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Anfpersdiproclril4 five responsible Sub rbers; hall~receive the. paper for one eargratis' VxrzsZE'rs conspicuously inserted at75 cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the 'irstinsertion. and 37. for each continuance r ;Tiise.published monthly or quarterly, wil b cargel$. per square. Advertisements oitavnig the-number of insertions marked 'iuii thewill be continued uutil ordered out aad:chii red accordingly Commtunications, post paid, will be prompt IV, and strictly attended to.. , The frieendsof Major A BRAHA M ENES; announce him as a candidate for sbeeLgislature, to fill the vacancy occa isned'by the death of James S. Pope gy.The'friends of JAMES SPANN, Esqr. -:&iepectfully.announce him as a candidate for : Aie office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing elec lon , april14 tf 12 11T The friends of WESLEY BODIE, an iouice him as a candidate for the office of *Sheziff, at the ensuing election. february 24 tf 5 r' p: T.he following gentlemen are announced =-:hy their friends as candidates for the Otlite of ax Collector. at the ensning election : Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM, ' GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, 'EDMUND MORRIS, ,SAMIPSON B; MAYS, utJAMES B. HA RRIS S C. SCOTT, ry% ' Y R.: WILSON. The following gentlemen are.announced - by- their friends as candidatei for the office of Ordidn, at the ensuing dietion. ColJOHN HILL, MAN Capt WL. COLEMA1. J~ z SCorspondsw.of the Charleston Even News. Cle awr ti o a a 'ESd7'ce, - . ur fr lis ai ' ...i:. of yenogl. one has contribted roreaoytmy enjoy. 'netiishere than our inr.iterni Ir. Dabney :"S 'Carr,- who ii much esteemed here both oa his official as well-as-privatet relations. It is only a few days since. that the Grand Vizier Reshid Pasha, to show his respect both for the man and for the Government be represents. gave a eglendid dinner to the Minister at bis palace o'n the -Bospho ue The other Americans invited were lr. J..P. Brown, Secretary and Drago 'mn to the American Legatiun,Dr. J. H. Dayis of: South Carolina,- and myself. s-ysou wilt scarcely be satisfied-without a d. escription of the dinner, .' .will give.yuu An outline of ir, though I know.. beforehand ;j you vill be disappointed to' find nothing Turkish-in it. The American .linister, jaccoinpanied by the other representatives of our country, ascended the Bosphorus in i~hs caqueymanned by ten oarsmen. The starsend"- sripes- were flying at the bow, spead' out- by a stiff northerly breeze, showing all their beauty to thetTurks and iaviti'bg them almost to annexation. Thus r.e glided-up the channel, passing rapidly t:iousefendid panorama that is stretched Mod otn either hand, and which utnlike most ditbersihts, grow in beauty the oftene~r ~tfey pass'before you. Otn our way we a''pe-few momients at Bibee, a villa:;e n-theEropeatrside,. where the A meri 2'aomtissibaries have established a school, a 'f which i shall write at some future pe d:d;d.Tiust-above this point we passed the famut~sl of Mahomnet the 2d, built -2prior to his taking Constantinople. - A-lit ~'tiefuriber on is the sumrher palace of the 'U rand Vizier, which, like most other Tnr slbsbialacel, Is a large wooden house wvith. otany urchitectural pretensions; the-door - -~s~rinediately on ihe water's edge.- - Ori 1adn e were met by the Usher, and ~aising. through files of numberless -ser 4~yniiairrived at- the recepiion room, where ; heGirand' Vizier met us a la franc, ia a saay; by-shaking hands most cordially, k~ling around the roum I saw twr ~..uroeass. one a son of the great. bankem ~Iotischild,- the other a HuugaianiBaron, 'est of'the compnny consisted of ma ~n fthifeiditaries of the Turkish Gov ramen t among whom 1. might enumerate e~~radmPsha; Salem Pasha, Said Pasha, .c.-but as the names -would convey --toyou very little meanir'g, I will mterely r~emark that all the important mmitisters oi tate weise present. Soon' after taking out sa pipes.. were -served with jns~amira tis abhdut eight feet Iong, wvith Iarg m ~ee~ ouh pieces, must richly set with sia deMany of the Turks, as well as ut~madVizier, speaking: French,r ena.. *juIz lert into conversation.muel Gh ~) was, about our- country. 'Thc t al pine and grpupr sonreif nthe ceiling ~ ~1~f~0,Afthe suits of rooms belong ~ii~ioj&&i.