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SS2 PRI? ANNUM thaln'd to no Pitrty1* arbitrary nuny, ]\ ADV ANCK Tjp^ a. Lili iVl* ii U 1'li W<< clt'uvv to truth where'erc she lead* the way. ' ^ 1\XJ T * 11_ \<v \ NEUTRAL L\ POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME MI. . LANCASTER. C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA* WEDNESDAY MORNING.OCTOBER 11,1851 NUMBER 31 l. Dflll'^nDV I Bliorlly afU'rwimls Mr. B. c?>nc|u<l< <l I" ' l>ni ns ?\m to?>k In* liainl ami laeeJ th? i * nrvTHTTT rriTTn i r rUMTU. tk ? ? I for thr I^anrnxtrr Tsilytr. j "The Heart above the ?ower of Time- > Il?s't?..n1y l'c iji tli it once hUioJ firm An*! stately" a* the forest pine: * On thai bulil form i? written now, 1 To lis?(he painful word 'Deeliue''? c But tstill within his bosom lives J A heart above the power of time-? t Young, iih in ehiidhood's happiest day, v Unsear'd by years, iiusUtnt-d by crime. f His hair, onee dark ns raven's wing, While as the drifting snowappiara ; Hifc eve, whero dwelt the .igmniagN flash, I h Is dimming with the mist of years? n But still, within his bosom lives A heart above the power of lime ; y Young, as m ehihihi ?ud's h ippicHl day, IJnsear'd by years, unstained by crime. His step onee fleet a* hunter's speed h In hot pursuit of flying deer ; Is tottering now, and weak and slow, I lie only walks when help is near?? w But still within his liosoat lives A heart above the power of time ; n Young ns in chil llioo.l s h ippi st day, ij Unsear'd by years, unstained by crime His arm, that once had giant's strength, V Was mil da .g.irous to tne stioug ; Was never raised ag.Jiist tin- weak, n Nor lifted when the onus.' was wrong; r, And hence, wilidn Ins bosom lives, j\ A heart above the power of .fine ; l ouiig. j?s in ciiildhood'it h.ip|m-*t ?i.?y Umc..rd hv vc-'rt. Uttau.lncd Uy critn# li 1 U..d h wioii ? long?long hiiutu dc..d, -v And wlu-rtfnrv iiunl.i it live i g .in f ' v, Tli.it mine vouM Ix* u fitlht-r'it llcaifl 1 Imi >vi?h i? um le?a, nior tli in vhin. H For i have struggle.! through ihu world, , And trod lite ruggid |? lit of pi.in, A heart all btigliled, ?i liernl, at-nt'd, it never tun Ik- young ng.'.inT.tMvS OWN BAUD. Lnnvnatervlile,Oct. f?. lH5t. ' * IHuiiiiji j i itDiamond Cat Diamond- I" We rtcrlttly conn- into |Mi??wion l<l of iVut* in n;t?ril to a very javuliar ll.nl ill Jv-tn e tr*t>At:i lion in t!i;s t ity. the. detail*. }' tif which aro !iittffe?;hi? a* illustrative of ehniaeter, as well a-< of tin* method of the Si illir Itltulllliwa tvlorill ?-? -f \vuw? nui niii?r|? IM a certain i l*sn of business men. Some lime since, a gentleman, whom "we will call Mr. A., piiri'luufd a piece of to ground in Murray aired, on which was an *< old building, which ho pr??cee<led to Uar **i? i)o.*n in'enl ng to ofeut in its pin e ? buil- fo tliiiLf ill >ro suitable for the transaction of hi hit business. AI?out the sumo time, an- aother gentleman, whom we shall call Mr. re H., purchased the a Ijoiaing lot, ami pro* hi oeeded in the same manner to takedown fe the ohl building Kintiding upon il, so tli .t In the work of demolition, proceeded upon m both at th? same time. After this ha<l so been concluded, Mr. A., being ready 'o as buih! himself, and supposing, quite natu- te rally, that .lis neighbor would prefer boil- sh ding at the same time, paid h ni a visit in kr relation to the matter, when he was b >or tit iskly inform* d l?y Mr. B., that he ahouhl Iw "liuihl wlien he pU .?? <l." Uf course nil li* Mr. A.t could not gainsay his right in thin ta wji?t, the only n-elhod left for birr * " * hi lo go on -by hiinnelf. Thin he accordingly fe did, and had pr<>growe>? no far aa to have c'< lini building "covered in,* when le wan in ntirprtaed ofte day by A visit from hi* irate a ticiifM>or. gt ?lt? Mr. D., *yot? are An ineh on ar tny ground T Mr. A rejiyftfrltltat lie thought it rouM * n 4?e n tnbrtnke. ' , or "No 8ir, it 'm no m stake?yon Are an lit 4iwdi on my ground " tij "Waff* returned Mr. A., "nil I can say h< ?, if it ia eo, 1 am very aorry, and it ia al- tli together unintentional, but I n?n willing w to pay you whatever you say the laud m al worth." . g< , ' [ want no pay, Sir,11 answered Mr. tl n.; "I want iny laftd J' . e? "RW," uri Mr. A., "I it w hofH'U-wi rj to try Jo ?vinj>foini?