Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 26, 1854, Image 2

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EGROFS I3 CANADA. The Toronto Colonist. referring to the sug g6stion which has been thrown out by some Southern journals, for a treaty with Great Britain, which should secure the restoration of fugitive slaves, takes occasion to make the following re marks on the " condition and prospects" of this poor deluded class, whom r. ruflianly philanthro py has torn from their hotne, and sent to shiv er and starve in die icy regions of the North. The fuigitive slaves are already felt to be a nuisance in Canada, and before lung will be treat ed as such: "But, as we said before, many deplore the Jgreat influx of slaves itito this Province. It is stated that, during the last few years, not less than from eleven to twelve thousand of them have settled in the county of Kent alone. Mr. Larwill represents this county, which has been more or less demoralized, or rather brutalized, by the horrible system of slavery. Moreover, in this same county of Kent, a large tract of land has been purchased for a negro settlement, portions of which are rented or sold to the ne gro; somie say the sole object of the owners of this land is a philanthropic one, while others hint at their chief motive as being a sordid love of gain. However, Mr. Lirwill appears to ap prehend evil from such an exclusive sett!ement a State wi:hin a State; and he is therefore de sirous of checking negro emigration into this Province by exacting a poll tax from all fugitives in future, to which end he has given notice of the following motion in his place in Parliament: That this house will gladly show a liberal spirit and friendly disposition towards the Uni ted States for their generous conduct in legis lating upon this matter (reciprocity); and that in proof of such disposition on their part, the Provincial Legislature will hereafter exact from negro immigrants a poll tax equal in amount to that now imposed upon other foreigners-will not incorporate any association for the special benefit of men of color as a class, and will dis courage the promotion of any institution the ob. ject and end whereof would be a junction with the abolitionists of the Northern States, to bring about a severance of the American Union. 'rhe setulement in the county of Kent to which we have alluded is very unpopular in that county, and perhaps Mr. Larwill, in moving the above resolution, is only acting in conformity to the wishes of his constituents. As for giviig up any slaves now in Canada, or that may hereafter come into it, the thing is out of the question. It cannot be done. A CONTrAsT.-From one end of the country to the other the infamous conduct of the Arctic's crew in seizing the boats to save themselves, while the men, women, and children on board were left to perish, has excited a just indignation. They are denounced everywhere and by every -body. The contrast between them and the crew of a steamer lost not many months since, on the cojst of Africa, is thus graphicaliy and beauti. fully presented by the New York Express: " The circumstances connected with the loss of the British steamer Birkenhead, on the coast of Africa, not mnany months since, are still fresh in the memories of all. The steamer struck on a hidden rock, stove a plank at the bows, and went to the bottom, we believe, in half an hour's time. There was regiment of troops on board, As soon as the alarm was given, and it became apparent that the ship's fate was sealed, the roll of the.drmn called the soldiers to arms on the -1tpp'r deck. That call was promptly obeyed, though every gallant heart there knew that it was his death summons. There they stood as if in battle array-a motionless mass of brave men-men who were men indeed. They ship every moment was going down and down; but there were no traitors; no deserters, no cavens there. The women and children were got into the boats, and were all, or nearly all, saved; there were no boats for the troops, but there was no panic, no blanehed, pale, quivering lips among them. Down went the ship, and down went that heroic band, shoulder to shoulder, firing afeu deoie as they sank beneath the waves. Men like these never perish; their bodies may be given to the fishes of the sea, but their mem ories are, as .hey ougrht to be, immortal. Lir E ISNSUaRASNC E.-...Mssrs. Editors : One o f theilargest. and best New York companies for liljinsurnaoce have recently raised their .rates rfor SoutheLrn risks. Hitherto, every citizen of South C'arolinla, however healthy his location and however sound his cor.Stitutjin, was required by the M1utual Life' Insurance Company of New York to pay an extra premium of one quarter of one per cent.; but hereafter this extra charge is to be doubled. Surely this will leatd our peo ple to see the necessity of loing justice to themselves by establi.-,bing a company at huome, wvhere no infiidious or unjust distinctions shall be made against them. To retain our capital at home, to secure juntice to our citizens, to en cour hare the wise, benevolent and prudent insti tuition of life insurance in our midst, is an object claiming the fatvor and support of rich and poor and especially of the middle classes of our com mnunity. The cleriry :mnd the merchants are the great patrons ot life insurance. Blut all oif our professional men, our teachers, oflice holders, and clerks, (Mnr planters andl ounr mechanics, our men (it fortune and our daily laborers, ought to comefl foirward andt aisist thle enterprise of staurt ing amoing us a life insurance company. it is a saving banik foir the widow and the orphan, and every husband or father should aid in its estab lishrnent. No loss can occur to any one who joins thte comnp:mny. All of his payments will, beyond doubt, he return to his family, and a larger (hr a smaller additin for initerest. A good. safe, prudent inivestmuent of smtall annual savings is a1 that is asked for from the several members A South Carolinian. THEa FO~xDATIONS or TRtADE.-The idea of exchange lies at the foundation of that vast ag gregation of energy and activity which we call by the comprehensive name of business. One man wants what another man has. On this simple foundation resta the colossal fabric of trade. Indeed, all mouvemnents, whether in things spiritual or thintgs material, may be traced back to ineqtuality. Were all minids identical, there wvould be no discourse, no argument on preach ing. Were there no breaks in the level of the Mierrimaick, there would be no Lowell. The streamn runs, the breeze blows. the eloquent man speaks from diversity. Sn it is with commerce. One side of a range of hills produces corn, antd anther wvine; the fig is in the valley, the pine on the mountain : thg North side has furs, the South jewels and spices. Each wants what it has not. Hence come the merchant, the caravan, the ca nal, the raiway.-Geo. S. Hlillard. Caurio', TO L amrs Iararm PRaEEvES.-An esteemed Ilady of our acquaintance was sudden ly taken ill yesterday. bhe had been engaged in preser vn tomatoes in a copper or bell-metal kettle, and pairtook of a small qtuantity of fruit. A shiit time ateir she became distressingly diz zy and alairmnin ly ill. The verdigris from the metal doubtless catused the attack. An active emetic wvas given the sufferer, and the white of eggs administered, which haippily effected speedy relief. Much caution should be observed by persons using metal vessels of this kind. A country editor thtus tears to tatters an an eient proverb : - " A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss."