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* ^ tj m 1 v ? ir^ %',\.. * V V * ^ , ? j - jjg HHMHR Hi in $2 PER ANNUM. s' ^ ^H^VL^I 1K1 WAY?"REER ^ ^ ' '' " IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL \miMJ'' AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. LANCASTER, C. ft, SOUTH CAROLINA*v!lS^(?F WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21.1S53. N UMBER 89 K. S. IIAILEV, | Arrived at tlie little town of . alumr I I l???l t?w.? K..? ? r..~ -i *? T ?J? 1 EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS : The "Ledger" is published every Wednesday morning, at the low price of TWO DOLLARS per Annum, if paid IN ADVANCE ; Two dollars and a half, if payment be delayed three months, and THREE DOLLARS at the end of six months. ~~ ADVERTISING. ^ Advertisements will be inserted at seventy-five cents per square for tho first inser lion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per square for each additional insertion. Single insertion, one dolh r per square. i>plertfit Cairo. MY ESCAPE. ABeninisoenco of the Peninsular War. I was among the English who were detained in France at the breaking out of the war in 180.1. My rank, as an army physician, enabled me to ho of much service to many of my countrymen at VoratiiM u*liiLl tin* CivAMI I i?!?luin/?yl '!'? wealthier individuals supplied ail my necessities. My medical character likewise introduced ?n? extensively i^to French society ; an 1 t must confess that I was always treated with kindness and delicacy. Though many of tho military, the i-miplof/rn, and even the rich house holders and landlords had risen, as the Kngii. h (diraso is, lroiu "die dregs of the people,h ?y tho conflicts of the revolution, I alin< st always found them polite, lit>ernl, and sincere. flood manners arc rcallv of very v .sy acquirement hy people of intellect; j witness the stage, and revolutions, which alvksys give tho ascendancy to talents.-? , It was long before our splendid victory of Trafalgar, and the supplementary victory <of 8ir li*t*htm) Strachan, were known by itlte Knglish prisoners at Verdun. At b'ligth a Morning Chronicle got amongst us, heaven knows how, and the joy of our -countrymen was extreme, nor was it oxlTV*scd in tortus very fluttering r?> the r reitch. This I rather regretted, for the Wtter classes of that nation were, I thought, jw.vuliarly delicate in communicaling to sis the vietor.es of Na|tolcoii. They al ways softened them to our feelings, by -considering the emperor at war with the Knglish government, and not with the Knglish nation. Whilst our exultation was at its zenith, I went to dine with the'Count dc ~. I had determined to avoid the mention of Trafalgar, ami of all belliferous or national topic*. Tit * was nijr invariable habit.? However, on entering the room, which was excessively crowded, particularly with ladies ami military men of rank, I f >und a strong rcnclien against us. The countess, forgetting, I thought, her usual urbanity, said to me: "All, Doctor , so Providence lins gi'en you English a great victory at sea !" 1 knew the whole value of her eniphn is upon Providence. If tho English gained n battle, it was tbe work of Providence, distinct from their merits; if the French oblaiued a splendid-triumph, it was attributed to the genius of tho Kni|>eror,and to the native bravery of tbe French soldiers. Resolved tliat the liidy should not make me the dupe of such eijgregious national vanity, and in the present c of so rainy who were enjoying the triumph, 1 oooly replied, that I was far from a sceptic aa to the interference of Providence, but I could never mix up a Providence in the destruction, carnage, cruelties, and ferocious passions of a battle. "Madam," I added, mildly, "I must confess 1 could never form any idea of a lighting Providence, and least of nM can I appreciate a Providence so inconsistent, not to say treacherous, as to fight on both sid*a ; *?r whilst, she gives us the victory at sea she aa invariably gives the triumph to Napoleon on aliore. Trafalgar comes between Ulm and Austerliu." My triumph over my hostess was evident in the faces of the company, and the conversation changed with the grace and laasltlW naeiiliaa #A tliA Veotioli # **111 pV^UIMII W HIV V HVIIt It was two yoart afttr thin, (hat 1 had singular opportunity of escaping from Verdun. I