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I . 1H III ' ' ' ' ~ I 1 - L W J_L_.- . ? . . , .?, .., t ^ I THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. | BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER. Scrotal to Southern Rights, g'oUtics, ^multure, and pfenttarag. * $t"??R AFBUM 1 VOL. XVII. SPARTANBURG, S, C,, THURSDAY, AUG UST 23, I860. NO. 25. I A_-1.. mi in i n ' ini' Avi v fleas' Z ' 91* Carolina JSparan. fey"CAVi"s"& THIMMIKK. Price, Two Dollakh per annum, in advance, cr $'i.50 at the end of the year. It' nut paid uu? til after the year expired $3.00. Ke subscription taken for lens than six innnt^a. Money may be remitted through postmasters It eur risk. Advertisements inserted at tho usual rates, lad contracts made on reasonable terms. Tub 8paktan circulates largely over this and disjoining districts, and offers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. dob work of all kinds promptly executed. , Blanks, Law and tvpiiiy, continually on hand, . tr print ed to order. Tke ANlrouomleul Expt>tlill?u. u Tho Newport correspondent of the lies- | Ion Advertiser gives the following sketch 6'f tho proceedings on the occasion of the t report of the Astronomical Expedition to ] tho Scientific Congress : , Newport, 11.1., Wednosday, Aug. 8. j Expectation was on stilts to hear Prof. ? Alexander give the results "of the Astronomical Expedition to Labrador, to view the eclipse. The expedition went out under the direction of the 1'nited States (least Survey. It left New York June 2^, in the surveying steamer Pibb, Lieut. Murray, U. S. N., commanding. The general charge was given to Prof. Stephen Alexander, of Princeton, N. J., who was aided by President F. A. P. Parnard, of the I Adversity of Mississippi, Prof. Smith, of Annap lis, Messrs. S. NVulker and M. (5 ood fellow of the Coast Survey, (who had charge of the magnetic observations,) Prof, iluunibal and Mr. Leibor, of .Columbia, S. Lieut. Ash, of the Pritish Navy, P. C. Puchocois, photographer, of New York, and Mr. Thompson, of the Coast Survey, who assisted the photographer. They returned here yesterday afternoon. The meeting came to order about 10 o'clock, and with little delay, Prof. Alexander gave his account of this expedition. 1 le 'expressed himself, at the out-set, very grateful for all the demonstrations of welcome which he and his party had met since their setting feet on shore, lie said that he felt his ideas almost in a turmoil on coming fram a land of monumental desolation to one where there is*a high civilization and a social union, and begged pardon if the emotions pressing upon Ids mind should cause him to.express himself ambiguously. lie said that though lie was at the head of the expedition, because some head was nccessaty, there was no superiority. Never in his wildest dreams luyl he conceived of such a scene of wild grandeur as on the fifty miles of the coast of Labrador, along which they skirted. An unbroken chain of mountains seemingly luade of ., east iron, with no arboresceuee, sent down | ?ir _l:II .i . .. i. i ... i. ... I . IUUII CUIU Clllll^ IIJMiil lliv; Willi!!" IM'IMW IIOIII | peaks covered with snow. Along the base J, of this harrier slept a bed of mist, held ;i there by the laws of nature. When they ^ looked up and saw a high plateau at the t top, it was liot manifest how they were to | pot up there. When they had entered a t little inlet, the mountain harrier interposing left them a favorable place to work. When , the weather was clear it was very clear, hut ] it did not remain so for more than two days , at a time; and they Waited with groat anx r| iety to see what the weather would he on t the eventful day. The observations were all made from the land They had .schooled themselves to watch each his own pile v nouicnon and not to suffer themselves to he | awe-strnek by the grandeur of the speetaele, \ to the diversion of their attention. I'lot. Alexander was in the centre oi the group, the photographer was at his side; one person counted the seconds, another the minutes. When perfectly sure that the exact . minute of first contact had arrived, I'rof. A. favc the signal, and the picture was taken, t proved that the belt of light nearest the ' moon was much brighter than the rest. ' Along the edge of the moon was a blu-h . 1,1. i .1 - - 1 ngiu, which me photograph caught. HeJ'ure it wan thought that this light was only in the observer's eye, but it is proved that | there is something there, which must be Btudiud hereafter. No wonder that an eclipse used to be supposed to be caused by the devouring of the suu by a wild animal, or hy the suit's slow lading ;?way ! The gJicuoiucnon was a most uonutilul sigbt, jtnd, it was with diffieitlty that the bcholii.ers could rentruiu their eestaey. It looked j likean intensely brilliant, uteaiidesceiit fr iguieut of metal exposed to the intciucst beat, the sharp points Jailing away until the sun was gone. Hut the clouds prevented a j1 thorough observation. It was tho especial duty of one of the officers of the ship to " ?watoh tho shadow id the moon as it passed | away, upon tho cliff; it came with fearful velocity, and was gone in three minutes. When the shadow was upon the observers, ^ they saw an intensely beautiful array of 1 colors?copper, leaden, golden, and ruddy. ^ Jlelow, the bold cliffs were of a dark blucish j tgrcou- The whole spectacle was grand and *bo*9tiful. A