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< I* < W * * i ?|)t WLantaMgn?SLtltafr* DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME I. LANCASTER, C. B, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1851. NUMBER 30. ????????????I ? TIIE LANCASTER LEDGER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. It. 8. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TKli MS: Two Dollars per your, if paid in adVance; Two Dollars ami Fifty Cents, if | paid in six months; or Three Dollars, if I payment is delayed until the end of the year. These terms will l?e rigidly adhered to. Advertisements will l>e conspicuously inserted at seventy-five cents per square j of twelve lines, for the first insertion, j and thirty-seven and a halt cents tor caeli subsequent insertion. A single insertion One Dollar. Nothing will be counted less than a square. 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A TAI.E OF YICK8BURO. Every traveller who has descended the , Mississippi within the last twenty-live" yeurs, must, remember Vicksburg, so sin- i gular in its situation for a town on .he j shelving declivity of high rolling hills, with its houses scattered in groups on the terraces. Every reader of American newspapers during any one of tlio last twenty- j tivo years must remember Vicksburg, so ' rich has been the fund of material it has I supplied for the circulating libraries of "horrible murders," duels, affrays, and ox- i ecutions, by all sorts of "summary process." | ti.? ? ;n i;t-..i,. (.?.i .1.., I V"""- "-"J ?*""? " {$?? ??V | hanging of tho gamblers and steam-doc- i 1 low. In fine, everybody knows that the i! " place has been noted since its earliest set- |1 tlemcnt for die l>elligerent character of its ' inhabitants, and the number and atrocity ' of tho violent deeds which may l>o assert- j ed with literal truth, to have stained its j ' every street with tlie blood of human i liearts. , i It is not our present purpose, however, I to sketch any of these more celebrated I' brute-battles, that prove notlrng l>eyond the wilful wickedness of the respective l combatants. Hut wo will select for tho 1 sake of its inoumful moral alone, a solita- < ry tragedy, which was briefly chronicled i by the press of tho day, and then faded i from tho recollection of all, save one from whom the writer received the story in all ( its particularity. She, of course, could , never forget. The wife of the murdered , iiero wept at the sad reminiscence twenty , years after the date of tho catastrophe. | In the year 1827, a young lawyer, ( (whom we shall call John Thomas, to avoid harrowing the memory of some rela- ( live or friend who might chance to skim j over theso columns) emigrated from Wor- ( coster, in Massachusetts, to the State of | Mississippi. He was poor, had recently ( married a lieautitul and accomplished wo- | inan who had renounced wealthy parents , for his sake, and hence was anxious to | better bis fortune in as little time as jk?- : ( siblo. Tliis consideration determined the ' ( legal adventurer to locate at Vicksburg, ' ( then considered in the West as tho para- : # -l_ 1 uise or in*- oar. In h very ahort tinao the new lawyer ' had ample reason* to congratulate himself on the choice of hi* position. His ' Man J demeanor, studious habits, and more than all, hi" eloquence in debate, won him patronage*and" he rose, almost at a single ' l>??un*l, to the first place in hi* profession. ' He was employed in all the land suits, and in most of the w|ill more numerous and < equally lucrative'. cases of homicide, so 1 that in the brief txriod of two yeant after 1 bis advent he had cleared the round sum ' of thirty thousand dollars. Let no seep- > tical disciple of Lord Cuke deem Uii* statement incredible. 8. 8. Prentiss, now ' of New Orleans, realized, ca*h in hand, i forty tliotisand dollar* hy his oj>cning * speech in Vicksburg. " < During Ins career thus far, youii| Thomas was remarkable in ono respect.? Ho never went armed, and although ii tho fierce and fiery altercations of the foi um, he necessarily made some enemief no attack had hitherto been ventured 01 his persou> The athleticisui of his nobl form, and the look of invincible determiii ation in his keen blue eyes, had douhtles warned the desperadoes that "the Yankc nmlnr" no 1,? ? 11.. 