Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 15, 1848, Image 1
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g7The following gentlemen are announced
by their friends as candidates for the Ofice of s
Tax Collector, at the ensuing election:
bol JOHN QUATTLEBU.1h,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, a
EDMUND MORRIS.
SAMPSON B, MAYS,
Maj. s. C. SCOTT,
LEVU R. WiLSON.
JAMES SPANN.
07The friends of WESLEY BODIE, Esqr.,
announce him as a candidate for the Ollice of e
Sheriff of.this District, at the ensuing election. it
janunry 14 tf 51 a
67The friends of PETER QUATTLE
BUM,~Esqr.. announce him its a candidate for r
theOffice- of Cleik of the'Court of Common
Pleas, of'this District, at the ensuing election
January 14 if 50
r We-are authorized to announceW.
IARRIS; Esgr., as a candidate for a sea
ous'f Representatives, at.the-nex
dliin W n ildui, B. M.BWiite~
S 7t Reyiment, Upper '
IlolnOd,'David 'Stroiler, Wishingtos
Wise, James Murrell, S&-itnr'- Posey.
Lower Battalion.-Wiley Gloer, A
J Rambo, Joel Currey, Win. Poster, D t
J. IN alk-er.
Magistrates.-For the Coure -Hnume,
A B AddisOn and Win H Aikinwon.
- Hamburg.-Magistrates.-R Ander
sol) and Levi Hill.
For the District generlly.-Magis
trates.-Daniel Holland, Jas Kainslordf
ji L Mason, Sam Posey, Wi Johnson,
Jos Hightouver, David Shaw, W W
Sales, Mablon M Padget, tbyah-am i
Jones, Jas Perry, John M Norris, John 4
Quattlebum, ilardy White, Samuel Ste
vens, IV R Hill, S Broadwater, G W
Nixon,.Jumes Blackwell, George Black-<
er, John B Holmes, Daniel B-runson, Jr,,
W~arren F Winn, Richard Quatrles.
Commrissionera to appiove Securities
to Public Bonds.-C L Goodwyn, A B
Addisonr Marshall Frazier, N L Giffin,
Avory Bland.
ABB.EVILLE DISTRICT~
- Commissioners of Roads.-George
Nichols, Noah R Rives, Samuel Agnew,
Sen., John Cowan, William Barr, Da
vid McCants, Hugh Md Wardlaw, Pat
rick Hi Bradley, James H Britt, Andrew
Noble, David Atkins.
- Magistrates-John H Wilson, Thos
Thompson, Andrew Gillespie, Robert
M Davis, George B Clinckscales, Jas
MlcCasdm, Willians Trewitt, Adam
Wideman~ David M~cClane, Jas Lind-.
pay, Jonatnan S- Chipley, Nathaniel Mc
Cants, Levi H Rykard, Westy C Klugh
Walter C Anderson. John C Waters,
Gabnriel M Matlison, Eennett McAdams,
Samuel Reid, Alex F Winbish.
LEXINGTON DISTRICT.
H Counts, Levi Mtetz, J J Clark, J 3
F Chaney, John Gates, Francis Kennedy,
Anderson Steedman,. 3ueben Harmnan,.
Henry A Meetzp..Joel Keisler, Jr..
Commissioners, of Roads-Joicob 3
( BusB'y,Jeremiah Dhrrick, Simon Youug,
liner, Anderson Steedman, Alexander
~Geiger, Daniel Qnattlebum, Win. How
ard, A. W. Geiger, Dbniel- Hook,John
,Oa~niel Drafts, Frederic H'erman, John
-rliendrix, Johnson Jefeoat, Jacob Pew,
'Joel -Keisler, J r,
ti>Clinmissioners to approve the Secuui
Liea dr Pubhic Of',ce..-J Foe Henry
Rendricks, Michael Drafts, Ephraim
Corley and J N Boozil.
Coroner-Jacob Harman.
Commissioners of Fish Sluices for
Saluda -River-Godfrey Dreher, Sam
iel Loric and John J Shuler.
NEWBERRY DISTRICT.
Commissioners of Free Schools
David Kibler, Reuben Pitts, Maj J W
)uckett, Thomas B Waddlington and
K Boyd.
Magistrates.-E P Lake, John Man
um, Mark Glenn, Wm Galligly, John
' Houseal, Wm 'E Hardy, C F Sligh,
ohn F Glymph, Samuel Chapman. P
V Counts, S. Bowers, J N Crosson
'eter Dickert, D L Wicker, James M
liasson and A P Brolly.
