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* . . -l- 1 UPF $2 PER ANNUM. w"' "," 3SF;R??rcrKu. . ? ?..? IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS-DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL,* SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ../; VOLDME III. LANCASTER. C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1855 NUMBER 47 Hicni?! i iMflnno l Charles the Second, with his guy court, | widow's dress, or cov??r h?r or?f, i.i ~ ? ?? 1 IfllOOEjbJjAllEjUUu. From the Little Pilgrim. COUNTRIES 1 HAVE SEEN. Travels, Descriptions, Tales and Historical Sketches. BY GRACE GREENWOOD. HAMPTON COURT. How well 1 remember one pleasant morning in September?inore than two years ago, I declare 1?when h inerry party of us, English and Americans, met at the counting-house of our noble friend, Mr. B , to go from thence to Hampton Court. It was in the city of Londou that we inot. This is entered from the town, which holds most of the parks and palaces of royalty and the nobility, by an old. old gateway, called Teinnle liar. When the tjieeu is to pay a visit to the city, Temple Margate is closed, md he must respectfully ask admittance of the lord mayor, and he must graciously present the keys to Iter before she may Mine iu. The lord mayor is the real king of London?and lakes precedence of royalty in all processions in the city, as, for j instance, the funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, after it passed Temple Bar. All lord mayors are elected Irora the board of alderinen ; they serve but one year, during which time they live in a very handsome residence, called "The M ansion House," and ride in a splendid, but rather gaudy and old fashioned coach?something such ua you have seen pictures of iu the story of Dick Whit' lingtoo. Every lord mayor gives one grand hall at Guildhall, when the Queen and all the court attend, and there is a magnificent display both on tbo part of the aristocracy and the citixens. Guildhall is a large building, where the alderinen and councilmeu meet, to transact huMue*s and eat good dinners, (u the hall where b ills and great b in.plots are given stand two gigantic painted figures, called Gog aii'lMagog, which are very quaint and odd-looking, an I [ don't know how ininy years old. "But what," you will sat, "has all this to do with il uopton Court i" Well, we started frotn the city, a social, merry party, of live or six?and, after laughing and chatting in a comfortable English railway carriage, for a few minutes, arrived at the station, near the palace. The old palace of II wnpton Court stand* on the northern hank of the i names, aDonl twelve miles wont of lly.le P.irk, hii I is situated in the -arish of Jlinpion, hii I county of Middlesex. In the reign of Henry the K ighth, when ike ){riMi prelate, Card mil Wolsey, ?ii at the height of bin power, he leans I the old manor and manor-house of the Knight* Hospitaller* of Jorusalem, to whom it then belonged, for the purpose of building a palace suitable to his rank and splendor. He erected a structure so magnificent, and so far surpassing any of the royal residences, that he ?|a>ite overshot his mar ., and roused the jealousy of the king, who bluntly aske I him what ho, a priest, and a butcher's srrti, meant by buildmg for himself a palace handsomer than any of his king's. Tljen die cunning C trdinal putting the best fire lie could on the matter, s uJ that lie h ?I on! v been trying to build a residence worthy of so great and glorious a monarch?and that Hampton Court was it Km; Henry's service, " he king jumped at the oiler, but in return bestowed upon Wolsey the , old manor of Richmond, the favorite rcsi.? I ?-.? O -? - umiua ui in* miner, mnry int ^ 'V'"ll!i, ll w<4* observed, when the gre it Cirditml w.is going horn \ nfier itii* interview with hi* royal mmler. th it lie scowled mi l growleJ nl hi* follower*, nml helalxire I (lie poor toule that lie role moat unmercifully. 