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Aop R emCratic 3mral eott to ileSul u sljr ito, "We will cling to the Pillars of the Tenmple-'betegadiItNu flg eNweies, Catest Neus, C9ita re, Storaity, Empaance, Jric &ture &c SI1WKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S., OCTOBER 6, 1858..~. "- -*- * CONIUNIATIONS. - EUROPEAN COERSPONDENCE. -0 DRESDEN, August 176h, 1S58. . 'It is my design upon the present occasion, deal Editor, to attompt a reproduction of onelof the greal German "folk tivals," viz: a " bird shooting." This custom of "bird shooting," dates from time Immemorial, and is one of the most cherished .privi leges of the German public. . It is nothing more oi less than the annual coming together of hordes ol people to shoot at a wooden bird perched upon the top of a long pole. The duration of such a holy-day is generally about ten days, and all this time the " bird " finds no rest. The shooting which bas just come to an end in Dresden is one of the most famous In Germany, and serves as a brilliant pattern of the common rmi %f such affairs. Among the environs ol the city, lying upon the broad Elbe and with the mountains of the Saxon Switzerland in full view, are extended green fields, known as the "Bird Meadow, which belongs to,the town, and is reserved for and de voted to this peculiar festival. For weeks before the performances begin, nothing is heard of, read of, or dreamt of, but the great " bird shooting;" and high, low, rich and poor, spend day and night in preparations for the compaign. Steam boats make extra trips with reduced fair, rail road cars and post wagons ditto. And all the circus com panies, jugglers, .organ grindere, strolling singers, pick pockets and wild beasts throughout the length and breadth of the land, turn their faces towards the scene of action. In short, a little of every thing un der the sun can be met with and experienced at such a celebration. -The Leipsic Fair, of which I spoke formerly, is quite. a vale of rest, compared with a Dresden hird shooting. In the midst of the "meadow " is planted a sturdy pole, about as high as two circus poles, placed one upon the other; and upon its extreme point is fixed a great, gaudy, painted bird, which serves as the mark. The bird is so constructed that each individual part can be shot away without dislodging the remaining parts. A thick wooden heart called the "corpus," which is iade very'fast to the pole, forms the breast or middle. This is of course the last to be hit, or that is, the last to be brought down, and who ever sue cobds in doing this is called the " king," and is the hero of the day.. SiO soon as he has perpetrated this exploit, he receives a gold pitcher or something of the kind, is crowned with wreaths, mounted upon the shoulders of his colleagues and borne about amidst the deafening shouts and huzzas f the crowd. The poor man must also treat in the most alarmingly pro. -fuse manner, and even give in the course of the win ter following a grand ball. Such a distinction in a country as poor as Saxony is another " dear institu tion." To each part of the bird belongs a particular prize. For instance, he who achieves the tail, receives a Ail. vr ladle; the tip of the'wing, silver forks, &c. The instruent used for shooting is the'old fashioned cross bow, and the darka . stout wooden peg wJth.a atel head. The bow lsiotihedoit-bravely in's length as among our Ipdians, but is rested and steadied up on a sort of desk, which is ralsod or lowered to suit the height of the individual. To any one who has seen or read of English archery, it looks very awkward and~unskilful. On either side of the tall pole, stands a shorter one with a smaller bird; these are for the ladies, who on ter into the spert with great zest, and shoot far'better than the men, or have done so this time at least. Im. mediately in the rear of the pole, is a house with a long-and wide piazza, and In this piazza the abooter, stand and take aim; in two wing piazzas the ladics do likewise. Each shot is preceded and followed b a roll upon the drum-a very successful shot is di; tinguished by a roll prolonged and fearful. In the rooms behind the piazzas are spread forth the prizes, and here also the gentlemen and ladies dir port themselves in the nost entertaining manner. That is, in the most Datch entertaining manner,-cat. ing meat and drinking beer. I do verily believe a German corpse would rise up with animation end de sert the cooling board upon being presented with flesh and beer ! Upon one side stands a beautiful and capacious tent, which is that of the King, who comes very often du ring the holy-day and shoots with the rest; the Queen and the Princesses also ." take a hand." Upon the other aide stands a pavillion, in which a superb Or chestra performs morning, noon and night. Scattered over the field are little urchins dressed like jockeys, whose business it is to gather up and hand in the darts. Every thing is conducted with the greatest order anad regularity; the exercises are ushered in and closed with reveille and tattoo. The appearance of the royal cortege is announced by a grand artillery discharge. This (I mean the cortege not the dis charge) consists of seven open carriages, each drawn by. four horses. One with the King and Queen, one with the crown Prince and Princess, one with the Priacesses, one with the little Princes, one with the Queen Dowager, one with the male fuqfitlonaries and the other with the female functionaries of the palace. Behind each coach stand two strapping footmen; the driver sits up as high as agallows; and upon each left lead. horse rides a postillion with a long wh'p; all the aforesaid gentlemen are tricked out in nhite and sil ver. The whole put together makes quite a grand * procession I assure yeu. Extremely worth looking at, although one is from a country where kings, queens and postillions are not so much " the admira -tion of all lieholders." Upon each evening of the festival comes to past somie regularly got up public exhibition, that is, some exhibition pertaining to the institution, at which the mass may gaze without money or price. One evening a general Illumination, the next evening a balloon as cension, the next a concert of two Orchestras, when the multitude are expected to listen, but do nat, and ginally, as a breaking up scene, a royal display of fire works. Upon the late firework evening, the crowd was estimated at eighty thousand, and the exhibition. was in' every way worthy of the attendance. So much for the bird shooting proper, but thsat is truly the least part of the show. Behind the shoot ing tent stretches back a city of tents-yes, a real city, with streets and cross streets as long as a quar ter of a mile, and 'tis in this impromptu Sodlom thae .