1 1 "I am not a coward," retorted Thomas in a hollow tone, so unearthly fierce am wild that it caused every hearer to start At the instant, his lipa were livid, an< stacked between his teeth till the bloo< ran. His eyrs were red as a mad dog' and the muaclea of his fiaoe quivered; bu l?is lx?dy and limbs seemed to have ih< rigdity of marble. "lie will fight now,1* rung in an sage whisper through the excited crowd, a* the; taw the terrible tokens of the fiend aroua ?d?the fiend which lurks, at differen Jeptha, in all human natuie. MO I?v r?no IVMI1UU *T<?UI< bit as bard blows as the court itself. How ever this may bo, two years clans, d,year too of eminent success, Wfore the pcaccn ble attorney was even insulted. Alas this Halcyon period was doomed to ; change alike sudden and terrible. There resided at that time in the towi a notorious duellist by the name of John son,whose matchless prowess inspired uni versal fear. Ho had slain half a dozei foes on the public "field of honor," and a many in private and irregular encounters All the members of "the bloody fane club" spoke of Mike Johnson's feats will rapturous enthusiasm. Hut all good men all lovers of j>eaco, when the "brav wretch" passed, turned pale ami were si! cut. At the Ma)* term of the District Courl 1829, the grand jury, mustering cxtraoi dinary courage, returned a true bill again.s Johnson for the murder of William Loo an inoffensive youth, whom ho had sho down in a drunken frolic, under eireum stances of peculiar aggravation. Thorns was retained by a friend of the dcceaso< to aid in the prosecution, and notwith standing the earnest advice of his well wishers to the contrary, appeared on tin trial of the cause?one of the most cxcit ing over argued at the bar of Yieksbmg On the last evening of the session, arte adjournment, Thomas rushed into the pro scnce of his wife, with looks of such evi deut agitation as to fill her soul will overpowering alarm. "My love, tell me, in the name of lien veil, what has happened.'" she cried, pnl? as a corpse, and shaking like a leaf in tin wind. "Nothing," answered the husband, think ing to conceal the most fearful part of tin intelligence. "Nothing, only the murder er, Mi'ce Johnson, after his ae<piital, gross ly insulted lue in the court-yard, and knocked him down." "And ho challenged ^*ou to fight bin with pistols!" almost shrieked the wife, an Licipating the rest, with the quickness o woman's keen common sense. "It is even so," replied the lawyer mournfully. "Oh! say that you will not meet hint Oh! swear that you will not turn ducli*. in this Sodom of the South," iinplom the wife, throwing her arms around hi neck, and sobbing like a child on his ho toll). "There, do not weep now. I will no turn duellist, dear Emma, although I nutel fear that the consequence will be nv ruin." "God will protect you from the bold bat man." The next morning it was known it Vieksburg that "the Yankee orator" hat been challenged ami refused to fight. Ac cordingly, he was generally denounced ni n coward?a word w hich at that day, am. even now, might be considered as express ing far deeper scorn than either rohher 01 passim As he passed through the streets lie was astonished to witi.ess the coldness manifested by bis oltl Acquaintances, ant uveti professed friends, while the grt-a mass of the people seemed to regard hin with meltable contempt. "Yankee white liver," "boaster," "poltron." wore th< >ound? most frequently rung in his ear* specially when near tho groceries, arc there was one then on every terrace of tin broken hill. The matter grew still worse. About i week Afterwards, Johnson mot his vietiii in the public square, presented u coekec pistol at his heart with one hand, ami he labored him unmercifully with a cowhidt which he grasped in the other. Resist nice at the moment was altogether onto the question, for the slightest tnoiiot would have been the signal for imnicdiati loath. lie thought of Emina and he iweet babe, and bore the castigation it ulence. After this, clients deserted his office and gentlemen refused to recognize hin _>r return his salute in the thoroughfare) >f business, or during his moming stroll: iver the hills. Had his touch t>ecn con Uigion, or his breath pestilence, he couh riot have l>een more carefully shunned. Another week passed, and tho degrad inI lawyer was in a state of mind border ing on insanity; and yet all the while in sonceuled the mental fortune from his af fectionato wife. One evening, in a mor< than common bitter and gloomy mood, ai lie walked through tho public square, In was again acostt-d by Mike Johnson, will 11i? cocked pistol in one hand and upliflct cowhide in tho other. The assault wai tho more aggravating as the placo wai thronged with spectators. H toward and villain!" exclaimed John am, "did 1 not tell you that 1 would cow liide you every week, until I whipped th< lourage of a man and a gentleman int< your Yankee hide?" 51 "If you are not a coward, why will you - j not tight" asked the duelist, somewhat 111 struck, in spite of his thorough deepera - j tion, hardened in tho hot gore of a dozen k, murders. 