80, by gilt from Onrlin.il VVolaey, Hampton Court beoninr tlie property of the crown. Edward the Sixth wm born in thie palace, end mostly resided liere, during hi* hurt, but happy reign, Gloom v Q teen Mery end her faUediearted husband, Philip of Spain, spent the honey-moon, or retiier vinegar-moon here. Queen Elisabetn here gave several greet festival*, and her successor, the ineen end pedantie Jamea the Firm, held * greet religious conference in the privy-chamber?he, the moat immoderate of nigot*, anting a* moderator. Here he entertained tome great French prince* at one time, very handsoinoly ?everything being uu a roy al teaks esoopt the boat here lie lost hla wife. Anne of [Xsnmsrk-? a very re peccable aort of a woman, much too go ,d Charles ike Firsl, with bis queen end court, SiUSglit refuse ?t this place from the r?i*giMs which ww ravaging London.? But there waa another trouble that came upon him from which he could not escape, even here. Death, with his scythe, passed by the healthful shade* of the country palace, but the executioner with hie axe, Was not to be evaded. The Ls*'l Protector, Oliver Cromwell, resided eUMetimes at this palace ; but his favuma daughter, Kksalmth, a very lovely woman, died here, and after that, it ?** saddest place in all the world to 9% . 0 . * * * m*- -' * M> , m. winch hardly held one honest man, or re- h puiable woman, used to hold revels here -, ' (V and stubborn James the Second, resided f? here now and then, till he was driven by b aroused people from throne, palace and country. William the Third was very Ic partial to llatnp.on Court, and did much u to improve and adorn it. Iliaipieen here si performed prodigious labors in the em broidery line, and Itepi her maids of lion- h 01 as hard ai work on chair covers and cj bed curtains, as though they were p??or b seamstresses, toiling for their daily bread, w George the Second and Queen Caro- c< line were the last sovereigns who resi led a' this palace. It is now only occupied a by the officers and servants who have g charge of it?arid some dowagers and tl poor women of rank, called in Kngland ir ' decayed gentlewomen. ' To those ladies b the Queen allots apartments, an.I they t?. live verv handsomely and comfortably? C though I should tliink they would have si rather lonely time*, amid toe melancholy si grandeur and stillness of that deserted ll old palace. w Over the gateway, by which wo entered, are carve<! the arms of Cardinal Wol- gi scy, with a Latin inscription, signifying vi ' (/oil is my help"?a lying motto, as his to own words afterwards proved, for when w dying in disgrace, lie exc'aimed, 'If I had hi served my God half as faithfully as I have vi se ved my king, He would not have giv- at en me over to my enemies in my old age." Si We went up the grand stair-case, to g< the guard chamber, and from thence In passed through several suites of noble arooms, hung with pictures and anciont ta- le pestry, with frescoed ceiling*, and carved and gilded cornices. The most interest- In j ing among the pictures are portraits of fa- 01 I mous people, king*, <|ue?.n*, princes, he- *< roes and beauties, of whom wo read in tl hiitory. S Rut as there are more than a thousand It paintings at Hampton Court, of course I a cannot stop to describe any of the*e, tho1 st about many I could tell you very Strang- and romantic stories. b Tho most magnificent apartment in the a palace, and one of tho grandest in the o world, is the great hall, which is one bun- *1 dred and six feet long, forty wide, and f< sixty high. The roof is beautifully car- r< ved an I il>wviriili>il .villi ilia a.mj - ? .vV... ? and bulge*?the wills are hung with ? costly tapestry?tbe window* are richly stained, and bear the artns arid pedigree if of Henry the Eighth, and his six wives, a From this hall we passed through an oilier np'endid apartment, called "the 1 withdrawing room," down "the queen's stair-case," into a court, containing a pret- u ly fountain, and from thence into the gar- ? dens. These are very fine, but rather q too stiilly and formally laid oat to suit our in xlern taste. I remeiiitier one narrow, V gloomy alley, of box-w.Kid, or yew, call- s< ed "(4 icon M irv's Walk," after bloody Mary, wlio used to take her evening ex- ereise here alone?marching slowly up ii and down in the caning twilight, inedi- u luting, I fear, those frightful persecutions, S racking! and burnings of the po< r pro- ?i teslant* ; and trying to steel Iter heart against the womanly pity that would ii creep into it, sometimes, in spite of all *< the admonitions of Cardinal Pole and a Bishop Gardiner?an 1 the counsels of her e cruet hu.iband . g The greatest curiosity of theso gardens, g is a Hamburg grape-vine, supposed Us be k the largest in (he world. It alone tills a a green-house seventy-two feet long and a thirty broad?it is itselt one hundred and tl ten feet long, and ia thirty inches in cir- ,* conference, three feet from the ground.? a It olten bears as many as two lliousaud j< live hundred bunches. h From thegrceu house, we walked down J ; to the Thames, and then returned through * I a I,.,..nihil ttVi.i.UM of liii.lnn In tl... east part of the ptlace, where there