Commissioners Road<, Bridges and
erries-P W Counts, George Neel,
leo S Cannon, Wm DReagin, Gilliam
imiLh, Jas Bonds Thomas H Hender
on, James B Wilson, Henry Koon.
- Commissioners of Public -Buildings
)oct. Wm H Harrington, B J Ramage
nd William T. Moore.
SOLDIERS' BOUNTY LANDS.
WASHINGToN, Feb. 21.
Messrs. Editors :-Will you allow me
ask of you the favor to publish the
nclosed law and.rules established under
for making out claims for bourty lands
nd scrip on the-Tart of our soldiers in
leo Mexican war. I know fiom nume
aus applications to me that the infir
aationd ill be valuable to gr eat many of
y giving it to the
r a great favor upon
us.
. H. STEVENS,
h 4, 1847.
ctthe provi
eof the
othe
-in' conse%
fie (4we ofid; or sickness
ef such service.
. Th epr oives of such per
ons as are inentioned in the preceding
Ir:agiaphh may die in the service,
ira ter bein:dirn harged, and before
he* isriing. of a- certificate or warrant.
& Non-commissioned officers, musi
:ians and privates who have been mus
ered,. or may be mustered for twelve
nonths, in any voluntuer company, who
lave served, or may serve, until the end
>f the war with Mexico, and have been,
ir may be, honorably discharged by
-eason of the expiration of their enlist
nent, or in consequence of 'disability
roin wounds received, or sickness in
:ui red, in said service.
4. The representatives as designated
)y the Act, of such volunteers as sha!l
lie, or may die. in the service, or after
raving been honorably dischiarged, anid
afore the issuing of a warrant or cer
ificate.
5. Volunteers received into thre ser
,ice since the commencement of the
Mexican wvar, for less than twelve
nonths,who shall have served until hon
rably discharged.
&. The representatives, as designmied
na thre A'ct,. of volumteers, retui ged into
he service for less than three :nonths,
nd who~ may have died in the service,
r after having been honorably dischatg
d, and before tlie passage of' this-kAct.
In order to substantiate a claim for
and or scrip, under the provisions of
he foregoing section of the A-ct, the
ersons desci-ibed in the first class of
hese regulations will send to or deposit
with the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City, evidence of enlist
ment, service and honorable discharge.
Tbe best evidence on these points is
held to be the original discharge of: the
applicant which must in all cases, be
produced, if in existence, accompanied
by the applicant's affidavit, settting forth
that he is the identical person mentioned
in the discharge ; and' in catse of the loss
or destruction, of the discharge, the ap
plicatnt will make oath to the fact, and
produce the affidavit of some credible
witness in corroboratiorr of his state
ment. The claimant must set forth the
regiment and company to which he be.
longed ; the time of enterin~g thre service;
the time, place and manner of his leav
ing the same,.and he must show by the
testimony of a'commissioned offiter that
he was honorably discharged.
in case the claimant should desire
scrip, instead ofiand, he must make I4
request. ii. writing, according to the form
marked A, accompanying these regula
tion.
The rules in the paragraph imiedi
ately preceding ate arplicable to Volun
teers mentioned in classes No. 3 and.5.
The representatives of deceas'd sol'
diers and others, as mentioned in classes
2, 4 and 6, must produce evidence of
the enlistment, se.rvice aind- death of the.
original claimant, if the soldier Wa3
discharged, the discharge must be pr1o
duced, iWin existence. If not, the same
proof ivill be required as in other cases
of lost discharges; if lie died in the ser
vice, the certificate of his captain, or
other officer wlho.conmanded the com
Pany to which lie bebnged, must be pro
dred.
The persons who may claim must
produce evidence of their relatidnshlyi to
the deceased, and show the de gree 'nf
consanguinity they bore to hi.n. T hki
proof must..ba drawn in conformity with
the r.'rm mtarked 1, nnd nisay be---aken
before any court having probite j-aris..
diction.-.-In case the father claiis, he
must..showb that no wife or chill of tle
deceised is livii g ; and in case tle.motl
er claims, she niust show thait neither 'ih
wife, or child or father of the deceased
is living.
J.L. EDWARDS, Comn'r of Pens.
Copy of the 9th Section of the Act of.
