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Promn the Columbia Courant.
Thie Village Beauty.
BY PAM a. EA TlN.
The glowing tints of a Tropic eve
Burn on her radiant cheek,
And we know that her voice is rich and low,
Though we have never heard her speak;
So full are her gracious eyes of joy,
That the blissful flood runs o'er,
And wherever her tranquil pathway tends,
-A glory Rits on before.
u.
0 ! very grand are the city belles!
Of a brilliant and stately mien,
As they walk the steps of the languid dance,
And Airt in the pause between;
But beniith'the boughs of the hoary. oak
Where the minstrel-fountains play,
I think that the artless village girl
Is sweeter by far than they.
.s.
Oh! very grand are the city belles!
But their hearts are worn away
By the keon-edg'd world, and theirlives have lost
The beauty and mirth of May ;
They move where the sun and the starry dews
Reign not; they are haughty and bold,
And they do not shrink from the cursed Mart,
Where Faith is the slave of Gold.
Iv.
. But the starry dews and the genial sun
Have gladdened her guileless youth,
And her brow is bright with the flush of hope,
Her soul with-the seat of truth;
Her feet are beautiful on the hills
As the steps of an Orient morn,
And Ruth was never more fair to see
In the midst of the autumn corn!
THE LIFE RANSOMs
BY GEORGIANNA C. MUNRO.
Softly the west wind stole over the sunny
lake, and welcome to us was even its low
faint breath, as we sat in the shadow of the
forest trees in the sultry hour of summer noon
tide. Before us the broad Huron was flashing
in the sun rays, divided from the flower-gem
med bank by a beltof glittering sand, while
on our right, the bold head-land stretched far
into the sleeping waters, whereon rock, and
tree,and grassy mound were brightly mirrored.
Nothing of life stirred in the silent wilder
derness save the brilliant batterflies hovering
around more gaily tinted blossoms, and the
bright humming-birds, with their emerald and
ruby plumage, glancing like jewels in the sun
shine, fluttering over the flowery shrubs, and
darting away across the honeycomb quartz
that gleamed between us and the point, with
a low hum as though they were murmuring
tales of tha. old which slept below. But all- 4
theirh~iiedtr~eiures whc hta.6ie.
might indicate, were in worth far below the
priceless offering once laid upon those stones,
and many, many years must pass away ere
time, or change, the foot of the stranger, or
the hand of the gold-seeker, shall banish the
memories whicheling around the spot. Though
strange to us, they were familiar to more than
one of our companions, and as we sat there
beneath the lofty sycamores, with the noon-day
sun pouring down light and beauty on the
fertile earth and deep blue waters, the tale to
which we listened, gained, perchance, a deep
er interest from the scene of its relation.
The comingwinter had breathed his first
frosfspell over the forest,. turning to crimson,
and gold,.and silver, its garb .of varied green,
when one evening a girl sat on the grassy
bank watching the latest sunbeams fide from
the glowing sky and darkening lake. The
sunset huep had left the clouds, and the stars
were glancing forth to mirror themselves in
the blue waters, but still the girl kept her
pst, gazing along the shore, and afar in the
d'stance. - She was alone, yet the l'ne of tall
trees bordering the forest concealed an Indian
encampment, and,- abdve their heads several
columns of gray smoke were soaring up into
the evening sky, while the murmur of voices
.role-on the air, and at times peals of laughter
echoed through the woods.
But Webegwona eared not to join in the
merriment... She was wptching for the return
of her nearest relative, who had ever been to
her as a brother, and dreaming such dim
visions as she could dream of the scened and
the people among whom her mother had been
born. - For though her hair was dai-k as mid
night, and her features thwse of the race with
whom she dwelt, there was enough in 'the
ma'den's fairer complexion and deep . blue
eyes-to have won her the name of Wabegwona
(White Lily.). which was bestowed upon by
her tribe.
Her father, long dead, had been a great
chief, but her mother' had'heen found as a
child by the Ottowas among the ruins of an
American outposz.which another nation had
destroyed ; and carried away - and adopted by
them, had-become the wife of one of their|
bravest warriors. Yet amid all the contrasts
of her wild forest lifo, the fair-haired daughter!
of the pale.faces had retained some faint re-i
collection of the past to, breathe into the wan-.
dering ear of her child, before she, also, was:
cailled a way,, and Wabegwona was left an
orphan-alone, save foi' Laguiab, the son of
her father's brother, who had taken her to his
homse, and bade his inother. look upon her as
a daughter. And the young men, to whom'
her smile was cold as aunlit snow, and the 'old
women, who were forever whispering like the
forest leaves, said that Laguiab would maki
her his wife. But the maiden's heart was
still in her mother'. grave, and the boldest
hunter, and bravest warrior of the Ottowas
feared to draw it thence too rashly, lest it
might shrink away from his touch.
And now a dark speck glided among the
tar-beams on the lake and a canoe came
bounded forward eagery like a wild deei- to
its favorite haunt. It was that for which
Wabegwona watched, and a smile lit up her
featuses as- she beheld it, and her thoughts,
which had been vaandering far beyond the
dark forest and the gleaming waves, flew back
to th, present-.
*"The rifle of: Lagtiab has not been idle,"
said WTabegwvona, who stood on the shore to
welcome her cousin. "lHe has lingedlog
but hisu canoe is heavv." ee og
" The rifid of Laganiab lasa been his enemy,"
replied the hunter mournfully. " Let -my sis
ter bid the young men eome hither, for the
load in his canoe lies heavy on the heart of
Lagajab."
One glance had told the girl that a stranger
lay to all-appearance lifeless in the canoe, and
she hastened to summon the hiinters froin the
fires, a-ound which they - aere talking of the
past~dey's explsdis. Then she went on-to tell
her audt~of the guest they might expect. -
How Wabegwona's heart beat as the Otto
was bore the wounded stranger into the lodge
and she saw that he was not merely young
and hadsonleyfoi'thafdwas little then to her,
buf tlie race her mother had always loved.4
Ansd-when~ the:medicine men had done their
best, and (s'o they said) charmed the--bullbt
out of-the wounde and- spoken the wise words
wheus:d-make their herby pot'ons r
health to the sufferer, then Laguiab came to
her.and told her how a branch had caught
the trigger of his rifle, and, without his touch,
it had struck down the white hunter in the
moment he first beheld him.
"-But .Wabegwona will be a sister to the
.pale face," continued the young Ottowa.
.She will know that it is the heart of Lagniab
which lies wounded in his lodge, and she will
watch over the stranger as the eagle watches
over her young one, until his wings are strong,
and his eyes can took boldly on the sun." .