11 "I will fight, if you wish it," was tho e loud ringing answer, i- "Then you accept my cholleuge?" s "I do. Will any one present be so e good as to act as my second?" inquired the J lawyer, addressing the spectators. hor a minute or two no one spoke, so s great was the dread of the arch duelist, i- Mike Johnson. i! "Will no one in such a mass of genera ov.8 men bo my second?" repeated the lawyer, in a louder tone. 11 "I will," said a shrill, trumpet-like voice, i- on the outskirts of the crowd, and a tall, i- commanding form, with bravery written n on bis brow, and the eagle's eye beneath s it, made bis w ay to the centre of the scene i. of contention, and stood close fronting v Johnson, with a smiling glance, before ii w liich the latter, for nn instant, quailed, i, The question "who is be? who is lie?" c circulated among the lookers on. lint no I- one could answer; no one had ever seen him before, and yet everybody would have t, then sworn to his courage, so bold yet I :i i t. i -I iiiiiiiiiui was ins Hearing. I ! "Who nrc you?" inquired tho duelist,re>, covering his presence of mind, t "A stranger from Texas." "lint who will vouch for your rcspcctns bilitv?" I j "1 can give you vouchers sufficient," re | plied the stranger, frowning till his hroxvs - looked frightful; and then stooping fori? wards, he whispered something in John son's ear, audible alone to him. ;. "1 am satisfied," said the duelist aloud, r and trembling perceptibly. "Col. Morton, - will you serve as my friend!" The individual last addressed gave his i assent. "Now, let tis adjourn to some private - room to arrange the preliminaries," rets marked the stranger; and the principals j and seconds left the crowd, then increasing every minute, and excited neartomad ness by the thick-crowding events of the e hour. The meeting took place the following - night, in a dark room, with the door lockI oil and flic two seconds on the outside.? The principals wcro placed in opposite i corners of tho apartment, which was - twenty feet square, nud each wa9 armed ( with a large bowio knife?no more. It was midnight?a night without meoh or , stars. Black pitchy clouds enveloped the sky, and a slight sifting mist rendered the shadows of tho earth more intense. Ilcnce, t: tho room where tho duel was about tube1 gin was wrapped in rayless darkness. The j s j combatant-could not even see the bhutos ? ? ? r "? I ! dazzled hi* eyes, and, growing pale na the | ilead at bis feet, exclaimed, in acoenU of 8 immeasurable anguish?M Oh, God! how* 1 shall I endure to meet my dear Kin ma, with this murderous gore on my hands! " Such stains would deflle the very gates of " heaven, and blacken the floor of hell it? self!" ' lie did, however, afterwards meet Em| ma and her babe; but we shall not afe i tempt to paint the scene. A week sub1 sequently, he was ahot to pieces in hia - own office, while employed in writing af' | tor night. The assassin was not known, i but supposed to be a younger brother of s the duelist, Johnson, t Tlie stranger who acted in the combat " as the second of Thomas, was indeed, as he said, from Texan, and then travelling j r ifimtllvK \l lut. las! rvr.i on/1 tor a* !?'? 1'?" ' j roan, pcrhape, that ever drew the hreath p of hfe. Jamea Bowie, who fell only with t the fall of the Alamo, when hie red knife waa drunk with the blood of Mexican*. - of their own knives. At first, they both stopped nn<l stealtht ily untied and took off their shoes, so as i to make the least possible noiso in walkC ing over the floor. The same thought had struck them at the same time?to maiue- j 1 ! uvro for the vantage-ground. Thomas moved in a circle, softly as a i eat, around the apnrtnicut, till he got with1 in a few feet of the corner where his one-1 my had first been placed, and then paused s to listen. For four or live seconds he 1 could hear nothing in the grave-like sil cnee hut the quick beats of his own busy r heart. Presently, however, there crept in, to his ear a scarcely audible sound as of s suppressed breathing, in the corner of the : 1 room which lie had previously left; and i t then he know that his foe was trying the ? same stratagem. The ruse was repeated j - thrice, with a like result. At length Thomas . 