February 11, 1847, entitled "An Act
to raise for a limited- time an addiion
al military force, and for other pur
piases."
? 9. And be it further enacted, That
Dach non-commissioned officer, musician
Dr privite, enlisted or to be enlisted in.
he regular army, or iegularly mustered'
i any volunteer company, for a period
if not less than twelve months, who has
served or may 5drve during the present
gar with Me xico, and who shall rercivo
,Inorable discharge -or shlf" have
ilfe or died of 'uouniis r csed.
n o icirrdih iucise
St a s:ineedrrd 1bjicourse,
tnchiiervjc4 s'lNlie artjed to re
eaeriifielin wrrant torn i te
War" De'pairieit rot the quitn ij -of an&
-ihndred'and sixty acreis, and which niay
be located by the warrantee, or li;s heirs
at-lw,-at anyL-ind office of the'Uni
ted States, in one body, and in conform
ity to the legal subdivisions of the lands,
upon any o! the public lands in such
district then subject to private entry';
and upon the return of such .certificate
or warrant, witli evidence of the loca
tion thereof having been legally.made to
the General Land Office, a patent shall
be issued thet efor. That in the event of
the death of any such non-commissioned
officer, musician or private, during ser
vice, or after his discharge, and befoie
the issuing of a crticfiate or warrant as
aforesaid, thi; certificate or warrant shaill
be iisued in favorand inure to the bene
fit of his family or relatives, according to
the following rules; first, to the widow
and to his children; secotid, his father ;
and thiud, his motier. And in the event
of his children being minors, then the
legally constituted guardian of such mi
not children, if' any, as may be of full
age, tupon being authorized Ay? the or
phtans' or other court having . pirob'tte
jurisdiction, havte power to sell, andu dlis
pose of such cetrtitic:ate or* warrant for
the benefit of those interested. And all
sales, nm'orugages, powers or other instro
mnents of wuitinig, going to affct' the title
or claim to any such bounty right, mae
or executed prior to the issue of such
warranlt or certificate, shall be null and
void to all intents and purposes whatso
ever,,.nor shall such claim-to bounty right
be in any wise allected, by or charged'
with, or stubject to, the payment of any
debt or claim incurr~ed by the soldier
prior to the issuing of such certificate or
warrant:' Provided, That no land war
rant issued under tthe provisions of this
act shall be laid upon hanids of the Ufni
ted States- to wvhich there shall be a
preemptibn tight, or upon wvhich there
shall be actual settlement and cultiva
tion: Provided, further, That ever-y
such non-commission officer, musician,
and private wvho may be entitled, under
the pr ovisions of this act . to receive a
certificate or warrant for onte hundred'
and sixty acres of land, shall be allowed
the optinnr to receive such certificate, or
warrant, or a treasur-y scrip *for. one
hundred dollars, and such scrip, when
ever it is preferred, .shall be issued by
the Secretary of the Treasury to ouch
person or persons as would be author.
ized to receive stuch certificates or war
rants for lands, said scrip-to bear an in
terest of air per cet. peir annutn, paya
'blae semni-aunuually, redeemable at the'
pleasdire of the~-Government. And that
each private, non-commnissioned offiter,
and. mnasin who salnl hna .hea.rn
ceived into -service of the United
Staissi~ inmencement of the
'Wttiib :fr. less thaii twelve
months :an rihave served for such
term or un dat-bly discharged,shall
be entite ve a -varrant for forty
acres of 16 ch may be subject-to
private en twenty-ive dollars in -
scrip it Pr . and in the event of
tihe teri' e, or after an honora
bI iAi e efore' the passage of
this at; arrant for sudi land,
o1 scr . to- tie wife,child,or
child-Eor e any, and if none,
thIen'tih -and if there be no
fatIer f ie isother of such do
ceasedvoJ ,Provided, That no
thidg cont this section shall be
constrie give bounty lands to
such .vold is were accepted into
servic . harged without being
marched at of war
A [- Sir. I reqnqt th at my
claiml) to L ind, under the 9th
sec(ion ofi of'.rh0 11th1 of Februa
y, entirtuj act to raise for a liimi
ed tire . ional military force,:iid
Foth i mIV be expmiled;
and if! led to L-ud, I wish to
hnqsiusJ treby relinqish, my
right theyt in. lieu thereof to re
:-eiye al crip for one hunduod
follarsd spectfr!y, your obe
fi et s6r
To ile sioner of Po -
Wash ingi
!- eyc dtII hat sa
sfactory ia exhibite-d before
blei 7-%'! of-in the State of
-by ii gof-and--who are
versofls ,redit that-and-are
he Ioily 'children of-who
as UN d 'States service.