~of the Grand Vizier, bu~ ~.ee dislodged onl th ture was european.D arn ibiel GrandViz o, -mst -phtfe ing him on his right, Mr. R.othschild was I on his left, and the rest of the party seated t wherever chance had placed them. The i dinner consisted of French dishes, with the exception of two or three, and there was nothi-g oriental about it except the red caps of the Turks. Vine (Franc Sherbert) of different kinds circulated freely, and the Turks seemed to forget the Koran as the champagne sparitled in their glasses. In fact the use of wine is a European custom which the sensual Turks have adopted more generally than any other of the good things of the civilized world. There sat on my left a Turk whom I felt convinced, from the manner in which he drank wine, must speak French, and on addressing him in that language I found my inference cor rect. 1. b:oached the subject of wine, as C he seemed to be no bad cotnoisseur, front the repeated application of the glais to his lips. Another European innovation at this dinner was the drinking of toasts; which was begun by the Hungarian Baron drink ing the health of the Grand Vizier, after a short speech of the warmest kind of cotn pliments, for which the French language, you know, supplies so many extravagant expressions. His flattery was laid on with c such unsparing hands, that I very much e fear the Grand Vizier doubted all he said. 6 The American Minister in turn toasted the I Sultan in a very handsome manner, thro' r the dragoman of Legation, Air. Brown, c whose knowledge of the Turkish tongue is said to be very thorough. The toast was- I received with tremendous enthusiasm, that I is to say, with profound silence, for what we would express with a hip, hip, huz-ia, the Turks do by keeping silent, so oppo site to us are they in all their customs. The i Grand Vizier responded to the toast, and I spoke of the friendship existing between a Turkey and the United States, and con- r eluded by proposing the President's Hfealh. G So you. see the East is toasting the West. n Who can say now that the Turks ate not Il making rapid progress in civilization ? for a ben wine is allowed. to circulate freely, f and wit and champagne t' sparkle at'the d Muiselxan's table, his barriers to-progress ill fast crnublc into dust. There is no ti ti lisa gotle: df.wine: to drown pre juilice-it creates good feeling liefieen F Maliomedat, ewand.;Christian.'Breiik ' fair troug du iistrinstiof theKora ie o~re urn abriwi t'ii tland faual new th .rnd (to oaut- 'ayk? neiwpr abjout thelrand .v -Viiend 1 shallend timyl'eter Reschid '1 Pach iu the imost enlightened head that a Turkey'has.had .since the great.efforis of 1 reform in this country, and his appoint- t meo't to this high office was hailed by Eu- n rope as~ an auspicious event -for Turkey. c He has had numerous difficulties to en- Ii counter, and the prejudices of many ene- ' mies to surmount. The short time that he has been in power already, gives prom- r ise of his great usefulness-aid while he ' continues to guide the destinies of this e country, the progressof civilization will be t increased. He has been minister to t'o a or three European Courts, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. The Grand Vizier, as well as the Sultan, are favorably disposed ttsivards America and r the Americans, whose relations with this I country are becoming more and more im- c portant every year.;. but more of tbis at another time. J. L. S ':Human Will. and Perseverance,-] n an article (says the Charleston Even. News.) on this subject on Saturday last, we called to mind one distinguished instance of the effects of perseverance. Since then, ano ther of an equally interestitng chatracter htas fallent utnder our eye. It ts related tm a late number of thte Buenos Ayres Packet, as follows: )Dontna lsabhella la Torre de Robere, a r.ative lady residinat at Cardoba, has, un der date 20th March last, addressed a let ter to the daughter of the Governor, Donna Manuclita Rtozas y Ezeurra, en closintg another from her daughter, Merce ditats Rtoberez, writtetn with her toes, and I also a towel of delicate needletnork per fotrmed by the same means, and which she requestedl to be presented to lis Es. cellency as a present on his birth dlay. The author of these presents is a girl 