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a ?. t, *' t ** the ffliicftstcr Cc^er, " - i i 1 #2 PER ANNUM Itii; \% 111 ili?' woiHlcro IN ADVANCE 3 /uiiiilj; fink .pelitirnl j.'riuspnprr?flruolril !u tljr ilrts, srirnrfs, litrrnturr, ?-feuratinu, ilpririiturr, 3ntrrnnl 3inproDrniriits, /nrrigti nnii Ehmirstic jiJrms, A;uii tljp jlinrkrts. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER, C. IL, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRILS, 1857 NUMBER 8. .. - Vi t - #wrt ]Mtn\. LOVE SONG. RV PRESTON SOUTHER. My lii-nrt in fixed ! If tliis bo love. . I could not hope to low thee uiore; And oli! if islu ut length it prove. Then hear inc, Florence, I adore ! Love was a st "anger to my brcn-t, Ambition ruled too wildly there; IIut fate has made me curbed or bleat. And hid* me love thee, if 1 dare! And I inuat dare.?for b!i<* so sw eet Ne'er tinitali/.ed n soul before; This wayward heart is at thy feet, Speak?and tt> joys or cures are o*? i ! Spenh !?f"i life's span is bright with I lope? S.n , w lit il mi ! c its eoidinjf t r J Or bid no- 'mid earth's mis'eries grope, i To seek some Lethe lot I) -pair! University uf Viig it a. Mar<!? 1 ,t, I*5^5. THE FRENCHMAN. A l'leiiel.ma-i, \v..o li iglish would learn, ( it hi l<l of an olii Ihetionoty ; H it had not the sense to dUeru I low the uieuttitig of words often vary lie found tint to "s jue< zo" and to "pre.?s" ( Were h.-t'i pretty much the same tiring, ' So he thin a friend did address : "I'ruy, si] it t.i that jmi'i;' lad; toning'' ^ Like most of the I-'rcneh he was not At tlilies accustomed to stickle ; Soon in a fresh bobble be pot, For lit' llmii^tit to "presortc* \t;is to j "pickle." S?. tluta ho Ifti k lt*i.vt? ;it tin- d -or : " l\? ti t- you, dear lady, I jjlad :tm, A id, lit' WO llleet It tppv Allt'i! tll'iir. Kind I'meideitce 1'icklf ton, madam" i 1 frlrrtrb ?krtrjjiso. INTERVIEW BETWEEN SIR ROE- i ERT, McCLURE'3 LIEUTENANT OF *1 HE ERjTISII SHIP F.SK, AND i CAPT. FAYSSOUX, or THE nicarAGUAN NAVY. Ai C I1. M , Eel'. 1 I, ill' lir*l l.ioutonnut ot the 11r111-li until t.|" ?Nr iv~k, Sir i Robert M> Clint*, coiinn tndii'^ I'niini o.t I li 'itrd tlio Xicarntfuaii school erot-Mur Granada, Ciijit (j. J. Fhv*viiin,command* imr, w lien the ftjJIov\ iuj? conversation took |-lute, ft lid was taken down on the ?jv>t l.v no acciuft'e reporter Lieut Pftwkins?Sir K?!>bort M. Lure | has sent mo on board vur vessel and mi?!.fn to know I>y wln t uii.lioritv yon tlv a lLi?? which is lint known to ;in> na- ! lion, Mini also where your ;euiin>?iou is, and oi tiers ine to take you on board I let ship E-k to show your commit t>ion tn lii'ii. Cftpt. Favasoux? / have my coin lit! ait?n bfl? w in the cal in, hut wi!in<>L u<> on bonrd il c E?k to niton it, I am in the a it view ol tiio Niciragnan ?oi eminent. If \ou compel me t" s!n?w my miiim:!ii>K n ii d | itpt'ir, i wi do m <>n ll t'd i'k < i" ii.\ own vessel,' uiitl'T protest ; but it is be- ' neai b my ii i!)iity to U" oil lauittl your L vessel nub ibein, and i will do mj under no circumstance*. Liellt. I>.? I will t? II Sir I lot a rt what you have said, and warn yon it you attempt to jfo out of the haiboi in (benight I will "ink you. Cftpt. K ?should I bate occasion or mv duty call He outside I Will do *n, regard less of your threat*. Litul. I).?)lul my guns are shotted, t and loaded with shell. Mild \vc will blow you up. I shall go on hoard the St Mart's 1 and tell the officers if they hear any firing during the night not to ho alarmed ; it will he nothing hut our sinking the , schooner, 1 ('apt. K. ? Can't In Ip that, sir. Lieut. Divkins thru proceeded on hoard the K?k, and in n few minutes re turned and said ? 1 have seen Sir Hubert. He say a you must show your commission to me, and what is your authority for showing the colors which you fly. Capt. K.? I would under no circumstances show my auUioiily. had'l a vessel one half your size, or were I in any way able to contend against you. You *< ? how 1 am situatr-d, with a small vessel and a small crew. A* it i? I show it to you, hut understand me that I doit under (trotcst. I cannot understand why you 1 lave taken tlo*?e proceedings, nnd must say that you are decidedly taking *;des 1 with my enemjr. (He shows I>ent Daw- 1 ^ kins his commission and other pipers.) Lieut 1>.?I will tell 8ir Koliert thai I hs?e seen your papers; if they are not sat- < isfactory to III in you will ho taken as a < pirate., "Lieut. D. then went on hoard 1 the K*k, a fid returning, said"?Sir Hubert McClure says yon must come on board with your commission. If yon refuse I i nto wrdcred to haul j <>u alongside the L?k t itnil Willi you onboard. (Lieut Dawkins | had linoH in hi* 1>>al for the purpovr of towing the Cratiada alongside.) f?r Copt. I?,? 