* tli? matter wjtli you, o* jJUmH I will tr?v<* you (i'tbh *l?al?v?r JOW b Pnwy (he Intitl t? worth rathwr than take S down my wall." b want no money?I want my Ian'!." ai .Joratatdi thft atubUrn Mr B. Argument g w?t rntrwaiv were alike unavailing, ami i w . Iflpfc* toUUe w ilown am) relmihf Iimv wall. 5 JIu if** ff*e- U nthted to flnbli hit building now without firthvi iu'-TMijuion. dflfc h mild on his lot,and masons and carpenters m vere sot at work to accomplish the oh , gi oct. The work progressed finely,?storv j si iftor story wont up as if hy magic, and j <n )ur frion H Mr. It. watched the operations ' ni lay Jby day with increasing interest, in *<i onffueiil anticipation of being abie to oc- CC utpy the premises by a certain period.? \t length the building whs entirely finish- nr d, from foundation to cap-stone?the <p v?>rkmen had 'departed their tools?the 1! nbbisb litfd been cleared a.ray?and Mr. nt t. was coroplacetitly eeng!?tulating him- tw elf on i a successful accomplish men t4 when ott ie was astonished hy a visit from his ?n licghhor. Mr. A : f "| "Sir," said he, '*1 am sorry to inform ou that you are an inch o?my n? "Pooh ! nonsense l" returned Mr.lt. "hit no nonsense at all," said Mr. A., "I h<pi! ran you are an inch on my ground." h' "Why how can that he," blustered Mr. !M' t., "wi'cu I have only built up to your ,,,,, Mil "Alt, tli.it'* it!" in tlu? driest possible laiiner, answered air. A. Ourfriond Mr. I"1 I. was Miiiicwli.it dumbfounded. Ih* "Son<l fir it surveyor, Sir,"it length lie h* Kploded, "and we'll see nliout this." ''** Tin' surveyor wm He'or.lingly sent tor, >er ho, after h careful inv;<sNn>ment of tin* ?i*l>oC!iv?? premise*, reported to the creat- "f dieii Mr. It. tint it w?* itiiioeil true ? lie ;t* cm"< opying .hi inch more land than lie '? ft* etititled to. A proposition to bvtj '*'? nil inch?coining it iim>i ho confessed, ti tli a had grie e f.om liim?wan uo\v at'- 'o iltrrJ by Mr. I?. v ?L* "No, Sir" teturtie 1. Mr. A , "I di d! l?< t II; you cannot oiler me money enough w*| ? buy that iudi of land. Td wn I " ur wad, Sir town with it, to the foiHlatiott;'I want my land I" * :m Mr. 1?. came to the euiulu?i ?n iliat the iiino was decidedly egainst liini, and '' leidi ii witlipif beat grace he could !? r'.-' it) w?JL?<'r.> taken down and re-iTecicd; 'r;i! Pmrethl was otir v? rv particular I'"1 tend llii.s t ine n??t to trespn**, that lie i !t mi inch "li? rt of where lie bad a tight 'hi go. It i* perhaps unnecessary to ex- ' hiii to the reader that Mr. A. bad done o same thing in the (list instance.? X. '. Tinirt. 1 a'! m m ^ set .range Crc lulity?a S3,OGO Swindle- f dot About two weeks as a gentleman farer, living in Madiaon county, was riding clii> war ta bis home, not far distant, be oh- I -- i - i - -? ? ..?? n imhii nil-1 < v?'lll'?ll !?>' iiic hmh ?? Ic, engaged in repairing tin-ware. A foil w day* afterwards a woman called at |?.?? a house, ami alter Some conversation, in I Led hint if he did no' recollect her. He hm plied that he did not. She then told o.m m that she had wen him on the road a tLo w days before, and that his appearance tr n id made audi an impression upon her I?<r ind, that sue was compelled to call and ?? } a him. She told him that alio was an the fmloger. and that she was well acqiiain whi I with it* mysteries. She saw at once Tin at he was an extraordinary person, ami tew that ha had liecn l?orn tinder a par ntar planet, and that ((rent tbinff* might ma n expected of hint. She then look from nm >r apron a hook which seemed to eon- the in a number of diagrams, figures, Ac., 1 id read from it, in an unkown tongue, a ( w hocus poena" aencencea, which using it nml putting it back into ila hid duj g place .she went iuUi the kitchen, bought ( fnw pounds ? f hutfer of t'?? wife of the j ntleinan, for which she paid liberally t|,e id went on her way. pa\ A day or two afterwards, the woman Hl ' "I tifed again, reitf ralng what she