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,?- * r~r. hi . ,,-IM - ? ^ ?* T*"V *.>r''"'?r:" V ft V * r *' ' - M " ' ' $2 ANNU.M. CIiAARFmTR>?RY RWAY,TYS UK ?S H KVbEAJ>S^THE'VVAY1" RE IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERA.1V, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. ' - LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINAWEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12.1853. NUMBER 36 It. M. BAILGY? | mansion disposed of; his splendid horses ! her favorite Jessie, at the side of her fond I me. but of t I 1?TVlTnT? A "MTV UDADO TPTnn I ?n.l - ?/>'i jlvu any 111ui aleiluui TERJBS : The "Ledger" is published every Wednesday morning, ?t the low price of TWO DOLLARS per Annum, if pnid IN ADVANCE ; Two dollars and n half, if payment be delayed three months, and THREE DOLLARS at the end of six months. ADVERTISING. Advertisements will he inserted at seventy-five cents per square for the first insvr tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per square for each additional insertion. Single insertion, one dollar pur square. IrUrbfi -nltG THE MILLIONAIRE'S On a Hue morning in the summer of 1833, a handsome but poorly dressed boy called at the door of a rich mansion in L o aquero, in New York city, and ottered some baskets of strawberries for halo. Having dispose 4 of the fruit, lie 1 tvrk about to depart, when his attention van arrested by the appearance ot a beau tiful girl, smue twelve yearn old, who vrowed the Ital) near the door. She wan the only daughter of the gentleman of the house. The kind look which she bestowed on hint struck a chord in his heart, which until th.it moment had never vibrated. "She is very lovely!" lie exclaimed men ally; but she is the daughter of the great millionaire; she can Iks nothing to me." IIo returned to the fields in search of more fruit, but the remembrance of that 1 k. sunny face attended U!ti> closely in bis rain- j b!e?. j "I am young," he continued to himself, "would I couhl make myself worthy of her," atul this thought, though it did not banish the feeling, hushed it. A week had passed, and the little boy agaiu stood, with palpitating heart, at the rich man's door. His fruit was purchus- < ed as before, and ho received his money from the white hand of the fair being j whom from the moment he lir?t saw ker lie had dared to love. She spoke kindly to bini, and hade him call again. 1 lie did not forget the order. He called ] aroiitv tm? it?? ? ? --1 ! 1-a , ..... ..... av?M?/u miTniicillg, *ll?l | the fruit had become a scarcity. "T shall not l>e able to bring you any more," he said one morning. "I am sorry for it wax n pleasure for me to call here, ?but we may meet hereafter." The young heart that fluttered in the bosom of that young girl was touched a* the musical, though somewhat melancholy tone in which thia was uttered, and she timidly replied that "she would remember him." "We shall meet again, Miss, when, I promise you, you shall not tie ashamed to acknowledge the acquaintance of the p<ior at raw iter ry boy." She though the language singular, but (hey parted. Three years clspsed. The tido of speculation which was then swelling in our country, had not reached "the flood," and I the man of wealth w!?l. tl>* u?..<:a.i daughter, rolled in hU clegai.t carriage along llroadway, upon a fine Sabhath morning, on their way to Trinity Church. Charlotte was "just turned to sixteen," and the bright bud was just changing to the open rose. She was fair indeed. The service had endtd?the magnificent carriage stood at the church door; the elegantly caparisoned horses pawed the ground uneasily ; a liveried footman held the door, and the wealthy merchant handed his lorelr daughter to the coach, amid the low o\eisance of her gay admirers. V-'dy does she not deserve the homage at her thousadd butterfly admirers. A young, plainly diteseJ stranger, lands onietlv at the side nf ?ii? . door, and her gaze for a moment U riveted on his feature*. "Who can it be I" she remember*?no, be cannot rei?eml?er. The carriage roll* slowly toward* the lately mention of the man of wealth, and he discover* an uncommon tnquietnet* in hit daughter'* demeanor. "My dear Charlotte, you are ill." "No, fntber, no?I am very well." They awived at the door~-tlio stranger era* there. They alight; he extends a alight, a very alight, but respectful bow to die "heiress," and moves on. A blush tinge* that bright cheek; she recognize* him. Charlotte retired to her chamber; she was unhappy?hut surely, "vhe stranger was nothing to Iter, or she to hiai." Time rolled on. It was the coldest night of the uncommon oold winter of * *10, and the memorable ICth of Deeetoher. A Are had broke out kt the evening In one of the principal street of the bush . mm pert of the greet commercial metro* !