newspaper, to he read, must j bo brought within lour inches of the eye, I the light being much less than the twilight at midnight. Jqst altar the culipbC became total, Lieut. Ash caught a slight view of r the small light bhiro. This observation is j 1 indeed valuahlo. lint thuy (Ji<l not quite \ J lose the corona. Professor A had airang- ! fed a number of observations for the seamen, 1 under the general chargo of the omiiinandcr. ' He prepared a set of simple questions, and j | from the intelligent quarter-mauler he gat h- j bred the I'aet of how they saw the corona, i * how it looked and trembled, and how it shot but. The description was natural as pre ! rise. Prof. Alexander fixed a prepared ? inM, iti accordance with the ideas which t he gitfhered, correcting it until the quarter- a master aitd seamen said that it was exact. ? |(Applause ] The speaker was himaelf jus- ;i tilicd of its reliability, and declared that it ) justified all the time, care, labor and ex i ^ peiise bestowed upon the expedition. i Prof. Alexander, whose manner is ex- ( fremcly simple, eloquent, and enthusiastic, i was loudly applauded as be sat down ( President pamard followed, with the . ? \ physiciul side of the tpiostion. lie regret-i I! ted that the sate of the atmosphere had! prevented them Iroin observing several pho- ri notnena, and 1io|kh1 that observers in ot^ar n quarters had been inure suoccssful. lie S saw that curious breaking up of the lines at of light betdfeen the sun and moon, just at the moment of'total obscuration, described n by Francis Bail? in 1837, and called "Bai- w ley's l?cads." 1 hoy also saw the phenome- fr non, hut the fragments did not present just ci that rotundity which entitle them to ho si called heads. Their appearance, he said, in was so beautiful that the chief of the expo- p? ilition was carried away; nnd, forgetting ( tL himself, broke the law of silence by ex- in claiming "Bailey's Beads." I w Prof. A.? I beg to correct I >r. Barnard, in Somebody else said "Bailey's beads," and tli hie chief cried, "Bo still!" [daughter.] w Mr. Canard accepted the correction, and lh eiid that alb the time of the phenomenon, 10 was trying to count the number of beads, re mu did not see the phenomenon observed vi jy Lieut. Ash. Previously to the meeting v<. if the Wo limbs, it bad been notiocd that tr he moon's edge was very rough, while the wi iuu was smooth. They saw nothing of lbhat drawing out of the heads and their sli ireaking as if they were the tilainents of A riscous tluids. Baily himself did not see wi hem when in Italy in IH42. l>r. Barnard to hinks the beads are owing to the irregn- r} arity of the lunar disc at the edge where an t meets the solar edge. in (In passing the Straits of Belle Isle, July ??* r, the expedition met with a series of opti- in sal phenomena. The irregular refractions at ?1* light were exhibited oil a large scale all m iround tlie horizon, constantly changing. re lie analyzed the three kiiuL of I..: v - ; ? - yr~' ? 1" tpcciuucns ol all of which tlicy saw. The at coheres, under this refraction, presented a u\ constantly changing aspect, extremely in- ed cresting; sometimes the true, sometimes uj he false, image was greatly exaggerated, th Sometimes the phenomenon lasted so long ?li hat they could not take correct views af at he coast. The cuiujtaiiy ohservetl lit teen an lurnrus; those in the high latitudes were so chiefly coronas ; a number of them very lui as ting, but not very dense. <hi the coast (it if Labrador there seems to be no spot bo vhere a loose stone cou d lie, that is not of covered with loose stones; if loose stones w. cannot lie there, the surface is rocky. A or rery little vegetation grows in tlie fissures m if the rocks. Animal life has almost dis- lai tppcared; they found a very few laud birds uid a few ducks, but hagged no game, th fhey saw no huiuan beings, and no ipiad th upeds; only u few bones. The whole to veins present oil ?t grand and a I must tuliliuio tl jolgotha. kt Prof. Alexander corrected !>r. Barnard su n so far as to say that there was a little th miinal life, which eaiue out most beauti-. is ully, when the sun was hall-covered. A f ittlo bird, sweet as a nightingale, but nil- an mown to thciu, in the midst of the silence ly aid gloom, l/urst out into *"'ig. Some of an he party also saw a black bear stalking vi ivor the mountains, so that the " ttreat re fear" was seen on the earth as well rs iu el lie lioavc.ns. cr Mr. Barnard said lie bad forgotten to fa ncutioii another animal, which was exceed- <K ugly abundant, even though the tempera- si: ure was but little above the freezing-point, si I*li?; mosquitoes were so thick that perhaps lie swamps ol .Mississippi could l?:?i< 11 \ n iompctc with that region. th J'mf. Alexander spo'%.e ol the magnetic Lu ariations, which were extreme. t mlcr so ho influence ut the eclipse, however, the. oi vere quiet. hi An l iilorlimate r.*litor. j'1 Our merry cutcmporury <?