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$2 PER ANNUM. CH ARBITRARY ^WAY* S % E SsIIB !EADS'TIItT WAV "E R E ER IN ADVANCE. NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH CAROLINAWEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27.1853. NUMBER 12 Hn dDriiji [WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR m to tp CP Man's Weakness anc A K ,x Woman's Weakness i -A Tale of Thin{ BY R. S. [CONTINUCD.] Clementina, though most of her time now at Mr. B's, wiu far from being easy. Shv loved Edward devotedly, madly, we might say, and to observe the sly glances which Edward, from time to time cast towards Sarah war sufficient to fill her mind with painful forelnaling*. She did not fear that Edward would marry Sarah,this was not in her mind for she knew El ward was a man of unbounded vanity, aud he could never permit his inclination to so i ? iinaiciui ins judgement, as to iuOiioo him to marry a |?o<y outcast orphan. Clenior.tina therefore had no apprehensions in this respect and^he was correct, but the idea alone that ho loved another, yea that Ihc should show any partiality for another -?nd not centro his whole and uudivided silfection upon Iter, was the cause of her uneasiness. Kdward, on the other hand, cared hut little for Clementina; lie had promised to marry her, it is true, hut he did not intend to fulfill his promise. It was to his intorest in one respect, (fearing his father's displeasure) to propose to her, and vow eternal constancy ; but, although he would not, intentionally, otl'cnd Clementina by showing his affection for Sarah, he never had the first idea of making her hi* wile. 'A'hon not in Clementina'* prc*.-ncc, lie had more than once paid marked attention to Sarah, offered to do anything for her, and even went so for as to insinuate | lie loved her. All this Rare Surah pain, ami aroused the painful apprehensions which had been allowed to slumt>er during Bardott's absence. Did it reouiro a snge to tell h-r,. what were the characteristic trails of Edwurd 1 Did sho not know he was vnga^od to Cleinoulina, and, if he womfcr utterly reckless as to confess a preference for her, when he had already plighted his word to another, was this not sufficient of itself to jo: vinct* her that he wra othing more than a confirmed libertine I fiarah Brown was a girl of intelligence and education, she well knew what kind of inan Edward was, and when he at last accompanied her home, (at a time when indisposition kept Clementina frotn Mr. B's,) she began to fear he was making himself too famlisr. Edward, as before stated, was well veraed in the arts of the world, to consummate Ids plans, he had to work slowly and ^guardeoly. chapter vn. Rentier, have you ever been at the bedside of a dying man, ami seen him part with loved friends and relatives f ilave you seen him bid a long farewell to the wife of his bosom, she who has for fifteen, twenty or thirty years, may be, tossed on life's tempestuous billows with him, sharing bia pleasures and his sorrows ? Hare you seen the dying man call first one son, and then another, and to each giro some ttlrtinir uimAnitinn Tt!. ? "* I B M"'" J"" *wn the dying man hid a fast, long and final farewell to an only child, and she a daughter! It ie to a scene like this we are about to take you. Clementina's father was on his death bed, and she was bis only child. All his hopes had been centred U|K>n her. M . Watson was a weak, a silly man, but he loved his child, his ouly child, his daughter. He lored her ardently, almost to criminality. He loved her even more than he did Ida own wife. Whatever k may have been his idea* of a new world about to open upon hiin, or whatever may have been the preparation of his soul . which never dies, it is not our design to but when the actuality of his I , Condition w as presented to his mind ;? when he knew and Ml that earth could be his abiding place for only a brief pe* find. Hie sole desire appeared to be to enhance the social interest of his only child. His weelth would be bequeathed to her, and His ft!tod appeared to be intently Hired upon those means, which wontd serve I M to increase her stork of this world's goods, fie called hia daughter to him. iwClem," said be "I dill soon be gone, fro not interrupt me, ufy daughter. My fkne bare la short. The dnetof has aprv her to me candid I v, and I thank him for k I may live a day or two longer, but A dfi * - -- ii n I r. i. THE LANCASTER LEDGER.] ?