is h | fountain and a basin containing gold and ( silver fUh. Then we whiled away another hour in the ground*, the "Labyrinth," g an.I tinder tite noble cIm'aiiui and lime , trees in the great avenue, which is more * than a intlu in length, ami then?the got M den day wo* over ! h THE LADY MARY'S VISION, * A Story of Hampton Court. Some ten year* ago, there resided for a time, in a pleasant anile of aparlinonui at p H nr.ptori Court, a young and beautiful a gentlewoui in, who waa greatly beloved b by all who knew her for her g.xsdnes* and h her sweet and winning ways. Lady * Mary Llainillon, or "the Lady Mary," as b she was called by the pensioners and re- d tnincrs there, w.is the youngest daughter ri of a l-oor Scottish nobleui hi. and the k widow of h Mill poorer young officer.? ii Captain Hamilton, noon after bis marriage, u was ordered to join the ariny in Afghan- c istan, mid for several months lured dun- c ger and death, and endured frightful hardships, in that dreadful war against a h treacherous and savage people. At last, iu a skirmish among the moan- tl tains lie was seen to fall under the spear- v thrust of a tierce Afghan chief, and waa reported as "killed,* though his liody was <| never recovered by his victorious com- ii rades. It was sopposed that the natives n had carried liiin off in their retreat, to plunder him at leisure. j But the Lady VI try never would give j him up as really dead, and thoegh site ? waa very sorrowful and anxurns for him, j she could aot be persuaded to put on a <. jt F , ..V> ovivj Wivn ll air with a widow's cap. She even reised to receive a widow^s pension, pro tssing always a firm belief that her busand was yet living. M nth after month went .by, till two >ng years had passed and br night her o word from her beloved George?and :ill she did not despair. It was said that she was kept up by appy dreams?that her husband often ime to her in her sleep, and told her to u of good cheer, and all would yet be ell. However that inay have been, it is irtain that she never wholly lost heart. The (jueen kindly offered Lady Marv partments at Hampton Court, and she iadlv accepted, for she was poor, and icn, she fell that she should like the lelancholy quiet of the old palace far utter than the gaiety and bustle of the >wu. And so s|ie caine to Hampton buit to live, and "wait for my husband," le said, smiling sadly, while her friends 100k their heads, and whispered among lemselves that "the poor dear creature as hardly in her right mind." The lonely Lady Xiary soon became a reat favorite with the guards and ser: itors at Hampton Court. They all felt >r her a lender, respectful pity, and onld do anything in their power to serve er. Being very shy, she never liked to sit the show apartments of the palace, l hours when she might meet strangers. | l?, uie kiiki porter would often let her ? in by herself, and sometimes even give er the keys, that she might stay as long * she pleased in any of the halls or galries. She was romantic and poetical, and ived much to visit the grand old hail, 11 summer evenings, and see the rich sunit light pour in and then fade softly out trough the gorgeous stained windows, oniclnne*, she would linger here till the nig twilight was over, and the starlight nd moonlight struggled through the ained glass, and taintly lit up the hall -silvering over the failed tapestry and aimers?glisten ng on the old arms and rnior. Strolling up and down the hall, r seated under one of the great windows, lie would think and dream, and try to irget the sorrows of her humble life in ememberiog the misfortunes of the great ml royal ones, who had so often walked here she walked, and sat where she sat. Once, old linger, the porter, asked her she w.-ro not afraid to stay there, all lone by herself, so tate. " Why, no," she answered, "what should be afr?id off" Ho shrugged his shoulders, but said no , lore; 1 suppose because lie did not know rliat to say, to such a simple, childlike uestioii. One lovely August evening, the Lady lary stayed later than usual in "Wol j *y's llall." The sunset glory faded and laded away > -the twilight deepened and dee|>ened | ito night?the moon and stars looked in | pon her through the great window.? i... ....... --- --- 1 - > -i 1 I1VJ nii-> nvilljf <11111 MIU, HI1U 11 HI iOflOly illness uf Unit place seemed to suit Iter -she seemed to feel the calm moonlight i which she sat, bathing her like a soft, jothing flood. She leaned her head | gainst the tapestried wall, closed her j yes, and thought, and thought of the real days and splendid festivals