had ceased to be on parole, l ^ and a combination of circumstances, ad& * vantageous to my escape was offered to me by my friends. My plan was to go to Paris, and from thence to travel to Bordeaux na an American merchant, returning to Baltimore. In the diligence to Bordeaux, was a ri vadous and loquacious lttll? Frenchwoman?very pretty, and of moat insinuating manner*. Another rom/*ipnon de poyaye vn a captain of tbo Cuiraaaiera of the Imperi il CI na?d. lie waa the bean ideal of a military hero?young, tall, of a powerful, frame, with an open, noWo countenance, bod a profusion of jet-black whisker* and ptotietachzs. We heaame almoet confidential even at the outset of thejenmey; and what did not a Utile *urpri<e me waa, that be spoke to me by my assumed name aa if we had ketn ol<J fripUle, though I felt convinced I had never set, tyw'tln him before. 80 fAherb a IfumMike figure of a military oSc?f w?a not ead'y to bo forgctien. \ twenty English miles from Bordeaux, he w took mo into the recess of the window of n the house where we changed horses, and a informed me that he was on a via:t to his n uncle, w ho had a small estate and chateau e! just off the high road ; and be first invi- Ic ted, then pressed, and at last insisted that in I should accompany him, and stay two or three days with "the good old man." sc In vain I urged the necessity of my mer- g< cnntile affairs, and my anxiety to get back m to my counting-house at Baltimore. The r* officer repeated, mysteriously : cl "I am a gentleman and a soldier; ac- sji cept my invitation, or you'll repent it." a I was at Inst reluctantly overcome, and F the officer sent a boy off to his uncle with tho news, loudly delivered, that he and ol his old friend had at length arrived at the hi inn, and would be with him in an hour. cl I was very hospitably received by a cj venerable old lady and gentleman, in a bi house of some grandeur. One fortnight o< elapsed, nor could I get away from my I kind hosts, in spite of my palpable and in uncontrollable anxiety to depart, and my lit incessant fear of Iwing detected. At last, et at night, after the old lady and gentleman had retired to rest, my friend, j?ouring out the last glass of a U>ttle of fine old claret, je said without any preface or apology : se ou must go to Bordeaux tomorrow lli ? F hare ordered my uncle's carriage and te horse* lor you precisely at six." tli "Shall I not take leave of the family f" w "Ito. idodly not. My uncle and aunt or am invalids, nn<l cannot be di*turl?cd so cc eaHy, ami th<*y will dispense with the tli ceremony; so good night!" tli I was bowed out of my room and light- of ed to my chaml>er in a very summary en way ; and I much perplexed and not ti< a little annoyed at so much kindness, mixed in with a sin.gii'arity which became almost lli insulting. it The next morning at six, I found an open tb carriage at the door, with my friend's m horses and liveries, and my friend himself of awaited me in the hall. hr Taking me into a little loudoir, he th briefly and abrubtly said, in the style of it bis master, Napoleon : fe "Von hare l?een perplexed at the singularitv of my manners?at my tacituruil\? and vexed at your detention from }our counting home at Haiti more! My ni friend, you are not uu American rcturnimr tn to your country ; in plain terms you are 'J' an Kiighsh prisoner, escaping froin Vcr- Sl1 dim ! !>o not start or turn color?I presttinc you are Dr. . You were not os your parole when you escaped, hut two s<* ofytmr countrymen who had their parole, ar liSve shamefully violated it, and they es- 00 caped from Verdun eight-and-forty hours ln aftrr you left it. The eni|ieror was vexed lit tliis dishonor niul tin* on ilm I 111 roast were using their utmost vigilance.? That pretty woman in the Diligence, with 011 wlmui you seemed so much inclined to & bctltiiin intimate, U the wife of a ]H>licQ l'' Mgott at Bordeaux. The only way to tb save you was, to treat you as my old familisr friend, travelling with ino to my unefc's chateau?now all is explained.? _ Kntifiug Bordeaux in this equipage, and 0( within passport from this house, you will w excit^ no suspicion. I need not say the ] injury I shall sutler, if you betray the service Ijhnvc rendered to you. Hut, no? Ml you cannot?you aro a man of honor; m are now, my friend, do not imbibe the vul- ni gar prejudices instilled into your country- m inen bi your press, that the French otK- 0i ccrs ar4 ferocious canaille. We fight for ft| military glo?