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AGOOD Second-hand Carriagn, ne'arl
new. WV.P. BUTLER.
Woman
How solveless is woman r
Wharlinmner can trace
The varied emotions
That gleam on her face!
And what art can portray
The feelings that lie
In the heave of her &isom
The glance of her eye!
How tender is woman!:
The watcher at nigiht;
Whowleave not the blossom
on accouit of the blight.
An angle of'mercy.
She soothes us an pain.
And smiles in her gladness
When health comes again.
now lofty irwomant
Deep, deep is her im.
When light words enkindle
The spark on the pyre;
Mljestic she towers.
Man quails from her view,
Till her rath, like a cloud,
Soob dissolves into dew.
How loving is woman 1.
How fragile she clings
To him she htath ohnmen,
Whatever he brings;
Thougth all lie can utter
Are words to deceive,
Confiding-she loves him,
Though fah,e-will believe.
How child-like is woman !
How winming her ways!
She strives f-r our pleasnre
'ihrongh long wenry days-;.
No ill can nlfright her,
No shade can aunuy ;:
She seeks but to l-ad is
To suuhine and joy,
A world of Love at Rome,,
BY J. J. REYTOLDs,
The earth hath treasures fair and- bright;
Deep buried inl her caves1
And oceni hideth many a gem
With Iis blue ciiling waves.
Yet not within her bosom dark,
. OP'neath-the dashing foam.
Lies tiere: a-treasure eqn-ulling
A world ef love at hi.me.
Tie sterling happiness and joy
Are nmot with gold allied ;
Nor can it yield a-pibasure like
A meriy fireside.
entotjijr a..h
rn stal dywel.
If 'iid his splendhr he hath not'
A world of love at home.
The friends- whomwtime hath proved-siacera,
'Ti-tiliey Mimie cans bring'
A sure relief it) hearts that dronp'
'Neath sorrows-heavy wing
Thouigh care and trouble may He mine,
As dowi lifle'i path I roam,
VFll heed them not while arill It have,
A world of love at hone.
Tu: FIasT M1ARantAs.---larinar is of
a late Irior meo sin iiself,.mhe only relic of i
pardise that is left for-one smile that God
let fall on the world's iunocence, linger
ing atid plhyiing still upon its sacred. vis.
age. The first marriage was celebrated
bel'are God himself who filled in His own
persoin the officers- of G4est, Witness and
lMiest. There stood'the godlike forms of
innocence, fresh in the beauty of their
unstained nature. The hallowed shapes
of the garden, and' the green carpeted
earth smiled to look on so..divine a pair.
The crystal waters flowed by. pure and
transparent as they. The unblemished
flowers breathed incense -on the sacred
air, answering to their upright love. An
artless round of joy. from all the vocalina-.
tures was the hymn, a- spontaneous. imp
tial harmony, such as a worl I in mtue
miight yieldl ere discord was iinveuted
Religioni blessed her two children thus,
anmd led themi lirth into mime life to begin
her wondrous history. The first religious
scene they. knew was-their oiwn marriage
before time Lord God.
They' letarmned to love him as-she inter
preter find sealer f thmeir love in each other:
and it' they lia-I continued in their upright.
ness life would have bseemn a term of wed
ded worship-a saicred mystery of spiritu
al openess arnd commnunicatiou. Trhey
didl not c.ontinmue. Guriosisy triumphed
over innoocenice. They. tasted, slim, antd
-knew it-in their fall. Man is changed;
Iman's hseart and womano's hears~are uo~long.
er wihat thme first hearts were. Beauty is
blemished. Love is dlebased. Sorrow
andI sears ore in she world's cup. Sin hat
swept away all paradisean matter', and'the
world in howed udder its curse. Still one
ihing remainmed as it was. God umereci
-fully spared one token of the innocent
wvorld; amid that time dearest, to be a syrn
fbol forever of she primal hive. Asid thiu
is mwsriage. Thiis on fibwer of Paradise
-is bloom ing yet ia. the diasert of sin.-Rev.
'Dr. Bushiuell,
Rich Though Ruined,--A conmemuporary
- ouches for the fact that a t-itizen of.See
Franicisco died iniolvent last fall to the
amount- of $21..000. His. adminstratori
were delayed in seisling his all'airs, and
iis real est ase advanced so rapidly in value
in the meansime. shat after his debts west
paid hisi heirs have a presest ifooe e
$40,000.