**? I; raged violently, and at early morning on the winceedhtg day, a greet portion of the eky ley hi aahee. The milHoneWe wee comparatively a tamer. Ilk, fumitore wee'seimMM; hk / ?vin uin? inner nanus, sud i even "Jessie," Charlotte's conl black fa- I vorite, was doomed to pass from them un- I der the hammer. "Poor Jessie!" sighed her mistress : "I hope ?ho may fall into good hands." ltut nobody wanted "Jessie," and she was finally purchased and thrown away upon a stranger. "Who did you say was the purchas- , or I" inuuired Churlotte of her father. t "A Mr. Manly, I think," said the fath er. " * Another year had fled. Misfortune ' had followed in rapid succession, and the c revolution of'37 had finally reduced our s mnn of wealth to bankruptcy. The fol- { lowing advertisement appeared in the papers that day : "Will he sold at public auction, on I Wednesday next, on the premises, the J right of redemption to that beautiful cot- ? tage, with about half an acre of land ad- | joining, laid out in a garden, well stocked ! with fruit trees ami shrubbery, situated 1 I oh the south side of Statcn Island, ami n mortgaged to John Jacob A. for the stun <] of ten thousand three hundred dollar", etc. a Sale positive?titlo indisputable?possession given immediately?terms cash." c The rich man that was, in vain appeal- c cd to Lis sunshine friends for aid. They I must have security ; the times woro hard ; ?. | they had lost a good deal of money; pec' pie sometimes 1 ve too fast ; it was'iit tlieir fault; very sorry, but couldn't help him. j From bad to worse he succeeded, and f' now redused to the lust extremity, lie lj | had retired to his beautiful retreat, with t the hope that rigid economy and fresh ^ application to bis mercantile affairs would retrieve his rapidly sinking fortune. Hut v 1 his star was descending, and his more c lucky brethren forgot that ho had been < "one of them." Unfortunately, he had ^ J no security to offer, and the cottage was I sold. ' ll It was a bright day in autumn ; lite v > purchasers were few, there was but litilo I I competition, and the estate passed into p [ other hands. The purchaser gave notice ^ | that he should take tiossession forthwith. And what was to become of the lovely * child I His last home had been taken I1 I from him, and that fair girl was mother- * i less. The heart of the fond father mis- ? I gave him when he received the information that the promises mu*t l>e immediate- ^ ' ly vacated, lie had been a proud man, ll I but bis pride was now humbled, and calm- i> 1 ly he resigned himself to this last stroke h I of afflction. He too, wept; oh it was a fearful sij^ht to see that strong man weep! Hut his troubles were nearly at an end. The day following that upon which the sale occurred had well nigli sped. The ^ afternoon was bright and balmy, and the h father sat with his daughter in the rooe.>s a of one of the cottage windows, which n looked out upon the high road, lie had V received a note from the purchaser of the ' * ?- * ? - 1 ....viu.iug ui 111 mm. ne siiouiu call c upon him in tko Afternoon, for theporpose S of examining tlio premises More fully than v lie had yet an opportunity of doing.? '1 They awaited his visit. ft A stranger on horseback halted sudden- tl ly in front of the court yard gate, and * turning the head of his coal bluck steed, h he ambled to tho door. it "O, father!" shouted Charlotte, forget- t! ting for the moment her sorrows, "look, ; ft there is my darling little Jessie, and?" a a knock at the door called her at once to re- j c I collection. ii The door was opened by tbe once prince - i n jy proprietor of the princely mansion in j 1 L e square. Before him stood a en- r rions looking young man, who inquired | * for Mr. S. & 1 That is my name, sir, and I have the 1 honor of addressing?" I 1 "Mr Manly, sir, now the owner of this * cottage. I have just received the deed j from my attorney, and with your permit-! * sion, shall be glad to examino the estate." > "Walk in, sir, you are master here, and tl ! shall vacate as soon as your pleasure |( may reouiro it My daughter, sir,'4 he continues, as the