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% ft 1 MWBMi W Mil me M 1 M III li' ^l l"~ f - I ?^*?? ?? HB i ^ j i^ ^ ^ g gggg m m mm bhh ? ?I ? H ..JT #; PER ANNUM ^ Ui? Willi ?Bit? v. oihIits of cttcli ptlwiiiitf ?|?j.^' IN ADVANCE 3 .fmuilij nn3 ^uliritnl JJruiajinprc-?Cmntcil !a tlic Attn, S rirnira, Tittrnlott, ifftgulinn, agriraltotr, 3atrninl Jingrannntiitj, .foreign nnit Jiouifstir Alruis, nitii tljt 5l!nrkrta. - VOLUME V. LANCASTER C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 3, 1856 NUMBER 29. d [Million Joint. [Fioni ilie German. ALL TIPSY BUT ME. f >nt of tlic tavern I'vejiisl stepped to-night ! ? street! you arc ruuj(lit in a very Ixiil plight ; Kight hiiml ur.il left hand are both out ol place? Street, you are diunk ; 'tis a very clear ease. Moot:, '! * a very 'juccr figure you cut ; One eye is staring while f other Is rliut ; Tipsy, I see, ami you arc greatly to blame ; OKI as you, 'tis a horrible shame. t Then the street lumps?what nfcaitthtlous sight! None ot tliem soberly standing uptight; hocking ami Maggoting? whv, on tin word, Kaeh of the lamps is its drunk as a loid. A'I is cotifusloii; now, isn't it odd ? Nothing is sober that 1 see idr.cad ; rHi. it were riwh with this crew t?i remain, I tetter go into the tavern ng.rn. JUisrrlhiinj. A I'KKr INTO A I I VIM! MAV< siTll'ti ATI I I - I 1 I I iTKWl I ' t ' V W?V| . * 1 J | ? llio caA? of Alfiif, Si. M iiliti is <sn* villi wli.cli the | i.l.ic, ami | those \\ 11< l.avt jrix i-n particular ill!entiuii to fll?* Mil ject nfpliX>.o ofV III fotmci't it'll Willi lllp I.ft! Sftt I !?-? , lilt- li ll flit i V S**I1H'xxhat l iini i?r. ll is iiulwil a most oximI'flllllMrV OIK'? pfl lilt j-.? XVI* llllglll MIX, till* ?no*/ cx'rio t I in ix ami mii^iiih one krioxx ti in In.* in.ii ils of mii^itv. Si. Mar* I ii is of l-ii lull iIovpiiI. la I la* tear lb^'2. xx In it !i? xx as pigliucn viatsulil, mi I xxliile i*ii.iilox t'i| in llu? sciviei* of llu* A Mlcl .i*iiii J*'lir (.'olllliiill V, in Cairo!:*, he xxas m'riilfiituiix xxtuiutlt<1 I y tl.x? liisrliur^o u!' a mil-ki-t Imi li il xx itli iiiii I. slioi, as In* calls it, (inI xxliiili ituist, x\p it,lor, have Ih'CII flip stjjo i I iillck hltul, 11*. Ill fiiini* us iliat |u*r//V not frrtor knoxx that la* 11a?l I?<*?*i; I,it. (ail a tiicti.* lit of txxn ttlli'f xvartU hr j\ ft n cttlJ <//,//, as il a j *.-i i I i*l xxjiipi iiatl kpprx Htislii'il over iiiin. 11k* Hmf|i< pi'tirii-K latoi.iily from luliuiil, l> utsril ijoiio ihiotm h Ins hotly, U'nrii'K HI the iiwi-cIi'h, wirixinpf unity half of llu* P'Xlll llli, liU'l*ratlll|? tlil? left Itita? ol till* Imi>j?s as xx c 11 ?is I ho tl st'lirafjin, |i?-? l< >r? liny tiu* stoma, |i, tnul i*\|tott:i'f> to tl.i? x if xx Hit* |h*iit'ttr*!tiiiii or idxpiifi?; of tin* I.can. A jioiti ai of tin* lmijf, hi lur^o as a turkft'h eg?, lai'f rali'tl a I ul I 11, lit, anil jttst la toxx tins, a pollioll of llu* sii*1111.I'll |>ro liutk'il lioiu tins xx t mi in I, tliu f.io'l M tin* s.lim* limp taissiiio fioin tin* orilnc tints n iu!i* mi (hu stomach. I liif or,lift* litis i'p\i*r luaiiil, tint] through >1 tlit* processes ? ( ilimstioii can 1 *? plainly s< i?ii in tju* s'oiiimiIi. 1 >r. llpiuiiiiiHif, tin' 6nrjM.t,n x* lui iitit tnlt il liini, pitMi>I.t<l sonio x t'tiis ??jj<x, a volutin* ninth? tip fn>m tl.i* liti ts I'f.lll.l'l It'll Willi ifllvi f' 11 S. ?< Itllil fill If !f|] " I >f. lU'rtllK om'l? l'll\?io|?.fjy <.\p?TI nut "|*1?5? w?ih inilriocl tlie til*<ir? * ntioi.* illul t xpelilin lit* nil St. Marlili, iiihI in>?\ In mii?I to I*1 tlie font nation ol iifnilv nil iliu } mm tit* tiiiow now l>\ i!.? wot Id <?n li e Mil j'-< I of ligl/.linii. In ll-i- look Dr. 15. j.iic* tin* parti, u'm* of tl<u tii'H'.int nl of i lie ciim1, niiJ ilie Miiprulur recover* of tlie* | Mtietit. 45?rwwislv and Imppv ?n>? .??li ilit< r.d 4i^k.oii of ilie ride* of 11 ?* protruded portion* o| il.o Mmnn'cli to luenru cfwtotis and the ttilgM* of the external ?ou>id, a f> exit wiw all .ntcd to tlie contemn of tIf** or^an, and etfiinion into 11?<* nM'tnioil m\itf u'?8 tfur* |>rvt'eiiti'(l, and tin? man'* lila naii d. I'roliaMv ? ot one man ill a Million, if wounded ;u a siinilnr manner, would recover at nil, while the chance* *g?in?t mtrh a direction nnd n -nit of nilr Mccidentnl, or euti intentional khvt, would he ?o onorin. m ft* to ?l?-tv ooiniKifttti > : and almost t strtjsn? LelU.1. The <>l St. Mnrtm m |>r >t the flr-t, the ?h?*t( nnd the only one of the kind that the vorld will ever nee ; and the opporioi \. tie* which it afford* for the ncqnhikton of ?>o?ilive know tedgo concerning tVie Im emit Momk.vIi nnd d.ge-thc tnnrtion* lire <of nmr#*j>o|iidin</ intercut arid ?. nine.? Think of the Idea of actually witnessing the pnx-e** of digestion nnd the a?