"Shoni," said a buschman, ".you may
asay vat you please 'bout bad neighbors ; I
had me vuorst ueighborsas never was. Mlini
pig~s and mine hiens come mid dere ears
-spli:, and todder. tay two of thorn caria
home mnin.r
~'Hide nosing from thy minister, shr
nhysir-inn or thy huw'. r.
TWDINCIDENTS IN THE WARCF
1812.
' Fortune favors the brave."
A military officer with 44om we haie
hg been intimate, relates two incidents
connected with Croghan's gallant defen
eesof Fort Stevenson, one of which af.
fords a strong positive, and ,he tither a
sIsenger negative proo for the above adage.
As the B'ritish and Indian, in their op
erations, had violated pledges and' tiie
usage of civilized warfare by wantonly
mulering their prisoners. the members
of Croghan's little baud. (only 100 strong
with a single six-pounder, and surrotfi
ed by about 600 British troops, and thrice
that number of Indians,) had mutually
agreed to stand their ground to the last
and, sell their lives as deaply as' possibl.
When all was realy,. thie Diritish com
mander sent a messenger, under a flag of
trace, to trcat fur a surrender of the Fort.
Croghan, pointing to him as he approach
ed, exclaimed:'
"It will not do to let him enter here
and'see our weakness ; who will volus
teer to meet him?"
As it was pretty certain that whoever
should leave the Fort on such-a mi'ssion
would bo murdered by the dastard fue
there was a brief pause, when Ensign
Shipp replied:
'3 will upon one condition."'
"MWha: is it ?"'asked-Croghant
"?led.-e me your word as an officer nid'
man or honor, that you wil? keep that
gun bearing directly upon me, and that
you will fire it off the moment you see me
riain my hand."
The pledge was given, and Shipp wenr
forth.
To alt the arguments-and persuasions
of the enemy, his unwavering reply was
1 I an i!,tucted to say that we defend
that Fort."
Soon the Indians began to surrender
him. One clutched his epaulette. nnoth
er his sword. Shipp, who was a rman of
Hteraulean frame, releeied himself by a
powerful effort, and turning tu the enemy
coolly said :
"Sir. I have not pett myself under the
protection of yow truce without knowing
your mode of warfare. You see that
Igim, pointing- to the solitary six pound
er, it is well charged with grape. and I
have the solemn pledge of my command
grT-twrrr Vlrnt - - sreua4"WnUM ,t, --
that I- give him the signal. 't herefore re
strain these men and'respect' the lw of
war, or you shall instantly accompany me
to the other world."
This was enough. Shipp was no more
molebted ; lie returned' th hit enmiades its
safety. and funght out the desperate ac
tion that ensued and obtained promotibi
fur his bravery.
The circumstance refered to at the
head'of thi5 article, was told as Aollows::
After the British and Indians had'with
drawn, Croghan. missed one- man (only
one) who had helonged to- his little hand,
and all'eforts for his discovery, were for
some time unsuccessrfl. At length his
remains were discovered in the garret of
one of the bl'ck-houbes, where lie had
crept fir safety and was cut into by a
cannon ball.
All the rest. considering' their chances
of life not worth a' thought, had only
sought to do their duty, and escaped
alive. from perhaps the most desperate
fight on record. The only mian that was
killed happened to be a coward.-N. Y.
Sun Atlas.
GENERAL SA5S HOUTO.-b the lite
discussion which took place in Harrison
county, Texas, betweeir General Sam
Houston and Mr. Wigfall, the latter gen
tleman, complained that' the hero of Sani
Jacitnto had called himn out of his name,
by styling him, 'Mr. WiggletaiI," begged
tham lhe might be excnsed for applyiniglo
he diet ingu ished Senator, the familiar
atbbreviation of 'Samn' H e knew it would
be pleasing to the gentleman himself to
be so styled, as an anecdote lie would re
fate- would show. On the return of Gen
eral Houston from a visit to his-old friend,
the hero of the Hermniiage, it happened
that' a friend dropped ini to see the honora
tle Senator. Ott enitering his room great
-was thie astonishmtent of the visiter, to and
the Teitan Senator apparetlty sunk in
grief andbathted-In tears. 'My dear Gen
eral''exclaimed is friend, what is the mat.