stranger entered the parlor. "This is Mr. Manly, Charlotte, v the purchaser of our little cottage." I' "The person whom you you once knew r onlr as the poor strawtorry boy," continued Manly, as he took her extended * hand. f< "My dear sir," said Manly, addressing the father, "I am the owner of this cottage. Seven years ago I had the happiness to receire from this fair hand a few ^ shillings in payment for fruit, which I car- ' tied to the door of the then affluent Mr. < 8t., of L e snuare. I wae but a boy, 1 sir, and a poor boy, too; but poor a* I > was, and wealthy as was this lady, I dar- ' ed jo lore her. Since then I have travel- 1 c many leagues, I have endured many 1 hardships, with but a single object in view ?that of wAtng myself worthy of your ' daughter. Fortune has been no niggard ' with me, air; my endeavors hare been I crowned with success, and I eotne here < today n6t to take poseeesion of this love- ' ly ootuge alone, but to Uy my fortune at I the frtt of worth and beauty, and to off* ' this fair being a heart which exist but fo herself alone.** I Charlotte k>rad, and hortly after gare , Iter band to Manly. Tbay remained in ? th? cottage, which was nawlv ferniahed ; many ttmca afterward* did she motant ' t- il?s i>W ?nd devoted husband, and roam through ha the romantic scenes which abound in that of far-famed island. ho ?- ??? ? ,n: From the Wills Valley (A/a.) Post. jia Characteristic! of Alabama. T an DkKalii.?This county, tho one in Hi vhich this paper is published, lies in the lorth east corner of the State, and is a strip j|!' ,f territory, embracirg three or four val eya, running from the north west corner if Georgia, toward the southwest, some off evenly miles in length, and perhaps tif- *>e eon in width. The glorious old warrior, .. dis rom whom it took its name, the Haron cr( X-Kalb, was born in Germany; in 1717. pei le served in the French army 42 years, ait ind in the war between France jind Eng- 8C! and, was sent by the French Government ^ o incite the American colonics to revolt ; g0, ind to discover those circumstances ten- mi ling most to conquest. lie was seized Al is a spy, while here, and narrowly eseap j>" d. lie went into Canada, and after its apture by the British, returned to France. t|H n 1777 he came back to tho United th< itatos, offered his services, and was soon co] fter made a major General. When Sir lenry Clinton organized his expedition, | >r the capture of Charleston, South Caro |jg ina, he led the Delaware and Maryland roops to the protection of South Carolina- "l ioneral Lincoln being made prisoner, the go^ diole Southern army came under the ommand of DeKalb, till appointmentof |en ' ? 1 I O.. !-- * vm-1,11 vniCT, VII HII5 1DII1 OI AUgUSl, II ( 778, it buttle was fought near Camden, etween Gates and Lord Rawdon : in . li II rhich DeKalb commanded the right wing. f))<; ii this battle lb-Kail) fought, with great to ;nllantry on foot,covered with wound*.? WI Vlien Marion and Hoiry were introduc- ^ d to him, just before this vent, he speared old, but still of tine complexion.? 11iv person, says Wecms, "was largo and (}e aanly, nliove the common sixe, witli tui ;rest nerve and activity ; while his tine 1 ilue eyes, expressed the mild radicnce of TOy itelligence and goodness. At this time l'al ic was sixty-one years of ago, and had a ?th?r ami a mother living, of whom lie ?w ave the following account:? I % "The very christmas l*>forc I sailed for be iiuerica, I went to see hiin. It waa three ''cl undred miles, at least, from l'aris. On rrivitig at the house, 1 found my dearol 1 ^a' lotlier at her wheel, in her eighty third m' ear, inind.gentlemen! spinning very gaily, ''ei diile one of her great-grand-daughters le" arded the wool and sang a hymn for her. *** loon as the first transports of meeting f*' rere over, 1 eagerly asked for my father. ^'' |)o not l>e uneasy, my son,' said she, 'your i4 1 ither is only gone to the wood*, with his Pr< iiree htt'c great-grand-children, to cut c'sl oine fuel for the fire, and they will all he ',n' ere presently, I'll be bound !' And so I proved : for in a very short time I heard hem coming along. My father was the >remost, with his axe under his arm, and m' i stout billet on his shoulder ; and the hildren, each with his little load, staggerng along, and prattling to my father with 1 J! their might. He Assured, gentlemen, thi hat this was a most delicious moment to ly ne. Thus, alter a long absence, to meet i beloved father, not only alive, hut in we icalth and dear domestic happiness above da lie lot of kings; also, to see the two ex- del remca of human life, youth and ago, thus bei weetly meeting aud mingling in that cor- ed W love that turns the cottage into a par- for disc." ry Just before the battle he took leave of w<* ter farion and Horry, and the following is lie touching account of that interview,and r'Hj is death ; tin "Immediately on receiving orders we *w raited on tlie good old DeKalb, to take a"' rave ; and also to assure him of our deep rgret at parting with him. 