long; one hy?of kings and queens, brave | nights, and beautiful ladies, and?when II at once, that vast hall was lighted up s though by magic ! Music swelled 1 irough the arches, and a splendid court sine slowly sweeping in ! First walked stout, red faced man, all velvets and ! jwels, with a dark, sorrowful-looking idy on his right?and on his left, an el crly man, with a bold, haughty face, and , rich dress of scarlet velvet a fid ermine. The Lady Mary recognized these as lenry the Eighth, Queen Catharine, and !ardinal Wolsey. They were followed hy maids of honor, enlteinon, priests and pages. Soon there was a livelier peal of music, nd the dance began. The king danced ritli the tnosl lieautiful of the maids of onor, whom he smiled lovingly upon, riiile the poor queen looked very unhnpy. So the Lady Mary knew that this tir hi aid must bo Anne lioleyn. when theditnce ended, the gay court .assed out ; but again lliero wha mimic, n l anotlur swept in. Tliia was headed y a proud stately woman, with golden air, and cold blue eyea. She wore a parkling diadem?her drew was of btill rocade, thickly beatrewn with |>earlaaiid iainonda, while about her neck was a utf ho prodigious, that it alone would ocp everybody at a very respectful diasnoe. On her left, walked a handsome oblo, moat royally dressed, and behind amu a brilliant host of beauties, page*, avaliers, poet*, and statesmen. The Ladv Mary now recognised Queen Elizabeth, the Earl of Essex and the court. The queen took her place upon the lirone, and graciously desired her court a bo seated. Before them was a stage ?they were to witness a plav. The itieen signified that she was ready, and ho play began. It was "//eary VI!J, r the fall of Wolsey? The queen seemed interested, and apdauded occasionally, though the actors JaiimI K*/ll? Th?? A to death at appearing in that auguet dace, Wore her auguat majeaty ; ail but ma, who went through with bit part in m n <(uk-l, iiiHiny way, wuicn oiu linn great, credit. Tins was the? aullior?William Sbakspeare. At lungtli, the queen, court and actors all went out, and there came in next, not u court, with music and pomp, but quietly and silently, a dark, sad-looking man, leading two children by the hand. These three walked up and down the hall ; several times?the man talking to the children, and telling them, it seemed, something very sad, for they cried and clung to hiin, and then the three passed out weeping. The Lady Mary knew theso to be Charles the First, and his children, whom he had been telling, perhaps, that ho might soon be put to death. Next thcro came, in stillness also, a stern, haggard-faced man, in a rough, half-military dress, with a sweet delicate looking lady, in white. She was clinging to his arm and seemed expostulating with him very earnes ly.buthe shook his head, yet at the same, he tenderly smoothed her hair, with his strong hand, and playfully pinched her thin cheek, and tried to smile. Then he suddenly turned, and strode out of the hall. The lady stood a moment, looking after him mournfully, aud then passed out also. The Lady Mary knew these two to he Cromwell and his daughter Elizabeth, who often interceded with her father, 'or political o tienders. Again there was loud music, and again a brilliant court came pouring in. First walked a dark, dissolute-looking young man, very gaily dressed, with long curls dangling about bis shoulders?handing carelessly along a pale dispirited lady, who didn't seem to find much comfort in ttic ipiceniy diadem she wore. The bull begun, and soon it was turned into a wild revel. Heauiiful, but bold ladies, and reckless looking gentlemen ? danced, and laughed, sung, and feasted, ami gained, and grew merrier and madder every minute. The Lady Mary became frightened, for she saw that she was in the protligate court of Charles the ?fckicond. She tried to hide behind the tapestry by the window, but a rollicking nobleman, whom she recognised by his portraits as the Earl of Rochester, cilTight sight of her, and sprang forward, to drag her out into the midst of the hall ! Site thing his hand oil', with a scream, and lo, he, the king, the (juecn, the court, the lights, everything vanished ! It teas nil a dream! The Lady M iry was alone in the old hall, in the silent night, now darker than before, for a cloud had come over the moon. She groped her way to the door, unlocked it, and passed into the withdrawing-room. At the farther end she saw some one coming?she could not sec w ho it was, l?y the dim starlight?so she asked?"Roger, is that you I" "No, Mary," answered a glad, tremulous