-Well, what of thati Who wvants to be a mossy old stone, auway in some damp corner of a pasture, where sunshine and fresh air never come, for the cows to rub thiemselves against, for snails and bugs to crawl over, and for toads to squat under amoe the poisonous weeds? It is faur better tbea smooth and polished stone, rolling along in the brawlingr stream of life, wearing off the rough corners, bringing out the firm erystaliine structure of the granite or the delicate veins of the gate or chaletedony. It is this perpetual ebaling and rubbing in the whirling cturrent that shows what sort of grit a man is maude of and -what use lie is gooid for. The sandstone and soapstone are ground down to sand and mud, but the firm rock is selected for thme towering fortress, and the diamond is cut and polished foi the monarch's crown. "Gentlemen never sweair." So said Wa~sh ingt on, who, we believe, never allowed profane swearing while in command of the army of the revolution. HAvE f he courage to obey your Maker at the ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 1854. The Mleeting at Woodville. WE understand that Messrs. FERR IN & MoRAGNE made able Railroad speeches on the occasion. But the spirit of our people, where is it? Only six thou sand five hundred dollars were subscribed to the pros. pective Aiken and New Market connexion via Edge field C. II. We fear it is a gone case. No wails. OUR exchanges from almost every quarter come to hand so irregularly of late, that we are eomewhat puzzled to find any thing either to clip or to criticize. Our dullness (of \yhich we are altogether conscious) must be excused while this condition of things shall continue. It is impossible to keep up with the times when the bulk of our intelligence from abroad has to undergo a sort of quarantine delay which strips It of all its freshness and nearly all its interest. Those Turnips. TirANI you, friend NIctuoLsoN, for those beautiful, white, round, smooth, sweet turnips. They will make us one good dish, if we can get a quarter of pork to serve up with them. Pepper and Turnip Seed. WE are indebted to a very kind old lady for some dozen or two of the finest pods of red pepper we have ever seen. Another has sent us a package of turnip seed which we are very thankful for. Our friend, L L., who has met our particular wish with the present of some real Hanover turnip seed, has our thanks for his kind attention. The Wants of Orangeburg Court-eouse. IR. LAREY, of the Edisto Clarion, says, there are three things now wanted in his village-a Livery Sta. ble, a Restaurant and a Barber-shop. We'll hunt in couples, Mr. LAREY, if you have no objection-our wants are the same. Unusual Coincidence. UNDER our obituary head this week will be found recorded the demise of two aged couples-3Ir. and Mrs. BELCHER and Mr. and Mrs. RIPLEY. Each couple went hand in hand down to the tomb, after having lived and loved together for more than a half century. 3. 0. Bryan's Store. WE called in the-other day at-the establishment of this truly accommodating antd business-like merchant, and were gratified to find his shelves filled so hand somely and comfortably. Mr. B. has a quantity of goods already received, and is still receiving additions to his stock. Those who desire to be waited upon properly and to be supplied with goods to their heart's content shoald never pass by BUD BRYAN'S store with out giving him a call. His goods are goods, and his prices are as low as the lowest. Augusta Advertisements. WARD & BURCuARD, J. R. BANCROFT and RoB-. CARROLL have new advertisements in our paper, to which we call the - especial attention of our readers. As soon as the fever subsides, we respectfully 'espeak for these merchants a liberal share of the custom from our side of the river. Gray Brothors. EvERY once in a while, these Brothers come out in an advertisetment of the most taking description There is one of the kind in our present number. An elegant assortment of every thing in their line awaits old and new customers at their fashionable store above the Globe Hotel, on Broad street, Augusta. Those who go to Augusta for the purpose of trading in dry goods cannot do better for themselves than by calling at the well-known stand of " GRAY BRoTtt ERS." Eealth of Augusta. THrE Constitutionalist of the 22d inst,, still cautions asentes against returning tn-Augusta-~ .The. cases of fver do not increase itn number ; but the type of the disease has become more virulet. Nothing but a akfrase will guarantee~ the~ hua~tht of the city; mid there hats scarcely been a trace of white frost yet in that immzediate vicinity Trial of the Gurnters. Tirs exciting trial came ofy at Newberry C. II. last week. Against EDwARaD GUNTER, no bill w as fountd. Dr. GUN-rERt was acquitted. This trial, however, hadl reference only :o the killing of Capt. JESSE ScURRYv. Dr. GuNT E's second trial, for the killing of Capt. ScuRr's servant, is to take place at Newberry C.11i. in about three weeks. The Cotton Crop. Br a comparison of the statermetnts from all parts of the cotton-growing region of outr country, the knowing ones seem s:atisfied that the crop must be a sh~ort one. Not Dead. IN noticing the death: of 31r. C. Low, in our paper of Sundaty, says the Augusta Constit'tionalist 4 Re. public of a late dlate, we were iniformedl, from a source it which we placed implicit reliance, of the deatht of Wsx. H~oLESs, and no reported both as deadl. Since Ithat time we have been intforme~d that M~r. Ilot.Ests i5 still alive, but we regret to adld, that hte is so low thia but slight htopes are entertained of his recovery. Johnson remiale University. By reference to a notice elsewhere puhtished, it will be seen that the Annual Examtnation of the classes in this Institution wvill take place on the 13th and 14th ol November. Art interesting occasion it will doubtless be, as the University by all accounts is enjoying a igh degree of prosperity. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad. A COaRIESPONDENT of the Abbeville Indrpendeni Press quotes three intlividluals as giving testimony in favor of this excellent road. The first of these is J. B. LATRoSIE, the Chief En. gineer of the Baltimore and Ohito-Railroad Companty. His. testimony is this: " You have e first-rate Rail road-it is the best I/have traelled over in th.e South-. ern Stales." The second is IltRAx HtrrCttrsoN, the President of the Savatnnahi Vally Road. He remtarketd: " You hae a first-rate Railroad-you have been prodigious ly slandered." The third is W'x. LtTueov., the Chief Engineer ol Ithe Blue Ridge Road. His testimony runs thus: -g Your Stock is obliged to pay ; for your road is the~ best managed road I haove ever known." Thtus, int the mouth of two or thtree wttnesses, each and every one of 'whtom is entirely competent to give a just and sensible opinion, hias the truth been estab hsed that the Greenville and Columbia Rtailroadl IStock is obliged to ranik high among the investments of the South. 