'It is with equal regret, ray dear air,'? P'* aid he, 'that I part with you, because I el a presentiment that we part to meet l"( 10 moro.' bo We told him we hoped better things. q, Oh, no T replied he, it is impossible.? ^ >Var is a kind of game, and has its fixed gU ulet, whereby,wben we are well acquaintid with them, we can pretty correctly tell mj iow the trial will go. To-niorrow, it seems, jn, be die is to bo cast, and in my judgment, rj,| vitliout the least chance on our side.? llie militia will. I suppose, as usual, play a , he hnek gome, that is, get out of tlie crape as fast as their legs can carry them. ?n dut that, you know, won't do for roe. I ~ iin an old soldier, and cannot run : and I K \ relieve I have with me some brave fellows, ?r who will stand willi me to the last. So jj, hat, when you hear of our battle,you will ^ jmbably hear that your old friend De ro Kalb is at rest." th I do not know that I was ever more af- stl ected In my fWe. 1 looked at Ifarionand en aw iuai ins ejoa were watery. J >?tvalb th mw it too, and taking us by the band,? um with a firm tone, and animated look, said: m ? *No I no I gentleman ; ho emotions for 4< * ** f* '' f - J -v. ?VMIW?ilV"? L mil in, ippy. To die is the irreversable decree Kj him who made us. Then what joy to Bi nblo to meet his decree without dis- va ay ! This, thank God, is ray case.? soi le happiness of man is my wish, that gri ppiness I deem inconsistent with slave- his And to avert so great an evil from wi innocent people, I will gladly meet the bei itish to-morrow, at any odds whatever.' cei As ho spoke this, I saw a something in of t eyes, wl ich at once demonstrated the bn rinity of virtue and the immortality of kil e soul. de; 'Oh, my God !' said Marion, as we rode cla ', 'what a difference *ioas education make, ? iwcen man and man. Enlightened by str r sacred ray, see here is the native of a cal taut country, come to fight for our lib- sa\ y and happiness, while many of our Of nple, lor lark of education, are actually mt ling the British to heap chains and cur* i upon themselves and children." str It was on the morning of August the he th, 1780, that wo left the armv in a wo lhI position near Itugelcy's mills, twelve It j les from Camden, where the enemy lay. bui >out It) o'clock that night orders were offl en to march to surprise the enemy, who no! <1 at the same time commenced their caj irch to surprise the Americans. To doi *ir mutual astonishment, the advanceof ; two armies met about two o'clock, and cot imnenced firing upon each other. The kit ug, however, was soon discontinued by for ill parlies, who seemed to be willing to yo< ve the matter to be decidsd by day- I d ht. dei A council of war was called : in wldeh ? Kalb advised that the army should fall ck to Rugeloys mills, and there, in a tin ixl position, wait to be attacked. coi Hut Gales not only rejected this excel- wo t counsel, hut threw out suspicions that |0v >rigiualed from fear. Upon which De lb called to his scivant to take his Rni rse, and leaping on tho ground, placed uei nself at the head of his command on it. To this indecent expression of Gen. ye, ?tes he also retorted with considerable de irmth, 'Well sir, a few hours will let us I), ? who are the brave!' lo< It should he recorded for the benefit of mi r officers, many of whose laurels have Rig Bn blasted by the fumes of brandy, that br; n. Gates was rather too fond of his noc- wl *nnl glass. ba "I wonder where wc shall dine to uiorv !" said one of his officers, as in the rk they sat on their sleepy horses wait; for the day. th< 'Dine, sir f replied the confident Gates, ','M hy at Caindon, sir, to he sure. Hegad! vould not give a pinch of snuff, sir, to " 5 insured a beef-steak to morrow in Cam- a" i, and I ord Cornwallis at my table." Presently day appeared, and as the f?l suing light increased, the frightened ea litia began to discover the