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bo now or strange. Persons do not kno< how difficult it is to press directly dowT ward, or in any given direction against fixed obstacle; or even to know onl whether they are doing so or not; unlei they have some indicator which, by vis bio motion, or otherwise, shall instrtu them, and this is more especially thv ens when the muscles ot' the finger and hail have been cramped, and rendered eitlie tingling or insensible, or cold by long cor tinned pressure. If a finjrer be pressed constantly int tho corner of a window frame for ten inii utes or more, and then, containing th pressure, tho mind ho directed to judg whether tho foreo at a given moment " all horizontal, or all downward, or ho much is in 0110 direction, and how muc in tho other, it will find great difficulty i deciding; and will, at last, become alt gfcther uncertain?at least ^ich is 11 case. I know that a similar result occu with others; for I have had two boar, arranged, seperatod, not by rollers, but I plugs of vulcanized rubber, and with tl vertical index; when a person with h hands on the upper board is requested press only downward, and the index hidden from his sight, it moves to the rigl to the left, to him and from him, and all horizontal diroctioiu; so utterly unab is ho strictly to fulfil his intention, witho a visible and correcting indicator. No' such is the use of the instrument, tho hoi zontal iudcx and rollers; the mind is i structed, and the involuntary or quasi i voluntary motion is checked in tho coi racncment, and therefore risej up to tl degree needful to move to move the tab! or even permanently the index itself. ^ one can suppose that looking at the iiul< can in any way interfere with the transf of electricity or any other power from tl hand to the boarJ under it or to the tab' If tho board tends to move, it may do s the index loes not confine it; and if tl table tends to move, thevo is no reasi why it should not. If both were inthicnc by any power to move together they m; do so?as they did indeed when tho a paratus was tied, and tho mind and mi eles left nuwatrhed and unchecked. I must bring this long description to close. I am a little ashamed of it, for think, in the present nge, and in this pa of the world, it ought not to have b<v required. Nevertheless, I hope it may 1 useful. There are many whom I do n expect to convince; but I may be allow* to say that I cannot undertake to answ such objections as may be made. I str my own convictions as an expcrimenl philosopher, and find it no more necessa to enter into controversy oa this poi than cn any other in science, as the n turo of matter, or inertia, or the magne zation of light, on which I may did from others. Tho world will decide soo er or later in all such cases, and I have r doubt very soon and correctly in the pre ent instance. Those who may wish tos< tho particular construction of the test a] paratus which I have employed, may lia\ the opportunity at Mr. Newman's, N 122 llegent st. Further I may say, havo sought earnestly for oases of liftin by attraction, and indications in any forn hllK lint-'A /VoinA.1 "A 1 <r ..... v> ki?iicu iiu !. .ices ui such eneci Finally, I beg to direct attention to tli diseourso delivered by Dr. Carpenter, s the ltoya. Institution on the 12th of Marcl 1852, entitled, "On tlie Influence of Sn< gestion in Modifying and directing Mu cular Movement, independent of Volition: which, especially in the latter part, shoul be considered in reference to table movin by all who are interested in the subject. M. Faraday. Royal Institution, June 27. Death of A. U. Little. It becomes our painful duty to reeor the death of the gentleman whose nam heads this article. lie died yesterda morning at 17 minutes past 12, and w# buried yesterday evening at 4 o'clock b the Spartanburg Volunteer Compan; with the honors of war. The funeral se mon was preached yesterday at 3 o'cloc A. M., by the Rev. J. G. Landrum. Mr. Littlecame to our town a few weel since, feeble and emaciated in search health. He remained at the Mart: Springs for a fortnight, and landing i relief was removed hither bv his faithf friend, T. Jnrman Elford, Esq., who pn cured for hiin seperior medical aid, an the constant attentions of a valuable an attentive servant. Mr. Little was antral ger to every one except Mr. Elford, wli (it will be gratifying to his friends to know did everything in his power to relieve h suffering, and render comfortable his hu mirnent*. Of his history we have learr el the following [articglars. At the ag of lflfor 17, he applied to join the Pa mflttnTL?or!tr??n? It ?... "I * J '' ..o it, nns iiiiuutuepanm, for Mexico. His application was prompt It rejected on account of his youthfulnest Determined not to be disappointed in th promptings of his gallant spirit he entei ed the cars with the Regiment for Mexicc Thence "he was forcibly ejected for th same reason?his extreme youth. With soldierly determination and spirit undamped by the discouragement he had received, he applied to the New berry Company?was admitted?ropairo to the hlttlniul/la r\f \f ? 