*imiln tion of t arum* fixdn in the interior of the wftoinnch. The iultrnting subject f,<e study ?ie in 41. rttdnl on Saturday nnd Sunday hot, nnd wohnd the opportunity r.f ?et*iag Itilin lie is under ike i htc n1 |Jr. John Hunting totrnerlv tutgeoti in lite 1 > iti?li nrmt, nnd ?lm to exhibit (hi* hung wonder to the inedtciil men of mine of our hirye ntie*. pre\ *?"* fir n journey with -him U> Kuroj.o. While licit*, St. Martin and ihv Ihxlor Wore ?fle*tft of Col. CJ?dt, m wIioho inutntkm thet wife indtnyd to ?t<>|i while on their wny lo Honton, fbr tlio puipore of Wowrinjj to the JJ ail ford Mwiiud boetety Mti opportunity of noting the |>rogi?a?io?.H nnd |h? effect* of thge*non, thu HtMorptioii <>f thffeicnl kaul* of loud, A'tf. hoiue of the Cm ft* thus ol*t?in?d arc new mid interesting, other* seem to vuidinu yrtviou* thfoere* ef the phyticum*. It wn* frhtid rfrnt bmutlf Iftk.-e ?pM* wu 'nrpfy ttonin'h. "fhnff *? h*?w f*fo*o MA *ei a** v^tr* uu.norj tins the effect to temporarily par- I ah/.e the digestive powers and to telard 1 | very effectually the progress of digestion ; 1 for lour liouo. Moreover, its influence < upon the stomach, under the circuiiistnti* < cos, is. such as to prevent that organ from I recoveiing its natural and Imalthy t??ne for thirty six I.ours af.er the brandy had 1 been swaliowe l ; when, at the expiration 1 ot thai time, it<> ie*toration to a healthy 1 tune is indicated by the appearance of red 1 patches on the internal emits of the stolH- j I licit, 11oin which iniiiiit<; drops of blood | are seen to exude. (I'liis is the result ! noted after a dchuiteh.) Curiously 1 enough, appetite is not in the leas' iin ! paiied, although the functions of digestion i are greatly impeded. 'I lie immediate ef j feet ot the hr nulv is to induce upon the ! i oats of the stomach a condition either of ( inthiiiiniioii i r digestion?the physicians ! i were linn le to agree, from the appear , ] ances, which of the two conditions rarely j | existed in this ease. If, however the bran 1 <lv le taken with the dinner or after it, i the food prevents its direct contact with j 11m* ot the stomach ntid the result | | then is lo faci'itate 11 it* process of diges | lioii :>?. has Ih'i'Ii ftMjiit niiv proved I?y oh i venation*, which show tint) I'uoil mulct ilioo ciicimtst hiiccs, digests considerable ! quit her than it tine* without, this stimulus. , i 11it, lunM'Vi r, doc* Hot prove that hum My is betielieinl, nan concomitant of the < 1 iiii ft t <lilt*. Jt iti.it well hi* questioned, i it' it i* the pan ot whilom to make Mich j regular >tiiiI nnciiising npp'ication of lluj w|i'p and -ptu to a hoi>c that i> disposed to ilo lua best without tii',a slinip Bt.lllll , lu? j though there iua\ lit* eiiM't ol Weak j stomach* wliens tin* very moderate use ol pure I randy might prion advantageous, liit! the physicians who line watt lied t!ie ' process going on in St. Muiliu's stoiin.cli, ! io not propo.M* to ileal in theotieaj tlit*\ ate alter hohl, literal facts, i Another interesting discovery lot* been . injiile h\ (,1m I Villi ns ot 11,is man's slum icli. In looking itiio the aperture left hy lilt' shot tio'll I lie gnu, the secretion ot the tjitstnc jnh'v lias hecn ilistitietly moii.? I lie llieolV 4 f 1 he existence ol I h :S Cttriotis I .lijpstive ago!it has Leell lie!.I hy t'ie f|.' j lull}, yud was so strongly sustained !>\ j reason atul circuiiistaiitial tviilenco, that i it was regardeil less as a theory than n> i ! an ascertained fact. It was not, however, j until the ease of St. Martin's occurred, that iht doctors worn enabled to know, from ; the positive evidence ol their senses, that the so-called " gnstiie juice" W is precise I ly what it whs supposed to he. It was ! 1 never before actuahy jfett, a* it is never J plod.ced, except a.' food taken into the j j simian h, icquiie* its presence to pciiortn j ' i!;e vvoik < t digestion ; and llien it is pro I | duced in exactly the quantity requisite lot 1 the work to be done. Thus, it u sinail 1 amount of h><k1 is eaten llie juiec is li s*. It tX'idvH from the coats of 11 to siomach. 'assWOIt If iii lliC KUl taCC ot lllC bod} , and j is of it lin jiit! clearness, like water. ji j could l?o seen lri> klilig dow II the itihci ' coating ?!" the stomach, nnd has, it is said, 4 slightly sweetish la*lc. In / ?*?/ hior/iin , cxniiiuinituii*, litis singular agent is newt IiiuikI j and il wit*, wu are informed, , never seen In lure tlus hole ill lite living . titan's stomach exposed it lo the mrious etc ?