ter, what sorrow oppresses yomt, " hat grief
distresses you so deeplyt' 'Oh !!my deer
friend,' exclaimed the great Texan, sob
bing and blubbering, with the deepest an
guish. '1.-L-I have just, 'past return
Oh "-ed from. the-O6 doss me !-the
Hermitage-the residence-of my old
Oh ! Oh ! 0! O! friend General Jackson;
and as we parted to tyeet perhaps no more
in this sinful wosld-Oh tme! my dear friend
he addresed me not by the natne of~en
eral or Master or even Samuel-biut, my
dear friend he called me by the endearing
name, by which my mother knew mne he
called me Sam! Sam!! SAMr!!!' And
here the hero of Sam Jacinto burst into
a torrent of grief an as choke all umterance
anid imnduce his friend to unite his tears
with his, until the swollen torrent of their
sorrowflowed strong enough to torn, a mill
wheel.
The adientce were convulsed with laugh
ter at this story, amid no onme seemed to
enjoy it mote than General. Iouston him
self, who arose and begged to interrupt his
elequent opponent for a moment..merely
to say that be would make a child's bar
gain with him-if he would never again
call him by the endearing name of Sam'
he would never call Colonel W., Wiggle
ANECDOTE OF LORENZO DOW.
Dow was Yery exact in the appointmztentv
he made to preach, and sometimes arrang
ed Ihem a long way ahead. He once
preached nest one- of the small owns of
Upper Geotfia, ar.d told his congregation
on that day one year he would preach to
then again.!
The next season, one Saturday afternoon,
preceeding the Sabbath. of the appointed
lime, the old. main was jhguing along the
main road in the direction of his congrega
tion. 'e noticed befure him a stout little
negro boy. ofpeculiar active step and man
ner,. who carried in his hand a smuall lin
hubii' such as are used to call people t o
their meals. *
The custom among many in the South
slows marrihd men to go; to their Wives'
houses, and children to visit their parents
on Saturday evening, to stay with them on
Sunday, and as lte negroes are musically
intlined, they carry a fife, or a horn, or a
banjo. togivig notice of their approach, and
to beruile- the way. f" other cases they
whisgle, sing or shout. A he3lithy, cheer
ful negro or honest intentions. uses some
meant of associaton, even if he is obliged
to talk to hinself.
Dbw, according to his usual manner, en
tered into conversation tvitht the boy, and
found be was about to visit the congrega
lion he had appointed to meet. If the truth
must be told. Lorenzo had an idea that the
character or his flock was that of a reck
less, frolicksome, kind of careless people,
upon whour it was necessary to make a
very decided impression, or his time
woud lie thrown away among them.
*#bat.is your name, my lad ?" asked
]!ow.
"Gabriel, sir," replied the boy, lifting a
dOw straw hat, and showittg his iv-iry.
while he actively stepped along to- keep
pace with tIle preacher's horte.
"Can youblow that horn ?"
"th. yen, master, I can toot a little."
"Well, let me hear you."
So the negro ituflted his velvet cheeks
and madd the woods resound.
"Do you know R gall pine tree near the
stand-at Sharon?' said Dow.
"Ves, that I does, very well master."
Lorenzo then put his hand in his pock
et, and pulling out a silver di'llar, showed
it to the boy, and cold him if lie would
climb up in the pine tree before the people
met at the meetiug, and keep quiet there on
1WUr-peeser15t-UG nmIttrAWmc a3e
then bloW loudly on his horn, as he had
just done, he would give him the silver dol
lar, if he did not tell any body about it.
The negro, expressed himself highly de
lighted at such an ofer, and promised punc
tuality with secresy.
On the Sabbath, a l'irge-meeting assem
bled at Sharonto hear the ramous Lorenzo
Dow. Serioos old men and their wives,
wild boysand their sweethearts, almnost all
on- horsebabk, sometimes bvy twos and
threes, besides negroes from a great dis
tance, on font, being readily captivatel by
the naturally eccentric, for they love any
hiug that has n laugh attached to it for
they knew that Lorenzo was good for a
joke, even if he did hit hard. Dow select
ed rather a hrimatone- text, and made ap
plicatin as srong as possible. but he rorced
his- way slowly among the mercurial,
healihful; honesr hearted people. wito were
harp. to fMghten.-He enumerated the
enormity of the vices he thought to prevail.
but they were so used to them that the
words slid over them like water over a
duck's back. At length he boldly des
cribed in the eaImest kinod or language. the
appearance and charactr of'thte last grea
day.' and what would be their conditiot
when that day came. -Suppnse," ex
claimed the preacher suddenly. atnd tet
paued-"that-this were t.he (lay !" he saw
some o tthe women became a litte fidgety
anod nudged tho fellows into silence anr
attention. "Suppose,"' repeated' he, ele
vating his- voice, '"that this day Gebiet
shouldY bl'ow his-trutmp !"'