| the t'heraw * 'okW/i, complains ol the tailors ami hat 1 urs "that never stil ly h:s physiognomy." m le Kays lie has had three new h iLs in his line, ami perhaps as many coats, that I'' auscd him no little mortilication. When Iresscd in the lirst one an old trim I haloed across the street to him, saying,"(iood uorning 'Squire." He changed his hat and coat, hut the " rery lirst time he went from ho ne, was tailed by a passing acquaintance with, "! '(jiood morning, Col. O?rr." lie quietly u eplicd that lie w:won't (.'ol. (>?rr or Col. itiyhody else, and would thank his friend 0 he a little more particular next time, for hough the Col. was a very good looking : nan uc thought lie was rather a slippery i " Hilitieian, ^ind lie I'du t want to he like 1 lim. That suit was laid by at. 1 another otic ried. About leaving town, at the io pot, 1 stranger approached him, caught him by ' he hand, exclaiming that he w;ij 'mighty jlad" to'seo him?did not expert the pleas ire of seeing him there, ami asked when le reached Chcraw. lie told the stranger j ! here was nothing surprising in his being ! 1,1 her?t, that lie had been there thirty years, | n.l .. u ?.* - ?i. I.: mi *? ? ^"ni^ uia i" HUM*-, Wii'll III> 1 umpaii uii exclaimed, "Ain't you Bishop Vf? ?" "TliuniKt! Ni>!'' lie replied, he'd; 1,1 10 d?d if lie was Bishop Ives, or Bishop ??yi >ody else, and slid into the ears, deter- i ' 1 111 nod to look nuhody iii the iaoc lie re. I uriiod homo again. * We'd like right well to accompany our ' N nlly confrere the. next, time ho mount.-, i ' ' lew hat, and puts on his fourth n w euaf, " uid starts for Florida. | " By the way, brother, in our opinion, n " nan who looks like a Bishop ought not to 'say had words.'' Wo reckon, however, 1,4 hat you were so shocked at the In put on "! hat iKioasion, that you hardly knew what 1 , vord was rushing to your t< ngijo until it i limped out.?l't. /><<: Von**. borrows gather round groat souls as th tonus do around great mountains, hut like lit hem, they break the storms and purify the hi iir of the plain beneath them. I '.very luu I', leu of sorrow seems like a stone hung ar irouud our nook, yet they are often only w ike tlio stones used by pcail divers, which sli 'liable them to resell their prize and rise cr nrlehed. A small sorrow distracts, a great hi me makes us collected -as a hell loses its it dear tone when slightly cracked, and re* ea overs it when the fissure is culargnd. di Ititn /'auf th Ilffliwuyiuvn of (lie Old School Wells, Fargo St'o.'s Express was lutcl ibbcd iu the most polite way of SI5,001 ?ar Chico, llutte County, California. Tli an Francisco llerabl givtto the followiuj :count of tho proceeding: The outrage was committed at abou ine o'clock in the evening. Tho nigh as dark, and as the stago was emerginj om a wood and about to descend iuto I "oek, the bed of which was dry, some per >n ahead oJ the coach called on the driver i a loud voice, to stop. The driver spp iscd that a team or some other obstrnc on was iu the way, and suddenly reiuo< i his horses. On loukitig round, some hat to bis astonishment, he discovered tw* en with double-barrelled guns levelled a ic passengers on the box seat, and anothc: illi a similar weapon covering the lour o: re persons inside. The captain ol the gang, with a co^kei vulvcr in bis band, stepped up to the dri r and iulbriued liim in a cool and eleai line that he must have the money in tin eaaurc-box and then turning to Mr. l?o en, the express messenger, *aid: "Char y, it will be of no use to resist. Nobodj all be harmed, if you don't make any fuss ud in the mean time," pursued the high lyinan, "goutleuicn will he kind cnougl hold up their hands." It is not necessa for us to say that the passengers obeyed id the driver dropped the reins, and eael an's lingers pointed instantly to heaven Sow, then, Charley," said the robber, "1 ust have your pistol to prevent accidents,' id ho proceeded to u.sirm the express an, notwithstanding the outraged inan'i monstrances. As the robber took tin stol, with a twin affectation of surprisi id an ominous shake of the head, he said iVIiy, Charley, the pistol is actually cock i. Don't bo foolish, Charley." There on Charley immediately subsided, will 0 reuiiuk that it was very hard that In lould be treated in such a manner. ".No! all, Charley," answered the robber, "I n not robbing yon?you cannot help your It, but your Company advertises that t lioy ive a capital stock ot 6500,000, and 615, tt to divide among the boys would nol 1 missed, Charley, you know." 1 ty waj '.....ii:i'..: > 'i "' ? uiiMiiij ui? v. nariey s toolings, the lngli lymaii politely assured him, upon his hen , "as a gentleman," that ho was not r urdercr, and did not desire to take a dol r from any person then present. At this time Mr. Mcl>uQic SUggostei at there existed no absolute necessity lot e strange gentleman's friends on the ma? persist in holding their guns in so very a l.na a - 1. *. i'I town men under such circumstuuee. tHer from nervous excitement, and a I ongh ho could not douht their pear. Tu suranees or the honesty of their intention the triggers ehancud to be very finely sot i explosion might take place une ntseiou~ Thereupon the robber bowed politely id t xpressed his desire to make tin: inter civ as pleasant a one as possible, and di clod his men to elevate their fouling pie rs, hut still to keep the enemy "well eov ed." At'tcr this he uuhiteho I the horses stencil them securely to a feuee close by oliuing, in affectionate language, the as stance ot the driver, and drew irotu tin age the box of treasure, lie was about to split open the box wit! i axe, when he remarked to "Charley" it it would he a pity to spoil the furni re, and asked for the key. Obsirvin. me hesitation and grumbling on the par the messenger, he brought forward : tndle of eord, an I expressed the opiuioi lat it would he necessary for him to ti< 'barley," as he was talking a great d< .t o much. "What, would y??u giv?