>f lite investigator. Another lacl lliut we noted while watching ihe case of Si. Martin, may |>rnw In he ot Mime U-ticfu to invalids, if not n> persons in rul'ial health. The time required to digest different kinds ( ! food vaiiea with the character of ilia food ; f and sntue article* hilheilo su|?|.?>!** ?I to la? |*ai lis*iiImi ly easy of digestion, arc Itol j inUmi to he so with the ex|ivritl)tntii made with this case. '1 litis, the llesh uf an o/./ hen is mnie leadily assimilated and more quickly disposed of lhan that of a tender chicken !?and the same thing is true in rcgnid to heef. 'Ihe meat of a full grown I ox or cow digests easier than veal. llntidrcns of people have rut idea that gallic and meat that have been kept tin- , til il xltnnfti readied (he urge <.f putr* i met.on, is iwcie en-.Uy digested than iinii game or fresh beef. 1 his belief has hs.l to iho cultivation ol ihe taste that I kes, oi professes lo like, what i? called the yuute flavor in woodcock, venison, Sen.? i>ut ii h keen, in this cmw, that lainlt <J meat* or gntue require a longer time for d^Htiutl lluiii fiesh moat". lly a curious process in the stomach, the Minted meal , >* Ktn to undergo it very effective cleans- 1 1 "?g, la-fore Lite u<uk ?t ?Jigi?non begin*. { li u? rolirtl over and over, ami passed him) .ttpHiMii from one |?ortiuii of .lie ?toti>M?. i? 1 to the oilier, the suhlk agencies of thai in- j Irrjvr iaboiHloty all the nbn'l acting upon jit tint! eliminating, |>urii? le by particle, j the offensive portions, timil all is clean and lently for lite piopcr wolk of dig?"t lion to commence. i C-oked (nflfftod, ?*r "druvn") huttrr, and the lard toed in "shortening" pitrrutl is not thgested at nil. It is ??n swimming iiooii tint surface of the con tent* of the stouiAcli in l|ie form of yellow or Ughi colored greave, and i* fiuuliy i oar ed oil undigested. I lie skmt of aU I ! (runs, ?i?d c*petu*lljf rstaoos, never digest; I neither do i he slono or "pits" i t plums, i churiics, ifcc. Tho " vanilla " seasoning i i of !te frttimn is found to set ?s nn ivritss- < tftig sulststire upon ihe stomach, and it i glentljr retard* dig<*tion. In both of | (!:?**? re?j <vt?, sbo, thecoloring rnatier ot t candle t* ?.*-n to I c still v.or c. Those i I ?s Mfpi Wm "I* t) yw^rsj v lucls arc settled l>y simply looking into the ! v stomach with the naked uvc, and viewing ; :) nil tlx* piocesses or stages 11>which j u ilillcrent aniclcs of food must pass in tlu* I <1 net of digestion. 1I<>1 bread never digests' JJenr this in ; e mind, reader, if you ate accustomed m a eat the light and tempting buscuit al "tea," ii or the warm loaf thai looks so appetizing | nu your dinner table. Hot bread never , : digests at all; it will, after a long season ' v nt ttimblitig ami working about in ihestoui- , ( itch, begin to lerinent, and it will evenlit ! t ally be passed out ol the stomach its an 1 i tuiwelcoine guest of that delicate organ ; . s but it never digests?never became > as- j v snnnbitc'd to or abs< rbed by the organs , t tiial nppiopriate nutrition to the body. It is, however, a first rale dyspepsia producer. Chopped meat, moistened, introduced through this bullet bole into tbe man's stomach, is found to nourish Imn j ist it would if taken at the niotitli! A.I that the "patient' reunites, in that ease, is to be allowed to chew a piece *>l gum, (mere Iv to satisfy tbe babil of clawing, westip- | pose) and lie gets along as well as it be | had eaten bis diiner; n is undoubtedly , better, however, tii.it the loud is mn-tieal- , ed, and this can only lie done tlimttgh j the proper agencies \ppoililed Ibr ttiat , put pose l>y nature. j I \ etiisoii d gests >'i nti l.our ; cool ed ?.\ s . i i leis m two bonis and a bait; law uysteis' , (con(I'miy to owi J>l'et ions mi) les^im ) tl.iee ! . bonis and a bad ; Lead steak two I outs | . and a ball; (at poik l? i;r hours; lean poll. ' , a liltie more than three I.olirs. l'lolably I , the rule would not apply to all peis-m*;! j diHeienlly in dillereiil stoma lis; but the . i general principle here iliti?!uilcd undoohl vdly holds good in the great majority ol 1 , ei?p?s. j j Calomel, t .adorn into a healthy stoma. Ii. 1 j accouimg io I)r. Hunting's experiment*, is ; i tound to irritate it: d na\en m . is.. ?.r di*. 1 cum*, it docs not linte that effect. ) \ M it'll.Iiiiness, at and after a meal, facia , talcs digestion woiidct tnlly. Take i>t. i , M lit.u to a theatre, lor instance. after a i | hearty evening meal, and let liitn enjoy a L good comedy? tins it Mill ;i aistoiii .lung digestion i* promoted to an astonishing device. " l.aiigli and glow lat,' is an | ullage now seen to he founded upon a , pliysiologieal 11 illli. I lint make tins man suddenly nng t, u:i- 1 grj, uttvler the ahoic chcum-tunco, audi pre*tu f what a change! '1 lie whole J r<>-j , cess la at once arrested ? brought to a and- v den stop, as it hy the stroke ol tin electric ! shock ! and it doca not again go on as ' , well as hel'oie, until a co isi.leiahle une | alter the emotion winch caused the in or . rupltoii has died away. Water is the Jir-st ihuig taken op and v ahsoi l?ed hy the stomach, a ltd this must I > he done hcl'?