-y, whilst J.he personal inalig- f? nity of your officers against us atrip* war IV| of all iu piide and inagnauimity. Fare- hi well, and let us exchange these snuff-boxes r,j a* meiiirvtal of this scene ; but 1 have one fl| favor to Ssk of you : Do you know an English t#wii called Heading?" a| "Iutimdtely; it lays on the liigh road cc between tic metropolis snd my paternal fr property. <1 pass through it live or six si times every year." w "Then dy rre this sacred office of friend- tv LU I 1..- . . ? i. a u<f v n J "UIIK n u< an/ rfe vaMkaw, who was bnuiv wounded ?i und cnptur&l by one of your ships of war. hi lie is a printer at Heading ; I have nev- tr cr relieved ftjs necessities, partly from the th want of meiu, and partly from my ab- tt settee with llie Emperor at Austerlitz, "I Wagram and Jena. Take tlieso seventy t) Napoleons; dsliver them to my brother, d< and console tan by telling him what you si know of me and of his kind oid uncle and hi aunt" di - Wo parted: I was but eight-and-forty hours at Bordtnux, when I obtained a passage on boari a shin bound to Charlce o! ton, South CarUina. In the nijfht, when vi out of sight of land the Captain put the a helm up, and ottered due north. On my of expressing my tstonisbmont, he frankly imu hie mil ii? AiiiiTitnii |'.?jrvi were mi forged, and that h<> w?? bound to the poit of London, add A "You need }w^h?o nothing for your pannage, ainoo AWhk obliged t?? deoeive w you; and from Vhndon you may get a pannage to BaMftore any day in the weak." I became eqUlly oooftdential to hia equal antoniabtuett. In three day* * had paaeed through the EnglWh Roohtbrt tquadron and Chan n#l fleet, and 1 w?nt on board the Ville 111 de Parte, where I had a long interview with the Admiral in Chief, the Karl St. ? VlaMM. I : . - ....v. UWU uuv a icn UHJS 111 l^OUUOIl, lion I went to Reading on my friend's lission. I found his brother had died bout six months before, partly of his nuicrous wounds, nnd partly of tho melanlioly of his sensitive temper, at his negated, impoverished state, lie had died freat distress, had an opportunity of sending the iventy napoleons to their owner, by a entleman going to Paris. However, to ly great grief, in about three months 1 ceived from this traveller a bill of exlangc for the same amount, with a letter lying, that my friend had been killed in charge upon the Russian Cuirassiers at riedland. Travelling for amusement, in the south * France, in 1815,1 repaired to Bordeaux, id visited the chateau of my friend's une, w ho was dead ; but the widow, though ctremcly old, recognized me, and was tterly atllicted with the recollections I pensioned of her nephew. Into her hands put the seventy napoleons; and I rclained two days under her roof, consotig her with merited culojiea of my gen"ous friend?the captain of Cuirassiers. Klttff ni' rift* A in' l - ' vr iub ? iiiiiuci* nave on?ted to tlie size of the Ark, and have asrted that it is quite absurd to suppose lat ever there could be a vessel construcd large enough to hold all the creatures at must have been placed in it, together ilh sufficient food?(it may Ik?, for six twelve months)?water for the fishes ! >rn for the four footed animals, seed for ie birds, and so on. Now, we will take e dimensions of the Ark from the record Moses, and caleulnte them on the low t possible scale. There are two defini.ms given of a cubit; one thnt it is 18 ches, or a foot and a half-?llio other at it is 1 foot 8 inches. We will take only at the lowest. Moses states that e Ark was 300 cubits long; this would akeit 460 feet long, or about the length St Paul's cathedral, (London.) The eadth of it he states to be 50 cubits ; we eu have it 75 feet in breadth, lie states to Ikj 30 cubits high, so that it was 45 et in height. In other words, it was as ng as St. Paul's calhredral, nearly ns oad and half as high. The tonnage of ie Ark, according to the calculation of odcrn carpenters, must have been 32,000 ns. The largest English sbip-of-war, e St. Vincent, for instance, which is of a te altogether unimaginable to those who ivc never seen it?is 2,500 tons burthen; i that the Ark must have l?ccti equal to vcntocn first rate ships of war, and if med, as Mich ships