevastopol." The first acts won I off well; hatlery after battery exploded, am i the thrilling spectacle made the theatre rin? with applause. All eyes were turned t< 1 see them take the Malak"tT. At la?t 'twa I stormed. The soldiers rushed in ? then tin ' explosion amid ihe wildest cheers. At tha I moment a -park caught the scenes?thci 1 blazed?the audience thought it a part o I tho play, and cheered the louder, tlie scan. ' was so natural. Alas, it was too perfect Another moment they saw their mistake a cry of misery drowned the applause Higher and higher it rose, maddening lit spectators with (right. Five minutes tnor and the lire was extinguished, hut the spec tators, like a herd of buffaloes, like a panic al.iolron O...... lit? .. o -i. t ' ? -..ivnvii niiin, lino II ll"VIV <1| Mll't'j) I ?? ! >r< wolves, like passengers froin a sinking ship losing nil thought but self preservation ruslieil from tlieir seats. The shrieks o women, the shrill cry of children, the hoarsi Voices of men, all struggling for life, present e<J a scene not duscribable. Some llnev themselves from the boxes into the pit, kill ing themselves antl Clashing thoso hem-all them. No judgment?no forethought?on of the windows?over the lodges?stamp ing each other to dentil. The sentinels wen ordered to slop the passage with bayonets They planted, and those in llio front rank were run through and through, and tin soldiers with the rest were mutilated will tho feet of hundreds. An Indiana paper says that during a trin in Lawrenco court, a young lad who was call ed as witness was asked if lie knew the oh ligation of an oath, and where he would g< if he told a lie. lie said ho supposed "In should go where all the lawyers went." An old hiichelor, who edits a paper oul South, heads his li-t of marriages Melan choly Accidents." The brute! SSHBSHBHHfiBHHfiMHSMHSHHHHHHSHK i. Wr log Mutineers from the Qurs. * ch Blackwood for November gives a terribly y, minute account of the modern military (<Jtj >n punishment of blowing mulinoe'* from the near Ar gun* in India. We give but a single ex- O* of iract: ;h;? sd Well, then, forty men were to be blown lir away. I presume, Ebony, that thU is n tie sight which, in your manifold experience of njjvt V* the world, you have never witnessed. It j >t, was an awfully imposing scene! All the Ut troops, European and native, armed and ^jj a* disarmed, loyal and disaffected, were drawn l)oef) as up on parad \ forming threo sides of a ?d square; and drawn up very carefully, you to may be sure, so that any attempt on (he ^|)or Id part of the disaffected to rescue the doomed / in prisoners would have been easily checked. J|)o [ as Forming the fourth side of the square, were ?lou ie drawn up the guns (9 pounders,) ton in { n- number, which were to be used for the exe jl>a,| y, cution. The prisoners, under a strong Eu- H|(VQ n. ropean guaiu, were then marched into llie erl s hi square?their crimes and sentences read ry aloud to them, and at the head of each jJWj Id regiment; they were then marched round lAO ie the square, and up to the guns. The first ^ , .i ten were picked out?their eyes were bail- ,x lit daged, and lliey were bound to the guns, ,in j ry their hacks leaning against tho muzzles, folllh _ mid their arins fastened to the wheels. The U!lll, id port-fires were lighted, and at a .signal from l|u.' is die Artillery-Major, the guns wore fired. It ||()l?, re was a horrid sight that then met the eye: CIJVl :li a rogular shower of human fragments of |l lV0 rd heads, of anus, of legs, appeared in the air |" a. through the smoke, and when that clearod | away, these fragments lying on the ground |,)M<r id ?fragments of Hindoos, and fragments of j sw-fjj 1 Mussulmans, all lllived torrot Imr iruro nil I . . ?B "*7~ 1 hHI y that remained ot those ten mutineers. yreQt, it Three times more was this scene repeated; vnljr, s. but no great is the disgust we all feel for HUC|, 10 the atrocities committed by the rebels, that jt js ( 0t wo had no room in onr hearts lor any feel Sl,vur n ing of pity; perfect callousness was depicted |,orMi e, on erery European's face; a look of grim I)reTj r. satisfaction could oven be seen in the c?