1 will not go oil board ioui ' |Vessel witll 111\ COIllllliMIIOII. I Mill W I'Mk j.,, hid] powerless in telation to von, but I ^j,j protest against your threat. My wisli is i (u to conciliate ill all matters with other lia tioiis. j |,;s Lieut. I).? II I make u?o of these men, lol pointing to his boil's crew.) m hauling \ our vessel nlougsi le mine, w ill you make |'H any resistance? I Cap!. K.?Certainly I will resist vou. Vuti have not sutlivieut t'orco to take t0] 1110. ni,, J.ieut. 1 >.?The guns of the Ksk are |t pointed at you, and as it is vt-rv ?*asv for |j1( me to bring on leald a couple ol hundred men, reaivtalu would be m;u!nc-s. \\ ill ! w | vour men stick by tn',1 ! C"?j t. K. ? M>* men w ill slick by me, |,;, an<l \oii will have to bring a tun li larger , vli force tbau 1 have, la-hue you can take inc. When you bring Mi< h H h r. c and 1 nt- ' ,j,, that resist a no would he madness, I will surrender without resistance. l.-cnt. 1).? Have you any objection 'o 1 , t. my spe ikiug to voiir erew. k'apt.l".? None wiiatever. M' n, step ; aft In >o : this gentleman wishes to spe d. to vou. j Lieut. I>.? Well, men, I am going io i sink li.is vessel as u pirate, and my boat j mi will tak *on shore such of vou as wi?h to (1, O alld s;i\ (i \ olll lives W ill vou go I Crew.? No, no, no ! S.nk unl beilauin p , e l! I j;,] Lieut I .? ?ii sc?? my guns are bear i ing on vou. Tliey are loaded with ? !! and will blow you ail up. 1 to vou pie- |nisi in leiiiainitig on llio vessel? t.,j Clew.? \ os, and go It# iiell ill lier.? | "shell ilon't hurt uiuchy ?ti Lieut 1 >aw kins, linv ing gone on board ,,, the Ksk, returned and said : It is custo . innry v.hen a iiiau of-war comes into port j ? ., t<>r the ecvnuuilideis of mh-'r vessels of war ,,, to pay the new arrival a visit. The rap- j tun ot t lie American sloop of war St. M i ; rv's -i-nt on hoard my vessel, and id* visit o was returned this morning \ on did not call, and as none ol' the crew or otlieers ol livy vessel had ever seen your flag I adore, ^ j,, wo did n >t know what il meant. it v'apt F When you came hi last even ing I did not mint visiting you from a w >lit of eti.piette. bill I hoisted II1V tbig, wliieh 1 thought was sufficient. I do not know ^ !>V what r'ldl! VOU lorced li:e to show on rr . I (??| <N?rn vni* sion. Lieut. lh?Will you cine on board of the K<k with ii??* its :? fiieint, with vour commission. Von run the Captain, , , who s:i\s he will !>u glad to sec you oil ^ hoard, and will I.m liiiiito" to make vmir . . l I e?i acquaintance < ?*t into niv boat iiow, as a friend, and come along with inc. ' Oapl K.??I will In* most Intppy lo^oon . hoard witli yotlna a friend, but not with i my commission. 1 Lieut. I)--Well, get into my boat now and wo oil with n e as a friend. (.'apt K.? I will be on board in tin ' ow n l.o.it in a few minutes. Captain KaysNowx then went on board ! the Kk, aid wan received at the gang- | , win hy Sir lb la il M.C i le, and had a , | long conversation witli liim, and savs 1 lhrotip.li the whole of i*. be conld see a i 1 Rtiong prejudice. Among other lions* , lie was accused of having once taken F.ng lisli propeity. Captain K. said if he had ' d o e so, thai it had not been recognised as such?tliat ho doubted its being true ' ?and that he wott'd I ke Sir loda-rl to see hi? journal written at the time, and then he would !> > itisfied that he had 'j been misinformed. Sir Kohcit said that be would like to see it, and that it would j satisfy Iiiin ; also said, if lie heard of Cap tain K.'a taking any Knglish property, be ^ would take him as a pirate. Captain F. rcrdieo that lie would take anything in . i re these water* that was m anv way assisting the enemr. After nmie mote talk, Sir ^ ^ Uohert said that he was satisfied that Cant. FnvssOUX had a right to carry the it.... .ii- -... i ! ? ?..i i : >;r 11 <?.; ? ? HIU I'M 1VIII, MIMJ mm II 5 WVUiU like to meet him as it' iiu'.liini; had occurred. ,l? "Samuel, my darling, my datling little f ( tonney," said kii aged mother, "I've not ^ " seen your book for to Vera I Jny> or more ; " w heie is it "I know where it i?." " Well, where ?