are, it would havo attained much beyond ISOO men, and ovisionn for 18 months, lluflon has nted that all the four-footed animals ay Ik? reduced to 250 pairs, and the rds to a still smaller number. On calilalion, therefore, we shall find thnt tho rk would have held more than five times e required quantity of food to maintain cm for twelve months,?Dr. Cumming (ji.oiuois Uncertainty of the Law. -A laughable illustration of the heading this article occurred in Illinois lately, as ii: l.c seen l?y tbe following from the Peoria News":? Mr. II. was out hunting with hiu rifle, i?l crowing the field of Mr. 0., a Frenchan. C.'s largo dog attacked him sav?cly, while C. stood looking on, without .tempting to call off hmch>g"t B? getting it of patience shot the dog, and he fell >parc?tly dend. C., in high dudgeon, rthwith got out a warrant, and had B. rested lor killing his dog?swore to the illing, and was corroborated by two of is neighbors, who wore present at the looting. The Magistrate fined B. tea hilars, and costs, which amounted to iout ten more; B. paid the fine and ?ta?and when the parties got home om the trial, the dog had come home so, and was not killed. B. then got a arrant against the Frenchman and his ro associates for perjury, in swearing B. *d killed the dog. They were frightened, iu made |>6?cc with B., paid him back is twenty dollars, and ten more fbr his ouhlt*?and no triitl vv:i?hn.l anil wlmn i* parties returned home from the last lit, lot Uie dog was dead. Imagine the eelings" of the Frenchman and his parThe Frenchman says, "he shoot my ag?he die?I swear?and dam dog reirrects himself. Hy gar 1 find I swear id ; I settle for him?--then my dog bo ie by gar! Sucre!H Jfcy The following, from cnc of the d British poet*, is exquisite. It is the ?ry essence ot fancy. It is addressed to young lady, upon whose bosoin a flake " snow fell and melted : The envious mow came down in hsste To prove thy breust lem fair; Rill irri*VA* i<i u>? ta.nlf anmaaa/vt And melt* into a tear. ' "Pshaw 1" ?*y? Noah's Messenger, "we m beat that any time. lxx>k here: Dow u he.* whito hoeooi rolled the tear, We know It hadn't ooghter; llniil at laat?at last?oh dear I Her shirt waa wet aa water." "You bachelor* ought to be taxed," sdid lady to a resolute evader of the noose istrimonial. "I agree with you perfectly, ma'am* as the reply, "for bachelorism certainly a luxury r. <4 m\h\\bailing Servants of God in joyful lavs. Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise. Montgomery. flinging. The mechanical part of singing, even the most perfect, is an indispensable part of the merit of a good singer, but this is not all. The most successful delivery of the voice, the best-regulated respiration, the purest execution of the ornaments, and, what is very rare, the most perfect intonation, are the means by whioli a great singer expresses the sentiments which animate him; but these are nothing more than means: and lie should persuade himself that the whole art of a singer is comprised in thorn, might sometimes give his audience a degree of tranquil pleasure, but would never cause them to experience vivid emotion. The great singer is one who identifies himself with the personage whoih he represent^, with the situation in which M is placed, and the feelings ?;hich agitate him ; who abandons himself to the inspiration of the moment, as the composer would do in writing the music which lie performs; and who neglects nothing which in ay contribute to the effect, not of an isolated piece, hut of the whole character. The union of these qualities constitutes what is called exprcsson. Without expression, there never was a great singer, however perfect the mechanical ]?art of his singing might lie; and expression, when it is real, and not merely labored acting, has often obtained pardon for an incorrect performance.?Musico I Mevictc. The Power of Kindness. No man hath measured it?for it is ho.tt.dless; no man hslli seen its death ? for it is eternal. In nfl ages of the world, in every cliine, among every kind, it hulh shone out, a bright and beautiful star, a beaming glory' Look at the case of Saul and David.? Bitter and blasting jealousy filled the heart of Saul?and he sought to take the young man's life." With hellish liule he haunted him, e en to the dens and the caves of the earth. But 1 >avid conquered his enemy?even the proud spirit of haughty Saul, lie humbled. And how? Not Willi ittiml 011.1 liimor ???