'To those who are timid in the matter of subscribing to the Newnmarket antI Aiken connexion, we would say, reflect that in doing so you become a part and parcel of this great road, a road that is now generally admitted to be equal in every respect to any in thet United States. Your caipital will not he itdle a iday, and in ten years time will probatly double itself. The Prohibitionists of South Carolina. By a letter from Judge O'NEALI. to thte South Car ohna Tcmpera2nce Standard, we find that the advo cates of a prolthiitory liqttor law in our State are very despondent. The Judge expresses himself as almost ready to throw away the weapons of his warfare int despair. His own language is: "1I am about to lay down my comsmission as the Apostle of Temperance." If the Cour dhe Lion of the movement shoutld indeed give hack, we presume the eilbrt to enact thte Maine law within our borders wvill speedily he nttmbered among the vain schemes of the past. Woulud that Ihis Hnor's indomitable activity and zeal had been ap plietd at the outset to some more practicable undertak ing than this of reforming drunkards ! We regret to see a high spirit like his baffled in its righteous effoirts. The amount of time and labor which hte has sit nobly expenied in the cause of Temperance. nutghtt to have achieved great results; anid so would it have dorne in almot any othrer field of phtilanithropic exertion. The Know Nothings in Charleston. SosE Chiarlestuon letter-writer asserts that stx of the memberseect from Charleston arc " Know Nothings.' ie names H~on. JAMES SIross, T. Y. SioNS. juniors LEwis REED, E. M. Warrrxo, Dr. II. V. Toonrun and the chairman of the Delegation, Col. JoniN CUN. NOIIAuS. We dottbt the correctness of thte state. The Effect. As much as has been said of the triumphant issue of that Congressional struggle by which the territo ries of Nebraska and Kansas were organized under certain special provisions, it may be doubted whether any act of our Federal Legislature was ever followed by so little of good to any section of the Union. So far as the Southern States are concerned, any benefits that might accrue to them thereby wvere eschewed (if we remember aright) by several prominent Southern gentlemen, in the course of the very debate which led to the passage of these Territorial bills. If some faint hope of present practical advantage was still secretly cherished by them, it ias doubtless been extinguished by the recent inundations of anti-slavery sentiment upon these new fields of American glory. The snp prsed triumph of a principle is alone left to cheer the eloquent and energetic Southern advocates of this lately lauded brace of Congressional enactments. And who, with his eyes fully opened to the now awakened hostility of the Northern masses, would give a six pence for the recognition of an abstract principle, which will assuredly be trampled upon as a dead let ter so soon as any real occasion for testing its vitality shall arise ? In the Northern States, the only effect of these measures has been to tear old parties to tat ters, and to produce a frenzied fusion of Whigs, Free soilers, Abolitionists and faint-hearted Democrats, which seriously threatens the peace of the confedera cy. The discordant elements of American polities were never tefore in so complete a stew. What is to come of it, passes human ken. Some predict disunion some anarchy-some revolution-while others (among whom we place ourself) can only rock themselves to and fro impatiently, and sing, with the witches in Macbeth "Double. double toil and trouble, Fire burn ; and cauldron, bubble." We wish to know the worst as soon as possible. Let the " black spiritsand white, red spirits and grey" mingle and be done with it. 'Come Union or Dis union, any certainty is preferable to this eternal boil ing of our great political cauldron, the only effect of which seems to be to raise the scum.aud frath of* the country to the top. An Immense I'ictiaa. THE very last newn'from Europe (by the Afiica) ut terly contradicts the exciting reports recently herald ed through the country of a monstrous engagement between the Russians and the Allied Armies before Sebastobol. This stronghold, it nowy appears, has neither been taken nor has it been in flames. The destruction of the Russian fleet is said to be a fiction -the annihilation of Fort Constantine, false-Mens chikofPs surrender, a pure invention, and Omar Pasha's despatch a forgery. It does seem, however, to be true that the Allies were closing in around Sebastopol, and that this cele brated fortress was in considerable danger oi being carried. When the last intelligenc.e frora tira seat of war was forwarded, the conflict for the mastery had been going on for four or five consecutive day, and the Allied Aray, or its advanced forces, were within a few miles of Sebastopol. The next news may be fraught with great results one way or the other. The EWs:tons as a Test. TnE elections throughout our State have proved a test of nothing except the good hard sense of our peo. ple. With one or .vo ezceptions, they have rentiered ili;s point in our character more and more appanant to every observer. In a few Districts, the election of Electors was brotgh t berore the people, but with no eieet whatever one way or the other. The lireor querstion does not seem to have been rogarded any where. Neither was the Penitentiary question. Nor the Military question. Nor the-Free School-uestion Nor any single question of Federal policy. The ques lion of the Bianks seems to have had some considera ble effect upon the elections in Charleston, and the Bridge question a gc.od deal in Edgefield. But with these exceptions, no questions seem to have affected the general result except that important one as to the fitness of the candidates. The Greenville Mountaineer observes one fact in in this connection which lie regards as peculiar; and it is, that not one professe4 iVhig has been elected in the State. - Cenvicted and Sentenced. . ausa Vxoesaa gan KierauVaca ' trie44Ia Fal Term of tbe Cpurs qJ- b mor.P~ d110oe' at Sessions.. fogok- itd Wax. Dozxon, were convicted and sentenced to be hung on Friday, the 29.h day of December next. Their crime senms to have been an aggravated ona. Judge OW:.uAt. pronouinced the sentence of the Coitrt in his usual impressive manner. llis prefatory re marks we subjoin. They are strikingly solemn: loung Mena: Thei conviction to which your atten tion has just beetn solently called, makes you aware of' the antal fe befoire you. lIn a few brief days you wili ceaux to he nnimbered among the children of men; '- te place which once knew you, will know you no inore, forever." Oh, that I could, with the eloquence of heailah, whose lips were touched with a live coal fromt the altar of Jeh'onvaii, arouse you to a dleep sense of your guilt, and point you " to thte lamb of God, which takethi away the sin of the world." I have, I know, no such int:pired eloquence, and yet my duty is faithfully to endeavor to arouse you, and to prepare you for your aw ful, impending doom. 