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Vj > w ?? ? 1 annt i i i M ?? ? , . "' ' '" ! ? " ? I "l .......I I ?a?^???y. i ? ANNUM Turn In till* muvi ), I\T A f\\r 1 X'/ <1% w 1 l^H Hi;; Midi ?lit* v. of 4'U<'li ( ;?%'.{ tt s!,ij. 1 1> A 1J \ J\ ]> t J 31 /nmilg nail ^nlilirnl ^nuspaprf?Ilfuatril !u iljr 3rfs, frirnrrn, Ii!rra!urr. ?iiurntiaii, 3griniltiirr, formal ^aipinuruituts, .forrigu null Fauirstir liruis, nuii tljc jrtinrkFts. _ - . ? . ... _ ^ _ i VOLUME VI. LANCASTER C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA, VVEUXESDAV MOKNINU. MAIiCII I. 1S57 NUMBER 3. %\i Original "?h\\ [For tl??* Lnnoastei Longer. A DAY IN THE MOIJN i'AINS. I Irak Ledger :? Some two years a^o, \ou may rcmouil??r perhaps, I gave t<? your readers an account of a pleasant trip 1 made in 184?, in cutnpanv u i111 m\ friends t list lie Hunt well nn>l \V i; !i?? IiintVX('0,l- to llaywou.l (<)<itil\ in N v'.; which concluded with ; 'My l'msr Peru II m in hi:: Mot STAINS." Scar, h.no lo-duv, anions 1.1 p.ipai*. I chanced 'o ! ohl ipmi soil)" fiagunnrs ?.t that st< 1} ; a nice glance at which. has conjured tip other scenes, connected with that :r:,?; an.! if \uu are i' thr vrti> to listen I will relate one, ihe most ex- itnig <>! ul; to tIn* ; ariuipants. It was Siiniliiv ; (the time of which 1 am writiiti;.) ami we hail I''*!'!! in the conn t\ eijjlit da\s. No ?1 av <>l rest, otii <>t ihe last, pp ceedinjj *t\ I ?? 1 hcen accord.d i<> in?r, l.ut had been spent in m st t> .'sonic lain r, hunting ami fishing, o\ t r, aiming and through tin* mountains. \ .mi ma> he Mire then, that tin*, I he 111\ of li.-t, w .i?> iii' ? wci. onto, u> 111y \ oiiiilt ir.iM.i-, so rcrenlU from lli<- ronliininci.t of a students chainl>er. i lia?j diseovcicd that nin-tceii summers, v.ete not ?utlieii-tit, to prepare a man to rouyh it in tlmt wild, \biokcn cou itry without fatigue. I was seated alone at the western side of liio ample and hospitable log bouse I I?ni Brook*, our liost, Ziurtii iuliiiy ill the "pure mountain aitand dienm ng over th spoils of tlu prist week. Mnnv a fine d> ei ha ! been liro'tglit t -bag *, and, cv? n I, lli,.' uitMie.-c-s'tt! a! lira! had slain tin t>ii<-k ; and had, in obedience to the heart lusloin of our ancestors, bu n duly Imii r el witii a sprinkling < I iu* bleed. \ >u Mi. Kditor w< a .1 I.at e been pazit _* at tlie beauties i f n .tare around. Tt < tltaji-rj of the ftilLs lind >'/nJhn into fh>' .( <rr (/til/ yellow /<"/," and now retleclinp the rays of the declining sun, seemed as it t-.i.'d with gold, (iotpe.iii* nnd sublime scenes tttio aioilnd me, atui 1 donlt;. lesa would have found inlieb to Usein'.te, and engage tnv atteniiou, but for the fact ?i ... l I....I t. ..) ..........i. ..... ? a -t good tllillg. < >J Hi) things, j'l-t then, 1 hated mountain* most. I had been c'amli^nnjr over them for a week? win ii*I o il ..ml suk <>l them. There i* nothing like fatigue to take away tltu rc:i:ii icc of mountain seenery. A i. nil i nm, tin so'e eoinpaiiious, at tin tii.if, were CliHfiio I!lint a< !.'* dog*.? OM nuifie, llie heroine of many a lurd iriiw<ic in hi e gone da\e, wa? *'? eying cosi ly, at in\ t'. et in the miimliii^. Young K a if, tliC Acknuwlvil^cil leudvi ! the pack was at inv sole. Her mil.I hn^ht eye, beaming with intelligence ; ami ! r light, graceful action lav-poke her, the b'Miniust hitch that ever tr hI tlio ><> ! of tho good old Noith State. I??d i1 v.-r, her gallant hrolher and great i,val, was there too; and were, Ih.ve, li? \ and King! noble fallows it!. So tileasatillv km I engaged with niv tlx net''* and the dogs, that I had not noticed the HJiJifoa. h of a -Ir.mgei, tin I i1 hailed l?v him not mor 'ban hirty paces distant. 'I he new < .iuw ?h>, pe:bni??, twelve years old and km mounted upon a mule?the first mnfa I hail ever Keen wbO'.r habitat warii. the mountains.? The stranger announced himself, as <he ....... li.a- 1..i.i ...a ........ mi!?