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VOLUME VI. LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5.1857, NUMBER 25.
?flcrtrii &krtr|)fs. |
* HOW HARRY GOT HIS WIFETt
was fifteen years ago this winter that
T attended a dancing school in l>etroit,
with n young lady then residing in tlio
city. I made up my tnind some years
be lore that I would never get married,
but it was such pleasant business 1
could'nt find it in my heart to Met the
' girls' alone altogether so I paid the tui
lion fee, and attended the clase in her :
company every night. Ahnut the mid 1
die of the n-rnt, several of the young I
people, ourselves included, were talking
iii the ball room on the sufjeot of inatri- !
niony, ami I of course, became interest
Oil, as well as ilio others. On going home
that evening I told inv coui|>:in;on thai 1
had determined to get married in the
spring, and asked her advice in regard to
the selection of a wife. She made no
reply for a moment, and I told tier if she
didn't know anybody hotter thud for mo,
I would like to have her think the mat
ler over and tell me what she thought of |
marrying me herself. I was joking all this
^ time, you must understand, and had no I
more thought of marrying her than 1
have now of marrying Queen Vie. She 1
promised to think of it, however, and 1 i
returned to my hoarding house, and gave )
the subject no fuithcr though', until some
weeks later?and as lin k would have it. j
on the last evening of the school lli?? snV I
ject was again bionght up in conversation '
j11>t. as wo were preparing to return to !
our homes for the night. After leaving i
the hall we talked ami chatted nf different
matters ami on ditlVrent subjects, till we '
reached her residence. It was late ami 1
did not enter the house,though she strong*
ly urged mo to do so. 1 had hid her ;
good Highland a as turning awav, when |
I happened to recollect the promise she i
had made, and I said :
'Helen, you promised to let tnc know !
to-nigh*, whether yon woul*l marry me i
tins spting. Have you made up your
mind V
Yes,'sail she, 'I have been thinking)
about it, but I guess I am a little too )
young. If it wasn't for that, I would 1
have no objection/
'Well good night, then,said I. 1 did'nt
expect \uu would do it?"but I'm bound
to marry some, one, and this spting, too.' i
llelore leaving her, I engaged to call i
again the following evening. That night
1 s.eot sotlti ! 1 v * ami ti e iu?vf iiii.riilini
lul l (oruot'fii all ali >ut my ni#hls a iv< n ;
til lev. lbtiin# ;he vlav 1 leceivwl an in
\italioti to alien 1 a ball to tiu hehl dial
evening, a fcw inilos out of tlio city, an 1
1 ininlu my arrangements aecor<liin?ly.
Towards ilii.-k I retneiubereiTmy agreemi'iit
to see 1 leleti, ami 1 though* 1 ivotiM
' kiii I'Vi'i f i a mono nt ami tiflcnvardl.aVi!
time to at'om! tlift ball.
Arrive I at tin limise, 1 ght f-.r an
instant that slut was 'rigging nj.* m an |
extra sty Us, whirli 1 wii< at a ! .?> to nc !
I'oiint tor, though 1 believe 1 coiirltnh-il
that slot lia<l company, ami i was ther-j
11i'e ill hopes 1 shouM not be detained
long. Helen welcomed nm into tin* par'
lor with a sweet smile ami took her
place beside tno on the sofa. I wa? ex
pectin# every moment to see some strati
ger enter the room, mid I had nut yet i
become sati tied llial we were alone,when |
she said,
'Henry I have made uj> my mind to
iiave you !'
Had a thunder clap struck me, I could
not have been more surprised, and after
an instant of hesitation 1 stammered
out?
What did you nay ?'
'I have concluded to marry you !'
'Oh, oh, you have ! Well, I suppose
it is all right?w hen shall the event lake
place 1'
I thought, >f it would suit you, that
you might diive around next Sunday, and
we will go to mother* at Dearborn, and
be married there.'
'Well' said I, 'I'll see if I can,' and as
soon an pusaible I took my leave.
'I did not go to tho ball that night?1
forirot all about it. and I sal river rlw.
Move tilt morning, thinking what a scrape
I had got myself irto. I even forgot to
keep the tire going, and almost froze in
my seat. When daylight began to peep
in at the windows, I hnd made up my
mind w hat I would do. I would go over
and tell IIuleo that we must be married
{immediately, or not at all ; and if she
agreed to that, I saw no other way but
to submit to my fate.
When I entered the gato leading up
to her house, 1 heard her singing a lively
song, and my conscience almost smote
roe for deceiving tho poor girl as I had ;
but I summoned up courage to ring the
hell, and pulling up my collar and thowing
my head hack, ( anxiously wailed an
answer to my summons. She soon came
to the door, and I waa ronon shftwn i?ii?
tlu) parlor, and she took her place beside
mo on the sofa as before.
'Helen,'! commenced.
Well, what!'
*1?I?wo must l?e u)arrie<l to day or
I?I donl think 1 shall ho able to be
married at all.'