had said "" i her first visit, the farmer payi tg Imt v tie att? nt'ion to whnt she mid, look.ng [W< ?on tho whole afi'air as an attempt to to I itmbiig him. N<it at all discouraged, ie woman culled again the n ?xt day, and otind up her coll** nation by *a\ ing that j y| te knew a lu re three hat cmts us full of fro| ltd had been bttrrled on hi* farm, and the mt, if he would do as she directed* they l',e mid recover it ; but that it was necessu i ] allay tin- npirita thai ?tno?l gu?r<l | ^ rer it; that a large sum of money must the 9 present with them, at the incantation, po Ii? tlioilgl.t flv? (Wi?Aiid dollar* would ,l> B rrquircd, but ?m not n?m <u to tliu mount; and ?h? propound, if lia would ^rx < into it, Hnti furuUh tlio mousy. tl??t *h?* Ik wild gnr? loin two-ibirdttof (b? Usanuri-, of l?i!? ?he t wpuld, rya^r/e tli? otbsr oinv ?ird a? her share. ^ Up to tin* time, tko firmer appear* to to art kift no coirtWknne in the woman; Hi I.:a- v* " y-' O 1 ; A r' v<? ' . jP- ,/F1 iysterious lines therein, tolling him th* real things in store for hitn, especially ai ic had told him some things that had united in his life that he supposed had sver la en known. Ahont this time lie hi n largo lot of cattle, for wliich ho reived ir. ' ash about $4,000. Tim next day the woman called again, id said that $:t.000 was the amount retired to he |?r< sent to allay the spirits, le farmer then produced the package ?>| envy received for the cattle, and the ro aat down to the table, and counted it ifd,000 in bank notes, except four in!t coins. The money was then folded ?, the woman all the time making strange ntion* and talking Strange talk. The xt day and day after tlit: woman called .lie, caeh time counting the money as fore, making the same signs, (fee., hut iving the money with the fanner, wrupd up in the handkerchief. At the next vrtft, she required liiin to kc a solemn oath that he was not to tell a living soul the object they were in rsuit of, that she was going awav to absent for a short lime; lie was not to >k at the p tekage of money at any time sapling when she was present; and unmaking an earnest prayer, she took Id of 11i111 whiU Ki.?? ii - ' **,v J'*" " ni m >v 1.1 her hand, and swung him uilid, so licit tbev came together l?.i k hack. She* tneii gave him hack tin* lulkerchief, a* hi* supposed nil right, I him (hat >hi> would letuiii on the tli, lG'.h or 1 i'.h of August, and then v would go in company and secure the 'don IreuftUto. On the lfitll lie hardly K oted to incol her, and was not di-ap tiled that she did not come. On the lit ho sat Opiate >< exj til g lo r ill!. Alter waiting till near midnight, on tin* ,h, lie lagan to suspect all was not In, and ho Teared all this might he a |> to rob him. S ? strong did this ausi ii fasten u|K>n him, tliar lie to.k up gun loaded ii, and went out into the lihbery miirounding the house, where I'uUhl see fill w ho approached without n g soon and remained there until two ink in the morning. I>ul no one ue. As the time had elapsed that was for his air visitor, lie considered himnhsoiied rroin his obligation, never ibting in tin* least but that his money * safely dejajsiU'd in the handker Enrolling it carefully, what was his dis y at seeing, not a roll of hank bills and r pieces of gold, as lie had left it, but 11 k <ge of biown paper and four cunts, ii thereof. Kven the handkerchief I been el. anger I; msteail of being his ii, it was ono precisely similar, One of strangest .liieg- in all this strange Taction is, that a counterfeit fivodol bill that was placed ill the roll of rilo, was taken out of it and returned in package of bro*n paper. Ilow this ? done is a mystery we cannot solve, s farmer who has been so completely nbnozled out of >3.000, now seek* to I some remedy at law. sir.it) If as tiii* vliirw m?? ? ~~W ?v "n?"r 10 tiv, we have I ho facta from ilit* tin mi lotil >tcd authority, ami we have given hi jiint a a limy occurred. W'u can up itliize wiili our friend the farmer in Io-?h <it bin m iimy, tor he is ,.ot the ii^jt he inn*culinv jrcixler who has heeu? i, HI ;l* ! Ill1 m ill it till* !a*k wi.O wifl ! :;* mkJ l?y a pretty women.?Columbia ,) State Journal, A up. 24. Pay ok Mkmiikhm ok Co.vorks.s.?Jly net of the 11 I September, 1789. the of a member of Congress whs fitnl EO per day and *0 for every twenty ca of travel. ' This was to continue il thi 4ih of March, 1705, after wjiiil) ras to bo per day and #7 f..r every nty miles travel. 