1 ? _ vi mcAiiu mm uier won for himself imperishable hon>>r an glory aa a private. During the engage ment at the gate of the city he lost hi right arm. An eye-witness tells ua th? he displayed a gallantry and braver through the war that urovoked the praiiw of all and secured him a high and envi; bi# character. So distinguished was b< that on his arrival home he was dispute! d to the Citadel at Charleston at tne 63 penae of the State to acquire an eduoatioi Up to this time he was utteily illiterat being neither able to read nor write. At predating the facilities afforded him v the acquirement of an education he coi centra f-d all his energies to the improvi Diunt rt? riia mimi ?./! tlm '" ~r 1 stadias. 80 suecwwful was he that tn thrr joars and a half, ha was abla to perfori the duties of assistant to one of the pre feasors and in four years graduated wit tha honors of his clam. Such is the brk bat interesting history of this young mar Spartan. ft Newspaper By-Laws. n Wb find in one of our exchanges tin v following pithy code of newspaper By }s Laws. They are the best we have seei j. drawn up; and if newspaper writers wil { pay strict attention to the rules here lai< ,o down, a vast deal of troublo will be save* ,1 to tlio printer, and their effusions inucl r more extensively read by the community i- 1 Be brief. This is tho age of tok graphs and stenography, o Be pointed. Don't write all around i- subject without hitting it. o 3 State facts, but don't stop to moral i/.e. It's a drowsy subject. Let the rem) is ! er do his own dreaming, w 4 Eschew prefaces, l'lungo at one ill into your subject, like a swimmer into col in water. o- 5 If you have written a sentence tin iy you think particularly fine, draw yourpe re through it. A pet child is always tli Is worst in the family. >v 0 Condense. Make sure that you r* i*o ally have an idea, and then record it in th its shortest possiblo terms. V'e war to thoughts in their quintescence. is 7 When your article is completec it, write out nine tenths of the adjectives.iii English is a strong language, but won' do bear much "reducing." ?t 8 Avoid all high flown language. iv, The plainest Anglo Saxon words are th ii- best. Never use stilts when legs will d n- as well. n- 0 Make your sentences short. Evei u- period is a mile stone, at which the read* ic may halt and rest himself, e, 1 Write legibly. Don't let your mai fo useript look like the tracks of a spider hu ex drowned in ink. We shan't mistake on er f>r a genius, though he write as crabidl lio as Napoleon. ;o /ST" An English paper states that tl |1(1 first complete edition of the English Bibl an printed by Miles Covcrdale, bearing da 14:15, was accidentally discovered a sho av time since in the false Ixutom of an ol p. oak chest, at llolkliam Hall, Norfolk, tl ' seat of the earl of Leicester. There ai numerous imperfect copies of this Bible i a existence, two being in the library of tli . i British museum, one in the Bodleian I r( brary at Oxford, one in the Cnmbri*l*> University Library; in fact, most of tli [jC great libraiies and public institutions i ol England, as well as many private indivi* uals, possess a volume. The copy uo er brought to light is the most valuable s e lt<1 i ucn of Miles Coverdale's labors hither! ta| know n, being in every respect perfect ry whereas, all the other known copies ai n", deficient of many leaves, both at the b _ ginning and at the en '. The proprieti tJ- at Ilolkhnm lias had the l>ook appropt er y bound, and enclosed in an oaken bo n. anct it now graces the shelves of its maj JO nificent library. A London bookseller i s_ said to have o fife rod $d00 for this bio^ >t> raphical treasure. p- To test the Purity of Water. e o. Water, in a state af purity, can onl I be obtained by distillation, or as it falls i g the form of rain. From its being able t ri, hold in solution, so great a variety of sul s. stances, it is almost always contaminate! io with some of them. Spring water be \t comes impregnated with the various earth It, matters through which it runs; and rive ; water is still more impure, in consenucnc s- of many foreign substances that find thci way into it. For chemical purposes, wher d it is essential that the water should b g ipiitc pure, it is necessary to distill it. b; which means the impurities are separate from it. In order to ascertain the genei al properties of any kind of water, it ma; be tested in the following manner : Pour a small quantity of it into a wine glass, and dip into it a slip of litmus pa j per, when, if an acid is contained in tin c li juid in any quantity, the paper will bo come red ; if the water contains an alkali ^ the test paper will become grecr. Th? presence of earthy matter may bt ^ ascertained by mixing a little soap will J'' water ; if much earthy matter is in it thi soap will bo curded. This is why it ifim ' possible to form soap suds with har< M spring water, j Evaporate a drop of tlie wafer to b . tested from a watch glass. Small ring will appear if it contained only a sm i! I portion of impure water; but a crust is seen if it held in solution, much saline oi I earthy matter, and the cru*-t has an ochr j tint, if iron be present. Interesting Statistics. J Tho whole number of languages spokei i* in the world amount to 3,064, viz : 587 ii it K ii rope, 937 iu Asia, 276 in Africa, and 1,2 i- 61 in America. The inhabitant* of on g globe profess more than 1,000 different re |. ligions. The number of men is about equn ^ to the number of women Tho average o 3 human life is about 33 years. One fourtl '* die previous to the age of seven years, one ' half before reaching 17 years of age, am e those who pass that