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"We will eling to the Pillars of the Temple of Our iaibertiesi and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the bins.j VOLUME IX. Edgeb~kh COUVt. Rouse, S. C., 3anavy 15,184-r5 , - JEDGEIFIIELD ADV E MTIS E 1 BY W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. NEW TERMS. Two DOLLARS and FIrrY CENTs. per annum if paid ju advance $3 if not paid within sii months from the date of subscription. an( g4 iftnot paid before the expiration of the year All subscriptions will be continued, itnless otherwise ordered before the expira. iion of the year; but no paper will be discon ued tuitil all artearages are paid. unless at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, -ratis. AtivSER'ISF.ENTS conspictiotisly inserted t62A cents per square. (12 lines, or less.) fur the firsU ii2frr-h~ia 43j for each continuance. '' ose published moithly. or quarterly. will be chaarged $1 per square. \ldvertisenets not having the- number ol insertions marked on then. will be continned until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All commfnunications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. CENTRAL SCHOOL. T HE Subscribers take pleasure in inform ing the public, that they have engaged Miss ANNA W. CURTIS to take charge'of their School or the next year. Miss Curtis is a Voting lady who has been thoronghly educ:t til at the North. ad conies to ts with the highest testimonials of churacter and qualitica hls. The Scholastic yeir will he divided into two Sessions; the first of 5n tmnths. and the second, of 5 months. 'The Teris will he, Per &ssion of 5j Months. For the Elementary branches, c;$ 50 Fur the above. with Geography and History, Ancient and Modern. $10 00 For the above, with English Grminmar, Botany, Philosophy. Astronomy, Chemistry, Latti and French, $13 50 Music, with use of the Pitnm, $17 00 The School will be limited to 20 Scholars, and Will ne opened oni ith.: first Monday in January. GUood lhoard may be had in the neighborhood, at the tisa:d rats. S. CHItSTUE. C. 1, GOOD WIN, J. T E R R Y. Dec. 25. 4, t1 Bethany Academy. T IH E Trustees if th ia m.is stuitio avea agami secured the servies of Ihn( Rev. A. G. litswFn. as instructor of the En..vlish Depart tient fbr the ensuing year, and from the pro. gress made bv the ;tdetis ollie pm-t ad ..-.p.resem year, they teel 6::llyjustified in recoin mending the ilstitutiol to th,- enufidence of those who may be dispised to patromize it. The services will be resumed on the Secnd Monday in January next, and will cintinue for the term of ten motiths-to be divided intov two equal sessionts. At the close of the first essina there will be an examinationi and public exhli bition. The Classical Department will be superin. tended and instiucted by Uir.G ,onE G G1ALFs, who comes high'y rec.,imiended, hetig fully competent to prepare students for entering the South Carolina College. . The terms of tuition will be the sane in the English department as they h-ive been the' present year, and that of the Classical Depart tuent will coriespond with tne terms of simi lar institutions. No student will be received for a shorter term than one half of a session. Good boarding at the Academy. and convert. tellt in the neighborhood, on reasonable ternis. A. PERRIN. T. J. HIBLER. I ELISHA G. ROBERTSON, 2 A. T. TRAYLOR, R. P QUARLES. W. S. COTHRAN. Dec 18 -if 47 PICKENS COURT HOUSE Male Acadeny. I-E exercises of this instituiol. will tbe re'stumed oni the sectondt M~ondla. in January next, unider chiarge of J. L. KENNEDY, A M.' He has had superintendence at this luce for four yeairs. and is likely to continue for yjears. H is knxown ability to prepare for anty College. with the chieapness of board andl other advuamges of the locationi, fully warrant uhe Trustees in givitig the communinity assUr ance, that they cannot do better than to send hither. Board may be had in respectable families cotnveient to the Academy for $50 or $t60. ~'Tuition for the cuommon Etiglish branches per session of 5 months, $6 00 . for the Langnages per ses sion of 5 months, $12 00 77 W. L KEITH, P. ALEXANDER, I M. M.- NORTON.. * SILAS KIRKSEY, E. ALEXANDER W. D. STEELE.J Pickens C. H., S. C. Dec- 10 -4t. (Messenger.) 