It stuck on my throat as I said it, for I
know I was tailing a whopper ; but imagine
my surprise when she replied ;
Well, ju?r as you please llarry. You
may drive your carriage around about
12 o'clock, and I will be ready.'
I I gave up. Precisely at 12 I drew up
Y before her door with my carriage, and before
night we were married.
Reader, that wife has been worth moro ,
| |han $100,000 to me.
From the Xcw Orleans I'icnyunc.
THE SAME THING UNDER ANOTHER
NAME.
A despatch, yesterday, from New York,
giving us the news fioni Europe, informs
lis that there was a movement in England
Ill mvui ui /1IIIC1III eilllgrailOI?, ! > WlllCll
that country, France, Spain and l'ortugal
arc to he parties, and to l.y bound by
treaties for its prosecution, ns ail anti- |
slavery measure.
We have had some in'.imations before
of this notable scheme. Abolitionism, it
seems, does not pay. Theoretically, it is
a good theme for Kxeter 1I?.II, and an
admirable ami American text, -.lint, as
a practical experiment, in the experience
of itritain, it has failed. The sinews of
recuperatiTO lain r am to 1 e found, it seems,
for the Wet India Islands, in a new sy#? j
torn, 'African emigration !' The slave
trade is an abhorrent idea in that *fa*t
anchored isle,' upon the sou of which
whoever treads is, ipso facto free. Hut
African emigration may be a very lith r
ent thing ; especially if, hv its operation,
somebody is likely to make more out ol
it than somebody else.
'i io i._? i '. - - i ... i ? i 11
i III- iiii.? ?" uii .i |M?111 ufiMu riHvi (iy a
wide awake Frenchman, one Mom*. K< gin,
<>t' Marseilles, for tlio transportation ol
Miim* t-1? v thousand African 'apprentices'
to the French Colonics ; ami a ves- |
- I, as late accounts informed us, provided
with French ami Kn<;h*h Passports, has
actually anile 1 Iro n M ireilles for the
coast of Africa. For what purpose ?
Of course, not to onyja^o in the unholy,
detest tfrlo, detested; and hy tho a^ree
inent of the whole civilized world, (the
United States having taken the initiative,)
illegal and contraband slave trade. No;
but to invest certain 'trinkets of small
value' in eoijaoinjj native Africans to t^o
to Ciiiadaloii] it and Martinique, on a ti n
? I.:.. 'nr.... ... -i... -o.... - I
t VMO lUIVC^IUf'. 1 IHU. I* \ 11?- JMJtll ^
and a Spin sli journal' published at l<ni
celoiia, alluding to it, ox presses t lie opinion
that it is an experiment tlint will lie
often repented, and sees in it an excellent 1
means of supplying Cuba ami I'ortollieo
v\itii tin* additional labor, llioy remiire,
mi lite abo'iico of* tlie abrogated slave
trade ! hie Li'uti / .'s/xnwl, a government
organ, also intonates llial the means lntVe
be.-n fitind for supplying those islands
with abundant labor, which will iintnediat?-!\
be made operative, without in any
degree infringing the anti slave trade tieatie.s
ol Spain with Knglaiul.
Why, it cannot choose but be a noble plot!"
l'.ut, it must not he all the plot of
Fta nee and Spain. There are oilier is- !
Iiti?i the Western hemisphere than !
Cuba, i'oiln llieo, Martinique ami tiuadaloupe.
The tripartite alliance must he
hat moniotis, and whatever there may ho
or may not he, in France and Spain, in '
Filmland there is a people, and one that
is verv apt to look with enriou* eyes into
' actions of their constituents, the (i >v
rimient How is this articlo in the terms
"f th< a'dianco to be made palatable to
llielil
Why, tnarrv, tints ! England lias col
onies, too, in the West Indies. Ihlapidat?
d, disintegrated, unproductive, and bur
tin nsome, it is true, and that, too, in confC>|uenco
of a mistaken philanthropy, at
war wi b all experience and the plainest .
teaidiin js . f human nature?but still ,
KiiiJ.di eoloiiies. Shall this newly disCuVeud
meaiis of rocupctn'ing the ener
g>es n?i?I renewing the productiveness of
tl.i m* ! i.-lciwiis enure to France and
Spin i ?-ur, and the ot/u-r member of tlie
alliance have no p'irl in its bencfieent re [
suits f And, inoieover, has not 1?riii>li
commerce an good h right as that of
Spain or France to avail itself of such a
brilliant opening as ibis new system of j
supplying labor for the colonic# presents!
Wliat wonder, then, that wo find tliat
the London 'J'timx sees in this a very rational
and benevolent mode of putting
down the African slave trade by introdu
cing the African apprentice trade ! What
wonder that we now hear of a committee
of Kxeter Hall philanthropist calling on
Lord J'almerston to unite with Franco,
Spain and Portugal, ami extinguish forever
the African slave trade by substituting
this new system of African sppren
uceMiijt (or h it-rin of years !