- 'the most interestiog and racy performnances take place. The tents are built in various shapes and alh open in front4 proEusely adorard with wreaths, rib hoes, flags and colored lanterns; from a staff, risinj high out of the top of each one, floats the Saxon ban, ner., Every Restaurant and Beer shop in Dresden Ii represented upon the Bird Meadow by a huge "Bude;' and as-each strives to outdo the others in ornamen and accommodation, the result Is thnt all are wonder fully ptretty and comfortable. You can imagine th size of -these impr~ovised Restaurants whep I tell yoe . that iveveral of them were able to contain two thou sand persons. Two thousand beer drinkers ! Th Get-mans, "young men and maidens, old men' ane ch~ildlren,".llve upon beer. And the strife and rivalr2 be:wuen the different retailers as to the- quality o their beer approximates to bloeod-thirsty ! Twi of thes4 worthies,'with their 'respective adherents smang thi public, ofta come in~ cetst a~d melee which ensues throws a Spanish bull fight en tirely into the shade. More beer is spilt however than blood ! Other tents of the larger class are the dancing sa loons, into which, after paying five cents, one may en ter and dance twenty-four hours without stopping. And bore it is that one sees sights and has fun I The gentlemen to be found in these halli are of all classes and all characters, but the Indies are of one class and one character. Apropos of these "gay de eeivers," had we not the history of Rahab to.look back to, how hopeless would seem their case! But you should see the so-called Carrousells, in which people, mounted upon life-size bobby horses, are whirled round as if by a whirlwind. This is the most popular amusement, and woul4 you believe that the grown people flirt quite as much with the hobby horses as the children ? Yes, old men and old women, spruce young beaux and dignified (or undignified rather) matrons, must all takean airing In the Car rousell. For examplo, Isaw a heroine of twenty stone mounted upon a sky blue charger with yellow mane and tail, and the two were being whisked, around as if the old enemy was after them. The fair one in question was as red in the face as a red flannel petti coat-she leaned back upon the blue steed in a state of the most overflowing perspiration, fanning herself the while like a wind mill. I looked round in terror, and thought 6 best to And what E. P. calls an "upper seat,' for I expected every moment she would dissolve into a pool something the size of the Pacific Ocean. In some tents are countle-:s shelves, chests and tubs of ginger bread, which like wine, is considered better when very old. In others are tarts of divers kinds, oblong in shape, three feet by two. This last is as true as gospel ! 'In others, bushels of eucumbers and snap beans, piled up in the shape of mountains, with great.bunchcs of fern leaves sticking out of the sum mits, by way of uniting the useful and the. ornamen tal. Fancy a Vekuvius of snap beans, with smoke, dames and lava of fern leaves, and you have the picture! But I must ship a great deal (and unwillingly I confess), not wishing to monopolize the Adrertiaer with an inventory of the merchandize of a German " Bird RIeadow." By all means however are the im perishable sausages and hard boiled eggs not missing. Were all the sausages which I saw lately upon the Bird Meadow joined together, the string would be long enough, and apparently tugh enough, for a sub. marine telegraph wire entirely round the earth. One part of this tent city is called the "Art Row," namely, where the circuses, the jugglers, the apes, the snakes, the elephants, the mermaids, &c., &e., give their "productions." " Productions" and " Art Peices" they are called here. We call them " tricks!" Among the advertisements are such like: " Circus of Madame'Directress the widow Magnus," &c., &c. In the circus of Mrs. Magnus the audience is allowed to make "respectable and becoming wit." Deliver me from respectable wit-what is so dry! Amung the live curiosities was "Moli, the largest steer in the world," which beast is nothing less than four thousand two hundred and ninety-three pounds of,perambula ting-beWteak. -TrunlYa n And another cynnsure was "Petzi, the elephant of the chase from the Kingdom of Dahomey in Indli" Petzi's productions consisted in receiving cakes, nuts tnd fruits fr.m the bystanders, and handing (suouting, [ should say) them over to her keeper instead of eat ing them herself. Very rare and praise-worthy self denial in Petzi, but terribly unentertaining to look at, as most exemplary performances are in this world! Then there is a circle devoted to "climbing poler." These poles, perfectly upright, snooth as glass and greased with tallow, have hankerchiefs, jackets, caps end all sorts of trinkets and trifles banging from their tops, and whichever urchin first reaches the goal, has the privilege of taking his choice. They enjoy it to the utmost; and it is surprising to see how most of them can glide up the greased pole. They must gain the prizes though at the sacrifice of their trousers, for the pole is very often