age enjoy a felicity (? - refused to one-haif the human species. T >. every 1,C00 persons only one reaches 10i e years ofnge; to every 100, only six rencl the age or 66, and not more than one in 60 lives to 80 years of age. There ure on the earth 1,000,000,000 in habitants, and of these 333,333,333 die eve '* ry year, 01,324 every day, 3,730 every hou d 60 every minute, or one every second.re Theso losses are about balanced by nn oqui d number of births. The married are long* j. lived than the single, nnd, above nil, thoa jR who observe a sober and industrious cor duct Tall men live longer than short ones Women have more chances of life in thei 7 f?vor previous to being 50 yoars of ago tha * men, but fewer . furw r Y t* The number of marriages is in proportio ?, of 75 to every 1,000 individuals. Marriage are more frequent after the equinoxee?th* j. is, during the months of Jone and Deceit ber. Those born in the sprinp are gene rail e more robust than othera. Births and death sis more freouent bv niirht than hv ri.iv ? w The number of moo capable of working o ) bearing arm* i^pdculated at one fourth o *- the population. w iSomo of thcao statement* are rather sin ^ gular, and yet many of them are saaceptibl ' of an easy eolation. That marriage* take plaee more frequently in June and Decern j~ bor than otner month* of the yenr waa jus " what we hare alwaya auapected waa th if c ?ae. Thoae who marry in Jane do *o be i. eauso they can't help it; while thoae wh< sonnnbialize in December do *o doabtlea to guard against the ehiliy pillowa whiel distinguish the frost-bitten month* of winter I 11m matches which come off in Jane an commonly love-matches. Sod at* broagfej tby green fleMa. and the oontagimg : influence of bobolinks and yollov-birds; while those which happen in December are 5 brought about, in a degree by mixing plain . mathematics with the market value of flan, nel under garments.?JV. Y. Dutchman. 1 irnnraater Xthp. ii 1 LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. -# 'l W EDNESMY.AUG UST10.1853 e During my absence from the State, J. VV. Q Cookk, Esq. will net as my Attorney. He may bo found nt the Book Store, where ho y will take pleasure in receipting for any jr monies paid for subscriptions. Advertising or Job Work. R. S. BAILEY. j- "James J C."?Your receipt is in ledger (0 of June 8?to April 8 1854. | Zrkf~ ,'J- R. II."?Too late for this rum- ; ber?shall appear next week. " Z~f?~ A culvert giving way on the S. C. ,J Railroad, on Thursday last, prevented us from receiving any Charleston papers. From Id this cause, our selections are not as we K3 would desire, but we have Hon# in Lancaster Agricultural Society. it? j. Last Summer a club was formed hero, r0 composed of a number of the planters of the ie District. This club was called the commit I n tec, and their object was to visit each other's 1- plantations, inspect the crop, make surges- I w | tions relative to plantation economy, and give | c j such advice, based upon experience, as may 10 prove mutually beneficial to each other. ? It was our priveledga and pleasure to be one of this committee on one or two ocene } sions, and although we have but little knowl j. edge of agricultural operations, wo were x; agreeably surprised ta see the result of the |r- efforts of the overseer and negroes in clean is fields, good fencing. &c. A friend observed ' to us on one occasion, that the Committee made him at least ?'200 more. It stimulated the overseer?stimulated the negroe#to action ; fearful that an unfavorable report may V be made. No efforts were left untried to 11 makcthe "best showing," 0 Kast June an Agricultural Society was formed here, the other wns the Society in its incipieney. Now wc have a regularly or' ganized Agricultural Society, of which one "t may become a member by paying twenty* e five cents and signing the Constitution. r On Satruday last, an oration on the sube jeet of Agriculture, was delivered in tho e Court house before the Society, and a numy her of ladies and gentlemen, by fJ. McC. '1 Witherspoon, Esq. The effort was a very happy one, and reflects much credit on tho ^ orator, both in style nnd delivery. After the oration, all r> paired to the Academy Lot, where a most excellent pic nic was served. Every one appeared not only satisfied, but perfectly happy. No better i way fo quell a disturbance in a hungry crowd, than by feeding them. But there was i no distutbanco there, if they \v4r0 hungry. > After the pie nie, n Committee appointed e for that purpose, examined specimens of stock, of which they made a favorable report. Next year, premiums will bo awarded to those presenting the finest spoeimtna. So much for our young Agricultural So. j ciety. We hope every farmer in Iamcaster i District will join it; as it is calculator! to im> r prove him. and can certainly do hint no harm y ?25 cents will not break him. Mr. Withcrspoon'sspeech we believe will be published. VV'c trust it will be published in pamphlet form, nnd a copy given to each ? fanner in the District. n 3-?y~ The "Palmetto (Chester) Stand.nd" r contains the foil ?wing : - fc Fatal Duel.?After some dsysofpnlnI fnl suspense, awaiting the result of an affair f of honor, pending between John Dunovant, h Jr., Esq., of this plnce, and Lt. J. Davidson >. I.cgnre, of Charleston, the intelligence has d reached us thst the parties met on the field, ) near Charleston, on