It uiu the fair Juliet, in the plav, we
believe, who said
"Whul'it in a name ? That which we call a roue
llv any other naoi* would swell a* rvact
and the fair Veronese was right. Yon
may send your ships to the coast of Africa,
freighted with glass beads, and bright
leathers, and gay ribbons, with which to
bind your bargains for ten years' labor of
the African apprentice ; you may convey
him across the ocean, (forgetful of all
your former eloquence about 'tbe honors
of ihe middle passage,') and land liim,
under tbe name of an apprentice, upon
your colonial shores. Hut you cannot
alter bis status, in relation to tbe people
you place liiiu among. You cannot make
him aught but a slave, call him what you
may.
We shall await the development of
this notable scheme of our srecinl friends,
the philanthropists,with no little cuiiosity
and interest.
Good Adyic*.? 1 Jig potatoes drive a
dray, peddle matches, or do anything
iii honest and useful, rather than run
in debt* If you have any regard for a
quiet, comfortable si de of inind, and place
any value upon a good appetite, umutlb-d
temper, pleasant pillow, comfortable
dreams, and general independence, keep
clear of debl. Labor, toil, struggle, be up
and doing and keep clear of debt,the hardest
of all masters for he places a weight
around the neck of all who comes within
his grasp and presses like an incubus
ujwn the sou J,
>
ftlisrrllaiirotts.
I i
A FEW WORDS ON DOGS?HYDRO- (
PHOBIA OR RABIES. ]
At litis season of tho year iniieli fear
is entertained of dugs becoming rabid or
mad hum tho supposed ctlccis uf Itol 1
weather. Statistics of ratios go to show '
thai contrary to popular predudice it oc- j 1
curs inosl frcpieutly in cold couultios and c
during Autumn, Winter and Spring,'1
^ trans. Am. Mod. Ass 1855 ) In I'rus- ' 1
sin, from 1810 lo 1810, 1,058 poisons 1
died of hydrophobia. (Sec Edinburgh
Med. Stir. J cur., 18v!4) li is of frequent ! \
uccurielicu in Kussta, rotund, ?S<>iiItem 1
Kurope, and in the Northern States of I '
this I'nion. 1 ?r. Mease says : 'Dining v
several li;ir<l Winter months, within inv I
remembrance in this city, (l'lidadelphia,) 1
especially 1779 an<l 1780, dogs very H
commonly went mad.' Uabies seems to v
be n rare disease in tropical climates.?
I >r. Savary says : ''The disease is not '
known in lite Island of Cyprus or Syria.' "
Cancy and Vulney says: 'it is never teen 1 '
in Kg\ pt.' f>r. Ihitrow says : Ml is ex- ' "
troinely tare at the Cape of tJood Hope, v
and iii the intciior of CatlVaiia.' l>rs. I I
Hamilton and Mo'-eloy both sav that ?
'there was not a single case in Jamaica i 1
for a period of fifty years previous t?t
17 83.' The prevalence of rabies in the 1 )
Islan 1 of Creta is in coiise<piencc of the i '
occupation of the inhabitants, who are j
dog fanciers, and the breeding of choice 1
varieties oi clogs lor exportation is a '
source of considerable revenue.
The bite of an enraged dog (is when ' '
lighting) not alfectcd with hydrophobia, '
may pioduce hydrophobia in man, (see '
Morgagci, 1 >r. la? Ibiix 1M. l.ips;oinhc, '
lb. Newman, tSjc., ifce.) The true cause
of liie disease in the dog is not known,
but the most probable causes are want of
proper food ami pure water. An nbun
dan t supply of cold water lor dogs would '
be a greater protection against hydrophobia
than 'muzzles,' which are worn only '
a pail of the year, while hydrophobia ! !
occurs almost as frequently in Winter as
in Summer. It is a common practice, ;
an I a very serious mistake, when a per f
son receives a bite from a dog supposed '
to be rabid to kill the dog ; this should
in no case l>o clone, l>ut secure the ani- '
nial ami kecj? it in a safe place until il is I
la 11 y known wheilier the dog really ha? j
li\(.lioj liohia. 1 >ogs aro subject to tits, I
when they f tain at lite mouth and run
nrouml balking in a strange ami some- j
t iuies dangerous in tin nor, ami persona are
fn ijnently bitten during such a paroxysm.
."Such bites are dangerous, certainly, but
n?t necessarily fatal. Hydrophobia.which
is fatal, may or may not follow such bite*, (
but if the dog is killed, the awful dread
ami uncertainly of thai frightful disease
hangs over the unfortunate sulferei, lengthening
his agony until death itself would
be a relief?whereas if the dog is kept j
and docs not become rabid, '.ho mind is 1
at once relieved of all anxiety. Hence. 1
as a matter of prudence and relief to the
patient, the life of the dog should not '
immediately bo taken.?iV, Daily |
AY it's.