re-greased. I must not forget to tell you of certain exclamatione enk expressions which one hears when wandering about among the throngs of a German " folk festival." But these expressions are not confined to the com mnoner classes, they are used in every day life by the umost cultivated'and weoll bred people. At first they strike a foreigner as perfectly outrageous, afterwards as intensely amusing. For Instance, "Thou dear God in heaven, what a hell klang !" "Lord Jesus, what a hecathen spectacle !" " All-seeing and all hearing Father, look down and give ear to this mur dlerous history !" The most trivial occurrences will call forth such exclamations. - There now ! if- you have an iota of patience or tol cr:ition left, you are fully qualified to receive upon your respected shoulders the mantle of Job, or what is more expressive still, to listen to a temperance lecture. J. T. B. For the Advertiser. JUDGE O'JEALL FOR TEE U. B. SENATE. Ma. En:von:-Will you do me the favor to repub lish from the Camden Jouaral, the following nomina tion of the lHon. J. B. O'NBAL.,-the- distinguished Jurist, the able scholar, and the pure-hearted chris tian,-as ic mana to fill the vacancy now existing in the U. S. Senate. I, in common with many others, admire Judge O'NEAIL for his many noble and ster ling qualities. In fact, Mr. Editor5 I look upon him as one of the best men-legally, politically and mor elly considered-that the State of South Carolina af fords; and without a doubt he would fill the office with honor to the State and fidelity to the South. Although Judge O'NfEALLt is now, and ever has been, I believe, a Unionist in sentiment, yet, when -he proper time comes for the South to throw off her lethargy and contend for her Constitutional rights in the Unaion or independence out of it, then this gallant -hieftain-the beloved of many-will take his stand in the front rank, nearest the enemy, and battle with a :dighty arm for us and for our cause. A VOICE FROM EDGEFIELD. RALEIGes, Tcnn., Sept. 6th, 1858. To Col. Warren, Editor Camden Journal, IhiAR SiRn: It is the wish of many old South Caro linians, though, not now residents of the good old Palmetto State, to see announced in your paper, the name of the venerable Judge O'Neall to fill the place of the late lamentged Judge Evans. We think it no disparagement to the honorable men, whose names we have noticed to be brought be fore the Legislature for that distinguished station, and we believe that they, (and hope that all others would) with one voice, as by acelamation, respond to the well merited claim of that noble old Carolinian-now about the last, bet not the least of the " Mohicans." Hle needs no eulogy-" the tree is known by its fruit." We do think he is the very man for the timnes-.we think ke could and would pour oil upoil the troubled waters, and say to the North give up, and to the South hold nt back. And, from his high standing, his pu rity. integrily, talents, and weight of character, his voice could not faiil to have great influence, and show to the nation th~at the old Palmetto State has stili one yet who can maintain the high iharacter of many of her distinguished and chivalrous sons now no more. A V6[CE BEYOND THlE MOUNTAINS.. g| The man who don't take a paper wants to know If General Scott wasn't killed at the battle of Waterloo. g|'To all man, and at all times, the best friend is Tirtue; and the heat companions are high, en Maers 13nd honoralel sentiments. M~tittith |ttiq. RELIGION. BY WiLLIAM LEOGET. Like snow that falls where water glides, % Earth's pleasures fade away, When melt in tide's destroying tide, And cold are while they stay! But joys that from Religion flow, Like stars that gild the Uight, Amidst the darkest gloom ofe wo, Smile forth with sweetest light. Religion's ray no clouds obscure, But o'er the Christian's soul It sends its radiance calm and pure, Thqugh tempests round it roll; His heart may break with sorrow's stroke, But to its latest thrill, Like diamond's shining when they're broke, Religion's light is still! 00 FOR THE RIGHT, WHATEVER BETIDE. BY W. 31. MARTIN Though beauty entice you With laughter and smi!es, And strive to ensnare you With charms and with uwiles; Oh! pass them by lightly, Their powers deride, And go for the. right, Whatever be:ide. Though wealth may allure you With diamonds and gold, The strength of your manhood % ust nerer be sold; Bid riches avaunt ye, With power and pride, And go for the right, Whatever betide. Though power oppose you With strength ar.d with might, Oh! ne'er be disheartened Though hard be the fight; Oh! never be conjuered, Nor e'er turned aside, But go for the riv ht, Whatever betide. In archives of glory, Your name be enrolled; In songs and in story, Your brave deeds be told, Along with the heroes , Who fought and who died, Who went for the right, Whate'er might betide. PERILOUS B.IMIO ABYENTURg. It has been stated that two children acciden tally ascended from Oentrdia, Illinois, Tuesday, in a balloon. A professioiial aeronaut, named Wilson, had just before returned from a sue cessful ascent. The Journal says: After the grappling iron had been made fast, Harvey, to amuse his children, one a boy aged about four years, and the other a girl of eight years, placed thei in the basket car and per mitted them to ascend several times as high as the rope would allow. Unexpectedly the grap pling iron slipped from the lather's hand, and the balloon, with its precious freight, was wafted out of sight. The distress of the parent knew no bounde. The peril (f the children lie con sidered imminent, for what assurance had he hat they would not be borne into some dense frest, where they would be overtaken by hun-1 er before they could be found, or perhaps de cend into some lake or stream, and be drowned ? As soon as was possible, an extra was issued at entralia, and the whole neighboring country laced on the alert to watch for the balloon and hildre'n. Saturday