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$2 PER ANNUM. ^2L^?:'?5.y^feUTre5. ,.,, IN ADVANCE H NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. volume in. Lancaster, c. h? south Carolina, Wednesday morning,November 29,13.54 number 41 - *3 nTlT nnfTl m A T T71d I llOWSOinovur. jlh it WM ihA OhmSn fiallv i anil foimrl nim in ihof rwailinn T an tit* era A I If TnnnT T A ITn A TTn I HnKnaA 1 -4 1 -1 ? ? - ' n- 1 '* * 1 ~ ^ OMJCJOI 1 ALCjo. COUSIN SALLY 1HLLARD, A COURT SCENE. BY H. C. JONE8. We thiuk, says a Western editor, it ia high time that "Cousin Sally Dillard," "Captain Rice," aud "Mose," were again brought to the memory of the public.? We uave read and laughed at the narration at least twenty tunes, and should not fail to enjoy it, were it to come under our notice daily for a year to come.? The scene is a court of Justice in Norih Carolina. A beardless disciple of Themis rises and thus addresses the court. "May it please your worships, and you gentlemen of the jury ; since it has been inv fortune?good or bad, I will not say ?to exorcise in legal acquisition, it has never befallen me to be obliged to prosecute so direful, marked and malicious an C.?l|,trris, we wish you to tell Hhout too riot liiul happened, the Other day, at Capiain litco's, and as a great de it of Utile itas already been wasietl in circumlocution, wo wish you to he compcudw*us, and at the same tune as explicit as possible. Harris.?Adzactly?giving the lawyer a knowing wink, al the same tiuie c.earing his throat)?CapL Uiee, he gin a treat, and Uouvu Sally D.llnnl, site came uv?u U> our houou uud axed it' iuy niln be uioum'i. go. i toiu Cousin Sally l>illar i that my wile she was po *rly, being as how sue uad Lue ih.-aiu.?lica in lite nip, and as the big bwaotp was in the road, uhd tno bigs vamp was up, for there bad oeen a i.eap of r.uir lately, hut liownonie.cr, as it was she. Coast u Sa.iy l)illaro, my wife she motit go. Site then axed mo 4 Momj lie w.is l' rem nt of the crap, aud uie crap was smartiy in tlie grass, nut liowsomever, as it was she, Cousin Sad) Unlaid M->se lie ntoui go." C.?lu itio name of common sense, Mr, IIarris, what do you mean by tins rtgmaroie f W-Cupt. I lice, lie gin a treat, and Cousin Swtly il.liard, sliu COM over to our hulls* and axed me if my wife she m??ui in g<>, 1 torn VOU.HIU nniiy lou.mi?Slop, air, il jon plon.au ; wo don't Wiim to hoar anything altotil Couaiu Sally Dinard,or your wife ; lull ua about tbe right Hi KiueV. W.?Wolj, air, 1 will, that is, if you win lut me. C.?-Welt, air. go on, i?Wolt, Capt. lhco, he gin h treat, and C.ntam Saiiy I>illar?l ; aim coir<o over i?> our liutifte an j axed me if my wile ?be .iidtlt'iilffo? . 0.?There It it again; witnexa, pleaae j*> ?top. ?i -'jvVwijAf VW?Well, air, what do yon want f C.? Wo want to know-about the tight, au<4 you uruat not proceed to this imperii utuit atory. Do you know anything iiMU' ibo matter befoce the court t VV.?Tabe fflf? Idw, C*-- Weil ydu go rm and tell it and Aio hing Olnfl. W.?Capi. R et gin a treat? , flU-'fuU i? intolerable. May it pleaae lie fVHirt, 1 move that thin witoeaa l>e I'otJiiinUtxl for a cou tempt ; be aeeiaa (o btt thriiug with iba court I * be Court.?WitneM, you are now bea court of J entice, and unleaayou behave ytNtraeif in a more tiecommg inanuur : you know about liie ttgiit at Capu I V W.?(alarmed) Well, guailrmae, Capt, Ki.w, be gip a. Oomin Haily UitMtfU nbe?<#*?L Ii >m tliin witness m<i be ordered??. <&?.tody. P Jelilutfeftiit# V II# Allor. no), the court U of opiiifcn that wo may ?* li iih* bjr'allowing die witncM to |iu ojt b? own.*!*". Proceed, Mr Ilarm, wiili \ ?mr nravJMattck to the |>oint \V.