12 yesars of age, deprived of arms und- hands, l-ut who, owing to the care and attention devoted to her by her mother, and to her owvn extraordinary elforts, lias been ena bled to supply the want of hands by her feet, performting by these secondary agrents of the human frame all those labors which I fetmales -of- Jer age .execute with theirI hands. " She can, her mother's letter states, write, turnt r,ver the leaves of a book, cast up neccounts, thtreadl the needle, knot the the thread, sew, embroider, make lace, stitching, and, in short, do all that she is told to do with her toes. TIhe towel in wvhich the initials of His Excellency's tame, ,h 3M. R., are worked in red silk, isb said to be of the tmost exquisite needlework. Thte mother says that but for the unfavor able state of her circumstances she would I bring lher-daughter to this city. The Go. vernor- has o'rdered said letters and towel to I be deposited in the Miuseutm in this, city, which circumstance has beetn commnunica ted to the parties by -his Excelleney's daughtet ii- her; cornplimentary auswvers t6 ib eir letters.'~ oneP~ny/ Y' e dior the ~addEGajzttlie r'edgatermoan eihp iiepountds! d to erect a scaflold around, then cut o oue side, and walk round and cutthe oho t was cut and come again with him. From the South Carolinian. L NUT FOR NORTHERN FANATICS T CRACK. ETER POOLE'S 'RETURN T( SLAVERY. Last week we had the pleasure of' meet ng Dr. W. C. Bennett, of Spartanburgh 3. C., who was returning from the North nd had under his protection, Peter Poile negro man who voluntarily returned tt Lavery rather than enjoy freedom in Nev fork. Peter Poole was a blacksmith vho was owned by our friend, the Hon -1. Thompson; Senator from Spartan urg; and having been faithful and-earnet or his master a large sutm'of money, .h vas by his liberality, oinly nominally lave, and Col. Thompson paid him large rages.. Under the laws of =Sout' Caro in he could not manumit him, and as ht night have fallen into the hands nf a le's beral master in the event of Col, Thomp ot's death ; he gave Peter perinission't lepart for a "Free State," and furnisher imn with proper papers-to go wherever ht hoose. Some time lait year he proceed d to Charleston, but -could not get a pas age in asty ship to New York. altou ih e was vouched for by Mr. JBomar,'whi esides in that city and who knew'all th ircuristances connected with his leaving 1r. Bomar wrote to Col. Thompson, Klb promptly forwarded 'to' hiin' a. prope rower of Attorney, by' which he -cleared im at the custom Bouse, and he found asy transit to New York. Peter had everal hundred dollars, the fruits of his idustry here, which; after his arrival it Lew York, he deposited with Mr. Kelsey broker in Wall Street. He .set 'about rocuring work at his trade, which he unil diticultyin getting. He-wis im. iediately taken by the hand by the Abo tionists, who promised him-to buy his wife nd child, who remained :here.- They -equentlj urged him-to proceed to Cana a, stating they would send his wire on fter-him.. He wailed'patiently, listenioij their promnises, aid -losing daily by -lak f work, low-wages.naid high board untl atienee itself wasexbausted. I h1 s own ,ordse They vse'the beat hands'at'talk. fg Tlever. hseld:"-Mr"Kelseivanli 1o1 'friend,Nud atlasrgairng confidei&e 9'l' "f 90 C6 4 , e ":t etr mtcerity; weittitond ritliim to'.eeahat thieyintended to do. 'hey, howetsr -declined, and gave as an xcuse "tha'iftsas againit their~c'eed to urchase humtmflesh.' Even charity and icir boasted priwcipfes' ofhumanity could ot induce them to depart from their prin. iples, although they ha'd 'promised thi onest negro to-redeem his' wife from sla ery!!. Peter then decided t'o' return hoine, and sk the inevitable consequence of boing ande a slave again. The Abolitionistt ndeavored to dissuade hitm from this, at bey said "it wotuld be agaiast their cause,' nd he believes they would not have lowed him to depart,t f he had' not kepi is further intentions secret. This ho did ud meeting with Dr, Bennett, desired tc etur home under hilt protection,. Dr, Sennett informed him of all 'the conse uences, and put him in possession of' al o information in his p'-wer; at the same ime warning him that he would become lave tle moment he would reach Souil nrolina.