As the summer wind was Laguiab's voice,
and the maiden's will was the rush which
loved to bend before it; for no brother could
be dearer than he had ever been to her. But
the strong grasp of sickness was on the
Atrauger's frame, and it was long-ere all their
care could loosen it ; and often, as she sat
beside his couch, while the spirits of the past
and of the absent seemed hovering around
and in communion with him, did Wabegwona
fear that he would pass away to the Happy
Gardens of the pile faces, and leave a shadow
on the soul of Laguiab. For though the Ot.
towa had slain many foes on the war path,
until his fame was on The earth, as the hghts
whose.name he bore were in the- sky, ad
shown in the sight of many nations, and wo
men trembled at its rushing sound, and war
riors mused on what it might portend; still
the young chief sorrowed fbr the aimless blow
which had struck down a tree whose fall
might crush many flowers, but gave no place
for glory to spring up. But the summons had
not gone forth, and the Englishman was left
to find life to which he awoke, a wilder dream
than tli his fever visions.
Weeks and months had rlided by ; the
snows which had not fallen when Seyton was.
brought to the Ottowa's excampment, had
melted away with the hours forever vanished,
and leaves were bursting forth on the trees,.
and flowers were starting up among the bright
fresh grass with all the rapidity and vigor of
the vegetation in that region. But spring did
not find the Ottowas where the autumn left
them, on the point beside the gold-bloom.
Death had breathed on one of their fairest
plants, and when it withered and died, they,
as is-frequent among .the Indians, deserted
the scene of the misfortune, and their lodges
were now razed, and their fires lighted on the
shores of a quiet bay several mileslower down
the lake.
Again it was evening, and Wabegwona sat
on $he star-lit strand. But this time she was
not alone, for Seyton was by her side, telling
her of the mighty river beside which. dwelt
her mother's people and his own, and of the
s:ately dwellings along its shores, and down
where the salt waves broke in restless mur
murs that were fqrever whispering of the dis
tant island far-towards the rising sun, where
it moaned and dashed around their forefathers
graves.
And he told her, too, of one who would
gladly bear away the fairest flower of the forest
to bloom within one of those proud dwellings;
and of a love which would guard it against
the tempest, and.shelter it from the burning
sun-ray, and cheer it, if the breath of sorrow,
which wanders everywhere, should bow it to
the earth.
The maiden smiled as she listened, but the
Englishmau wondered if it were in pleasure
>r in scorn,. for the fiint light revealed her
"Has Wabegwona no words?" he asked.
"Say, must the pale face regret that her
voice called him back, when his spirit was on
the wing?"
There was a minute's stillness, and then
the low, sjAet voice pf Wabegwona came like
music on. the ear.
"Why'should an Ottowa girl speak ?" was
her reply. " The words of the pale face are
the stars; the heart of Wabegwona is. the lake
whereon they resL Let them look down, and
they will see no other light reflected in it."
A joyful exclamation was on Seyton's lips,
but it was stayed, as a shadow fell. on the
sand, and a form stood before him. It was
Laguiab; the starbeams showed him deadly
pale, and his arms were folded and his lips
compresse21, while his glance was as though
the true Aurora Borealis had flashed upon
them.
" Lagniab is~ a fool," said he, bitterly. " His.
rifle was wise, but he was-angry with its wis
dom. Are there no blossoms beside the dis
taut waters, where the pale faces build their
lodges so hjgh up into the sky, that the stran
ger must come with a tongue keener and
brighter than the knives of his people, to steal
away the only flower an Indian loved to look
upon ? The heart of Laguiab was spread
lbefore my sister," continued the - warrior, re
proachfully, to Wabegwona. " Had the White
Lily looked into it, she would have seen noth
ing but herself. But at white mist has come
before her eyes, and she cannot see-a strange
wind-has whispered in her ear, arid the voice
to which she onee-listened is forgotten."
The Ottowa paused; but, surpriseid by the
accusation of treacherf, of which he had no
thought of being guilt'y, Seyton h'esitated to
reply. And Wabewoa -bowed her head in
silence, for love for Lagttiah was strong within
her heart ; but it was "only as a brother that
he had al~vays mingled in her thoughts, and
she had never dreamed of hearing such words
from his lips. After a moment, he resumed
more fierely
" But 'wh should that mist stay to blind
the eyes of Wabegwona ? Lagniab's arm is
stronger than his voice, and his anger is a
mighty tempest, which breaks down the forest
asit passea, It shall sweep the misit from his
path, and the eyes of the W hite Lily can look
once more on his face."
As ha spoke the last words, Laguiab drew
the tomohawk from~ his beltL Seyton had
risen to his feet, but not to fly ; though a
strange thrill shot through his heart as he
stood for a mornent defenceless before the en
raged Indiait, 'like a fawn awaiting the pan
ther's spring. The bright weaspon gleamed
in the starbeams as the Ottowa raised his arm.
but the next instant it was whiried far over
the lake, to bu:-y its keen edge in the slumber
ing waters.
"No," said the Inidian, in a low, deep voice,
"the arm of Lagulab is strong, but not strong
enough to strike his friend. The pate face
has slept in his lodge, and hunted by' his side,
and an Ottawit chiet cannot take the life he
has watched over. There is a cloud on La
guiab; but the stars are bright, and the clouds
cast no shadow on the lake. Let it be so
the path of my brother shall be open to the
great-villages of his people. But let not his
glance be ever dark to the White Lily, which
his hand has torn from the home where it
was loved and sheltered in the forest, to plant
it afar where the axe of the stranger has left
no branches to cover the earth."
And before either had time 'to answer La
guiab had plunged amid the dark gjedars
which reared their lofty heads near the shore;'
nor did he return to the encampment until
the silence of midnight rested on its bark
covered lodges and satouldering fires. The
next m~orning Seyton~ asised in 'rain for his
host; for before the last star faded fvoxa the
sky, the young chief, with some half dogen
iugte-s, had gone into the woods in quest of
game. Had they remained, they wouild have
found more nieed for their rifles. But no
thought of danger was in the minds of the
Ottowas. Not that they had no enemies, but
that they dreamed not thiat.nyof their foes
were near enough to raise. the war whoop
within their hearing.
It was the'oft repented. ~le in those re
gisns-the wildcat stealing, i er'pray while,
it slept. But this tiinesin the daylight. All
was ushed'andatilL as though the voice of
.aner disenn 1.d mener schedl thrvi
the wilderness, when suddenly a youth rush
ed into the centre of the lodges, crying " The
Winnebagoes! the Winnebagoes!"