woods redring over like crimson, with the long ex- *lu ided lines of the Hritish army, which .or ?n, with rrttling drums and thundering a, inon, lame rushing on to the charge.? f e militia, scarcely waiting to giro thein u listant fire, broke and fled in tho utmost ... icipitation. Whereupon Gen. Gates , pped spurs to his horse, and pushed rd after them, as he said 'to bring the ^!4t cals back.' Hut ho took care never to a ng himself hack, nor indeed to stop un- tre ho hail fairly reached Charlotte, eighty M F les from the field of battle. I reinein n w?s com in >n 10 lane in lliose days, W it he killed three horses in his flight. Gates and the militia, composing twords of the army, having thus shamefultaken themselves oil", the brave old Kalb, and his handful of continentals, i cor re left alone to try the lorlune of the doi y. And never did men display a more g" tcrmined valor! For though out-num- ?ol ed more than two to one, they sustain- ?*' the shock of the enemy's whole force, fee upwards of an hour. With equal fu- Yc the rank-sweeping cannon and musket *g' re employed on both sides, till the oon- gi* iding legions were nearly mixed. Then yo1 iiting this slower mode of slaughter, with ?t je-bUckoned faces and fiery eye-balls, pr< sy plunge forward on each other, to the w? liter vengeance of the bayonet. Far g? (1 wide the woods resound to the clash steel, while the red reeking weapon:,? ? e stings of infernal serpents, sre seen ba sreing the bodies of the combatants.? fro me, on receiving the fatal stab, let drop str sir useless arms, and with dying fingers na sp the hostile steel that ie cold in their | tbi wels. Others, faintly crying out, "Oh I yo ?d, I am slain !" sank pale and quivering *> the ground, while the vital current had try shed in hissing streams from their burstt.? OA li uuwnnt. viuwm w?n u men, now he ngle in the uproaring strife, and snatch- qu { the weapons of the slain, swell tbehor- sw I carnage. Glorying in his continentals to ? brave DeKalb towers before them like sai red stnr.guhling their destructive course pe his voice as the horn that kindlea the W ung pack in chase of blood. A British 1st enadier, o< giant rise, rushes on bim with co Used bayonet. DeKalb parriea tlie fu- ay >us blow, and plungea his sword in the ba itlou's breast ; then seising the Calling an dm of the dying man, he deals death a- an nod him on a crowding foe. Loud rise e shouts of the Americans, but louder hi II the shouts of the more numerous en- nc ?y. The battle hurne anew along all an e ft*ree contending line* Thera,th? die- ea at Comwillis pus bee ou bis fresh regi- hi snts, like red olouda, bunting their tbun- wl von the Americana; but here, coodens- ^ I liis diminished legions, the brave De-1 sin lib still maintains the unequal contest, low it alas ! what can valor do against equal sel< lor, n ded by such fearful odds f The the is of Freedom bled on eveiyside. With up] ief their gallant leader marks the fall of pro i heroes; soon himself to fall. For, as tiv< th a face all inflamed in the fight, he pre nds forward, animating his men, he re- eve ves eleven tcoiinda! Fainting with loss finj blood he falls to the ground. Several tha sve men?Britons and Americans were eve led over him as they furiously strove to lie droy or to defend. In the inidst of the log shing bayonets, his only surviving Aid tie Mousicur du Buyson, ran to him, and solf eaching his arms over tho fallen nero, flat lied out :?"Save the Baron DeKalb !*-stoi ? the Baron DeKalb!" Tho British bat Qccra interposed, and prevented his itn- awi idiatc destruction. fou It is said thnt Lord Cornwa'.lis was so ina uck with the bravery of DeKalb, that in I generously superintended whilo his , soo unds were dressed, by his own surgoons. | hilt is also said that he appointed him to be son rried with the honors of war. British or i leers have been often known to do such of 1 L?le doeds, but that Lord Cornwallis was j Ilia >ab!e of acting so honorably, is very J assi ubtful. I his ueftalb died as l:e had lived, the un- int< iquered friend of liberty. For being ton idly condoled with by a British oflicer me hie misfortune, he replied :?"I thank gru a, air, for your generous sympathy ; but it i lie the death I always prayed for?the run itli of a soldier fighting for the rights of Yo in." of 1 His last moments were spent in dicta- con g a letter to a friend concerning his wit rtincntals, of whom he said "lie had no to rds that could sufficiently express his woi e and his admiration of their valor."