47 . H undrsinedannionece to the public that e hae enagedthe services o Mr. Joar K-.Jovasozi, whose abilities in teach. ing are not surpassed by any, and aire well known to the public. The situation is as healthy as ariy in the State. Board cat'be laud int highly respectable fam ilies at $6 per month. .The School will be opened on the first Mon day in January. Terms per session of 5A Months. Reading. Writing and Arithmatic, g 6 00 The abovie with English Grammar and Geography, -10 00 Algebra anid Mathematics, 12 00 Latin atid Greek ang as 16 00 H. A. WILLIAMS, I J. DENNY. JAMES EIDSON, I J. LAGRONE. -' January 1 St 49 Wanted. AN experienced Housekeeper. ofougxcep 1Itionable charactiter, to whotui permanent ployentand ibeal wgeswill 'be given. Apyathsoflice. *1 Nc.1 7 Edgefield Male Acadcmy. A FTLR twenty years absence. the uider signed has resumed the charge of this its statution). He will commence his duties on the first Monday in January. Thirty years experience, :to hopes. will enable him to give satisaCtion to l.'s employers. A strict and u niforn disciphine wi.' be observed, and a constant application to study, at appointed hours, day and night, tigidly enforced All complaints to or consultation with the Teacher should be made confidentially. otherwise the coulidence of the Pupil and the influence of the Teacher will be equally imo paired. Premiums will be awarded to every pupil. onthe attaiitnent of a certain number of points. ascertained by the mcrit-roll kept by the Teacher, and a quarterly report of the stand ing of each scholar sent to the parent or guar dian The rates of iuttion per session of 22 weeks will be 12, 14 16 and $18. according to the branches of study pur.ned, and payable its ad vance. A few pupils can be boarded in the subscri ber's family, and private instruction, at stated hours, given gratis. For the niorials ani man ners of his boarders he will hold himself respon. sible. For further particulars enquire of the teacher. 11. K. McCLINTOCK. January 1 if 49 1844. OTOBER 16 JUST RCEEVED BY WM. KETCRIAMI & C0., ,Wl1AMBURG, S C., IESANS Rich Satin Striped Chnsans, .Muslis de Latnes. Cashmere de Laines. Crape de Laines. Cashmevre de Ecosee, real Silk wari Alpacca. rich figured Alpacca, Par. asines. P1hillippian.--. Tagl-ionis, Bombazines, Black and Colored Silks. Figured aid Plain. (very rich.) Foulard Silks, Orleans Cloths. Gim'ps and trinunings. rich Prints, a very large assortlilt 1.000 Yards S'plendid Carpets. Cheap. And a general anl full assortmest of Fancy and Staplc Dry Goods. Oct.); (Irep.) St 39 Brought 10 the Jail 0 F this District, a stort time since, a N-ro nan who says his name is FERNEY. an cl that he belonis to Mr. William Boling. of Raileigl, N. C., rnd that whilst c ravellint to tMi-issippi, under the charge of a A] r. Calviii Bngle, he got lost from his comilpny. Said N'-gro is between twentv-one or twenty-two years of age, abint five feet nine inches higti, an ld very li.1st complexion. The soer is regested to come for ward, prove property, pay charges and take him a" av. otherwise he will be dealt with as the law directs. C. 11. GOODMAN, Jailor. Dec. 4 tr 45 Fresh Fall & Winter Goods. 111E Sobscribers beg leave to announe -to heir ctotners aid the public get. erally. that they liave just received fron Netc Vort;, their stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. embracing alnost every variety of Fancy and Staple Goods, usually keit in our matrket. atongst them a good stock of Kcrseys. Blankets. Negro Shoes, Hats. Caps and Saddlery. Hardware and Cutlery. Crockery. 4-c.. 4-c.. they invite ihe attention of the public geterntly to call and exaninie their stock. and they will TRY to give sitisfactionl. PRESLEY & BRYAN. Oct 9 tf 37 State of South Carolinat.. E)GEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLSAS. Robert R Hunter, Declaration in 53. Attadincnt. P. H. Roney.e 1H EII Plaiintiff in the above stated case, thavinig this dlay filed clheir Declacratisons in mty Oflice, anid the Diefendanit havinig no wife or Attsriey kinownt to reside witnin thce liits of the State ont whom aropy~ of the saine with a rule to plead. cani be servedl; It is therefore Ordered' That the Defendiantappear and plead to the saute withtin a year and a (lay frotm thse dlate hsereof or final and abseslute jitdgtment will be awarded against hem -THOMAS G BACON. c. c. r. Clerk's Office. 22d Nov. 1844 Nov.27 44 by State~of' South C'arolinal EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Robert Burton living near Dtuntonsville, Tolls before cme a small bright hay horse, witht both hinsd feet white about fourtemn hands high and six years old, no brands or other nmarks. apprased at twentv dollars. . ' V ~BRUNSON. Magistrate. Nov2d. 1844 1m4t . 