*' "Well, it's only lost a little, kinder, in the bain, or round out of doors, sumiin r?, ( I gues*; pr'aps in the gar.ct, or aliind the ' wood ,nie." m "" i p? Anxious Father.? "What am I to do with you, sir?what am I to do with vou I Do you know if you continue your ?(.r present course of cruelty nnd cowardice, i ( jyoii w ill lw fit for nothing but a member (( of (V.ntrress I I * | Distracted Mother? Oh! don't sar that father! don't filler! you will liumii- | iatetheboy?" " Dkatii fi'.om Sniff.?The Intelligent (or eer, published at Austin, Texas, notices the mi ileath ??f a little eg) some five or six years e<| old, from lite effects of taking snuff. She was so addicted to its use, eh'ld as she up; was, tiiat sh? literally ale it m.d lived <m (|,.< it. I.et this circumstance be a warning to to all snuff dippers, JM wa vk SCENE IN OUR SANCTUM. am Editor busy wriling? printers clamorous xv" 1 tojiy : neatly time to go to press. dot >;ilei liieiul ?>t lite editoi;?' (ioud even; old fel! How do }<>u d<>' fearing nj?( xv'i iugs generally, eli I That's right, gist* it "-I'" Vin !"' ?tt Editor?Willi nn awful imprecation in ' i heart, a sini e upon his face and a "is ijiuu as oily as a Hay street fop's head, nv? "(?oid evening! (Jlad to see ton,? he a seat and look over the papers tin- ; xv" 1 finish tins short article." ' Friend sits down accidentally <>n edi ! I"i r's hat: apologises and womlers why , !l | a ?l? I people will put their lints on. his in In - it stead of under the tal.de where ' '"v uy'll l?e out of the wav. I ( <' E litor blandly ifilialks that it is some- ' lat inni veloiis. I neml takes a chair and a rjnid of to- TI ceo and begins to spit at a favorite exange wliieh happens to he on the floor. E-i o r groat s in spirit and politely re- At i< sis friend not to s| it on the tloor. in I need ? "Excuse tne : 1 didn't mean to his it on the tloor. 1 w:?? trying to hit that ' n s I paper youth"". 'Sposu it's no no- 1 t lint.' j on Editor intimate^ that it is one of his file a | Mors and one of his most valuable ex- [ de< a 11 ties. ! eoi Ericiil ?"Why that's only the Wil- j lh gt Journal, and besides that it comae ?il ere das ." I I'd; And w hat's it lay "tig shout loose on the j w l or foi any how ? You Editors never j ha ke i?i< of anything; and vou in partic- j fat ir, ? \eu*e an old friend, arc the most i im re less cii -s I ever saxv." i ho Editor's ideas pretty considerably "mix ! lot tip* hy this lime, and article begins to I to id slip shod. Concludes to ti\ it doss n J set ins, and affectionately invites liieiul to he ake hum elf Ht home until he returns, tin friend ?heerlnlly ajrecs to do so, and | ii'iiy promises, to wnteati artio'e for luin hii lii# Hlisifiiro, < 1 u Kdiinr gne-, <)o\vn, ?^it* on n hox with a ito "iK on I,is km c ami scrihhlea away al a ; he : 40 rato fir a hunt two minute* ami an rt\ n-comls. a 1 Knu r i ii: 11 from tins country?" Kv*ii- | an ^ to you all! Is iln> C'ltlctniiiu out 1 It 1'. i- 1 wants In Inniv a copy." I #?' K I: I'l ' N.I, sil : ii will not la* ibslled Ins 1 lo morrow*11? Fustic?" S nrv for that. Why don't Hit initio out sooner? \\ liar's iiiu edi , hit i r ) gr. } litor?''You will fmj him up staiis l''' iting an article." c" Kiislio goes up ami h conversation is in VXi ?'im llv heard lor a iininito or two, when H0' ct.n's voice i? distinctly | oaccd requesting wt limit o! ap to go to ilie d?I. Kaslic come '' iwn lather hurriedly, ami remarking,! ihtur's sorter sum] pith tin* eveiiin',,' in ni neiiliy (lopes. r" K litor smiles, (editor i? quite good look- ' 1' I when he smiles, and anvhody t<> I ear Sl| m I.?1._rl. null! I take him lo las quite a (,ti .och'e s?