? sail ) survived the action but a few hours,? son d was buried in the plains of Catgden, wh *r which his last battle was fought. Yo \Vheo the great Washington, many wh srw afterward, catro on a visit to Cam- cot n, he eagerly inquired for the grave of anl ?Kalb. It was shown to him. After hoi >king on it awhile, with a countenance del trked with thought, lie breathed a deep cai ;h and exclaimed :?"So, there lies the ? avc DelCalh ; the generous stranger,? 10 came from a distant land, to figntour ttles, and water with his blood, the tree our liberty. Would to God he had livto share with us its fruits!" Congress ordered him a monument, but t friend of St. Tainmany sleeps "without i fame." I have seen the place of hie Thi t. It was the lowest spot of the plain. sculptured warrior mourned at his low ' i head, no cypress decked his heel. But wo i tall corn stood in darkening ranks a- our ind him,and seemed to shake their green ves in joy above his narrow dwelling. niy But the roar of his battle is not yet dui ite passed away,nor his ghastlv wounds con gotten. The citizens of Camden have Par eiy enclosed his grave, and placed on it! 'of* landsome marble, with an epitaph grate- , ?f t ly descpiptive of his virtues and ser- till ;es, that the people of future days may e Washington, heave the sigh when | aPI sy read of 'the generous stranger who j arH ne from a distant land, to fight their j I c ,uc8, ana to water with his blood the sta' e of their liberties.' 10 I Aft 'air Camden's plains his glorious dust inhome. , here annual Cetes shades her hero's tomb" j ent m m wei Chaxaoter of Lord Brougham. tw< _ . ~~ ... wei Brougham is a thunderbolt. 110 mar jg. na in the dark, he may come at ran- j m, his path may be in the viewless fG'r upless air, but give him something CRr id, let him come in contact with the gj, rth, and be it beautiful or barren, it ter( Is the power of his terrible visitation.? >u see not, or rather you heed not, the ent which works; but, just as the archmt of physical destroyers rends his way jnc] u see the Kingdom of nature yielding oat his approach, and the mightiest of their xl notions brushed aside as though they ? p re dust, or torn as though tliey were a g ssamer! ... ted While he raises his voice in the House YOl while he builds firmly and broadly the w;( sis of his propositions, and snatches ;8 ^ m every science a beam to enlarge and engthen his work; and while he indig- eftr ntly beats down and tramples upon all t?,e it has been reared by his antagonist, u feel as if the wand of annihilation t?,j, * in his hand, and the power of dieiction in his possession! rCR There cannot be a greater treat than to tail ar Brougham upon one of those great tail nations which give scope for the mighty foe ell of his mind, and which permit him tog launch the bolts of that tremendous be rcasro, for which he has not now, aad 21 rbapa never had an equal in the House, els hen his display is a reply, you see bis wil by figure drawn aside from others, and pre iled up within itself like a snake, bis net es glancing from under the slouched by r, you mark the twin demons *f irony pui id contempt, playing about the terse div id com pressed lines of his mouth! for Up riaea tha orator alowljr and clummly I do body awdng in an attitoda which ia bo ?? the mort graeHVsl. Ilia long and How viaagn acaroa lengthened nod deep- an ied in iu hoc. Hia eye*, hia noaa and for t mouth awn huddled together, aa if, pei hU? ha pvaaaaa eyerj illustration in hia tb< each, ha warn at the ?ma time eenden- rat g ail his senses into one. There is a ering sublimity in his brows which one lom sees equalled; and the obliquity of light shows the organization of the per and lateral parts of his forehead, ud and palpable as the hills of his nas north, llis left hand is extended parecj as an unvil, upon which he is r and anon to hammer with the forejer of his right, as the preparation to t full swing which is to give life to ry muscle, and motion to erery limb, speaks! In the most closo clear and ical* manner, does he demolish the caswhuchdiis opponent has built for him'! Yeu hear the sounds, you see the fi,y*<Jt? took for the castle, and it is not ; ae*after stone, turret, battlement after tlemcnt, wing after wing, are melted ay, and nothing is left, save the sure ndation upon which the orator himself v build! There are no political bowels lim. lie gives no quarter, and no ner