>un- t|lf, rr tenances of the gunners serving the guns. nf(or, o But far dillerent was the effect on the na- (or v live portion of the spectators; their black I p. faces grew ghastly pale as they gazed I ,t breathlessly at the awful spectacle. You i fn e must know that this is nearly the only i f-dlm ? form in which death has imy terrors for a to tli H native. If he is hung, or shot by mnske- j iudel i] try, lie knows that his friends or relatives j ??|j 0 will be allowed to claim liis body, and will [ ^cieii j give him the funeral rites required by hi> 1 tjona o religion; if a Hindoo, that his body will be j coin, ?. burned with all duo ceremonies; ami if a ' eroi| ? Mussulman, that his remains will be decent | we \> 0 ly interred, as directed in the Koran. But t we v r> if sentenced to death in this form, he knows ;4S that his body will be blown into a thousand I const pieces, and that it will he altogether iinpos- j dies , sible for his relatives, however devoted to ; fatigi ,1 him, to be sure of picking up all llio frag- j to >tt merits of hie own particular body; and the , defici n thought thai perhaps a limb of some one |,|y a j of a different religion to himself might pos , |.!:?g sihly be burned or buried with the remain- static \ der of his own body, is agonv to hiin. But food j notwithstanding this, it was impossible for t|tc s j the mutineers' direst hater not to fuel some q iaii ?t degree of admiration for the way in which A met t] they met their deaths. I tabic Nothing in their lives became them like I mal f ,1 the leaving of thein. Of the whole forty, j an e< j. only two showed any signs of fear, and ; made ,s they were bitterly reproached by the | to tw [| others for so disgracing their race, They i "M u certainly died like men. Alter the first ten than I 1 had been disposed of, tho next batch, who ' wliea ? had been look tig on all the lime, walked | |y 11 I lip lo the guns quite calmly and iinftltcr- ' thou. e | ingly, and allowed themselves to he hhnd p>uu s folded and lieil up without moving a inns ? )Us .. cle, or allowing the slightest signs of fear. tarv ( or even concern. Whence had tiie-o iii-mi alone | this strength? Their religion, had as it ,, , . may he and is, in all other points, at least ' -t.uce befriends them well at the hour of death; it c-rico ) leaches them well that great and useful le>- o n>, i. son, how to die. It is their religion that ' in no r, supports them, for there is no native, how nato ever low in tho scale of society?howevci u dig s deeply sunk in vice, in debauchery, and in %aiie.| s crime?but acknowledges and praeti-o.s the rent . form of seme sort of religion. Even in the eapah niidslcfhis crime-lie acknowledge-a <i ..| wants y ami c.dls on that (iwd lo sustain him at die other ? hour of his death. We had sevcial cseeo j lion parades after this, bul all oil a -in.tlUi , t . scale. At one of these, a havihlar (native | sergeant,) who had been convicted of s?di \,1M| B li-Mis correspondence with one of the mil ^ ( r tiihes, and sentenced to he blown as ay. p|lV>u ,. ' was lied up to tho gun, and then oft-red , ^ 1 i his life if he would turn Queen's evidence. , , I ? i ties- n ami give up tho names of the other tr.jtor- | ^ ( (| in his regiment. With his back leaning lo ,r against the cold muzrle of the gun which ] ,,|.((V lie knew was loaded for his deal'i, and i . ' lit} Mil with the smell of the lighted pmtfirc in 1 I IKIAMII i his nostrils, lie hesitated f??r a >ln?t time, | I ami was almost giving in; but no?the feel MU,m,. I ing of honor, of loyally to his cor?rades, to ( ( his fellow traitors, was stronge* in him |uj,.|y i? than fear of death. Faithless i- he ha.I -|> ' t 1 been to us, lie was faithful to tli in; lie re- j i 1 fused lo reveal anything, and m l hi-doom , , * I * i IllMltll j Willi a uriiiiie>s worthy of a hr.Uer cause. ^ s The New Ilall of tho liouso if llepreaen* 'j1"'' a tatives was lighted upon Weane-d.n even ( 11 v , ing last, ami numerous p.-ifo - ?,f |>..tl? j'''' '' f sexes availed themselves of (In Opportunity ' 1 y thus afToideil to witness the rifuct. It was . |',A , ! certainly slrikinur and heimr/fiil. an.l w considered, we believe, by evory visitor i<> 'l0 ,llr bo enliioly successful, The open squares in "r "I' I tile ceiling number forty five, <!