*rc food is acted Upon, ei ell it ' j the water l-e taken siih'eipieiitly to tin*' t total. Kaling and thinking fieely alter 1 j luiiely, at meals, as a li.ihlt, is not lane- ? liolied l<\ the revelations made ihlongh | the hudcl hole in Si. Martin's stomach.? j Another had practice is the hat it ol eating ( hot w een iniais, and at all hours, i his , euatom, according to the disclosure here ' , mmt*', is it m -si l eiiiii'iotM one. Kegu- ' x lar.tj, uUive >t!l things, is in I e uhseived, j iii tlii> (jiiaulilt of t?oi! liini (lie time i , uf eating it. x Jtlnt-k |>?*i?|>cr is? much worse for the stomach (hail led or cHjoinie pepper; u , lliHuliieft the eha*ui|;.s ol ll?e siomacli. A piece of meat, lie I to a ailing*, has , hecn introduced mto llie stomach through t l!ii> oiitiie and after lite I.ipse ot a certain t tune, it has heeii pulled out uga'lt, and llie 1 process of tlie digestive action accurately noted. Ja this war, corned t*n?f Idr 'n stance, has la-ell red need to niitaMiot tine, t delicate and even thread*, after having , I il'f !! Inr m.nirt ti?..o " I- ** ?^-s 0WM>v IMIIV I" IliC ilVIIUII J| of lilt* HlulllAell III CtfcO ot hunger, \ lien I the w hole suck ?-r b?g, known jih the ? stomach, i* trull lu (oil and '"Woik" about. | ll kept too long mi l!.i? empty and re*l!e?s v (IHHiUHili, the Meltoll i>|* the org in in weakened?the stomach loosen h portion of its ? vital e..ergy, an ! t-ie d'gvstiotv of Jim! tu i ken at that imihj in iicifoilued more a'uw- t l\ in eoii?? qnencc. The stomach evident- i i) leoiiiien lent, like thu body, aiitl ll re i ceivt s ii jury if ihi? i* not Meowed it, Ixil it t n|l"Uh) I.lit he kept too lotlg without foot]. , At.gi-r has the erievt to cause the bile ^ to runli iito the stomach in h stream. 'Jinn . iiim l.eeu observed with certainty in tin* v case til bt. Martin. Wlien he lias heea t suddenly ?m.i aged, while it hij v|k>u a la- | hie, the bile lots been net) toiunli into the | ntoiuai h, which was jicilectly clear of tl v lite a11liti?t hvlon , all.I it. nihil quantity as a to luiiuil of its Ih.iiio einptietl t ilt freely in- c to a cuji! simply hy turning him over. ! a 1 >r. limning I.a* taken voloiuinoiut note* li find Will publish a book, setting lorth tliO ll result# arrived at w hlto bt. M ir.in has t hfOti under his charge. It will tea vain- * able addition to the exiting works on J medicine and surgery. i t1 bi. Martin, *mc? hu was troiin letl, has iiihi r.ed and Imvoii e (he latln-l of seven i L-lnldien, ti?e of whom with his wily are n now living. At tint thu only way hw 'j food after enter pg the stoma, h by the a aeMq.hagti*, could be prevented from pas#- j; ing out through the wound, wns to use fc BOMtpr?ssir? and adhesive straps. This < necessity has been since orercomo by the n rrowih of a sinsl. fold ot the coitr of the * M'miiaeh, which now eirends almost en- w Imdr over th? cr.ti e. hut which can l>e h 4t<i >H * ** * * f* ry easily depressed with the finder s to allow an examination of the int< t the stomach, (wiien it is empty) to eptli ot tiee or six inches. I he tile.I.cat society were much ii Med in tliu experiments, and tliey |?? resolution of cordial thanks to l)r. 15 ng, for affording them this opportum a rsoiialh wittiessinjj so singular him cresting a case, ami for important ihich he so freely furnished them: a!< ml. Colt, lor the iively interest he akon in securing the presence of St. in in Hartford, in order that the pr ion heie might have seen the hciicti utnessing and testing important lac his ca-e. THE GAMBLERS. AN I N C1IH.' NT ON TIIK Mtsslsslfl 1 For six mortal days had our boat ilollghilig through the lurhid ?iiU hegical liver in the down pa-sage i came on loard. It was eailt n limning when we slopped at Nan i here wo look on hoard some tw isscngers, w!.o came <! ?>j>iug al lie, two, ihiie, or toil" at a ti : , di he hour of our stop, (h.ceiii ewe ti with the ciuieiif, ami sho tlv i cards the Ilea..last toll rang. The as>ed away pn it\ nun h as days g< lily do on hoard Mississi| pi stcmi >\ iivti the ov? tiing came, the c.tl<ins tibc with tiiu and sentiment. Tow o'clock my attention was called t<> lent which lour men wtr.i play it 'twenty deck poker." 