-. harsh words nnd conrso contumely?for these did never touch the heart with gentle influence. No?hut with a weapon? simple as the shepherd's sling, yet sure as the arrow of death.' 'Twas kindness This kil'ed rankling hatred aud left Saul ti ivo. And when it had done its work, Saul said to David, "Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil." Was not here a victory?more glorious more God-like, than a Wellington ever knew. Arc wc not asked to listen to the soft sweet tones of that voice?"Father, forgive them.' O, here was kindness. Look over our extended country at the present day. What has changed those miserable hovels of other days, where misery and wretchedness had dwelt, into the neat and beautiful al>odes of plenty and peace? What has kindled anew the flame of love and affection, in hearts long estranged and freezing with coldness?? What has made happy the homes of thousands of wives and tens of thousands of children? What, if? short, has boon the great propcllant of the late temperance reformation, which has carried joy and gladness all over tlio land? What but kindness. Render, have you an enemy whom you would make a friend?a neighbor who needs repentance?a fallen brother whom yon would restore to sobriety ami virtue? Forget not the power of kindnksh. Christian Soldier. Excuses for not Going to ehurch. There is no excuse so trivial, that wilj not pass upon soine men's conscience to excuse their attendance at the public worship of God. Sonic are so unfortunate as to be always indisposes] on the Lord's day and think nothing so unwholesome as the air of a church. Others have their nflairs so odly contrived, as to be always unlucklily prevented by business. With some it is a great mark of wit, and deep understanding, to stay at hoine on Sundays. Other* again discover strange fits of laziness which seize them particularly on that day, that confined them to their I?cd*. Others arc absent out of mere contempt for religion. And, lastly, them ere not a few who look upon it as a day of reat, and therefore claim the privilege of their caatle, to keep the sabbath by eating drinking, and sleeping, nfter the toil and labor of the week. Now in all this, the worst circumstance is thattheee persons are anch whose companies are most required, and who atand moet in need of a physician. Dean Swift. -Is them fellers alive now P said an urchin to hie teacher. "What feller* do you mean, my dear P "Why, Paul and Luke, and Deuteronomy, % | 3fiisrrllaupous. Prizes in the Lottery of Authorshi It 18 stated thntDryden received ?13 for liis Virgil, and Pope ?6000 for Homer. Gay netted ?1600 by bis II gar's Opera, and the subscription edit of his poems brought him ?1000. lived extravagantly, yet lei't ?3000 at death. The poet Mallet received ?10 from the Duchess of Marlborough, to wi a life of the illustrious general, her h band ; and the second Duke further g.* him a tension, to stimulate him in t task; yet, when Mallet died, several ye afterwards, it was found that the ungra fill fellow had not written a line of 1 promised work ! Sir John Hill, a c teniporaneous satarist, used to net ?15 a year by his pen. Churchill, the p also realized so much bv hi*? c-olr.w ii t? ~j " "" "i vl notwithstanding his notorious protliga he bequeathed by his will two annuit amounting together to ?130. Eieldi received ?700 in all for Tom Jones, a ?1000 fur Amelia. Smollett's History England, produced him upwards of ?20( Gibbon got for the second part of his 11 toiy of Home, ?5000. Dr. liawkeswoi realized ?0000 for his Collection of W ages. Dr. Robertson received ?600 liis History of Scotland, and ?1500 his History of Charles I. of Spain. 