1 his Set w.i* limited the 4th of March, ! 708. On the IOiIl M u Ii, 179 ', the eoiopenwition wJk i I at 16 |v r <lav >it? I $0 for evefl IUV mile- travel. 11 y the Ret of tflB .h March, 1810, the pay was clringed in a daily to an annual oompetisaUun ; i Presidentyro foot, of the >ciiate:iml , ..? .?- ?i -- ? '|#v/?i\ri HI*' IIOUSC Himuin, and each meml?er $l,6<>0 |*?i tuui. Tlie mileage wa? not changed. ia U?t act created great excitement iii country, ami evi-u arrayed atrong op >:tiou U? Mr. Clay, wln? iml aunported Many in ember* wne defeated at the it election in con?o<|U?MC<} of its paape. It wa* repented ou ibe 0th Fobru , 1817, to take effect attar the eleae ot ?then muaitttof (3nftg?e?n.> By tha act the Vl2d -l.u;?ary, 181ft, lha pay was a l at $8 per day ???! 88 f.?r every twen mile* travel} the Pif*i?lat?t;*v> Uin. of < Senate and the Speaker of the ll< ?<w rec'-ivo 18 t?er day coco additiond.? ie in tl?e prcm nt pay. ' :]... AUtUljULTUHAk : I Raising Hogs. ' Messrs. Editors : I should have giv. "? lt-i on yon my experience in raising hogs l>. - ^ fore this, bill I havo boon waiting to see t|, the sarcastic attacks that would l>?- made tit > on mv ignorance. I do not write fur nty u< own benefit, btit for "flint ?>f others. A ',n man seldom makes anything l>\ giving his >0 i " ? or experience or advice to others, although m, 1 what lie writes is honestly intended for foi their good. Hut as I have excited the ci - ?}Z riosity of soiiiq of your readers on the sub- J1'' jeel of raising bogs, I will now attempt to (| I explain ihe mode, I have practiced. I ol w< course tried to get the b ->t stock I could bu to raise from, ami that was the large flui- dri nea eroded on the Portuguese. I had throe pons with suitable sized doors to ^ s iit tnv pigs. I generally give them what t;(, they will eat until tiny get large enough to j to weigh 1'iom 80 to 100 pmiu is, and tlien toi | let them shift with tliil out hogs. I feed oa b >i!o I slulV, such as me t1, t eas, corn 1 * Cul bran, wheat bran, pumpkins and slop wa- j, ? tor, all mixed and boiled together. 1 feed act but litt'e ci?ru only funr months in the 1 year, say from the first of J notary to the first of May. Then coiUe in my barley. ^ rye, wheat and oats, etui by tl.e time tlii* |,j,, is out my appVs and beaches come in, if pre .1. .. t *. * ui.- v mi, anil >r not. i ill ways have plenty of squaslii'4, ClIClimlK'IV, watermelon*, it-! " I plant my fence comets in sr|ii.-i?hes, and thereby*prevent tln-ni from growing tip in weeds hii I (triers. The R.pta*hes I have boiled with a little meal.slop, and a hand- c ([ ful of a It before feeding them. .jul A.* soon ns my imm will bear gathering "ni I gather one fud-T, mul turn the h ?gs i.i, v -1' and la-fore >!'W Ou have another fresh one to turn them ,u in. sir Ahont two woeka before slaughtering, I l'h put up and feed on meal, with a fo.v turnips or punipk.ns boiled with it. I Now, your renders may say the barlev, j js rye, wlie.it an 1 oats pastures cost some- |\u tiling, and I would say if I had nothing <jui to turn in on it, it would have been w.a ted. A so that the peas, ouumki'ts, hran i . .. a v sijuaslie-, A , all cost something. I'o he t sure, it till co?ta a little labor, and if you hit expect to Hue. ei! in this or my other bit in ess, you m ist not value a little i b >: o w 1 trouble, moreover, von can't Mteeced 1 i 1,11 , .. " lIV this mailer it y>ui trust a to an overseer *, or a .negro. I have tried trusting t o .