voice, "it is not lioger?it is I? (ieorgc !" Willi a wild, joyful cry, the Lady Mary sprang forward, and was clusjied in her husband's arms. And this was not a dream. Captain Hamilton hud been severely wounded and taken captive by the Afghans. They had kept hint a close prisoner in the mountains, not even permitting him to write a letter to any one, for two years, lie had at last been discover id, liberated, and sent home, to recover his health, which had suflered somewhat in his hardship and confinement. On arriving at Hampton Court, whither he had been directed from Lo idon, lie had been told liV old Rorrpr tvliorw liiu wile probably was, us lie could not (iu<l her in licr apartments, and was on his way to the liuii, when lie met her, as wo have seen. The next time Hint tlie Lady Mary visited that old hall, to walk in the moonlight, or muse in her favorite window-seat, it was observed that she did not go alone. Home. How often do ww hear it said, "The French have no word for homebut are we not more unfortunate?nay, culpable ?to possess that homely Saxon word, and yet divorce i'. from all ita hallowed and valuable associations) We pro|K?se now to attempt to find out one of the causes of the growing evils ami crimes of society, particularly those of this city ; and we think we can prove that they are mainly owing to tho neglect of the privileges and responsibilities connected with our homes, in overlooking the deep principles and meaning that lie at the f/ti.n, I n i/\n a)' lilts# flOOWi. I inaltl>t I mtlll?ir?licril ?/i mm "?v . s;? a iiimiiliruil, Ia-1 us communes in our history with the infant in the nursery, or the little child At the fireside?(hut, alas! we have no fireside n^w?no warm hearth stone; the miserable substitute, of a hole cut in the the floor, is no place for the cultivation ol the fancy, by the twilight talc.) With some lieautiful exceptions, we shall find these fair young creatures systematically educated to become the devotees of fash inn Almn4t I Kin flrmt wnmta !.?? are worda of flattery, mingled with direc lions given, llint Master So and-ao, nn< hi* little ai*ter, are not to be outdone by their neighbor'* children in velvet* *n? atin*?the parent* not eonAidering wha ao inault it ia to the beauty and ' natara 4 j-v ? simplicity ot childhood to overlay it with gaudy attire, ever after deemed indispensable. Then comes the French attendant and the child is consigned to the care of a person who is to use a language in com mon with that child, and with which, in many cases, the parents are entirely igno' rant, or only partially acquainted. What an instrument of evil! at the same time often exposing them to the mode of ex pression and pronunciation of tl e uneducated and unrofied, for their first knowledge of that language, with a provincial or nasal sound. The second stage, is of the ^ oung girl or boy just entering school, where tlicy | carry the cultivated love of display ; they iuihil>e, also, a ta to for an artificial mode of life, from the extravagantly furnished houses (in some instances) w here they arc nominally sent for intellectual and moral improvement, and where the girl or boy who has no? been favored of fortune, feels for the first time, discontent at the healthful plainness of theirown homes: all that is artificial takes the place of th.i simple regimen, so necessary to strengthen the mind and character. The question now is, "Which is the most fashionable school ?" Then comes the next stage, when the gill or boy, or rather the grown-up child, all finished, enters soeiete wit ii few French phrase*, with no knowledge of the literature of that language, a little more of music, (for that, we are sorry to say, has become inure mechanical.) but without true self-depen lence springing .from firm principles, a cultivate I heart and a simple religious life. Is it to he wondered at that she loses her maidenly resolve and womanly strength, and hecomes the loudtalking, rude girl?whilst the hoy becomes cflfeiuinate, opinionated and irreverent I What do they know o! reserved rights, when nightly, in the dance, in almost every circle, there is such an a buse of the manifestations which belonjj to the most sacred and beautiful feelings of our nature I Now appears the darkest side of tin picture; from this preparation, we are l< look for the wife and mother, the hu*han<: and father, even before the dawn of womanhood or manly character? She is tc mould and ''nfiuence the future men anc women of the country, and to be the com panion, the sustaining friend, the helper of one whom she