424 Notice. LL Persons htaving demarnds againist the a - Estst of-Richarrd Hardy. deceased, are aegneste-mi to present thetm to me ini the Oiadi nary's Office, duly attested, on the liith dasy of February next, when afnal settlemient will he maeo adEstate. . SAMUEL CAR TLEDGE, Am'r. Oct.23 if 39) GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS, Water Proof, aind No Mistake H AM-BURG, S. V. T H E Subscribers still continue at thte above Rstaind. to asECEIVB and S-rONE, SELLt or SHIP, Cotton, Flour, Bacon, &c. REcENVE AND FORWARD -.PIERCHaSIJYDE, Purcha~e GOODS to order, &c. &e. Produce set to hem with instructions-as to its disposal, shall, be RaONPTLY attended to, and order's. itn every instance, strictly obeyed. Feelinig grateful for piast favorS, thiey respect fully solicit a con~iitance of the saute I-H. L. JEFFERS & Co. Ilnmhnrg. Aunsnt 24, 1844 6m 31 LEGISLATIVE ACTSi AN AGT -O AxEND AN ACT ENTITI.Ei " AN AwT MORE EFFECTUALLY TO PREVENT FREE NEGROES AND OTHER PERSONe OF LOIoR FROM ENTEHING INTO THIS ZTATE, AND fO oTHER PURPOSES. ' PASSED THE NINETEENTII DAY OF DECEMBEt, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE 'THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE. 1. Be it enacted, by tile Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Genleral Assembly, and by the authority of the sumne, That no negro o free persou of color wuo shall enter this Siate on board any vessel. as a cook, %tew ard, or mariier, or in any other employ ment on board such vessel, and who shall be apprehended and confined by any She riff, int ptrsuance of the provisions of said Act. shall be eutitled to the writ of habeas corpus, or any benefit under, and by virtue of the statute made in the Kingdom of England, in the thirty-first year of the reign of King Charles the Second, entiled " An Act for the better securing the lib erty of tile subject, and to prevent impri soanmeut beyond seas," and made of force ill this State, and the provisions of fhe said "Habeas Corpus Act," and the several acts of Assembly of this State amendatory thereof, are hereby declared not to apply to any free negro or person of color enter Ig into this State contrary to the provi sions of tie aforesaid act of Assembly, passed fhe nineteenth day (if December. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred anti thirty five. If. *That in case twe Sheriff of the Dis trict into the ports or harbors of which such free negroes or persons of color shall enter, shall be unable to enforce the provi sions of the aforesaid act, by imeans ol the posse coimitatis and the civil authorities, usually at his command. the Governor of this State may, and he is hereby author ized and reqtired, on a requisition and call made upon him, and signed by the Sheriff, to order out a sItliCicit number of tile mili tia of this State. tt mtteit the exigency of the case, which said fmilitia shall be, by the Governor of this State, placed unlert the command of discreet oflicts, and have orders to give to tile Sierif' within wh se District any such exigency may arise, the 5asitance that maay be tecessary to Carry into eflect the provisi..its of tie aforesaid ; act, passed tie tninct'-enth day of Decets her. ill tile your or our Lord one shousmnd eight hundred and thirty live. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled 0a Act to nmen.d the La." In relatIon tit Slaves and Free Persos of Color, iatsed on the 17th dIy or tecember, one thousand etftit hundred ani furty-four. Be it enacted, by the Senate ard House of Representatives, now ntet and sining an General Assembly, and by the authority of tile sanie, rThat %% henever any person or persons shall have been convicted. tider the third or sixth section of the aforesaid act, the fines imposed, in pursuance of tile said sections, Shall le appropriated, one half for the use of tile State, the other ,aif io tile informer. AN ACT to mnke fnrtmer provision for the secitrily ni Pualic Moneys underthe control of the difterent Boards of Commis. siner in the State. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House tat Ri-presentatves. now met and sitting its General Assembly, h'lhtI each Board of Commis~aoners of Public Jitlild ings. of the Poor, and tilt Roads. Bridges and Ferries, shall appoint a Trreasurer, wio shall tiold his office duritg the plea sure of the Board, and shall receive, keep, anti dishntre, under the direction of tile Board, all moneys under its control, and atccont inl such mtantner and at stcht time as the Boa~d an.:y dirt'ct , such Treasurer. hb-fore entterinlg upion iis diuties, shall, when such Bo~ards deem it expedient, give bottd, wath sufficient stareties, to be appjroved by the Board, for the faithfuli porfur wince of tile dtuttes of his office-. 