ntA reof I have set my
ii ffice this-dizy of
e4 se nay. be. t l'he
vidence beforeany officer
irtriu
Cour
innid - e -nmm--personally ip
peared ai, ti'e the undersigned, a
Jic of i. tl. ce for th~e couunv and
-above .,x ioned,-who' being duly
sworn, iacco g to law, declares that
le ts the indt"Ocal-who was a-in tIhe
company-c4 inanded by Captain-in
the regmnei ^):drAimanded by--that lie
enlistenitd o - je-day(if-fur the ternm
of-and wal isch-irg'ed at-un the
day ol-hyi'' on of-.
Sworn to.od subscribed bef re rn2
the d.y and tyyr above writien.
NoTrs.-9It .is ptop'r to state, for
the informatis of claiimants- i;nder the
the 9th - sect n of the act of February
11, 1847, the 'n avery instance in icI
a volunteer ioaier-was discharged on a
surgeon s, ceittfcate, thit paper must be
Sent to the P'snsion Ofice with the claimi.
ant's affidaviihiless it has been other
wise dpose of,. In that case satisfac
tory evidenc iust he exhibited as to
rhe nature'ari origin of the claimam's
disability. Ti'le testimoinv of a :iummiis
siuoned ofiicerNotld be obtained' if pos
sibje. if notfE b'e ha d, thie affidaivit oif
one or mnore,Neditable witnesses, crti
iiedsto ,be so bthe magistrates whdo
mauy adminisifr be oath, should be- pro
duced. -
2. The'ofidial-cha'racter and sitgnature
of the -niagist who niiy aud niuin ister
aun oaih, nyte certiind biy thn giroper
oflicer,'under iis seal of office- The
certificate mir ac'company, every case',
and be atta~a sto..the paper-on which
the affidavit ;en befoio'a notary pub
lic can he aditted as- evidence.
-s.- Theretnqtisshment of' the right to
bounuty land, i$stbe signed by the clatim
ant, if he'Winh -fe.t receive scrip in lienm
of land, and t'relinisimenut must be
yitnessed eineomeone wvho writes a
legible hanji.
4Volunt in somne cases have been
dischargedfr~ the service with ont ev
er having re med a certificate to that
effect from-tli 6fcers whlo discharged
them. "SucW es have occured where
an-entire regitnnt har been- mustered
out of the~ serte. In such a case the
claimant mnikike the oath of iden
tity required, lthe regulations,-.and add
t'o the statent.iios to is service the fois
lowing wvords:"I never' received any
discharge.. /The regiment to which I
belonged was mustered out of the ser
vice-'
5: No assignment of land or scrip can
be .made untilAfter a land warrant has
liberi issufed- tinthe Pension Giftee, om
a certificate ofeicip, as-the case maybe
-6.:'As'4here'wrecsix, ronths' 'vlun
teers, who didrnet inarch 'Cd the. seat o
war, it i inidis;pensably neccssary that I
every soldier w ho W4S so engaiged, should t
produce the certificate of 1he conimn- I
ding oMner of the r.inient, or coimpa- 2
niy to which he beltonged, showing that I
he was t Ih, seat of war T;ie post 1o
which the sodier marched should be C
mentioned. t
From th: Curr.spm lence of the News.
Yestiday, it rmtilionu of ihe t
IolliI", eXpr.ssivl! of' le i gret of that I
body fir the d tathif Ole ll-m.J sh Q ii i
cy A woni, w eit to Ill <s. Adims,!,
unclosed in a neat gdt franm. To-d ly,!
the Speaker [idf before th it body a lot
ler in t.he (olhowin-. iermst, viz:
To It C. I. iithrop, Spe-if:kr ofthe Huse
of f&cgraen!.:i' of'e LP. S.