* over the 1'htsnut mountain; and 'linl ho had come to unite our parts i to kill n hcnr, tli it hurl l?eeii cniniitiuitig depredation* upon tin said Dirk's c>rn patch. When tlus anriuttni'CiiH-iil murks, I hallowed Hp ( Wiilin nurl llronlfs, and the\ anon elicited fnrtlier m:]H?rfhnt Can* alroul the tro-nr** hi d trespasser. Own very im|?orlntit one, wan, tli hi bruin visited the field nightly. "A council of wai Imys," said Charlie. ' Shall we go? What any jr.ii llr.h ? sou are the youngest und in nil council* the youngest, must make the first expression pf opinion/* N'ow it hear is a customer w hose ae?j iiiitaucc, I hy no means desired to < ultivate; nl least not to imitnacv. Hut I .fell a Strong desire t-^f", and besides that, 1 h nl seen from the flush of the eyes of ?,p y.ii.r*, when the news was announced, that a h?*r was in the vicioilv; it was atad of prmi yoy lotbem. Ko not ^ -s.- -re. <r-e\' ' to lio behindhand, I promptly answered: raljjej S-ir/1 \Vl?y, i say "o, I>v all means ; 1 ii? 1 ir*-* "Aml so do I," answered Wfllus and ! or un Itrooks in a breath. ohsv < 1 "It is neived then." replied Chnrlife and "'in If tumiier to tli"- hoy lie sttid, "tell vruir ' side. i " * i i father we will l?e with him uefoie sunrise cIi.ok' I in t In- morning." lei I, at Ivirlx t bed wast' e order of the nii;bt, or l?". Iu> not early to ?! <?;> with me. The idea were i j ??f a hear hunt, and fancy's dreams of lev b? what my prowess oi.oht achieve, had so i lii^h i ' excited to\ tinimoat ion, that I Innj; ; reel tot j tossed on my hed, in the vain endeavor J "I>j Iff s !eep. At length, however, weaiied . Ilrook 1 na.ure tiiuiephed, ami I lei! into an nil j And : j ca?f slumber, hut in a verv short time, as ; disapj it Mcf ed to me, ! w a- arouse 1 and called ^ swingi ] If) breakfast. j C'toilic i I dressed moolf hurriedly, and walked side, into the poreh. 11 v as a loveiy morning;. | ami Theto was just l>ree/e enotijjh Jjf-irp, t? ' w ill I the feveiod hrow of < tie who had as he> slept nnenviiv. The moon was in mid went t le aven ; ami the slat*, far otV were twmk ' the re; lint; tie rrily, te Hit. south, east and west, j posed A detw'er 11:i<I fallen dtirtns '-he liipht jotiine v. " ami saturated earth ?? eve 1 Awaits the metnin^-hcum to to hitht, , ||? el'V Itiiisial through ten thousantl plastic tubi s, | The balmy tieasuies of the lottiter ilav.'" ored ! V . , . . ... ' ' . imii uiii<j ?ji?i ii laKe *.o Dispatch oili j i l>i'C'kf ist. W uliin t! * t v iiii..?11? ? ??f i!??* ' "W 1j?t j a time 1 had finished tit'. toilet, wi'h dojjs . i " i i i in whi ; coupled tip. mins upon our slioti ijers mid , ! i lllliche >11 III pot lint, V.. Well' oil till! ili' 111 ' '* . till- I'll Innit nioiiniiiin put It ; and w ithin 11. hour, hvl arrived at tic house of I>ick tiiev", " ' " TI'O Mm ?as not vet np, init only r;s it ^M" * wan, tlie mountaineer v..is atirrinj, and ' ready lor the Ir&uip. r" o !>'1 At once we t< ok tip lli" luieol march fi r ...... . , I enroll! i 1 li< k s 11? i 1, wlin It lav a null? further up ' ... most I t' c vallrv. \\ I ii we arrived, no l> ii I '"?t - I I "v.i> to !>o seen, 1 at fie.li mi'/ii was: mid . tin .v ;i ' up"*, this tl e more e\;.eriei . I.o' l Music I va? turned loose. It wits not loiif* o'oi j , ^ ' .Ik had taken the trail to tie f< nee and | i v " we i crossed. 1 lie o.her atid lev. Xperienoed , ; I Ii H I I dm*s were uncoupled, mid then, were tin ! . I not loi e l nr. ot the mountains hiv domed hy lb , now, ; ; sweet music, ns was "\er d -eoursed in ! , i I r,'"v'C 1 their solitudes. |iy |*oin<r directly across ' * J 1'IH VlV the circles, tho oenr had made r\ lex . low. ! search for an ch?\, safe couch, durinif the t , I directt I day ; anil I'V desperate f:tirifil?lT? at llie 1 1 * f..r tin i end of mi hour we were well up with the j j | t toes. lint Kti.l.l'Milv ill** loti.ler, more J . . but vio. ious an.I lii i. . clioi us of their unite! > , n . lor lotj voices toi.l | lain!,, they ha<l tracer! brum 1 * I tin* ev <? li s laii ; ami that n?>w, I." was m> ami . , , . . ' I piles! ( lawav. 1 licv bad been toiling l!' * I . J | way I I colli tr til, ma.lw m?iiio hours Ik.Ioio i but 1 . " . . . ucMiai now the lo t stent of tin.' fugitive steam- I . W In. V ' .-.I into their nostril-*, am! with heads up 1 1 liun.ln j th.-y ian at full speed. Still, aiilt'il by Li v j? i ill.