\n (hell), and 1 am satisfied my meal cost am lite Irom six to seven cents. In order to as do justice to over?eeis, I would sav thov vVl ' " wit have not time i ? attend to this, with i it the tieghvt. ..f other in ittors i f more iin * pot lance. And a negro neither lias the c >t knowledge tn>r feels the interest to attend WM to it as it should be. lint let every farm- ' "l er attend to this mal'er himself, and mv ( word for it, it will do him no hurt. In- ?ta stead of lying in l.ed until the sun is an ' hour or two high, let him rise early and 01,1 attend t ? this. It will notoulyadd to his sm wealth and satisfaction, but also to his health anil comfort. I will venture to predict that tin re ate now thousands that neither have health, wealth, nor aatisfac- jllr lion, for the lack of suitable employ m tit wa for the body and mind. ag I hit no man car. Miecoed on this pi n ''U who attempts to raise more meat than to "!^ supply 'bo uece-saiy wants of his family; and each family can raises certain inn..mo I ? n>;; ?>f meat in ]>r?']>ortH>n to the wastage. if lliey will have it gathered up and prnpar* ^ ed for llietn. mn There are many men who wilt trust ike tur caie find in tnagemeiit of their hogs loth- oil overseer or Negro**, and will have nix, fe* eight or twelve hounds, h fl-? or two, and perhaps one or two mastiff corn, and I had Roon feed ho many hog*. Hut I have Bbji i-ii )! to a lana'MpiftltKl plemurt, (" M (r will tax his em-rjxy to sttppott it, for . | link there in h tun? for all things, ex >n cept doing mischief, mid there should U? no time for that. Whether there is much ' * time spent at this or not I will leave other* to judge. Um My render* will pleaae pardon me for y deviating from my subject, and not j i ing 1 moru lull explanation of hog raisin;-, I for only designed giving thy outlines of my experience and management, and leave ^ others a chance to think for themselves, for I find there sre ve|j$ Jew that are willnig to take the experience of others for o* their guide. 4* ail probability this may In* the ln?V experience or coenael I may *> give through the pre*?. Eec**TRics. | wa | farmer and Planhr. j cat * iiiKAitssKsr Mi.ucmaxth.?Yesterdav 1 e { a<I occasion to notice certain letters' h liich had hcen written to some of our M went merchants, giving terriI>lt' accounts n the state of affairs in Charleston. We I ;ain take occasion to refer to the mat- te r, and would sitiouslv advise these ah11tees who seem to be frightened out of ly eir wits, to make early preparation for la eir return to business. Not that we >u!d have such nervous folks rushing in >1110 at once, but as we have good rea- st 11 to know froin the health reports and w ivato information, that the epidemic has iterially abated, so we hope that in a or Might or thereabouts, our city will be ain blessed with health, and our streets ed with country merchants. The Chart >n merchants who early laid in their su [ plies and are now at home, will be li prepared for t.iis portion of the fall yc siness. Cholera, lever and other hinutiecs, have prevented many country tu relianls from going North. We fee! i I perfect freedom now to assure thein it they need not go, since every inliea- isl n promises that oefore they could go i;i< New York and ship goods to Charlesi, our health will permit them safely lay in their supplies here. We would he t advocate their incurring any risk by pa ning now, but let tbem look at our re- te ris a week or a fortnight hence, and dc , accordingly. And if our absent merchants would ne in for their share of this business, h< them not be frightened to death by *v ing rumors or idle letter writers, but P;( k at the reliable health reports, and p ire to come home in season.? Char, foi indani. tli HUMOROUS, a A Cruol) SroiiY.?Two chaps came in ..[ itaet at one of oar restaurants some ic since, and were leg ihug on a long ^r; lie," when the mu and bad roads he- 1 ne t!ie topic of thoir conversation.? e ol? erveil that sover.il coal te.nr.ft l<3 n;ir:h hi uij ct.m, *?.? ? ?.iov I that ho shftp twenty y ;ko of oxen oh lining every nerve, hot without ctlec'. s.\ o oilier, no doubt thinking thai a pret- It tough yarn, replied? sin "That when ho was coming to the city |y n.iw a m m sitting :n a fence, cracking whip nn<F yelping and In*!lowing at a ious rate, lie appro iched him and in- ti( red what was wrong P he Uli! nothing much," replied the, teamr, "only (pointing to the road) I have vagoii and four yoke of oxen in the w? d, and .ho plngm-v brutes won't pit;! a !" " j th ,\t this mom. nl an old Iloosier entered, ! 