?^? '
TERRIBLE AFFAIR in GOLDSBORO.
]5y h letter received here this morn- |
ing, we learn tli.it a most painful occur- :
reiice took place yesterday in (.? >! Ishoro',
resulting most probably, ere this time, in !
serious loss of life.
It seems tli.it some diflicully bad exis- I <
ted between I>r. Davis and a (/ermuu? I 1
a Jew, we believe of the name of Uden- 1
heimer, and it seems tb.it some lime last j 1
week tin* I ?r. had caned the other. Yes- I
terdav, Odeiihaimer warranteil Davis, and
the parlies met for trial before a magis I i
irate, in the store of Messrs. Washington j
A; Andrews. It would appear that < Men
heimer was very insulting in his language ,
to Dr. Davis, calling hiiu a liar, or using '
words to that ellect, ami Davis was about >
to lay hold of a little lire shovel to strike <
him, Odunhciintr's step son drew a pistol ; |
anil slwil Ihiiiii ilio t.all ....i..-:..,.
- -I ?? J'IM. '
about the lower end of the lung.*, on the I
right side, arid lodging in the hack. The j '
Odctiheimers, father and son lirod in all i
live shots, ami as the elder had liii pistol <
to Dr. Davis' head to shoot him again, 1
young Wintield ltobinson, a nephew of <
the Dr.'*., snatched tip n spade and struck '
Odenheimer on the head, knocking him 1
down, and fracturing his skull shockingly.
I Dih turned the direction of the pistol so t i
that the contents, intended for Davis, en- I
tered the back of the younger Odenhei- 1
liter, near the bark hone. Tbua the tragedy
closed. O.lenheinier and son are in i <
jail and neither expected to live, although
there are sotmv hopes of the younger. It
is supposed to be impossible f??r the old ,
man to survive. Dr. Gogdell took out a
spoonful of brains.
Dr. Davis at last accounts was better, 1
ami some hopes were entertained of his
recovery. The elder Odenheimer it was
thought would die; the younger Odenheimer
would probably recover. The 1
German residents were forced to leave '
Goldshoro', and one who persisted in re- 1
inaing was ducked and ridden cn a mil 1
? WiluunytoH Journal.
Tiie I)anoku ov Dkntisthv.?A young 1
lady in Dayton, Ohio, crime very near '
losing her life within the past week, in
consequence of the extraction of a tooth. '
The removal of a molar severed an artery, |
aud the profuse bleeding continued. Interrupted
by but short intervals, for near- I
ly two days,until ?be was nearly exhausted. (
It was Anally checked, but not until she
had lost between one and two gallons of i
blo9<J, J
THE LATE PROF. MITCHELL.
A correspondent of tlie Journal of (Wntrcc
gives the follow pig particulars of tiie
loath of Prof. Mitchell, of the University
if North Carolina :
[3lack Mountain, Yancv Co. N. C., f
July 10th, 18o7. j
Tiik Latk 1)k. Mitciiki.l?Tiik In- i
jl'kst and Ul uiki..? I was present yes. |
erdav, when the body of l>r. Mitchell w:is i
akeu truu '.he water. The examination
?f the body by ihe Coroner, was most sat- <
sfaclory, and left no doubt as to the man- ?
ler of his death, lie lost his footing on I
lie brink of the precipice, and fill head- I
ong into an exquisitely rounded pool of t
vatert ten f.-el in diameter and tilN . nlec i i
leep, cv idctillv worn out l?y cascade fa I t
ng into it. Although he had been in the |
valt r ten or twelve duvs, his fontuies wi-ro i
>erfect,?his face as calm ami placid as I
I lie had fallen gently to sleep,?the eyes
iml mouth close.I, ami w hole countenance
vitliout a single distortion. A., who
joked on were struck with, it which v\| orlaps,
attributable to the singular < >'..inesv
iiul purity of niouiitain water. His inon
y, watch, spectacles and other pcisr.nal
ippliances w ere found on the hod v. The
vat h was stopped a*, twenty minutes
last eight o'clock showing that lie catnu
o his distressing end immediately alter
lark. It lie eon hi have heon contented
o wait, hunter fashion, under a tree till
laylight, lie would have lieen alive now.
I" tie verdict of the Jury was that he came
l# his death hv a."?Mil?>?.r 'PI... l.^.i
.. . .-v.u .fu i IK- WHS i
lii it mined to the lop of tlio mountain, i
11 ll>o rugged sides, with iiip.nifc lahni, i
>y the hardy mountaineers. It was n >t i
?Iho?-<1 on th? iiioiintaiii summit, in a. cor :
lance with the w ishes ami expe *taliens of i
ha .surroud ling p"ojiie, Qlutt wascanied
o Ashcv.lle, for titia 1 removal t'hipi! '
iliH. The goodly company ot' men pros 1 >
nt were warmly in favor of. making the j I
ligliest point of tlio | oak liis Initial place i
where the eternal mountain form hit m ?t i
itting moDiJiiicnt. lint sonuMif ilie mom i
hers of the family could not fee! them i
lelves at liberty to consent to it, r.iol ac
torJingly it was not done,?all reluctanty
admitting that :i man's ho lv ought, ol
right, to ho at the disposal of his family.