-With this knowledge, he de ermined to return, and reached hero Ias eek on his way to his master. Ie say; ho was a slave thirty four years, and a reeman one, and decides in favor of sla, 'ry in South Carolina." lHe also says hle could niot mnake a support for himsel ad wife in New York, anid could, no ijoy life as well thtere a freeman, as here slave" "That he was in a hnrry to ge I home, for fear he would become a legraded as thte free niegroes of the North~ No, lie says, "resort to roguery an rinking- when they are Out of employ net." it is his oiniion"that a-- slave ir ny situatiotn here, is better off and ha atse to be happier, thtan a free negro itn ree State ;-a:id says "that not only th ee negroes in the vicihity of New York ut timu'sands of whites are worse oftlhal he slaveb of South Carolinia." lHe work d in the village of Islip, in which he said 'there lived about two hundred free tne ;roes. Out of this tnumber, there are fe' who are able to gain a de-cent support. bt ire a poverty -Stricken-'and roguish set." 5uchi is the charscter of mosat of the fre megroes of the North. We have no corn nents to make.-These smatemenits or aken down from the lips of an hotnest an tinsopisticated man, wlse test imouf iv ;iv for the benefit of osur slaves at hom md the fanatics abroad. ROADS AND ROA D MAKING. Professor Gillespie says in his book o s.ads :A straight road over an uneve mtd hilly country may. at first viev ven merely set upon the map, lte .pre nunced to be a bad road; for' mbe)sraight oss must have been obtained eit her b: umitting-tb steep slopes in' asceniding tit sills anid descending 'into: .the valleys,'e iege natural obstacles' must have-bee vercome by incttrrisg a grdat'and unnem essary expense in making deeps cutting nd fillings. A good road should vtid arbund'i thes uills instead of i-unning oer then', an hs it riiay' often do wtitot at all increae ig Its length' Ior if a'lieiiiG'reiui a halr n'bhulle) be b lsiedy soas tedira nupo i ass the halves of -groa ci tvio opposite points o h ieqtuafwhether they pas hoiizont verticallI.-Or let an egg beIlaid. able, and it will-be seer 0 that; 116- be traced upon it from oneo eriiiwill beano longer than ) Thi, a betiweeo the tame points bd isa { the top. Precisely sc - Ih i'!g road around a hill be d rinl nthe straiglit. one ovet 'iadis straight only with r'fere'' aeertical plane:which pas see " rtis curved with refer. - ce) T tal plane; while the form. er ive hough cur'ved' as to the "'viniec6 si sright as to a horizontal ie . sjus curv.o, as we call I fi lat i >tgh in preference only becaus .ial curvature is less up pareni-t y The ne in-length between a i- a.ht " d one which'is'-slightly euyverdii small fa road between twvop'a en rilles apart; were made to curie so SO yi'geould nowhere see Sfurthe a tquarter of a' mile-of it at I $oc6i6j k",would exceed that of a t 1erfect bt road betnoen the same "point- yh about one' hundred and ~ +ih level:and 'curved. roads vereive . .h longer than the straight and step Veit wotli almost always be hJiti r opt.the former; for on it a horse coo safely atil rapidly draw his i6llIo a, le'oli lhe'other he could carry only pa fissloudaup'tho hill, and must mditniiis if deseoding it. As a enerI tise'li'rizontal'-legith of a roail ma Alanifge usly increased, to ,,oid y t atleast twenty times the pe tcalaj ieight which' is to he thus'av FtlThlo escape's hill a bun dj;feeg ' o 4~byproper for the road to make< .eCrcuit.as would increase its lengt othoiiaid-.fet. The mnth: emnitcaJ "hit'hat" traight.line is the sbortest ehi'eiwe Ztwo 'point's," is thus; see n niniafe- guide -ii'road makink a ropriate :ihai: the paradoxi r1 thah"tlie longest' way aruuil 1 yiouie. The g uriibd iside itsib tio a iolus prospoct f "a od'roit toi be t v i' i'av 1l Set :a t Ttid s the gre't an di ugtiifling excellence of modern scieice :to 'hive-a praCtical, utilitarian characterveryLdilrerit from the. ancient science, whichi' jirefeired the remotest abstructions of philosophy, and shrunk with (utem'pt fronithe economic relations of life. fodern sagesttudyiu.