should bless, rather thai cmse?she, whose person and liousi should be ornamented with Christian ant. feminine graces, and who should have st much regard for the dignity of her bus band and herself, as not to be willing thai ho should sacrifice the best portio i of hi life at his place of business, to minister tc her endless artificial wants, to prevent ho from living upon the bounty of the iner | chant, the upholsterer, the dressmaker am I the milliner. Then would divorces holes: frequent, places of amusement and degrading crimes less ire<pientod, the home r place of improvement ami happiness, anc the child undelrauded of its rights, foi "heaven lies about us in our infancy.1' We will here quote from a faithful pic ture of an interesting w riter, for we lov< to dwell on the character of a true womai and consider it her highest privilege t< grace and gladden her home;?"To i man who knows the world, and under stands what he should hope from it. wha he should do in it, nothing can ho mori desirable than meeting with a wife win will every where co-operate with him, win will every where prepare his way for him vruuau inil^rlllB limes up Wll.1l in: 111',IS leave, whose occupation unread^ itself 01 evorv side, white his must travel forwart on its single path. Order in prosperity courage in adversity, care for the smallest and a spirit capable of comprehendinj and managing the greatest; these ar i such qualities as we find in the women o history?that clearness of view, that ex pertne?s in all emergencies, that surenesi in details, which brings the whole so ac curately out." The young man growing up under mor< elevated influences, giving some jw>rtioi of his time to intellect!! d pursuits and t< retirement,will gradually be forming taste to make the home happy, and will b wise enough to feel, that if ho does nc sacrifice himself in the countingrooni o office, lie will leave it fairer inheritance t< his children, and one which is indispen sahle to an entrance to a happier liomi Home Journal. From the Scientific American. On Painting N<> trade in our country need* improvi ment more than (minting, especially in r< . gard to durability. The most conuno error in painting grow* out of the ide . that spirit* of turpentine i* a dryer; or, i other wor'U, has a drying effect upon o and paints with which it is mixed ; bent it U used indiscriminately by painters t ' make paint dry, when the fact is, it oul i diminishes the quantity of oil used, an I evaporate* very soon after punt i* sprea r on wood, without having imparted an drying quality to the oil or paint. T1 , otdy proper use of spoils of turpentine i painting or varnishing, is to reduce di I paint* or gum* to a consistency cipah ' of Iming spread oift, a* in painting or va I uishing, and if wo could spread out ti t other ingredients on the same surface,wit I out the turpentine, we might dispen 0 | witli its use. For example, to mnke a Laid paint that will bear rubbing down , with pumice stone, take uiy p->hit of any i kind, and oil suflicient to make a hard cement, when spread out and dried, then i re.lueo it with turpentine to a consistence that may he spread with brush, and when ; the turpentine evaporates it lea\esa hard s body composed of the paint and oil. Again, take gum copal or rosin, by heating and mixing with the turpentine we reduce them to a liquid stale, and can use them I for Tarnishing; and when the varnish is spread, the turpentine evaporates without having imparted any essential quality of drying, luster, or durability to the varnish. Hence no turpentine should bo used in painting intended to stand the weather, as it can be reduced to a proper consistence with oil, and made to dry without 1 injuring its durability. Paint, to stand the weather,depends entirely on the oil for its durability. For example, take very thin oil in warm weather, and mix .villi white lead or other paint, i and some turpentino for a dryer; the whole being of the consistence ot common paint, put on three coats and it soon looks dry and dead, and in a year or two will begin to rub oil* like whitewash, because the proportion of oil to the paint was too small. Again, take the same quality of oil and paint in e ild weather, when the oil is thicker, and instead of turpentine, use some good dryer; mix to the consistence of common paint, then put on three coats, and it dries with a gloss and looks 1 teller at the end of four years than the other when first done, and will preserve the wood well for many years, simple because the proportion of oil to the dry paint is greater. Hut