has he razod the fort than he turns i to torture the garrison. He is now retiring more terrible than the satire nock solemnity of Canning, the glow iurdett, or the glory of Mackintosh! i features, (which are always grave) Lime the very depth of solemnity; and voice (which is always solemn) falls ) that under sophrann, (that visionary o between speech and whisper) which n employ when they speak of their own ives and coffins. You would imagine lot audible, and yet its lowest syllable is through tho House like wildfire.? u would think it only meant for the ear trim who is the subject of it, yet it nes immediately, and powerfully, and hout the possibility of being forgotten, every one within the walls. You uld think it the fond admonition of a itcd father to the errors of a beloved ; and which the devil is said to exercise, en he acts as accuser of the brethren, u may push aside the bright thing ich raises a laugh; you may find a 'er from the wit which ambles you on litheses, or quotation; but against the me reproof of Brougham there is no fence: its course is so firm that you nnot dash it aside. 5lgrintlfural. . Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis a toil, Enervates mun and damns the soil. Young. From the Farmer and Planter. e Hog "Crop"? Profits of Making?Measuring Corn, &o. dessrs, Editors:?As an evidence that can better afford to make than buy own ]>ork, I send you the following lenient. On the 22d of December,! 851 sow dropped ten pigs. They were fed ring the winter on say ten bushels of i and peas?peas boiled. In the early t of the summer t icy had a few c: ri?afterwards they had only the run he oai stubble, and a few peaches, unI commenced feeding them in July or gust. Wishing to try a plan which >eared perhaps in the Southern Planter 1 was copied into the Soil of the South, ommenced feeding with green corn, Iks and all. This gave them a start (row, and put ihetn in a thrifty state, er corn ripened, I fed corn in the ear, il the pigs were killed, except two weeks en they had the run of the pens, gathg their own food. Nine of the pigs re killed December 11, 1852, lacking ilvc days of being a year old, and ighed as follows:?186, 192, 190, 142, 1, 150, 156, 166,, 172?aggregate, 08 I lis.?average, about 168. Now, cost: nine bushels corn and peas, 4(9, rots Hnd greeu corn, $3; 90 bushels corn ?total, $57. This is making slaugh?d clean pork at a cost of less than four ,, r... > ?.:.l .i m j??-1 fiMiiiu, v?iui me common native ik, with high priced food in the being, and by a young fanner. I do not lude in the cost of the gleanings of the a and peas, lajeause without the hogs ?y would have been wasted, but I think ut the fattening corn at rather too high igure?ten bushels per head. My lirniexperienee is in favor of killing hogs ing. Never keep them through two iters. "A short life and a merry one," rood hog philosophy. The following is my rule for measuring corn in the crib. Multiply together i inside length, breadth and depth, in I and fractions of a foot; then multiply ? product by 4, and cut off tho right id figure, for dividing bv 10. The son of the rule is this: a cul>ic foot conns 1728 cubic indie*, and a bushel conits 2150,4 inches. Now, if the cubic t of the crib (found bv multiplying ;ether the length, breadth and depth), multiplied bv 1728, and divided by 50,4 we shall have the number of bualiof thelltd corn or wheat that the crib [1 hold. But 1728 bears the enme >poruon to 2150.4 as 4 does to 5 very irly. So that multiplying t e cubic fttl 4, and dividing bv 10, answer the same rpoae as multiplying by 1728, and idmg by 2150,4* and then taking half the cob. If the com is very good, witli p grains, or the crib holdsover 000 in els, I would divide by instead of 10. In condonon, let nee inquire of you d yoer correspondents what rale wiUdo measuring unthmcM com in a crib or f Also, how many pounds df pea* in s Hull will thresh out a bushel? Respectly, T.K.fUttSe. 