><-] <] in B five rows, containing tine each. Kueh *,l> c p gquaie has concentric with it a smaller I1 square, abound which an disposed twenty- ,m|,lveight burners, making twelve huiidicd and ,0 e sixty bur nets in all. Ihit besides lhe-e, ',c'11 l( which, when a full licadofga* is put on, aim- m:inply a most clear and brilliant light, the em v "6 f ed carriers which are ised for lighting the '"'cell (, squares may he used, augmenting the light ^ 111 , lioiii the square ft lil'iJi or a fourth. Seve c'nntel v ral demonstrations o'lhe facility with which . thu whole can be lighted were afforded last *'ll,r) M , evening, and show d thai the entire round w." I can he ignited in the Astonishingly slnnt l,;n>u* time of twenty reconds. Wo understand ''"'"-'"I e that this method of lighting is due to llio l'"" Ml' original conception of Capt. M. C. Meigs, ' s in charge of llio Capitol Kxtensioti. The '""Ml e whole number u jets employed in the light \ *" , ing is forty-five thousand. The quantity of pipe used (in tVc skylight alone) is nearly 'l0 three-quartets if a mile in extent.- JVation '' lV(> ' al InteUi'jcncer. ] *v''? a An enterp t-ing merchant tailor, nnmcd i , Bucktiain, heated at Mechanic Kails, I'enn- ! 'bio j sylvania, ha< hit upon a new expedient for hy !l " advertising his goods. At all the cross 'ho roads within several miles of his place of reads L business, hr lias nailed lionrds bearing the aged | I following sotiee: ?miles t.? Bueknani's dvlislu i Fashion.at ie Clothing and Shoe Store.'' I *nCC. I us Shake tiiat SirA!i.ow?v a IIokeb, i illo province of Goyaz, Drnsil, Dr. f Jner cattle to the faBcudit olSape, situn- snj At the foot of the Sierra do-aula Dridn, mi * llio entrance to a small alley. Dr. tlx remarked 'that in this valley and clu ughout this province the fiaconda at- etil i an enormous sice, aometiies reaching cv< r feet in length; the target which he of measured thirty seven feetjbut was not tlx !. It had he on taken undc the follow- i?h circumstances: 4,Sorne wcn'i before our fat 'al at Sapu," writes Dr. G.,'\he favorite prr >g Itors.- of Beuho'r LagosU, which had to put out to pasture not tr from the au< e, could not be found, alliough strict fnc :h was made for it all ovorthe fazeuda. for tly after this, one of hi van qui res, yie Isnien.) in going through lie wood by doi tide of a small stream, sjw an enor- tlx s sucu'uju suspended ill tie fork of a ere which hung over the waer. Il was 2.7 , hut had evidently hoen touted down i?h by a recent flood, and bong in an in- Su late, il had not boon able to extricate |>ei from the folk before tin waters fell, pel *s dragged out to litu ojiei country by del lior-es, and was found toiucasure 37 tlx in length. On opening t, the bones horse in a somewhat broku Condition. .. the tl11 in a It tlf digc?td state, were ' 1 within; the hones of tie head were jiire?l. From these circtinstances we " I lido that the boa bad s< allowed the j" ' 5 entire. In all kinds u snakes the >r' city for swallowing is jrodigious. I co! often scon ono not tl.iccer than my tb swallow a bog as luje as my fist; I 1 I once killed a rattle-nuke, four feet i !"'J and of mi great thicknes, which had I owed not less than thr?e larg?) frogs. | ,e also seen a very slenmr snake that i ! 14 cuts the ro >f9 of lioti-?? swallow an i M ' i! bat three tinu-s its own hickne**. If *'11 Ik? the case with these tmaller kinds, j 1 ei not to be wondered at tlul one thirty- , nfc' i feot long should be abU to swallow a ,ltl ', particularly whoti il is known that j KV" ous to doing so it break the hones of ! ? niinal by coiling itself iround it, and i nu vards lubricates it with a xlirnv noil 1 a" rhich il has tiio power if socretiug in < ? outh." ^ ik Value ok Indian Ccus.?For the ^u ving inltrebling inforinaton in regard 11 ' is little-understood kind ?f food, we arc i '.v led to Hunt's Mereh intf M igazine: ?y those who do not knov, or are too j ]N tific to profit by the expirer.-e of nu- j of men and herds of tat cattle, Indian j wa rice, buckwheat, &c., nie only cotisid- ,.j 'good fodder.' Liebig stiles that if: ^ ere to go naked, as the Indians, ?>r if |jt reTe subjer! to the sarn*. degree of cold j s|J( jo Sarnoiedt's, we shrald by able to ! .,vl line the half of a calf :nd a dozen can- ! it a singo meal. Lknihg cxce-sive > ' I , . # i i to in low temperature, wneat flour fad* | stain the system. 