- lo km>v e. Charley?" (his face was mi-l.t 1) In L...1 "Tvl.,1 I--, lo.ll " ...... .1 n y. "All, your liberality will he the <1 .ill you, replied the liigh way man, wh? en very coolly o|*ned the tr? a^iy i -box led tin- pockets of his comrades witli in intents, placed "t'barley's" pistol in tlx "I of t!ie coach, fastened tile horses ugaii the stage, expressed tl.e delight he expo meed in meeting with the genllciuei lio Were SO unexceptionable in llieir d.utmctit, and bade a graceful adieu, 'l'lu ibbers then lett lor the woods. Purine; the whole proceeding not an oatl ;is heard, and the captain ol the gang di< s utmost, says our informant, to goutlu ic ailriglil ot'the passengers. -S, ? ? ? \ Oillii iilt t^iK-stioii tiiHurrctl. (.'an anybody tell why, when Kve w.i anuCactured front one of Adam's ribs, : red "'|rj was not made at th^sumc tiim wait on her??A ?> /"'?</?*. We can, easily liccaiitii! Adam neve me whining t?.> Kve with a ragged stock g to be darned, a collar string be sew I on, or a glove to he mended 'right away lick, now! I Sofa use lie never read tin :wspapers until tho sun got down beliim e palm tree, and then stretched hinisetf wiling out, 'ain't supper 'tno-t ready, iiij ar?' Not lie. lie made the tire, and hun^ i r thu tea kettle ltNiwull, and pulled tin dish s, and peeled the hannanas, and di< cry tiling else that he ought to lletuilk I the c ?ws, and led the chickens, am I i ..o .. .i... . i i... ae ll m?< i tin- Iiiuirt ii. Ill' ill vi' ought home 11:i11' :i dozen friends to din r, wlien Kvo hadn't any fresh pouiegian > s, and the mango season was ovur' 11 wr stayed ot)L until II o'eluek at a*war. noting' burning for the out-and-out ean date, ami then scolding because poor dra ve was sitting uj? and crying insido tin ites. To bo sure, he aetod rather cow lly about the u|>|>lo gathering tune, hu I'll that don't depreciate his general help Iness about the ^ard? n! lie never pluyoi Hi.ii?ls, nor di'tivo last hon.es, nor cliokc? ve with cigar funoke. lie never loafoi ound Corner groceries while Solitary Kv< is rooking little (Gain's cradle at home. Ii lort, ho did not think she was .specialh eated for the purpose of waiting upoi ni, ami wasn't under the impression ilia disgraces a man to lighten his wil'e'i res a little. That's tiro reason that l.v'i <1 not need a hired gill, ami we wish it wa iC reason that noire of her dc.an.uUc.nl. del ! A New Mexlcuu Forest on Fir y A lctlet to the St. Louis JJcjiiocraf, fro ', Santa Fc, states that tour Mexican herdi e were driving* herd of eattle through t g mountains north of that place, a short tii since, when tho following incident occt t red: t The mountains were on tire at the tin] i? but thinking the way clear before thei a they proceeded up a valley until they foui - their way barred by an impenetrable wi , of tire; in alarm they hastily rctraoed the - steps, in the vain hope that escape rnig still be possible. l>ut alas ! they were ti 1 late; fire had closed tho avenue by whi< - they had entered ?tho-jrtNtey, aad a Jjr?? j belt ol flame encircled them on every sid t tho area of which was rapidly diminish*!! r every moment. Tlic long drought had re r tiered the rubbish ami undergrowth bole as dry as tinder, and the flames liokt 1 them up with fearful rapidity; and spriu - ing upward, caught the pine leaves abov r glossy with ro.-in, and then leaping fro tree to tree, formed a billow of lire awful - behold. Tho affrighted herd, bellowii - with fear, dashed through the flames, tl , most, of them escaping badly burned, b some perished. Two ot the herders :i - tempted to follow thein; I tit who c: i breathe in such an atmosphere, walk i burning coals, envelope d in Haines, and liv A low steps only were taken, when the i nerves became contracted with 'lie inten. heat, their limbs rein*...! !. . I oBiee, and tliey sunk shrieking on a bo<l ' fire, never inure lu rise. Their conrad - heard the dying groans of their companion and the wild bellowing of* tin: hear ! as tin > dashed through the sea of lire, and tl roaring and the crackling of the flumes ; : they eatne .surging onward; and, uiaddem - by despair, they dashed wildly from side - side, eagerly seeking that which they dart 1 not hope to find, and already suffering i anticipation the agonies of a death, ti t fearful to think of, \>!u n a huge lock bam I their way, and they saw, with a thrill i joy, that a small spring of water guslu r out at its foot. Hope revived within the - at the sight, and with an energy such :i t emergency only could inspire, they infpro ed the few remaining moment.-' are tl - flames should reach them, in preparing - resist them. K very tiling combustible w i removed, until the increasing heat fare* them to desist, then inserting some di branches in the crevices of the roek aboi 1 the spring, they saturated their hlankc r with water, and spread them out upon thci 1 and seating themselves under their sheltc continued to apply the water us fast as tl i o. ainy supply pern, vie i. A-hos, coals, and burning branches fi thiekly around them, and their hopes flu ! t a il ing rapidly Li t ween hope and de-pa as their chances of escape increased or 1? , -etted. Moments seetiied lengthened in hours, and doubtless more than the ngoiii <!'d> lilt were pa?e l by these poor herder . im hope ripcm I into c? rb.inty, at' I tin - kae.w they were indeed saved us "brain fr ;n the burning." , K\IKAontUN.VUY S.MOKIMI M.VIVII. , Mr. t loodtttan, a gentleman well known all turf circles, undertook a short timebai - to stuoko otto pound of strong foreign teg lias within I- hours, for a wager of *J > pounds a side. The conditions were, th the suioker should smoke each uwccd," oi at a time, fainy out to within an ineh.tl ' hacker of time finding the cigars. Tl 1 u;.