11. Each Boeard of Commissioners shall repost, itn wriaing, to the presiding .Judge oif stit Court of Commton Pleas of the Dis trtet. in whitch suach Board exists, on the first day of each Fali term, all tratisaca ions connected witht its atdmiinistrnation. TIhe said Report sthall be accomplianied with at exact aCconlut of tail mnoneys assessed' and received by ahema. from term to term, and ail disbursement., made; and, in the ac coUnt of the Commissiotiers oft the~ Poor, shall. he specifieti thie names itn full of all person~s who may, from term to) trm, have received any support whatever from the futnds under conttrol of- thie said 'Board. And the %aid presiding Jtudge shlil caus-e said .Report tea be read in open' C. art, by the Clerk, on the first dayv of tht.' tertm, atntd to he fied itn the Clerk's office. tIII. The saidi-Bourds of Coin missioners, respectively, shall-cause the several Re ports' made by them, respectively, to be printed and published in the nearest news paper, if any be printed in the District, immediately after the adjournment of such Coarni; and if there be no nlewspap~er, then to affix one copy of the said'Report to the Court House door, anld three copies at three other cotnspicuous placees within'the District or Parish, as the case may be. -IV. In case any one of the said Boards of Commissioners shall neglect or refuse to miake said Report or publicatiun, such Board neglecting or: refusing shall forfeit and pay the sum of. fifty dollars, to be re covered by actiotn of debt, inany Court of competent jturisdiction; and it shall lie the duty of the Solicitor of the Circuit or At tortney General, as the case imny be, and he is hereby required to bring said actioni for the recovery of said penalty./NidEi V. That sn-mnah of tho Acif Asseam. bly ratilned on the nineteenth day of De cember, entitled an act supplementary to an act entitled an act td gEe the Commis sinners of the Poor for the several Distriets and Parishes in this State, the power to purchaze lands and build poor houses there on, for the support and mainienance of thie poor of said Disiricts and Parishes, passed on the ixteentlh day of December. 1824, as requires the said Commissioners of the Poor uo make aunqal returns to th' Conp troller General, of the amount (f moneys received and expended, with the names of the persons relieved and supported, and also the twentieth section of the act to es tablish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries, and fir other purposes, ratified the twen tieth day of December, in ihe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and florty two, he and they are hereby repealed. AN ACT fhr the more effectuat punishment of the offcial anisconduct of Sheriffs. Be it enacted, tIy the Honorable the Sen ate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly. and by the authority of the same, That here after, if any Sheriff shall be attached for contempt, for failing to execute, or to re turn, final process. in any civil suit, or for aot paying over to the party entitled, mo ney which has come into his hands. as Sherifl, and shall remain in contempt for the space of thirty days after such attach entis ordered. every such Sheriff shall he Jeemed guilty of official misconduct, and 4ball be liable to be proceeded against by indictment, and be subject 'to the same mains and penalties, including removal from iffice. us are provided and enacted in. and my an Act entitled - An Act for the punish neut of olficial misconduct of District Of ricers," raified on the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord oue thousand eight hundred and iwenty-nine : Provided, that nothing in iniv Act comtain ,d shall be construed to deprive any such Sheriff of his right to appeal from any or Ir-r agailis: him for a contempt, nor shall he provisions of this Act be taken to ap >ly during the pendency of such appeal, ir until the same has been finally dis nissed. - Animal Cotton.