morning, at day-brecak, a farmer ear New Carthage, forty-three miles distanmt from Mr. Harvey's place, discovered the balloon uspended in the air, attached by a grapplingI ope, to a tree in his yard. Hie immediately auled the balloon down, and found the youngest hild awake in the bottom of the basket, and he oldest carefully watching over her little rother. They had been wafted about by differ nt currents of air throughout the night, and ad come to a halt but a little while before they ere relieved. The story the girl told was, that as the bal oon ascended, she cried piteously to her father o pull it down. She said she passed over a own where she saw a great many people to hom she likewise appealed at the top of her oice. This place was Centralia. The balloon as seen to pass over there, but the people lit - te imagined it carried two persons in such dan - er. Her little brother cried with 'cold, and the heroic girl took off her apron, covered him and got him to sleep. In handling the ropes he happened to pull one which had the effect uderstanding the philosophy of the movement, he was quite content to keep the valve open,. o long as by so doing she found she approached he earth. The youthful wrial voyagers were in the bal oon about thirteen hours and a quarter. It may easily be imagined that among the neigh bors where they landed they were the objects f much curiosity and interest. The girl's pre sence of mind and loving consideration for her brother, may well entitle her to remembrance, vhile the incident itself was of such a remarka ble character that we opine that it will not soon be forgotten in that section. The boy and girl were conveyed home as soon as practicable, and it was needless to say were received with outstretched arms. TIIs AIN'T As THEY USED TO BE.--A gentle man who resides in Western New York, tells the following rich anecdote:. "& Many years ago the first settlers in -this country, then a wilderness almost, were obliged to take their grain one hundred and fifty miles in wagons to Albany, to fin.d a market. The roads were bad and traveling angerous. Three of our farmers found a purchaser for their loads of wheat at Amsterdam, a village some twenty fve miles west of Albany, and were glad to dispose of it, and save themselves the travel. They took an order on the bank at Amsterdam for their pay, which was offered them-in silver, but they objected to taking It, as it was-too heavy to carry, and they p referred the notes of the Bank. And here the laugh comes in. The officers of the bank refused to give tpme bills, because the farmers wore going so far out into the wilderness, the bills wooul naever came back to the bank agin. The matter was finally com promised bythe bank's paying eac~h one dollar extra on thir consenting to receive silver in .ea of piaper money." BUR R AIUSTRII. . We find in o ond exchanges further accounts of the of this steamer. The Austria sailed ' . en on the 4th instant, with a total num assengers and crew es timated at betw and 000-upwards of 500 of whom ha* Inst: HALIFAX, Sep. 7. --The bark Lotus arrived here yes th twelve of the sixty seven passen;ers werg saved from the steamer Austria, 1a burnt at sea on the 13th. The passen rt that little after 2 o'clock, on the ".of the 13th, a dense volume of smoke om the after-entrance of the steera of the steamer wai instantly slacken 0"at which speed she continued until t me exploded, when the engineers, it 6sed, were instantly socated. .The t" burst through the lights amidshipi, t :twith fearful rapid ity. A boat let m the port side was instantly crushed, .ther from the star board side was sw f om the number of passengers rubbing t. "All the cabin pas sengers were on th , excepting a few gen tlemen, who must been smothered in the stooking room. the second class pas seugers were also o pop, but a large num ber were shut in l in ty fire. Some were pulled up through t entilators, but the great er number perish he last woman drawn up said that six I y suffocated. Seve ral men and wom h were on the poop jumped into the sea. twosand threes. Some of the women we dy in flames. Others hesitated till drive he last moment by the a lvancing flames. . ialf an hour, not a soul was left on the poc .'he French bark Mau rice, Capt. Earnest. *-aud, 'came alongside at 5 o'clock, and su - in rescuing forty pas sengers; they wer en chiefly off the bow sprit, but some of were picked up strug gling in the water.. Af 8 o'clock, one the metalic boats came up with twenty-two rsons, igcluding the first and second ofilcers. Subsequently, four men were picked uit fi g on a piece of broken boat. The second o. was afterwards rescued from the water h himself and the third ulicer were severely rnt. Many of the male passengers were fri tfully burnt. Only six women were saved,. -ee of whom were shock ingly burnt. A Norwegian went alongside of the teamer next morna and sent a boat, which may have picked up. ew pcrsons The Mau rice had no comm ication with her. The bark Maurice proce- to Fayal with the Aus tria's passengeurs, exO t those on-the Lotus. A passenger says at when the captain of the Austria he'ard *Athe fire, he' exclaimed: 'We are all fAst-le down the -boat," which was swamped. He ij into the sea and was left far behind. The fire aruse froi the culpable negligence in fumigating the st rage with burning tar, wyhich was under -superintendence of the rourth oflicer. xascorrdepn le Luisville ournal ;ives the following particulars of the brutal treatment of: a ifan, named Harrington, a de <erter froin Camp Colorado, who had been re ptured. le was a-native of Louisville: Young Harrinigton was enlisted for the Second Davalry, but deserted? and was brought back to Fort Smith. The citizen who brought him ack must have been inure of a tiend than hu 'an. Ile travelled day and night, and until en o'clock tu next day without giving him a nouithful to e it. Capt. N. G. Evans, of thi< regiment, was-at he Fort