0 hear.I only the winding up part of 1 .story, drew up n clniir and commenced ,n' irn about what he had wen. ?!> s iys ho. "friend, were yon ever on the w' itericau bottoms } 1 crossed there once ! oti wading through the mud, which 1 a matter of course, wt.s not the be-t Iking, I kicked out a hat, when a voice ich said? Q lit that old fellow," salute.] my oars, an "Looking around and seeing nothing 1 in< icludi d to give it another, which I did ; \\ en the same voice was heard to ex- sp bn? tu "Stop you're kicking my hat!" sei ' I h.-ro discovered that a man was rit ;kiug in the mud, and observed? til "Old fellow, you had better be getting im . of that before nigiit or you will he to< e to freeze to death lie hallowed out pr, ' I lon't care a darn?Iyoen yxrl rrhtle der me f* An Englishman traveling through the '' mty of Kilkenny, eatne to a ford ami H ed a b >at to lake him aerosi. The tor being nr?or? agitated than was j . rceable to him, lie asked the boatman ' 81< any one was ever lo?t on the passage' ! was answered by Terrenco as follow*: | ,H aver, tinver. My l?rotli?rr was drown- j 11' |r|st week, hut we found him I 1 *iin the next daw" ^ a" A Printer's devil, who pays special atitioji to a young lady in town, without l" iking any decided advances, was re- ' ning with her from the meeting the vV( .er night when ehe feelingly raid, "I r I shall never g<> to heaven." "Why," W| >1 our typo. "Because,'* she replied, u" love a devil so Weli." rj'1 Not long RjJffl) on the eosstof Africa, n pe >tnin -ww going to thro# one of his in w, who was Hying, overboard, Iwfore pi was dead. So the man says?"Vou of i not n-going to bury me alive, are yonf" "Oh." says the captain, "you nntTut h? wo jolly p-jrtiailar to a few motnents /" in - m ii ? lit "U does one good to look at yon," as ai j fox Haul o the chickens, when he dc ind the wall too high to leap. w| "I don't Iwiiovo its any u-*e to vaccinate ft! small p??x,'' said a hacks woods Iven- pr kian, "for I hud a child t.rceinated. I ca r| he fell out of a window sir] was kill w: in U- . llun . 1- " ... ? ?twm mivi HI Tiie Imcomtasck or WuiriBs Mem- ^ l I'liMCKjrMOKfik?Soma fvw yearn U o, n wyll-knowii botunical doctor wa* al l!e?l in to prc-vriLm K?r a ntnn who. lc-pt tii m'o ail kinds t>f dot{?. Tiio nutunt ar ia a Rrest l>eU?ver in lierl* an.l botani- bi I production*, and was indead tity ill. o( . * lie dortor felt lii.s pul.se, and as ho wi 'aving the room, said, "Oh, cheer uj: Ir. Jones ; I'll send you some hel ledieiiie that will put you all right agnii want to find your wife " To the la :r, who met him 011 the stairs, he sail Mrs. J*j!ie$, I'll he back here very shor , aud meanwhile make your husband rare bowl of poppy-head tea." The wife of the sick man was a Ge an woman, and didn't exactly uadei and what was ordered. In the evening lien the doctor returned, lie asked ? 'Well, Mrs. Junes, have you done as dercd you to do ?" "To be sure 1 have doctor." "Well, and how does it operate ?" "Operate, sir! I can't tell; but I'i re Sam will kill ine when he gets well. "How, kill you f What should he ki in for, good w oman ?" "Because, Doctor, he's beeiv ofi'ere *o guineas a-piece for them puppies an know he wants the money." "Puppies, woman," replied the astoi icd doctor; "what have you been gi\ g your husband V "d 'uppy head tea" replied the womat "Puppy head tea! 1 told youjxipp't a<t tea" and the doctor rushed from In itient, who by the way got weil, and a ra while forgave his wife, but never th ctor. A gentleman residing in the ncighboi tod of Cork, iu walking one Sunda eiiing, inet a young peasant girl, whoa ire 11 ts lived near his liou.-c. "What ar hi dong, Jenny f" said lie. "Lookin, r a son-in-law for my mother, sir," wa 0 smart reply. A countryman popped his head into 1 ttery office, and seeing only one man sit ig at the desk, asked him what ho hat sale. To which tiio would be wit re ei, "lopper-hcadi." " l .ien, sir," says the countryman, "you ide is almost at an end, tor I see yo ec but one lej'tP At a public school examination, one c iss lite meaning of words. They ?i ered well, until ho gave "back-biter."