@?8 I Woman's Strength, ' D and Man's Strength. ji as they Are. BAiLEY. tliit is my dying bed. What is to be done must be done now. A reconciliation must be effected between your mother's brother, Mr. Hardott, and myself. The cause of our estrangement nnd' unfriendliness, is to be attributed to him. It was no fault of mine, but I ? ? ? f - ?. * mil miiiAicub ur not, a reconciliation mutt be effected, and to do so, I must make the first advance.? Your uncle is a single lean, the probability is, he will never marry, and therefore, after his death, you being his nearest relative would become the inheritor of his properly ; but, to die nud not on friendly terms with hitn, he will not leave you a copper. This must not be, Clementina, we must reconcile your uncle, yes, lie must come, and I will place the blamo of our entflity upon myself, and apologise.? Go, Clementina, go to your uncle aud tell liim your father is dying, and he wishes to see him. Do not coino without hitn, entreat a?d l-eg until ho yields to your solicitation. Go my child and bring him." The daughter obeyed; to gratify her father's wish rdone, would have iuduced her to obey I.is commands. She went to her uncle. Dardotl was very indifferent. M Could not her father die without raising s:tch a fuss. He never liked to see people die, and as U> making friends with liim, why, he did not care anything about that, if Mr. Watson was to be of any use to him a friend, why try to make one, when ho was to die so soon." The young girl begged and plead, and with tears in her eyes entreated him to go and see her father. Clementina was as all worneii are in this respect. Her tears were honest: thev were the *nnnun?nn? overflowings of a sympathetic heart.? Her father w<u dying, and she would do anything for him. Woman is generally a successful advocate, especially with the stonier sex, and the woman here triumph ed, and Clementina had the infinite satisfaction of bringing Bardott to her father's bedside. Mr.Watson acknowledged then he was wrong, and asked lor forgiveness. Bardott said lie had no forgiveness to grant, that it always had been imma erial to him whether they were friendly or not. That when the daughter entreated him so earnestly to come, he could not but oblige her. " But," said Clementina's father, " I wish you to be my friend, and not so much my friend as iny child's friend. Mr. Bardott, I must soon die, and into whose care can I leave my daughter f I must leave her in your care. Yes, you will bo a father to her. 8he needs a protector, the world may abuso her and she must have a staff to lean upon, and that staff must be yourself. Yes, Bardott, I must , leave her in your charge. Oh, say you will watch over her and guard her! I am afraid she inay be entrapped in the snares set for the unprotected and defenceless. Bay, oh vaj brother, say you will take a father's place!" He would have spoken on?he would have got on his knees to the iron hearted man, but already be had overdone him?elf: Bardott saw the change come over his features?he had time only to say, a 1 will take care of your daughter." Mora would have been lost to Clementina's parent, for rupturing a Wood vessel [iroduoed bythe excitement of his feelings ie grasped Bardott's hand, and extending die other took his daughtafs; looking unutterable affection lows^f die latter, hie eyes gradually lost their Brilliancy, and the ni\ moment his spirit wafted its flight to oilier and uuktiown regions. Clementina, now that her father was fan n .1 l Erne, rmaea who mm roomer, wnimer ardott al*o removed. 