1 Henry's History of Great Britain, prod ed ?3300 (and the King gave him ?1 a year, to testify his admiration of l work) Ilurne received immense sums his historical writings also. Macpherson cleared ?1200 bv his < siati, ?nd by his Great Britain no lossth ?3000. l3r. Clark received for his v: ous "Travels," the sum of ?7000. I Johnson had ?1575 for his Dicliona (certMinly a stupendous labor,) and B well had* ?1000 for his life of the gr< Leviathan of Literature. Hannah Mi received for her writings, fiotn first to h the enormous sum of ?30,000, and at ] death she.bequeathed ?10,000 in eh; ties. Goldsmith is said to have ohtah ?1800 in a single year by his coined although his immortal "Vicar" only | duced ?00. It is true he died ?200l debt, but in tho words of I)r. John."was poet ever so trusted before f' G win's Political Justice, produced ?700 Mrs. Kadclitfe sold her Mysteries of Uc phn, for ?500, and her Italian for ?6 Allen Ramsay cleared ?500 by his 1 poems, and much more by his Get Shepherd. Burns received above ?500 clear for first large edition of his poems, and C rie's "Life" of tho glorious bard prod in ?1000 for the benefit of his family. John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) after reci iug very large sums for his httmoro satirical poems, finally sold the copy rig for an annuity cf ?250, which he enjoy for twenty years. Thomson obtained his "Seasons," fr tn first to last, about G guineas. Crabbe received ?3000 tor | Tales of the Ilall. Sir John Carr. f.?c ou*ly nicknamed 'The Jaunting Car, I allusion to his numerous tours,) recoil j f?r four separate books of travel, the s J of ?1900. Thomas Moore was p ?1000 for his Loves of the Angels, e not less than 3000 guineas for his L: llookh. For many years he netted ?s a year by tlio sale of his Irish Melod and it is understood that Longman ik paid liim an annuity of ?300 for his lire copyright*. Thomas Campbell received in all, his Pleasures of Hope, ?900, (the en poem contains only 1100 lines;) for short poem of the Pilgrim of Glencoe, had 300 guineas, anil for the cditOfshi] The New Monthly Magazine, ho was p ?600 per annum. Ilis income from profits of his wor'ts (and the bulk of whole is verv small) was for many ye at least ?700. ami yet he used to morl Iv express his fears of coming to the wc house at last. Southey, too, though c tinualiy maundering about the scanty numeration of authorship and its drud ry, and so forth, received ?100 for e review article he wrote ! r the "Qtiar ly,w (according to his own account, he written one ill a few days,) and after ing in good style all the latter half of life, and (properly) declining a barone he left ?12,000 to his children, be*id< library, characterized as "one of the n valuable private libraries in the kingdo Theodore Hook had ?2000 for the I series of his "Snyings and Doing," i for years bis income from his pen was i cr less than ?3000 a year. The ti enormous sums earned bv Scott and Byron arc well known. Byron recei in nil somo ?25,000, and for one oi smaller poein*, written in three nig (on hi* own Authority,) Murray paid 500 guinea*. Beside* the large *um* above ment ed, many of the author* referred to en cd pension* of ?2000 to ?3000 or ward* per annnm^fo^manv year*. Raw. Dr. Ives.?The Freeman' X nal states that Dr. Irea ha* written a ume entitled "The trial* of a spirit ii progress towards Catholicity, or lei te hia Mends, by L. 8. Iran, formerly R op of the Protestant Episcopal Churci North Carolina.*^ It is stated that wrote it in Rome, and is atiout vi*i Tjoodo* to superintend its pwbllMlbaj Ikmnnras. The humorous vein, strong sense and siin P- pie style, May teach the gayest?make lite gravest '00 smile. Cowver. li is eg- Who Sent Them? ion s lie Old Mother Benucr was pious but poor, f his Iji the midst of her extreme want her h 00 trust and confidence was in God. n ite I was late one chilly night in the nu a us- turn of llie year, when two rather wild ive young men were passing her cottage on ^ the their way home. One of them had un- . ars d<T his arm some loaves of bread which " ite- he Inul'procured at he village store. A 1 the faint light glimmered from mother lien- c on- der's casement. Said the one' who had ^ ,00 the loaves to his companion, "Let's h?\e oet some fun with the old woman." f hat "Agreed," said the other. They ap- t ev, proached the house am! pooped into the ( ios, winnow, saw the old woman upon l er : ing knees, by the hearth, where a few embers j ml were smouldering in the ashes. She was of engaged in prayer. They listened and J0. heard her offering an earnest petition for c lis- bread. She was entirely destitute of 1 rth f'xxl. 1 jy- In furtherance of their fun, one of them h for with the loaves elimhod softly up the roof r .. *!.? ? .... >' < ... - I or ; * > III" '"Ullage, HUM MI-MpjU-.l Ml!" lllHt after I tl Dr. the other clow n the chimney. As they n uc rolled out on the health, they caught the ! ? 