-mines and factories,.in the hop of the, mechanic and thefeld of the fartier; osteeming ' it their highest glory to improve the useful proces ses of art ; and we find- the :Batron Von Liebig, one of the most renowned of living chpeeists, writing to "President Everett,-of Harvard University, (perhaps the repub licanistm of 'the-correspondent suggested the simplicity of the- subject) boasts his descent into the kitchen, and is willing tc accept the. honor of proposing some scien tifie improvements in the art of roasting and boiling or of expounding philosophic principles,-'the 'merits of which can be best judged by those.'who are most jealous of unlawful intrusions into the sacred pen t etralia down stairs. Me find the Baron's t letterin the July. numbet of Silliman's Journal; aridasve take it fur granted tha it wa ivritten forthe common benefit of i Ainerican cooks and housewives, we hopo to dothemn a serviceaid him an honor, by -giving circulation to wvhat is most practica in his philamthropic'labiors. f "I hive long intended," say he to Pre t sident Everett, "to-writo in acknowledg Smoot or your friniltly letter ; but I desiret by wvay of returti,,to inicijrporate in repla l tho resuk~s of atn investigation, which ha' Sbeen broughtno'arcllusion' only withit i the last few dais n-lais a'cheinical inves - tigation of. ruscle-flesly; iti which I havI I' been led to somtinteresting result-i. Thb B fluid in the 'meat'of'.recentfy slaughteret e ..-is soar, amd, contains 'two free acids , whose natoie,. oplo this ime, has heel ' bttt imperfectlykniown. I-have round tha Sone ofishe'actdsjiffan' orgadic acid, anidi ,the same that appears in the process of ih -souring of milk. MThle other acid is phos 'pheric acid.-Poth aeids' ar-e but partiall; t free. A~ part is nitted to potash, magiiesi -and limet. Thiey have been recognised il e all- mrusclfleBsh thius -far examined, a -well of carnivoros as of herbivorous an Simals." Hie then'muentions ' the existenci i and properties oflitwo animal principle. 5 --creatine and abaance "analogonis-t e chiinin, or perhaps codeii,'-with tw nitrogenous a'cids," an d a variety. of othe -'bodies, whichisixist in flesh, and whiih h -desctiies :ina eparate 'papei' "nowi n press ;" bttwlich 'would, be of little in i terest to dtn'yigeadlers. We coufnn onrftehves to thfe pracdical' results. "If you-leach (thatis, ivash) fine choppe -meat withi'.oll Ovaer" lie says, "yo y procure a~ r-e'd slid and a- wftite residuc e The f atter ist ctutalermusdular fibre, 'which' is'ot itself'ictly idieipid;~ and itt n pariton taste ~rnritive pro'perty boilind' water .Bm~ bihiig; indeed, ;sbeo~i hardt a huistoether nunpalii ble" All the iagieni of'fleshthat ha's e odor or'inifasyemrb abstrn'edawith col d wrier Amo'ng tbr 'isaa"'considerabl tr <qnalitiofjalburr ~Vlii'hisi'fe (sepi h rated as-coaf ht h 3~ hatibgthe fluid I "It follows from the above," says Liebig, "that one can make for himself, in -a few minutes,' the best acid strongest broth. If, for example, a pound of finely chopped beef, with a" pound (or pint) of cold water,' be carefully mixed and then slowly heated to boiling, and the fluid separated fori the iolid parts by pressing ihrougli a clean cloth, this broth, with the usual condinients (boiled onions, vegetables. silt, &c.) added, will furnish a dish beyond the criticism of the most fastidious gotrmand: Longer boiling well not necessarily make the ex tract stronger. "If the broth he slowly evaiotated ov'er a waterbath," (that is if the stew pa placed in a vessed of boiling water, i of over a naked -fire,? -"it will brown, and assume a fine taste like b meat. If evaporated (by eiiceed b gentle heat) to dryness,'it yields a brown mass, of which, 'upon a journey.- for ex ample, half an ounce would donvert a pot'nd of water into the sirdngest broth." Such extracts, differently flavored. would furnish the ba'sis for innumerable rich gravies and sauces. "'y boiling a piece of nreat in the water, a separation of sihe solution from the itn solubl-e ingredients takes place. The sol uble ingredients go into the extract-th broth-the soup." And meat thus boile' "loses its nutriment, when eaten without the juices-the extract." "The method of roasting is ob'viodsly the best to make flesh moit nutritious." But it does not follow that boiling is to be interdicted. "If a piece of meat -be put in cold water and this heated to boiling. and boiled till it is 'done,' it will become harder, and have less taste, than if the same piece had been thrown into' water already boiling. .In the first case the mat ters grateful to the smell and taste go into the extract-the soup; in the second, the albumen of the meat coagulartes front the surface inward, and envelops the interior i with a layer which is impermeable to i water. In the latter case the soup will be indifferent, h't the moat deliciotis." . It may - be inferred that the" nutritive qualities of meat are not enhanced by pickling.' -'The tbrine w-ch forms in the 's'ating of meat, contains all theliugredieuti of' the' flesh fluid." 