Apart from the wild grandeur of lhe<e
mountains, ihev are now invested with a
solemn and tnelaiu holly interest, by tlio
most atlheting event.
t'lfllll ill.. Oi.fi'i.,1 UII.I M-? *
- ?.. ? ? ? ? uuuiit* ;:cer*
Major Pkkky.?Believing a synopsis '
jf our (Jeucral Fax lb-turns would be rj- !
i-eptable to your readers, I hercwidi fur
nish it, as well as a comparison with the ,
returns of last year. The Ipper lh vision
at the Slate, you will see, ts still increas j
ing in population and w< itllh. Hie number
of slaves returned this year is 24ii,
iJ03, being an increase of 1,037 over the
returns ol last year.
The sales ?..f foreign floods, wares and
meichandi>c, amount to ?7,408.891, being
an excess ot ?51 1,255 over the stiles j
of last year.
The vaiuo of town lots returned this
ye.it is ?5,040,513, being an increase over
last year's valuation of $2UU,69'2.
With all tins property, however, on
account ot' the reduction ol our taxes
last I December, the income of the Slate
is considerably diminished. For last year
the gross amount of taxes in the
I'pper I hvision, was . . .?259,695,05
This year the amount is but. 234 403,07
Showing n deficiency of. . . . .25,201,07 !
As a considerable |><>rtion of the tartes |
<>( llie Lower I hvisiott is derived from tile
?ale of foreign goods, and as tlie tax on
these has been reduced from 'J5 to 15
rents per hundred dollars, there is probably
a greater deficiency in the Charleston
than in the Columbia Treasury, amount
ng in the whole, perhaps, to some fiftyfire
or sixty thousand dollars.
The resuscitation of the " ll yistration
.Icf," at the Ih--1 session of the Legisia
Hire, has again been folio we 1 by a failure
tvery one of the Tax Collectors acknowl j
sdgeing bis return was imperfect, it is I
physically impossible for any one man to ,
collect the tax? s in the largo and populous
I hstrict of the hack country, make
xil throe copies of the original returns,
issue executions against defaulters, hunt
j 1
up skulkers, note down inorers, pay over |
the 'axr-' " '.'.w. \ by tho first Mon
Jay in June, and in H<l<iition to all litis, i
i.sk? down all the births ! all the deaths !
and all the marriages in his iJiairiet ! !? ,
Why, the tiling is impossible ; ami the
money expended on the project has 1 eon
thrown away. I refrain from mentioning | i
another objection, as I have no douht it
will he presented to (lie Uegislatuie by ! <
my superiors.
Yours, as ever, T. F. I i
Treasurer's OlRoe,Columbia, July 2, 1837.
1)rkai>fli. Acciokkt.?A tcrriole ac- ,
:ident, resulting in the loss of life occurred
on the South Carolina Ktilroad, near i ,
Uccd street, on Saturday morning, about
8 o'clock. A lad, twelve years old, named
Fowler, w as rolling a barrel on one of the
tracks, and, to got out of the way of an
approaching tram, passed over to another
track in the rear ot an engine and lender
engaged in taking in wood. This being
completed, they hacked down the
track, and the lad stepped one side to lot
ihoin pass. Unfortunately, h**cver, the
barrel was not clear of the track, and
was driven bv the tender acainst vouiur
^ o ? ^ n
Fowler, precipitating him on th? rail, and
Lhe wheels passing over his reck, completely
severed his head from his )>ody.
An inquest was held upon the body '
l?y Coroner Kinsman, and the evidence
completely exonerating the Eugineer and
Fireman from all blame, a verdict was
rendered of Accidental Death.? Charlatan
Mtrcury,
From the lJoston tinnier.
ISTitE MOON INHABITED ?-RECENT
DISCOVERY BY THE ASTRONOMER
HANSER.
It lias lung been known that the moon
revolves on its axle in the same time in t s
which it revolves round the earth, ami 1
that it consequently always presents near- ^
ly the same side toward the earth, while '
he other side is never seen front our globe. x
No hoilies of water norchuulscan heseeti N
?n the moon by the aid of the most pow- I
rful telescope, nor is the apparent direc '
ion of llu) stars close to its edge changed ' t
>y refraction, as would be the case if an
ttinoNpbcre enveloped the moon. Hence '
I has been inferred by Whewell, the re- s
>uted author of the late work entitled'"Of H
IMura'.ity of Worlds," that lite moon has s
10 atmosphere or water, and, consequent- 1
y, no inhabitants. ! '
Tliis inference is shown to he inconelu- I
ivc, bv a recent discovery of the nxtronj- | c
iicr Hansel, whose study of the moon's 1
no-ion, ct ntiuiird for many years, liases- j a
ablished the fact that the centre of grav ''
ty ot the moon, instead of being like that s
>1 the earth, at the centre of figure, is he- i 11
i"ond that centre, and farther from the ! v
>idc next to the earth than it is from the J 1
>th?r side by seventy-four miles. The,
learcr side of the moon therefore, is a I
i-t, expanded protuberance or mountain t.