at the time, and Harrington was put n his company, and th..t day he had to walk L2 miles, bandculfd, and dragging a ball and -hain, belire he got anything to eat. The se :ond day's march from Fort S:Iith was over a mad. called the " Narrows," the ronglieAt that Aagons ever tr.velled, I suppose. Th'le wagons n going over it, would bounce and slide oif 'rom the rocks inur feet at n tinic. On the morning of the second dlay the cap ~ain ordered llarrington to be tied by the hand' ~lose up to the tail gate of the wagon. At that ~ime his wrist and fingers were so siwollenl that be could'not bend them.. The sentry who was put over hirsi saysi that for more than 1000 times the ball which was attached to him by a chain md placed in the feedbox, would, when thme wagon camne out of a bole or slide off a rock, ierk his feet from under him and all 'his weight would come on his wrist, and his bremst strike the feedbox. The sentry, who saw that the nan was albaost dead. took the responsibility to let him get in the wagon, out of the sun aind :lust, and gave him water to d'rink. Hie began to enlhven and feel better, when the sergeant of the guard camne up and raised h-I, and made the sentry tie the poor fellow up again, Hie lid not go more than three miles before the sergeant, seeing that thie man was almost dead, >rdered him to be cut down, but before he reaced the ground, he breathed his last. H~arringtoni's breast was beat almost to a jel ly, and his back, from-his chin down, was as black as could be. lie told them, in thme morn ing, that if lie had t'o walk that day, tied to the sagon, lie would be a dead man before night.. Hie begged and prayed them to shoot him, and put him out of his misery. Mrs. N. was a very useful and excellent lady who had done the village of H-- a vast ser rice in the way of washimg, etc. Many of the young sparks of the village owed to their dickies and ahirt-bosm. as they came spotless from her tab, much of their success in ..love affairs. At the close of a day's'hard service, the lady of the house-good hearted woman-mixed up a cup of warm rum and toddy for her washwoiman. The latter took a hearty swallow, and tarned uip her nose in evident disgust. "-Poor, dear woman I" exclaimed the lady, " you don't like ruin, do you ? Well, I hope yen will excuse me-i didn't know you was a temperance woman-most wash. wo en ain't." " Don't like rum I" ejaculated Mr , "I don't like to drink a whole wvell of hot water to get a thimbleful of it I" CHmANGES OF LIFE.--iow numerous the changes of life ! Let an'individual who has at tained the age of fifty, pause for a moment and gaze around him. He will discover that the childra who, long after he had attained thme years of mmnhead, played about his knees, are. now among the fathers and niothers of man kind; while those to whom he hookod up in boyhood, are either decrepit and tottering with age, or have passed to " the Valley of the Shad ow of Death." The span of human life-how narrow ! A few yegsa we appear, r.truggle, and are gone ! Even the nearest of the beings with whom our existence is' intertwinied, pass away, and are speedily forgotten, or if not forgotten, are remembered so carelessly, as scarcely to ex cite a momentary feeling. The Annapolis ~Gazette tells the following story of a citizan of that place: " A pemnon bet ter known for his wealth than for his liberality was requested to aid in the erection of a church. The subscription book was' placed in his hands. He looked at it anxiously and earnestly and handed it back with the astonndimig. remark: ' No sir I I will not give anythiug, not half as many people go to hell now as ought to go.' GA TIIERINI. Z A BIRT IN TIF SrAcv..-During a re cent trip of the Rtago from Sari Antonio to In dianola, when about four mile this side of San Antonio, a lady passenger gave birth to a fine boy. There were four men passengers in the stage at the time. This event caused consider able stir among the passengers, but the driver knew nothing of the matter until the stage stopped for a change of horses. The mother and her child are now stopping in our city, doing well. Beat this who can.-Indianola (Texam) Courier. - The Mobile Mercury, of the 10th inst., has the following: A friend of ours was complaining yesterday of a boil. " Do you put anything on it?'' was asked. "Yes," he replied, "I put a pair of pantaloons on it this morning." We compas sionated him, and asked no questions. E " A little girl in Louisville had her nose bitten off by a horse one (lay last week, while passing under his head in the stable. Z:-"" Gen. Winfield Scott recently met with a painful accident. On going down stairs he fell and was unabla to recover himself until be reached the bottom of the stairs. He was very severely bruised, and being of large frame and of advanced years, it may require some months for his retoration. The accident occurred at West Point, N. Y. -g The session of the South Carolina Con ference, which was to have assembled in Charle.,ton on the 17th November, has been pvstponed to the first of December. We pre sime the prevalence of yellow fever in Charles ton is the cause of the posr~tnemnent. E4" A gentleman entering a cold room where there was no fire, expressed his astoidsh. ment that so kind a friend should give him such a cool reception. Er IM.1I1TANT To NEWSPAPR PnULIsHr ER.