>it ol an indiiidtial.) ami j.io us with article. Ik-gins to warm with s Mihje.'t ami wax eloquent, holer i i-.ipi-clah'c iiIJ ^ ut w ith a Iron i "" I'd look?"Mr. K-lilor, if you are not ! lrj isy 1 would like lo speak upon an iinpor- , nt suhjeet, privately." [ 8,il K.liioi /Issnres In id liint he has nothing . V' nit ever to do, at.d was just thinking *<J lOlit taking a nap. j They walk out together, and old gen I itciug iii? hand iijmjii editor's shoulder d looking him fixedly in tins e\ e, loqui- w' r; " 1 >.? you think; is it your candid v*' inion, aside from all party prejudices, at it is right, proper, ju?t am! consdtu mat for the town rounnissioners to lew ',w extra lax upon dogs t" ov l"alilor, w ho had been expecting to hear 1,:< e announcement of tlm low of all old '(v* ill's worldly posseasiniia, nixi who was : au robing in liia uiiul a suitable expression condolence, in somewhat "coiiriummux U l hut recovering liia presence of tnind, J svveift Willi iiul 'iiaiit emphasis, "No, it-." ' **' ; 1 do not. ; , . ? . ' "'I hat is enough, amwem old gent as walks al>*Uneledly away. ^ IMitor rettftns to Ids office and assumes ,(| a and article. ilas just gotten the rea'1 of thought unwound again, he ar* a mighty -uproar up stairs, and the (||l ice of friend ri*mg high above the din "I ih\. why the deuce don't you keep j ([(i tir ink in an inkstand f j ov< litre's this infernal ink jug of yours j n ned over and spill out, and this aiticle i ( j mine one hig hlot, and I'm splatter ' shed *11 over, and no'ody'll ever steal ' ^ r s shirt I've not on, and llio d ?I's to ' . i y geneially 1" 1/lit' i rushes up ?la rs, an-l finds to his f,rtl may that his hooks, papers and manu- bill ipt* are ruined, so far .e? a piart bottle ? j) Harrison'* blackest can accomplish that I; and, in a paroxysm of moral forget ' Au? liess, lie. addresses Iriend in a slyla and (In1 dance remaikablv diller< at from that ,|,e lid in the Pilgrim s Progress and lb?x-; cov \ S.uni's It at. liiead haves wiili a face ck w ith indignation and ink, and odi- ( walks down stHirs ami in a state , lid h rderng upon that usually HXClib- ,n ' to moon stliken individuals. w*. Finds article unfinished; form not made ; printers gone to supper, anu offi.e 1 ril waiting to dim him for two dollars sini buy a p sir of shoes. Tells devil to the it till tomorrow. Locks up his office, not / jm 4 1 wishing thai lie hadn't a friend in the i Id, and that printing olTi es had iron >rs and haired windows, proceeds >omilv homeward* Indole teaching icli destination he is dtmr.id hv seven I'l ient individuals whom he repels by c ti ls> r?.e and malignant scow Is, and the n egate amount of w hose claim* npoti pui so is just three dollars and seventy it cents. Any other editor swe him w ho presides It meek and gentle grace over the colitis of the North Carolinian, and whose iniiity and forbearance have passed into iroverb, would undoubtedly have shot h n lid, set lire to his otlice and s waited a sj uouful of strychnine.? /by. rotiniua. I From the t'haile-ton News. IE LATEST TRICK Or THF GAROlEKS. Mr. I'lakc, lesiding near Greenwood, in jhevhle ailived here a few days since, compaiiv with his son and some of i neiglilsirs for the purpose of laying in itoek of groceries a ad other article*.? i passing along tlio Hay near Exchange I htirsdav Inst, he was approached by 'ulitc well dressed stranger who eNteti J his hand, and entered into a fiiendly iversation on the topics of tlie day.? e btiangi-r, whose real name i? I hdli tli the titles of Hammond, naked Mr. ake if he was a merchant or planter, 10 answered that he was a planter, and d come to town to Uv in a stack of nily groceries, and other articles ot do:stic use. lie tlien asked hint what u*u lie traded with, and where it was ated. t In learning the tact lie proposed accompany him, and also volunteered \ ici .s in any other capacity whicli iniglil necessary in piloting a Mi anger about ? city. 1)n(Tie ulitis II unmon 1 accompanied ii to lwo wholesale homes on the Hav, ring winch lime lie had learned sevcial ius about Mr. (Make's liUsilV'**, which intended to iurn to his ow n advantage, long which wan the fact that Mr. 15. h id ot i ! cot ton to sell. Tbey then parted ilaboull'J oYloekon yesterday,as Mr. saw p.'