'Mrs is owing to a ! ' .J , ? ; tilt eucy m the elements necessary to sup- j itf niiiial Ik"at and the strung desire for j i inous ssbstanees, under these circuin- i {je< e.s, lias ed to the belief that auiinal VH( is noces-n:y f >r human support. But , cientific experiments, and a better ac | j itance with the habits of tho North j ij,., rican iudiatis, have shown that a vegeoil answers tho same purpose as anibod; thai on- pound *-f parched Indi j * irn. i r an eqmil quantity of corn rneal j ^ i into hicad, i? ruore than equivalent ' o j-*.md. of fit meat. j 4 li-.ll I'll ! ! tndl.-.n c irn ?.w.w. I 1 fburtitn .1 much oleaginous mutter a- i tt,.. t 1' mr, more -larch, ami continent- c.fS pa hie of |?r.. lucing more sugar, and ,j;t( ;li less-. g!ut?-n, hi other important cola m , Is it contain* nearly as much nitroge- w j, material. Die c unhinatinu of nlirutMi- M|( tompouuds in Indian corn render* it },v the mixed diet capable of sustaining ! f,]Tl jnder t'ue most extra ?rditiarv circniii | no s. in u tlnre is a natural coale* i J.n; of elementary principle-, which con-' j,r(l the ha-is organic life, that exi-ts 1 Cll> ether ?eg table prod a tinti. In ulti |v composition, in nutritions properties, I stibiluv, and in its a iap atiun to the ( Sal necc.-i ics of .in m i! I:fe mi the dif ! ciii iatc-of lliu eaith, corn meal is the !e ot supplying mere of the absolute ' vvh of the a lait human -w? tn than any single sub.-iance in n iture." - ? re-| .lOIS 1'ltVSUAL r'lliMiMKNOX. ? .1 pol /.Win struck Itrnt, 1 hi nib uri'l Mini, lie! Brown, a young man residing in wa 'fly, K. I., was the siihj-et of a curious vvh :al phenomenon a short time since, wei a'Jtuli of Uoiobur, having some htisi Jolt ? tian-act in another village, a short aec ee from We-teily. lie was proceeding gat ui-acl it, and beforu ho entered the wai while walking along by the road side Bel Ideiilv fell as though a dark cloud was gai g athwart his face, ami the ucxt in- vol lie was stricken entirely blind. In a kn< nt more he lost the use of his -peecli, l>oi ,t bv all his endeavors he was abso- war unable to utter a single sound, clown all, his calamities were iucreav the loss ot bis sense of hearing, w hich llv left it>in and then lie was without ?v*er to see hi* way, to call for Hssi ? or to evade danger bv getting out of ' ay; not knowing what was next to u. lie >l h?.| like u stone, till 1 ticki- ow <>f liis companions, p that way, rowtt, hiiiI wenl in speak wiili linn, ; it'iviiuil i.<? answer, lie shook him; nuil liim round; l>ut lie neither spoke eiied lu-> eyes, hut pointed to his j, and anon to hi* eyes and e irs, He onve\ed to Ins home. 1'isloU \v*re ^e'' near imn without making the least ssion. lie was the incarnation of iv. When lie eat it w as with a spoon. ' i he walked he was led iikc a blind f, Ilia kept along in the same situation sev- f,,,, (lavs. At the end of this time, Sun- |tu.| mruing, Nov. 15, :?s he was going to MVl i, llio cloud was dissipated wild lie frtl1 saw as formerly, lie went to church, (.,j ig with him a small slate on which ,?lt te iptestiotis and answers. When the jjre was begun, the sense of hearing re- (|,a I though speech canto not. l>unng p.ls ruing service he wrote sotno on the ( j, iixl when the preacher got through CU| ? returned to his home, rejoiced at {|,0 Idea return of his senses, and nppa- 0f ^ in as good health as ho was when st experienced the calamity. We the ahovo facts from the physician ,,,a lioudiid hint.?J'roviJcr.c. /{, /. Tri- P"s i < >n i of the cert ideates of death, written fell physician of large practice." received doa city inspector's oflice. New Voik, wli as follows: Mrs. Karolvuc dawihor 1 tl ivo months and ale da)* died with h >i inoy of lilo to-day under my attend- | gin 1 kin i I ' -?Li ?I?LIU J L?Hi Composition op Milk at Yabiovs oiw.?'The Edinburgh Medical Journal Q ra that l'rof. boedecker baa analysed the di Ik of a healthy cow at various times of tc ) day, with lb? view of determining tho ai snges iu the relative amount of its con- et tuonts, lie found that the solids of the in nhig't milk (13 per cent.,) exceeded those to tho morning's milk (10 pur cent.) while d< j water contained ill the fluid wasdiinin- e< od