'The salted isrnit binonief>parilj reduced-y the oets'to t mere enporter.of' respiration"-or,as Silirf l'it, into "old junk ,"' th quitieie a A' writer i :ite .Bditon. Chronotype, decribing a visit to the "Tombs," in- the city of New York. says: We called in at' the' "Tombs" this forenoon, where our-old-friend, and the friend, of the drunkard, Colonel Larkin Snow, figures u! Cle'k ofthe Police Court. We were kindly conducted by him through the various departments of the prison. Col. Snow pointed me to a pitiful looking man seated at a little distance from the rest, and asked me if I dlid not recognize the countenance. I told him I throught I did, and asked him who he was. Where upon Col. S. related the following inci dent;-. Last Sunday, said lie, I was passing Tammany Hlall, and saw, sitting upon the stoop., a tman with his head buried in his hands, and covered all over with flies. The poor fellow was almost' naked, said the Col.; I shook him and asked, hitn how he was. He looked up and called me by name. saying, at the same time, that lie only wished for a pi'ace to die! I gazed upon his disfigured features, added the Colonel, and was horror struck at the mighty change! I recognized in him a mati who was, a few year-s ago, editor and proprietor of one of t he most respectable daily jornals of the City of Boston ! The tman who was a partner with him then is now conducting the same paper under a new head. He was ctrtrespondenit of the National Whig Organ for some time-'vas at the Inauguration of Harrisob at WVesh ington, and introduced two gentlemen to \VWebster and Clay who have since seen him in his present low s'tuation ini the Tombs. He looks htad, but the Colonel says he meaus to make a man of him yet. H le had a letter in his pocket' tha't he re Ice'lved from his wife, whto lives in Botston -"and," stammered out the sorrow am rick en man, "shte begins as she always did!" and burst into a mood of tears. Cttriosimy called the Colonel's attention to the'letter, and it began thrns: "My ever dear lHusband !" What' a rsad pictnre! LUnst Saturday a meeting was hteldrin the Tombs, during which riina~ twvo men Iwere dying with the delirium tremens. Twentty-six took warning nd' signed'the pledge. Friend Snow tells me a man 'was kicked out of a rutt shtop. night . e fore last, and- brought to the Tombs, and Sdied-in a few tminutes afterwards. Jonathan Slick on Bustles.-l n hib cal ehclrated work called "High Life in New York," Jonathan thus cotlarges oh. the Sprominapt fashion of the day, while giving an accoitnt of a "swarray" or "'convesation ]ary," he attended at thte'splendid mnnsion Sof his cousin John. -Speaking of his con itt's wtife,.he says:. 116ookedi' at tier- pretty earnestly, I cn' tell you, and II da thinik she' wourd' have 0beaenascritur that John tmght lie proud of, if it wvarn't. for that stuck tup way she's. got since she cam-a down tiara to York., I anever see a-critur's b~ack stuck up as tier's iwas' I reallythioughtt she was gettiug..the erickets, and 1 felt so anxtoois tabout' it-thiat I trnedt to couisin John Waloreo 'ient .'to 0peak to hr, Tiij sez I, srt oflowCon.. sin J6hn,-idid your filihrher Hoback. so? I - declare it makes me feel awful io ree wliat~a great hurdp she's got groivi . since she's curd away fronm Connectieut:': With that cdusin John looked at- heti larfed a little, but f eduld see hediddi fee 'r just right, arid after a riiuute hd said;'etem ld, 'Hush! cousin.' you mdst rio& speak too lud; it's true Mary has pdt on ratlierl \ - too ,much butale; but it's tlhe fashion yoii=.. see.' - I louked around, and astrue as yotd" live, there waln't a gal iii the room tha hadn't tier back a sticking out the same way. Such a set of humpliadkdd ritterds< I never did put oiy eyes on.; and yet they - all stood alout sotaling and talking tohd ellers as if nothing ailed them poor things' - CoL.UMaBrA, August 5." Destructive Freshet.