* tact ti.at lli.t bear .IM nol run in | . w lit. w I straight lities. ami lv tin' w??o?lrraft of I I itoiii ' Cl.arlie ami Ilrouk* ami tb peifeot toj.o. . 1 | w as in I:?t.1 a cnl km.woilo,. of the latter, w< * ? I irti.i MI with m-Mou out of bear.tig of llic cry j ?y^ I of the .logs. , . ... . ,ie* 'i bur the la't.cflt of the iitimili.itcl in j j ow( | tl o niyal.'iics ?.f bear limiting. I here w;, 1 stn\ tbu regular course of narration, l<? give volt. Miine know iedgc of the art ? i J,a,| toil n:nt at .11 events, to .enable you to , lf,| | In . uiuleisiainl my story. ' ,? lVl. , In ih'tr hitfs, there is but little hope ? miles I for sac* in taking a stmul f..r a bear | into il l!u r iithiitii/1 ate tu.t known, as are itli.it it , those ?>t' the de?T ; though it U probable point tl.ev 111\e mi Ii. Sometime* they are calk.*1 sb.it running before d"gs, but wheli sr., it i iaugli. is. flu. ri.Alltl <if U/.. iil?.lll * II lot 11..I ll.nl "".-t. j il-c huntsman was placid there, ia antici- soon (1 na'ion of liis roiii'i<|{. Out of llie nviiin- hand* tiiii*, sn<l hi iho land, it-is a dilb'reut t << iijl thing, p< chap*. II ere, howevi r, the p' in in??, a in in pur*iu> liim with will, li< r?v ?l?murk, J that will ho annoy him, tlu?t to ocipc , So-n\ their tortuw he will take to a tree. The 1 appea: , hunter, then coining up, dispatches him grea. , At iiih leisure. Poor hruin. wiiie (titvil'f to | i fu his own interests, frequently run* for Step t hours, ami many a mil? from hi* alanine m-iimIi point, before ho will tree, rind sometimes i ward not -it all ; well* knowing, if o'<) enough ' the jhi to iiHvu hi* instincts well cultivated, there I (lie en [ are others in pursuit, besides dog*, who 1 wutkei would not feel at aii disappointed at find- when j ing him up a tree. me to Let this i: ueh of instruction suffice.? lingen la the present chase, our hope was that point the worrying of th- dogs would induce the vu bruin to tree ; ami our chief effort, was ; lion. ! to keep in hearing, until he did so; else dura c wi might lose :i fnv<?rsh!e importunity to a m?i slay the corn stealing rascal, Foci in e 1 e*ap*e ' favored us fur awhile. We were oC a 1 Kale -a *]>nr running from (In; 1 >Iti<* I ? mill !>v follow ing it, *i r sonic three no mile*, w? lia?i ntin|inralively ' ivalk'ng t while the chase was In I I ninl below us, on 'lie luiiutain At last bruin t????k into liis head to ( Itis quarter*, Hini to <lo so, ilouli n! rat. look on hi* trail for a mile , Hint 1111'ti crossed 11 io riilg" we Hi, ami plunged into the .lark val low, bearing eastward, to a verv iioiiii'iaiii th it !i|>|""iie<| in 111 t illi, a great wnv oil. i?ti tin* tnounlain bovs" shouted s "he's "11 lor Smith Carolina now,* mitutg the action to the wool, he ii-arvil down the sleep descent, ng from hush to laish Mi Iliad > x u>, with Charlie II mtwcL at his IlickCieen siiriink from tin* woik. arteil homeward ; latt Willie ami i Step, Chain's servant, foliowe.l t we might. 1 town, down, we tnti', bad wo been on a jmrnev lo ;totis of I'luto, 1 sll'.llld llUVfc slipwe were lai enoujh, to be near our y's < mt. I was almost in de-jeiii , o.-..to.o. tl... t t ^ ?..?t .m? ,??m, ? iirii ;i civ 11-? in Charlie mi?- |hii lnuiI'eei In lu-.v amiotimcd that it was M f.H-t ; i: front the rock, with 1i<|iitd Inpso distils, limpid fount." Hi we It illi our hands and fnoo*, j el rein shod. IItil now entnincticod fill toil of i lie chase. A few t a ids, ? cleared iht* ravine, ami then Incmmliliiio over, an almost never I street?Hon of ! ro|o n, rocky. nii?Igcs ; not very liiirli it is line, I ml opest : r.<1 most <1 fli n!t 1 had yet illred. At fast, after two hours of aligning ell* -it. we ainvel at the tl:o liieli ti.ouiuain, mentioned ju*t is iippe irino a great vtav t ll i:i the 'I'm' t-mii nil was nvoo hati a ini'o to, Imt v c must sesle it ; ami at it ] lit. In hi iiieo'.ici'ival !\ slioi' time i'. \\ iilie nml Ihooks wane iio, ami ng after 1 got ?liere. I: w as plain I Imt 1. with Sr< p. wns an iiteiini... > 1 Ill lie- |i nil , vri lll'll S.l I H'?? I w'rth kind words and hade to fo|? l?y good ilit-U ilie* ridgo i it. iii ;lniii! of the elm?e, and i? we f.iilnui'il les? Ion>; went isoine miles. I 111?