'lThe 27th of July last, is a day of all others to be renmetbered by you. It is a day red with hlood ; it Is ihe day ott which the blood of a fellow man "cried unato God frumt the ground ;" its voice has been heard, and is answered :ere, in the conviction wich sends you to the guslowsv; it baa beeni heardl, anid will be an swered beyotnd the graye by a judgment of everlast ing pttmishmentt, unless you turn unto the Lord, and lay~ hold upon his words of mercy, " repent and be lieve." It is desirable, vonng men, in the solitude of your pri'oin, atnd in the midnight watchtings between to-day andh thue day whe tyitotu are to cease to live, that you sithoul review the bloody deed whtich setnt poor Dos so::, with all his sinus upon his head, into the presence of theu great untchatnging and everlasting Judge of this world. Think, Oh! think, that you htave slain not only his body, bitt also his everlasting soul. Coul I trasport you to the judlgns.ent seat, and coutd youu see the ihight of his immtortal spirit itnto the presence of the Judge,and hear htis awful sentence, "depart from me ye cursed, itio everlasting tire, prepared for the devil atd his angels ;" and hear the wailing of the lost spirit fallitng through unliuiited space, as he cried, lost, host, lost-what otught to be your agony-? What would be your dread of your owtn impending senten ces I Our True Policy. Tuta Charlestont Evening Newos, after pointing out the discordanit condition of parties at the Northt, titus sensibly speaks~of the importance of Southern una n imity: "While other seettoni's are filled with irreconcilca ble disputes, and kindlitng with party anti sectarian passions that waste their power, let its close tip our political ranks, antd present a phtalanx of undivided streugth. If we have mtttual toleration and entertain a sense of the advatntage of otir position, the distinc ion of Whtig and Democrat wvill give place to that Ifolier tie that lotoks for no better plea for association thtan the necessity of utnion, to preserve instittutions which are assailed for destructive ends and with sinis ter motives. If we comprehend our relative superior ity, in tltis respect, we cannot but perceive that otur sectiton has natutrally few sources of discord. These are found where the prizes of oflice are expected to beo wotn antd distrihuied accordir.g to the influence of nhuers. Our section is overborne ntumeric-ally, but frttnately we have a security in t:e rivalshiip antd divisionts of Northern parnies. Let us then prtofit by this source of weakness withour, not only by the ex clusion of similar causes ofdisunion among ourselves, but by such measures as will consolidate our power. This is the only method of preserving our due wveighut iti the couttcils of the Union, and wxith it a sectional balatnce of power." Tork Potatoes Soamz "son of. lork" hias sent the Yorkville Mis cellung a potato weighing Si pounds. Is this a big potato, or is it nut? We ask the question of our friends and neighbtirs in the piney-n'oods. And wve pause for reply. The host demsonstrations they 'oiuld make, to show that this York potato is no big things, would be to send us a bag well filled with specimens, the smallest of which should overgo the figure given above. The Editor ef "Punch." MAnic Lsatoar, thte present edlitor of that comic sheet which amuses the world, is said to have become bankrupt asa liqnor-vender. His humorous propensi ties were always remarkable; yet, but for his bad luck behind the coutiier of his bar-room, they wo'uld, perchance, have remained forever in the obscurity oh a fttgg y London lane. MA RK failed in the business oh preparinig thtat Punch which enliveneth the body; so he incotitinently adldressedl himself to the task of mix. ing that othter " Punch" which enliveneth the soul. ggi5 CittcAao is in the full title of prosperity-as i city. She commenced in the race for commseal pros. perity otly twelve or fifteen years since, andl now stands tunrivalledi amontgst the cities of the West fort the construction of great public works at their doors Over two hundred trains of railroad cars arrive antd dep.r diy at and from Chtiesao, Prom Old England. "The moon had climb'd the highest hill, That rises o'er the source of Dee, And from its eastern summit shed Its silver light on tower and tree." WE append a somewhat lengthy extract from a let ter we have. just received.. It is from a friend at pre sent on a visit to his fatherland. Although not at all designed by him for publication, we take the liberty of filling a column with it, hoping it may not prove unacceptable to our readers: DUBI.IN, Ireland, 25th Sept., 1854. "I left Liverpool on Tuesday morning, 21st, in the company of Mr. Williams, a Welihman, who married an aunt of mine. We crossed the Mercy into Cheshire, and took Rail for Chester.. I.wish I had even ordina ry powers of description, so as to give you some faint idea of the beauty of the codntry over which we passed. At almost evrry turin of the car wheels was a change of the m6st beautiful landscape scenery you could possibly.imnagine. The fields are small, covered with rich green grass or clover, sur rounded by a green hedge, and frequently ornamental trees, with beautiful Durham cattle, or fine broad backed sheep grazing so quietly and contented, the whole looking like a splendid iandscape painting, the carefully clipped hedze forming the frame work. The Railroads are excellent here, all-fenced in, mostly with stone walls. In Wales, all public roads pass over them by stone or brick arobes, or under by a tunnel. On my whole route to this place I saw but one living animal between the walls, and that was a pet goat tied by the neck to the fence, so that it could not react the track. In fifty minutes we reached pld Chester, 16 miles, slow for this country; but I avoid e.rpress trains and frst class hotels. You seenothing on one and hear nothing at the others. One.goes like a flash and the other is all cold, stiff formality.- Second and even third class hotels are the plates*'r a travel!er. This old Chester, on the fanons river Dee, is the strangest old-fashioned plisce you could possibly im agine. The wall that once urrounded it is still standing in part, with its castle turrets and towers; it is some five or six feet thick, and affords it walk near two miles long on top' I strolled around on top of it, and-visited the castle (now barracks) and armo ries, &'All that relates to the army is very com plete indeed. We at first were denied an inspection of the armory; but I put ona military air, and, walk ing up to the guard hoitse called for the olicer on duty, told him I lad been in commission, and asked for a soldier as a guide, which request was instantly granted, and I was soon shown everything with the greatest politeness. After spending a few hours at Chester, we took [bail for Holywell, near whisfh is my uncle's country Cottage. Weran down the beautiful river, until it entirely changed its character from a rapid, clear, inland stream, with beautiful meadows on its banks, to a broad, muddy tide-water; and our road was made almost entirely in the meadows that had been reclaimed by banks as are our iice fields. We were soon at Holywell, i6ous for a spring on the side of a high hill, % hich thraws out1G tons of water per minute. Here we shouldered bur carpet bags and became pedestrians, with the intention of walking to the holy waters. I was sormwhat afraid of the un dertaking, for I am an indifyerent walker, yet thought I might str.id the o!d Welshman ; but I soon found my mistake. Up we wontJo the Welch hills, the novilty of -,he scene almost iaking me forget fatigue. We soon came to the well, as they call it, we shoi:ld say spring. Over it, on-old fantzstic arche", is built a Ctirch (now a ,chol) and in said old Church is a rough statuE of a certain good Welsh maiden. The story goes, that she was walking some distance above the spring, in the olden time, and was met by a Welshi Prince who made dishonorable proposals, which she indignantly repelled. Ile, enraged at her slight, drew his sword, and at one blow severed her head from her body, which rolled down the hill some distance. When it stopped, this spring burst out, and has been running ever since. A good Priest being near, pick ed up the head and united'i- to the body, when life was restored and she lived fifteen years longer; and when she died was -canoni4hd as a saint, and her memory is thus preserved. Such is the legend, and by some .believed. Avilla jas spi'4ng up all around and down the stream; for itlfis about 200O feet in less than a mile, and'aflords th at of water peiwer be T '!.tN liet' one of''Arkvwrighit's partners (Smal ly) made a fortune byr printing-calicoes,'and Mis soa spent it in gambling. 