>teh cnno oil on Saturday. the Till in1 tin a .-tc.iinlio.it pi j 11?_r I" t .wen London :n i 1'hcl.sca, I lie >ni"k< r l..kin_( liis .-oat at tl I mi w. like all < r li nary passcii-i r. The i ' ir:i s ran to tie- ]."iiu I, - > that the sinok i had i cmi-unie cijlit in hour to win li iv.ip'i r, The ta.-k was c mniicn ed at 1 \. M , and ti riiiinatcl at 7 -t' 1'. M. 1 ' tlie coiir-e ol hmii'.i an I niinnts " ei^ai - \ii re lairly ^"i ke 1 out, the inn ate i number consumed 1> nivr in the second hou * when the smoker disposed o^ no less th; sixteen. \l the .seventy-second cijjrar, wl.t i lourt' eii only rein.lined to he stiioked, tl laek'-r of time cave in finding tliit M 1 ( iKidtuau was sure to win, and the suioki lilew the reiiiamiiio |n.1111ity in Jpmt - clouds at his leas lire in the course o( tl same eveninj;. The smoker declares ill 1 he l'elt not tlie slightest difficulty of u 1 pleasantness throughout his hours ai li1' minutes work, an I calculates that if ll match had "unc oil to the end In: shou have won hy half an hour. The only r fresh mi lit taken during the progress oft I s match was a eliop at J o'clock, the eatii i : of which "occupied JO ininutes, and a o ' and a half of hramly in cold Water at intc vals during the smoking, 'file hettin r j when tlie match was first made, was ti ai - i 7 to I against the -nioker; hut, after piihlie trial at the \\ hit*: Hear, I'iee ulill , when the snu.ki r consumed an S pi-ni cio.ir in three minutes, ofTers were in.n I to liet t> to I a^ailist time. It should I . mentioned that the ei rar.s were of the tii i ijuality. Tin; (Limit, in \ Whmia of I7"*'V 1 : 'ft... v i c ?i.. i u?i - j (?>ii !;i'li<'s, vies with the .' -partaiis ol I Nothing imii ?>,|h il tlii'ir adln rci iii:c ( ? ll i in lep oidcnec of \uieriea. Tim vaiuiui> i rs strive all in tlioir potyor (<? iu 1 u? ?' tlx t<i partake < it't lie i i .mm- men is, I mi all the ' importunities eaiini>t prevail iipmi any I tin-ill to mid a I list re to their halls, ctt The sen -ildo nf the distress to their (once ha r | py ) country, seem to take no pleasure, h j in rotiriiiir from public view, to In inor - the tiauso of Milhaiu^ liberty Win t nothing hut tyraincal destriict-on appea to ho hovering over every friend to I reedoi I they, like true heroines, display an invi I cihle firmness and resolution. \\ eio tl I men halt so steady to their country's v;o< as the women, no nation could hoast mo i illustrious natives than <'arolina. To t1 f everlasting u'lory of the sex, many o.v.iuipl I can hit addueod of Indict exhorting tin t dearest connections to hcliavc wiili a I s eoiniue fortitude; anxious for their hoin i ' earnestly uv^iii}? them to pcrsevram > I while they by a laudable i Conoiuy arc -Tl ' pot tin:' their fauitln ? e. Ciulzot'M Opinion of l'ttblic Life. mi In the third vi.lunto of his Memoirs just rs published, the lust Crime Ministerut l<ouin lie IMiillippc, after sketching the historv of ne his Ministry of Public Instruction, and voir rious other topics of great interest, writes thus about himself: vv j ic, I have no desire to intrudo injT private in, life and feelings on public attention. The id more they are profound and tender, the ill less are they disposed to exhibit themselves, sir for I cannot show them in tliuir intense lit reality. Kings exhibit their crown jewels oo to the inspection of the curious; but1 we do jh not parade Our private treasures, the value id of which is o ly known to the owners. !e, Vet, when the fatal day arrive in which ig these invaluable possessions are wrested n- from us it would1 be cviucitig towards the'.n iw a want of proper respect and faith not to id declare the esteem in which they were g- held and the void they have left. I have e, been strongly attached topolitieial life, and in have applied myself to it with ardor. I to I have devoted to public duties, without ig hesitation, the sacrifices and efforts tliey ic demanded IVoni me; but these pursuits have ut ever been far indeed from satisfying my it- desires. It is not that I complain of the in incidental trials. Many public servants in have spoken with bitterness of the disape. |H>iiitmciits tliey have experienced, the ir reverses they have undergone, the seferis? ties of fortune, and the ingratitude of men ir L have nothing of the kind to say, for I id' have never acknowledged sueli sentiment*. L-s I lowever violently 1 may have been ntricks, ; cii, I have never found men more blind or ?y j ungrateful, or my political destiny more ic harsh, then I expected. It has had alteras nately, and in great abundance, its joy* >d and sorrows; such is the law of humanity, to I tut. it lias been in the happiest days, and 1 in the midst of the most brilliant success ol in my career, that I have found the insutlik> cioncy of public life. The political world ;d is cold and calculating; the affairs of govof eminent arc lofty, and powerfully impress :d the thcught; but they cannot fill the soul, in which lias often more varied .and more ut pressing aspirations than those of the most v- ambitious politician. It longs for happite ties* more intimate, more complete and to more tender than that which all the labors as and triumphs of active exertion and public d importance can bestow. What I know tors day at the end of my race, I have felt when re it began, and during its continuance; even ts in the midst of great undertakings, do n, mestie affections form the basiti of life; and r, the most brilliant farcer has only supertiic rial and incompleteeiiiovnie'it. if a stranger iu u... n.ij pv 'o - oi family una lricuusntp. 