-?Walt, Q*-Rice, gin a treat, and Oy*t|iii Sally db come over to out b??ow- amt m-.l m?tf my wife ?h? neoel $<?. I t??lvl rWly i>iUat?l ih*t my witu ?n< (Hiorlr M ?h?i had ifti flinafica ir |ti<- bin, and the big ewatnp wee up bui + \? - *5 assault ; a more wilful, violent and dangerous battery ; and dually, a more diabolical breach of peace lias seldom happened in a civilized country ; and 1 dare say it has seldom been our duty to pass u(ion one so shocking to benevolent feel iiigs as this which took place over a Uept. Kice's in this county. Lint you will Ileal' from the witnesses." The witnesses being sworn, two or three were examined and disposed of ; one s.ud he beard the noise and did not see the tight; another that he "seed lite row, hut did'iu know who struck litst ; aim a tun<1 that he was very drunk, and could'uI say luuch about the skriuimage. Lawyer <Jb?>j>*.?1 aiu very sorry, gentlemen, lo have occupied your tunc with the stupidity ol the witnesses examined, it atrises gentlemen, altogether from misapprehension on my part. Had 1 known a* 1 d?>, tii.it i had *4 witness here, acquainted with the circumstances of the c.tae, and able to iu iko liimsclt dearly understood by the court and jury, I should not long nave trespassed oil your lime and patience* Gome forward and be sworn. tio forward cornea the witness, a fat, churfy old man, a "Icttle" corned, and Dillaid, my wife mout go. Well, Cousin j Sally Dillard then axed mo it' Mose he mout. 1 told Cousin Sally Dillard as how Moso he was foreman of the crap, and the crap was smartly in the grass, but as it was she, Cousin Sally Dillard, Moso ho mout go. So they goes on together, Mose, tny wife and Cousin Sally Dillard, and , they come to the big swamp, and it was up, as I was telling you, but being as how there was a log across the big swamp, Cousiji Sally Dillard and Mose like genteel folks, they walked the log, but my wife like a darned fool, hoisted her coats and waded right through?and that's all I know about the fight.' Cousins. A country gentleman lately arrived in Boston, and immediately repaired to the house of a relative, a la?ly w ho had married a merchant of that city. The parties were glad to him, and invited him to m iko { their house his home, as he deelafod his intention of reinaing in the city but a day or two, The husband of the la.lv anxious to show his attention to a relative and ( friend of his wife, took the gentleman's I...,*, i: i I 11 .. . i ll'im; I . fl IHCH .MIIHV III I l lllOVeT WU'Jl. ( Finally 'the visit became a visitation and tin.' merchant, after the lapse of eleven i days, found besides lodging and lioarding j the gentleman, a pretty considerable bill j had run up at the livery viable. Accordingly he went to the man who kepi tlie livei v stable, and told him when the gentleman took his horse lie would , pay the bill. Very gx>d, said tl.e stable keejver, I understand you. Accordingly in a short time, the count'V gentleman went to the stable and ordered bis horse to be got ready. The oill of course was presented. Oh! ?aid the gentleman, Mr. my relative will pay this. Very good, sir, said the stable keeper, please to get an order from Mr. , it will be ilio same as the money. The horse was put up again, and down went the country gentleman to Long Wharf where the merchant kept. Well, said he. I am croinur now. Are you, s. id tho merchant. Well, good bye air. Well, about that horse, the man says the bi'l must be paid far his keeping. Well, I suppose that's all right, sir. . V?i*?well, but you kno'.v I am your wife's cousin. Yes, said the meruliant, I know you r , but your horse aint. - ? ? <s? Barnuta a Boy. A CHATTER KUO.J I', 'f. OAUSVM'h AUIOUtt-U R A I'll Y. Wliilj I was a clerk in tho store in lielliel, Con He ticit, my lather kept the Mil <go. tavern. 1 usually slept with mv younger brother, Rlur ; hut when our bouse was tilled with travelers, we were ohligud to "sleep three iu a bed," by taking in our honest Irish farmer E lmund, a* sleeping partner. After die store was closed at night, 1 frequently joined some of our village boys in a party at the house of their parents, and what with st?r\ telling aud various kinds of child's jdav, m couple of hours would glide away, ami 11 o'clock at night, which was later than my parents permitted, I would slyly creep up stairs and crawl into bed with tho grealost caution, lest ( should wake iny brother, who would be sure lo-report my laie hours to my parents. My brother contrived all sorts of plans to cat li me on my return homo, but sleep would overtake him, and I would elude his vigilance. Sometimes ho would pile trunk* mid chairs against the door, so thai 1 could hardly open it without upsetting the barricade, and awakening hitn b) the noise, 1 would generally raaang&, however to open the door by degrees, and to get to bed without disturbing his slum bent. One night I found the door fastened on tbo in>id? by a nail firmly driven over the Utch.