><i o k-i ii it|> with the three li| aid not ; and yet I miM trudge on, k \% liicli *v:iy 1 would, naught iiiei e Imt a wild w.-uio of mountains in Mountains ; ami I knew not the n ine. 1 liiii), nt iast given tin in r, it in I was nli.ml to li :i i 1 Charlie no cheering the dogs, some two' rd yard* in advance, when that in* .il hailed me. 1 culled to Step, i as la liiinl, and hurried to the place wiiieii Cli irlie had hailed. lie ?t there, hut in his Stead was the inse'ed .J.in Wro.'ks. >n'i hroke down. Mi. Wliil*," aaid j lied that 1 wn? ; and said inv gieni. >|i was to get home. 11 rooks told i* chase was a much harder on< tkan ieti expected; advised ine to go home; |e we were then, on the 111 tn* Ridge; ne directions how to follow it, four to the road hy which we h oi conic e fonetry, and loid ine coiisol n was om'y right imles fiom that io Ins house. "Twelve miles to ' I en iniii)o?! dispariiig'v. I'r ok* d, and directed me to tmn down n ravine near at Imnd, and 1 would iiid w.iter. "Wash your face and with ti?d??ii'i diink anv of it I lake It'll" f this," ? haitdttlg half eiwji'V :1 isk, mid rut v-Hii and toil v.ij le?l hkt a new man.' ill ?,htj hade ine good hvo, alld il.nred down the eastern slope of the i?... ii i Ill** ? .' ! If ?*. Mowed UrooR*' advice, nnd advised 0 do ilie We were hutii, ly refreshed, sod Megan our liouu* journey. In due (nun we reached nil where the road rnwiw, and look <1 lending 1?> Itrnok*' house. I loot 1 leisurely along for ivro rnilee, a opting hy the way aid* invited atop and rrfrrah again, ilera I <! for an hour, an<l waa juvt on tli? of mailing, when something like iee of * hound arreted mv #MenI hmemxl. and asm enough, I haard Lining front the eastward, down ii?itain nda. Not man? minutes dhefora ihw inumc d a.hee of *ontig waa diatingiiiohsh'* J and ahor *# * $ ^ 5 wnrwr** i iir?'fc ? i - wii ?1 w iimbii i after a \\ 11 >i>11 fV'hii Cliarhe 11 nut well i lie mountain side Ilio dog* had just ! r 11 i?tx out l<illti<I and char, over the ii.i veiling valley. 1 lie liear seemed in lie lic:i< 1 iIIi> f?r i spot 1 occupied ; and Man le lursl i lull view, on the hald scalp nf the on tain, in ! soveii'v yards Iroin nie. I mi; have shot til him, hut that he was * nan tin! h\ the dogs,:m>i 1 rightly jnlg they woiihl he in more danger tmin hcnttvr gnu, a* J.in llrooks detiotninn in y I' hi hie shot gliu, tlian the hear, was alt exerting contest, that was lull; out helore me. As the hear would i|r oil one el his assailants, another ?? attach I-tin in the rear. Ami tint* figlu was main ateeil entirely itri.iM inlge. i las' hiaini, hv great ethui, clear < ! lits loes ami rolled nth down mountain side, and as lie did, I sent I KlyV wiic cairnlgis fnnn mv gun keep Itiin company. liedicr they 1 could not tin n aaici ta'ii. The report of my gnu was answci hv three man v Voice# in lit hclmv ; a sonn L'haiile, Wili.e i.na Hrooks weu w lite. I rapid'V related what I had m tail W In tt I to.,| that the dogs oil et ground c mlil stop, and unround I; and dial e was very tired, the cl? the\ gave rung through the lulls lot in sccomls. "lie wdi never take a tree now," s, llro. .ks. "I think not myself," said t'hailie, " no matter, we can boon ovciliaul htm u'.. i ..... t ?(- .i i--. i " v IM VII ?w? tin- I it* V 11' nuil lie iio( now, more llihti4fditr h tired yard* nlirnil ol u*. J?*> tor ward tin: slaughter.1' 11 ip "*ii?Jit of t!io I cnr tlip crv of tin' ti^lit 1 11 * 1 wilnps?n-(l atiii presence of in\ fiicii li, li i'l fn i-xc' iilr aiicw, ill a'. I for.M'l my lalyjnc, i wa> I'liic n?*ire in tlx* ch.inc. Tin* w<i ciaii of I'linoks. an.I Ii'.n jicifcet UiH) l' Igi' ol ll.C lU'llltlV, xltl'ld Un 1(1 ir. tun; now. liv a in.iice re of ln?, i tone Icnx iIihii an liour, we were thru williiii twelve rod> of liix h"ar>lii|> ? IIIi_r?it Imnp liail a sli.it ill liiill, I-lit ilic tliak {jmwtli of laurel in wliieli wax, al ! ll.c |ile ell c of I H* d"^*. 1 elm led on tlie I.H!? r,.mill ill li*o iiiiiui ciiii'iiil a wild ilit.)iiittniii jjora.