11 " ? ? I'mvKi: or ,\s Atom ok 1'oison.? \ young I'rt/iliaii student of medicine has jusi died in Paris, where he recently gradt u.tted with honor. He succumbed to the result of a minute dissection wound iti the thumb. 11 is preceptors, Valpcau, t'lias' saignric, ami other eminent physicians, in j vain adopted all the expedients that medical science and skill Jould suggest to stay the tualady. Full of nrdur and xoal ty m ke t ho most of his protessional opportunities in Paris, the patient insisted on cuntinning his attendenee on the hospitals, " and expired the Very evening hetorc the (i day fixed for hi.s return to practice medicine ( in his native place. The celebrated I >r. Phillips has recently " been in danger of life from a similar cau>o " and Pr. beinarchand, formerly a n ival Mirge.ui, has just died at Lamb-mean. (departI merit of Finistcrc, in France,) at the age >t fifty-eight, in coiiseijueneu of a pane'.l tine w itli a sntnrc needle, which had lain I some time in a wound for the removal of a '. cancerous tumor. Pisoases ot similar oriI gin are far from unliisjueut. Pr. FullerUm gives an instance of a lady inoculating her M.dl'hy kissing the corpse of hcrson-in law, I while her lips were slightly alua led. She j recovered, hut a seeou 1 patient, a butcher, having died-Iroui inoeiilation in skinning I a diseased row, this celebrated physicien " w is assisted by a medical Iriendin cxuiuiu" ing the hotly. Though no wound was rer* eeived while conducing their investigations, l' both surgeons were troubled with a prick' ing, ami heated sensation iu the hands ami II arms, followed by a feeling of discomfort "l! and want ofapjietitu for a week afterwards. " In Australia, sheep, horses, ami uows often 1 j communicate ; similar dangerous, and of" : ten times fat d disease, ft) the persons ctn' pl'>)e<l to prep ire their skills f?>r Coiuiuerce. ic (Viir: run I \-iiiiovv i vu V in , ?1? i staled, by a corrt-.-jxunK ut, that cauH-rizaill I lion by hot tallow is .111 immediate cure for ir-I in growing nails. lie says: Tliu patient mi g. j which I IIrat tried this was a young lad,, i>l who had been unable to put 011 a shoe tor a ! several months,and decidedly the worst V. ease I have ever seen. '1 lie disease had i\ been 0} long standing. The edge of the le nail was dcepiy itlideriuinded; the grannla lie formed a high lidge, partly covered with .it skin, and pus eoiistanlly oo/.ed IVoin the 1 root of the nail; the whole toe was swollen | and extremely tender and paiut'iiT. Mv ? mode of proceeding was this: I p it a very s small piece ot tallow in a spoon, and heatd ed it over a lamp until it became very hut, ie and dropped t wo 1.r three drops between the it nail ami granulations. 'I he effect was al 111 most magical. l'ain and teinleriu-- were ir at oiico ri lieved in a lew days tin gianula of 1100s were all none, the diseased parts diy y, and destitute of feeling, and the edge of the p nail i* exposed so as to admit of hcing parol cd away without any inconvenience. The in cure was complete, and the trouble never M returned. I liavo tried this plan repeated rs ly since, with the must satisfactory results, ii, 1'ho operation onuses hut little, it any |i 111, ii it the t.illow is properly h atuil. A ropoti lo- 11* 111 ini'.rlit, in sutiio en . -s, l?o necessaryh1 although I never nu t with a ease that ?h<l re not yield to one application \?linittin*; he the theory ot I>r horinrer to he correct, tin* is ; mm lit* njn rii mi i is very plainly (o l?e seen, ir The li-juid cautorv insinu ilea itholi hi every ?? - ! interstice tin-ler the nail, accomplishing in ?r, one minute, without |inin, all that can he < , effected by the painful application <>f ni[jv tratu ot silver lor several weeks [ MiJoul in> / Suiyii if/ ,/ouriiiil The Eclipse of the Sun In Spain. A correspondent of the Loudon Timet, writing from Tudola, Spain, gives tlio following account of his observations of the eclipse of the sun, on the 1 St H ultimo: Shortly after three o'clock, it became evideut that the total celiac was approaching from the northwest. At three minutes past three, the sky uud the horizon in tluit direction were rapidly becoming dark, while the bright gh?w of sunshine was as yet unchanged towards the southeast. At four minute? past three, an unearthly ^ghastly glow, once seen never to bo forgottcn, covered the whole scene, and was most evident upon the g>p veNy^ground at iny 'feet. "Affile light now rapidly 'decreased. ' I But, with the exception of this glow, which I was very conspicuous upon the clay hills, I I could see no particular change of color in the trees or landscape. | At five minutes past three the western horizon was lost in darkness, and the cotiiI cal hills to the northwest were invisible, while the clouds toward* the east sent forth ' a bright glow of light froui the