8ko tit left to kit cere, *nd be bed pradfaftMo protect ber. But Clementine, onKh* Pamb, did not fear nnj of the rnarea of fob worltL? Edward, nod Edward alone engreaaod her whole attention, nod after the fret abbotlition of grief for the loaa of her father knd so balded, a be canard to think of Lien, hot on the nther hand, considered how it would be possible to estrange Xdward from Sarah. Bdemrd, we have anid bad no intaoti? dt marrying Clementina, and aa ret he bnd nerer apAea of the " bappj day f nod now that fer fctber bad Wt boon oonaignod to tbdjbwhv Qoffwlht knew some time must elapse before they I Edward could be united. Every day but served to and exj convince Iter more and more, that Edward bow pt was deeply in love with Sarah, and at last they di? he was so particularly attentive to the lat- inonstrt tcr, and by other signs manifested his at- j ued to < tachment for her, that even Jane, his sis- same til ter, began to suspect, and Clementina, | of Clei poor girl was excited almost to madness, daughtc She l>egan to think that Edward loved j her his S irali more than ho did her, and as her | work to existence was wrapt up in him. she deter- purpose mined to get Sarah Brown out of the but I way. of his p Clementina accordingly set about it and his and first consulted Jane. been to "Jane, sister Jane, I am in trouble. 1 passed, believe Edward loves that, huxzy, Sarah, her tha moie than he loves ine. Jane, my sister, ening i I love Edward and Edward used to love which i me, hut since that piece pushed herself but bis , upon us, and tried her arts upon him, lie John L | does not care al>out mo 1 dont know the ndv what to do, Jane; but I am firmly con- John In | vinccd of one thing, if thogipsoy were out and was j of the way Edward would be the same as Old Lai ever, thcssmc good, kind,sweet Edward." son, as Jane listened to her friend. of him, I " I think, Clem, you are right. I know source < j Edward loves that wretched outcast wo- to him. man, and you don't know how ashamed tnanifes I felt to see him walking with her in the vicious street. One thing we musj. do, we must lie had stop taking lessons from her." form a , " Oh, yes." said Clementina, " wo must the grei do that, besides, my uncle, for some ren- in the v son or other has already told me to do so ; cause f< but we ought to do more, wo ought to " \V| send her olf, or get her out of our reach, not ktio ami tvuwanl s too, soma liow or other." | Ves I w " I don't know how you will do that," the p??i replied Jane. | effort 111 44 Well, I don't know, either, yet," said I dead tli thr other, 44 but I'll try." hoys' w braided have al ciial'tkil viii. .. . , if I ha Independently of Clementina and Jane, ki.ow n Sarah had four other music scholar*. The |n,,? |,; sum derived from the mx proved suffi.-ient t0|]s ?M for her support, and she therefore wasstill cnqjht i in poaessaiou of the greater portion of the peril v. hundred dollars ; but, now that her scho- j( j "j lars were reduced to four, she found the f'|ie proceeds would be inadequate for that Was ro? pur|M>se. Since Jane and Clementina had t|ic on,| discontinued. Eel ward had called to see weal her and offered her assistance, which she nn,i W( refused, and she moreover requested biin quired, to visit Iter no more. a part c - ?- t".e ' ? " ?" ? wry uiuercwi man in one n \jgnr< respect froin HurtloU, and very Inuch like er tj,t, hiiu in another. When Sarah made this Prrjnir ( request of him, ho did not vow vengeance |,j, and slam the doo. after him; hut in a :((rj|),.tl very plausnblu manner apologized ; snid |j0P w|, he only intended hia visit in a friendly voa| t|H manner; as she had refused his love, lie had called not as a lover, but as a friend, know* and although he would not, by any act \?.Vt.r | of his, displease her, he could not deny to mrp himself one pleasure, which was to drop j,rPsft r, in only occasionally, just to see if she nee- the com ded assistance. Sarah 'tnew that liis words declarat belied the feelings of his heart. He would 0I1,| trj? render her assistance it is true, if she nee- would i ded it, but as indemnity for this attention, WOuld the corruption of his heart too clearly ?n|y ?? showed the baseness of bis designs. Sa- |1(1 rah not only refused his proffered assist- WM r,.j anco, but requested hiin in a peremptory n tjnv manner to cease his visits. ii.toxi'eu We have said in one respect Edward |,jK f!lt| was similar to old Bardott. Yes, one was j?ioed, the counterpart of the other. Sensual for and sparing no pains to gratify their pas- J'oor I ion, already the sins laid to their charge cent ,ni| were many and grievous. Now, that old eiilina ; Bardott could not induce Sarah to become were tj his wife, he had resolved to attain his oh- wjt| ject without doing so. Partly to gratify rea,]v , his sensuality, and partly from a spirit of revenge, he labored in mind day and to ;ndu| night how this was to be accomplished. |. aaw Previously to llie death of Mr. Watson, e*h? he had settled upon no particular plan, n<lvertis how to accomplish Ids hellish purpose.? jnt) Ho did think once ho would accomplish .. [ his end by physical, force, but knowing a wj|| g\YI servant girl lived with Sarah, besides, j,ut |10j knowing who lie had to deal with, what fa Hg,j( was her resolution and ftrmness, he abar.