-The stores of nature ire in-exhatltible. Several scientific mis i :ellamies have of late been occup- d with I lecoumits of -a singularly beautiful mate- I -ial. cailed 'Animal Cotton.' It sectms here is an inoect vary common in t he West I Indies cnll-d the Capada Wirm, which )roduces a substanco apparently equal, if not superior, to the fitesi silk cotton. It , of the rnst dazzlinmi wihiteness and of 1 lie greatest purity. answerin the purpo ;es of lint in the hospitals of the negroes, avhetn bilk and vegetable cotton serve only o inflame wuunds by the asperities of their filaments. The Capada Worm it ;elf does not yield the substance here spo ien of, but it is the mere subject of a sin lular process by which it is. produced. rhe wori is assailed by a swarim of ich eumon flies, as they are called, a species I >f insects very small, which drive their stings into the skin of the victim over the whiole extent of its back, and at the same itne deposit their eggs in the wotids thus nade. In the couree of a fortnight these -ggs are hatched, the capada woim dur ng im initerv-il fe-ding upon leaves with irteat voracity ; and the animalcules. thus zenerated. without quitting ilim body of the parent worii. elevate themselves on lie lower extr-nities and each proceedis o envelope himself in a little cocoon. The oriat ion of thes cocoons occupies only thout iwo hours, and myriads of theim be og crowded close together, form a white -obe, with which the capada worm ap >oars elegaintly andl comnfortably clothed. As9 sooni as this coverinig has been corn )leted, atnd the little atists that wove it tave retire-d each to his self made cell, iihe vorm -indeavors to rid liimself of his ofi - I :ious guest and of the robe which contains| heim, anmd hie finally succeeds alter great -' 3ff'irts. The cotton pr-oducedi in this re-| narkable mannter may be used without any pi-eparatory process, as sooni as the lies have qutitted the cocoons, which is ;enerally within eight 'or ten days after heir seclusion. 'It is not known that any ittemtpis have been mnade to tteave thtis rilky substance into a wearable tissure; an: from the description that is given of Is textture atnd cotnsistenev,. there seemrs to ie ito dlotbt but that it conld be wrotugt nto a most beautiful and emndurinig fabric. From the N. Y. Plebian. The Evril Consequenes of Wearing Thin S~hoes in the Winter .Season Tne reprehentsible custom of wearing thin shoes and stocking~s in mid-witer. which is prevalent to such an alarminig ixtentt among the young girls and wdmen in nearly all our cities, is one that cannot possibly be cond~etotted with tori great se verity. The Philadelphia Inquirer, in inme seasonable. remarks upon the deplo rable error on the parr of our American remales and the pertinacity with which it is persisted in. very truly observes:-The ratal mistake is in many cases inculcated .n the early childhood of the victims,.and I by the victims thetmselves. We think we wee some of our fair readers open their -1 iyes with surprise at this declaration; and I ~et we fear that they would find themselves I ;uiltless otn making the necessary investi-1 ~ation. The desire with -females gener illy is to exhibit a stmall foot prettily. and to make it appear in as neat and elegant a casing as possible, Thus light and thin thoes have become fashionable and popu lar, and a prejudice against strong stout I and thick shoes has he'n minucated, Let wny gentlemtao, the fiead of-a family, who is aware of the importance to health o dry leet, and who for years past his beer acting accordingly, take the trouble ol hunting up the boots and sh.ies of his wife and daughters, for the purpose of making a comparison with his own boots and shoes. Our word for it, that in nine cases out of ten, the will be convinced that he hasall along closed his eyes to the -tide causeol cOlds, coughs, pleurisies and other-com plaints, which have stolen the bloom from the cheeks, the elasticity froni the fdrms, and the roundness from the limbs of beings as dear to him as life itself. We have more than once said that self murder may be cotnir ited as -well by carelessness, neglect, and wanton exposure of the per son to inclement weather, as by poison or the poinard. Ladies will adnit this them selves when conversing calmly and dis. passionately upon the subject. And yet turn to their, feet, and you will find that while they declaim against the system, they also in too many cases, practice it. The winter has just commenced, and ire may expect to see the side-walks fre juently covered with ice, and as a conse luence, miserable ialking.