Tuesday morning last, o at 6 o'clock, and that Mr. fi-H at th" 0 first fire, expiring instantly. Mr. Dunovant h was unhurt. ^ ii itn n jj 11. >- Tiif. Souther* Cultivator for August, ir published at Augusta, Geo. by Win. S. - Jones, at 91.0) per year, has been roil ceivcd. It nppenrs to be fl) aUractive t number. i- The Soil or the Soum.?WooTonr i! tchlc the Angnat number. TfjAle one of ir the beet agricultural periodical* published n in the country. Price 91.00 a veer. LOMAX dt ELLIS, n Columbus, Geo. a ? it Blackwood'* Mag axis*.?Contents of the i- July number. Weis's History of the French Protestant y Refugee*. * legends of the Madonna, by Mr*. Jameson. r Ijuly I.ees Widowhood, Part VII. f The Late Marquis of Iamdonderry. Paris Theatricals, i- The fum Art - and the Public Taste in '58. s A Chapter on Life Assurance. * Gold and Emigration: In three Effect*. - Social and Political. t LEONARD, SCOTT * CO? e New York. k j Ajmesica's Own.?This is the title of a very * excellent weekly paper published in New ? York, at 92.00 per year. It eonkfoe weekly, much usefal and entertaining j ? rending matter. t Addreae the Editor, Edmnnd B. Child, Eeq. H anclodng two dollar*, and our word tor it, * you will bo plotted, and consider Ihe m ney judiciously expended. We nro me huppy to enter this paper on ourexchan list. Fouth Annual Announcement of the I male Medical College of Philadelphia. In this catalogue which has been sent < we find that there nro thirty-one atudel for the session of 18.V2?63. In this I we find the names of ladies from Mnsi chusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhc Island, &e.?none from any of the Sou ern States. A lady a doctor?how pleasant for a p< sick man to bo attended upon by a fo woman. Tnr. Souther Medical and Surgical Jot kal.?One of the bent medical journ we nro told, in the United States. A v< attractive table of contents in the Augi number, which has been kindly sent us tho publisher. Price $3.00 per annum JAMKS McCAFFKRl Y, Augusta, Ceo Tiik intelligent Charleston corr pondent of the Winnsboro Register, wri thus to that paper about tho Maine Liqi Law. wnuo on this point of coercing pco and communities into morality* by posit legislation, we are brought naturally to Maine Liquor Law, which is now mndi test in many States, and which there is t son to believe wiil soon be attempted \v us. It is dangerous ground we know, our ultra temperance men have a ready swer for any one who suggests a doubt bin's at the possible infallibility of any their pet schemes. You are invited qi cordially to meet them,and "discuss the qu lion," but if you do not take particular c to discuss all on their side, you are polit told that you advocate, and perhnps praol intemperance. There lire still howcvci few, who will think for themselves, and shall accordingly submit some views on Maine question. The following States h adopted substantially the same prohibit law, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Isla Vermont, Michican and Wisconsin. Alt the subject occupies a large space in the N thern journals, we at a distance still need r able information as to the workings and fecta of the law, for the misfortune is t nearly all the journals who go into the qn tion, are strongly biassed on one side or other. We can judge of the poiiev of the I however, by a few general considerations Sumptuary laws have been often tried and often found impolitic and inefficient, wl they coincide witlunnd represent exactly p lie opinion they are unnecessary, when otf wiso they are evaded to a good extent, i | the public mind, so far deteriorated for | habitual evasion of our laws, tends to e I cate a people into general disregard of b A law on the statuto hook, not thoroug enforced, is therefore not merely a null but n positive evil and nuisance. In our ul democratic age, and especially in our Noi ern section, people have come to regarci majority as almost omnipotent, and to at bulc some magic self-executing virtue every law, as such. The cool observer In ever, can find everywhere instances to pr that a law doing violence to the opinions i feelings of even a respectable minority c not bo generally enforced. Another view : The Maine law ?>trik.-? the sale of liquor a* a beverage. Every of sain requires two parties and it woi seem in common equity that equal guilt ordinary transaction* should attach to bo Oik the other hand the scllar alone is pi ished, and the buyer is tempted to turn former. We much fear indeed that the feet of the Maine law and similar regi ions will he to create and train np a class professional informer*?one of tho great scourges that can visit a country. We In already gone too far in the mattpr of itioi inducement*?duty as duty is lost sight in our civic relations and the almighty <1 lar is held up as the one all-sufficient r tive. The odiousness and dangerous t dem ies of this informer system, have air dy been perceived. In a late ease nt l'ri idenee (H. I.) n Judge directed the nrqi tnl of the defendant, although the act of si ing liquor was clearly proved, on the grou that tho informer, who had purchased live ed, that his only intention in inducing I defendant to sell was to lodge inforr tion. All will admit the enormous evils of temperance, hut there is also an intetnp nncc, in zeal and in legislation, and in I countless shifts and evativo subterfuges which prohibitory