3 concluded to stand jierfectly still and await ; , Johnson's approach. Motionless now him-, 1 self, he could distinguish a soft rustling ? noise, like the dropping of flakes of wool, J circling around the door, and gradually | ( advancing towards him. , ' At last, when the sound npponred with- | 1 in about three feet of tho lawyers'* posi . tion, he suddenly made a bounding plunge ; 21 with his knife, aimed in the dark air, j . i whore lie supposed tho Ixtsom of his foe ; f to be. IDs blade struck against that of j , the other, and a few sparks of tire rolled j 8 at tne nerce collision, and fell expiring on j r the floor. , And then, for an instant, the seconds without the door heard n sharp ringing of' steel, a groan, n fall, and all again was j silent as the tomb! The duel a midnight j 4 had ended; but howl They were appall# ed at the horrible rpiertion. Waiting some minutes and hearing no, thing more, Col. Morton and the stranger prepared a light, unlocked the door, and ; ! entered. The spectacle was most affect-' ing. There lay tho bloody corpse of the j duelist, Johnson, mangled dreadfully, and ' ? als>vo it stood the erect and imposing form of the lawyer, Thomas?unhurt, not 3 a cut on his skin or n rent in his clothing, B but weeping as if bis heart were broken. 3 lie started back as tlu? rtn*l?in#? Reader.?But the moral? You promis- < ed us a moral. t Writer.?The Mine moral which lies at j the bottom of all true storiea, if they be 3 read rightly. I give * ou this, and can t givo no more?that Uie circumstances c which make men make also their notions, s as the history of many a New Englandcr 1 besidesnoor Thomas, in the South, can at- a test. Therefore, never strongly condemn the deeds of your brethren of the com- ?. mon humanity, until you shall have renliz- 1 od their material and spiritual situation in 1 all its mathematical and moral dimensions. ( This lesson, studied well, may render you t wiser and probably happier men. t - m m ? ? c From the Boston Olite Branch. 8 THE LAST TIE. , I leaves liavc tlieir time to fall, Ami flowers to wither at the North wind's breath, Aud stars to set?but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! Mrs. Hf.maxs. I low few think of death. Any subject may be, discussed?the most puerile cogitations be entertained, yet let one talk of dying, and oh, how soon the solemn sul>jeot is dismissed by the giddy and ungodly ; and why is this I must we not all die? Yes, just as surely as the sun shines in the firmament. Then we should love to think, to speak of death, yea, even to visit the abode of the dying, there to learn the solemn truth that we are mortal, and must soon leave the theatre of existence, to breathe the pure atmosphere of Paradise, or writhe in excruciating tortures, in that abode "where the worm dieth not,and the tire is not quenched." Header, did you ever sit beside the bed of some dear friend, and witness the approach of the king of terrors?see the eyes become glassy, and tho lips quiver in that last sad struggle 1 If so, the following sketch may j?erhni)s interest you. "Spring, gentle spring has come again," said hllen 8 to her inothej, who sat by the bed, and gazed upon her darling one with that anxiety which a mother's bosom only can feel. "Oh, ma, open the window," continued Kllen, " and let mo inhale the fragrance fntill inV iluMM - - - ? "'J *,w " " f mwKt ii^nuir I j f?l flowers in it?some planted by my own < hands, others by your bandfe dear ma." | i Mis. S rained yftafow, and El- , I Ion stnltM, n? the pertto?A*-ft&? h*HiUk> < garden filled the apartment in which she j reposed. Ellen S was in her eleventh year, and her mother had looked forward w itli delightful anticipations, to the tiny when the dear child would be a solace to her; hut how mysterious arc the ways of I'rovidenco !?she was to he disappointed. Two lovclv children, one a son, the other a daughter, had hocn snatched from tho dear parent who had ever striven to make them happy, by that grim monster, death ; and now sho sat beside the couch of her dear Ellen, the last link, the only precious tie that lamnd her to earth. The disease which preyed upon this sweet child had caused the death of her brother and sister, atid she, too, was rapidly sinking into the arms of death. Ah, how must that parent's heart have heaved with anguish, as she sat watching the receding sun-light of her Ellen's existence ! Is there a heart so