A wild shriek of woman's terror. was -the
reply, to be instantly followed' by a shriller
cry of agony, which told that the work of
destruction had begun, and to be in its turn
lost in the terrble whoop of the Winneba
goes, as they rushed upon the unprepared
and unsuspecting Ottowas. We will not de
scribe the scene of bloodshed and desolition.
It is enough that death and fire reigned every
where, and that Wabegwona, who had ta
ken shelter beneath the branches of a fallen
tree, saw Seyton, stunned and bleeding, car
ried away alive to meet a darker fate than
had befallen her tribesman.
When Lagniab and his hunters returned
at sunset, they found their encampment a
heap of ruins, and those they had left in life,
claimed nothing now at their hands, except a
grave and revenge; so said the sorrowing and
indignant warriors when they heard the tale
which Wabegwona alone remained to tell.
But other thoughts were in the young chief's
mind as he looked upon the maiden's face,
and saw in it the agony which rent her heart;
and his gaze lingered on the' pale features
while his tribesmen spoke of seeking another
band of their nation, some days' journey dis
tant, to join with them in wreaking on their
foes the vengeance they were too weak to
take alone.
" Another chief will lead the young men,"
said be, quietly; " Laguiab's pith is over the
water, but, he must go alone. Let not Wabeg
wona weep as though the sun were gone for
ever. Day will come back to pour sunshine
on the darkened lake, and the drooping Lily
will raise her head again."
The night had passed away, and the mor
row's sun was shining gaily and brilliantly on
the scene we first described, and Seyton stood
in the centre of that spot of gleaming quartz,
to take his last farewell of life, and view
calmly as he could the terrible preparations
for its close. How the thought of Wabeg
wona, and of that distant home whence the
wild spirit of adventure had hired him, came
round him in that moment when death in its
most dreadful aspect stood before him, and
cruel hands,. and savage looks, and taunting
words surrounded him in that lonely and
beautiful spot, where he must close his eyes
in'agony, far away from all he loved, with
not one kind glance or friendly voice to sup
port him in the fearful hour of trial.
Just as the signal for its commencement
was to be given, a youth, who had accompa
Mied the war party to serve as an unsuspicious
looking scout, approached the chiefs, and in
Aimated that a stranger claimed the privilege
)f entering and leaving the camp unmolested.
3afe conduct was accorded, and in a few min
ites a young Indian advanced into the circle
>f the expectant warriors, with the haughty
tep and lofty air of one accustomed to be
wnored and obeyed. Despite the usual self
ontrol of such assemblages, the name of
Laguiab !" ran in wondering tones around
he circle.
"The Winnebagoes looked for Lagniab,"
aid an old chief, i a hidden sneer. " Had
e flown up into the sky, or dived like an
tterinto the lake, when the war-whoop was
ounding th2!#hthewo-e ii nebsI
n %a&ou.,wago1Winnebagoes,"
aid he coldly, " to ask if they ever heard
%is name."
"It is the name of a brave warrior," re
ylied the Winnebago. "There is no greater
a his nation"
The dark eye of the Ottowa flashed proud
y for a moment then he said as coldly as be
bre, " Would the Winnebagoes like to boast
o their women that they had slain that war
ior, or a pale face whose name they never
2eard ?"
" The path of Laguiab is open," replied
he old chief. " The Winnebages will not
eep what is not theirs."
"Let the pale face be free as the wind
&hich wanders over the lake," said Laguiab,
'and an Ottowa chief will be the pirisoner of
us foes."
Tbe old chief waved his hand, and in an
nstant a ready knife severed the thongs
rhich bound Seyton to the stake.
"Laguiab! Laguiab! this must not be !"
ixlaimed the Englishman, springing to his
ide. " What have I done, that you should
lie for me ?"
A mournful smile flitted over the Ottowa's
hce. He pressed Soyton's hand, and whis
yered in his ear: "There is sorrow in the
ieart of Wabegwona, and the eyes of La
;uiab could not- look upon her tears. It is
well-Laguiab is content. The voices of his
athers are in his ears, calling him away, and
n Indian~ must follow to the land of Spirits.
Why should he stay?' The light of Lagniab
ill shine no .more upon the night of the
)ttowas; but the White Lily will be happy
n the shelter that she loves."
Then .turning away, he spoke a few words
o his captors, and before, the Englishuman
aill knew the purpose of the Indians, who
ince m'ore seized him, he was speeding over
;he deep watersar away from the fatal spot
rhere the life of 'Laguiab was being paid the
'earful price of his liberty.
And there, on the gold bloom, was offered
up the noble heart of the Ottown chief, the
lcrifice of a self devotion against which not
i the wealth slumbering in the untouched
iine could ever weigh.
The next tempest swept away the traces
>f the sacrifice;. and when we heard the tale,
wd looked upon the spot, all wasn calm, as
~hou~h-the passions of man had never cast a
hadow upou the earth, though even then
~he name of Laguiab was still loved and wept
>ver in one dwelling far away on the banks
>f the St. Lawrence. And many, many more
resrs must glido into the past, ere the memo
-y of that deed shall die aw; or it cease to
e recounted. to those,- who,' like ourselves,
may chance to rest in that wild but lovely
scene,amid their wanderings in the West.
.Why Don't You Learn a Trade I
We clip the following fr'om the Maysville
Facge, hoping that it wailnot only be perused,
aut that the absurd ideas formed by most
>f the young men or the non-respectability of
Strade, wil~beat once- a'nd forever banished
rom their minds:
The question was propounded- in our hear.
ng a few days since, to a young mhin who had
seen for several months unsuccessfully seeking
mployment as a clerk or salesman in some
>our leading houses. Cohnplaining of his
1-luck, one of his friends who knew he had
nechanical talent, but doubted whiether he
yould make himself useful either as a clerk or
;alesmaci, put the interrogatory to him which
se have placed as the caption of thiis ad'icle.
The reply was, "not so respectable as a mer
antile occupation." UJnder this delusive idea
>ur stores are crowded with young men who
aave no capacity for business, and who, he
:ause of the fancied respectability of doimg
othing, waste away their minority upon sala
ries which cannot possibly liquidate their ex
enditures.
Late, too late in lire they discover their
rror, and before they reach the.age of thirty,
any of them look with envy upon the thrifty
mechanic, whom, in the days of their boyhood,
they were accustomed to deride. The false
respectability which prevails in the soi distant
fashionable society of the present day. has
ruined thonsands of yonogmen2,ud wilirnin
-hnnn naI
From the Winnsboro Register.
History of the S. C. College.
Dn. LABORDE's History is just out. I
claims to be-and very thoroughly and faith
fully is--a " History of the South Carolint
College, from its incorporation, December 19
1801, to November 25, 1857, including
Sketches of its Pres'idents and Piofessors
With an Appendix." It is dedicated to thi
Alumni as a body. It is published by Petei
B. Glass, (successor to R. L. Bryan,) Colum
bia, S. C.