.s<dng King street, near t^nei n, he tv lii> quasi Irietid across the wav, who i-koned to him to ootne over, which lie I, an I 1 Millie still manifesting an anxious crest in Ins business ami welfare, asked n how lie was getting along in buying ucciics, telling him, at the sunn time, it he (I Millie) eould direct him to a enp house in Kmg street where the linn is soiling out to eli.se, and proposed to company liiin to t. Tim proposition is ne edcil to by |5!uke, and liny set otf gethor. t>n tbeir wax tlicy were joined by anlu-r person, who turned out to be the end Mi associate of J Millie, who had been crating with liiin in ensnaring the tin specting, and whose name is Snodgrass, in* t'oiion. lie approached 1 'ullio in eat haste an 1 excitement, and told him at lie had just received intelligence that i brothei w;is dangerously ill, and he isl Icuvq in a few moments or miss the mi, ami ik in ueled ol I Millie the amount money w hich he owed linn. 11 is friend ill lie uid not have the money, but hand him what | urporled to be a cheek for Of) on one i f the city banks, but Snod ass said ho bad not time to draw it.? dlie tliii turned to Mr. 1M k??, and ask liiin to ioan hint *70 until two o'clock, Km he would call at Mr. li.'a hotel, <bnc tli him and pay the money. Mr. 15. id he did not have that aiiiotiM with n, and on examining Ids pocket book found be bad *G0, which he handed it, and 1 Millie handing a ten dollar gold ce, making it $70, the amount required Snodgrass, who took it and left in a irry, looking Ixek at every few steps. 1'iivate Kast, of the city police, who had Incised the interview, and suspecting it all was riot light, asked Mr. lilak" it know tlie persons in question, and lie <J lie ditl nut. but tliAt lie had ju?i loancm* of them i'GO, and that Ihittie, the u lie bad loaned ibo money to, said lie i a merchant, u-sidiug at Columbia, J tliAt liia faiIter was a minister of the ipvl, who had taken much care in the igioiis training of hi# son. The parties ?r receiving the money, started oil' in a sat hurry down t^ueen street to State, iico to I lax no street where they went irtaken and ariested by l'rivate Kast, il two other policemen, whom he pressin to service on tlio way. They xvcic lodged ill the station house the night, and examined this morning ore the Mayor, when the above facts re elicited. < Mi being scan Led it was nd i!iat they had *'.000 in bogus 4100 Is, ami a trap by which they played ie three hole game." They have been tile d by the police for some time as ph-ious characters. The Mayor turned in over to the Attorney < en era I fur lorr examination. The money was reend and returned to Mr. lUaku. Hie parent who would train tip n child lie way it should go, must go in the y in which he would train tip a child. iVhy are p untocs and corn like certain tiers of t>|d I Itecause having eyes y sec not, and having ears they hoar # . a s 3Wisrrllaupnus; [From Arthur's I.u?Iv's Magazine. EXTRAVAGANCE IN LIFE A HINDRANCE TO MARRIAGE. Out- of the evils noticed, us consequent i upon the present extravagant si\le of living, is u diminution in t!ic relative number I olmuiiiages. i'ludent a en, with tiloder1 ate incomes, may well hesitate on the j question of matrimony, when they see all | around them individuals no better oil'than } themselves, struggling to maintain a style j of living, demanded by the social circle in j w hich they move, and losing all joy in life through excessive care, labor, and aiixio j ty. No proviesiou for old age possible ; tunlei sucii a slate ol tilings; and should health fail prematurely, privation, distress, and it tuny be ruin, are inevitable consc! quences. It lias been said, and with much appai rent truth, that the correction of this evil is with women. Let her originate a bet[ ter fashion, which shall require \oung people whotnairy, tohegin life prudently, and let it l e regarded praiseworthy and honorable for the ymng bride of a man in moderate circumstance*, to decline be coining the mistress of an establishment, the maintenance of which will absorb bis w hole income. False pride is at the hot loin ot this evil ; and til! yielding I" tin* ii quircuietils of false pride is a vveakue-s of which every one should feel ashamed. True men and true women?men and women cl'character and independence?are above such weakness, l.eltliein act from i principle, and lead ofV in a reform that I shall check an evil fraught with many ! disastrous consequ Mices. | Many young ladies lose the chances of inairyug men of true worth, because of ih? ii extrav tganl ideas in regard to an establishment. Any man of prudence vvill hesitate about iiiairviiig a woman whose conver.