-The Postmaster General has ordered that all ".supplement"1 or "extras," folded with reg ular issues of daily or weekly journals-not ac tual and bona fide editions of such publications, conveying intelligence of passing events ani general intelligence-subjects the whole package to letter postage. Er Shun a man who doesn't pay his com pliments to the ladies. Ile whoeis wanting in honor towards curls, will invariably attempt to (lodge the grocer, tailor, and butcher. Faith lessness to the dimity institution is a sure sign of a want of principle, piety, and a good bring ing up. Z5 A knitting machine has just bt en in vented by a genious in Seneca county, N. Y., and it is claimed that it will krIt a perfect stocking in five minutes. E Lost, on Saturday last, but the loser does not know where-an empty sack bag, with a cheese in it. On the sack the letters "P. G." are marked, but so completely worn out as not ZJ A city magistrite rdfused to marry a couple because they were second cou.sins. The Justice told the wodid-be husband that if he could not get a wife outside of the family he had better go without one.' Good advice. Z72' There is a town in Michigan where the church bell is rung every day at twelve o'clock, for the people to take their quinine, as they have the ague all round. h! Forty cents per bale is now the price charged on cotton from Augusta to Savannah, says the Augusta ConstitutioiWist. g..Let woman be decked with all the cm bellisnoment of art and nature-yet, if boldness is to be read in her face, it blots out all the lines of beauty. T Her.r..-A scolrer asked, "Where is hell " A Christian wisely answered, "Any where outside of Heaven." g2 A divine informed a sailor that the devil was chained up). "iHow long is the rope ?" " Oh," was the digniled reply, "it extends over the worl." " Does it?" rejoined .Jack ; "if so, thre lubber might as well be loose." gr Tire editor of the "Southern Sun" says that lhe "smells a rat." If he does, and it the rat smells him, the poor rat has the worst of it. Er" The Charleston Conrier, of 27th ui~lt., says: " A letter has been received at this othice from ion. F. W. Pickens, Mmniste:- to Russia, dated from St. Petersburg, 28th August. Mr. Pickens and the Legation were well." gr You may always distinguish an Eng lishmnan by two things; his trousers and his gait. The first never fits him, and he always walks as if he was an hour behind time. ET A genius says that he has invented a machine which, when set in nmot ion-but that's the difliculty-will chase a hog over a ten-acre field, catch, yoke, and ring him. g" Sonmebody thinks that because a womnan sent dhe first wvord over the Ocean' Telehraph, it will be talking all the time. gg Put this down as a true maxim, that it is a great piece of gallantry to confess a mis take and forsake an error. -EDFROM SHOUTNG.-At a meeting, which was held by the colored people, at a meeting house called Little Wesley, about three miles from Lewis, Del., on Saturday last, a ne gro woman from fatigue, and excess of shouting, fell dead 2during tire exercises. Zg' UNWIrLcoME RnsroNsv.-" Come here, my little Eddie," said a gentleman to a young ster of seven summers, while at play in a parlor where JL large company was assembled--"do you know me ? " Yes, sir, I think I do." "Who am I, then, let me he'ar ?" " Why," quite simply quoth Eddy, "you are the man that kissed sister Angeline last night in the parlor !" " Oh! you little story," screamed out Ange line, and fainted. Sundry blushes and confu sion in another quarter. Old Squire Greed was notoriously parsinmo nions, but, being ill, was obliged reluctantly to consult Dr. Syntax. "What shall I do for my head ? It's so dizzy I seem to see double.' The doctor wrote a prescription and retired. The recipe ran thus: " When you see double yo will find relief if you count your money.". Boton Post. WEIGHIING A THEFT.--A citizen missed two pounds of fresh butter, which was to be re served for himself. The maid, however, had not only stolen it, but fastened the theft upon the cat; averring, moreover, she caught her in the act of finishing the last morsel. Thre wily cit immediately put the kitten into the scales, and found it to weigh but a pound and a half! This mode of accurate reasoning being quite conclusive, the girl confessed her crime. Pure religion and undefled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless anid widows in their afflictions, and to keep one's elf nspnotted from the world.--Bible. By the latest dates from Utah, it appears that the Mormon priesthood, feeling that their inflnence is on the wane, have secluded them selve6 hoping thereby to become more myste rions and powerful. The feeling of the Mor mons are evidently undergoing a change,' but the leaders are still hostile to the United States authorities, and throw obstacles in their way. I They are also endeavoring to raise an Indian war. Many of the Mormon people are in wretch ed condition, and some of the women are with out proper clothing. HicrMAN, Ky., July 28, 1858. CURE FOR HOG CHoLERA.-Below you will I find a receipt for curing the hog cholera. It has been used with success by some of the firm ers in this neck of woods. Take two ounces of coperas, two ounces of lime (unslacked,) two I ounces of strong ashes, two ounces of sal soda, two ounces of saleratus, eight ounces of salt and one peck of meal-to be fed twice a day. The next day take as many ears of corn as you have hogs to feed, and rub tkem well with tar, and feed three times a day-fed alternate ly every day, (allowing them to eat nothing c tyrren,) until a cure is effected. It is very sim ple, and is worth a trial by those who are' dis posed to "save their BAcoN." Tis SAnDTn.-Sunday is not like other days, it is blessed above them all: It comes to man laden with the richest blessings, and leaves him stronger for life. Said a little boy to his mother one Sunday morning, " Ma, the sun don't shine on Sundiy like it does on other days'; I I always see it here (in the dining room) that day and none other." He meant it not, but he t spoke a glorious truth ; for the sun on that day proclaims RST, andPon others, woauc. And in thus speaking, it tells of an endless and eternal rest. AstusING A PATIENT.-A physician having -I finished the amputation of a leg of one of his patients, a near relative of the latter took him aside, and said anxiously to him:-" Doctor, do you think that your patient will recover?" " Recover! there has never been the least shad. ow of a hope for him." "Then what was the use 4 making him suffer?" "Why, my dear fellow, could you say brutally to a sick man, he is dying. le must be amused a little!" FooD Fon Ctvmmirs.