8mtany went to Londo:n and brought siz hundred chidren without their parents, and put them all in one house, and when he failed they were all abiandoned and went to the poor hiouse, &c. Wonder if lie is a Stowzte! We called on a very interesting Welsh family rela ted to Mr. Williams. We sntered qiuietly at the Stmek door of a very small house, ns is the custom of inti mate friends of the middle class, passed through the small kitchen, then into the very small fhmily room, and then into a very small parlor, say 15 feet square. Judge my surprise, when in that little nert rmy eyes met two pianos, one large barrel organ and a centre table covered with fine drawings of their late father. Yu will say, how didl the room contlaini them allI Well, the best piano was an upright one, and yet the tone was as good as you could wish. I was nstuoiish ed at its power. The other was a.smaill plain London Iinstrument, made for such places. The organ just fit the chimney corner. Thirough the influence of .Mr. Williams, who blhmtly ordered them to play, after they had begged to be excused, one of ihein laid dowrr her work and gave us come simple Welsh sonus, nieek ly observing to me, -shte hoped I did not tuderstanid their music, for shte was totally tdnfit to play, boith from affliction and want of practice." They have lost their fathierndi t wo brotihiers in the last iwo years, and one sister is now in a decline. We took tea with them, and I believe partedl with miiiual regret. They were much interested in everything relatiing toAnieri . rThe young ladies ivant to go out as teacheurs; have nothiin" left for a support. . We took up our march again, and wvith the moon tains and hills on our left, arid thte slopje down to -the Dee on our right, walketd along one of the best Mar. adamized roads in the wvorldl, made on the hill sidle. Nothing could exceed the beauty'of sccnery in every direction. The hills are highly cultivated to the top, and on the topare rich cripper mines, where- Lord Grosvenor made his great wealth that eniabled him to build Grosvenor squtare, London.. Then (rcm the road lown a long slope of three miles to thin river are soch farms! At dark we arrived at my uticle's house, where lie only keeps a servant to take care of thec property. fle lives in Liverpool. The 'mntdy Welsh maiden soon pet us to rest, and I was soon dres.niing aboutt home and Edgefle ld friends, just as I dredined about England when at home. A t fur, next morning, I arose and called toy Welsh cncle very much against his will, but I hail no time to lose; so our maid bustled round and soon had break fast, when we shouldered our knapsacks again, and descended rapidly three wiles down to Hlolywell Station, and I soon was rolling on againi for ilolyhead, to take steamer for Dublin. In a short tim.: I passed over the beatutiful country between that and where the mouth of the Dee empties itself into the ocean. Then we ran along the se-a shore, wvith the mountains on our right about a mile distarit, but frequently send ing out a ragged spur to the sea, which we pass unider through a tunnel. ~I think we most have passed through twenty at least between Chester anid Holy head. Some splendid ruins of castles, temnants of feudal ages were to be seen, and some modern ones, inhabited by the nobility. - The Welsh are an hones't, persevering, hard-work ing people,-and very phlegmatic withal. The next place of importance at which I arrived as Menai Straits, and there I stopped to look at the won der of the age, the Tubelar. .Bridge, as it is called. The tubes are of iron, and made some what like atn immense stetam boiler, but of different shape, hieing flat on the bottom, straight or upright on each side and flat on top. They are 1,513 feet long, and it is 40 feet between the piers, without support, and yet they bear the heaviest freight trains without a jar. They are 14 feet wide in the clear, 26 feet high and 100 feet from the water; there are two of thiem sitde and side about four feet apart, as it iifa double track road. (We should have thought we had done wonders to have made one, but all roads~ here are double tracks.) There are twu millions of rivets in the whole bridge, and the total weight of iron in both tubes is fourteen hundred thousand tons. This longer we gaze thte greater is our asiornishment. At this place is one of the finest views I ever sawv; for, in addition to this wneteeis the Menai Suspension Bridge just aboefororinay ravlacross the same stream, he same view we have the Marquis of Anglesey's ?alace and.Monument; the latter is on the top of a wild rocky eminence-, and is itself near a hundred leet high. Then you look up the Straits and see fine ild Gothic buildings and Churches-in Conway, on the Anglesey side, and fine country seats of the wealthy lope down to the rocky precipitous banks of the itrait; then under the bank and down to the warer's dge, a neat little Cottage- sits whose chimney barely -eaehes to the roots of the trees on the bank behind t, looking so peaceful. - Beneath a sheltered wood, A safe retreat to health and peace, This humble Cottage stood. But I must leave this magic spot. We pass over etween two mighty Lions that guard the entrance at ach end of the bridge. They are of Egyptian char eiter; each one is 25 feet long, 12 feet 8 inchesihi4h, hough crouched, and 9 feet through the body; the breadth of each paw is 2 feet 4 inches, and the weight s 70 tons each." ARRIVAL OF THE STEAlrR AFRICA. TIIRIEE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. NEW YORX, October 20, 1854. The steamer Africa has arrived, with Liver ool dates of October. She brings the astounding intelligence that Sebastopal had not yet been taken, and that the 1ecounts brought by the Baltic relative to the lesruction of the Russian fleet, the surrender >f Menchikoff, &c., were base fabrications. The iespatch signed "Omer Pacha" was also a ~rgery. On the 27th, when the afficial courier left, the ighting was going on without interruption. Melcehikoff with 20,000 men had kept the open ild till the 25th, but after desperate fighting wvas driven into Sebastopal. The allied armies imd fleets were in full communieation with each Ier, and had fornally invested the place. The latest accounts state that the allies had arried the second line of defence, and that the tieged were hard pressed. The Rn.,sian garrison of Anapa, a fortress on he Circassian coast, after destroying their fortili ations, had joined Menchikoff. ?lessrs. Allen & Anderson, large grain dealers ill Liverpool, had failed for 81,500,000. Liverpool, October 7.