0 4 e* . * hi fv *7 ? Thibet and Cashmere Goats in South Carolina. We have received, through the hands of Col. A. G. Summer, two samples of beautiful silky snow-vhite Cashmere wool, from Dr. James K. Davis, of South Carolina. These samples are from the offspring of certain Thibet and Cashmero goats, brought home from tho mountains of Persia by Dr. Davis, for the purpose of trying the experiment of introducing these animals among the wool growers of the United States. It will be remembered that,some seven or eight years ago, Mr. Davis, at the invitation of the Sultan, wont over to Turkey to try the introduction of the cotton culture into that country upon that superior system of cultivation which has given to our Southern States the monopoly i of the raw material in the great inarKcts I of the world. Mr. Davis, upon this honorable and benevolent mission, carried with him the seeds of the best varieties of I Southern cotton, and the necessary agri* I cultural books, implements, <fcc., for the I enterprise. Alter his arrival at Constantinople he was encouraged by the Sultan to send for his family. Mrs. Davis received the summons at Charleston, and with her seven chil lren?the oldest of whom was a bov of fifteen?she promptly uudertook i the long and hazardous journey to the | confines of Asia. She set out on this long journey, not only within her seven children but with seven or eight negro slnves, raised on a South Carolina cotton plantation, 10 join her husband at Stamboul. From Liverpool to France, and thence across tt ? Continent of Europe to Naples, thence by sea to Constantinople, si e passed in safety, and safely arrived at her destination without accident, or any serious trouble or detention. Dr. Davis had found that the Turks, and tho slaves of theTurks, were wholly incompetent for the cultivation of a cotton field upon the I ucrican plan, and hence the cxtraordiI nary expedient of bringing to bis aid a detachment of his own field hands from South Carolina. The experiment finally failed. Even had the soil and the climate proved favorable in the highest degree, (which was not the case,) the ignorance prejudices, and indolence of the Turks in agricultural affairs, were insurmountable impediments to success. Dr. Davis, however, from that spirit of liberality which has been so frequently illustrated iu the history of tho reigning Sultan, was not permitted to return home empty handed, lk-forc his final return westward, however, under the special protection of his Oriental Majesty, he made the tour of the Iloly Land, and penetrated into Persia. In these travels lie picked up his Cashmere and Thibet goats, and a nair of n iniwiliof ).?-_J ui ^vsiauc cattle, called water oxen, from tbeir amphibious nature. Such is the history o( these samples of Cashmere wool now lying upon our table. | A special correspondet detailed from this office in the spring of 1861 to lock after the South Carolina secessionists and their preparations for war,gathered these particulars from a visit to a plantation of Dr. Davis, near Charleston. The provocation now, we think, will full)-justify their publicity. From the same authority we may also state that a thrifty flock of white kids in '61 was grow ing up from the imported ! stocks from Persia; mid that a number of 1 them, on the visit aforesaid, were picking the moss from the horizontal limbs of a gigantic live o k tree in the open field, scattered about among its branchea, from ten to twenty feet from the ground, while the water oxen were luxuriating among the lotus plants, up to their shoulders in the mud of a small swamp hard by. We incline to think that the Cashuiere and Thibet goats may result more sucessfully than the commendable efforts of another orentlorno^ ?1 ' w mii-ounce me culture of tlie tea plant in South Carolina. We should suppose that the mountainous districts of the South particularly were as well adapted for the goats of the foothills of the Himalayas as are the great plains | which flank the Rocky Mountains for the camels of Arabia. We preeuuiO that If he has not already, Dr. I)avis will soon have some samples of his home-produced Cashmere wool on exhibition at the Crystal Palace.?JV. Y. Herald of Sunday. Disobedience to Parents. I once heard a lady sat to her little girl, "Daughter, go into toe other room and get a chair." Tho little girl, who happened to be in en unpleasant mood, said. "There ain't no chair there." - ? "Yea there is," aaid her mother. "No there ain't," aaid the little girl. "There is," aaid her mother, "and go and get it" The little girl went a*d, brought the chair. Now, tliia girl was guilty of two things: let. Disobedence to her mother. In ' refusing to go, she disobeyed her mother and violated that comraaad which says, "Childron, obey your parents." , m 2nd. Of irrevereooe for her mother. In doubting bar mother's word when aha i aaid there was * chair ia the other map, she showed a waat of rrqpeet father mother, mtdso viola^ t^^mc^ln the i