00 old lady's eye, and in the fullness of her the heart, she exclaimed? for ' Thank the Lord, bless the Lord for his bounty. )s- "Hut the Lord didn't send them," shout- 1 an ed a voice from the chimney. 8 iri- "Yes lie did," she cried utidautingly; "the n Dr. Lord sent them, but the devil brought o rv, them." n sat A Snake Story. a ore __ ist, I A corkksi'ONDKST writing from Texas, : N her gives us a good story, for the perfect truth I ( ari- of which he pledges his "sacred honor." 1 . ried "One night, my wife and myself were |' lies, awakened by a voice from the shelf, which ' >ro- contained our store of crockery, followed ) in by a crash, which showed that a great ion, portion of our cups and plates had been od- Hung to the floor. Springing up to dis- i . cover the author of this "attack ujion Chilol na," I found a largo snake in a somewhat (00 unpleasant "tix." lie had crawled upon irst the shelf, attracted by a number of eggs itle which wete scattered about. 1 "One of tlio>c he had swallowed, and, < tl,e in order to get at the next, he had put his t ur head and a portion of his body through I ccd the handle of a jug, which happened to v Or. stand between the coveted delicacies.? i >iv- The handle was just opened enough to I ms, let his body, in its natural state, slip clev- c hta oi 1 y through, but not sufficient to let it I ed pass when pulled out by tin egg. In this t for position he had swallowed the second c 00 egg. Ilis snakeship thus found himself s his unable to advance or ictrcat, and in floun- # eti- deriug about to escape from this novel ? ' in stock, had caused the accident which had t red aroused us. I, of course proceeded at r liin once to execute summary justice on the ? aid interloper; but the eggs which-he had t md swallowed w?-re a dead loss."?Millukins < ilia Courier. \ h*". it-flT Joiix Neal predicts that the time 1 Co. will coinc, when a man's perspiration will ' en- he turned to account as steam, and drive s him up hill like a locomotive. The poet ' for must have had that time in his eye when 1 tire he said : 1 the '-Th.it postboys, with mails, would mount > "e upwards like rockets, P fiy the force of stenm engines at work in aid their pockets, 1 the And on their return, by downward momen- I the timi, I ,ars Would come drhen hack as if the d?1 had t lid- sent 'cm." _ _ >rL- ( rK /A f T. X M.MI.*Ki Uf Fltri UUKIbH. II is CUSIU* j re mary in some printing offices, when a , |j??. particularly green youth commences learn- i ach 'ng his trade, to make liirn the object of j ter. various jokes, lie is often sent to a neigh- | has boring office for an imaginary article, ai;d < liv- wholly original in the minds of those who his perpetrate the jokes Once upon a time a ( (ev> hoy was sent to K '? office for "a i ?a"a quart of editorial." He was sent back | lost w ith a'"Jackass." This was rather severe ? m>" upon tho jokers, but they immediately first told the boy to go to K 's and tell , and him it wns tho "editorial" they wanted ,(!V. and not the editor. ruly I j,y A Solemn Qukstion.?At a recent Vvy| meeting of a parish, a solemn, straight j,|s bodied, and most exemplary deacon mil Jits, mitted a report, in writing, of the destitute him widows anil others standing in ne.-d of assistance in the parish. ;on_ "Are you sure deaoon," asked another joy- solemn brother, "that you have embraced Up. all the widows!" Ho said he believed he had done so ; but if any had been omitted, the omission could be easily corrected. our *ol- tAf The printer of an eastern paper j it*. say*that many of his patrons would make Xera good wheel horsoa they hold back so well. h 'n A lump of wet saleratus, applied to the he ating of a wasp or bee* will atop the pain ting in one moment, and prevent it from swel; H?g. == 51 gv cultural. Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis a toil, Enervates man and damns the soil. Young. for the LEDGER. Mr. Editor,?I nin more than pleased to ee that an Agricultural Society has been urmcd in our district. I have not as yet lad a convenient opportuny of becoming a itcmber, but mean to do so, and will do 11 I can to induce others to join. There an be nothing better calculated to do good 0 our district than this agricultural Society, 1 properly conducted, for it will operate raaerially, in developing the hitherto undeveloped resources of the District, and intrcluee an improved system of agriculture. 