-, or i *"lar wex'." pai. ti.ee. a crtimn. licit | through the tangled laurel, Lad thiu 111 Sill I If 11 11 ill llt-|ll!l(l ilgH'll, I >nl il i j apparent (lint bruin's powers (if en raucc iicrt; nearly exhausted ; au<i IlliS In l lie lallil, well tr-gli ended. ' therefore hoped ti<?t iiilhmil good r son, tli.it lie W(inlil soon m ?ho go li e distance lost The gorgw u as narrow, an<| the r Hitlers, gathering fo.in die suirouud lull-, t in I mashing in iorrt nts tlirougl ever siiich ilit* da mi ot creation, I tit I I'l.eil It IIiiil>V feet, h-Hlllig lis si so high Mi l .sleep, licit It Has llhpo L!-j to simio tin III. Wo I.ad n>t j | tceded more ll.an an hundred and f I vartis, iihen UrnoKs, niio uindvHi sloped ai d t xelaiiiied, "oil ready for ! lie lit I) a ! the dogs liKie headed i l-i11 I loin luck in tins gullv, and ' h tVc lei eli ilae hat to fight." Ail< 1 a '? :rae ; j ?st as iheso words Hero tered, '.he hear Canto in view; not i I v.-irds (.11, an I hy soino no-Mis, fi that far, ahead of the dogs. A( m of lis ne halted not, hut growling t I agelv, held his cmrse a* if dvternit to force a piss-age through Ins linn I*....- it.. ....itI " ' ^ ? ? ..n . ft. .,^v , ; i< < u.l' il in .1 howl i?f r:ii??- and j. .1 hi Itro' I.h mi tlir instant, had l"dge )illi< ball in hi* m|i 'tililor that broke il I ho wounded Ih isi ihiw eli r < I nt j furi<m?>v. Brooks fell back, coo'ly ! | n-ide In* ritlrt and diew lot *li bin k I hunting knife. ('!iHfli? pn-died mt1 i til* link V*IMil| Mil-1 W it II Willi*. Mt<*| >|M liiili' forward mix I stood, nlle hi ha mIi Mil Hvo feci apart. W hen the b was abu-it til I cm pace* "f im, lie rea iiji.mi liia bind leg*, ns is tlie wont of tribe, and prepared I bus to grapple lie death ditingle, wi: h his enemy. 'I was iim I'm in-nt tbu cool hunters u wailil?g for ; and so soon as it Ca Charlie tmd Willie raised their riflle their facet). "Steady bo)*!" ?aid Brooks, "t aim, tire! And at the wool, two half ounce h ' wint crashing through hi* breast b<> I and rending his vital*. Th?*irtck?n V V % * led. / . on fell, ;iii-1 o'er In1 coulii ii*?i* again, Brooks! ft, with a hoop, that rung through the rocky in- caverns, was upon him ami hail t! ru?t j his knife into his thioat, wilhdrawing it i lj,,, mi ;.s to cut a ghastly wound. Cliarli:* I llt,, at!-! \V:lli?' went ouicklv to lira assistance; ' u,,. at. 1 imw <l"gv hear ami men formed ore | lit | Munisciiotis heap. But the work was al- I hi ready done, A few stmjjgle.s and the) coin s.i alci ) icliled up the ghost. ihe A shoil time we look upon our Meed-! te?l itig victim ; then take off his skin, a I It ( few of the choice portions of his carcass, ; rht ami start on the wearv tramp homeward. i i\e Now that all of excitement had subsided; | ui<i stilf and an.', I coii!d acaretdv drag iiix I i the i -c'f o\ r tl.e uiicncu wav, A nvaik of I {;,? , thicc miles bronchi us again to the road, ' nit j .i1 a point five miles from Brooks' house. ! the \\ hcti \Ne went into the country, tl.i- ( -lie load appealed to IIIC, aitliosl i:opaS-al.!c, j to ( hi.i now it was as welcome as though it | .let had liceu s nooth, as'the marble courts nt j kings." '| hough I dm n. to neither sf/rin>/- | red i'<J crj 11 //y, to r gavlv, down its < 11id At twilight we reached our destination; j ith hut I wrily 1 eiieve, if the house had en, i i cell heated iw< ni\ i-..js f nti.ei down the it-li i rocr, I should hate I o d to leat h it. itn, j In tin) poich was a hciuh : on tliis I er ) stretched myself; and in a nioinciit lost iiiV I a;l Coii?eiousiiess, in "I r'd nature's sweet j lestoici." llow long I slept, 1 know noli aid hilt I dreamed; A ferocious hear seized j ine in it> great arms to crush mo to death: hut hut instead, it said, "pool hoy ! hf is eoni.? 1 plctelv exhausted." And 1 thought lite j our . S?eai's voice w.is lik-- Ch.tr.ie lluntwo !,?. I on- j When I awoke I wss in my own room, i to | ami instead of a bench, was on a linn | j elastic hed. i i . i> i . hie | ' jmim wfiii out. nreauiaM htm | 'in* i "v''r ; I nt a *.wllii'ji'iii'v liail been kept ' v* arm f">r m?> ('/<? srttnr thin<j hn}>/>rn* uotr ! mil | *"*?' time* ) I ate ami Walked f<>rtli to ...| 'see how tin* part\ Inoki'tl after vesterdav - ' wI- ?"ik Young Km* was playfully teas*! ' ill '"m " litlei \ *uig |>ims Step aiul tin* I i; a I oilier ?l?