from 89 per cent, to 80 per cent. The si ?y matters gradually increase as the day tli igrosses. In the morning they amount T 2.17 per cent., at uoon 2.03 per cent., m I in the evening 5.42 per cent. This la t is important in a piactical point of view; t? while 10 ounces of morning's milk will fa ild nearly half an ounce of butter, about !u able this quantity can be oblainod from w i evening's milk. The casein is also in- in used in the evening's milk from 2.24 to w 0 por cent.; hut tho albumen is diniin- w ed from 0.44 per cent, to 0.81 per cen' in gar is least abundant at midnight, (4.19 ti< r cent.,) and most plenty at noon (4.72 pi r cent.) The percentage of the salts un- tli rgous almost no change at any time of (li 1 year. tli A "Frenchman gave the idea to Mr. dmholz, a Swiss tavan, and the latter |(> s found out how fast thought travels U] ougli a man's body, froin which it ap- ^ its that sensations are transmitted to the lin at a rapidity of about 180 feet perseid, or onc-tiflh tho rate of sound; and c< 1 is nearly the same iu all individuals. |l( e brain requires onc-lenth of a second to tisinil its orders to the nerves which pre0 over voluntary motion; but this amount a rie* much in different times, according to ol > disposition or condition at the time, and ui more regular the more sustained the at- tv ition. The time required to transit an or- fa r to tho muscles by the motor nerves is is trly the same as that required by the g rves or sensation to pass a sensation; b< rcover, it passes nearly one hundredth jx a second before the muscles are put in fa >'.ion. The whole operation requites one w d one-fourth to two-tenths of a second, tl nsequently, when we speak of an active, cl lent mind, or of one that is slow, cold or tl athetic, it is not a in ere figure of rhetoric, 1 an absolute and certain fact, that such li-tinetiou, with varying gradations, real- " c-.\i-ts. 11 Marvkllois Gitowtn OK VkoETAIION , g tiik llu.ii larmiiKi.?Bayard Tnvlor, ;t| racing his Steps along (lie coast of Nor- r; y, after the lapse of a few weeks, say: a. wan particularly struck, during the re j; n, with the rapid progress of summer: j( i Hying leaps with which she clean her ?rt course. Among tho Bofoduns the po- 'p oes were coming into blossom, and the 1 fi s and barley into head; the grass was al- V idy cut, iti many places, and drying on !es, and the green of the woods and adows showed the dark rich character ci the southern lands. Owing to this rality of growth, all the more hardy varie rj ? of vegetables may be succe>>fuliv en!tied. Mr. Thomas inf ormed me that his ^ is and beans at K taford, (lat. 70deg. N.) jj >c three inches in twi Jour ha irs! and r it although planted about six week* 1st. r in those about Christiana, caine to rnatuf at the same time." Here is another ;>olar illusion dispelled. What are all ; marvels of tropical growth to this? >ne of Henry Fox's jokes was that playoil on 'Irs. , who had a great fond- cc is for making the acquaintance of foreign- ar lie tint forged a letter of recoininen 1' ion to her in favor of a German noble ' ? n, the Baron Von Seidlitz l'owders; fr ose card was left .it her door, ami for j orn a dinner was immediately planned i a Mrs. . and an iuviiation sent in I rn. After waiting a considerable time, baron appearing, the dinner was ?erved. r?i luring the second course a note was ,j itiglit to the lady <>f the house with ex- | e* from the baron, who ?n< unexpectedprevented from coning by the sudden ith ?-l his aunt, the I r iches-. Vi>n Khzom M| Is wliieb s1k? m.i.l .n>? 'I : : v; 177 i bi liotit any suspicion ot tho j ik'', and to i entertainment ??f her guests, among | oin was the facetious author. I ^ \ S m a a r KnrnitT.?The following story *' peeling Lord t.'lifxlerliehl, "the pink of J1,' iteness." is told in tlm "Memoir of the ' t. J. llolgs.m, M. A." L?r.| llerkeley d' - once dining with liim in a largo party, fca en it was usual to diink wine until they 'ti mellow. lleikelev was a (d un. blunt oc in Hull, and had, whether by design or i lent 1 am not told, shot olie or two nekeepers, and t'he-lerli.'! 1, under the t.;, rinth of wine, said, "l'ray, my Lord j? rkeley, how long is it since you shot a ; n.