-Persons who have pet canaries, will find that they are extravagantly fond of the seed produced from the plantain, I which may be found in almost every yard, the e leaf of which is known to every school boy as an t excelleut remedy for the effects of a bee sting. t The birds will eat'these seed voraciotisly, when d they appear to have a decided distaste to every v other kind of food offered them. t r OlLnto Hiaxs.-On a rainy day, when the 0 farmer cannot work out doors, one of the best s things he can do is to oil his turness. If kept t clean, and propedy- oiled and, pliable, harness I will last much longer than if suffered -and ren- a ered'gritty-by a coat-of dirt, -and -left rigid -and a liable to crack from want of oil. In order to t oil harness properly, unbuckle and separate b every scrap; then wash it in warm soap suds. The warmth may a little exceed that of new milk-if approaching hot, it will injure the leath- 0 er. Tle soap suds should be used iapidly, aisd 11 nly long enough to remove the crust whi'eh has been formed on the harness by dust settliig on a the previous oiling. If the application is longer a ontinued, it will abstract too much oil from' the 9 leather. Carriage harness, to look well, should ,b then be blacked, and afterwards the oil applied. 0 A correspondent of the New En;land Farmer, b recommends the following as the bet blacking d he has tried: One ounce of extract of Logwood, a twelve grains of bichroinate of potash, both poun- v ed fine, and then two quarts of boiling rain wa- U ter added and stirr.d till all is dissolved. It is cept ini a bottle. This he says is much better than copperas, whii h cuts into the leather. le k first applies neat's foot oil, and afterwards the e ame with one-third castor oil, which enables the n eather to withstand the effects of rain ad expo-t sure longer than otherwise. It should not be o orgottemn that such parts of the harness as are 1' on and used most should have the most oil, b which may be given by a secogl application.- b fountry Gentlcman. Is No NIcuT Treas.-Who has not passed nights of watching and wveariness '? Oh I how joy- .d ully does the light of day beam upoa us af'ter a might of' tossing to and fro upon a bed of pain I ~ A night of affliction is full of' auxi-.ty and care.. hogh it is thme time to sleep, yet how often we are kept walking I An then, many, very many f our days are dark and sombre. How our spir- e t are alfected even by the state of the skies aind the weather l Sickness and pain are not visitants f darkness only ; they continue their ravages .e by day. But in that abode of glory and blessed mmess-the home of the ransomed of God-there wvill be no night. For " the Lamb of God will11 be the light thereof." Glorious day I Brighit peaceful, eternal; not darkened with clonds anda tempests as are our days on earth. The light of's that day is lik'. unto a stone most precious, eveu like a jasper-stone, clear as a crystal. "There seill be nao night there." No seasons of weeping-of watching--of death. All will be peace. The conflict will be ended-the bat-I tle fought-the victory won ; and the everlasting portion of the soul will be a dwelling-place int the New Jerusalem, where the glor of Goda lihtens it, and the lamb is the lieh thereof. t Msoul, ;ird thyself anew for te race. -Bless t God tat this earth with its intermingled lights c and shadows is not thy abiding place. .Endure meekly all the ills of mortal life, - rejoicing in r conident expectation of the glry to b revealed.1 Let thy faith gain new strength i the deout and 1 adornia comntemplation ot that glory which shall be thy lhght forever. - Caum.-Friend Ayer :-In this age, of quacks, charlatans and mere windy, gaseous pretenders to heal, who blow at eve~ corner, and in the face and ears of all men, their loud, blaring Jerieho trumpets anid other noisy bois terious wind instruments of marvelaus twisted brass, in such a woefully sham-riddeneochtas1 this, I say, it is coniforting, nay even ecering1 to the earnest well wisher of his race to know there has arrived in this world a genuine Physi cian-to li'ht once more upon somiething be sides merelangrados and Don Mercurial Jalaps, with their phlebotomies, poisons and wamrm water. Your Cathartic Pills and Cherry Pectoral, carry us forward to Halcyon days-to millemaise Pharmacoocas, when Science, deep diving down into te principles of things, shall, with ininite cunning, bring out the genuiiie Ehixer Vitae: 1tor of a truth there is manifestly enough somewhat of that same Life Essence in your subtle vegetable distillations and com pounds. . You realize to .us the visions of those pain- 1 fulest, smoke-dried Alchymaists-bootless seekers -dreamers ambng retorts and crucibles, touch- 1 ing the Quintessential hidden Virtuep the ' Universe, which should antidote distempe sand break for man the Wheel of Time.I . E" Notwithstanfdinig all that has been said I about tea being a slow'poison, the Chinese as sert that the man who drinks tea in sufficient citities may live to 100 years. T& Celess tialtnkait very hot. . FEVER ABATING IN CIARLEBTON. The Mercury of the 27th inst., says: It is with feelings of devout gratitude to Al nighty God, that we announce the abatement f the epidemic. The official reportof-the . 