sensitive as a mother's ?one that can love more dearly i Is there one who will watch in tin? still night, or when the storm-king is careering wi^h out, more carefully, or smooth the pillow, and wipe the moisture more gently from the sorterer'a brow ? We think not. "Ma, c in you pluck one of those whito roses from the bush that grows in the middle of the garden I" said Ellen, as her tender parent kissed her brow, so beautifully white, and smoothed back the dark tresses that adorned her child's head. "I love to look uj>on tho white rose?it is an emblem of innocence and purity ; and am I not innocent, ma." Mrs. 8? retired from the room,but soon returni-d, bringing tho flower for which her sick child had a-dced. n Ellen stretched out her white arm, at- j tenuated by disease, and lier fingers ner- t vously grasped tho favorite rose. ? "Ilow beautiful! ami it* odor iit to t agreeable," said the pale girl; bnt, ma, I f am very weak, my limbs are chilled, and j yet no pain racks my frail laxly. 1 know c that noon my voice shall be hushed, and j these lips that now are almost colorless, ? will be cold, yes, icy cold, to the touch, j Hut I will not talk of dying, for it distres- fl ses you, dear ma ; and oh! I would rather j * 6 the sweet smile uj?on your face, than r witness the outburstiug of your sorrow. ? 'lake this rose and place it near me, that my eyes may often rest upon it; ami when these orbs shall Iiavo lost their ; brightness, and are put out by death, then r let this simple floe cr be placed in my ( hands, that they who may gaze upon my t pale feature* may say, She was pure, she was innocent, even pure as the rose in her , icy fingers." ] "My child," whispered the mother, "are f yon willing to die! Would yoti not rather live to comfort mo when the frosts of age shall have whitened my hair f Can you willingly leave earth and its plea- * surca, your own quiet home, ami the mo- ( tlier who has ever loved you ! Ob, Ellen, 1 Ellon," cried the affectionate parent, as * the sorrow of her heart burst forth, "what ' shall I do I My chiidrcu, dear little ones, ( where nro they f Gene, gone, and you, the last ?*f all, my only nope, Are to he torn also finoin me I oh, how shall I bear this sorrow f" ami the distressed mother < hugged to her boeom the deer one o# her i heart, and aobbed bitterly. 1 441 >ear ma," aaid Ellen, m ehe endeavor- i oil to wipe away her mother'* tear*, MI i ;annot stay with you, for death has fai ened" his icy fingers upon me. Earth' )lonsure? are worth nothing to me, an< ret I would fain live to make you happj o watch over your bedside in tlio tim >f sickness, and receive your dying blei ling; but this cannot be; crc niglitfn ny spirit shall have taken its departure ihall oe at rest forever." The afternoon was closing. The orb < lay had,nearly finished his course, and y* Ellen slumltcrod. Her mother still sr rear the b<'d, watching anxiously th ihauges us they passed over the counter mce of her loved one. At length Kile ?pened her eyes, and while those 1 natron >rbs were fixed upon her mother's faci oe whispered, feebly: " Ma, I am almost there; tlio way i feasant and not dark to me. Give m our hand, ma ; oh, I shall soon be a ionic. See, ma, see yonder," continue* 110 sinl'tnr* olii 1/1 ??o ?<!>" 1 v.aiiva, 11.1 nilU JtMIIIlMl lUWJIFU icaven, "there arc beautiful beings beck niing ine to ooino to thoni, and they ar inging sweet music; do you not hca hem ! Ob, happy spirits, 1 shall soon b villi you! Farewell, ma, we must 1101 >art, but not forever." Her hand fell upon the bed, and th nother saw that the silver cord was aliou o be loosened, that lier dear child was t >e taken from her. Ellen whispere igain: "Ma, tliat white rose, remcnilier to plac t in my hand when I am dead ; wee] lot, I nm going home to sec pa, and siste md dear little Walter, too. Now, ma, kis lie. You have often kissed me when at ujion your knee, talking to you i irattliug, child-like innoceiicy, and 1101 ;iss me again?it will be the parting kis intil we meet above. Oh, I am about t all asleep in the arms of death, ami awn cen in that world where the sun neve els." Her voice faltered, and thc^mothcr her lcr head closely to the lips of her child ind these last words echoed in her ea '?I?h (tine? to I?it??rt?hea ven." Silence reigned in that little room?ol *08! for that pure spirit had taken il light to the mausiuiis of glory. Her sun of life had disappeared behiu he lieiiiispltere of mortality, and the ni< her closed the eyes of her departed Ellei md, while the big