^^Dotermined that he ahould not ontwilttfe^^A^euJed the stairs, found a *hornHm^0Rch I ascended and en tared our bedrwtn window without being discovered. These continual contrivances of tuy brother made me always suspicious of some trap on my return home, and I generally approached my dormitory with the greatest degree of caution. One night 1 returned as usual ulont 11 o'clock and opening the do?r a few inches with great care, i run in.my arm in order to discover any obstruction which mi^bt lie a*_ . i .j a a i in wamorme. My uauu noon toucuea | h hiii it 11 con I which I found Was attached | to the door-latch by one end ; where the , Oilier was fastened I conl.l not imagine , and the darknea* would not enable me to | discover. I drew a knife from my pock- , et, and cutting the con! very cautiously, T , opened the door and got into bed with- , out discovery. On awaking the next ! morning I found the otberof ihe cord atr i tact ed to my hroihent big toe t This , very ingenious contrivance he thought would wake liiin up, and it undoubtedly I would have done so, but for my timely r Itsoorerv. Another night he sat himself i tip in the middle of bed and bolstered t himself up with pillows, determined to ^ koep awake on til I relumed. But sleep i si last over cans# him, and when I arrived ^ ?. ? V ? .... myself in cosily across the foot of the bet I, and went to sleep. In the morning he found himself sitting bolt upright just as he went to sleep the night before. Oiv ing me a kick to wake ine, he exclaimed: "You worked it pretty well last night but I'll catch you yet." "You are welcome to do it if you can, ' I replied, but yoti will have to get up ear- ' ly in the morning to catch a weasel a- e sk>ep." The next night ho fastened a spur upon 1 his naked heel and went to sleep; thinking that when I got into bed I should hit the spur, and perhaps rake my skin, the pain or which would cause me to cry out and thus awake hint. I retired with my usual caution that night, and discovering d no contrivance, I concluded my brother had abandoned the clmse, turning my buck to liiin I was soon wrapped in the arms of Morpheus. It chanced that night that a number of tin peddlers and other travellers arrived ^ at a late hour, and every bed beingengagMl, our Irish Edmund was obliged to sleep with us. l'crceiving me slowed away on ^ '.lie back side of the bed, and iny brother ying as usual plump in the middle, lie ^ piietly laid himself down on the front part >f the bed, and went to sleCp. . ^ About 2 o'clock I was awakened by a earful noise. The full inoon was streamng in at the window, making our bed oom as light as day. ^ "I'll tacne ye to go to l?od wid a spur >11, ye little devil ye," exclaimed Edmund, is lie held my brother high in the air, one 8( innd grasping his neck and the other adding the offending leg with the spur on ust over my head. "What is the matter, Edmund ?" I ex.uima.t n< ? A...|...o?r. "Devil a thing is ;he matter except this irolher of yours has tun his spur into me ^ rroiti a matter of three inches," replied .lie indignant Ir shinan, who was suffering inder the smart of his wound. "I did not mean it for you ; I meant it or Taylor," whined out my brother, only P iudf avals*. -Devil a bit Jo I care what yon meant * t for, so fliat I got it," replied Edinund it the same time giving my brother several slaps which maJe him yell like a ^ noting Indian. Edmund then unbuckled the spur, and irranging us all in lied again, he turned ;o go to sleep, simply remarking to try jrother, "Thenixt time ve try to ride me or a horse, ye will find I am a kicking ^ >ne,yeyound varmint!