-Since the sailing of he Baltic cotton has been quiet, and rates re nominally unchanged. Sales of the week 0,000 bales. Fair Orleans 64-middintg 51; ir uplands 6-middling 51.8d. DISCOVYOF1ryATNSOFSIR.TOHNFRANK T= NEW YoRK, October 20,1854. A despatch from Montreal states that Sir George Samson, Governor of Hudson's Bay rerritory, had received intelligence of the re ains of Sir John Franklin's expedition. The <tatewent is that they perished of hunger in the 1pring of 1850, near Fox River. TNE SOUT CAROLINA C.LLEGE.-We are pleased to observe by a notice in another colum hat the Alumni Association of the college have Lermin-ed to celebrate the fiftieth anniveranry f tile founding of the institution on the first Honday iii December next. Ex-Governor Floyd, Lf Virgiia, a distinguished and eloquent gradu. ite of t'.m institution, will deliver the oratlion. [t will be quite an interesting occasion.-South Urolinian. TAE WRECK OF THE ARCTIC. BosroN, Oct. 12. The Europa arrived here at 11 oclock to night. Fourteen of the survivors of the Arctic among her passengers. Mr. Chas. T. Mitchell, of Char lesion Sotth Carolina, and Edward Dupasseur, f New Orleans, two of them, state that Mrs. Collins and her son and daugliter were drowned by the upsetting of the boat in which they had been placed by Capt. Luce. When Mr. Mitchell left the ship, he says Mr. Brown's family, seven in all, were -standing on the deck, and all are supposed tghave gone down. Mrs. E. K. Colins, with her son and dautigh ter; -.nd mary other ladies, were put intoa boat, but in the act of lowering it, all save one, who lIing to a pa rty who held on to the boal, were thruwn ito the sea ar4d lost. C pt. Luce, of the Aretie, telegraphs from Montreal1 thait Frederick Ma y wats sived in ad dition to those mentioned. The Collins faumily ire certinrly lost. No laudies were on the raft when Captatin Luce was rescued. HeJ fully sutains the version of others, but blames the irement and crew for seizitng the boaits in spite of all e!!brts to prevent, themn. The ship lie er sunk att a quairter b4ore live o'clock, and proeds to state as follows: " After considerable struggling I rose to the strace, but was catrriedl down a second time. I rose again, however, a second time, much ex ha~st ed. "A portion of the wheel house struck my son's "['lie seie was awvfni, t he sea being covered with men, womnnt and children, shrieking for help. Many suastained themselves on pieces of the wreek. " I and~ eleven others got on the wheel housc, btt during the nexst two days atl but three died. Two vessels hove in sight, but a thiek fog pre ventetd them from discovering us. Finiatly the Cambridlge, bore dtown atid rescuedl us, and sub seu~ently six others, from fragments of the w reek." Messrs.'Henry May and George Allen were Ie only passenigers saved on the wheel honse with Capt. Luce. The rest were firemen. 'TE OITRnAGE ON A CATHot.Ic PRIEsT TN lANE.-Thie Bangor Mercury confirms the des patch anniounieing tha~t the Rev. Mr. Bapst, a ecrman Catholic priest, had been tarred and feathered and rode on a rail, at EllsworthMe lie is statliotted at Bangor, bitt was on a visit at the ttle to Ellsworthi, where he was formerly pastor, and where he had been engaged in a coni rovery about the public schiools. The Mlereu ry says (he outrage wasti committed by at few of he most niotorioust rowdies of the city, anti that d the respectiable citizens indignantly denounce tie :autthors of it. THrE FEvER AT BEAUFoaT.-Matyor Ward of Savnaht, etngtged the services of Dr. Bullochi, imd three experienced nurses, and dispatced thm on the steatmer Metamnora on Monday to) the re-ief of the sick at- B'eauf'ort. The Sletai mnorat howecver, ret urtned to Savannah wtithi the tirses, their services not being needed. Dr. Btllck, was left att Beautfort. Five of the-six~ ases first taken terminated fatally. The number of suterers wazs not, ats great ats represented. hiarlestoni Standard. A -writer in the New York Titmes recommends [ie sowitg of tansy abotut tihe roots of peacb res, as at mieians of preserving them. H~e says [hat he once knew a large peach tree which was mure than forty yeatrs old, wthile several genera ions of similar trees in the same suit, had pas sed away. This led to examination, and a bed f tanisy was discovered abon*, the trunk. It wts naturailly iniferretd that the, preservation of tds tree to such a. green old age, was attributa le to the piresennce of this plant. It was deel. ced to try the experimnent on others, and aiccord ingly a few of the roots wvere placed abouit ech of the other trees on the premIses, some of which gatve signs of decay. Not only has it pre served for several years the sound trees, btt renovated those that were unsound. The odor of the plant,. he says, doubtless keeps off the insect enemies of this kind of tree, and it might have the same effect on others, as the plum, tipple and pear, as well as the elm sycamore, and other ornamnltal trees. L~iNGc IN BED.-The Medical -Iournal says, it is oftent at qutestion autongst people who a un nquainted with the anatomy and physiology of mani, vhether lyinig with the head exalted or level with the body was the most wholesome. Mot, consultinig their own ease on this point, argue in fatvor of that wvhielh they prefer. Now, although tmany delight in bolstering tip their heads at night, and sleep soundly without. injo. ry, yet, we declare it to be a dangerous habit. The vesels through which the blood passes tromn he heatrt to the head are always lessened in their cavities wthen the head is restitng in bed tigher than thie bodly; therefore, ini all diseaces attended with fever, the head should be 'pretty nearly on a level with the body ; and people ought to accustom themselves to sleep thus, to .void dnwrer. THE DOINATION OF FREESOIL. THE Bee or this morning, referring to the re cent elections in the Northern States, says that they prove that Freesoil has subjugated both political parties in these States, and now reigns paramount in that section of our-Union. " They are till alike. Here add there is a handful of thoughtful, honest men among both parties at the North, who are not to be carried away by popular outcry; but the masses, Whig and Democratic, are equally unsound. The clamor of the Washington Union cannot gain say facts." After four years' tridour neighbor has arriv ed at the con-lusion which we had reached years ago. Such a result we clearly foresaw and pro. dicted would be the end of the half-way patch work compromises, ,bcut which this country was so - profoundly agitated a few years ago. Your compromise, which was to save the Union -heal all the sores and wounds in the body politie-to oppose or doubt the ellieacy of which was treason and rebellion-hais proved a magni ficent failure. The very first practical test has blown the whole theory on which that compromise rested -the theory of non.intervention-into atoms. The first administration that lent its sanction and influence to this doctrine has been extin guished, annihilated, 0liminated. Its existence is a mere legal lietion. Set aside the oflice-hold ers, and the administration may be represented as the little end of nothing whittletd down to a point. We say this not in derision or exulta tion, but in truth and commiseration. 