tears coursed o'er h< hecks, sobbed aloud, " Farewell, my K en, my last, my only luaie!?farewel jhi'd of my boaoin, until I meet thee i hat happy home where thou ahalt 1 |>arted from mo no more!" Reader, it was her last tie. The Wrong Man. Justly so, render! A gentleman ol tli jountry once took a notion that he wou keep a Hotel in a neighboring village, ar lot being able to build a very fine hous lie built a log cabin, which was verysnia <nd contained only two beds, one sing ind the other double. So one night k ankcu came in very much inebriatei railed for a bed, the landlord put him i he single bed. Directly an Irishinnu can u, called for lodging, and went into tli louse; he had imbibed so much of tl noruing dew, lie could think of but or hing, and that was, he had promised Viend to meet hint at a certain place (tli listance of which was twelve miles,) an barged the landlord particularly, to wall liini up early next morning. So he reti xl to bed. Directly a colored fjentUmei rode up, and asked to stay all night; tl andlord studied some moments aloi permitting him to stay, as he had bi two bods, and a w hite man in each < hem; so at last ho thought to himself tin lie negro's money was not to be despise. 10 he concluded to let the darkey sta' ind put him in bed with l'at. After tl n*gro had gone to bed some time, 1 bund out that the Irishman was intoxica *(l, and concluded that he would play hit i trick. So the negro rose, and took Minit cork and Marked the Irishman, r lack as the old gentleman w ho inhabit lie regions below. Next morning tl.e Irishman, turnin ibout in tliu bed, diicoverod that he ha i bedfellow; so he raised tip and looked t lie negro, and falling back, went to sloe igain. 1 >ireetly the landlord went int lie room to wake hiin as he had promii si, and Pat got out of bed and was drew ng in a great hurry, when happening t ast his eye ou his hand he discovered lh? t was black, said ho to the landlord:Landlord is that hand Mark?" Tli andlonl told him that it was. He looke it the other, and saw that it was bind ic stood and looked with perfect nstonisl nent, and said: "Landlord, 'taint poss >le my face is black, is HI" "Yes," the Landlord told him. After standing and looking with astor diluent for some moments, a new ide topped into his head, and he said to th andlonl (looking at him with a pleasin minted* nce:t "I have just found out the mistakotou hnif tpakftl the negro, not me an :*at jumped into bed again, feeling satii led that the Iandlonl ha<l not waked hin Til* Futvbk.?It has been beautiful] aid, that "the veil which cover* the fa< >f futurity is woven by the hand of Me y. Seek not to raise that veil, therefor or sadnom might be seen to shado tl >row that fancy had arrayed in smiles ar jladness." lie that dothcs the poor, clothes h >wn soul. He that sweetens the cup < affliction, sweetens his own heart. I that fiied* the hungry, spreads oata bai joet for himself, more sweet and refrea ing than luxury can bestow. lelcrtpfr Irtirles. el From the Southern Cultivator. i II Valuable Recipes. Mkssrs. Editors.?llelow I send you >f several Rocipes which I know to be valua!t bio, from long experience. I am <juite it tired of the Inbor of writing then) ott for o iny acquaintances, and send them to you i- for publication, hoping thus to benefit the n i public generally, is Yours, very respectfully, fi MKCKUsmutH, of Tuinea. ? Panola County, Mis*., July 22, 1852. c it To PRK8KRVR HkKF IN JI'NB, JULY OR :1 Alouht.?Kill your Hecf lato in the evens ing, cut up in live or six pound pieces, > take the bones out of the quarters, salt, e spread, and let it remain for the night, to r let the bloody water escape. Nextmorne ing, paek in barrels, the fleshy pieces and v ribs in 0110 barrel, and the back bone, surloin and rump in another, c Have a strong pickle boiled the evenit ing you kill the beef, sufficiently strong to 0 swim an egg; add one pound of saltpeter J and four pounds of brown sugar to tho one thousand pounds of meat, and mix c it w ith the pickle. Pour the cold brine on p the l?eet in the morning, first having put r weight on the beef, mutton or vension, to is keep it dow n, and cover the meat with 1 brine. As soon as a white foam rises on n the top of the brine, skim it off, boil the v brine over, let it stand until cold, and pour -s it on your meat again. If salt is plenty, o I prefer a new pickle. I have eat beef i- preserved by this process, at. may table in r the heat of summer, perfectly sound, three weeks in pickle; and those