-aiioii betravs a loolish love of dress atid showy furniture; for h? knows vei\ well v>Ji:it these things cost, and what clogs they are upon a man's prosperity.? '! lie right stamp of men ? those w ho count , the cost of every action, and who "look i I hof ro they leap"?men ot honor, true i fueling and ilitegiitv, pass by the fashionable voting butterflies, who glitter in the stiti-hine, and select, often, lroin among those whose social advantages have been , small, and who have got the external acj cwtuplishmeiilK they dcsiie. They prefer j gold in the rough, to lead in gilding.? 1 bey desire a home, true wile, and the blcs-ings of home; and they are more eer! lain I u-ltnro I?a?? !?.. 1 .. t.v.v nn * UIMI common sense, common prudence, and a loving heart, than where only a flashy exterior meet* the eye, while the tongue betrays no i i knowledge of the world, nor any right csi tiniate of lite. Marriageable young holies ate often mir | pr.sed at the way a eeitain voung man, j it-gaoled at "a good catch," is himsell j caught l>y so mo unattractive person, in j whom they uc er dreamed ot finding a i rival. Ilia one of the matrimonial imstoI r?es they find it impossible to solve. lVr- I haps the intimations given in the praced- 1 mg paragraph may ntVord some hints towards a solution of the difficulty. A young man from the "rural districts" went to the l'osl Offi 'a the other day with a bank note, for a dollar's worth of postage stamps. He was told that paper money was not received, lie went j way, and] shortly returned with four Spanish ijuar . ters. "Wo don't receive lh<m, now," said the attendant,"for more than twenty cents apiece." The country man thought Uncle 1 S un mighty particular, so he wen* away | , I again and obtained a collar in cop-1 | pera. ' Now,'' said he, on returning to j the ollice ami laying down hit "pile" at ' i the window of the delivery, "1 guess 1 can suit ye." 1 he man inside looked at the! display of "specie curioney," and coolly ' said. "We never take more than three | cants in coppers at any onetime ; it is not: 1 a legal tenthr ahove that sutr." The ; country man looked at the composed ofii- < i cial 'or the space of a minute and a halt ! without stirrintr: and then he heh-h?<l .mi t " Look here, you; nin't you kind of par tic | uler, for feller* locked lip it) such a jail as ! this Vie I You don't lake only three cents : in coppers at a lime, hoy!" Well, j , then, s'poso you give ino three cents' i worth of lamps, anyhow ?" The official very politely cut luin oft' a single stamp | and passed it out, for which the countryman laid down three cents. lie was about 1 to pass away, when the latter cried out, ' "Lo?>k here, yon! Hold on ! That 'ere'# o?' time. Now s'po?e you gin me three ' cents'worth more on'em.'' I Hole Sam's ' clerk was not slow in discovering that he ' had caught a tartar. " How many copI pcis have you golf ho asked. "Wall, 1 only ahoui ninety seven of em; I had a 1 hundred on Vm when 1 begun." "Pass 1 'em in!" was tho gruff reply. " Pass out | your stnmps fu*, and then 1 will,"said Jon athan. "Hull reckon you don't ketch me 1 again." The stamps were passed Ml, the 1 coppers were handed over,w hen thocoun- 1 tryman went oft', saying, "I s'pose because a feller holds office under I rule Sam, he 1 thinks he's smarter'n all creation ; hull ' guess they larn't somelhin' that time.? ' Lowll I'imn. ' [Fiom the Carolina Times. | IIome, March 'J7. 