? went down the class until il canto to h|>!e little urchin, who looked sicepiksl, knowing and said, "It may be a ilea. What animal has got the greatest quail v of brain ! The hog, of course, lo has got a hogthcad full. A man asked an Irishman why h re hi- stockings wrong side outwards ' Deeauso," said he, "there's a hole o t* oilier sidt." During the trial of a rape case, a f? tie witness was asked it the womai oil whom the otl'ence was committee .s, previously to tile atlair, chaste { ? es," was the reply, "she was cluti ut a quarter of a mile 1" Extraordinary Instinct of a Pi3h. At a meeting of the Liverpool Liter.ir d I'iiiiosophical Institution, the follow X curious facts were narrated by 1 > arwick, one of its members, with r< ect to instinct ill animals. He state at when he resided in Dunham, tli ut of the Ivirl of Stanford and Win iglon, ho whs walking one evening i e I'ark, and came to a pond where lis tended for the table were kept. 11 ok notice of a lino pike, about s; tends in weight, which, when it ol rved him, darted hastily a way. Ins ling, it struck its head against a tenU >ok in a post, (of which there woro sev< 1 in the pond to prevent poaching,) am it afterwards appeared, fractured il ull, ami turned the optic nerve on on le. The agony evinced by the fish w? ost ho:r hie. il rushed to the bottoi ring its head into the mud; whirie elf rutin 1 with such velocity that it vv* most lost to the sight for a short into !. It then pi ringed nlvout the potu id at length threw itself completely oi the water on the bank, lie (the IX* r) went and examined it, and foiui . t a very small portion of the brai ?s protruding from the fracture of tli till. He carefully replaced this, an tli a small silver tooth pick raised lii i....... i .. -? -? ? .ICIHWI jnJH.ll II Ml WIO SKIIII. 1 lie ll-> inained still for ft short lime, and li en put it again into tlie pond. It a[ ared at first a good deal relievod, l?i a few ulinittCS it again darted nn linked about, niV.il it throw itself 01 the water the second time. A aeoond time Dr. Warwick <li?l win i could to relieve it, and again put to the water. It continued for seven aoa to tlirow iiMjlf out of the wate ul with the assistance of the keeper, tli voter made a kind of pillow for the fed liieh was then left in tlio pond t*? i t<\ On limiting his appearance nt tl ?nd tiio following morning, the ml me towards him to the edg* of tl iter, and actnnllt laid its head Hp*: s fi?ot. Tlio doctor thought this mo UMftftlimiry, ami examined the tisli till, ?tt?J Mini it ?a* going on ail rijjh a then walked brick ward* mid foi wag ong tliQ, flipj m tbo pond for aoP nc, aiivl the fi l? continual to *wuu i ul down, turning whenever ho turnc it Ihmmx blinded on the wounded :? r the skull, U always appeared sjptoti s- - * " \ ... V V" .4. M ' \ % 18 when it had that side towards the bank", > ; as it could not see its benefactor. On the b next day ho took some young friends n. down to see the ti?h, which came to him t- as usual; and at length he actually taught J, the ]>i >e to come to him at his whistle, t- and feed out of his band. With other a persons it continued as shv as fish usually are. Ile(I>r. Warwick) thought ibis r- a most remarkable instance of gratitudo r- | in a li*)i for a benefit received, and as it r, always came at bis whistle, it proved also, what he had previously, with other uatuI rulists, disbelieved?that fishes are sensible to sound." Look out for tub Uascai..?On the n night of the 13th ultimo, near Wilkcs" boro, N.C, whilst liei husband Tboinus II II. Saintelair was lying sick, Matilda his wife, whose maiden name was SmitKlcy, ,j eloped with a scoundrel of the name of d 11. A. Lorance, a Tanner by trade, and sometimes a teacher of sacred music, lie left a respectable wife with six children entirely destitute of the means of support, he having converted all his own ef1# fects, besides a quantity of another man's r. leather, for whom he had been tanning, s into money