** Tiik Five Daughters.?A gentleman lad rive daughters, all of whom he brought *' jp to some ute fa I and respectful occupaion in life. These daughters married one dler another, with the consent of their 'ather. The rir.st married a gentleman y the name of Poor; the second, a Mr. w Little; the third, a Mr. Short; the fourth i Mr. Drown; Hnd the fifth, a Mr. Hogg. ' \t the wedding of the latter, her sisters, with their husbands, were present. After he ceremonies of the wedding were over ,he old gentleman said to the guests, "I lave taken great pains to educate my five laughters, that they might act well their ? >art in life, and from their advantage and mprovcnionts, I fondly hoped that they Vj.lltil ,)?. tlAltA* Ia |I|a r.ll.ilu nn.l HA>u ^ [ find that nil mv pains, cares, and expecations have turned out nothing but a Poor, Little, Short, Brown, Hoyy^ A Glctto!*.?An old stager, whoso k lame is familiar as household words at he Penitentiary, last evening went into in eating bouse ou the dock and called ^ or supper, fig which he agreed to pay 2d tent*. A scat was provided for him at ,he table, aud he set about devouring all !ie could lay hands on, which lie accomplish m1 in the shortest possible period.? ^ \fter clearing the table, ho became indigent at the proprietor for not furnishing aim more food and drink, and before leavng be declined paying, on the ground C hat his appetite aud thirst were not sst-'ja slied. A policeman was called, who ar? -eeted and took hiin to the station house where 4-free" lodgings were provided for ^ lim tor the night. This morning be was brought before Justice Parsons, when be 11 gave his name as EJward Wilson, s reeiietitof lielhlehcm. On the part of the '* xnnplainsnt it was proven thai before Wilson had been called upon to pay, he Pad aten and <lrunk four cups of cotfee, ^ snd had raceivdd the fifth, when be ho. ;aino indignaut because more food was ' not brought on, and threw it over the table, Previous to thia he had devoured a whole loaf of bread, half a pound of butter, eight krullers, six P:g* foot, one ? tongue and a dish of cold afaw. He did not deny that he had eaten all he waa i sharged with, but aimply contended that be applied for supper, and not having obtained all that be desired he did not ooniid?r that he waa compelled to pay.?Albany Journal. Attempted Suicide.?We learn tliat Mr. Haitfuel Nichols, residing near Pick- ( eneville, in thia District, attempted suicide on Tuesday last lie inflicted two ugly ] wounds on hie neck with his raaor ; sad. . bad it not been for the timely discovery aflj his wife, he cortahily Would have aaoeeeJH ed in his mad attempt; Liquor, as usual, J b blamed for the rata act,?/Vftflu Oou- I ritr, # f |p, ^ * MIMUAMUUii. Jouth Carolina Conference Appoin ments, . ?T AThe following is a list of the Appoinincuta as made by tliis body at its recent ession at Colombia. The next Confer;nce will be hold at Marion village, S. C. Cahi.kston District.?II. A, C. Walker, >. K. Charleston?Trinity?Joseph Cross. So Cumberland!>?Samuel Leahl. Bethel?S. jf. Wliightman. na St, James?W. E. Boone. Codper liierr?A. Krvin, C. E. Wig- ari ins. Cooper River Mission?O. W. Moral. St. Andrew* Mission?To be supplied. Cyjtress?A. McCorquodale. eon St. George*?-P. A. M. Williams. his St. Georges and St. Pauls Mission? so l. Nattles. cor Pon Pan Mission ? W. C. Kirkland. . ing Walterboro?,\. W. Walker, F. M. do* [ennody. pb? Ashepoo and combahee Mission?P. Q. tlia j - ? e> ay. ran Orangeburg?1). J. Simmon*, W. II. j awton. Ari Lexington?T. 1 >. Peurifoy, Wm. Mood. Sfit,tee?1>. W. Scale. Upper Santee Mixtion?A. P. Avant. / S unite rville?\\\ II. Flemings ma Sumter? A. J. Fleming, It. W. Bur- Lm eM. it v Fairfield?J. A. Porter. aui< Winnxltoro und Chesterfield?J. W. p^ Torth. Fre Chexter?J. II. Ward. Ih.| Colin Murchison Agent for Columbia lott 'o in ale College. 4 Ciiakmjttk PismiCT?I). Derrick, P ma J. my Charlotte?J. It. Pickett. I?i Charlotte Circuit?J. W. J. Harris, J. My . Nelson. ape Concord?P. F. Kistlcr. the Albemarle?W. 0. 