1&57. | M jl/rwt Editors'. Having last vear, ' thr<>ugb the columns ol the Fairfield ller- S( IIo<l tin: attention of the agricultural " portion of the community to the value of i e that now acquisition to our resources, the Sl Chinese SugarCane, or Millet, 1 ask a 1 place now in your columns to answer the 0 many inquiries in reference to the culti j vation, Ate., which that call has given rise | ^ to. v My experience in its cultivation cm- | hrace but. a single year, that of 1856.? | (1 Upon that experience, with its observations, 1 wonU1 surest the following m<xle: , Select your piece of ground (the richer | the better of course) and bed it up, precisely as you would for cotton, with the [ " rows three feet apart. Then open and " drill your seed and cover with a brand.? In the course of a few weeks, when the ' millet is four or live inches high, sluve it j 1 low n with the hoe, caiefullv picking out , 1 the voting grass, ?fcc. Alter this is done |V run the straight side of a half or twisting , 1 shovel next the millet, covering up the j grass and weeds in the middie of the row. ? In about ten days, or when the plants are eight or ten inches high, the middles ' ' should be ploughed out and the dill lop- 1 pod high and well around the stalks.? j " This was all the cultivation 1 gave last ' year, and is sufficient for every purpose I ~ t hink. I w ould then thin out to one stalk v ahout twelve inches apart. This will ona- " bio the stalks to grow sufficiently large for N grinding for syrup. d After the first crop is cut, and converted into syrup, the second which is far more abundant,from the numerous shoots y which pat out at the toot, can bo used for " fueling or converted into forage, by cut " ting and drying as you would any ol the s millet family. 1 I will ray of this cane or millet, that ^ it is far superior to any of this family of 11 plants. That it w ill produce as much as i * the common millet, the broom corn or , ' 1 i 1. .. :n .ii ' ' 1'imi.tu?win m:iuu urougui oeiter than | 1 either?ami from its abundance of sac- 8 charine matter, is worth one hundred per cent, tnoro than any of them. " Tin* experiments of (Jov. II immond, H Mr. Raters, of <?eorgia, and many others, have settled the question beyond controversy, of its adaption to syrup making, if not sugar making purposes ; and 1 have t now in my house, a small bottle of syrup, j sent tno l?v a hiou-l, Capt. II. C. Ihivisof Kidgeway, made in the crudest man tier possible, which will compare farorably with the best specimens of West India Molasses. For myself, 1 entertain not the least doubt, that in live years from this time, syrups enough will he made,to supply the home demand, south of Mason hi and Dixon's line and probably some for y exportation. Should this, however, not hi he the case, for forage and soiling purpo- h sos, the sugar millet will he found invaluable. 1 will close by stating, that an energel ic and public spirited friend, William (ilaze ot your city, will he prepared to fur- . nisli, at the shortest notice, and on the most favorable term*, all the Machinery I for crushing and boiling the cane into syrup. lie has on hand, several different models, either of which is well adapted to the purpose. r< Respectfully yours, W. S. Lyi.f.3. tl P. 8?I am now planting inv first lot b ai d will plant the next about the first of May. ami third, if so disposed, about the Hist ot J une. i) THE LAST RAT TALE. A gentleman on the Day informed us yesterday, that in crder to destroy the * number of rats oo his premises, he was in the habit of placing a templing bait in the yard, and on seeing a good crowd of I the "varmints" around it, lie would shoot a laeui down front a convenient spot. As 1 the rats began to get shy of common ^ baits, he procured a flask of sweet almond -1 ? ' * * * Kii, vnu iiuncu u in a iiolc it> the v?rd, willi only the mouth uncorked above the ;i level. '1'he rata could not resist the tempt- ? ing flavor of the oil, so they eauio with ? a iuali and not a tew tared badly. Yesterday morning the gentleman saw two pat i larch al* look ing rats cogitating rj over the oil tla.sk how to get a taste of ^ the luscious at tide within. c, After examining all around, one of 0 them brightened up with an idea. lie inserted his long tail into the oil tlask, and when it was well moistened with the tweet oil, drew it out and permitted his friend to hck it. " On the principle that one good turn ? leserves another, rat number two inserted Ins dorsal elongation into the oil tlask nid allowed rat number one to enjov the f( cast. 'I Ins ill-tailing process was kept w ip amicably for some lime, till rat mini- * ?cr two, who was evidently a gourmand, ^ nslead of coiiHtiing hitused to licking Ins rieud's caudal appendage, actually hit it ! Whereupon, to u?c our informant's Ian- ' b piage, "they bail a fight, sir, such as has j "I lot been eipialled since that ol l oin 11)or si itid Yankee Sullivan. d This light we suspect yrust have been eilh a view to devouring each other's aik ! Anyhow, if the rat* retired tail- cj ess, the gentleman who saw them did Ki lot.