1 have seized upon the present time as a uvorable one to bring to the notice of our 'arrners, and especially the zealous members >f the Agricultural Society, n favorite subcct of my own. The cultivation of grasses, t is conceded on all hands that too little at ention is paid tu (he production of the necssaries of life. If farmers would not let he cultivation of cotton divert their attcnion almost entirely from tho raising of hogs, orses, mules, and horned cattle, but would iusc them in sufficient quantity to supply * he hotnc demand, our country would be inch more prosperous than it now is. Too tuch of the money arising from the sales of ( ur cotton is annually taken to Kentucky ur horses, mules and pork and to other porions of the Union for necessaries such as he above, as well as Hour, bacon, &c. It hould be the object of the farmer as well s the political economist, to keep as much f this money,as possible at home, for in the bundancc of money arising from the sales if our own productions, consists prosperity, >nd in its scarcity consists hard limes. Clover is an excellent grass. nnd.growe veil in this district. Are there not other grasses that will do equally as well 1 Would it not he well for the agricultural Society to appoint a committee charged with the investigation of this subject ? I send herewith iui article on grass by 1'. E. Duncan, published heretofore in several papers, and request you to insert it. HOMESPUN. Ashes as a Manure. There is not a farmer in the State of S'orth Carolina who cannot avail himself )f the g*cf.t advantages to be derived from lie application of ashes as a fertiliser to lis worn-out lands. And we say here, as ve have often said elsewhere, that there s no one substance in nature that so alundnntly contains the mineraf elements if the various crops which we cultivate. ''ariners are often heard to complain, for ho reason that they have not got a bed if marl, or are not able to get shell or tone lime, for the reason that they live o far from a navigable stream. All such is make this complaint have great advanages for burning ashes; and we had much athcr have a bushel of ashes than the unc quantity of lime, tliu reason menioned above?that we have in the bushel? >f ashes so many of the various elements * hu h are required to produce good crone. I'he impression umong farmers generally, s that the burning of ashes will not pay ; jut such is a grCat mistake. Ilut nt tlie lame time there is a proper way to go to nake the burning of ashes a good business. Tht heaps of wood should be made imall, for if they are large tho draught created carries otF a great many of the ashes and a larger quantity are burned up. After the ashc8 are burned, if not used immediately they should be protected from the weather, for the same reason that the soluble parts contained in them M ill be dissolved if left exposed to the rain. Hie best manner of applying ashes it in compost with muck or woods-mould, and the rate of about ?fty or sixty bushels to th? acre of land, lathe production of tobacco and potatoes, the application of ishes will lw? of material advantage, for the reason the plants contain a great deal i)f potash, which may be found more ahundant in ashes, than in any other subdance that will justify its use. Every farmer should save all of the ashes from the houses upon his farm, and for their preservation, it would be well to have an ash house made of brick, into which the aahea could be put when taken up, without any danger from fire which might be remaining in them.? Farmer's Journal. Thukk You ho Mbm Dhownko.?The Snow Hill (Md.) Shield states that on die 24th ultimo three young men John Maddux, James Richardson, and Joshua Hin^nrrlflfrn /ikn Inm taho* m. \na e\f XT r Jcptha Richardson,) whilst bathing lit Adit inaon's mill pond, near Naessongo Furnace, wore drowned. It appear? they Rcould not awim, and Maddux {pitting beyond hia depth, one of the RichardsooV, in attempting to rescue him, also got ioto the deep water, when the other Riohardson went to the aid of his brother. Be likewise got beyond hie depth, wad all three met a watery graee. Ther is a fellow down east whose legs are so crooked that his pantaloons turn j hind part before in leas than half an hoar ?A?r he puts them on.