-Hate otir air readers provided themselves with ihick and water-proof shoes? Even the delay if 24 houi-s may be dangerous. Con iumption, in the majority of cases. is pro luced by a slight cold. This slight cold s caused by unnecessary exposure at par ies, balls, theatres, in concert rooms. &c.; >r by wearing thin and improper boots ttd shoes. Thousands of victims perish innually in this country by the practice ust named. Hundreds at this moment are :oughing themselves to the grave. Not a veek, not a day goes by, that a death is tot chre nicled in some part of the Union, >roduced by coisumption. Friends. relatives, neigh'bors. are sum noved to an untimely grave by this dis iase, which is indeed terrible in its charac er and its consequences. Nevertheless, ind it is wonderful that such should be the ase, thin shoes are worn as recklessly as ver, and thus hundreds of our country vomneu obstinately commit suicide. or in ther words, expose themselves to a dan ;erous and deadly malady, knowing ait he time they are pursuing the very course alenlated to roh them .f what is far imore mportant than any empty vanity and dis olay; grow ing out of an elegant shoe, a ighi fit, or a pretty foot. They sacrifice for Lm empty bubt'le,nnt only bloom and >eauty. but health and life," A FANCY TRADE. The following capital story is from a etter of a Western correspodnent in a late tumber of the Spirit of the Times One evening I was rallying my com Ianion utpon his low spiris, and attribu ng it to long absence fron his wife, ma ing as tunfavorable a compantion as pos ible between' his situation and my own, bachelor, when our quontdtm friend, as 1sual, joined us. Matrimony, said he, is fine thing when you're once in for it, and mow what you've got; but it's rather tick ish to begin on,-you're as likely to make i fancy trade as any, and if I'm a goin' to nake one, I want it in horses; for if I'm narried, I shall have to stand, perhaps, when I do:s't wait to. ,, 'Yes; but." said 1, "what do you call i ancy trade?' Why, captin, a fancy trade is where a nan's fancy out-ginerals his judgment, md runs away with his brains. I'll tell rot a story now, where my fancy run ight away with my gumption. to the tune ola hundred : The last time I was upfVest, I went vith the old brown hoss I ifad of the stage igint, a putty good one, but a leetle rusty it times. Well, I got to aWindam Cattle show before I seed a chance to swap; and or the matter of that, 1 couldn't see any hancet there was a good many niceish ind of horses, but obhody seemed to tanker after a trade. Finally; I seen a ountryman leading a black colt-nvasn't te a buster? Be had the greatest withers ~ver vou see on a htoss, and a set of limbs ha: would bring tears into a man's eyes. at's the chtap: 'Mister,' sags 1, 'that's a first rate colt, f -twvant for them are !' 'Thenm are what?' ays he. 'Lawv, now, do be green,' says r. -Green,' says he, 'I don't kno* what ~ou mean.' 'Why, there man,' says I ; thdt'l do with some, but I've been there tad staid a week.' 'Why. friend,' says ie, 'if there's anything out oft he way wvith rn boss, let's knoiv it.' 'Why, do you neatn to say that you don't know that lit's got t wo hone spavins?' '1 deny it,4 nys he , and his .eyes stuck out so you ould a hunt:g your hat on 'ems 'Well, 'riend,' says I, 'I'll prove this to you; lend tour colt ,ger this way, where there is a ittle the soundest hoss 1 ever did lee, and re'll compare their legs.' Now that colt ras a dreadful made one; his hock gints ras deeper than any hoss's I've seen, and he upper pints inside the hind leg stuck tot clean and handsome, I'll tell you. 'Well, old Browyn's leg was a gummy 'ound thing like any other old Plug's. There,' says 1, -I mean to say that them ones- stickin' out like a frog's elbow on pour colt. ain't nateral; but when they et him to work, they're bound to lame im, for they are niothing more nor less ban spone spavans.' '0. dear says lie, rhat shall I do?' and he turned as blde Ls a sthetstone. ''Well, says I, 'there. aever was a nigger so black but there was white to his eye, and your .ease has ome bright spots yet. Let's find the hap that owns this boss, I'll help you to radle with him. We can put him throtugh ind make a good thing out of a had. one.' Well,' says he, 'you, start arter him,' Off r I goes to the tavern, for old Jim bana, dreadful critter for a trade. 'Jim,' says .i 'do you want to make a Vi' 'I don't watf to do any thidg elsei' says he. Well, theii says I, throw away your cigar, put your hat square on your head, take that sweg ger out of your carcass, and come and swap mg brd*d hdas for We, ad I watu. you to look sd much .like an honset man that your wife Wouldn't know you. - Well he gut dowd *hets the chap was; 'here's the gentleman,' says 1, 'that d*na the brown hoss, and he. is willing toimak6 an exchange with you'-Very well,' says the fellow, 'tell what jouil do. 06 this, off goes old Jim at half-crack. 