-keeper' "Not since you Jianged ir tutor, my lord!'' was the reply. You ?w that i. trd Chesterfield brought Dr c' Id to trial, in consequence of which ho a" i hanged. l'' te prudent, hilt tiot crafty. |j, letter do it than wish to do it. I -'] loirow not too much from timo to time. M iring vour line to the wall, not the wall "e l'"0, . , ... , . ht fy others' faults men will correct their i {o P- . 'are will kill :l oat, vet there s no living 1 , ? J ?? ||< hunt it. | r ist no dirt into tho well that luuh given r) i water. 'ast not the helve after tho hatchet, 'leanhness is both decent and advantr.m.s. )eeencv and decorum are n<>t pride. ,u -'air and softly g > far in a day. \ 111 OC1TV OK I'llOl Oil I is D It kama. A p? nd tells us of liis dream: lie dreamed in I lie was arrested, imtwisoned, lot down ; m II a window to a vaff.dd, the crowd col L ed, the minister prayed. the prisoner rc do a speech and the sheriff shoved him ' c. n the scaffold, and lie suffered a protract 1 strangulation ? and the dreamer sprang ' 0t of hed and heard tho echo of a pistol w 1 under his window, the report of which ' cj t instant had caused all tho seeno to ! s beforo his imagination. I'rolVssor I |1( ham relates several like instance*. Who j t| comprehend the mysterious path of j p soul when the body is in tho embrace , leep? \ man who can endure to have his corns ' ai -lied without grumbling is undoubtedly w -r-sed of a tolerably good disposition, w e man being once at a political meeting, ai I, in a pleasant manner, to a big, burly o| ow, who was standing upon his toe, "My fr r -lr, am you not a under}" "No, sir; | hi v do roil ask?" "Why, sir, tho fact is, : a; . night yon were a nnller, and a very ' al ie-1 une, too; beeauso ?on have been pi iding my corn this half hour without la- i w gtoll" lbl 4l ** f y i ii?i Playino tub DmHaw Gams o* a I :i?AKtu Lady.?A quaker Udr of Thil^j L'lphia, wbo had frequently Mr?o i a 1 itilo ixirl who ura bar father wuoQQP id not expected to lire, was roceally calh ] on by the child, who wore a countenance iore wan and sorrow stricken than before, > tell her benefactress that ber father was ?ad; all the money which sbe ha-J receirI had been expended for n coftiin and iroud, and she bad nothing left to defray 10 further expenses of her father's funeral, ho generous lady gave her $10, and went uong her friends and collected eight dolts more fur her, and then went with her i the wretched abode, whore she found the inily wringing their hands and uttering ud lamentations over lite body of a man bich lay in a coffin placed ou two chairs i the centre of lhe room. The lady, who as not used to such scenes of woe, and ho was greatly affected by what she saw, nrriedly drew forth be purse, gare a por011 of its contents to the little girl, with a routine of future assistance, and hastily left ie room. When Sue reached the foot of ie crazy stairs which she had ascended to ie squalid apartment above, she discover* 1 that she had forgotten her purse. She cut up again immediately, and as noise *>dy as possible, that she might not disirb the sacred grief of the sorrow-stricken uiily. What was h-r surprise and hor>r on entering the room to perceive the >rpee silting upright in its shroud, eagerly uniting the gold which she left behind ar. A Cask ron Lkuislators.?If I go into grocer's shop and steal two or tbree piece* f sugar I am a thief, but if the grocer sells ie a pound of sugar, and there are one or co ounces short, he merely sells things by ,l*e weight. I am imprisoned; the grocer fined a few shillings and escapes. I am uilty of hut one theft; the grocer, it may e, is guilty <.f a thousand, for ho robs every arson to whom he sells goods with those dse weights. Now, can you tell us by hat strange anomaly of the law the greater iief is allowed to gel off so much more leaply than the leaser? Why shouldn't U- si I / I .? XV ivrts u'j me name ihw 101 uoint?runcn. Nkw Use for Rattlesnakes.?The rent Coutity (Wis.) Herald of tlie 18th ll. says that Setli Maker, a curious natu?li>t, residing near lleelown, lias a spot of round set apart for melons, on his farm, ml near it there is a well known den ot iltlesnakes. He has tamed these snakes, id by some mysterious powers in the spirual department of science, is able to conire them at will into his melon patch to uard tho same from uninvited intruders, he snakes have been in bis service all the ill, and discharged their duties admirably. Wisconsin is going to bo a great country. The truest courage is always mixed with rcuinspectiotu Time's chariot wheels make thr*ir car ago road in the fairest face. Ho is happy that tin 's a true frienJ in (treinity; but he is much more so who nds not extremity whereby to try his iend. As Ei'kjiiaw for t^k Timks ? A little atenling is a dangerous part, Hut stciting largely is n noble art; 'Tis mean t > ro!