sun still ! shining on their fronts. At this momcut bright waving lines of light flickered one after another over tlio ground parallel to I iny line of light with the sun. On looking up from these 1 found that the sun had I already disappeared, and that I had missed the formation of the corona. The black circlo oi the moon was already surrounded hy the crown of glory; two stars shone | brightly a few degrees from the sun, and ' so magnificent was the spectacle almvc, so I glorious the spectacle below, that 1 could | not help looking for n few moments from the one to the other. A bright light, I think of a greenish yellow color, skirted the horizontal sky, and the bant s of cuuiuli ihone with a brilliant glow. The darkness was not intense; the light from the corona and the distant refractions far surpassed the brightest moonlight. It would have j been easy to read the smullcst type. The edge ol the suit suddenly appeared, ab >ut nine and a half minutes past three, I and the tirst instantaneous burst of light was vi ry impressive. I now observed inUiiitly the disappearance of the corona, and can say with confidence that it did not disappear; but was gradually rendered invisibly by the increasing intensity ot the sun's light. I could perceive it gradually diminishing in breadth till I could no longer observe the sun without protection of the | eyes. 1 now looked again to the south. The j northwest horizon was glowing with light, and. to tin* su.nlKuani tl?...?.|oy' l-aJ: ----j ? U'le.a was scarcely visible. I lie total eclipse was passing in that direction; the clouds prcsontly became invisible, and remained so during about six minutes, when they gradually reappeared. The rapid increase of darkness to the southeast, and that of returning light to tlnAiorthwcst, were very evident, otherwise I perceived no line of shadow upon the earth's surface. Toast ani> Watkk.?Pope, on one oc cji"ion, experienced a very ludicrous disappointment at Mr. Slice's table, in Cavendish square. The port and claret were making their accustomed rounds during the dessert ?probably at an exemplary paeo. Mr. Shoe, although little short of a teetotaler himseli, retained something of the Hibernian prejudice in (avor of a brisk circulation ot the bottle alter ihoih parture of the ladies. So tar all w.as well; but at each successive circuit of the ambulatory ''coasters" Pope's observant eye detected the suspicious fact his host, though prompt to cxpedite their rotary progress, never had recourse to their contents hut occasionally, and, as it aeeincd, rather surreptitiously, helped himself trum a small unobtrusive decaliter thai remained stationary at his ri- lit hand, and through the clear crystal of which shone a bright amber-colored liquid, suggestive of the purest Amontillado vintage. Kager to defeat and cxjsise so inhospital lo monopoly, Pope suddenly apostrophi/.ed his host in .loud an I jeering tone, "Come, conic, my good friend, 1 perceive that you arc nursing something good | there for yourown private drinking. That decanter lias n? vcr left your side. Hut it won't do! I'll trouble you for ? glass." Hi! willingly," answered his Aniphitiyon, hi apparent confusion. '*1 was just about to ask your opinion of it." And, suiting the artioo to the word, he poured out a bumper into the glass which Pope's eager hand extended for the pur|sise. The triumphant < linn >i.s? ur raised the sparkling goblet to the light, and then drained the contents at a single draught. Hut no sooti| er had lie done so than a loud exclamation : of horror ami dismay hurst from his lips, ! while his face wore an expression of the 1 deepest disgust: " Hv dove," exclaimed he, , sputtering in his finger-glass, "its?its? nothing but?" "Toast and water," qtiiefcly observed Mr. Sine; "a beverage to which IJaific restricts mr. Hut I'm afraid its not much in your lino." A general burst of laughter from the rest of the company completed the mortification of the diseoui fitted i/'>nriut. ?//'"/<- kJ' Sir M .1. Shrr. I. K.?Til.\r Is.?The names of girls! in these latter Jays have a deeliied tciidenev to terminate in "io."' Taking up a couple of Catalogues of ladies' schools the other da\ -pleasatit raiding by the way, those pages lull ot the names of school girls are! we found the following angels in <?: Kssie ami KI?io, and Carrie and Kit tie and Katie, and Kannic and Annie and ^Iillii* and Mollio and Minnie, and Lixzicuiid l.il>bic and Lottie and Lucie and Laurie and . I.ilie, and Addio and Nellie and llattic mid dennio. Wliolhor die blossoming out ! of the dear old fashioned name into foreign posies is the result ol Kuropiau tours, or whether ?diuLon|>eare is wrong about the I sweetness of roses, or whatever ii is, we can only exclaim, V. (llltl.s!?Chicnjo ! .A-until/. An advertisemeiit of cheap shoes and fnney article# t* an eastern |>nt>rr h.u the following: "N l? Ladies wishing these eh cap shoo will do w 11 to* call soon, u* tl\< j Kill n<>t Ionj," 1 I"HII 1~ - i L_-.. . U Scotch Jicrvikmts* -fl The change in th^haracter of domestic fl service, which is now a more question ofpeouhiary interest, instead of tho peraoonl attaeluncnt and unswerving fidelity of earlier days, is a subject much JvrcTt upon by the * admirers of the gooi old timee; yet those advantages had their draWbaeU fa a famll iarity of intercourse, and assu^ttos ot im portancc, o:? tho score of longservico, whidh' I often reverse*? the position or master ami I servant, and made of the latter a sort of do-1 mestie tyrant. I At a dinner party in the hist generation one of the family noticed that a guest wdi looking for a proper spoon to help herself - jfl to salt. The old scnngA was appealed -Ja - 4 that the rant might bo tdTpplicu. He did not notice the ap|>cal. It was reported in I a more peremptory manner: "Thomas, Mrs, I Murray has not a salt spoon." To which he 1 replied most emphatically: "Lasi time Mrs. I Muray was here we lost a salt spoon.