- |,<,|jevo doned the idea. But vet Therefore, up to the time when Mr. ^ your Watson died, lie had not decided what plan to adopt, though resolutely deterroin cd to consummate his purpose some how. Cous After taking up his resilience with Cloin- Mobile ununa ana ner mother, lie inouglitol otli i?iiih of i er projects : he trioii to get the tenant ting to I girl of 8arah over on his ?kle, promising ton are her a rich reward if the would act in con- Mkatonij cert witli him, and give hiin her assistance; these hi hut the faithful girl instead of acceding to paper o his wishes, acquainted her mistress with ixwt j?< the facta of the stratagem. Finding this denoinii would not do, he waf undecided what suspicio plan to reeort to. It wm while he was in of this tl this wavering, undecided state of mind signed I | that Bardott began to observe the s'ale Ihwe, C of feeling between Rdward and Cleroenti- No hilts na, that is, the jealousy of the latter, and the Bai the indifference of the former; at the . same time the shrewd old follow began to .. " *9 that Edward was oe a similar expediBo* aa himself. Ilo saw aow, and knew ^,v h j Clement ins was jealous, aad who l*"m waa the sense, Bardott aow cultivated II1 Edward's aoyaelatenoe, pnltadedto think bim a first rata man, would aeeompsnj him every where, aad cm two or three oc wh?kv casions Insinuated tiiat Clementina wonM It foj be ha heir. Of eourea, dM old chap had ing etra a design hi aU this, however this may be is so sat I at all events swallowed the l>ait, | tressed himself as being surprised | oplo could scandalize Uardoit as j I, for his part lie considered him a ( "? >us clever lellow. Hunloil coiitiu 1 . tlltivate this intimacy, and at the T1 ine know i tig what were the feelings ' mcntina, his niece and adopted ' ?r, put his wits to work to make j ',:,s aecessoty and assistant in the j ,a''' gain Sarah over to his fiendish ; i * j com hefire giving the reader the detail . rojeets, we must liunt up Lake: I""1 son. 'Lie old man had ir>t yet c?"' see Sarah, although scarcely a day "r * hut he prom sed himself to cull on ! t evening, hut alas, for him the ev- ' ns,'i invariably found him in a state,) ton. endered him unfit for any place | ?',e couch. At this time the card of I '",n ake, Attorney at Law, appeared in I l'H'J erfising columns of the I >aily ' l""J ul passed a creditable examination, j ",l" s admitted to the practice of law. Ice, the father, was proud of lii?Jj',K'4 well as Edward's father was proud ,St'' and the admission of John was a "u"* if infinite pleasure and satisfaction ri4''' For the last twenty yearn he had ^r'"! led no disposition to ieave off the hal'it lie was guiltv of, and which '''"l I heeoiin so habituated t<> a? to h*d, ....... i.: i ... Ti .. ( .. I, <> luimrc, i>11 l now, >? tiiif *" it obstacle, lie liis son's father was ru"r ray to his hoy's success, it <*nvc liiin "K l1 >r mature reflection. V1'1 iv do 1 drink he reasoned, I <1>> > r'( \v why. I wish I could quit it. V?"1 ish I h;i<l never tasted a drop ul j '"'w sionotis stuff, hilt how can I, the ijjlil kill uie, ami yet hett'T he *' an to Ik- a stu i.hlii ; hloek in my , ay. Netei yet lias my son upme for my eomluet, although I y?l" itiseil him when intoxicated, ami ,Cil> o; la-en >>f any service to him I i r:l1'1 ot of it. The iittle we have, eanie | ' s mother, am] my own conscience ' i it I can he of n<? sen ice to him. I I r'"" lot to he a drawback to Ids pr->-?