-It cor imenced raining on Saturday last; ard continued, night and day witli little, or no intermis rioti, for three days or more. The quantity if water which has fallen was very great ad as a ceasejuence, all otir water course have overflowed their banks and flooded ." helow grounds. Tile' destruction of the must, thereford, be very great, and Jury sustained by such as were not" A tosituated, must, no accotiit of the exces I and washing rains. be: quite :serious. re than 8 inches fdll in three days, a nantity unprecederted withiin the same. t .. me. -. :-*widg td the %washing away of the ttbabitmedtr in several places, the pas'. . gnyer dndrmtiil train of cars did not react ,itil tn'laie.-hur on Tuesdy - lerance'Adocale. Mysteriotis Disappecrarnee.A'r. Sr 3eorge, who has been. prosecuting th 'Carrington Claim" against the Govern nent of the United States, has disappear'e'd trom Philadelphia fur a mysterious manner. is friends are fearful that he, has been -o'ed arid nurderedt or thal some serious tcident has befallon hirif. - He stated o :he day of his departure that he had sol - tis claim against .the Government, 'asi 'ad receive(. 30 . in part 'paymenit. Be was an Englishman, about fortyfive" ears.of age. 'figure stout,fappronahin to besity, fibtid complexion, darkciha air,"wore short gray w skeit ad' iva iably'dressed'ui biacl e Y A u~ klax o u'onrygrgi.m :Arsha bhe plae while she had bee: a with the ii nd determinatinof i mA trimonial' perioil' to lhe do'ubis rad s gh. of her stalwart swain; bul, having thi .b bump of caution large, 'she read of highs:", markets, and sagely pondered thereon, and= ultimately she last week arrived at the dwelling of a civic functionary, in whom. -, the placed implicit reliutace, and requested " as a most particular favor that he would give her his advice. The q'uestion she put was, whether markets -were likely to rise, :r fall; "for" added she' in a whisper, Alick and me intendit to gang thegither at . this time, but I cannot malte up my mind to't wi' the meal at 2s. 3d. a peck. Alick I see, would risk't at twa shillings; but, faith, I'll no try's aboon aughteen peace." Anecdotes, 8fc.-General D. was more rlistinguished for gallantry in the field,' than for the care he lavished upon person al cleanliness ; complaining upon a certain' occasion to the late Chief Justice Bushe of the sufferingslhe endured from rheumatism, that learned and humerous judge under wok to prescribe a remedy. " You must d'esire' your s'e'vant," he N said to the general, "to place by your bed side a tub three plarts filled with warm Wa ter. You will thon get into the tub, and having previouilly provided' yourself with a pound of yellow snap, you mit- rub our whole body with it, immersing your ielr occasionally in the waeter, and at' the end of a quarter of attm hour, the probes concludes by wiping yourself dry with t' els, and!,scrubbing yotar perso'wih-a flest brush.". " Why," said the ge'ner'al, after a' few minutes reflection upon what lhe had just -~ hea'rdt "'his seems to' me to be neither~ more nor less-thati washing fourself." "WVell," rejoined the judge, "it is open' to that objection.!" One very mrespesturius nig1t atsea,tite' first libutenamt of Lord Collingwood hasti - ly entered his cabin aind informed hini~ - with-a10bk of dismay,- that thi' "in'bhots' had all come hotme," a nautical mode of ex pressing a very perilous siaie'of'thing.: "No wondler." replied the admiral, with~ udisturbed- compoure ;-'do'not' klder who wtould stay aboard thafcold'- bfip i: on such a nights'this!" M'jo---~ wh'66 a'y''Offi,' eitered a" Quaker's meseting hoanse, and.. holding up a' penny tart. ex'claimed '"The one that first breaks silence shallaib this'tart !"'' One of the elders presenttihatinctively rose, anil' in a tone of' dignified-- rbbuko commenced with---"Young 'nin' the time may come when thou- . "The tart is yours~ sir !'' criedi the intro- - der so accosted, at the erime time layin it down before lHs solemn interlocutor,-and' hastilyeffctinghuibescap' Margaret M' vits the wto e it seminary, says the Reveille. One morn-.g ing, I remnemiber, she wont up to'n the girls, and-witli a grave countenance, remarkiedY ' -'' 'Mat y, lamgad your heellhasgowel 'Why? s~aid Mahv,- openigil!he 1aren blue'yes with'nastnisnmeit6'45 Ya