ventv foil- miles libdi and nnv tlni.l
. ' ' I ci
fthether air or water, would How down !s
wards from the nearer to the farther side |j
A moon where, t<>r aught we know, in- v
elligenl 1 ivi11?? bemg may exist. The a
lO.trer side of tiio moon cannot be inhab- i r
te l. at least by beings to whose existence i r
tir and water are essential, as is the case j v
with ail terrestrial animals. | v
The late celebrated mathematician, j
Jans* proposed a* a means of settling the (
j'tes'iou whether llie moon is itdiabited, (
that a huge monument should be. erected t
sn the steppes of Siberia, as a aigti'tl to t
lhe inhabitants of tbe moon, in the hope ! t
that '.hey might be induced to erect a him c
i!ar signal to apprise us of their existence.
The discovery of Hansel shows that such I
an exporinn-ut couM bo attended with no |
success, iuasiuusb as tho inhabitants of' ^
the moon, it there are any, being on the ,
further side, could never s>-e :i monument
on the earth.
It may not be uninteresting to add, i
that it has been discovered, within a few | |
years, by means of long continued, hourt>
obkri \ at ions with tbh baiometcr, that j
the timon exerts an appreciable intlu- i
ence on the pressure of the atmosphere; j ;
and a.so by moans of i<>ng continued mag
neuc observations, Mini n exerts an iiinitence
on the* declination of the magnetic
needle.
MRS DICKSON S NEW PETTICOAT.
A meek quiet looking person, calling <
himself John l)icksou, was delected on
Friday in the very act of stealing a large j
roll of r<- I tlannel front the door of a drv
goods store in Eighth street, lie did not
deny the fact, but attempted to palliate
his olfencc by the following address to j
the Mayor:
"Sir, I confess I did take the jlannin, 1
hut when yon hear why I took it, you
will say that 1 am an unfortunate man, .
and ought to he pitied. My wife says to
me yesterday morning:
" 'John I've got a two dollar note, I'ank
of Ilarrisbiirgh, (-ays she.) 1 made it by
washing and ironing, and I want you to I
go Hiid buy mo eight yards of llannin? j
red tlauniii (says she) ? to make me two
petticoats, for the spring ;s backwards |
(say* sln*j ami the weather keeps cool,
and I haven't a rag that's lit to wear.? |
And mind you don't lose the money nor i
go near any grog shop, (says the) fof you j
know your weakness ; and don't you gel i
into conversation with any other loafers |
as you nre going along on this errand.' |
"So I took the money?the two dollar !
note, (I did?and set out, and went three
squares around to keep clear of the grog- ' <
gcrv that's in the upper end of our street; |
ami that's the way I missed it ; for in the !
other street I met Joe Ilinson. Says
Joe?
"'Jack where you're bound ?"
"Says I?"To got eight yards of quarter
dollar llannin, to make mv wife two i
petticoats."
'Says he?"Dock the old woman half '
a yard, and let's havo a couple of glasses j
of tody. It's only making the petticoats j
a little shorter, (says he,) and as she's got ;
a handsome pair el ankles she won't mind
having ii scant pattern."
"Well, I thought half a yard of flan- ]
nin' would'nt make much difference, so in j
wo went (o the hotel, changed the note, (
drank a glass iij>iece, and that put us in ' (
Llie notion of more, (it did,) and .foe j
drank and I drank, and in less than j
an hour I'll be switched if I had twenty* |
11 vo cents loft out of two dollars. Well,
what could I do then I I ax any reasonahlo
man what could 1 do? I couldn't i
go home without the ilsnnin aud 1
eon Id'nt buy it without the money. So 1
hooked a bolt of it, (I did,) that's a fact, j
and I'm not ashamed to acknowledge it, ;
for Dotliing clso could be Joiio ; and if 1
hadn't been nabbed my olo woman should ;
have had six red flannel petticoats instead !
of the two she sent me after ; and that's
the wholo story."
Dickson was committed in default of
ha l to answer for the larceny.?Philadtl*
jdna Sunday Mercury.
A COMI'limknt woktii HaVINQ.? A
worthy farmer of this neighborhood, on
hearing that Col. McWilli# was a candidate
for Governor of Alississippi, said:?
"Although the storm hail storm has de
stroyed my crop, if my vote would secure
his election, I would cheerfully take my
horse and pay my expenses out aud back >
to givo it to him."?Cumden Journal.
A KORSE CASE.