To our own circle of readers-and for these
only we irite here-we need not add much to
what we have already said on previous occa
sions. Our friends are aware that we expect
ed much at the hands, of the Biographer ol
our intellectual Mother. We have observed
with solicitude the progress of the work.
High as were those expectations, they have
been fully met, in the volume- before us.
The Historian has carefully traveled over hi
ground, with an eye well fitted to seize upou
the really salient points in the scenery through
which he has passed. His official connection
with the College, extending through all of
twenty-five years, entitle him to speak as one
having authority. in the premises. He has
sketched the seve-al Presidents, the separate
movements, and the various fluctuations in
the fortunes of our College. He has dwelt
with visible pleasure upon the high virtues
and marked gifts of the Fathers who pass in
review before the reader. This earnest appre
ciation and cordial mention of the good that
are gone speaks, to the reflecting, much fur
tie. mind that dictates and the generous spirit
that lingers so fondly among praises. Some
troublous times too, are delineated with a deli
cate but manly hand. The cbneluding para.
graph in the volume is admirable in its
scope, tone, and truth.-" My historical
sketch is brought to a close. 1 have endeav'
ored to trace the College, through evil and good
report. It has survived all its shocks, and now
stands a proud monument of the wisdom and
patriotism of its founders. We are not called
upon to mourn over its departed glory; to
walk with melancholy heart over grounds
made desolate, where once stood a majestic
temple, with its towers and old wierd turrets
-now, alas! in ruins. No I the temple still
remains in all its proud and beautiful propor
tions, with its spires pointing to the skies ; a
strikin-' emblem of those ennobling aid eleva'
ting influences which it imparts to all who in
faith and humility. submit themselves to the
te'achings of its chosen ministers.".
The appendix contains a sketch of the Lite
rary Societies of the College, Catalogues of
the Trnstees-the Presidents-Professors
Tutors--Treasurers-Librarians-Aluini
Persons upon whomi honorary degrees have
been conferred apart from those included
among the Alumni, all Students admitted into
the College, who in any way whatsoever left it
without a Diploma-the honors awarded f'rum
the first commencement to that of l58, iu
clusive-and, finally. a iteneral nh-.'u 4t1"
J. W. D.
Columbia, S. C.
Gold from the Grave.
About the first of this month sone parties.
exploring in an Indian burial ground at Da
vid, Chiriqui, found an carthern pot at the
left hand side of a grave. The pot contained
several sniall images of gold, roughly cast,
and about 20 carats fine. Further explora
tions showed that a similar pot was placed at
the left side of every grave, and in five days
over S100,000 of gold images were taken
from one bunco or tomb. Tue news spr'ead
like wild fire. A thousand persons were soon
on the ground, and it is expected that millions
of dollars will be dug out of these Indian bu
rial places, as there are hundreds of huacas at
Chiriqui.
The images are small, rude imitations of
animals and birds, and probably were origi
nally made for idols. One is a human figure
about three inches high, with the head of a
monster ; another a spread eagle ; another a
frog; and there are a variety of nondescripts
that will make a highly interesting study for
the lovers of Indiani ani~iqutie~s. Sonme of
the images are of gold mixed with copper
alloy ; but the greater part are of 20 cau-at
gold. There was considerable excitement on
the subject at Panama, andl on tl.e .15th of
July, three clhpper schooners were advertised
to sa-il for the digging with pasengers and
freight.
Chiriqui is is the namne common to a river.
lagoon and archipelago in New Grenad.a, ini
the department of the Isthmus. The river,
after at northward course, enters the lagoon,
which is separated from the Carribean Sea by
the Uniriqui A rehipelago. The Chiriqui La
;oon is a spacious bay with three entrances,
md capable of containing ships of the largest
:luss. It extends along the coast about 90
rniles, and 40 to 50 miles inland. David' is
>ne of the small towns on the Archipelago.
?@i" From the New.Orleans Picayune we
enrn that on the 10th inst., a melancholy tc
,ident occutrred ner Brnduon, Miss, A Mr
Jackson had occasion to go during the nig~ht
0 the window of the room in which, with her
.uaband, ohe had been sleeping. While en
raged in arranging the blind or shutter, the
insband awoke and seized his gun supposing
hat some felonious intruder was in the room-.
kirs. Jackson advanced towards the bed, al
hough her husband called out to her to stop
>r be would fire, and actually discharged his
nusket at her, and she at once fell dead. He
hen turned to the place where he supposed his
rife was lying beside him, to telI her he had
:illed some one, when, not finding her, the
ruth flashed upon him that he had shot his
uwn wife.
Lma named
leage Fitzpatrick died in this city, on Sun
.ay e s 'ng, ofeconsumption. We are inform
tithatW.' the last t wenty-nine days of his exist
nce 'he par-took of no food of any description,
xcept one or two strawberries. This is one
f the most extraordinary instances of' human
ndurance that lhas ever come to our knowi
dge, and we are assured the fact is precisely
s we have state~d it. He was so reduced at the
'eof' his death, thi is leg could he spann
d at any part by the tzuhmb and forefinge.
.ynn Reporter.
An occurrence which appeared calamitous'
esulted joyfully at Sandusky, Ohio, a few
hys since. A lady, who had become derang
d, hung herself' with the vallance of her bed,
ut was discovered whmile in the agonies of'
eathi, 1it seemed, and was restored by
leeding. Strange to say, not only life but
eson returned. She rememibers nothing of'
2e Circumstances.
CIAnmcoAL AJROUT Faurr T~REES.--Mr. J.
f. Smith; of Chimney point, Vt., wrote
ii 854, that he had used a shovelful about
le roots of his fruit trees, with the fol
>winig results: " It keeps away the grass,
revents the borer entering the bark, be
ires being a enna exce1ant .nnn... "
From the Erunswick Herald, 27th uIt.
Mr. Styles Acquitted.
Glynn Superior Court commenced its ses
sion on Monday the 11th inst., Judge Coch
ran presiding.
The case of the State vs. Carey W. Styles,
for killing J. W. Moore, at the Academy, on
the night of the 24th December 1857, was
set down for Thursday. The Solicitor, W.
H. Dasher, Esq., was assisted by Gardner &
Gardner of Brunswick, Gov. Johnson of Jef
ferson, and Judge Iansell of Thomasville.