- ! ,0I'' Oh ! I wis' sincerely I could quit ' XCI must, I must make the effort !" V"" lock at liis heart, though feehle l ponded to. If the trill he there, I xv'1) is aecoiiiplishod. Man hy nature j ''J*1? <, human nature is prone to err, I xx " 0 admit thai once a habit is ;w "^ol and fhHU frequent practice becomes ,l ?f man's nature, it requires astroiijr. ' . vus effort to overcome it : hut rea>l first point to gain is tlie will ; tin- J nan must first gain his o\\ it eon- ! " ~ ' * desire to ulwtsin : too many irn- 1 *1 ii'V really desire to abandon m pra? - j, on the wwhs of his It art would> ?. ' * . contrary "pinion ; Id too consent shied, ninl mv?I will. No onn | what ho onn do until ho tries.? look U'j.ind. nviko up your mind t with difficulties and trials, hut nward, dotorminod whatever he 'iuir u two sequence, you will act up to your ion?I will, and you will in the J,*H nnph. Old Lake did not any ho ihandon the hahiL, hut lie said he .j try, and lie did try ; ho indulged >lerately with the firm dctcrmina- j i would coaso eventually John oicc? at this change, formorlv not j escaped, hut his father would he ' tod, and now though ho waa aware j J"'1 lier still drank spirits, ho was re- ; we sav, to find there was a change I . letter*. |,f0jJ Sarah struggled on to live in a de-1 j nn?-r. buthy tlio influence of Clem- i ind Jano two more of her scholars ! j ikon from her and she found her* wj|| *i only ten dollars in money. A I- j j ihe had deprived herself ot many ^ s s she had formerly been enabled lg? herself with, and now she clearthat soon all her resources would 1 ? ( msted. She had seen John Lake's ^ lemeut in the paper, and it was the j ,, imatiou she hud of his being in S. : , >uld call on him, but oh, no. lie ^ ( u me the last farthing he possesses, ! delieae* forbids that I should ask j itauce. Oh, my mother did you j j|j(> your child would come to tfiiw,!' wi||t . I do not repent of not acceding W.IJ* I a . | ,f Will wish ; no, better to die. r , coin |TO nit CONTINUED.] 1 M| m J per i iTKKKKiia?We learn from the l',c iriixilie tliut n large number of j w,'rt lIh; denomination of ?8, t?ur|?or? ?e inautd iVom the Bhii of Charles in circulation in Alabama and | mi. The engntving ami filling of tin are wo well executed, mikI (In-! f ao excellent a quality, that the ' Igew?ouly from llm unnatural 0 ?tion?would receive it without , n. The Tribune state* that a bill " ? leacription, which it hn* seen, ia ?1,11 Ccrr Boyce, President, ami A 0. 1 aaliier, ami dated Arril 18-18. (IUHI of this description are isam-d by I*"" ik of Charleston. 1 ,iU1 wewew?- the i municipal election in Louisville. coin kyt last week, ft majority of 20A finer O in favor of licenacM for the sale | diim uoua liquor*, ami a majority of, fortl unat establishing ?*ity water works. ' barn uritr Mem to think that thft vote $4,0 ben conclusively the fact that l? stronger than water. M ehl wit) that ti-f -1 il r. . < '? : ? - - - ,,, wberrie* and ki?sing a pftitv givI, lie t mil H cannot be appreciated. | Wee. % % JUisrrllniiemis. Kmiii 'lie Railroad Tillies, lie Advance in The Price of Iron, lie sudden mid great advance whit leccmh taken pla'o in tlie price oud iron, is a circumstance of tin importance t<> various interests of tli n.rv, hi less than a year tlie price oud iron in Great Rritiiin?which istl cipal seat of its manufacture and i rolling market?lias advanced from i 25 to ?10 per ton There is cvei on t'? believe that it will continue , and not stop short of ? 12 or ?l ' p Six years ago iron went tip in nun same way, rising in a very brief peril t ?5 to ?12 per ton. This advani i was piodneed as it is now, bv tl ecting and constructing of a gre; ilier of" railroads, with the cssentii retice the main at that period was cot I chiefly to England, whereas now ffttsed over many countries, ragitt t vaster aggregate of projects. Tit oads in progrees which prod need tli it atliauce in iron in 184 7. did not e: I 3000 miles in aggregate lengtl tgli a much larger amount was projet ami afterwards partially abaudouc iiiVeMiueli of capital iut these 15ritis oads caused the most disastrous con rial revulsion ever experinccd in Grei ain. It ruined tnanv hundreds of lit est merchants. and nroduced a Ion - ?# I * " inued prostration of every industrii rest, from which it required years c cut labor and economy to recover, miu the In st information accessible t public, it appears to Iks ipiite certai there are now in progress, and actni se ofconstrnction,in Europe and Ame at least twenty thousand miles of ir? road, lu-sides a vast amount of projo taiiroads not yet begun, wbit'll wed takf ill account. Of this amount road in progress, 5.000 belongs to E ami 1 1.000 at least, to this coiintr Usite of more than 100 miles no articling in Canada. We have seen made out of the railroads now ?tuh in each State, which amounts in tli regale to more, than 13,000 miles, an h li^t has understated rather thsi rotated tin- irutli, for in this Stat ie it omits 1)0 miles of railroad in a constru -tmil, and has made simili sions as to other Stales. Howeverii lilde the aggregate may appo rat lir t, it is impossible lor the most carefi tinv to make anv deduction froi lilro'ids require at least one hmulre * .