laws give rise, there elements of degradation and corruption I cannot be estimated. The physical cfTc of a "half pint" may be the same under circumstances but we should think 1 draught, would prove far more injurious tho moral constitution of him who to p cure it would sneak into a hack door or bn an order for Medicine, thnn to hiin, v\ could indulgo his appetite in n more o| and manly mode. Enough on this to for the present. We are only surprii that in these days of consolidation wl "strict construction" mean* tho construct of I'ncific Railways, some one ha* not tr to pass once for all a Congressional r general liquor law. Such a law wo come aa fitly under the power to "regul commerce" or the "general welfare" clai as many powers that have been found thi A* many of tho Northern zealots of i Vainu law srn also flaming abolition'!] suoh a law would alee help their cause i nave the wnv for r?nnmMii>n?l rrct nt slarory. Otico mTipit that n uiajoi is omnipotent*?which the Maine law ?ume*?nn?l our Northern friends will i "we have in the Onion a lar^e majority non-slnvehoiders who believe ala,< wrong." One link alono will bo wanti in the formal recognition and assertion the doctrine that for general govemmen purposes the Union is a consolidated repi lie, and Southern men are aiding the No zealously, in inculcating this doctrine. G these data and you easily deduce the alx tion of slavery. we extn from the Banner, of the 30th ultimo: will be seen lliat these two valuable Jot nala will hereafter be published togi r: "At the inatanee of matual friends, It 1 been determined to unite theae two pap? The Daily and TrUWeekly Banner, in tlii* time, will be merged in the Dallv a Tri-Weekly South Carolinian, and t Weekly Carolinian united with the Colu bia Banner. I trust thin nrrungemet will more I* n fiend to Colombia, whose intere do not require a continued effort to build two dally papers, while one is sufficient I her want*. As my professional obligatk prevent my giving the necessary time to t editorial dn iss, it affords me pleasure to I form my friends that Win. ft Johnston, Ea is now associated with roe, and on hint ma ly will the editorial duties devolve. Having no internets or feelings bat wl art for the welfare of South Carols three j ouretU,^ ?: EDITORIAL SUMMARY. w A Shrewd Swindle upoh a Bark.?The Bridgeport Bank, of Bridgeport, Conn., was r recently swindled out of 01200 by m shrewd operation on the part of u returned Cnlifornian, a resident of Wsterbury, Conn. It npll8' pears that some months since, this individual ) * inude his appearance in this city with a large w amount in gold dus1 and quartz in his p?>*session, he having then returned from Cali,e fornia. After dashing about for a while in this city, and giving the impression that be had been highly successful in his gold scok'"f kig operations, he proceeded to Bridgeport. n w here he opened an office for the sale of his glittering commodity. After disposing of a ?r- considerable quantity of it, he closed the als office, and left for this city; before doing jry which, however, he deposited one lump, jst which ho valued nt $1-100, in the Bridgeby port Bank, receiving from the Cashier a ceri. * tificate of deposite ior that amount. This he brought with him to New York and sold to Mr. Joseph Hough, Exchange broker, doing business under the Museum es* for a slight deduction from tho face of it.? tes Soon after he left town it was discovered lor that one or more small pieces of quartz which he had disposed of contained little or no gold, nnd the District Attorney of that P'? county was applied to to procure his arrest. This gentleman, on learning of the deposite l"e made by him in tho bank, went to that Ins a stitution nnd informed its officers ot the TA* complaints that had been made to'him.? J.1" This led to an examination of the precious *?r lump, which turned out to bo no more nor an" less than n sheer humbug It was composed ,or of a piece of soft stono in which a cavity ,?' had been bored nnd lead poured into it.? ntc 'ph0 outer surface had then undergone a les" chemical process, nnd perticles of gold dust u'c and other glittering substances had been V Y sprinkled upon it in such n manner as to rcn,ct' der it. very like the genuine quartz rock. r' a When this discovery was made, an officer Ye of tho Bank was immediately dispatched to ",c this city to effect the arrest of the swindler. ftVC Officers Dovoe and Keefe, of the ' 'hief's ofory fice, were made acquainted with the circnmi stance nnd were soon in search of the swin'ro dler. They found that he hnd put up nt a |W^" public house near the down town Depot ol u''" tho Hudson It. K. R., but on going there j were unnble to fiml hiin. His wife and a ,ln man who had appeared nt the broker's of lt'R* free to indentify him, were, however there and were arrested and taken before the Chief law <(f Police. The former was subsequently [ discharged from custody and immediately 1 nR skirted for home in W. The man was coin1l!n mitted to prison t?? await examination. On u"' searching the public house where he and his 'Cl]i stopped, they fouml SdioO sewed up in table cloth belonging to him.?.V. Y. Sun. du- TiiLORoroRM for Rf.ks.?Mr. D Smith, *w. in a letter to tho Edinburgh Counint, thus lily I describes his discovery of "Chloroforming ity,; bees:" "The quantity of chlorotorm rcquirItra I cd for an ordinary hive is tho sixth part of "th- an ounce. A very largo hive will take near i a ly a quarter of an ounce. My mode of opetri ration is as follows. 