1 he chief pi a .is a you tig man of six or eight wenty, ttl.n Intmlled the cunls ? r. fcs-ioiial air, ami whoso face detr he lihertine ami sensualist. He w on e iospoets, handsome, hut the roc illaiti was so plainly stamped upoi outitetiancc that no gen: Ionian could 11'on iiiiu l ut wi:ii pity ami am' disi le was a slightly Luilt in u, ami tlrt punlily. 1 had not stood by the I en minutes lt f?.|c the other two a n.d the youth was left alone. " \\ i.o'il take n liHliti !" la* asked, ng his eyis aioiiml upon the crow "Li iiic gci t'ciiit n, I've it few tl nil* o lose, W ho w ants it ?" "Look here, stranger, I've got a oonev that's no use t" tne. What e ' The new speaker formed a striking last with the player already at the t; le was a poweitally huilt fellow, < tml gl umy in expression, ami Man > ' t: s\ feel high, liis Jarl In in expo*tire, and his gloom tircly from recent cati-es, for it was ] o le seen that his hold open features lot yet become used to it. His hair I n I'glit colored ringlets about his r md his sharp eyes were full of Mr; ire. His dies* was mostly composed of her skins, and his cap was ti e same, t tail hanging behind. When lie lown to the table, 1 ?aw that be ?J \iih a recklessness which wa* not ua o hint; ami from that moment bet leenlv interested in him. I felt tha vas a nolilv mxl generous man. " M ike \our on ii game," raid tin* v< nan, shuffling ibc cards adroitly. "ii,i nlii'sil," ro'poitilw) the other, nun don't limit wild varmint* for a into to l>c afraid of a quarter pm aids; go aheml niul let'* ha\c 'ciu." " Ante up ten.'\ The hunter pat up a foil dollar mil ti e \oclli did the came, and nrd* vile dealt and tiie Letting I nor ml. Tin- latter gazed sharply int intngnnist's face an i lie* bets were m ?ut lie could read imtldng there, eoined disappointed at thin, ami c he hunter's hand at the fourth Let, son live hiiudred dol'nr*. The hunter smiled. niul the youthi ignin. Tiiit time the betting wan i m-iicttj in eartHi't by the dealer, Lui thi-r wan not moved by it. The y nan put up a thousand dollar* more, In ii| pearalice had no effect upon liii agonist. Those open feature* did linage in expression, iu>r did the rrev eye g-ow iiune bright or dim. nvered tlio note and "called." lie ?i>n. After this the luck was oven a ime. I watched the young man, he<i?< waaauroly younger than the lie hough not much, tor (lie latter intlivi si\t in the prime of early manhood? * I ??s remarking, 1 watched (tie i xpork-need g sunnier, and saw hnns< I linns try to perform some of his tr nit ill one grey eye* were fixed loo ke ipo?l liitn. At length (lie hunter l< i) win rapidly, lull not h single rs atiafuctioli could he Hen upon hia was puzzled, for it really seemed tc lint li? would rather lose than win. Hut my thoughts wore soon called I lie platers to the piny. 1 saw tlieyi usii dud)}.- the cards, am] 1 knew lie ito?k<d' them. 1 slipped around ud saw th(it he held four kings si ick. il" had intended to hate held ..i.gs and an ace, hut n double cut o iiponent hud hurt him. I knew ri?k, nnd I saw what the gambler did ee. He tx as sure that one of the rus at the ImtWWH of the pnclr, an I la oppmnen! had the other three, wi , so pair (.1 queens, while 1 saw that, in cut- ! prior ling, tlitp fourth ace was left upon the pack J the ! instead of at the bottom. I ,.r " Here's a thousand dollars," said the v, liter- 'young man, promptly. *t ssed ; " I see that, and go a thousand bet- 1(r tint- i tor." j or ty of " Here's that thousand and two thous- I y I iu- | and heller," said tlie hunter. j V( t iets | The blackleg looked at his'pile' very | jp *o to anxiously, lie counted it and found just VJ had a thousand dollars. Ho looked at his M o - | cards onct* more, and a look of assu lance ?>fes- j dwelt tyioti liis lace. He looked next up it -of | '.<u the pack, and he knew the fourth nee ' |,, ts in i w as there. w " Look here; I have hut a thousand f,. I dollars iu money, hut 1 have another piece* i| j of propel ty I'll put up f.ir the extra thou- j |? i sand. I \e got one of the handsr mest I V( I gals you ever saw, toitng, pretty ami j j sound ? only nineteen hundred dollars, tj j twenty years old." been \ " I hat's pour property f*?r me, strait- y rs of g^r." ! d sinee j " l'??T property ! \\ hy Ideas trty aottl, ; i the ' paid nineteen hundred dollars lor her ' (| In z |'bis very moining." |w 0I,H ; " 1 liis morning !" ejaculated the hunter ' | ( j with a start. ^ . j, *r-11*f I " ^ es. just nhove here, in Natchez?here ! t, w, r,, is the t ill I sale : 'One girl, latilhe, nine- | ., iftcr I ,et'" biindred.' " ! v, ,l n * Let's se?