For the defense were J. L. & B. F. Harris
and L. C. Roll of Brunswick, F. S. Bartow
of Savannah, A. R.. Wright of Louisville and
T. T. Long of Fornandina.
A jury of more than ordinary intelligence
and conscientiourness was impanneled by Fri
day noon, and thc case opened by Solicitor
Dasher in a short; speech on the part of the
State.
The introductory speech for the defense
was by J. L. Harris Esq. The ground of de
fense assumed was, justifiable homicide.
A large number of witnesses were sub
poened and the examination continued till 11
o'clock on Wednesday. . On the close of the
testimony, Gov. Johnson stated to the Court
and Jury that when the case was commenced
the Counsel for tLe prosecution believed it to
be, from the representations made to them,
and what evidence they had examined-what
the indictment charged-one of murder; but
being satisfied that such a case had not been
made out by the testimony introduced, the
prosecution would only -ask for a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter. Judge IHansell then
addressed the jury in a speech of about an
hour and a half; for the prosecution. He
was followed by Messrs Wright and Bartow,
for the defense, in able speeches of about two
hours each. Gov. Johnson, for the prosecu
tion, closed the arguineut in a courteous and
able speech,-to the doctrine of which, how
ever, we materially disset,-of about an
hour and a half. We did not hear the charge
of Judge Cochran, but understand that it
*as satisfactory to all parties. The Jury re
tired about 11 o'clvck Wednesday night, and
determining upon their verdict in a short
time, informed judge Cochran of the fact,
and, late as it was, he returned into Court to
receive their verdict of-" Not Guilty."
Thus has officially terminated, after a labo
rious investigation of five days, an affair
about which there hasw been a wide difference
of opinion, and which has been regretted by
all parties. It seems to have been one of
those inscrutable decrees that man may not
question, even though he cannot comprehend
-perhaps the sufferance of one calamity, that
a greater may be avoided. Now that the
judicial investigation has terminated, we feel
at liberty to say we have never considered
that whiatever of blame properly attaches to
the melancholy transaction was mainly at
tributable to either Mr. Styles or MrV. Moore.
Unfortunately, asysteni of intimidation and
-.... .--..d im mm nv for
.owaras tUe other; and nowever
much we would rejoxce to erase the catastro
phe from the record of time, we cannot but
feel that it was bettcr that a conflict which
to human ken seemed inevitable, should be
confined to the comiatants engaged, rather
than have spread in a general melee by day
light. But, whatever view may now be taken
ot it, the past cannol. be altered. It can on
ly be used as a beacon for the future. It has
been a solemn lesson to this community; and
we rejoice iu being abhle to say it has not been
unheeded. There is no community in the
State that is mocre peaceable and orderly than
ours has been for the past 18 months.
From the Jouraal of Commerce.
Western Texas.
'CoxaL PrarIsH, Cosmt Co.,
Txxas, 21st June, 18.59.
According to promise, I send a letter rm
this far-off and fast growing section of the
Union. Th~e populati->n of this Stare in 1850
was 212,592, at this date it is upwards of
600,000). T1hey will elect Gen. Sanm. Ilouston
for the next Governor. Most of the forcigin
population are Germans, who wdll turn their
attention to stock raisinig. it is the most
profita&ble business yet, followed, in propmortion
to the amount of capital invested. Stock
cattle from calves to three years old are
worthi S7 per hiead, and four-years old beeves
$15. Large drove.s of~ the latter tire yearly
dIriven or conveyed to Calitornia, St. Lonis.
Chicago, and to your Empire City of New
York.
The T1exans gut no hay, for there is no
need otf any. The winters are like your
November. onseqfuently you see in winter,
as int summer, lar'ge herds of fine cattle gra
zing over the prairies, thbe luxuriant herbmage
alifrding themi ample nmeans of subsistanch.
Ildraes do (lfualiy as well as cattle. Mie
ealveyard of ::81 miares are looking well; th'e
average value at this time $30 per head:
Mules at three years old, goomd sizes, $100
per head. T1hey are sent to the Brazos river
and New Orleans for a market. My eheep
are looking umsually n ell; ha~ve three fl i.ks
ef abottt ly00 cach, tended by three G3er.
matns as shephmerds, whose salary amounts to
*i45 per month. Ta y average about 1-:2 to
d- blood Merino, an I are worth about $5
per head. Shear we ,4 is worth $1 per head,
in your market y-ar!y, if it is pro'perly
washed and packed clear of burr. Freight
from here to New York one and a halr cents
per ptmnd. I do not claim that W~estern
Texas, wheire my ranch is located, is the best
gricultural country, but I do claim it to he
the best grazing country in the wide world
(you know [ have traveled in three-quarters
of the globe, and claim to be judge.) I am
ocated on the Gutadalupa river, near latitude
29 dg. 25 min., longitude 98 deg. 30 min.;
levation 7G0 feet, about 100 miles from Mat
gorda bay, my shipping: point, '- Lavacca,"
aving-weekly packets to New York. The
eterprising citizenls are building a railroad
to the city of San Antoiiio, within 35 miles
f may ranch. Another road running to soe
estination from Galveston is progressing
apidly.
The land in this coanty- is well watered,
nd plenty of~ fine timber, live and post oak,
edar, elm, and pecan trees in abundance,
furnish the rich pecan nets, upon which mny
housand hogs luxuriate and grow fat. They
ange sometimes ten miles, and get quite
ild. Ihave to drive with dogs, and a Hlog,
unt is as exciting as a horse race at Epsom
ourse. Even that pays-bacon bcing worth
2 1-2 cents per pound in San Antonia. This
ounty is hilly, plenty of limestone rock. Its
rea is 1,024 square miles ; value of land per
cre, iproved, from $2 t> $5; unimproved,
rom $1 to $4 per acre. No swamps, marshes, I
or stagnant pools. It is high, dry, and heal-c
hy country. Thermometer rarely goes be-c
low 45 or above 85 degm ees. The State is
ut of debt, andI has $2,000,000 in her treasu
y, set aside for internal improvements, inter-c
st upon which goes tc support common
chools. Texas also owns more than.1,500,- y
00 acres of the best land in North America, I
nd 15,930,770 acres, besides improved and
.;m-a~udm un l..and, naem hichther mise E
large quantities of sugar, cotton, rice, wheat,
corn,and tobacco, with trifling taxes, only
12'- 2 cents on $100. Valuation (and that
yok can fix, without being qualified) shows
Texaa to be the very best State to emigrate
to . It is literally the land flowing with-milk
and,honey. All one has to do is to milk and
gather the honey.
I am yours, truly,
W. W. LELAND.
A'Uiox SuGGEsToN.--We find the fol
lowing communication in the Journal of Com
m'erce of the 26th inst., sighed " A Southern
Merchant."