0. Clarke. ?n< Wadexfxtro?O. A. Darby. qui Wadetboro Circuit?8. II. Brown, E. j |y i V. Thompson. j at Chesterfield?D. McDonaKh ale Camden?J Stacy. flfn Wateree Mixtion?II. E. Ogburn, A.J. cce lauthen. wa ? Laneaxte ?J. II. Robinson. afi< Plea tan t Grove?W. Kastcrling. she Dutchman't Creek Million?L. A. thr ohnnon. .. . ~ .. . IMJ T. H. VN aleb, President Carolina Fe- ha< tale C< -liege tee Spartanburg Di?thict?J. W. Kob fttr< jy, I'. K litt Spartanburg?Wm. Martin. lov Spartanburg Circuit?D. M. Minton, Go i. Connelly. wa Rutherford?R. P. Franks, J. It. Anrews. the Lineolnton?Ml. C. Patterson. unl Dallas?W. A. Clarke. lidi CaUnebu?Jc Finger, R. L. Abernathy no ! I! - 1 >UJMMIVU? gU( South Mountain Mixtion?J. J. 8. nl? Wgo- bui Shelby-J. W. Miller. Morgantoum?K. J. Mavnartlio. McDowell?D. D. Byara. aai Lenoir?W. 8. Hal torn. tie' YoThrill*- d. W. M. Creighton. tli< Yorkville Circuit ?J. M. Bmdlffy._? wl W. M. Wightman, President cla '<>iit-go4 JHr CoKcanunr Distuiot?R. J. p. de Jf wl Coketbury?W. H. Durant, A^T. Lea- ? hrr, A- B. Stephen*. tte f?? \ -QruniU vilu and Aiken?C. MeBeo I. nil Kdgefteld?J. II.Zimmormj^P.Ruali. no Newb*riy-4PW. A. MoSwairt. rii Newberry &irc*it?M* Pockett, J, T. pc a * 4* a?:, iowidaii, i%. a. 1'rico. Prince Williams Mission?William as i Iiitto. the Muck Swam/)? A. G. Stacy, B. T. yet ones. aee Savannah Hirer Mission?J. I). W. J rook, D. A. Oghtirm 1 Oakalee Mimtion?To he'supplied. Hii Edisto and Jchossrc Mission?C. Wil- < >11. 1 Beaufort Mission?J. 14. Coburn. anc ( ' KOHU KTOWN DlSTKIC'T C. Belts, P.E. I (Jcori/ctoion?(J. 11. Pritchard. in j Santee Mission?M. Kadv, J. S. Con- 1 er. wbi Black River and Pee Dee Mission? to 1 .. M. Chreitzbergh, J. S. Krvin. 1 Black River?M. L. Hanks, Wm. W. 1 one*. 1 Black Mingo Mission?J. Parker. ber Conirayboro?J. L. Shuford, li. T. Ca- 1 er*. die Wncnim *,*? ?\V. Carson, G, < V. Stokes. Na Marion?11. English. 1 Marion Circuit?K. 1). lloydeti, II. M. 1 food. ' 1 BcnncttsVi/lc?L. M. Little, J. W. Cri- er i er. ^ Society Hill Mission?J. P. Hughes. Che rate?II. C. Parsons. 1 J)arlington?M. A. MeKibbcn, L. W. lamer. l?*f Liberty Chapel Mission?J. A. Minick. lias Coli'm in a Hihthict.? W. Crook, P. K. 1 Columbia, Washington Street?W. A. aiu iamewell. wh Conyarce Mission?N. T:tlle\. 1 Marion Street.?F. A. Mood. 1 Columbia Circuit?A. L. Smith. Pel Barnwill ? S. Jones. \V. A. tl ominrr. I ( Union?W. P. Mouzon, L. Wood. Tiger River Mission?W. Smith. Lauren ??T. Raysor. Greenville. ? Whitefoord Smith. Greenville Circuit?A. 13. McCiilvrAy, II. Harmon. Aft. Trgon?L. Scarliorough. Jncossic Mission?A. I'. Martin. Pickens?\V. P. Currie. Petulleton?S. It. Jones, G. W. Ivey. J. W. Wightmm, Cokesbury School. S. Townsend, Agent for Tract Cause in uth Carolina Conference. A. M. Sliipp, Professor in North CaroliUniversity. 13. Jenkins and Charles Taylor, Missioncs to China. Origin of Various Plants Every gentleman fanner oitght to be newhat. acquainted with tire origin and tory of all ordinary plants and trees, ?> to know their nature, country, and idition. Such knowledge, besides be; a groat source of pleasure, and very irable, will often enable hint to explain inoinena in the habits of many -lauts ,t otherwise would appear inexplicable. Wheat, although considered by some a native of Sicily, originally came from central table land of Thibet, where it exists as a grass, with siuad mealy ds. ftye exists wild in Siberia. Barley exists wild in the mountains of nalaya. Bats wore brought from North Africa, dillef, one species, is a native of India, her Egypt and Abysinnia. d >izo, Indian corn, is of native growth America. lice was brought from South Africa, cure it was taken to India, and thence fiarope and America. ?eas are of unknown origin, fetches are natives of Germany. Buckwheat came originally from Siia and Tartary. L'he Gardeu Bean from the Eist In!. Jabbngo grows wild in Sicily and pies. Hie popny was brousht from the East. The suntlower from Peru. Hops come to perfection as a wild flowin Germany. Saffron came from Egypt. The onion is also a native of Egypt. Horseradish is from South Europe. Tobacco is a native of