> a lien r<M*t of a lien, Hut stealing millions makes us gentlemen. Jones ? too philosopher Jonas?ha* dis ivered the respective natuies of Distinction id a Difference. He says that a little tdefence frequently makes many enemies, hile a little Distinction attracts busts of iend*. Washington appears lo be infested with gang of de-perate scoundrels. [Erchanyt. Tiiis U evidently an inadvertence. Confers does not assemble until the first Mun y in l>ecemlwr.?Louisrillc Journal. A small loeofoco editor ?ay?, that if oc i?ion aii e we shall find hirngoodat biting i?l scratching. He is tn^re nccomtnodarig than lUMl vermin. Tl.ey generally , le and let you atratch fur y<?ur>elf. [Aoui-tinV/e Journal. .Tunes, while engaged in splitting wood , Morphet, struck a false blow, causing the 1 iek to tlv up.. It otrtnk him on the jaw 1 id knocked out h front tooth. "Ah!" said !( ill, meeting him soon after, you had a , iiital operation performed. I see." "Yes," \ id the sufferer, "oxriJental." In one of AlexanJar Smith's "City Pofois" . :cur? the expression? "A ?ij?A mid a rurse together." Mr. "Punch" says that it was evidently ihhag?d from Sir Walter Scott, who said, recording the death of a charger, Vr?d draws Irs last tab by the side of his dam." A young lady who wore spectacles, ex- ' aimed in a voice of sentimental enthusim to a young ploughman who was walling , 0 road: "l)o you, sir, appreciate the beau- i of that land-cape? Oh! see those darig sheep and lambs skipping about." 1 hem u'.u't sheep and latubs?them's hojs, ( iss." , An editor thus advertises his missing ; ' it: The gentleman who inadvertently i 1 ok our new beaver, and left an inferior J tide in its stead, will do us infinilo kind- \ ss bv returning our own, and he shall j * ceivo our warmest thanks and two apolo j 1 e-: an apology fur the trouble wo have J j von him, and the "apology for a hat" he [ ft us. Advertising.?For a man in business to ' lverlise, is like having a salesman, with { u thou-and voices, speaking politely of < s wares to tens of thousands of people, ilmps at the same moment, never offend- ' g, never obtrusive, never tired How 1 i i. _ ?? -I ?I ' utii nuiiui jiiicii it aniutinnn t?o wotlil! j et everv tradesman consider tliis, and than solv<? tl?o question how much a your he ! m afford to spend in advertising. "(Jdod Fori tiiis Tiiip Oxi.y."?At a 10mt iii.i! in llroome county, New York, it as decided that a passenger having pur- ' insetl a railroad ticket ffoin one point to Totlier, had a right to ride on any train a close?stopping over at any place on 10 road, a day or inoro at his pleasure, ho notice, "good for this trip only," was of : o legal forco.?Exchange. An Orthodox Yankee espressos himself > follows, concerning eternity: Eternity! hv, don't you know the meaning of that ortll Nor I cithor, hardly. It is forever ad ever, and live or six everlastings a'top r that. You might place a row of figures otn hero to sunset, and cypher them up, nd it would not begin to tell how many ;es long eternity is. Whjr, my friend, "tor millions and trillions of years have ?s*ed away in the morning of eternity, it 011 Id l>o a hundred thousand years to renkfast lime. TOlftfY'k V * ,</ tssii*s M 1 3V ^ rap* ^ oyfr fa>lli( " ' ^ ^ERTdTFTTGE f ; MVBK?