-I ir? ;i (".'i .1 .single ir.u k, and of tli Is in j>f'igi<:s> ii Eur..j).- 11)0 will ti ;r.i. U n?a<ls, I-, luilow.s from tIs: ;he i.ii road* now in enurse of coi inni iii Europe and Auieriea will r< e for tl.cir completion no less tlia millions and lour 'indrrd thousan of iion. To mako tins quantity wi ipy all the rolling mills in the worh l*Ii are engaged in the manufacture < oad iron, at least six years?thoso < at Britain furnishing throe-fourth the United States. Fruucc, ami Be n the remaining fourth. The be; lorities do not estimate the large-" .liiy of railroad iron in any one yea l as high as 400,000 ions yet even n rate it will take six years to fornix for the roads already begun, he necessary consequence of this stal lings is, that the price of railroad iro not only keep up, but further, advant l>e manlairied a vcrylodg time. Tli make the manufacturing businof can he undertaken in this conntr mine years, for it is affirmed on tli authority, that the article which selling at $70, with every prospei dvancing at least to $80 per ton pnj ir profit to the milker of $50 per toi lie advance in iron will nearly douhi cost of luany of the railways at th L and south, for the cost of gradin ii some of them was less per mile tha ost of iron, even l?efore it advance* profit to a few of the companb Ii have secured their iron at low orict l?e very large. Tlic Hnglish railron panics are now compelled to pay %1 ton inon- for ili?*ir iron at homo, tl?a price at which onr railroad companu ? enabled to olrtain it alamt a yen freight ami duties included. The New Silver Coining?. UK officers of thu Mint at Pliiladc i are now closely engaged in coinin ui'w silver pieces of the denoininatio iree. five, ten, and twenty-five cent rder to meet the want of small ailvc ige, the work at thu Mint now goes o i at night and l?y day. The nei dvr id a dollar weigh* precisely fou iyweights, ami is 7 1 3 grains lei i the former phare. As compared wit current Spanish quarters, the ne< is decidedly heavier and soinewhs None of the dimes or hal a have vet Wen stmck. Tlio mould lie gold liars are intended to mak of die value of 200,1*000, *n 00 eseh. a. oi. ay's birth-day is to be handsome! wst I h* th - t-nrpriM* authorities an ittt'x riuiini, iv.-iitiiuky. Lei L'nmntta v\ iH I, i Saw-Dust as Litter. The above material lias been successful!} - introduced as litter for horses in Ohio instead of straw and may be profitably j employed for this purpose when the lattei j article is dear. The "Ohio Cultivator' h contains the following remarks upon the of subject: 1 Several bushels of dry saw-dust m- thrown into the stall, upon which tin is horse stands during the night. In tin of morning it will be found that about i ie bushel has to be removed?one-half o ts which is manure and one half saw-dust '5 j so well saturated as to contain a larg ry portion of ammonia, performing the doubl to j office of absorbent and purifier: thus th er | air of the stable is kept pure, and th h ; ammonia saved for the compost heap.? ><! j This compost Mr. Blake has applied t ee his stiff clay land, and reports that it ope ie rates like yeast, making the ground vcr it j li;?ht and mellow. In the morning, tlia ill J portion of the bedding which remain! l- dry, is shaved up under the manger, tc it serve for another night, g Another advantage from this materia ie for bedding is that a horse which lies upor ie it is much easier cleaned olT than on< c- which lies on straw, the saw-dust entering i, among the hair brings away the secretion: when the curry comb and brush nr< d | applied, leaving a bright lively coat. Ir b i warm weather it has another great advan t- tage, that of being much cooler than straw it so that a tired and heated horse can sleej r pleasantly, without incitements to feverisi g restlessness. T e establishment of stean il