*." The hunter took (lie bill, j, flier i at"' '"r il 8''ig!e instant I could discover a 11 icrs strange spaikle in bis eye and a ijuiveiing 0| xme 'of the nether lip, but it was gone in n mo- H arils "lent. tl a t.i- " M-k" me out a bill ol sale of your , j, i,r :it ! girl," he said, "and put it up with your | later 1 'liousand dollars, and I'd ji.it up nine ? and I bundled more. That' a fair thing, and | j, j j, a I eau allord to lose it." [ K.\ ated A h'atik iviih procured, and the hill si as in tilled out and duly signed, and at the htm a L l,.tu ' InrV n /ino,l ,,-ii ??........I '1 l.~ 1 ...X J ? ? - ? . ? ?|'.x "M.nr.ur, | ||<J llinn J* i liis lin n placed it with the money, and | u>h look i < <! the whole towards the centre of the tu <i I 1.1., ssed "There in your twenty-nine hundred, aliii ! and liow what luivo von got!" i w ros>p, I " You dealt youm*if," remarked t!:? si ! hunter, as lie spread his cards out upon sa ?ast- 'In* table *ud showed lour acts! " 1 think w )|.? that pal i? mine 1" , r, ..in! - ; " Uroke?dead 1" gasped the gain-si , bier. i ,| little | -AH gone?" L har I 4,Kverv |>ic!" I I, j "Then take your thousand dollars Lack, ' h con- ; and show me the gal." able, j The ganihler yielded reluctantly, and a ilark j led the way to the door of a state room, i ?.j ding and called?"Well, ianthc, i've eoid ' ii inesk ] )e." i it mas | The girl started and looked up?I ncv- si plain i er saw a more beautiful face. 1 b had I *' You're my gal now," said the bun ' a . mug ter. t< lock, She started again, find looked into the I j inge face of the speaker, and at the next mo- ' si j nuinl both her hands pres.'ed hard upon ' if pan I her brow. | r< with; " Youis !" she faintly gasped. | tl sat i " Yes, you're initic; and there aren't a o id s>> j power this H*nJe of heaven that can tear y lurai j \ oil from tile. Keep still, and don't ye ; w mine i speak a word. <?o back, now, and I'll ' h it he | keep yonr key myself." [ si As lie spoke he pushed the girl into her j ? >ung room again, and rulocked the door. Then | | he turned awav, and I was sure that I saw ; |) "A ; a big tear in his eye. d life- Half an hour afterwards the young [ |, k of gamlder was at the table with a party of \ lu?\V ti!;ivrr< unil lu-frwn I ? * I. ! i won ton thousand dollais. |\ hill, 'Mio iwxt morning the hunter at nn | ? the request furnished me with the follow j>ar com ! titular*. Said he:? tl 0 hia 1 " Stranger, three j ear* ago I had busi- w wile, ue?? in Natchez; I went to break horse* [' i f<?r John onjvohell. lie owned this gal. j ailed 1 loved hee. J asked h? r if ever 1 o<iiU | . and raise monej enough .to buy her, if she'd i j lw? my w ife. JMn't she say \ e*, quick ! 1 loall J went to < atnjoheM, told him lite fact*, j ' *"11 J and bo sttid I might have her, ttt;J that " L the | ||?>\) kc<-|? net limit ! had money enough >ung i<> l,m h, r. I st.-oted for the woods, and '' 1 hut two months ago 1 had two thousand ilol ,v ? an* lara over and above all 1 should need J>r w I not eX|H'!)*o!i, nnd ! landed in Natchez yes- j 'I keen teniav morning. (Jampeliell was dead ? He nnd his folks all sold otf. 1 tracked Imii- i 01 had die to h trader, and concluded that. of m kmtk* course >lie was lost. 1 wont aboard tlie Cl a use first boat, determined lo (lirow away my 4 nter, i money and go back to tho wood*. Von dual know tlic real. When 4 raw the bill ot ' but, sale, I knew who had fallen in my way. ' 1,1 norv She ain't hurt, sir?not a hit. .She's as tl 3vcr pure as ever, and I reckon yo'i'll hunt I irks, some time afnro you'll find a better or a r< *u IJ handsomer wife." di 'I* 11 Uj? in Warren County, Illinois, on the 'J l.v ol lirst bend of Henderson's Hirer, lire* one , uC of tho moat flourishing farmers of the ! ? me West. ll;s name is Levi Hod worth.? j I Yoplc who accept of Ilia hospitalii v, are r,>m struck with the beauty of hw children; | * 'J111'' and their stay need not bo long to assure | hau ihetu (lint the wife and mother ? not only ] "" one of the most beautiful, but one ol the 1 M tw?*t matrons iu lite West, iie and bis j.r wife are t*> ones of whom J have just 1 \,w told you. the 3 tl I not m mm ,4| apes There aro now upwards of 2A,000 Post- tl that dices in the Union, and the number ts w th a iapMlv increasing. hi A VORD TO FRETFUL WIVES, j TR Tlieic you arc, with your mouth puckccl up n/nin-l What's the matter, ate 4 >ur friends all dead ? No?well, have lirs ?u lost every cenl you owned ??no? ' ru| e your children sick ( Is your husband i let oss i Have you {jot the tooth ache?? j a le either of those ? and still as cross as a ] 4 rung hear ! We wondei how your fain- j his ; can endure your presence! These: mi rung heart's, whose sun you ought lobe j am how y ou chill them with your frowns j lov ul petl'shucss! No wonder they long i am i g> t out of the house. And now you Nc ive stitick your little child