Virginia, Tofo, and California. Another species i also been found wild in Asia. The grasses are mostly native plants, I so are the clovers, wxcept Lucerne, ich is a native of Sicily, l'he gourd is an Eastern plant. The potato is a well known native of ru and Mexico. Joriander grows wild near the Mediterean. \nise was brought from the Grecian jbipelago. A s&d Story. i, well-dressed,handsome young Frenehn was recently found dead on the St. lis levee. From medical examination *as pretty evident that he committed ;ide by taking poison. In one of his :kets was found a letter, written in inch, h translation of which we give ,nv. It tells a melancholy story. The er reads : I bog those who find my hotly will ko no search, for the murderer was self. My name is Francis llonry de rigville. born in Paris, April 4, 1828. family was ruined by an extensive culation in 1840. I married one of >se girls of whom the world lias few, 1 thought my happiness assured. 1 t my native land with my little famin the month of May and disembarked Now Orleans July 24, 1854. But, h, having tasted happiness only during eon days, a frightful calamity covered with mourning; my poor beloved wife s attacked with the terrible cholera ; it two hours ahe oxpirod. Hardly was i buried, when my poor little bov, aged oe years, died of the same disease.? ' despair was very great. But God iatill left me a little daughter, of tbirn months, whose smiles gave me new sngth to resist in future, for in this poor le child I saw all the sweetness of Iter boed mother. I asked nothing more of d than to live for my child. But God a pleased to strike me again, taking m ine the only good he bad left me in i world. The 20th of October was the liapny day on which I closed the eye i or my last treasure. Having then consolation left, I resolved to nl ike an 1 of it. Let no one blame mo, for every ?n of feeling must understand what a rden has come to mo." Sarcasm a?d Scandal.?Sarcasm is d by Oarlyle to be tl?e language of the rib Perhaps so. Who snail ontra t Oarlyls f But pray, if such be so,1 iat W seandal f lias it not an equal iim to tbe distinction f Shall we s?Ulo thus?that sarcasm is the language the vil usee to ycrar face; scanlM that lich he uses behind your back f There a good deal of scandal at kfftka ; in Jt ae a general rule, there in scandal in I societies where the intellectual tone in ?t high ; and audi ie the case with garion society. WheH people do not talk ditica, literature or art, they naturally m * W * W A IC3UU iu Buiuuni, Kb puvcrijr in urt'uur i stances drives the lower orders to gin !? his Lady Ostrich, we will suppose, is travel- liei ing, and is separated from licr husband.? 1 Forthwith the emeries discuss the how the first why and the wherefore. In a week the of I separation has been c<aggerated into a syst divorce, and the lady's fault from an in- 'i tirinityof temper into a want of virtue, writ If she keeps out of society, she is asham- seer ed to be seen ; if she court it, and ap- ter i I pears much in public she is trying to bra- to a zen it out. Ilad l'aradise been in Malta, slop and the story of the fall been repeated, in till less than a fortnight Eve would have been mon made out the original tempter, and the ho s serpent a boa-constrictor of the largest had kind known. And the prying into and vent loose Imlilile silmiif (lie uH'uirs of everv tv-sl ! body I If a young officer is abstemious, you hear people say?"Ah! pool fellow, p he's got nothing hut his pay! I wonder Sl|rc how lie manages to rub along !" If, on uov the other hand, he cuts a dash, then the havi very people who drink his champagne gjVy say, shaking their heads,?"Depend on p it, we shaJI see the bubble burst before pcct long !" t'poir Peculiarities of Celebrat ed Authors. Jon. Mr. Kachine composed Ins verses while atft| walking about, reciting them in a loud rj. voice. One day when thus working at ^ his play of Mithridates, in the Tuilleries j Garden, a crowd of workmen gathered arouud him, attracted by his gestures, j(j ^ they took him to be a madman about to j ( throw himself