"4 great many southern business men are
nowin!northern cities, making their annual
pii ga of merchandise. I would suggest
that such of them as feelan - interest in the
matter, and desire to promote harmony be
tween North and South, visit the various
daily union prayer meetings which are held in.
different northern cities, participate in their
exercises, and see and feel the Union spirit
there sought to be promoted-that they may
come back more than ever determined to cast
their influence in favor of whatever may pro
mote harmony of feeling and concert of ac
tion among the different parts of this wide
extended and Heaven blessed Union."
The Augusta Constitutionalist very truly
sayq that if it were known that all southern
merchants would attend the union prayer
meetings in New York, there would be a
throng of merchants, clerks, drummlers, &c.,
in attendance to swell the anthem of. praises
to the glorious Union; unite in prayers for
the promotion of the "harmony of feeling
and concert of action -among the difierent
parts of this widely extended and Heaven
blessed country," and not omit to distribute
their business cards and invite the southern
merchants to call the next day and examine
their stocks -of goods, which would be sold
at the lowest possible price, and the most ac
commodating terms.
AsOTHat LETTER.-Governor Wise has
written another letter defining his position
in view, doubtless of the Charleston Conven
tion.
In the first place, Mr. Wine goes in for the
fullest protection to naturalized citizens. In
the second place, he declares himself opposed
to the re-opeaing of the slave trade, which
he considers offensive to the large majority' of
slave holders, and of the people of the South.
In the third place, he does not consider the
enactment of a "slave code" for the territo
rie-s judicious or neceeesar7, but he holds that
the slave holder going into a territory of the
United States, with his slave property, is en
titled, under the Constitution, to be protected
in the possession and use of that property.
Ile would not permit the people of a territo
ry, previous to their ammnin::: the re-pn.si
b1ilities of State Government, to exelide sa- e
property by unfriehdly legislation.-Angusta
Diispatch.
31,250.
Girls from 12 to 15 years old, $1,000 to
$1.100.
Best plough ioys, 17 to 20 years uld, $1,350
to .1,425.
Boys from 13 to 17 years old, $1,250 to
Boys from 12 to 15 years old, $1,100 to
$1,200.
Likely families, and also hoys and girls,
command high prices, as there are several
rcntlemen in marke-t who are purcMasint for
their own planitationis in the South.-Rich
mond Dispatch.
Tus A varcCA SrAIS: Tmtn i.-From infor
mnation received in Washmirgton city, it ap
pears that some'of the Southern Representa
tives, while claiming to be opposed to re
opening the African slave trade, are phdring
themselves to introduce in~ Congress a hill re
pealing all the statutes upon the subject, leav
ing it, as they profess to desire, to the regu
lation of the several States. But, as the Con
stitution confrers on Congr-ess the power to
prohibi t ihe trade, and as " death" seems to
to beC regarnded ais too sev~ere for violating.
what somec consuder mnere-ly a law regulating
commerce, it is though t that others, who are
opposed to the slave trade, will agree upon a
nmensure, with a view to makle the prohibition
and abolition inore effetive by the certainty
of punishmnent otherwisa than capital, anid
thus they think that good will result from
the present agitation of the subject.
Ma. Conm:x.-immediate'y upon Mr. (Cob
'Lon's arrival at Liverpool, lhe was called upon
to address several deputations from -public
bodies. 1n the course of his remarks he said:
The Americans and the English seenm to
me to occupy the same relation to each other
which it is said Goldsmith did toward Dr.
Johnson. The gruff old doctor liked to sco!d
Goldsmith himself, but he would rm~yer allow
any body else to scold him without taking
his part. Amnd I have no doubt int the world,
from all I have seen in my travtels in thme
United Stte, that, were it peible that
hin~d shot~dd .fiA herselr hi a poitioD
wher'e ehe was hard pressed by cenies inl
Europe, gire'her but a grod tcause, and give
her the neceas!ty fut- help, and I have- not the
le'ast doumbt in thme world, from all I beard. in.
tll quarters in the United States, th~at noth
ing would prevent, in a case of eniergency,
thbe population of the United States--tbe
rreat bulk of the population of the United
Smtes--um hurrying to the rescue of the
)ld mother country. I don't say thi< from
my idea that we arc likely to need that help.
[(think England is strong enough to hold her
>wn, and that is the opinion in A merica, as
well as here, in any just cause against ther
momies; buit I mention it as a fact which
das come under my notice from all quarters.
Exor.rsU ODrW.aS.--The other eien'ng,
a'hilst partaking of a " chop'' in one of t hel
London chop houses. I heard a gentleman
war ine call for " a 'alf go"' of bran ly, and
;urning to the bill of fare [ found a regular
mntry of rate.s, as follows:I
' A go" of brandy.... ... .. One shmilling.
'A half go" of brandy.... ...ix pcelC.
'A go" of whisky..........Six pence. 1
'A half go'' of whisky .... ...bree pcince.
The same rate of measurement was also'
;ien for wine and gin. I suppose, from the
ariation of price, that a whole " go" must he
sufficiency to make an ordinary man drunk,
s some persons require more for a " go" than
thers do.-Correspondence of the Baltimore1
~mmerican.
A Germai,arrested as a spy while the al
ie were at Brescia, pretended to a council of
Iicers who were examining hmim, to be a mecr-i
'hant of Milan, andt have lost his papers,
H~ah," said a French colonel, suddenily,
come closer ;I can't hear you." Thme ac
used obeyed. " Now" said the colonel,
in doing that you stepped' off finely .with
our left foot-arm to the body by instint
ttle finger on the stripe of the pantaloon.<
fou are an excellently drilled old soldier, my
A Great Wedding iny w. York.
The great social, event of the day, the mat
riage (or we should say, the alliance, since it
is to be conducted.on a royal scale of magjf-'
cence) between the Cuban millionaire, Senor
Esteban St. Cruz Ovieda, and the fair Ameri
caine, Miss Fanny Bartlett, daughter of Cap4
Bartlett,'late of the U. S. Navy, is to be cele
brated on or about the middle of next months
first in Grace Church to conciliate the Proi
testant prejudices of the bride, and afterward,
with impressive display, at one of the Romat
Cn;holic cathedrals. This golden wedding:
his been postponed on account of the recent
severe illness of the bridegroom, as well as to
await the arrival of a one-hundred-thousand-.
dollar bridal present from Cuba, to be sent by
the gentleman's sister to her prospective- sis
ter-in-law. So brilliant a part, with his
sixty years and his foar millions of dollars.
hds been for more than a year the end and,
aim of many Fifth avenue matrons on. behalf
of their budding daughters, and of many Fifthi
avenue heiresses on their own behalf; but the;
ambitions hcpes of these dowagers and bellesk
have been:sadly crushed by a young lady out.
side of their "set"-portionless, perhaps, but
rich in her seventeen years, her Eugene-like
features, and her tall, graceful figure, to say!
nothing of virgin affections.