*' An old servant, who took a similar 1 charge of everything that went ou in the I family, having observed that his master thought ho had drank wine with every lady at the table, but bad overlooked one, jogged his memory with the question, "What ails yo at her witli the green gown?" y . _ A Mr. Erskjie of Dunn, had almost determined to free himself from the tilraldolu of one of those old retainers, when, one-day walking out with his man, on crossing a Geld, the master exclaimed, "There's a hare." Andrew looked nt the place and coolly replied, What a hig lee, it s a cauf." The master, quite angry, nolw plainly told the domestic they miwt part. The tried servant of forty years innocently asked, "Ay, sir, wharc ye gaun? I'm sure ye're best at home," supposing that, if there was 4 to be any disruption, it must be the master | who would change the plaec. An old coachman of a noble lady, being peremptorily ordered to depart, cocllv re plied: "Na, na, my lady; I druve ye to ycr ^ marriage, and L shall stay to drive ye to ye'r burial." An old Forfanlshirc lady. knowing the habits of a spoiled servant, when she wished a note to be taken withont loss of fTibe, held it open and read it to him, saying, I "There, now, Andrew,' ye ken a' that's in it; tioo dinna stop to open it, but just send it afl." _______ y ' ' Ilow -Many Soldiers o* tsiu Revolution* Still Survive??The departure * A of the future King of Great Britain for our J Wl, feJ.ud'is { the United States. Th'e Saturday Review has the finest article on the subject' a portion of which we quote. Strictly speaking, this fresh and vigorous weekly is incorrect wli 'ii it says, in regard to our separation from England, that, "the utmost period of human life has more than elapsed since the fatal quarrel; ami the hunt man icho J'otujht in the tear of lnJepeiulcnct,, on either sit/r, hat lotvj htm ui hit >jrave." Ilow many soldiers who fought on the English side still survive, we have no means of kndwing; but we ntay approximately state the liumber of our relics ot the men who fought in the greatest war fso far as results are concorned) of the f^th century. According to the last report of the Secretary of the Interior, there wre or! the W>th of June, l*oS, two hundred and fifty-three revolutionary pensioners. Between* that time and the end of the last fiscal yeur," (Juno ;?U, ls-r>'.?,) one revolutionary soldier was inscribcd ftpon the rolls of S-0 per aunutn. Then wt should have, if no deaths had occurred, on the first of July, ISofl, no less than -M survivors wllo Lore their part, either for a longer or for a shorter time, in our war ot independence. But death deals suddenly and frequently with men so aged, and there lore wo find thai 89 of them, (more than toe-third) died in the twelve months tlapsi'** betw?i-ii duly, 'f?8, and July, '.V.). There Wero then on July 1, 1S.VJ, but 1 bo liviug, and probably to-day there aro not I 0, all t>ld. Men who aro now in the period of robust ......i i ..... i .i- i -? a . anauini, V4U I CIU V III U?" I 111 illUIT LMIJTI HAW "* ' days that revolutionary soldiers were even then uld men. It' we consider the battle ol" Lexington (April ID, 1770) the inauguration of our War ot Independence, more than eighty-live years have elapsed since the 'minute uk,i?"o1' Lexington were ordered by Major I'itoairii to "disperse." It is not probable that one of tlioso minute men was then less than twenty one years of age. There is, we believe, no survivor of that battle, or skirmish, which proved so fatal to the expedition under l'itcaim. I]on. lid ward Kverott, in hi-< polished, eloquent and forcible oration at Huston on the Fourth of.luly this year, stated that not a single American soldier who took part in the memorable battle of Hunker Hill, was still living, but it appears that two old men havo been found in New Kngland, more than our Itimtlrctlyciie* ?/</, who were upon tho rolls of that gallant hand, which, under Warren, lTe&eott, and "Old Hut," gave the Hritish such a disastrous victory. On tho I'dtli of April, I7S;{, just eighteen years alter the bloodshed at Lexington, the news of peaee reached Washington's head-quarh rs at Now burg. This was more than 77 years ago, and the rawest room it or drummer boy, who might have boon fifteen years ol age, would now l?e more than ninety-two. Five years more, and there wiH not in all probability be living a single member ot 1 that patriot army which was disbanded in , November, lYSd. ?A". 1". <*jf (\jmmrtrc. " Sutor or'/M> tnn-t nixoi 1. This spells buck want and forward all the same. '1. Then taking all the Grst letters of each Wool spells the find word. d. Then taking idl the scouud letter* of j each word .-.pells the mnsmd. I Then all the third, and soon through the ibiuth and tilth h Th en ooniineneing with the la?t letj iw of e-toh word the last word. ft. Then the next to the last of eaoh ' word, and so on throu.h.