into the basin. On his re- f ~ turn homo from such walks, ho would ^ure write down scene by scene, at first in ^ prose, and when ho had thus written it rej ( out, he would exclaim, "My tragedy is yj done!" considering tho dressing of the q j acts up in verse as a very small affair. f ^ Maglinbccchia, the learned libariau to ? . the Duke of Tuscany, on the contrary, J... never stirred abroad, but lived amidst books and upon books. They were It is bod, board, anJ washing, lie passed f^oi eight-and-forly years in their midst, only ^ twice in the course of his life venturing .. yP UyonJ the w??lU of Florence ; once to go two leagues, by ord.ir ol" ilie <iranu ''f, Duke. He was an extremely frugal man, . s living upon eggs, bread and water, in ascfi| great, moderation. their Luther, when studying, always had his . dog lying at his feet ; a dug he bad brol' ^ from NVatberg, and of which he was very > fond. An ivory crucifix stood 011 tho table before him, and the walls of his ,p| study were stuck round with caricatures of the l'ope. He worked at his desk for ^j. days together without going out ; but reja? when fatigued, and tho ideas beg 111 to Qom stagnate in bis brain, bo would take his flute or his guitar with him into tho porch, q and there execute some musical fantasy, (for I10 was a skilful musician,) when the ' ideas would flow upon him as fresh as HSCo| flowers after summers rain. Music was his invariable solace at such times, in on deed Luther did not hesitate to say that j after theology, music is the first of arts.? j. "Music," said he, "is the art of the pro- | pliets 5 it is tire only art which, like the- _ ology, can calm the agitation of the soul, and put the devil to flight." Next to mu- p* j( sic, if not before it, Luther loved children and flowers. The great gnarled man had c ^.() a heart as tender as a woman. ^y ( Calvin studied in his l?od. Every inor- " ; ning, at-5 or 0 o'clock, he had books, manuscripts, and papers carried to him j ^ there, and he worked on, for hours to. novc gether. If he had occasion to goout,on his . return he undressed and went to bed again to continue his studies. In his lattor years he dictated his writings to secretaries, lie rarely corrected anything. The sen- T tences issued complete from his mouth.? plea If he felt his facility of com|k>sition leav- <p ing liiin, ho forthwith quitted his bed, ^ow gave up writing and composing and went about hisout-doorj duties for days, weeks ^ and mouths together. But as soon as he wm' felt the inspiration fa'l upon him again, f he went back to his bed, and bij secretary then set to work forthwith. Rous eau wrote his works early in tho . morning; Le Sage at midday ; Byron at l>a' midnight. Hardouin rose at 4 in the T morning, and wrote till late at night. aoci< Aristotle was a tremendous workei ; he seeu took little sleep, and was coustaptiy re- j trenching it. Ho had a contrivance by ^ p which he awoke early, and to awake was with him to commence work. Demos- N thenos passed three months in a cavern by the sea-side, in laboring to overcome -p the defects in his voice. There he read. HU(j studied, and declaimed. Rabelais composed bis life of Oargan- * tua at Bellay, in the company of Roman 'ow Cardinals, and under the eyes of tho Bishop of Paris. La Fontaine wrote his V fables, chiefly under the shade of a tree, bkt and sometimes by the side of Racine and Me, Boileau. Pascal wrote moat of his nOT1 Thoughts, on little scraps of paper, at bin dtis by moment*. Fenelon wrote his Tele- nea machus in the palace of Versailles at SQ|p the oourt of the Grand Monarque, when emj discharging the duties of tutor do the ^ Dauphin. That a book so thoroughly u democratic should have taped from suchj h _ a source, and be writteoby a priest, may . seem surprising. De t^uincy first r?ro- , mnlgatftd his notion of aniversal freedom of person and trade, and of throwing ajl taxes on the laud -the germ, perhaps, of the French Revolution?in the boudoir of 10, IVyghme de Pompadour ! atw n0c c % jucoii knon uown ooiore composing great work, ami prayed for light from 