*tj?? were asleep ill the sunshine.? HI) ( W liiu*, seated on a chair against a large ind oak, was notldint/. Brook*. ill a ti**hl | l,,r liar<l hv was ploughing, ami whistling :? j lK. dm rrnrk corn, I don't rare. Ami Char 'i I!untwell, in the wroik * f grooming his ites o i n ho.sea. hail a horse Socket iti each in | hand, full of water, walking with a ipiick, i n_r J elastic sli p, as though lie had not taken wn more than orduarv i xi ic.se for a m nth. I ... .ins , I he ilny was given up to rest, to those I .In- who needed it. The day following was' Ins appointed tor the stint home. It came U e at last, and before the lark, we were up ea nnd on t!so road. Save the uncertain od. litfht of the waning moon, we tiaveled , in darkness, tor more than an hour ; 'out j ain l'"' morn began to shtne upon | in*. j"|H| before wo leached the summit o I , (I tin* Urn*.* U' lge ; and w hen on it ; the iad M'"' WHrm ""'I cloudless, far off in the' e.iS'ein horizon, was iiisi risen. nni>?.<.nllr Ill'* I ? J , I ?.,i. I froin the besom *?t our own, dear native im I 1 valley behind us, the | ,, ^ blackness ot night yet prevailed ; while in front over the blond lands of tit** 1 lift'. , t , Palmetloe "nil was smiling in the rave of1 saliiiki lhcOoti>ber*nn, beautil'u', bright, and welw . j coining us home. | j - happier smile illumes encli lirow, Willi i pricker speed e.ich lieait unclose!", 1" Ami all is ecstacv "ly In due time wo arnvetl at home, all ll"y | *af- and sound. Excuse my long, pro-sv epistle. Later in , [HV* i the spiing, you inav hear again, in every ""''I Held and the Ledger i fti e *oo, perhaps 1. ihe notes of ; hon white. i .till i ? ??? ?? ? I ^ J I Jill you ever l?ny h hornet If so, you 1 have been struck witti surprise at (lie ure.it " j nttinher of hor>HB j isi wvrn years old. A * "* ' -,lirev???ci scotch joekv win,in I once emlaid ployed to aid in the selection of a lions, a* he examined the animal's mouth inouirud of the seller, " ll'?w old is ho ? into i ' d a ' ^''v,'n *Mf'" " Alt," said Johnny, *' that i 'even vwM >100 wag a tretncnout year : j for coils." ear ; ? ? mi ? ? ? n.j Pikiy ?" Sal." cried a girl looking out his ! l',e ui*Ppr M<>ry winiTer of a smnil ero j | cerv and addressing another girl who was 1 ,n Irving to enter at the front d?H?i, " we've I his all Keen converted; so when voti waii'l rere mill on Sundays you will have tocoine in rm, the back way." * t Two old gentlemen of our acquaintance I were complimenting each other on their ake habits of Temporanee: ' I>id Ton ever, neighbor," said one. 1 "see tne with mor than I could carry I", * * I "No, indeed." was the reply, "not I.?n,*? But I have -eeri vim when I thought you war | bad better bare gvoe twice aftei it," % f 4f 4 * ? 1 ftt 'm s* ' * %* 3lflrirulturnL 'Kioim the Southern Cultivator.] WORK FOR THE MONTH--! MARCH.) HIE PLANTATION. J'rovision crops ami provender. ? Put iti, us mhui as the season wilt allow, an tihiimlaul supple ill Corn, Insii ami s?cot Pot'ilms, S/iriny Oats, early Cow Pais. Mi Hi I, Itoura ami Cotrtuioti Corn ( ruudenst ami in tin: drill, for finhlcr.) Lucerne. in ilnll, Arc., ?fce. The Chinese Suyur Cutir should also he planted and Mill tar tlief tested as a syrup plant, h r tiartieu |ar? ol niakitii;, Arc., see pamphlets sent per mail I y tin- annuls. In |>i? paring for vottr regular Corn crop, p|o\v .1 subsoil your land 10 to 12 inches d< op f I o an lies wotiiil he far hotter) man j uif iii*ii\11\ Hii<i i' i iiti eartv. i?i> Hoi lose a 111 im-iii nticr ltic danger of late host is over. Ah soon an volt have finished ihe plant dig of Corn atnl other provision crops, pi? pare lor Cotton, respecting which arc various ailiclc* hi present and former iiuiiiIm rs. Scut Coiitfots should now he hedded hi ami pnoiH.oiis made tor all ahond lit Hiippl", ol " drawNo crop cultivated in ilie Soii'li i* more worthy of attention than the sweet 1'otaioe. It ih one ot the most valuahle crops for man 01 beast and no platitei should tan to have lull ' hanks' at the setting in ol winter, even if he doe* not make a "lug crop" ot Cotton. 