1 set down a table opto posite to, nnd about four feet distant from, >w- the hive; on tho table I spread a thick linen ove cloth; in the centre of the table I place a nd small shallow breakfast plate, which I cover an- with a piece of wire gauze, to prevent the bees from coming in immediate contact w ith > at the chloroform ; and into this plate I pour net; the chloroform. I now quickly and cannld tiously lift the hive from the board on which in it is standing,', set it down on the top of the th. table, keeping tho plate in the centre ; cover in- the hive closely up with cloths, and in twenln ty minutes or so the bees are not ?nlv sound cf- asleep, but, contrary to what 1 have seen lis- when they arc Hulfocated with sulphur, not of one is 1th among the combs ; the w hole of cat them sre lying helpless on tho table. You i?ve now remove what honey you think fit, retoy place the hive in its old stand, and the bees > of us they recover, will return to their doinilol cile. A bright, calm, sunny day is the best; ?o- nnd you should commence your operations on- in the morning, before many of them are va- abroad. liV I'oRPotsK Sxiks.?The Herald in describ II. l'ui ?r?H-les on exhibition at the Crvstai Palace, notice* a new invention by SVm. |W. Tetu, of Quebec, in leather manufacture.? This is the tinning of Porpoise skins, which na- a^,, h>tind to make n leather that will compare favorably with the best French kid, in J jn. beauty, cbeapncsa and durability. It is mid icr- lo "?,oiewhat more porous than other kinds of leather, and therefore not so ser-1 to viceable in wet or damp weather; bat for a are shoe the leather is equal to morocco, hat or an.v P' used. A f?w tanned Porets skins sre on exhibition, from the mnnuu|j factory of Mr. Tetu, and those in search of the a 'in^ comfortable covering for the pcdal extremities had better examine them.? ro. Gouty gentlemen will be particularly interim csted in this kind of leather, which will be !,? found a balm for their pains and aches, in >rn comparison with the stout cowhide which pj0 they now mostly use. icd The Scicide or Mn. WiLLtT*.?Coroner ten Hilton held an inquest on Wednesday, at ion the cast Broadway House, upon the body of led Iziwrencc C. Willets, who committed auimd cide by taking an over-dose of Strychnine, nld Franklin Wstcrbury, Esq., of No. 8ft Heaate tor Street, testified to having known the deise, censed foi about 1ft years, nnd that dnrinis re. j that time he had occasional fit* of sorrow the i and deapnndoncy, nnd had b>en heard to uta, threaten hia life. About n year since he aU md tempted to drown hiuiaelf hnt wan proventdi ed by witneaa. Soon after taking the poiaon ity Dra. Checaman nnd (.overidgs were called, as- nnd did all in their power to anve his life, jay hut without success, tie informed thein that of he had taken Strychnine for the purpose of ety ac'.f-destraction, tsd that he had pireneaed it ing st the corner ofChatham and William sts. of The deceased was a native of this city, SQ ital years of age, for many years he w. a a book lib- keeper in a large down town house, but had rth recently made an engagement with ttie pro* ive nrietora of the East Broadway House,whom i>li- he served in that eapaeity. He was a man of extensive acquaintance, and has left a large circle of ftrienda to mourn his untimely end. The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death by suicide.?N, Y. Svn. . Philadelphia, Aug 1.?A young man . named Clements, whose father keeps the > Commercial House, on thu wharves above ur' South street, died suddenly this forenoon, tl?* from what is reported to be yellow fever.? Ha was attending to his business yesterday, iss Two or three other sodden deaths have tairs. kea place in the same neighborhood since w Friday night They died from malignant ad fevers, supposed to have been brought here he by the harm Mandarin. Farmers' a wd Exchawck Bark.?The " Charleston Courier of 8stardav esva: "" *W? are pleased to Imtb that the Farmer*' "P ami Exchange Bonk of Charleston will eominonco bualiifsa on Monday next, Mini trust that it# career will be as prosperous as Us stockholder* enn desire. Its capital in one "** million of dollars, of which the first and seeond instalments hare been paid in,amounU m" lag to $000,000. 800 haras wers sold Uiia . week st $10.60 (not $16.50 a* stated jree1 tarday) per chare, being $1.60 par share on ? the amount paid in." ad Sali or Oismi Brsiwsa.?We learn from of a friend, near ntthssa wrings, that Mr. Zimmerman haa aoW snt ths shore property to the ttpfcsopnl Chwch, for the puipoOa of . ft : " - * ' I establishing an Episcopal Female Seminary at that place. The price agreed upon ia $16,000, with a reservation on the part of the seller of the uee of the water for hie own family and those who have heretofore purchased lots from him Carolinian. {ST* At Wilkesbarrc, Pn, on the 4th, a body of people assembled on tlio bridge which crosses the Canal, near the binding, until the mass became so great that one side of llie bridge gave way, precipitating the whole body of people together, some fourteen feet into tho water. Among them were many women and children, fortunately, however, they all escaped without serious injury. Pff A grocer, corner of Second and