A't this moment'lte little negro skowe<
he was '-trump." attd from- the top of the
loftya pine, a-loud an clatmorotts blest over
whelmned' the audientee. The womet
shrieked,. the men roso ins great surprise
the horses; tied round the camp, neighed
reared'and- kicked, while the terrified n
groes changed their' complexiou to a dul
porple color' Never was alarm. surpris'
and astonisment, more prompttly exhibited
.orenan Dow looked niith grave bu
pleased' ateention upon the succesesful re
sult ofhisezperiment, until the first clamo
hand subsided sod s'>ms began to estimtial
the character of thme artifieial 'angel, ant
were about to apply a little hickory af'tel
the pine! But this suggestion was.arnest
ed by the loud and solemn, tones of thu
preacher, who, looking very. Gint.ly into tht
faces of his disturbed audience, as he lean,
ed over them to cntinue his discoiurse itn
pressi4vely remarked-"And now, if a lit
Ie negro btoy, with a. tin horn, on the toj
of a pine bush catn make you feel so, hew
will you feel whtent the day does emme?"
Spirit:ofphe Times..
TNENHAMJs'IBLa SILsysa MaNmtThe
gold hunters have retturned to Westet
'Fexas from. the Wichita tnountnins. ia
the region west of Arkansas, atnd re,
port that they found apparently inexhaus
tible silver. mines. As to gold, the In
dians wouhi' not allow thetm to experi
went with the sands of the streams; hmut
small quantity, brought a-way resemblej
that from whieb gold was ~oxtracted it
Jlyl last. Asparty of seullicient forco- tm
defy oppoaiiionsiotend goiug, back.
A Western editor noticing theo disappear
ancee of cholera suys it haes gone glimmer
ju hrongh thn reaom ofthinna that were
From the Columbia South-Carolinian.
Til9 LONATIC ASYLU.M.
*We were much gratified by a visit to
ibis Institution a day or i wo since. The
Legislature at its last session approptiated
S15,000 for the purpose of erecting two
wings to the main building. that lanving
been fonmd insufficient to accommadate
the applican's for adiission. This ap
proprintion was to include the erection of
a suitalib buillding for colored panients.
These a1iions are now in progress of
construction, and will ere long lie coin
pleted. The two new wings to the main
building heing the same height antid of the
same external finish as that, makes the
whole a very imposing structure, and to
gether with some contemplated improve
ments in the grounds anod shrubbery, will
render it altogether a beautiful place.
The new wings are capacious, each, 40
feet in width, 45 feet leng'ii in front, nod
65 feet in the renr. furnishing inl all 90
spacious, well ventilated, and comfortable
apart ments, with fire praces, &c., and all
executed and furnished very tinatly.
The buildings being erected for colored
patients are entirely separate from the
main structure in another piart of the en
closure. and will be constructed with the
same view to the comfort of its inmates
as characterises the principal building, and
will, i is. thought, be sufficiently com,
modious ibr all who may he sent.
Our visit to this humane Institution con
vinced'us that the appropriation add to its
facilities was a wise one. There aru at
present 107 patients within its walls, co
joying the benefits of a wholesome disci
pline and medical treatment. We have
no statistics before us by which to judge
of its success with regard to the number
ofits cures, but have not the least doubt
that its records will compare favorab y
with any similar Institution inl the country.
Ve leann that the good order which
prevails among the inmates of the tsylum
is truly remarkable-and what is still
more surprising that they nre nuentive
and well behaved during divine services,
which we learn are performed there re
gularly on Sabbath afternoon by the Cha
plain. the Rev. Mr. Horn. As f-ir as we
can perceive, the united efforts of the
Resents, officers, and the minimter who
officiates, have rendered this Institution
peculiarly effective in its aim and objects,
antl have done much to ameliorate the
sulmrrngs nturuanutywar .-On.- n
within their power. That this hospital for
the insane has tttained- no excelleut re
putation is ianifest from the utnuber of
appilcations for admission from abroad.
Such an tinstitumion, so well conducied and
si liberally provided reflects crudit upon
the character of the State.