1 lie //<n/ti (white) i'mns the Yellow Vain*. and the lied "Ai'yru A <//< (so called) ate all tine ?i d pioductive var.clies. Irish Potatoes should he planted in I drii s 3 feet apart and covered with a thick hi\er ol pine straw or leaves, as herelolore directed. Chuusc Sut/ar Cone should also he sown pU'iititmlv during Hie present and the next months, lor green and diied forage, l'lant the Chinese Sugar Cane >"ed far 11*11} from ail plaids of the M llet familv, stieh as i?.una C'nrn, ?kc. a mi, now Iai i a mr or, "Cniiliaii Clover. We prefer liie I drill axsietu?land deep and rich?for J 1 lies** crops, TlIK KlTt HEN CAIl'KN. If you have over wintered Cat?hage ! plains ?et thcin out now. Sow more Cable.t?? see I io head in the summer.? I //?t JJwteh is tin? IThin mil 'J'ur | nips, as Boon as lliey have lour leaves ; leaving tlit'lll at the distance of six inches I a|>a't; ami sotv more Turnip <je?*d ; Karl'/ White Dutch and lied Tojwetl Hutch Hie thu l?t'?i lor pring u>e. V}uu did not sow Union >ced ("lark) last inoiiili, do it at "iitf; they will come into use in tlie latter part of tin' summer, when all that were raised lr?>in Mitts or buttons are gone, li ton did sow liuuk C>niot? seed in Sep teinber, it fan now be transplanted. Sow Carrots, Rrvis. ("Kxtia Eiirly" is the fi us.) /'itrsiUp*, Su/o/y, Lettuce, Hud is h ts, tlnjni , / Qcslei/, ami Rape (lor early green*.) Plant ail hi rows 15 iiiclnsj ap ot. Sow, also, a little spot witli Celt- j ry ami profeet tliein iVoin the son When j l iicrry re?-s are in blooin plant Snap I /Jeans', and when Applet reus are in flow. 01 plant Si/dthcs (Scallop Sipiisli is the I Itost) in lii U 3 leo i ap rt; also, Cue umbers ami .1fushmelons ii toot apart ; tin* Xat | met/ Citron .Melons .r<* very lino and tliu I earliest; Retchwood .Mi Ion is ver\ stiperi I <>r, luil .? little lalei. All vines are great- > Iv l*eiietiu*d by guano or poultrx manure.) At the same nine, also. Ultra, Toniatofs\ and Ayy /'hints. Hi.I up Rhubarb ? As/mraifus will now la-gin to sprout; don't | sutler any lo run up to seed, but cut all down Cabbages, winch have been set j out, ami are stalling to grow, should once a week have a watering of liquid manure ? a shovelful of cine ken manure, disaolved in 10 gallons of water, will )>e found an excellent fertilizer for tlietn. All vegetables, that already have a Mart, should have a good hoeing l?v t!ie latter part or this month Plant h full crop of hnglish Prat, a* heretofore directed. THKOitCUAKU ANI> FltUIT (iAKDEN. If you have not finished pruning your orchard, do it at onee, omitting only such trees as are growing hto luxuriantly to 1 hear. Such ought to tie pruned until the leaves are pretty well sprouted. J>y tins method, such trees will get checked and go to (tearing; should, however, this late pruning not he sufficient, give them anoth er severe pruning in the middle of July; that will prute satisfactory. As noon as the tree* arc beginning 10 bloom, hang up a number of wide-mouth ed bottles, half filled with ino!a?<-ws water, in your trees?-you will catch n great number of insects and thus prevent llietn from ihiing injury t<j your fruit. THK FI.OWKK GAKDKN. Propagate Jtnhliaa as soon as von can see the sprouts or buds ; wi h a sharp knife split the stem and one or two buds to encb piece; plant llistn so deep as to be covered with at least 4 inches of soil. .Tie up all vonr flowering plants to siakes ; ?l?e w.a>d of the China treo. when sjflin tered out furnish the best and most dura ble stake* where Cypres* cannot be bad. If annual flower seed has no: been town 9 yet, il should be done Hi once. Ue.eot'cct, that fine seeds will only n??'d lo l>?* cover ,-d slightly. It'covered deeply. tliey wtil not sproutLADIES' MOUNT VERNON AS 001ATI0N We are happy lo announce, "ii Wi sh Hilton's lfirih-l)ny, that arrangements nave been made, by whicti lhe proprietor til Mount Kernoti. sill soon tran&'.or tee residence and burial place of lhe it at her < t our Country, directly lo lhe State of Virginia. to t?e held and consi crated, it; pei j>ettnto, for general homage, as lhe ol our republic, and tlio world's <;ev tic , as tiie shrine of Washington. J in' women of America conceived and ale abo-l lo consiiininale tlie noble ami patriot e project, whicli " A Sooiherii Matron.'