who will it follow the above directions, may expect to ; do the same. ' To cure Chill* and Fever*.?Having a quarter on the bank of the Mississippi, where chills and fevers are very common, Us I use Stoughton's Hitters in doses of from . one to two table sjKxms full, three times per day, for two or three weeks, first giv* mg a blue mass pill, and stopping one 1 | paroxysm with quinine. This preparation !.r I of tonic bitters 1 consider superior to any ~ other I have seen; it break up the consti, ' tional predisposition in the system to chill* ,M and fevers, givo tone to the stomach, and renovate the system. I have used it lbs many years with uninterrupted success, and make twenty gallons at a time foi the use of my quarter on the Mississippi river, where a physician has not visited foi eighteen months, nor a death for twe years: I"? Take 34 ounces of Gentian Itoot, 2 2-3" of C'inclla Alba (white hark,] " 8 " of Lignum Quassia, Jj' 8 " of Coriander Seed, J' 12 " of Orange Peel, e 4 " of lied Sanders (to color,) . 5 gallons good Whiskey. I* Chip up the ingredients with a knife, and 'n it will t>e ready for use in fourteen davs. le ie To dye Yarn a deep blue.?Take onc,o quarter pound of alum, dissolve it in one ic gallon of water, put in three pounds of yarn, boil two hours and dry. Have a 0 dye prepared of one and a half bushels J of purslain (large field pursley) in a kettle ;e of water, boil until done, and the water re.i..^.i ?i ? ii ?i .i? |-- umwi Hi uuutl l^itliuu^ nvrillll AUU iiiruw away the purslain. te At the same time, have another jntt ol Jt dye, prepared, of half a pound of chipped nt or ground logwood, and two gnllons ol r,f water; l?oil down to a half gallon, strain it and put the logwood dye in the purslain J dye; boil the same logwood three consecuy tive times in the aaiue way, strain and l0 empty in the puralain dye, so as to extract 0 the logw ood. Then add half an ounce of t- blue stone dissolved in water, to the dye; ? put the yarn in the dye, boil two hours; a ring out the dye, and dry. After it is dry, i? wash the yam in soap and water. Wool La may be dyed l?y the same process, and mixed cloth or stockings may be manufacp tured of a mixed shade. d To prevent I/oraea from having the d Grub?.?Keep the nits oft" of your horses P and mules in the fall; if you do, and your ? horses are taken sick, your time and roed* icine will be lost to doctor them for grubs *- ?thero will be none there. To tale a wag Wurtt.?Hub the juice of _ the Salmon I?adish 011 the Warts, twice a 0 day, until the wart is taken up by the ah(j sorbent vessels. i; To atop Hiccough.?Rat a lump of i- brown sugar the size of a partridge egg or i- larger, and they will ceaae in a few momenta. To drive Lice from Cabbage.?Tho first week in July I sprinkled limo on Cabbage * infested with lice, and they loft in a few ? days. The remedy deserves further trial. JtW I enclose, yon for publication the d following slip from tho Baltimore Sun.? a- Any thing that relates to Guano becomes n. a matter of interest to us. It is now so HuccemfaUy iMed for agricultural purpose*, that it can do longer be regarded m en y experiment The high price a however e 50 greet ilrawheck to the application of it r~ We are glad to perceive bv the following extract that we may hope hereafter to ob>e tain it cheeper. We had an opportunity, a few dava ago, to witneae the beneficial effect* or guano on cotton. The cotton to which the guano had been applied, war looking very fine and luxuriant. In the ia middle of the field were two row* left, U of which no guano had beau applied?tlx le difference wae meet aatouiehing. Thai - which had no guano, will certainly no* k- yield more than a third aa much ar thai which has. This field of oottou belong to Dr. B. 8. Sweat, in the lower part of the district, and liea immediately on the roiul leading from Midway to Fiflli Ponds, and all who pass that wav, can view for themselves, the result of tfie guano. Wo predict that the guano, will another year bo extensively used in South Carolina, as doubtless the beneficial results in every District where it has been used, have fully satisfied our people of its utility. In our own district, there will no doubt be a considerable demand, for it can be easily conveyed to us by means of tho rail road. Would it not be well that some enterprising merchant, should embark in the business of importing the guano directly into the city of Charleston, instead of relying on Northern seaports. If brought direct it would doubtless much