Maj. lVrry, in reporting tho cases at
Anderson extra court, gives the fo low- :
t
n? :
There was an action brought by Hob- j
on vs. Cobb, for the value of a horse |
dioked to death in C'ohbs' stables at
tYilliamston. 1 he question was as to the
iabiiity of tavorn-keepers. The proof I
vns by plaintiff that the rope or halter J
vas not well tied. On the other hand, |
he proof was that the halter was all right. 1
t ivas, wo thought, a c!?ar case of volun- !
ary suicide on the pait of the horse, *nd J
mil mo ueiennam was iu?i liable, ills
lutior thought the jury might well j>re j
uiiie negligence. The plaintiff's counsel
Jlirmvd that tavern keepers were over- |
eers of the lives of all horses put into 1
heir stables, against all accidents, except
hose occurring front the net of God or a |
niblic enemy. The defendant's counsel 1
ontendod that the horse die.l of colic.?
'he jury telurned a verdict for defendant,
nd the plaintiff's counsel appealed, to
ave it determined by tlieir lionors the
ix law Judges, whether the horse coinnitted
suicide, died by the act of God, or (
rns assisted iti any way in his death bv ;
lie defendant or his servants.
Fatal Accioest.? Mi.?s Anna tSloau,
ldesl daughter of Col. Win. Sloan, died
11 the 13th inst.. under the most dislres
my circumstances. 1 it attempting to reill
;i lamp with Caniplietie, the burning ;
viok which lia>l been slightly turned'
iside, came in contact with the duid, and j
trod need an immediate explosion, envel- '
ping her in Hamcs. She lived nearly two I
veeks after the accident, v.iH'ering all the
chile the most intense ami excruciating I
>ain. The death of a grown young lady
mder such circumstances, in the enjoy- j
neiit of vigorous health, and w ith a lu-j
ure before her full of promise, is one of i
he most iiicluncholly occurrences that has <
;ver happened in this cotninuinty.?An~
Icrson (ia~cttc.
Judge liurko, of South Carolina, rode 1
>11 horseback from circuit t5 circuit, ac- !
:oiupauicd by a servant, who was direc j
led to keep close behind him, while lie!
neditated as pleased lumself by the wav. t
Jogging along in this way, on one '
jccasiou, the servant passed up too .
near to the lioiso which lie rode, and
vrnitu im|>|>ciii:.i m oe ?t:i iw nauircd nruto !
wild the consequence was that tho horse 1
kicked the negro on the leg, who, ohserv* I
ing that it had not interrupted his mas i
tcr'a study, sprang oil' his horse, and pick I
ing up a stone, threw it at the beast, '
which it unluckily missed, and t*ok of 1
led between the J udgo's shoulders. Tire
instant the negro saw what had been i
done, befell in the road with his hand
clasped around his leg, ami crying out in
apparent agony. As soon as the Judge
coup! straighten himself, he turned around
and said to the prostrate negro "Stephen
child, what ails you 1" "Lor, raassa,"
was the reply, "your horse, just now,
kicked me on the leg, and almost broke
it." "Wei, chilJ," said the Judge, "he
just now kicked me between the shoulders,
and almost broke my back, too."
Tt happened some years ago, in one of
the Northern counties of Vermont that
the then State attorney, though a man of
great legal ability, was rather too fond of
the ''critter," and with a perversity of habit,
which wo have often seen in others,
was pretty sure to drink too deep at the
very time when it was necessary that he
should be sober. On one accasion an
important criminal case was called on by
the Clerk, but the Attorney, with owllike
gravity, kept his chair, being in tact,
not fairly ablo to stand on his feet.
"Mr. Attorney, ts the State ready to
proceed !" said the Judge.
"Yes?hie?no,your honor," stammered
the lawyer, "the State?hie?is not in
a state to try this case to day?the Stale
your honor, is drunk."
On Wednesday morning last, while a
dense throng was assembled in the 1'resident's
gardens at Washington, the ic
porter of the. Stales, having occasion to
ihkc notes 01 so:no parsing incident, very |
coolly made n writing table of the hack ,
sf a gentleman before him. When the j
gentleman turned round, he was discovered
to he Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary
the Treasury. In reply to the reporter's
apologies. Mr. Cobb said that no
barm had been done?that a man who
was hacked up by twenty millions could
not he expected to feel the pressure of a
crisis like that.
Hat PrtooK Corn Cain.?"In framing
let the sleepers into the side sills so that
the top of tho sleepets and sills will he
level; joint your flooring, drive up tight,
ami naii down fast, and you have a floor
that will neither lose your shattered corn
nor let in rats and inico.
Neither stone nor brick for underpin
tung, lor me raw will certainly undermine
tliem|and your sills nettle; but une good
Mocks two feet long, brought to a square
at the top the size of sill. Use these procautions,
and 1 will guarantee you a complete
riddance from the rat tribe, if you
do not let them in at the door."