'On this subject, the Executive stood fatithful to its pledg es. Had it been equally true on the Cuban qestion, it might have saved itself. But, alas! it fiddled whilst Rome was burning. Cuba ilip ped through its fingers,. and now it has only to die with dignity. The whole -North has gone over to Freesoil. The compromise is virtu:illv annulled by the ppular demand; the Fugitive Slave law is a mere annoyance and trouble, without any practi cal go(d. The States are now-thrown back in to their original state, from which they sh'ould never have emerged-the relation of indepen dent sovereignties, submitting to no aggression and asking no concessions, steadily determined not to yield an iota of their constitutional rights, nd if coerced ir.to such surrender, to fadl back into their primal condition, and treat their quon dam sisters like other. nations-in peace, as friends, and, in war,i as enemies. The on1ly sal vation of the Union-the dhly safety of the! South will be found in the obliteration of old party lines, and the organization of two great sectional parties, which will be sutliciently strong to maintain their sectional rights, to resist inva sion and interference without. and elforce mu tual respect and comit.-New Orleans Delta. HOW BAIL AOADS INCREASE WEALTH. Inasmuch as at the present time there exists quite an outery against some of the railroad, en terprises of the day, we copy the following from a late number of the Cincinnati Railro.d Record, with tle object of showiiig the influence of' railways, and tihe increase of capital and the facilities of Commerce: Railvay investments in Ohio.....850,000,000 Market value.................. 35000,000 increased value of land...........51,000,000 Annual gain in tran.,p'n., $7,000,000, which is interest on............100,000,000 Anonual gain in imterest 81,000,000, which is intere.st on ...........15,000,000 Aggregate value..........$201,000,000 Deduct the original comt, and we have a clear gain of capital to the extent of one hundred and fifty one millions of dollars. Mr. Mansfield, the editor, thus comments: Try this estimate by any-other test that can be applied, and it will be found to-be within limits. Take, for example, the valuation of tihe State. In three years three hundred 'millions have been added to the assessments of the State and the assessments are nnder valuition. Take Cincinnati as an example. In five years - her Commerce has doubled. What has done it'! Her bank capital is constantly diminishing, anti her rates of interest are enormons. What has al rmlmngment, wvoubt almost have crushed her. The vastly enlarged faicilimies for trade, and also of nmnfactures, have born her trinm phnrt thronvlh the co~nllict. Whence, then origi ais the absured ideam, that railvays have ab sorbed commmercial capitalI Ra~liways ione hve satved thie conmmercial conmmunnity from bankruptcy. Whence, then, comes this cry 1 This is it-Raiwavs as well as wtereased cur rency have immensely increased the bumsinhess of the country. Hlence, more money is recluired for a greaitly enlairged business. ThIen, extrava gance, to a most foolish extent, hats taiken posssion of thte wealthy classe-, and that de iandis money. Then comes a priesure. There is overivadinug, export of speci'?. high rates of interest, anid sonme failures. Sointbody amust be blamed. WVho? The most prommienit, active, and public body is a railway. amnd lhe is chamrged with duinir too'mneh. Is it the old Jack Cade r of puti down thme men with the ink-hmoruis, because they can write ; and arrest the proigress Of railwayvs,beceanse the~y make too mouch busi ne! hien you eense toi miake railwamys, t~ie goose that laid' the gohh-n egg will be killed. Panis GosstP.-The Paris coirrespondent or the Boston Post, tunder date of Sept. 14th says: "A remarkably pretty Polish Countess, thme Countess 0-is just now mnakingZ a marked sensatiomn immorg certain circles ini Paris. It would ho dillienit to imagine a person more graciosly original ; she says nothing and does nothing like other women ; her language and fashtinis aire most deliciously strange; stie erc. ates nwdes the most pigtnante, aind tier toilet les are always excessively picturesque. OLther latdies find their pts in lap.dogs, iin spaiels and King Chrleses, but may charming Polish friends has ini preference a huge wolf! When she receives visits, either in tier saloon or her boudoir, the wolf is couched at tier feet; when she promnen mdes in tier carrIage on the Champs E'lyses or on fooAt at the Biois dc Boiilogne, lhe is ah'vays her comnpanionl. It is a superb creature, nri~im ally from the forests of Lit hnanie, -remarkable for its size, its fallowv-tint aiid its large burning eyes ; wearing, nieverthieless, with singular htumihi ty, about'his neck the evidence of his slavery, viz: a gold collar, with the namne of his mistress engraved upon its surface. Uiider such formida ble escort the countess can venture anywhere at any -hour, in the city or out of it. She can employ him either to defend tier from robbers or to cloigner the indiscreet, thme troublesome, or the ennuyeux. It is thtus that a German pianist, a species of musical Don Juan, who has lately arrived in Paris, was made to exp..iene a terrible fright, and to this day lie exclaims upon the barbarity which induces a companion ship so hairrowing to a susceptible disposition, lik his ownvt. It appears that he was presented at one of the Countess's receptions, and was at once en raptured with the elegance of tier persotn and the wit which sparkled in her conversation. Emboldened by the cordiality with whieb she met his efforts to play the excessively amiable, he ~asked and obtained permnission to visit her, tee-a-tee thme succeeding morning. He quitted her prtnent overjoyed at her kindness, and till-ed with a due appreciation of the graces of is talent and the personat advantages which enabled him so successfully to besiege the hearts of te~ adorable sex ; and after a tranquilizing night, presented himself at a proper hour in the morning at, the door of the Countess's apartment. He was ushered into the waiting room, and what was his terror on finding -himself suddenly face to face with tihe fierce, uniotith Lithuanian. I leave you to imagine the scene. He nearly fainted 'from fear, anid bai-ely found strength to av himself by sudden flight. He gained the door, however, atnd uttering piercmig shrieks, bounded out of the hotel. F~urther particulars of the event have not been fully divulged, but a ittle tact aind experience enables us to form a very correct idea of the kimid of temerity which ivo~ed the protectioni of the ammmal. At all ventts, no arguimcnt can pursuade the unfortu nate pianist to hazard another visit to the Coun T-s is a wvorld of compensations. The rich pay for their'silver ware by worrying about hoouse-breakers, while t'ie poor find :in oiket for their hardhips in glorious sleeps, amnd a freedom rom ysnensia. SPAtN ADVISED TO SELL CUA.- f''t beAtrude, as asserted and generally believed, that the U. States are prepared to give a v6er i e, for the island of Cuba, is it not o6 er ation of the Spanish governtne loss of the reveQue derived . would not be much more than mPen! b the immense improvements at hnRg i purchase money would enable hertoia if Cuba were sold with this viig, -i must be made sure -of. First, the u an honest government; and seo8yd1s Lion of the duties on foreinni ui ctAW? government like that of whidi 0 tion fortunately rid Spain, ud - and drakes with the Yankedola as at present here exists w - i4_.. . in duce foreign countries to offeSO'Ani ada for the sale (f her produce. 