3oard of Health, in another columniannounces )nly eighty-one interments from yellow fever or the past seven days. The cloud which has seen overshadowing our community for so mazy veeks is lifting, and will we trust, speily isappear. With bereaved and sorrowed hearts, mur people, who have been so busily engaged n alleviating the distresses of the suffeiing,will ook to the Source of all consolation with thank ilness for their own preservation, and grAtltude, or being enabled to adequately perform the ad and solemn services that have fallen to the'r ot, and return to their usual avocations. A l Lave lost friends and acquaintances-many, alas oo many, relatives and members of their oah amilies. With the loosing of -the ties of this rorld, we have been more strongly bound to hat which is to come. The epidemic of the present year bas been narked with a peculiar fatality; few of its're ipients surviving. Though its ravages have ieen most extensive among the foreignq)orn .nd the unaceliniated, yet the native and those rho deemed themselves entirely acclimated ave been stricken. It has been particularly tal among young children. Even our hervants intve been attacked, some'of whom 'have::falen mong its victims. Throughout its prevalence to panic has been perceptible among- or citi ens. They have nobly met the exigencies of. he occasion, and discharged the most harrow ng and mournful dutie devotedly and enhesi atingly. We are proud to chronicle the noble offeig rhich have been transmitted to our Doward Ltseiation, by other communities in our State. Ve assure them, in return, their cairities were ost timely, and have been appropriated in ac ordance with the generous.. desiresi of- the do ors. Such deeds are among the moat honora le of this life. The remembraice of the readi eom and fullness with which the- country're ponded in te hour of our sffliction, will-be one the more enduring, because we hope -never - o be cal!cd upon to reciprocate. MonE AFRICAN TPSTIDMONY.-A correspon ent of the New Orleans Crescent, writes from ibolo Valley, Bexar county, Texas, on the 30th ugust: - Several years ago a wealthy plinter died in entucky, leaving a large number of mancipated, and a sum of money. to d heir expenses to Liberia and to purchasesa home here for each family. The instructiozsof fie eceased owner were carried out.' The negroes rere sent to Liberia, and there comfortably set led. After an absence of a few yeard they all Derned to Kentucky and implored the brother f'their deceased master to take them:into his rice. He complied with their:req aand bey entered gladly into bondaeal s.0 Vith these negroos the brotler movedto'Teuas, ad he has now one,'f the fint plantations - nd theibest set-of nt-4ha. - se'en In is State. That brot'her is Mr. Weir,- whose ot.pitality I am now the recipient of. When the fierce winds of adversity blow ver you, and your life's summer lies buried eneath frost and snow, do not litiger inactive, sink cowardly down by. the way, or turn side froma your course for momentary warmth ad shelter, but, with stout heart and firm step, o forward in-God's strength to vanguish trou le and to bid defiance to disaster. If there is ver a time to be ambitious, it is not when am ition is.oasy, but when it is hard. .Fight in arkness, fight when you are down; die hard, d you won't die at all. That gelatinous man, hose bones are not even muscles, and whose musles are pulp-that man is a coward. MUTUAL FoRBEARAncE.-That house will be opt in turmoik where there is no toleration of xch other's errors, no lenity shown to failings, o meek submission to injuries, no soft answer > turn away wrath. If you lay a single stick. r wood in the grate, and apply five 'te it, it 'ill go out; put on another, and they will urn; and half a dozen, and you will have a laze. There are other fires subject to the une conditions. If one member of a' fatuily ets into a passion, and is let alone, he will cool own, and possibly be ashamed, and repent. ht oppose temper to temper, pile on the fuel, raw in others of the group, andi let one harsh nswer be followed by another, and there will >on be a blaze, which will enwrap them all in ; burning 1,eat. Ax EVENTFVL, HoxNvooN.-A correspondent f the Athens Bannser, writing from Laurence ille, Gwinnett Co., Sept. 18ht,-says: Mr. John Rloper, one of the South Carolina hivalry, was married about two weeks ag; eause . this county, and on last Monday stole a negro romi Mr. A. G. Ho)lmes, was arrested and brough ere yesterday ; to-day he plead guilty, and w~ ntenced to the Penitentiary six years. .An vetful honevmoon, onr readers will sa. He atys he is fromi Piekens district, S. C., andj!aims be connected with one of the most respecta le families of Rtabun county. AN Exct.1sn " B:'txcH OF PaoxzsE" CAs.-' n England, lately, a-euit for breach of promise f marriage was brought by a fisherman a beau. iful daughter against a captain in the English rmy, fixing damages at $50,000. The love let ers of the gallant captain were so 'nimneroos bat they were printed for the accommodation of ounsel, making in all a volume of 198 page. he matter was finaly compromised bythe pay ent to the injured lady of the sum of$10,O rith the promise that the volume of letters aok le burnt. WARt troN DodGI~~av AT MoWTeOMznT.-The fail gives an account of the recent doings of Capt. Jones,"-and his company, or rather hat alion, in Mongmery. For the purpose of gt ing rid of the nige do ries. with wh ontgomery is infeste, they las Monda night 'isited nine or ten suspected places and dsry *d all the liqunor they found there, in some, eases -those of the more notorious offenders, proba ly-demolishing furniture. They must have nsted twenty or more barrels of bust head. One arrel of brandy was th e ouly liquor-they found - rhich would burn. W' "How are you, Count?" said a wag to ,spruce-looking specimen of' the genus snob. "Sirr-r-r I" exclaimed the indigant swe who are yo, and why do you call me CountP " Why, Isaw you counting oysters in Ne, f'ork last week, and I supposed you weroo oyal blood," said the wag. Snob vamosed. An old lady of Massachusetts cannot coneiee rhat necessity there is for uniting England andI he United States, when so much trouble was aken, sone years ago, to sepaate the two* ountries. piW The comet now vIsible will be of moststiklag rightness iuing tie Brat week of Oetobe, pssly h's largest of the cegtury,. andl at thatt See will b~ se near Aroturus. gg Asailor,.looking saei In a letos elaWa "Not aea,"said Jat.