|Lfe< ' .1 They are not recommended as Uhiverttf' | Cure-alls, but simply for what their name pur- j ports. .V. JJ * * ' The Vermifuge, for expelling Worms from the human system,has also been administered ^ with the most satisfactoiy results to various animals subject to Worms. The Liver Pills, for the cure of Liver Complaint, all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, &c. Purchasers will please be particular to ask for Dr. C. McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver Pills, prepared by cF^rnmcji 4 * sole proprietors, Pittsburgh, Pa., and take no other, as there are various other preparations now before the public, purporting to be Vermifuge and Liver Pills. All others, in comparison with. Dr. McLane's, arc worthless. The genuine McLane'a Vermifuge and Liver Pills can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores. ? -' FLEMING- BRO S, 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sole Proprietors SCOVII. & MEAD, New Orl. aim, Grutral WlM.lt-.iilv Afifiui for tlic .South, to Mrlium nil orders mu>t be iiddrt?<"d. SOU> BY FISHER A IIKINITSIt. Spartanburg,So. C?. DBAS Hi GOODGION, 44 44 44 A. TOU.ESON, 44 44 44 K KKUTC11, Greenville. 44 4? KEEN AN Hi KOUK1S, Uniouvillc, 44 44 JOHN ?I. 11ENRY, Lnurvnarille, 44 44 W. F. PRATT A CO..NvMbvrry, 44 44 I.. P. HARNETT A CO.. Ywrfcvilfe, S C. J. W. HARRIS A CO., Rutl.vrfordtun, N\ c. May 7 II ly . Rogers' Liverworth & Tar ?.. ...r< vw.?i kbin t i i> n u I (.Ul lillB, I'UltV^i INH.UKNZA, ASTHMA, ItUONCll 1118, 6P11 tixo ok ni.ood, a all other icko com* pi.aixt8 tkmwno to con8cm ptiok. "? r-? r-? r? r? r ? f r* r? p* Tiiis preparation is getting into use all over nu ountry. The i u 11 i uus letters we recvits I mm >ur various agents, informing us of cures (fleeted ii tlieir immediate uc-ightturliood*. warrant us in aying it is one of tliv best, it Lot tlie very heat, ' Uouglt Medicine now belore the public. It alrtiot invariably relieve*, and not nnfrryuently cure* the very irural ca*e*. \\ lieu all oilier Cough preparations have tailed, this has relieved the patient, as I Iroggiats, dealers hi Medicines, and Physicist!*, can testily. Ask the Agent in your nearest town, ivh.it has been his experience ol the effects ot this medicine. It lie has beeu selling it for any length of time lie u ill tetl yon IT IS TIIU BUSY MKD1CINE EYTANT. Ilelow we give a few extracts from letters we have received lately regarding tbe virtues of this medicine. I>r. S 8. Osliu,ofKnoxville,Gn.,says: 1 lata been using your Liverwort and Tar very exteptively in my practice for three year* fuel, and. iI i* with fdeasure J elate my belief in its arm, riority over a li. otiif.s articles with which / iin acquainted, for which it i? recommended.'* Messrs. Fitzgerald & Henners, writing from tVaynesville, N. C. say: "The I*irerwvrt and -* Tar in becoming daily more popular in this Country, and wk think ji stlv *o All who hfirt tried it epeiK in commendable term* of it, and *< y it i* rcry beneficial in alleviating the complaint*fen ichirh it i* recommended" nwnniu tx iienner*, writing from Waynesville, N C.,- fay: 'lhe Litertcwl and Tar la heconnrte daily more popular in t><u Conn try. and \vk think jchti.v no. All IctiO hart \rxrd it apeak in commendable trruic of If und my if i* very beneficial in alleviating if,, com' j, ia nit * for tchtch it i* recommend m Our Affcnt in Pickens l)i*trie',6 C , Mr S II. McFnll, assures u? "that Ar uree it inth great Iicnejit in his own family, mid r*oomtr..i..is itto bis neighbors." lie givm mi instance of? Negro wo- ^ mail, in hi* vicinity, who hud bc? n mtTcimg with ^ 1.sense of the Lung* for yearn, attended with *et vere o>u?h, who wns relieved by the I.iverwor und Tar. Such are the (rood report* wo hear of thfa Midi einc from all part* of the South. For a report of the surprising core* it hn? performed in the Went itii and Northern and Rasters Stnit*. we would inv te tho suffering patient to rend tfie pamphlet which a coon i panic* each bottle. To nil we sny? I,are hope, hare hope.' TRY THE MEDICINE!! ii 12 w a It * 12 i> 1 x keasox, Beware of Counterfeits and Base imitationof The Pennine article in signed ANDattp- Rpnnn the engraved wrapper around each bottle. Price $1 per bottle, or si* bottles for t9. 6*Id wholesale and retail by SOOVILdk MEAD, on 11 i Charter* St., bet. ContiandSt. l^>uis, N. O. sut.k AuCNTI roa til k Sot/thkrn states, t? whom all order* and application* for Ag*acte*. must be addressed. , POLO AI .SO BY FISH era' 1ieinitsh, Spartanburg, 8o. oa. DEAN A GOODGlON, M " \V. II WATSON, Greenville ? k. kbittcii, " ken son * norr1s, Unionvllla, ** m s ii. iiknry, luierenavilhi " a 0. l harris, & co., Rathcrterdlevi, n.c April 24 9 tin Job Printin* 1'KOMITLY EXifCUTEa