A young lady once Uintod to a gentleman
that her thimble was worn out, and
asked what reward she merited tor her
industry, lie sent her an answer in the
shape of a thimble, on which the following
line* were engraved :
"I send a thimble, for fingers nimble,
Which I hope will fit when yon try it;
It will last you long, if it's half as strong
the hU?t ? hicji you gayo mo to buy it."
ihirirfij.
Tlio editor of the New York Mirror in
an obituary notice of the lion. James
Liell, of New Hampshire, says I10 was "a
lawyer by profession, and an honest man
h>j practice.
Give me kisses, darlinf! Let thim bo
laid with power on my lips?wid a report
like heaven's thunder whips, or the explosion
av the evenin1 gun?och, let mo
have thim that way ivory won !
A lady, walking a few days since on
one of tlie-wharves of New York, asked
a sailor whom she mot, why a ship was
ll.l... ? 'IM fV . i- ?
luiivu .-in:, 1 no null Ul i-HL-JllUne replied
that il was "because the rigging cost raoro
than thejiull."
Kitchen girls are now termed, "young
ladies of the lower parlor." l'eople who
go about grinding knives, scisors, and razors,
are termed "gentlemen of the revolution."
Folks who dig clams are termed
" profound investigators,"
A little boy once said to his grandmother:
"Grandmother, J hope you will die
lir>t." "Why so, my child?" "Because
I can stand trouble better than you can."
This hint from an atTectionatc and bravo
boy occasioned great laughter.
Winchcll tells a storv of a dog which
undertook to jump across a well in two
jumps. There arc a great many people
just like that dog?folks who think they
can jump across a well in two jumps.?
They that undertake the experiment usu
ally "bring up down in the water."
Think.?Thought engenders thought.
Place one idea upon paper, another will
follow it, ami still another, until you have
written a page. You cannot fathom
your mind. '1 here's a well of thought
there which has no bottom. The more
you draw from it, the more clear and
fruitful it will he.
Anecdote ok CIeoi.oe I'fauodv.?Fifty
years ago, at the age of 12, he had
occasion to pass through Concord, N. 11.,
ou his way to Vermont, lie stopped all
night at the old "Stickney Hotel," where
he paid his lodging and breakfast by sawing
wood. Such was the first hegiuning
of Creorge I'eabody.
A celebrated dandy was one evening
in company with a young lady, and observing
her kiss Iter favorite poodle, lie
advanced and begged the lileo favor, remarking
that she ought to have as much
charitv for him a- she had shown the door
| "Sir*," said the Helle, "I never kissed my
I dog when a pupy." '1 lie fellow took the
hint and was oil" Mistanter.
An old lady in Pennsylvania had a
j great aversion to ive, and never could eat
it in any form. "Till of late," said bIiC,
"they had got to making it into whiskey,
and I lii'd 1 can, now and then, worry
down a little."
"Mister have you seen a yallerWog going
along here, about a year, year and a
( half or two ycais old!"
"Yes," replied the chopper, supposing
tiie Yankee w as quizzing him, "yes, I saw
: a yaller dog going along hero about a
| year, a year and a half or two years old,
about an hour, an hourar.d a half, or two
hours ago, and you'll find him a tnile, a
I mile and a half, or two milesahead with
, a tail about an inch, an inch and a half
j or two inches long."
' Hold on ! that'll do stranger ! I calki!
late you are into mo about a foot, a toot
and a half or two feet."
A poor bachelor, after coming out at
the small end ot the horn in all his matrimonial
attempts, pathetically exclaims :
"When 1 remember all
i lie girls I've met together,
I feel like a rooster in tiie fall,
Kxposcd to every weather;
I feel like one who treads alone
Some barn-yard all deserted,
Whose oats are tied?whose hens a.-o
dead.
And off to market started."
i IIarp F atk.?Soma unfortumato w?g
1 of a lover penned the following after a
proposal :
! "I sat mo down in thought profound :
I '1 his maxim wise I drew ;
; It'a easier for to like a girl,
Than make a girl likoyou !"
Consolation.?"But after all, 1 don't
believe
My heart will break with wo;
I If si ie's inclined to like that chap,
Why, bless her, let her rrA
Bkal'tiful Illusthation.?The widow's
mite was beautifully illustrated at a
meeting of the Bible society recently held
in^Mancheater New'Hanipshire. A poor
woman on her death bed, had given a
cage, with two beautiful birds, the only
available thing she owned, to the Bible
Society. Tito birds had been kept by the
clergy man, and At the anniversary meetilliT
Al rst anchoster. thev were biouffht for
i n * ? ? o
w?r<l and tho interesting circumstances of
the gift stated. They were then uncovered,
and the sudden gush of light roused
them up, and the little warblers hurst into
the raoet rapturous song. 'I ho efleot
upon tho audience was magical, and under
ita influence they were sold at auction.
Over one hundred do'lais, including emna
voluntary additions, were thus secured for
the Society by this poor dying woni&o'a
begucst.