all painting cannot be done in cold weather, and the question occurs, can it f be done by using very thin paint, and , putting on more coats, but the be*t way is to boil the oil ; boiled more in warm ; weather than in cold. It can be boiled i in an iron, copper, or brass kettle, and should be done over a slow lire out ol ? doors, lis there is danger of it taking fire ; i to every gallon of oil put in a quarter o I a pound of litharge, which will make il dry. For hot weather, keep it boiliiq ? two or three hours; for cold weather, hal I an hour is sufficient; stir it frequently.? A little pru.ssian blue ground in oil, am , put in white paint, improve its appear 1 mice. Sufficient time should be givei i! between coats to let the paint drv weli 1 and no outside painting is well done utili ? it has a good even gloss. For chair and other painting, when t you want a hard body to rub down, oi > wear well, grind dry paint with a smal proportion ol oil, and reduce lo the p'op r i er consistence t > spread with a brush ; us? I driers in proportion to the oil; if the oil i; I boiled as directed, for out-door paiutiiq v no drier is needed. Flit on coats suHi eient to make as good a body as you le i quire, giving time for each coat to dn i well. If it lias a gloss when done it ii r from using too much oil, and will not rlil well. There is not much danger of usinp - too little oil for this kind of work, give il i the gloss with varnish, i Spanish whiting and water, with a lit ) lie glue, make a good and cheap primint i for chairs; "it should he put on w rm.? Persons wishing to paint 'heir own chim t I ney-pieces or carriages black, should pu [ on one coat of lead color, made of whit< D lead and lamp-black, n?ing sonic turpen i tine and a drier; when dry, sand pape , well, and finish with copal varnish and J t I I It le lampblack. n Piukrs?White lead has a drying of 1 feci on linseed oil, and paint made of whit , lead and oil, will always dry on nev ., wood. Hurnt Turkey umber, litharge j red lead, and sugar of lead, will all dr e paint when ground with or in any vvaj F| incorporated in it. Hut the best drier have ever seen used is made as follows v Take on gallon linseed oil, one jvouud ret I i??.i -..-v i i .i?? 1 m.. icnu, unc jm miii' i i.ni.ii^r, uuu jhmiihi i hi key timber, burnt nearly black and pul i veri/ed, ami half a pound ground shellac a it is best to run the wluile except the gun: a through a paint mill, put into an irot s eopper, or brass kettle, Hnd laiil slow nil e til it will not show a grease spot throng' >t brown paper when dropped on it hot r keep it well stirred. When done, set i [> off and let it cool until the spirits of tm i- pen tine can l?e poured in without tnkirj 8. tire; pour in about two gallons of turpcr tine slowly, stirring all the time, more c less will do, as the thicker the drier th less will be necessary in paint; a half pir is sufficient for a gallon of oil in the pnii on any new wood, baton old inside pain ing a little more will sometimes be nece! 5" aary. It takes three or four hoars hoi ing. A. W, II. n Pialle City, Mo. a wm V A wealthy, but penurious old gontlemai got hold of a rather tough customer in th "e person of a Rochester railroad and steau ,o boat runner, the oth r day, whom ho hr y offended bv some set of meanness. lC| "Blast your stingy old skin said the ru ner to hhn, before a whole depot-full of b standers: I knew you when you used ^ hire your children, f??r a penny, to go to b< M' without thoir snppar, and ntler thsy got >n | aleep, youM go "l> ttnd atenl their penniee ry hiro tliem with nguin tlie next night!" Ie Thin wu a little too much ; and the n ,r. miner "Moped nmidet the laughter of t tA neieniblage. .... A young lady who took tlie eyre w everybody, hoe boon arretted for stealing. MiKV r W * From Ike N. F. Evening Pott. Dan^rs of Using Ether and Chloro* form- Extraordinary Revelations of Dentists?Sympathy for Dr Beale Last evening, pursuant to notice, a ! meeting took place at the Academy^ I (Bond street) of the Dental Profession of I New York and its vicinity. Dr. Solvrnan Brown occupied the chair; Mr. C. S. Puti nam oilicialed as secretary. There were ubout forty gentlemen present, embracing the leading dentists of this city and the neighboring cities of Brooklyn, Williams* burg, and Jersey city. The recent sen* tenre of one of their brethren in lliiladel* pliia to a long term of ignominious imprisonment gave a direction to tbeir deliberations, and an earnestness not common to the deliberations of scientific bodies. The president announced that the