A NORTERrr Paojc-r.-.bolition, of
the District ofColumnbia.-Slui cry in the
District of Columbia has I'eeni a breeding
cause ofeontention between tiorthern aid
southern nen.-The New York Sun
says.
'A movement is on- toot to remove this
hone or contetion, by retroceding the
Maryland half (like the Virginia hall)
of the District, to the State that gra-ted
it to the federal government. Infliences
are at work to induce the Maryland Leb
islature to petition Congress for the retro
cession of her original half. and upon ihis
petition of lormidable coalition of' members
of Congress, of both parties, atd some
leading Free Soil Demoerats, will be pre,
ipaired to endorse the petition and force the
retrocession.
*This movement, suggested by a con
lition-of parties, if they unite, cannot be
turned to political accouttt by either or any
i party, but will result in vast benefit to thee
Union It will farever settle the question
upon which the iorth- and west can never
Icense ngitatioti, while slavery exists oni n
somi eqsally the property of the whlole
people. Remove slavery from the Dist. of
Columbia, by returning the .District. to its
original owners, end the Unioti will be re
lieved' from the only stian to. which there
catn he general or sectional objectiotn. T1he
Ipeople wvill hail with plea-ure snch a re
trocession, bo0th at the nprAh.andt the south.
aand no excuse will be left fur thte on
-slaught of fanaticisin against the instito
Ition.-Slavery will then he0 conifinted tat
where it belongs, the south ; anud nio tnatt
io the free States, who values the penco
tant- pen4tem-uity. of the Ulnion, will offer or
consent to. interference wvith it, save as
-warranted by the constitution.''
bTag. MLTArrtY. Rxpunuc.-It is stat
edl, that the French army. including the
-gendarmie, iaounted, on the 1st of Sep -
tembher. to503,000-men. Of that nutmber,
4O000 oif the contingent. of I819. will lbe
discharged ont the 1st of October, whilst
40.00) tmen of the same cotiinitn will
receive~I,; e--e o~f absence weekly aor unlimtite
ed wit hot~ pi:iv, suach leave of aisetice
hatvingz ber n we'spendhed fair thme laist sixs
mnn:a. ie-: ween the 1st aif Octnher andl
the end of De~cember a sinmilar, reduction,
to the estent (if80.000 niaen, will hej inade.
The iminisier of war enicunlaees thast by the
1st oif Janiuary, 1850, the army will he
reduced to a peace establishtnerm oif 3J60,
000 mno. Th'Ie average cost of a F'rencht
soldier, officers iticluked, is ..A30 sterling
per. annum.
Otily think of it-the army aof the Rie
ptublic, provided~there are no revolIut inatry
demnonstrntious-after the lht of Janauary
-next, will be reduced to a peace establish
memit.of~only three hundredand sixty tlhot
sand men!: Thbe expensesof this small
aumber of-troops. will amount to ta little,
over, fifty millinntofdollare, which amoutnt
iaidt- y a ni ua inc fe-e a atnbhenns
W .HEAT CULTURE.
Planters that intend planting wheas
should now bestir themselves. Let the
planter hear in mind, that wheat, to be
cuhivated successfully in any soil, or int
any climate, requires clean and thorough,
cuhure.-'l'he ground should be wel-bra
ken and finely pulverised, and where the,
soil will bear subsoiling, it should be done.
There is a great hue and cry about sub
soiling, much without reason or good sense..
There are light pritluctive soils in' this
section, thait to subsoil would: be' their
death, which- by very light plowing, and'
freqient sti'rring, bear severe drought bet
ter than heavier and deeper soils. Let the
planter then exercise his judgment,.wighth
er the soil will bear sutsoiiing, and'act aw
cordingly: The ground for wheat"should'
he in readiness, and the seed put in at'leasV
by the middle of November. Great care
should be taken to sow the seed eienly
over the whole grotnd, as there is grei
inequality in quality as well as qbuntity,.
in an evetnly sowed field' I' saw admira,.