Sit.--The reahi ns in honor ilf my
dear dec eed h-ishand, byi the! i'liri
004 assmbIly r whic ym.:n311 preside,
aiad of whfi li- ,It the im ,lI:.it (f is.,
detathi, was ai i.emiloe r, Ii IV. b eli uMy
c'itu ij-tel t v me.. do;
Penetr-wd wvi-h grief at tIs, di-oles
Si ig event of mny HI mminiig tI loIss
of out who hai bimeni at once my exai-m
ple ;ind] iy Fuippot throiigh the trials
of half a ciitmiy, peri mi , i e
less, to expre s thruh you my delast
ratitudi for iesigjnal mann ier in whiich
m:. oblg rd.J~e4- ookiturily
inif..:sted-ify your honoralef! ho ly, anid
Ole consolation deirf ivd to me and mine
froi lie reiliciion. that tihe unwearied
efEorts ofan old pubic servant have iiot.
even in ihis wor-, proved witlhaut thir
rewaf d in the g-n.-rous !ppreci ition of
then by his Counirv.
With Iach a speot, I r'nli n sir,
Your obahlaewo s-rvanl,.
LOUISAk CAT.IllNE ADAMS.
The fullowin2 anninci.at'on a
in the Natiomal Intelligncr o1 -Fr
las .~s
TJ e Last 2Tribute.t foM< is
,*il kv Ii11. (in I i~:Jf;P ff
-on , i PIl badelph i1, on Wednes
Nw'York', aiid on iirsd.y ag i
ward. A 'more imoitesinir scetne vill
rarely hae bean witnussid in this coui n
tiry ihii ih;. p 'ogiuis- of lies ~ Ioieriai to
the hIst resti~o place of the morai rie
iliills of tlt! revoreid eiliz.-l whose
.IlinlorV is no wortlil honoed.
!'Froin thr B ,Pialore sn. jlarch 1.
The Aftrat (|aracca..-TI, ve fo)
Iowing ilter- h- bei hiadd 11; lbV a
eitleinanl wio wtas presnft at (irccas
and was aln Ve wi-. ft theI drai
tha1 occi red i!io're nr hie :l- l'., 2h1i
vnew he IMk;. of which is fCdlu sui I
by an articli in :it New Yi k JoiIrnldi
of Coini !t c.-. which paper ii perip<;
more conversant wii Soi h Amima ic1i
auf ir than any w ihr joi1n di in Ilh
counry :
essrs. .Elitors :- v aenioni h,
beeI dirciedi it an aide in your papr
ini rebu~aiin to the :iaiir oif thei Repuict
of Vemii.zach:. J iving~ ieft Caraeccas,
thel seat of ; ovrnmien', onl thae 2 I c f
F !ebruariy, tand! hinv-itt'* hi en p1 eat a
alhea scenes of whlicht tauch a ;ilow'.ing ac
jourinade, I deiemi if muy duaty to Set th
p)ubiic right in reha tion to thle ane ar.
llTherie: a parie in iVen ~eziiai, ciahid
minority, nomiii'i-rig nii peraps in the
wvhole cotrv iovert ibie o Iaavi, thans
di in i pop:hion of1 Udipwards of a )ii
lion, but b ing pincipilly oV ndt
ihe wenihlv. ther hiae hid it ill their
poejtovai kitepf possns~aia n of thme govenra
men t for t he past te yi ears; duaring
whInch period miny nd Oi lgra~ni abuiises
hiave crept in~. scaricely ione of the ofi'lcers
a ppoinieoi by tieni but is at de-limber to)
the' goverinment to fthiousanods; ithe oflicers
of thei C otm (lonses, and in fact alf
imuse fro iv hon moiney is received,
prioving tdicienit whe heir ;accounti s
came fto be eaimined. Peculaition was
the ordiar of the day~ . The' peopile see
ing tis, anid h-elin:g bot too sensibly that
"pow~er was stiealinig from thei many to
fewy," el.-ciod neh maen to repr-sent
thein u Coagr ess ais wVoul d matkie a total
chianget; but it was totrunly found in the
case of their Repfrentoaitives fhat "each
mani lad his pirice," tand ai greait maj ori
ty of thlese Represenitaiives were bought
over by tdie () iein qiuist piarly, who have
under their <:ontrol thei National Banik of
*Veneziuela, anid parovid thiimnselve's, ;as
they Iave Iiert;ofore doiie, recirea.nt to
the task im posed unoni thlem.