-*- Georgian and Journal. ? During 11?? Harrison campaign, an eloncnt orator in (lie western part ot Yirgin? was holding forth to an immense us unhinge in favor of the hero of Tippecaoe.atid Tyler too. Especially tlrespeakr was expatiating upon General liarri>u's courage, tact, and success as a ritiii iiry coinmamier. While in the midst f his discourse, a tall, gaunt man, probh!y a schoolmaster in those parts, arose roin the crowd, and said, iu a voice rhicli penetrated the assembly : ".Mister?mister, I want to ax you a uesliotr*' The speaker paused, and begged him 3 propound. "We are told," the man went on," * How citizens, that General Harrison is a liglity great general ; hut I say he is tie of the vei \ meanest sort ot generals. Ye are told here to night that he defoned himself bravely at Fort Meigs; but I ell you that on that occasion he was gulls' of the Sni'tll Tail movement, and I halletige the orator litre present to deny '1 he orator declared his ntter ignorance ?f what the man meant by Fie ' small tail doveruent," and asked him to explaiu litnself. "I'M tell you said the man. "I 've got t here in black and white. Here is irimshaw's History of the United States" -holding up the book?"nnd I'll read rbat it says. This is it 'At this critical tomcat General JJarrUon executed a ovki. movement.' Does the gentleman eny that?" "No, iio?go on." "Well, tie executed a novel movement. ?ow, here's Johnsons Dictionary"?takng the book out of his pocket and holdng it up?"and here it says 4Novri?, a m ill talc.' And this was the .kind of itov> merit General Harrison was guilty of. S'ow, I'm no soger, and I ?J>.n't know much if milentary tictaoks, but this do I say : i man who, iu tho face of an enemy, is juilty of a 'Small Tail Movement* is not it to be President of the United Slates, md he shan't have inv vote." The orator of the evening could make io headway against such an argument, nd gave it np iu despair. It is generally admitted that tlic Irish re most famous for making bulls, but ho Dutch cau go ahead for making pigs, 'or instance: I've got a pig cat and I've got a pig tog, I've got a pig calf and I\ e got a pig hog, I've got a pig baby, so pig and so tall, And I've got a pig wife dat's pigger as all. The editor of the Wring ?ml Tu ist ays he lias seen the contrivance ourlawers use when they "warm up with the ibject ' He says "it's a glass concern, and olds about h pint." There is man out West so forgetful of ices, that hi- wife is compelled to keep a afcr stuck on the end ot her nose, that e may distinguish her from other ladies; ut ibis does not prevent him from makiug ccasional mistakes. A pretty pair of e^es are the best mirors to shave by. "Yes," leplied a bachelor, on reading lie above, "many a man has been shaved y them." " What is the reason," said an Irishman to another, "that you and your wife re always disagreeing!" "Because," replied Pat, "we are both f one mind: she wants to be muster, and o do 1. If you desire to enjoy life, avoid un lunclual people. Tiiev impede business rnd poison pleasure. Make it your own ule not oniy to be punctual but a little leforeband. Somelrody has writon n book on "The rt of making people happy without mony." Wo are in excellent coiidi'b a to be xpcrimenU'd upon. The Toledo Blade published the marage of Mr. John Paddle to Miss Mirry 'anow, and adds that tbo kappv groom an exclaim w ith the poet?"1 paddle my wn canoe 1" Recti "is ?'* For drunkenness, drink old water; for health, rise early ; to be appv, he honest; to ploasu sli, mind your wn businees u Sally," said a fellow to a girl who had ed hair "keep awav from me, or you dll ret ino afire." " No danger of that," 'as the answer; "you are too green to urn." "The constitutions of our females must e excellent," says a celebrated physiciau for, take an ox. or a horse, and enclose its des with cornets, and he would labor ineod, hut it would he for hreath." A Yankee editor says?*T^he marcfy ot i viliza i<?n is onward?onward?liko the * 1 ow hut intrepid trend of a jackass <M. ard* a peck of oate." I