with which to make his exit. I*. Matilda took with her, a small female u child which had been badly scalded tlio night before she left, leaving five other children at home with her husband. She r- is about thirty years of age, tolerably tall-, \ with light colored hair. Lorance is a well e built man, will weigh 175or 180 pounds; i- with light hair, and thick lips. They g started from home on foot, and it was bes .ieved that they bad made their way to Charlotte in order to take the ear* f.?r ?! <> South west. :i A rowan] commensurate with the vaiud " of the wife will he given to any one who ' will put himself to the trouble of restoring her to her mortified and disgusted husband. We hope that our Exchanges v. ill hand I the scoundrel and his filthy paramour round, that they may he known, and esteemed according to their deserts, where ever they niav make their tracks.? Chari ~b' ? m m ~ Thk Heakd in tub I'ulpit.?Francis u the First, disgusted with the prevailing practice in liis day, of tho clergy retaining their beards obtained from tho l'opu a brief by which all ecclesiastics throughout France were compelled to shave, or pay a large sum for the privilege of appealing with a beard. Tho bishops and richly ben fieed clergy readily paid tho e prohibitory fine, but the poorer sort, un able t ? comply, wer" reduced to the grievII ous necessity of surrendering tills ornainent of the chin. The license obtained by compliance with the terms of the papal brief was, however, secondary to tho I statute regulations of the Church, which ' in some instances were directly inhibitory of the bishop himself performing tho service; unshaven ; and of this fact, I3upr .t w as in Ids person as a prelate a rein irkablc instance. ^ Dr.prat, son of tho Chancellor of that ; v name, had naturally a heard that excite 1 - general almiration ; and shortly after his r. return from the Council of Trent, where ho had displayed his eloquence, and disd tinguidicd himself by iii.s writings, was ? appointed to the see of Clermont. On r- Easter Sunday lie appeared at the cathon dial to take possession, but found tlm li doors closed. Three dignitaries of tho e chapter awaited him at the entrance; x otic held a razor ; another a pair of sc'ny sors ; and the third, a book containing o the ancient statutes of that Churoli, iii r which with his finger, that officer jvointeJ I- out to the would be bishop the words 6jrI, bin mm?no beard?in vain ilid Uuprnt Us endeavor to avoid that despoilment and e arg"ed the sinfulness of <loing any work is on so soleni i a day ; but vas inexorably n determined, thqgewho hold the rarer and 1 tlio scissors resisted his entering, an J protriii] 'il their weapons in such guise, that r- the non in lucftcd bishop, to savo his beard, ], i fled in dismay, nbtinilont ! tlao lion >r, ami it grief in a few days rendered liiui ffr erer e- insensible to tho ad vantages of a prelati* d eal position, or lite vain solicit ltdo created n by the tUHunal elegance of a beard, e - ? i m mm ? d An exchange paper states that tha <?Ttor of the North Carolina Baptist Spec. '? tator is an otHciating minister of the Oo> 10 pel ; n iicensod attorney ; agent for non;-. >* (y all the insuraneo and assurance oom,l panics north of tho Potomac ; comoiisd doner b?r thirty States ; and applicant for the same when Kansas Nebraska sltall have come in ; bank director ; chairman of the Board of Supcrinteudenta of thd Coinnion Schools ; temperance k< rotor; x' agent and counsel for Waiso Forest (Job ? r' lego; president and secretary of all tho ,tJ Itoards of tho Baptist Church. ?t-.; and J J ' in addition, he owns wore town jiroperty, has the noatest farm, the host iruiu and * the finest cattle of any man in the coom- a ,ii AK?o*r Not*uho Vicv.m*.?Lotm- 1 st riuLK, 90.? At the municipal ol#c- M R tio.r t<> J*y tlio Kuo# Nothing* played ] t. ..!,< of ioyniiiirtl tricks on otir Doli- ^ it Man*/'Tickets with t!tonatn^of \Vm. hi H. WirphcM foeMii**. srHoM*rfWWP?m 'i ift, foreknown m n aam<#>W (1, ?ireuUtii>TH and at th?vflom^i the polin ,? lie, was found to h<- elc ted .i|?A><lt of lb# | *1 city by 060 majority.