Christian at.., Philadelphia, was pelted with rotten eggs, a few evenings since, by a party of clerks, who became exasperated in consequence of a violation on the part of the grocer of an arrangement entered into to close his store at eight o'clock in the evening, during the summer months. Cpmnmnvation. For the Lepoer. The Lancaster District Agricultural Society, held its first anniversary meeting on Saturday the 6th inst. A procession was formed at 11 o'clock, under the command of Colli. It. Price, and Major J. D. Hnilc, headed by the I^nncaRter Band, which, after marching up and down Main Street, proceeded to the Court House, where the orator of the day G. McC. VVitherspoon Esq., delivered nn eloquent oration. After the address, and music by the Band, the company adjourned to the Adedemy grove, where a fine dinner was in waiting. After dinner was dispatched, the Society adjourned to the lot cf J. II. Withcrspoon, to examine stock for exhibition. The only Jack offered belongs to Messrs. Phifer & Hammond, he is a large tine made. Spanish Jack. M. P. Crawford ofTered a three year old heifer?large, well made and in fine condition. S. B. Masney ofFcred two 2 year old mules ?very fair specimens. Stock hogs were exhibited by Messrs. J. II., and G. McC. NVitherspoon and Crockett, some of which were in fine condition. Quite a number of colts were exhibited, belonging to Messrs. Faulkner, Small, DunInp, Mcllwaiuc, Brown and Col. Price, some ofwiiich were hard to boat in an)* country. After a full examination of tire Stock, the Society reassembled at the Court House, where various topics on Agriculture were discussed. On the subject of raising turnips views were had from Messrs. Win. Reed, R R. Terrel, S. B. Massey nnd ethers : on the utility of topping Cotton, Messrs. Barnes, I Faulkner.Cmigcnnd others gnvc their views. On the subject of preventing rust in Cotton, Messrs. Crawford, Stephens and Faulkner, gave their views. Various other subjects were discussed. On motion a committee of three were appointed by the Prwsidont to wait on the orator of tho day, to request a copy of tho address for publication. M. P. Crawford, Ksq. was elected for the next anniversary orator. All present seemed well pleased with the exercises of the dsy. Many of flu- fair sex were present at the oration and at the dinner bible. The society adjourned to inoct on the 1st .Saturday in November next, when an Kssay will be read by J. II. Witberspoo n m?q. J. A. HASSKLTINE, Sec. Lancaster C. II., Aug- 6, 1853. Spiritual Happingm?Murder of as Infant my its Mothkr.?We learn that a woman by the name of Freeman, living in the township of Van Btiren, in Lagrange county, Indiana, in tlic early part of last week, put an end to the life oi her cliiW, a promising infant nhotit twenty months ol<l, under eircuinstances of the moat melancholy character. She had long been under the influence of the ?piril-rappings delusion, and had become so affected by presumed revelations from the other world, as to conclude that life was only a burden, and that an exchange of worlds was the otr.y sure path to the soul's fe lieity. Accordingly, under this infatuation, she selected from her family of children the two youngest, who were the special objects of her love, and resolved to send them forward to the world of spirits, whither she would shortly after follow them. While her husband and the elder members of the family were absent in tbe Held, she took the children into a retired room, and by means of a cord which she hud prepared by twisting together some strong cotton, succeeded in strangling the infant until satisAed that it was dead. Tbe other child, a little boy of but five years of age, became brighten1 ed and ran off into the field to alarm tbe father, who returned to witneaa the scene of itorror, ?ud prevent tli? mother from destroying her own life. The woman I made no attempt to conceal the pur|toae ! which prompted her to commit the awful deed; and only regretted that the full | accomplishment of the design had been r...v..K<j. wm ?i? ?i"w injail watting l?*-r trial f?>r murder nt tho next suasion of the court of that county.? Contutxiim Mrrcury' ib m Sad Casualty. We are pained to learn that Daniel M. Croasland, Esq, of Marlborough IKstrict, was instantly killed on Wednsday eve* ning lent, by a stroke of lightning, lie waa in the Held with hie negtoea,wbo were planting potato* draws, and jnet a* all started for the house, be, with bis bridle over bis arm and surrounded by the negroes, was striken down. None of the negroes were injured but one, and he was only shocked severely. Mr. Croeeland wa understand, bad his umbrella hoisted at the moment, and it may be that .the mtaHc ferule on the top operated as n conductor for the electricity. Hi* body was much bruised and btaekened; hie watch was eotierfy destroyed, except the chain and bis shoes were much torn' Mr. Cross!end was a highly esteemed citixen, whose loss will be seriously felt.? He leaves a bereaved widow and several children, and a bugs eirols of (Heads, to mourn their irreparable km?Chirm w rr <i. dr. . l/t id JL ? ^ e *" " , YTy m ? . * ' 1 -i?11 il 11 i ibjn i Rain?Crops.?The mine for t\ve post week have been, we fear, superabundant. We hear from aomo of the Eastern districts that they are apprehensive of the results of the Iato heavy rains in that section of the State. We have every reaaon to believe, from he informal km wo have received from various quarters, thnt the provision crops of the Stalo wilt be much oetter than was y anticipatcd by the most sanguino during the drought. The seasons have been very conducive to the growth and maturity of llio late^planting of com, peas, Ac.