because he ! ow ouhln't stop tensing. Friend ! that blow J hrc 11 on his soul and left an indellihlo scar j bin icre. lb* will feci it long after you have | cot rgottcn it. Many years Iroin now, when bui nur I.Cad has laid down in the grave, tae tat blow, given without cause?itnpa- crc entlv, angrily, will dc> its work. gh Why can't vou be good natured ?? in< i'ore you evi r so! Memory points to the j na ays of your girlhood?seldom the lines yo t anger disfigured y our brow then. And j yo ie man who won your love, thought! lie; hat a happy home she will make for inc. lai low sweet it will Le to sit down by | zoi er side after the cares of the day are he ver! IIuw beautiful to read for her fu Icasurc?lobe repaid by smiles and kiss- | tin >. And the home was ready and the ey ride establislred??l?ut she proved unwor- : J'it ij" of tlie trust reposed in her. Instead toe f meeting care with a hearty laugh., and 4,get behind mo satan," you worried and gh cited and began to tell every little iron- ko le to your husband. It was not womaiilv; viv betrayed weaki e?sa bo'. 11 of heait audi ? tiiid. Imperceptibly its influence.- crept ! do his spirit, chilling it >vith a worse 1,1.1 tli.'lll ll.'Jl i.l j 1. I 11 * i! I if ii.i.t.. iiroud <>f iron for tl e dtkat pointed bciMt, | nd the charm of love and liuine \v;is pit one. ! lisl " Jl'/ji ouct/" IIow often those words >?c? rop from \our hps. " I was hntuhsoine ! g" me; I ?? ? this that and the other owe" i w -and why not now ? Yoli yourselfhave ' lh? iiied your own ?l?->t t v; vou have eho j r<-'1 n the M-oid's ?.He e ; yon must receive the i id's deserts. A little philosophy, a few S* old* breathed to heaven !or patience, a pa solute hope for to morrow it to day he j at I or I n y ; a great deal less so!ti-hue*s ; a joi esire to make home a sanctuary for your- | lli i-lf and little ones as wed : a your luts- i on and ; ami iiod.iv you have been happier, lb andsouier and more beloved. I re! Fretting sister in light alllieli'in, let us , ca sk 3 oti a lew plain questions. Does s\ ' [>irit of fault finding lighten your cares ? ; to l your bread is burned to a tinder, does | m: t ring you a good, light, sweet loaf, to | Ni I down and worry about it 1 If the ha- j ca y is cross, does it make bint smile like j yo n angel to shake him almost out of exia- ty Mice ? If i1 rains tui washing day, will ' ric our anatlicmns hurry out the sun nil he ,lo lops light over your clothes-line? Hut, j Tl your quick hands turn to the flour bar- tei . I, to mould another loaf; if you soothe! ai 10 weeping babe with the sweet words ag f a nioihei's pitying love, if you devote I mir u Awliimr ?lou .? " "?? " - 1 1 - 1 "... .. ?4?1? ? # 'IlltS ??|'| lirilOlli.MI CII ork, how smoothly entc will iron down be is features, ami Woo me your humble be ave instead of the tyrannical master lie' dc ouhl ho ! III< It is not too late yet. Surprise your frc ushai.d with a smite; it will he worth a eh ollnr to see his glance of astonishment ; old the sailed water of thoughtl'lilne** in our month, that you may say nothing npleasant; and the angel that has been ing prostrate in his heart with folded ' 1 ings, will begin to flutter, and lift itself M,' eavenward and look out of i s eyes with ie love oftheoljen time, ami your home " ill he the paradise you once coveted.? 1 1 1Ulre liranch. 811 wi HE WAS A STRANGER TO HER. th We heard of a young married couple, "" urn the country, of course, who recently' M11 (tended the exhibition ofdissolv in?j viftws.' Tiic bride, being pretty, attracted ie attention of a stylish city gent lM ho li.ip|>ened to occupy the same seat [ uh the twain. ]>urihg the exhibition,! W| ie audience part of the haJI being already ?? hsctire I bv Home accident the light was ntiielv extinguished, l'endintr i.s recov- i ry, which occupied some little time, (Inly gentleman (j?erh?p* accidentally) roj /illy pressed (lie hand of (lie l?rnle, who m, us loo much alarmed l?> otf?*r any rests- C|. inoe. This U>ld net whs followed !>y one ill Ix-Klt-c, ccrminly nnl accidental; lor uf to cily Lothario actually kiual ilio bride!: .)r his whs too much, nnd tlie young wife solved (o tell her husband, which she | jn id, when tlie following whispered collo ' (|, ii? took pUce; \ . * Johnr ^ nviim r " This fell jw here's a kissing moT' (f) * Well," said John, who was a tittle H. ?y of the ritiwn, "tell him to rpiit!" , * No, J-din, yon tert him !" "Toil him yonrtelf!" " No, John, 1 don't like to; yon lell him. w' he gentleman j? n perfect swauger to le!" <*f Our informant did not know whether lei ie city gentleman ultimately recoiled n de notice to (juil*' or not?I ut was under fer ie Impiewton that the unlawful salutes sui 'ere repeat*] several times befom lite tto imps war.