ble machir.ery at the North for sowing
wheat in drills, which is snid to answer an
excellent purpose giving the field an admi-'
rnble appearance andt a more abubdtan
yield. But in our fields of stumps and'
trees, our machinery must be the hand'df
man, graduated by judgment, screwedlow
with common sense, and oiled' withireason
A hout one and a hair bushels of seed' will'
plant an acre, but it will vary actording tb'
the strength of' the land and the size of the
kernels. To prevent the attacks of the
uredo and smitit, the seed'should be soaked'
in a strong solution of blue alone, say one'
pound of blue-stone to five bushels of-seedI,
Sme k fron eight to ten hours, then dry the'
seed in lime; sow lime broadc ast- over'the
field when the seed is put in, rrbm two' ti'
five bushels to the acre. There is no'grain
that so mitch abounds in- lime as wheat;:
and consequently it is a great consumer of'
that substance; t:erefore, a soil that hase
tint lime, either. naturally or artificially willi
tint produce eond' wheat. Mtuch oi the
itew pine lands in this section will prodbee
Gie wheat, (especially those that have not'
been burned over to kill what is called the
poisonous pine straw,) as pine straw conk
iniuts more potash than any other leaf,. and
potash is a first cousin to-lime.
It would be advisable where tie seed, ii
plowed it, to roll the ground afterivardi4
thereby pressing the earth upon the seed,.
: . .- , - '.'r .teven yorminal.
iion;. It is presumed; that but few of the'
rarners in this section as yet have rollers,
hut any ingenious farmer will ,readily fihd
a substitute.-Another object to be obtain,
ed, is to present at) even surface, that the
ripe grain may. be cradled haudsomely and'
savin0ly.
Anti now having gone through- all the
rornula of plowing, snaking and planting;
and the promising grain gladdeni your
si-ht, by its lively veriure, take your handb,
and go through the field with the hoes, andt
you nill find, that like all else that' looks:
fair arid bright, there are anxious enemies.
hidden within. Extirpare the cheat;. the.
cockle,.nnd all extraneous substances, and,
then your wheat will be pure, and' com
iand thehighes mairket-price. If the.fAr4.
mers of -his.section will look to their ownt
interest. the - Palance 'llils" !of' Colim-7
bus, Aumusta, an.1 Moniomery, will'boastr
a reputaution ais n ide as Rochesterlor Richz.'
num'td, and the farner's. stomach. will' be
filled with good biscuit; light' bread, andY
his pnckets well lined with ihe shining.
gold.-Muscogee (Ga.) Democrat.
PLANK 11'ADS AND THE LAWOFTIM
tomt.-The Conmmissioners of Main
Roads richly deserve the thanks orour
commriunity, of both the City and ickl.
tor the plank road they have recently
beidl thr'ough the heavy sand along King:
sireet, f'rom' the Citadel Srinare to Line-'
streect. WVe undierstanid that we shall have
still f'urthter reasonis to commtetnd their-en
terprise and public spirit, for the exterrsion,
of'the plank road, with a double' track4 ii
e., a track 'in each side ofrthe street, froms
the Citadel Sqare to the Pour 31ile Hihpse..
We kntow no tax which we shall more,
cheerfully pay, antd which, we believe4.
will tee genetaily more'cheerfully paidi
thano one forr this purp.ose. Such-arroads
will tnt outly adld to the convenienee of'
tho-se who tidle f'tr pleasure or recreation.
lint will alson be a great failiity and-advan
rage to. fa;rmters. and draymnen, anid the.
travelling puliei generally, and act as-am,
improved aventue or- ittland trade and
coimmerce to. our thriving city, whtich'is,
nrow fast lif'ing up her crest, .and puttinig
on her beatuti'ie garment, preparatory tober
coirontation ais Queeni of' the South.
It is proper that we abould-state,. antd,
that it lhe specially noted, in order to-aboid
collhisiont of cit her perstons or vehicleselthat'
thte lawv of the plank rnoad is the- law
tel tire State-KEEP TO'H iC iOHTi, whieth
er gointg up or cnming dtown-in= other
wotds, thost.e going up must keep straight
on. andh those cointg down mtust drine
out, or gire way. It ikreqisite tie state
th, f'or the law tof the City is keep to the
/rfi-while that the country, which pretails
ton the Neck. is keep to the -right.
The reason of thte Cihy law otr rulois, to.
avoid 'he poeshility of str'ikiing foot passen
ger's, tin the patvements of' side walks, with
the whip. The reatson of:tire country law
or rule us 1o0 prev'ent wbip hands from copi
iitg in contact-ottce, it is said, a fruitfull
soturce of geinerel andu fight with our wag,
gnercs.-Charleshton Courier.
An official statemnent, tmade to the Ken-.
tucky State t:,nor'ional Conveotioti.