'Pifs theme, but it-cannot too often boi V et Ab Among the most intelligent honig inp j'adiced men in Spain, tiTere is on 'f& ipinnok. as to the sources whence she dho de- vel prosperity-namely. from her end s stores. ctern and wine, oil and fruit, froi- the rihes of her teeming soil and glorious climate, ad, pot from the rtbbishing tissues of Cataldn 'mann - factu rers.-Correspondent LoIdon Tiies. CAfNIALIsM ABIONG THE OsuwaysA"it the meeting of the American Missionary Asioeia tion, Rev. J. P. Bardwell reported h6rible statut of things among the Ojibway. tribe of In. dians. According to his account the deficienej of salf is so .great among them. that the Ash, which they can only catch for a short _seasop,' ' cannot be preserved, and the poor Indian - no other resource than to turn to eatmF .on another-an operation, as lie observed, , ibyo means favorable to the triumph of the Chri n -fian faith among them. Within three weeks ride from Meriden, Connecticut, all the savage prac tices and rites of cannibllism had been witnes- c sed. Common humanity, as well a". religion, call loudly for a renewed supply both of salt and sermons for the miserable red-skins. THE MAMEOUTU Exits STEAMER.-W- - ind the following description of 'the, Eastern Steam Navigation Co's steamer now building in England: "1Her length is 680 feet (don6le the lengtliof the Himalaya.) 83 feet beamand 58 feet diiep in hold; capacity 10,000 tons register; - tons builder's measurement. She is to b-v screw engines, which are making, haviig foni 84 inch cylinders 4 feet stroke; and paddle wheel engines, making by Scott Russell, having four, 74-inch cylinders and 14 feet stroke (oscillators.). The power of the screw engines taking them ab , 7 lbs. and 45 revolutions-1,692 horses; th. - paddle-wheel engines at 12 revolutions--1,228 horses, making 2.920 nominal horse power; but as steam of 25 lbs. is to-be used, it may beas-.. sumed that the actual power exerted'will be four times the nominal, or nearly 12,000 horses. A screw is proposed to be 24 feet -diameter'with a 40 feet pitch, and the speed is calculatEdat 18 or 19 miles per hour-draft about 28 fei" Condensed Items' g WE find the following Res in an oli exctarige and publish them because they speak our.sentiments "She who deems that inward grace - Far surpasses outward show, Site who values less the face Thari the charm the soul can throw; Whratsoe'er her fortune be She's the bride, the wifIr me."' 3, The Prussian income tax returns show that in a population of nearly 17,000,000 there are only three persons enjoying a greater income than ?36,000, while in England there are twenty-two persons whose yearly income exceed ?50,000 &7 The voie in-California at the late election, a total of about 75,000, indicates a heavy'increase of the population since last year. gg Liverpool has seven miles of docks, and over E3,00,000 of money..have just been voted y the town council for the constriieflin of more. 23Y Those who have worn down their teeth in masticating poor old tough cow-beef, wij.eglad to steaks the day before using, into slices about -to. inches thick, rub over a small quantit~y of soda, wash off next morning, cutit into a suitable thicknessanti cook to notion. .The same .process will answer for fowls, legs of mutton, &c. Try it, all who love deli cous tender dishces of meat. gg An Irish cangs driver..made a very happy and characteristic replyethe other day.' A geptieman had replied t o Paz's- "Want a carriage, pir ?" by say ing'-" No, I am able to walk ;" when Pat rejoined : "May your honor long be able, but seldom willing." g' It is stated that a great revival is in progress among the Episcopalians in England, and that a Rev. Mr. Aitkin, formerly a Wesleyan p.-eacher, now rank ed as a high churchman, is tihe principal agent in this work. g' There is a rumor of a defalcation in the Ocean Bak, for a hundred antI fifty thousand dollars. 25F The United States frigate Mississippi,Com. Paar, from Japan and Lam Choo, arrived at Hong Kong on the 2-2d of .July. It is said that Corn. Pzaar has secured certained privileges at Loo Choo for citi zens of the United States. g17 By an arrival from St. Thomnas, we have news of the secret expeditiocn of the steamner Ben Franklin and the harque Catharine Augusta. These vessels were looked upon with suspicion there, but were generally supposed to be a part of an expedition against Vene zula, to restore Paez. gg SII.vaa, copper, lead and plaster Paris have been found in abundance in Western Virginia and Eastern Trennessee during recent railroad excavations. As yet, however, more money has been made in sell ing mineral lands than in working them. gg A fellow- advertises in the Baltimore papers that he will for the sum of 81 enclosedtohim, forward directions for preparing 25 of the most choice liquors, in quantities of five gallons, for hotels and private use. These directions, be says, will ensure a saving og from forty to two-.hundred per cent.,and bear the most critical exatmination. Here,says the Washington Star, can he seen the origin of the poisonous liquors now in the country, the drinking of wvhich is producg soch fatal consequences to all who partake of them. The Penitentiary should be the penalty for all who vend drugged liquors. 'gr ONE of our exchanges, tnnder the head of "In* tolerable Intolerantce," has the following: " Miss Fan ny Hlyemaid uneqmivocally cut her poor little acqti'tia tance Sallie Hiumblebie the other day In the ol1in street, for no other reason than because the bonnet of tce latter came the sixteenth of an inch beyond the ears !" it te gg A son of Erin, heoerday, speaking f good plough horses, observed, that " the best plough horsea were a pair of mtdes!" gg~' Sos men take to matrimony as. they- doto physic, because it firecommaended-; others take to it as they do to attending church, becatuse it looks res pectable ; others again approach it as they do a piece of hard work, because they are obliged to; bat most of us take to it as we do to preserves, because wue like it. gg' DAVrD Stctw, a soldier of the British army is in jail in Belfast, Ireland, upon his confession that he murdered an Italian organ player, and alsoa aged couple near Troy, N. Y., several yearwago. - Murdir will out. - 2" I-r is thought that chtampagne will riseinprice on account of the anticipated failure of the grape crop. One of our exchanges thinks the pricSjof chamn pogne depends much more on the appe orchards of New Jersey than on the vines of Franee.. A very ra tional remark. - gg A hey called a doctor to visit'lai father, who had the de lirium tremens; not rightly-remembering the name of the disease, he called it thie devil's trembles -making bad Latin, but very good English. gg The London Bu-lder speaks of a new inven- - tion recently patented in England for making glasm bricks. These English'seem to be behind-usinalmost everything. The process of 'making glass-bricks Isant old one in this counatry, where. one .poyto takie half a dozen glasses and direatly thrlW re his hat. - - g1' HAPPENING to be nearsa lady of fashlon the other day as she was crosing thsestreet,. we, ard the following dillogue : "3Missu ayour shMied ig. ging in the mud." " Well what if it ls~yt1Ihlas zy you, a't it the fashaion 1"