* relighted. l.f-s .EMENDOUS LECTURE AGAINST A FREESOIL PREACHER. ' You arc a fourth-rate prearher, hut a t-rate liar. Crime, cowardice, and cor* ition glare lorth from your glassy, ginvskrewed eyes li'te a guilty thing upon jarful summons." ' When the devil shall search hell fjr jewels, he will gloat with a fiendish n, and express his joy in an eldritch J unearthly sipieak upon finding in the rer ahyss, lh< putrid, gangrened, leprous il plague spotted body of J)?S * * * >w, 1 dismiss vera to the lashings of your n guilty conscience!?you assume, ape jwed, ash-colored Abolitionist I?you ick headed, M?ar eyed, <hcesc-factd >vard !?you cran-n, cringing I rainless zzard !?you daik, damnable, doubleed driveler!?you empty, crawling, eping ear wig !?you goodhss, guilty oul!?you heaven defying-lioll-deserv; hypocrite !?you itch it.dieted, inferI imp! you Jesuitical Judas Iscnriot! u knock need, kangaroo shaped knave! u lousy, loose tc ngued loafer ! mullctaded, miserable mandrake ! you ptssilnmous, pewter-eyed poltroon! you rar-faced, red mouthed 'lip!' you sapaded, shallow faced scrub! you tallowad truckling trickster! you unwashed, anointed ulcer ! you w hite livered, walled, wenzel souled girc-worker! you velig, pelJow, jaundiced yahoo ! 'gizzard tcd' y.igftag zany !"' JKre the dictionary collapsed?the Ensli tongue broke down, and the Yane fainted away. Wiiether I e will suri! the ourvng he got remains to be seen-. <S7. Lmiis 1iitilliijenccr. ? i?u?? ?r? ? COL. FREMONT. 'Ihere is a deciopancv in the biogrn les ot fri'inoiii, winch nave been punted as le liia birth place. Some ofths . omits state that he was born in Yirii:t, otlieis in Sotuli Carolina, and olhi again in < icorgia. The following from . boston Telegraph. is said to be cor t: ' .lohn Charles Fremont was born at vatinnh, (la., January lii, 1813. llis rents weie residents of Noifolk, Va., but lite time of his birth, they were on h tun y through the Southern States.? is father was born in France, near Lys. Having been taken a prisoner by e Knglisli, while on the way to join his lative in St. Domingo, he afterwards es? ped and came to the *1 Hitcd -Statjs. " being a \ filing man of fine titsto and nsiderablc skill in painting, he soon :ule friends and found employment. At irfolk, Va., he found the lady who he me his wife, and who is described as 'a iting Virgitiia lady of remarkab'e bcati.' And it is added that they wene mar!il contrary to the wishes c>f her family, h 11 C. Fremont was their eldest child, lere were two other children?a daughr, who died at the age of seventeen, atid von, the youngest child, who died at the ;e of twenty. "Col. Fremont's father died when these ildren were all very young, the oldest ing hut four years of ag?^ leaving his reaved family in very dependent and Mimic circumstances. The widow reaved with her children arid her poverty >111 Norfolk to Charleston, S. C , where e fixed her permanent residence." Coating Sheet Iron with Varnish, so as protect it from the action of tha atinosicre, is a process lately discovered by ine Knghsh artisans. They first lake an sheet iron plates, ami dip them in a lution of the chloride of iron, by which ey become covered with a thin lini tie; they are then washed well in warxu iter, and dipped into a melted conipoion ot rosiu and tallow. After this, e) are allowed to dry, and then dipped o a hot solution composed of three tarters of a pound of shellac and oneimh of a pound of rosin dissolved iu o gallons ?.?f alcohol. Fiasl'y. they are ken out ami dried in an oven, tornon tin plates for rooting, exposed to sea iltda, where tin is liable to rust, will, if ateii iu this iiiunnet, stand autpesuru to u weather well. It is a curious fact in science that glass nsi* wte actum (H all acul* except the tioric; it Io?ea nothing in weight by use age; it is more c:M>Hl>!e titan all other balances of receiving lliediighesl dogreo |toli.?U4 it incited several times over and operly cooled in ll?e furnace, receiving polish w Inch almost rivals the diamond brilliancv. It is capable of receiving 0 richest colors produced froin gold or Iter metallic coloring, and will retain the iginal brilliancy of hue for ages. Modit, too, imbedded in ulasa, can lie mild* retain forever their original purity ami ipoarance. 1 >uring the two hu?t year* inygaesUi re hold en in Si. Louis upon 4 <7 human rpse*, of whom 18 4 were drowned, 100 them never recognised ; died front innpen. nca and exposure, C6 ; by acdnt, 60; inuidered, 54 mules and VI nales; from causes nnV'uown, 40; Uy ieitle, 26 ; by sun stroke, 10 ; congean of l bo brain, 16 ; Infant iceJe, 8 ; ?ttf 'alien f.nd hum tug, 0.