'I've owned this critter from a colt,' says he; 'I've used him in every way and shap;. and he ilevet failed. He ain't used to High keepin' bai it takes a man's hoss to beat him. There. ie is-look for yoniself-sound; kind and good-8 years old neit spring. I'll %ar rant him right id iady hardess, and yan come to a hill he's there. I should feel had to part with him;" and really the old fellow looked as if he'd cry. 'Well, says I, how'l.you trade?' - .can't mae up niy tind.'. sayg did. Jim. I must seo my son.' Offer hini $20, says I in my covey's ear. 'No,' sdys he, '1 can't trade him short rfs20 rftiself;. Udt says I, yoh will trade for twenty. 'Yes,' says he. I winked to old Jim to close upi. Well, says old Jim, *Ishall trade.' We shilted pu-ty qudick; I giiess, and I never felt safe until I sa* his halter on old Brown. lust as he wes gdin' olf' he tutiled round, and says to me, 'when you. put that colt in yotif whoud; set tded back, for he'll kick it au t ta pieces;' dad b, ho* he laughed. I've hear folks laugh,and live hearn them cry, but I never heard anything before or sined, that come over me as that did. I felt as if I'd lived on rar baiher riee for a reek. and exercised myself whettin saws. Old Jimi|anhed as though he'd split. 'Whei-e's the V1' said he,,'and then he laughed. I hited A' hides cart and put the colt in; hodgot to kickin,' and there he kicked it all to pieces in ho time, his hind legs went like a mill face ; them efe gambols. want madd Ioi nothin' I'll tell you; he kicked the Uri all to litters, and I had to pay $37 for ii: Well. I thought I'd dakb the best of . bad job, so I bought ad old cripple for ten dollars to draw my wpgon; and tied the colt behind. and eufi him he wouldu't go there, but weat to pulling back and broke my new wagon; . Well, thinks . fIll put up and tiy again in ihe morning I but I hadn't seen the worsesi yet. for they wouldn't put him up uno how; they said he was glandored, atnd so he *1as the chap had blowed powdered alum up his nose so it didn't show; Aiud I was so ea-dest to pick up a flat I hadn't looked to see any thing. And that *as the end. of my "fancy trade." I gave the coli a8raY ifter two ddlys, for he wouldn't a feiched the a pint of cider. It w as a good deal 1br me in the end though. for my schol mdtsi ised Ib MY that hour's work bred me circumspection. And from that day to this, I've netl- took a sudden shine to any thing without irs bringing that colt right afore my eyes. I've never been marriedi dtid a gal must manage party well, to make me sweet, for the black cow's horns show dreadfUl quick. to me, on account of the color. And niow. captain; let'ts havd bur hot. whiskey punch, and go to roost; and it's your treat, fbr you're gettinA your expe rience mighty fast, and without payin' for it. 'Boys do you Hear This?-Some one of the philantropists of our tribe thus talks: to the boys. Hear him. One hour in youth speut studiously, is like putting anu idle dollar out at compound interes.2 It conmes back -in the future a httndred-fold? "Wh/uat sa y you Boys.-The evenidg are now nearly as loug as they will be during the edld seasoni suppose you spend two hours of each wveek, that would make sin ty hours per month, and three hubdred' hours b~y the first of April. Tllihkrof it;. Lay out a system ofsmudies, and pursue it faithfnlly, atnd if you do sot know more and are not wiser, and cosequently better, fitted for the practical duties dflife, we shall be exceedngly disappointed. These two hours per-diem will not at all encroach up on the time necessaiy to read iho newspa per. The study of any of the scences will in. fact, give increased zeal for the lighter end practical' contents whiei fil[ the columns of a well condujcted news sheet. The head of a family,' who ould cultivate d taste for study and for knowi. edge among his' children, should riot' fail to keep contisually within reach of every meinber of the domestie circle the news. paper. Arltificial Ivory.-Certaina parties io she111eld lately obtained a patent for the making of a substance so nearly resemb hing Ivory, and so applicable to all the4 p'ar. poses of, that valvable material, ihat it is almost impossible'to detect the difference. In one' iiasts a wdrking cutler had a quantity'of. scales given him, consistig partly of thef fetitious cotmpound.athd "pas.~ ly of ivoff', arid'he used them itt harfdag his knives, and returned his work liikoat discovering *the 'difference. We' stder stand, also, tljat an .initation af totiye sliel[ Is- prepared apd is~ use, wb fde~ serne~ purposes is little inferior tasoume Ya sietles of the real article. Adzaice..-Llve wei:erately-goqgehude.. attend to ydur afiaira-love all titapegr --marry one ofgthem--live llka w, ma aie like a chrittlon. - - -