The auspicious blending of these kindred,
hearts dates from last New Year's day, when,'
under the genial influence of the season, gen
erous Fortune led his prancing- steeds, his
yllow interpreter, and his golden self to the
house irradiated by her presence; since which
time, after a speedy and successful courtship,
the ardent lover has plied the curiosity-shops
of Broadway for gifts worthy of his "golden
tressed Adelaide."
Tiffany has supplied them, to the jolly tune
of six hundred thousand dollars, to wit:
" One set of diamonds and pearls, consisting
of necklace, bracelets, brooch, ear-rings and
head parure; one set opals and diamonds;
one set emeralds and diamonds; four superb
fans, dazzling with diamonds; six erginisite
diamond hair-pins; a watch and chnt,:inine,
woderful with enamel and diamonds ; rings
of fabulous splendor, and et ceteras too bril
lint to enumer'te or imagine."
'The bridal jewels, par excellence, now being
manufactured in Paris, ire to be cf pearls of
rare size. and diamonds of pure water; and
the wreath which will confine the one-thousand
dollar miracle of a nuptial veil, is to be com
posed of orange blossoms in jewels ; emerald
leaves, diamond and sapphire flowers set in
gold: "The gold doth show her blessedness,
The sapphires mark her true."
and we may wind up with the Elizabethan
item of forty elaborate dresses, to be " com
posed" in lavish style. Afler the wedding and
one week of reception succeeding it, instead
of the usual tour, the happy pair will retire to
honeymoon it in a "palatial" Fourteenth
street residence, in which, with love's impa
tience, the fair fiancee is already installed,
under the proteciion of her delighted parents.
In the Autumn Senor 0. will introduce hi.
bride to his own sunny land; after which th
gay capitals of Europe will be made brighte
by her advent-aud her diamonds. So the
say.-N. Y. Tribune.
HUSsAND's FAmLY.-A gentleman living
this city, and well to-do, married about te
yearsago, and after livingwith his wife son
fve years, he concluded to get a divorce,
acount of the unhappiness of their domes-..
relations. The wife assented, and he applL
to the Courts and was successful. A ye
passed, and he concluded to venture once
more in the matrimonial market, and see if
he could not find one who would make his
home happier than the first. In this lie was
successful, and a short time after his divorced
wife applied to him for work in his family
in the capacity of servant girl. The situa
tion was given her, and she now does the
work in the house of which she was once
mistress, and beholds the endearments lav
ished upon another which were once bestowed
upon her.
The husband daily takes his evening ride
with his second wife, while the first takes
are of the children during their absence.
How the husband can endure to see his for
mer wife thus humiliated, and the wife bear
up under it, is to us an enigma.-Cincinnati
RECIFE Foa CUaRI~ 'TDE DYSENT.ERY on
SMMER CoMPLIN'rr"-Take two glasses 2f
sweet oil-two glasses WVest India molasses
-two glasses WVest India rum--simmer thei
well together over a fire till it becomes the
thickness of honey, so that the oil may not
separate from the rest. While on the fire.
keep it well stirred, and when taken off con
tinue the same till it is cold. Then the patient,
if a grown person, should take a teaspconfal
nce an hour, till he finds the disease abating,
then once in. two hours; or as his judgmez?
may augges4, until cured. Children may tak.
it in like manner in proportio-i to their age~.
The person who hand's this for publication, s.
movedby none other than a humane ::.otm.L
He has experienced cures in his own famil.
and knows nmany others of the most desperat:
kind. It is a simple medicine, and not thi
least injurious to the most delicate constite
tion. Let those who are afilicted tr-y the e' y
periment-it will do no harm-and it wit
ertainly save life I Let those who miay real
this, cut it out of the paper and carefully prp
serve it.
When at at Boyal banquiet, htandsome Prine
lbert, of Saxo Cobourg Qotha, recciyed it
the shape of a rose, the (tret pubi tio ,u:'
tion from the youthful Victor'ia Regina, that alg
had selected him from a crowd of, suitors, 4
be her future husbnd, in tho entnusiasmo
the moment, he is said to have seized a tabk
knife, and out a gash ini the breast of his coat
for the purpose of safely depositing therein thi
precious love-token. It was a little touch ol
German sentimentalism, which brought
smile to the lip's of many of thbe distinguisbec
guests who witnessed the gallant exploit, anc
very naturally formed the subject of remarl
ubsequently in Court circles and elsewhere
Tourvo CA'sur.-The Columbus (Geo.3
Sun gives the following, as the best receip
for making tomato catsup:i-To a half bushe
of skinned tomatoes, add one quart o!1
good vinegar ; one pound of salt ; quarter of I
pound -of black pepper ; two onees of Afr-icar
cayenne ; quarter of a pound of -allsptge ; ont
ounce of cloves ; three boxes of mustard.
twenty cloves of garlic; six good onionsi
two pounds brown sugar, and one handful o C
peach leaves. Boil tis mass for three hours
constantly stirring it. to keep it from burning
When cool 'strain it through a fine seive, or
coarse clothi, and bottle it for future use.
will improve by age, and create and ga
zest to appetite, almost under the~ " ribs c
death." .-- .
Twnty thousand dcad-cut down in one da r
-the glorious day of Solfer'ino I Hearts, .n c
doubt, that bounded bravely to tho marnn
sunshine, the roll of drum and clarion -call I
the bugle, and were tstronig with love and
hope-in the red dust all, with their fadd I
pictures and broken dreams I A line for tt: r
20,000 in the newspapers-a stranger's shr( t
or quick ejaculatioulI But nowhere, ei th!
in the French account or the Austrian, a
countr shall we find word of the wvailings alt
desolate prostrations by their forever vaca~
places ; nowhere word of the shadow that ti tl
great battle flung over ten thousand threi
holds and into twice ten thousand lovil l
hearts. The fortune of war-God sava jp
rmut i-Puaduinhia Jourat'
From the Charleston Courier.
General Taxes of- the Upper Division.
Editors Courier:-Permit mte to return you
thanks fur the very flattering notice you have
taken of my Statisties of Taxes'for the Upper
Division. 'With true Carolina pride, I'looked
over the evidence of our prosperity, furnished
by these returns; but yet f hesitated in placing
them before the public, lest I should be-char
ged with presumption in assuming a positior.
more appropriate to my superiors. In view,
however, of the discussions that are likely to
aise on the subject of extending purs 'pd
facilities, and with the .'evidence befpf .Mo
what railroads have frieady done
determined on the course 'f6 pursuie, letpeop
.say what they would..