diminish tho price:?Palmetto S:ntincl. "Tiik Pkruvian Guano TnADK.?Tho recent action of the Government, in ordering a portion of the Pacific Squadron to protect our merchant vessels engaged in the guano trade off the coast of Peru, is likely to prove of considerable value to the commercial and agricultural interests. The Peruvian government now exacts a bonus of *12 per ton, making it cost, with other charges, when landed in the United States, about 127 j>er ton. The trade, however, is mainly monopolized by a British company, in which it is alleged, tho charge to this country from Tern is interested, so that our farmers are compelled to pay SO and #60 per ton. The Lobos Islands claimed to Ik; under the jurisdiction of Peru, though it liaa no settlement upon them and affords them no protection are said to abound with an excollcnt article of guano, and if tho trade be proper ly prosecuted under the protection of our national vessels, it could be easily delivered in tho United States at a fair profit above the actual cost of transportation, nnd at about one-third of the average price which is charged to the consumer." fuiiki} Untiling. Christianity Essential to Happiness. Mr. Allison, the distinguished historian, lately delivered a lecture on this subject. He suggested that where the Christian re, ligion had spread, the people had rcplcnl islied and subjected the earth in propot. tion. lie exhibited the effect* of the unfettered liberty of pure religion in the ?or. responding liberty of the subject, in modi cm, as compared with slavery in ancient r heathenish kinirdoms. lie made manifest , I its influence in its effects on modern warfaro?the snaring of the conquered in lieu of murdering man, woman and child, I or chaining them in slavery, as in the days o." ancient conquerors, prior to the light of tho Gospel. Mr. Allison dwelt particularly on the reign of terror in tho great revolution in France. lie showed how, by this fearful vindication of the majesty of the Deity, the doctrines of Voltaire were dashed with signal defeat, by the withdrawal of divine grnco and protection from France. In the peopling of , America, and colonization of new countries, Mr. Allison pointed out the effect of the Christian religion; the energy and freedom of Europeans was invigorated thereby, in lieu of having the supincness of heathen society, lie reminded us that the discoveries of Columbus, of tho com. pass, of printing, were contemporary with j tho Reformation, as if tho shakkles of . superstition were to be shaken from us, before we were allowed to people the vast 1 Western hemisphere. 1 Finally, Mr. Allison demonstrated that Christianity was rapidly on its march, and that all things tended to the great con; summation in the East and West. This he did, by skilfully exhibiting Russia as a military nation, subjecting by degroes the Eastern regions of tho world, and ro uprooting heathenism* whilst ? tl>*? time tTie more tranquil nations of Western Europe poured their shoals of industrious emigrants into America and Australia, where nations had not to be conquered, and where Christianity could be more readily extended. In the migration to California might be seen the progress i of the mysterious dispensations of God. liy degreos, tho hand of Christianity would encircle the whole earth, and those nations still Itound in Eastern slavery would be further influenced, enlightened and made free. The lost Beak Note. A was an irreligious man nearly sixty voars of age. He had long neglectmi the house of God, and indulged in the use of profane language. One day last winter ho lost a bank note in his barn.? He sought for it several times, bnt did not fltid it. At length he said to himself:? "That note is in the bam, and I will search for it till I find it!" Accordingly he went i to the bam, and carefully moved straw and hay hour after honr, till ho found tho note. He bad told rac two months before that lie knew that his soul was not riarlit with God, and intended to live a better life and seek salvation. His anxiety increased.? A few weeks after lie lc*t the note he sat by the fire musing on the state of his soul, when he turned to his wife and aak[ ed : I "What must one do to become a Chrial tianf i "You must seek for it," she replied, "aa i you aought for tha bank note." ? hb a ? m 1? <4- 1 > spoken." He tried to follow the direct Uon, end thinks that, through the grace L and mercy of Christ, ho has found the t "peart of <*veat price," and rejoices m the ? hope and glory <rf God.