mills in all parts of the country, render >f the material easy of access to almost every neighborhood, and we doubt not, wlier o its virtues are better known, it will b< n generally applied to stable use, as a mean: d of comfort to the horse, and also of turn r- ing an otherwise useless article int< n profitable account." O- ? mam ? o- I Inuian Compositors.?His fingers ar of | small, and he picks up his typo from th H- j case with n rapidity truly astonishing. v have never seen it equalled in an Ecglisl printing office. JJut his day's work ove (and lie will get it done, sometimes, in twi or three I ours, he is the most indoient ant *r dissipated creature in existence. He is ncv 111 er out of debt, and never without a dun a id hi* heels : but he invariable Hitmilna >! in | claims upon liiin, and never pays till he doe t,( so bv order of some court. I required tel of these compositors, and engaged them a |r exactly double the rate of pay they receive iu Calcutta, "Look at the distance," the would say; " to be so far off from you sl families to whom you most send mone nl sir!" The compositors said they should rc n quire five distributors. In India a cemposi tor never distributes his matter. He woul< ,| consider it beneath his dignity. Besides, i seems to soothe his feelings to have rurii o! e under him?a human being at his beel and call?somebody whom he may bullj |s ! with impunity, and strike, if it please him.? These native distributors do not know a sin ' glo i\oid of English; many cannot tell yon n the names of the letters; but they will fil ,1 a ease as speedily and as accurately as nnj II European.?Dicken's Household Words. I, i>f Armr. Foot..?A good story is told of t oountrvmnn tvhn .. 11 ? l-:. uTS I / ???..v MWIV41II MUIJ ui wppvu 111' I pocket book in the street, on the first instanl l' containing the snug little sum of $500.? , Passing along ho soon had occasion to use ' it. when he discovered that it was lost? 1 Turning directly around and retracing hit ir steps, he was surprised to soc it lying on tin it side-walk, guardcd'by about a dozen Isafcra li who, he said, he would not trust with thrci cents, each intent on enjoying a joke, as the] e supposed, upon the man who picked it up u Several had passed and kicked it, supposinj it to bo a trick.?Boston Times. ??? Thb NarrCoaoRaes.?It is a singula) _ fact that the last five States which hav< p elected members of the new Congress, o from which we bavo last heard, hnn t elected Democratic delegations entire.? ^ Tlioy are California,New Hampshire Soutl u Carolina, Connecticut, and Rhode Island lt* The whole number of members thus fa ie elected to the 3 d CM*"*c whom 103 are Democrats, 60 Whigs ^ and 3 Abolitionists. Tho members ye I to be elected are 77. If they should b< of the same politics as in tho lastCongresi ^ the whole number of Whigs in the Uous< ,j will be 77, Abolitionists 3, Democrat 154 0 Totnl 234. Democrata to Whigs 2 to ] n exactly. !S ir A LaugkOak.?We have been inform ed by a friend that tho largest Oak knowt in Sumter District, of highland growth atands within a few hundred yards of th? residence of Mr. J. D. Weeks, in th< 1 |,i li? has mas* af asm I^s4sis4 ssi s sswwo. ?- ii;nvi |r? in v??i //winvb) mm hivubuict ff fifteen feet Id dreamferenee, fear feet high n from the ba*c of the tree. It is a real, *. genuine,, bona fide, Red Oak.?Sumter it Watchman. n 1 " Ddatiw r* New-York.?Enoch E if C?mp, Biq., A lawyer,newspaper reporter * And Tammany noli lid An of ennxidernbh b fame, died on SaturdAy evcring; Johr * McCletter, generally known da 4Coamtn if ^feclo*ky,,, a pugilixt, died on Sunder, ? * a fever contracted oo n recent voyage from * Oalifemin. * Nearly Tnre.?lt In aDrtnl In the N. Y. Jonrnel ef CommerM that the eUmpedI 5 ?- of June nctt A large qexnlttv me aWW Hj not ye* esMkfe From the South Carolinian. More about Okra. r ? Messrs. Editors : While reading an : article republished in your valuable paper, r under da'o of the 8lh instant, entitled ' Okra Hemp, the following thoughts sug gested ti cmselves: , # t 1. It is a fibrous plant, a? such may J be converted into some of the useful arts. ? 2. The seed can be compressed; the ro1 suit will be an useful oil, equal to, and f answering most, if not all the purposes, of 1 Olive oil. e y. Tho cakes, after compression, are e equal to the cak ?s of Linseed oil after come prcssion, for the food of stock. e 4. The seed has been often used with - approval as a substitute for coffee. 