*? S. Carolinian. WnoiJtdALF. ExKitriss oftiik Pauuon1 iso I'owkr.?Gov. Wood, of Ohio, before ! resigning his governorship fur the purpose j of accepting a diplomatic appointment, / granted pardons to sonto thirty notorious j offenders, among whom aro said to bo many of the worst in the penitentiary and the least deserving of clemency. Thft practice, which is becoming so prevalent among Govenorr, of signalizing their rc- I , tirement from office of a general jail delivery, is one that should be severely reprobated as injurious to the community \ ! ??.i ,?a:_i - - ....v. uisiluilorAUIC lo uioso who v thus exercise the pardoning power. In \ n 1 most every case these pardon# nro tho \ \ result of long importunity or of political > \ influence, wlrch the executive I ins not the I. honor and niftnliness to withstand, and yet the responsibility of which he seeks \ to evade, hy granting them at a moment when he hope# the act will pass nnobsrved, or when his retirement to private life renders him Icrs amenable to inquiry and condemnation. The evil is becoming one altogether too general, and tho corrective of public displeasure should he applied in every instance of its occurrence. Bait. American. Anvic.: to (Jihls.?Somebody gives the following advice to girls. It is worth volumes of fiction and sentimontalivin:? "Men who nro worth having wnnt women for wives. A bundle of gewgaws, hound with u string of flats and quavers, sprinkled with eologne, ami set in a carmine sau cor?this is no help for a man who expects to raise a familv of boys on veritable bread and meat. The piano and laeo frnmo are good in their places, and so nro ribbons, frills, and tinsels; hut you cannot make a dinner of tho former, nor a l?ed blanket of the latter?and awful as such an idea may #eein to you, both dinner and bed blankets are ncessarv to domestic happiness. Life has its realities, as well as fancies; hut you make it all decorations remembering the tassels and curtAins, hut forgetting the bedstead. Suppose a man of good sense, and, of course, good prospects, to he looking for a wife, what chance have you to be chosen! You tnnv cap him, or you mnv trap him, or catch him, but how much belter to make it an object for him to catch you. Lender yourself worth catching, and yon will need no shrewd mother or brother to help you U> find a market." Acknowledgments. With thanks we acknowledge lite n?cdpt of the following amounts in payment of su* scription for the Lodger: W. J. Cnlp, PinovilU, N. C., to July *J7 'fit M C. Dnmall 44 44 44 44 41 'M J. L. MvMnrmy, MeAteers, 44 April I 'St Capt. C. Pate, Jefferson,...." May 4, W| n s tt ^ -- ' I .M.\T.v-n?lon,IJtic.i Miei. to Aug 3, *54 I J. II. MwMtirray, Jm-U*onhjtn,uFcb. 12 '64 I Henry Anderson, C. Store " Ang I, '61 R. A. Fnnderburk, Lancaster "0 cent* on nc't John C. Williams, II. Head, to April 14 'HI Calvin llelk, Juckaniihatn, to Dec. 16 '63 J. B. Mngill. Luwisville,... .* July 4, '54 llogh MeMnnus, II. Held.. .** Aug. 4, '54 I M. A. CiiIji, IMrna-int Valley, to Feb. l9,'5AgMftfeA l I). Kirkpatriek, Lini-aster, to April 36, jMHRiL ' George Cnutlian,Pleasant Hill to March ' Iutim Robinson, Ijancaater to March i Rli Beech, I^incnater, $2 on account. ^ jBl J. Croxton, Micanopy, Fla. to June 31, '61 I J. P. Hunter, 1'inc villa,.-.. .to Nov. 19'6-t g I Col. Jnme* Steele C. Store, to June 30 '64 When mistake* occur, thoao interested will please nolify u*. ~ COMMERCIAL. ^ LATEST DATES. From Liverpool July 15 From Havre July 13 From Havana July39 Charleston Markets. Saturday Morhiho, August 6. The males of cotton this morning amnon'* ed to 500 bale*, at II cent*. Sales of the week 2.600. Market firm. -Good middling I 11 cents. ! ||R. OITYSOTS'S Improved EXTRACT II of Y Ft. LOW DOCK ?f- BARB A PA1 It 11.1. a * * , ?urc remeuy Tor tfrrufitmry S Taint. Thousands of individuals are enraen with grevioua complaints which thov inherit IVom * their parent*. The use of the Yellow Dock and Sartaparillu will prevent all thl*, and Mre a *aat amount of misery, and many ra'unhle lives, for it thoroughly expel*from the *tf?lem the Intent taint, whieh la the Med of liiw'HW, and ao takes off the curse hy whieh the aioa or miafortune of the parent* are ao often visited opon the innocent offspring. Parents owe it to their children to guard them against the affects of maladies that may be communicated by descent, and ct?U? drvn of parent* that have at any time been affected with Consumption, Heroffula or ^ Syphilis, owe it to themselves to tske pro* caution against the diaesas being revived fa them. Gwyaott's eitract of Yellow Deek and Harasparilla, la a aura antidote In aoeh eases. Sold by T. R. & J R. MAOIU. , \m MARRIAGES. Till Hymen l?ro't hia love delighted boor, There dwelt no joy in Rden's roey bower! The world waa sad'?the garden was ? > lid; ^ A rvrl ?!-- >- * ' ? > ? , win imrmivt iiflJCU *MI WWIMH Mftilod' Ciwyhfl. a, CORNKLIUSCAMPBEU^ Bc^., to Mb SARAH AKDBR0ON, ride* dmiffcter of John P. Andercon, former!f of Lexington " District 0. fXt Also, on the Mth of June Jby John Bmw- $L. dy Eng., SAMfTBI. C. LARKY, of Ommjo||v?