*Thepr-esnn Piresitfent of~'Veneyznela,
tangnese n mnn of' oat wvahhnnd
as probably more at stake, personally,
lhan any othpr ten peisons in the' Re
iib'ic-he ii the choice, and I might
dd, tie idol of. the people. .Cengress
ct at the appointed time, ind uiehb l
esiage was sent to iheni -throuh one
i his ministers. Instead of listening to
lie sam", they detained the - ministe
Srna briai) ai the dagpir'.; pont, and
eiandied :hat the Presideni should at
o snd his twoi.other ministers of Stat
r th! Ia!s of Con,-resF, where were sta.
ioned somi two hlunidreir drined: men,
I!ig'!lv, to protect them. - The restilt
nipn n asy exciwed populace of a me*d
ire or tiis ki!d cian'd be eiily firi
MnI. Thy did as w ild d t jit, sId
rse" %ithi force, and,-ai the point ofth
imnet re'leasedi the miniqtpr .detained
a Comress. This little affair has been
inified wioii the name of a reiolution,
'it it is notuina of the kind. When I
1, on the 31 of February,' all was as
-4n as e'vr, nu.1t the whole afTaise had
me by, and spoken of as mere ebulitioi
o(litical excitement--such it was.
rhere !vas perfect safety for both life
.id propeltY, and it would' have the
rnd eff-ct of putting at rest the fed
iirhl!ent spirits who have- caused a
na1ch and so unnecea- ' ent,
omLmhiurmo, at a sacrifice of but. little
ilood, only some four or five persoins had
wen either killed or woumnded in-he
n-lIpe, an#La mong that number an-equar
imot of friend; and fops.of .heexisting
vfrwnen. The present government
i now stronger than eves, and, under it
Iavo no doubt, Van-znela *ill continuo
o grow onisnd.prosper. -
- T.D,
T.,.
.rer or
ti
q, ilrl6p-er onid sen W to
1 l Owianp, -ajd ilfiiBrown was
l'st eMN-!,aatiillite retinrn atisiwer.
Marsh, Bdgetmade-his appearance,
tiok him ini 6tiitsody, and carried him
to .i;l.. After lie was arrested,.he ac
l.de!ge he had piwned the negro in'
Chatiles:oi f ir a saill sun toa Mr.
lBryant-that his name was John B.
Smi.1h, and that ible negro -was given to
hi iby a man in Macon, named Wm..
Pool, to soll, and that lie was t 'get half
:i. proceeds as his shaire. He has since.
acknowhser'L-td that the negro belonged
to Mir ThomaS Foster, of' Butts county,
anud I aihongi Lr-awn, alaas Smith, says
ho did not steal the negro, lie believes
h4 was sfolen,-Augusta Constitution
alist, Moar'ch 4.
The IPofentahs and the Peasant.'
When thm alliid am my wvare in psses*
siont of Prii it was no unusual thing for
thme l'.mpeu-rors of Russia and Austria and
'he King of Prnssiam to wvalk out *incog.
ln one of these rambles they were-ac'
costed by at countrymain of' rather supe-'
tior addi es', wvho askeud them to point
out the wayV to the Ttuillerie's to'thicW
the .reply was that theiy were goitig that
way amid shm'ulmd be' glad of his company.
'i'he fanmiliamr to~ne of' conversistion of the'
Eumperor Ahex:,nder soon brought onut
the. strantger to cionvers.-, wvho after s'ome
time~ asked to wvhom he had the. pleasure
of' talking. Tue anner w~as, "1 am '
the Emn'or of Prtussia." T his seemed
to stagger his be'hefl. HeI asked. anoth
"r, "aind pray,, who nre y ou, sir?" F'
ami thme Emperor of Austria." "Andr
you, sir?" -"I amnh' Kinig of Prussia."
This seeming thie climax 'of' absurdity,
he burst out. into a' loud ,laugh and was'
going awvay, when th Emperor ofRus
siat begged ho would .tell them who As
was "Oh," said he, "I nim the Em
pr~ror of' China!" and 'then' walkedi
quickly awayv, evidently'uilder tlie j~t
pression that lie was not 'to be outdone.'
TuE S.4HAta D 'ilE -WooDPFCIGER
-We have noticed in 'utany places a
very wicked amid vory unprofitajle
practice, viz: boys 'or meni tanding
sentittel in orchards' with a guti/wood%
peckers. - in any co'tntryan'W partic-'
uharly in thiis, where or'chairds geneiailly'
are so poorly' takten carb 'fbftho. wood'
'peckers' are of a'greataiadvanitage in. the
way of'.killing-iesects~ a'nd w6Sf~. .:It
ens nea-thought that these birds pecked