No niian, howeve, from cold and lifeless i
Ures, ; 4 e*naseguate concption.of
beneit on r ,e opniltUper.: y
the State by our railroads Thoseau
;Yho have come dowti to a good -ild ag~jismd
marked successive improvetnentaas they arose;
can fully appreciate the magnitude and tex
care of our indebtedness to railroad.communi
cations. We have seen the log meeting house
'ive place to thebeautiful temple, the old ,field
.chovihouse to the flourishing college, the
hickory pole chair to the elegant carriage, the
ieolian hurpof a few horse hairs at the wmidow
to the fine piano in the parlor, and the rough
and-noisy "Frelic' to the refined and social
- Bill." In one word, the people of the back
e-luntry are a different people to what they
were i hirry or forty years ago. In religion,
in morals, in opinions, and. in pursuits, they
have made an advance that must be highly
gratifying to every lover of -his country, to
every friend of his race.
Much ha s.been said about the expense and
cost of consLructing our.rail roads, and espe
I ially about' the construction of the Blue
Rail Road; let us bestow a few thoughts- on
:bese very imp'ortant subjects, and first on the
railroads now in operation.
It will, I think, be generally conceded, that
the increased value of our real estate, since
the introduction of railroads, will more than
cover the'cost of their construction ; and if
any remain sceptical on the subject, thoy may
easily be converted. The cost of constructing
all our. railroads has been put down at
S18,500,000. (Eighteen millions five I undred
thousand dollars.) Now we have in the'Upper
Division of the State alone, 12,233,764 aeret
of land. Before the introduction of railroads,
lands that now sell for five and six dollars,
sold for 20 to 40 cent-i an acre. Lands that
now commanud eight.to ten dollars could then
be got fio two to three'doll" ., and lands that
now cannot be. purchased for twenty dollnri
an acre, contd then be had at five to seven
dollars an aere. Lut ns then put.the avera, e
advance only at a dollar and a half n acre-,
and we have as t lie ies,,r, an advance in the
tupibr Divisiun alione of'l $7,3.0,6-46, or near.
ly enmouh to have built. all oi roads: leaving
the Lower Division, with the City of Charles
ton. uentirA out. of' the culenlation.
Bat let us give furtler evidence to the
iOrft4i'i'mtxn rOW -.
or ueuriy double what they were tirny .--: .
Let 1s turn L the iMw RLidge Railroad, and
aWerot' one or two objections made agaitn
giving it further aid, because "it will novt pay
god dlividnds," and because "a great portion
of ithe road is without the limits of the State."
I shtall not inquire whether the conjectures of
small divideuds be well founded or not, satis
lied, a-s I aim,,that nothing short Jf experience
call settle thUe (iestiol ; but I would respect
fully say to the oppoentiis of' the ro~ad that
there are miany subjects above and beyond
the power of unmbers to calculate.
Let -me give an illustration. We have late
ly seen the Emaperor of'A ustria cover the plaims
of Italy with an invadinug army--the Ruler of'
France taken by aurprise, and struck with
temporary alarm, scarcely knowing what to
do. Hie paused. Could he secale the Alps in -
time to mteet the foe with udvantage'? No t
betere be could do so, the whole of Italy might
be overran. IIe would go to Genoa, however,
by railroad, anid meet the invaders. Orders
were~ immutediate.ly issued to the Legions of
i'ram-ce to i'roceed at once by railroad to
tGenie, the'y arrive there, they meet the haugh-.
ty Anastiiani, antd dirive him back within his
own limits agaiin. W~hat Mathemautician carn
calculate (lie benefits of these railroads to
France, to Europe, to the world?' Their value
cannot be estimated by any one of the usual
rules of comiputation. I nee.d hardly make
an appmlication. We all see our exposed situa
tion, we all admit the signs of the times to lbe
otumious, and wihm 6ill our devotion and our
noble darinig, We all must acknowledge that in
the du-y of'trouble helpiust coume to us fronm
our neighbors. Wh''lether, thirethre, the Blue
Ridge itailrond Ibe considered int ant agricul
turali, ernmmerciatl or militar3 iint of view, its
gireat value is beyond thie poleer of numubers
to esuimate.
I'The other objections mz.. i ht " alarge
portion of the Blue lRidge Ladroneed he.,-..%
onit the limits of the State." 'J his is to up o
strange language for rtn Ameri'ant citizemi.
We rem sending Nor herzn men to britig home
t'2 tah dibcutlery we pa'idl for in Elnglnudj, ih
silIt we pahld fort j~t Fran'ce, amd the tea we
paid fur in China, while some of us are even
desirous to advance t be particular iuteru,ts of
the King of Dahomy. And yet we are orpps
setl to lay out a dollar of' our money for the
benefit of' our neighibors and rieinds; even
thoughu we ourselves should receirec a full por'
t ioni of the pi ofits. I repeat it again, tids is
stranmge langiiag~e for an Ancrican sta:esinan;
With my thani~ks I r thie coumrimnation be
stowed on nmy humble labors, and an ampology
for occupying a place more suitable to miy
superior,
I am, your obediont servant,
* Tuo~zas Fax.
Treasury Office, Columbia, July 27 1S3.
A Mrr.mut Ts-PAavo C.oec.--A clock is
exhaibited in this city, says the Expr'es, which
mot onily does dmy' as a time piece, hut bo'ils
he coff'eo for its owner,' and awakes him in
itne to (dritik it. Attached to thu clock, ent
~he right side, is a brass plate lying parallel
irith the table or shelt'on which the clock is
)haced, nnd at the futrther end is a ecfee pot,
ixedm upon at fi'aine, wIth a spirit lamp undei
ieath. B~etween the clock and the coffee pot
s an alarm bell. The apparatus is thus used:
Suppose a person wishes to rise and traveil at
iour o'clock in the morning ; all he has to do
s to set an inner dial to that hour, while the
nter or clock dial indicates the true time.
lie also makes certain dispositions of the
ightninig apparatus, which arc self'suggestive.
Precisely at 4 o'clock a lever is moved, which
mauses a drum to revolve against a friction
match, the flame from which ignites the wick
>f the spirit lamp. In half an hour, the coffee'
s ready, when another drum revolves, ignites
mnother m atch, and lights a candle, mind at
he same time the figure of a monk pulls a
ope and rings an alarm bell, effectually
trousing the sleeper.,
pi Flour is rapidly falling under the promisa
>f the new crop. Most kindsi can now bee brought
n New York at three dollara a barral cheaper thaf -