0 5. The hulls of the seed are eagerly - ought after by stock. f 0. The residue of the 6tock, after tlio t fibres will have been removed, will answer 5 lor litter for stock; thereby producing a > 'nrge quantity of valuable manure." 7. Its value as an ingredient in soup, 1 nnd as a vegetable on the table, alone are > too well kuown to require any remarks 1 from any one. > As to that variety of tlio Okra best ' adapted to tho arts, the soil, culture, com; posts, manner of preparing and dressing 1 for the uses nnd purposes intended, must' " be necessarily left to the. observation, rc' flection, and to the experience of its culti' vators. 1 The fact which has been published, that 1 its strength of fibre is considerably less ' than hemp, ought not by any means to retard its experimental cultivation." ' It is an admitted fact that the texture s and strength of both flax and hemp have 4 been vastly improved since their first in" troduction. Why not the fibre of the Ok> ra also! I know of no plant more deserving of notico and practical consideration than c Okra. e DAVID EWART. tl r Getting Rid of Gamblers. ] While the magnificent steamboat Bal. tic, of tho Collins line of American stcarat crs, was on her trip up tho Potomac river 1 to W ashington, some twelve mouths ago, 9 and had approached near to the town of " Alexandria, Virginia, a group of passen, gcrs were entertained by the following .. amusing story, connected with the Town r Hall of tho place, a large and imposing y structure, ornamented with a clock and > steeple: >- The town had been recently visited l>y d several gamblers from the Southwest, who like their master the devil, had come thith{ cr, "seeking whorr they might devour." . At length a respectable citizen, in and evil . hour, fell into the snare which had been . set for him; and after a series of advert i games, carried'on different nights, he found 1 himself fleeced out of the handsome sum of some three thousand dollars and up*, ward. This he was obliged to pay, and did pay, although not very willingly, prob> ably. But having "staked his money up* 1 on the cast," he was too "honorable," as it is called, not to "stand hazard of the i die." But a lucky thought enabled hinr . to "bring about his revenges." i lie had somehow or other ascertained ; that theft) was an old law in Virginia, es ? tablished while she was yot a colony, in B which it was "made and provided* that if ' any man could not show that he was '' pursuing some "lawful means of obtaining a livelihood." be should he ?aU or hiM/t out At auction, to prevent, by his labor, r his becoming chargeable to the town. A ? complaint was therefore immediately enr tcred against tho gamester by his victim; e he was arrested, tried, and condemned to _ be sold at public auction. [, Here was a dilemma! Tho gambler |a was disposed, at first, to treat the whole r matter as a joke; but he soon found out f his mistake. lie was taken to a public L stand, "sale peremptory!" His victim staft ted tho bid w ith: ? "One hundred dollars'." t "Two hundred," said the other. And s so the gamoster and his victim went on . bidding, until tho amount had reached I two thousand dollars, when the former begged to be "let ofT," pleading poverty; but all would not do. There wm no al tentative; he must either be forced into a j service of degrading labor, under the supervision of a man who had small cause ' lo love him, or he roust go on bidding for ) himself which he was actually compelled , to do until tho sum had reached threo | thousand five hundred dollars, when he was permitted to depart from the town by 1 hie persecutor, who gave the prooeede of the sale to the city, which was applied to the building oi the steeple and olork of the very townhall which bad attracted the ^ ' attention of the paseeeew*. It is said that ever same this occurrence * A lex and rift km lx*f eonwdemj ft very -poor plftoft of hmkmrnT fet the pioh-uu , (/oft^ftftddioft. '-v I 1 Otn. Scorr kpe porrHnfted the epkedid roeMenc* ef ChArteApBrtrid^, Keq. No IIS Writ ?tlh-etreet, ftnar fifth ASllfth Wl? ' York, trhftftft he wtiH mU? la fatam E*ur V Ko<raejju.?In tWX*? York