gen- y tleinen wouid be heard in alphabetical order, and first called the name of Allen. Dr.Ai.i.KN, of Bond street, rose andsta* ted that the object of tho meeting was to collect fact* from gentlemen in the active practice of their profession, drawn from I their Dersonal p*n??ri??n/*? an A illueirativo ? , -"I J ......... ?v. ~ of the effects of the two great Kinesthetic agents, etlier and Chloroform, upon the huuutn system, lie stated that his observation had been limited. He had seen the operation of ether in about twenty cases, lie had always regarded it as a dangerous agent, and invariably represent ted to his patients that the insensibility thus produced was too much for so little; that the extraction of a tooth was an op- 4 eration not sutliciently important to require eitlie ether or chloroform, lie had observed that the patient would frequently insist that the tooth removed under the i* tlucnce of ether was not out, and nothing but feeling tbe cavity or seeing the tooth convince them to the contrary, lie recollected the case of a young gentlemen from Virginia, to whom ether -was C administered. After the tooth was removed, he sprang from the chair vocifera* . j- ting for brandy ; and while still under the L influence of the ether, went into the hill r closet in search of brandy. In a short j- time the effect of the antcsthelic agent _ passed off and with it his violent demands j for spirit. l)r. Ik'iuiAM, of Oliver street, in rela, ting his experience, commenced by remarking that on the first promulgation of j the powers of ether, he seized on the remcd/ with avidity as being specially adap. ted to relieve the pain of the extraction r of teeth. As an exhiliraut, he had known j its use since 1827, l>eing employed a* . such by Dr. John Tolly. On the discov, cry of chloric ether, he liftd tried it on a 5 sister. Ho asked her to inhale it, not , deeming the experiment injurious. She ' very speedily manifested its peculiar agency, placed her brother's hat on her . head, put on his coat, and nursed the sofa 4 pillows on her lap, completely forgetting , all she had done when she became retion, al and conscious. Upan an aged lady at [ that time he had tried it, with a view to trampiilize, her nervous system, and its system, and it* effect upon lier was sode, ( licious lAat she thought "every poor man . ought to possess a bottle" of it. The doctor then began to use it upon t his dental patients, lie had always used e it with caution. One stubborn case oc. cillTCil in 18 10. A gentleman came to , have some stumps of teeth extracted pre^ viously to their replacement by an artificial set. He soon became sufficiently unconscious. In this suite seven were re e moved. After the removal of the fifth he v jumped up, became so outrageously vio5f lent that, the operator's wife, with her inv font in her arms, came up stairs in alarm. Thinking the patient might unconsciously [ hurt his wife, the doctor pushed her from : the room, and locked himself in. Mo 1 succeeded in throwing the gentleman on . the sofa, who, while there, bellowed and . halloed most furiously, spitting blood in ; every direction, and exclaiming "I've got you now, ltill Brookes." On the effect of the ether passing away the patient said i that he had imagined he was at his home f, at Pnrtchester, that, 'Bill" was robbing ; his money drawer. When he seemed ai blc to hear it, the doctor gave him a aec.. ond dose, and extracted the remaining r slumps. ). The doctor told also of a young ladv, ,r who insisted on his using chloroform to e her case. lie demurred ; she applied eleeit where, and lastly to liiin, insisting on iU ,t employment. lie gave it to her. After t extracting the tooth, he laid aside the instrument, and, with a view to her rettorI nfinn Irs rv/\ixa/iiAii?noiis uluvlilio totfTiv.1 |. w V"ii?vivu0ii^n| I'UIIVU IU Iter (hoc. She soon carne round and said, "hoc-tor, it was cruel in you to *l?p me in the face so bard as that: I waa j>erfectly , conscious when you did it." Fortunately iJ another lady, her companion, was present. %. "Why, Louise, the doctor did no audi ui thing." The patient still persisted and asked n* for the mirror, to see bow her face wea >'* reddened by the blow, saying, "I don't know what occasion you could have of lo slapping ine." Ultimately she was pacifieJ by the idea that perhaps the extraction of the tooth produced that erroneous >!<1 imprtMMB. he br. Allcn *Uo mentioned a caae which fell under hit notice, in Ciftcinnftti, of 0f married lady who, being in food health. walked a mile and a half to have aerera^ J ym