'SB 'ope never could compose well without *3 , declaiming for some time at the top ,^J|B lis voice, and thus rousing his nervous * em to its fullest activity. h he life of Liebnilz was one of reading, ^B ing, and meditation, That was the et of his prodigious knowledge. AF- -^3 an attack of gout, he confined himself * diet of oread and milk. Often ho fl^ t in his chair, and rarely went to bed Jfl after midnight. Sometimes he was ftlis without quitting his seat, where , ;B lept hy night and wrote by day. lie an ulcer in his right teg, which pre- ^B ed his walking ab^nt, even had lm led to do so.?Eliza Cook't Journal. .B itom Nkbuaska.?We bad the ulea of greeting, on Saturday last, /. A. . .^9 Ic, Esq., and Maj. W. It. Jones, who j just returned from Nebraska. They ' } a r.ivorahlc account of that Territory * 9 s richness of soil, health and pros- ' s. It is of vast extent, running weal JM i Iowa eighteen hundred miles, and fl sight hundred miles broad. Msj. is, we learn, returns in a few days.? Doyle will not return immediately, if lie numerous friends of Messrs. F. VV. ime*, Jr. and 11 K. Doyle will begrati- I to hear of tiieir good health and I peels. They are engaged, at preseut, iking a census of Nebraska, and lay- , 9 oil'the counties, so that an election members of the Territorial Logisla- '* may bo ordered. n incident is related, as having Occur- " ? >n his Excellency's arrival at Bellu- ;j i which may not prove utuuleBetting I I lis arrival, the scene presented was dying and novel in a high degree. A i ic reception was extended hy the 1 es, and it seems the Indians were ) illy alive to the honor dne tiieir new f. The Governor arrived after dark, jsands of the red men had flocked in 31 a view of his Excellency?flres were :ed as far as the eye oould reach, and welkin made to riucr. wUb the savage of the native American*, l'isap- "y intent succcded their joy, when they rtained that he was a wliite man? ' yells wore hushed and their fires ex- ' ^ fished, and they filed off into the iloss wastes of the "Queen of the ries," there to brood over their sad my. ?I lie Indians are represented as peaceand friendly; and,as no "fire water" loweum the territory, these kindly ions may poss bly couiinue.?Pickctw rirr- ' ouNTLKt'EiT.?Tbe Charleston Stani says that a dangerous counterfeit last Saturday sent to Mr. S'.iingler to rtain whether it was genuine. It mired to he a One Hundred Dollar bill ho Hank of Camden* South Carolina is described as follows; Vignette, bee; figure of the Goddess of Liberty on right; eaglo on the left, with a scroll ended from its mouth, on' which sre words, "State Sovereignty?National >n;w the figures 100 are on the upper t corner, and the upper and lower loft ers; dated 1st June, 1852 ; signed, G. Grant, cashier and VV. McWillie, ident. For the information of those quaintcd with the bank of Cntnden, proper to remark that the Hank has >r issued any bills of tlie denomination ie hundred dollars. Every Day Absurdities. ^ o attempt to borrow money on the of extreme poverty. o ask the publisher of a newspaper many copies ho sells per week. o ask a wine mercliunt how old hie B is. 0 lose money on horse racing, and 1 lose your temper. o get tipsy, and then complain of a iacho next morning. o attempt to borrow money at adoan y w| )ty by giving a responsible |?orson for rity. o eat ft hearty dinner of fish, and call iting. ot to go to bed when yon are tired sleepy, because it ia not bed time. o render a man a service foluntarily, expect him to be grateful for it. , ancying a thing is cheap because a price is asked for it. .,3 VHAT A WgfeN HilOUlfe^B ALPI! Vicai.lt.?a^woman shnffW he aini?benevolent, charitable, domestic eRonio?l, forgiving, generons, hoocet, intriotusiudicioUA, kind, lovipg, mod^t, Vobeifent, j>l?Myt, .pier, reflecting JK wwo, ex My dinner <1 ol^agjte ww?#:w I tan to hit wife, after an straordiulkry 1 irty meal. I ilon'i blame it ray dear; I taw yon BWThere are in the United State* * ,181 Baptiat Chunche%6.746 mraVerp, % a q 4 8'>8,754 memton. V* jjW C j*-r * " 1 -ft- 4 iflUfcft ^k 1]8 ^ :