* ? . i.'.o L'aluietto Stale, tirsi suggested. Virginia has undertaken to make the p'neliuse. at d the Ladies' Mount \ ernon Anation have pledged theinsilves to \ rg n a t > pin vide tiie ieipiisite I u lids, whin sin shall need lliein. Let "the sons and duughtc ? ot Washington," throughout the lepnhln,, come up, cheerfltlly and iu good ) otjiii hers, 10 I lie good and glorious work, hi..] ihis u.vv, place their names ot: "tie Mount Vernon Registry", winch will l o indeed a roil 01 fame, to he hung '<p, al the sacred spot, in jjerjHttiam ifi htentori~ am All lliai is asked, and ail U at :s needed is a subscription of one dollar eHeh% (although larger contributions w;h be tliaiikiulh received ami hoiiornhla . \ - ? . ami wo trust tii.it 110 one will l.e found ?o hold back. in niggaid spirit, ft jin Mien r call. 1'wo IiiiimIk o h >u*atid Jo l.uo niuei l? raised, williin a year, io accomplish die glorious enterprise ; and ilie accomplish incut is so easy, in tlie mode p?< posed, thai failure would he the opprobrium of America. Woman calls to the patriotic and grateful deed, and man must yie'd to l.tr queenly sway. Sons >t America generally ! Sons of the Palmetto JS'ale, especially,! promp* Iv answer the appeal, and, 'on his own birth'day, the '22 ! February, 1 808, the home and the grav< of the Father of our Country will oe publicly ond soleiuny placed, as a national shrine, under the sacred guftidianshin of his mother State."?Chmleslou Courier. A Coon Hit.?Judge Josiph 11. Frown, of the lUue Midg? Circuit, is vmi.i.u.l gddeii laurels for the manner in which he discharges the duties ot Ins office. The good order and decorum that ho secures gives dignity to the court, and greatly f.ici'ita'ns the correct prosecution of busincs... I'lat there is a bit ot waggery in ins cotno isition, is evident from the following inctdent : While hearing a case in Court, the Attorney stated in his plea, tuat he believed one of the Jurors was intovcatod. The Judge addressing the man alluded to said ? ' Jitt are you drunkC Tin* Juror, straightening himse't up, ir h hold, and delimit lone, said, " .Yo sir-re b.b ! "Well," said the Judge, "I fine you five dollars lor the "re" and ten for ? ? - "bob ' i tic juror "Allied. ?icomi ( ourur. CukKIUNU NK?a llusbnllds and in u la of families will be delighted to read lite following from the correspondence ?.f tho New York Tribune : 1 have lo cliroiucle nil even! of tin very highest impor mice which recently happened at the French Court, and which ennnot fail to iiiterest deeply society u America, as well a* hi Europe. The Empress Entente made her appuarn . w last week without any crinoline or hoop,, and io<-ked toe bct?er for it. Feinimt 1 bipl > llialisla predict liow a speedy fad t> lliu I reign of hoops, though it is not y,?t | certain whether even a French hupie?i mav be able to succeed with such a coup d'etat, and to overrun an ugly fashion by her soveriegii will. Thk Maiu:?This is a hubj??i ot gre i. I and general coinpsiut, at tins UiOO. VV I olisorv* that \ Nebraska Editor .isl.e . 1 somebody would hang a few of ih V Masierr in Iowa, on account o! the del iv .n the mad-. lie states thai the In-' bundle of the N?w York Tribune thai was received at Nebraska C ty, lintl . | mouse's nest in it and five young .met. | alive, besidev several dead ones, opposed j to have been poisoned by e-d.ng one Greeley's leaders ! No doubt.? Cm'olinu. Timet. A ' -! ? iiijiHMur approached a liiiM hieti n> J urchin mUm*? twelve rears old, /.ud ih\ itip Ilia hand upon hia shoulder, thus addiev ed him: "My uhi, I hel eve tha devil haa ; got hold of you." " I believe l>e h i*, I<k>," was tlio significant reply of the urchili. B'*?*ed are those whoaie fifratd of tl> ir i dor?for tlioy shall hesitate whom ^vetting married, and keep away from political meetings. A penutn meeting an old man ?;'h *d ver hair and v?rt black, httahy beard. psk ed him "how it happened that Ins lu-ard wa* not ao qrav a? the hair on lor hewd I* 1 'Because," aaid the old g<>uilern?n " it * 1 twenty years younger," t*4 % * % *;