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. ?_______ - " m Lancaster fcirgeu $2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE A /araily aaii ^alitiral ilwnspaprt?PrauteH !o (lit .Iris, jciracrs, liUretiK, itiniatieu, jlgricallurt, 'Jalrrual Smpraarumila, /wcigu anil Sauitstit jUruis, auil % jilr.rfcrls. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER. C. 11.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNINd. OCT. 7, 1857 NUMBER 34. ftlisrcllmifous. ; Incidents of the Central America DisasterThe papers contain many interesting incidents attending the late dmuster nt new. In his account of his instrumentality in saving some of the passengers, (Jaj tain Johnson, id the hrig Ellen, sa)ft : SiNOt'lait Visitation of a Unto.? Just before six o'clock, on the aftetiioon of September l'itli, i was standing on the quarter deck with two others of the crew on the deck at the same time besides tlie ' man of the helm. Suddenly a bird (lew over around me, just grazing my tight shoulder. Afterwards, it flew around (lie ' ; vessel, then it again commenced to fly round my head. It noon flew at my face, when 1 caught hold ol it and made it a 1 primmer. The lord is unlike nnv bird I e*er saw larfore. and I don't know its name. The color of its feallieia was a dark iron gray ; its body was a foot and a half iu lengih, with wings three and a half feel from lip to lip. It had a beak full eight inches long, and sort of teeih like a small handsaw. In capturing it. it give inn h good bite on my right thumb. Two of the crew, who assisted in tying it* ler^, were also bitten. Am it showed i to bite Ml ever) body 1 bad its head after- ' wards cut oil aud the body thrown over- ] board. Tiik Biiid'a Visit IIkuakurd as i ' Wakmsu.? When the bird llew to the slip the bark was going a little north of . north east. 1 regarded the appearance J of the bird as an omen, and an indication to me tli.it I must change my course. 1 according!) heud^J to the eastward direct. 1 sdoiild not have deviated from my > course had not the bird visited the ship, and had it not been for this change of j Coutse 1 should uol have (alien in with passengers of the Central America. Til* Bah*. Encountekh hi* C*mti<al Am*ui?.'a's 1'asm*.nukuh.?About one o'- i clock Sunday morning, (lio helmsman and myself, who were uu deck, were sudili lily startled l?y hearing strange cries a short distune from ili? vessel. AI lir?l I cwtii I not tell wii.it the erica were. In a nioiiii-nl the agonizing shrieks. as it see turn J of a hundred . oices, was jdiuiiiy d.?- : litiguirliaiiiu. I at once knew that w? inuit l>e in liie vicinity of a wreck, and 1 hi. tiled lately roused every man on board. It. less titan a uiinuto I found llinl we were surrounded with person* floating in tlie water. Tito darkness of llie night uiaile it impossible to see lliein, but tb? * voices calling for aid rang iu my oars fr >111 every direction. As toon as |>ose t- j bie the lashes of the small boat were cut mii*I thrown into the water with ten men in it. It h<4*1 hardly touched the ?Hl?r whe i wix men who were in the water, j grabbed hold <>t it hi:?J Hi rue* I it keel upward*. It whs soon righted, end the men taken in end put tin board. The work of * reaming tbe drowuing men was proceed ed with a'l possible despatch. licsides the efforts being kept ur t?y the binrtll boat, three life buoys were thrown overboard, unci ropes were suspended from the Si.ler* of the ?es*ol that the passengers might get hold of them. ' Altogether, forty-nine persona were picked up and taken on hoard. Additional lights were put up, so that they could be seen Irotn all sides of the ship. The utmost effort was made to catch the cries of any who might be in the water. Willi tbe heavy sea that continued to roll, and tint nnitus An lumr.l on.l ... 1.1-.!? - e 1 WV v.. W??U MMU WIllllllll^ Ul UIO wind ilir?.??ijrl? the ropes, it whs difficult to hear any distance. Five persons were picked up alter daylight. The last per son who was rescued, was at 8 o'clock in the morning. Only two of the forty nine were able to be of auy service in rescuing others or ministering to those who had been rescu ed. These two were Capta'n Dadger and IIr. A. J. Easton. The rest, from having remained so long in the water, were exhausted. The ship lay to till 1 1 a. in. Sunday morning, in the possibility that additional survivors might be found. | Finding no more I beaded the brig for Cape llatleras arid landed the rescued passengers at Norfolk, on Friday, the 18, of Sepleinlmr, Bkekino a Comtanion.?One man floating in litude, and terrified at hi* loneline**, nfier khouting biin?elf hoarae to find a companion, raw at length a man with two life preserver* fastened alwiut hi* body drifting toward* liiiu. Ilia heart leaped for joy at the welcomed bight, for the feeling of deeolatiou which had overcome him wai terrible to endore. lie called to the other to join him.if pnaaible, and made every eiertion to meet him half way. There wae no reply, hot the other drifted nearer and nearer. A wave three* ibern together. The/ touched.? j Thu living man shrieked in the luce of a corpse. The other had been drowned by tlic dasn of the billows, or bad perished from exhaustion. Ssxu my L.?vk to my Dkaii Wikk. ?One man Called to another, iii our ill* uMiinui ? Hearing. "it ton are saved, Frank, send my l?>ve, to my dear wile;" Ian ili? fiieud appealed to answered only wiili a gurgle of the throat, lie was washed oil his plank, ami perished as , his comrade spoke. Many were desirous j of' sep.trluig llietn-e'ves as f?r as possible I from the rest, being fearful le?l souse deatli-slrtigglcr might seize hold of theni and draw tliein under. Oilier*, afraid of their loneliness, called to their neighbors to keep together. Generally, they strove to cheer each other as long as '.hey re- ; inained within hearing. Noulk Conduct ok Qi'aktrumastkk IIavmom).? l lie rescuetl nassein/ers from o *"" ; the Cen'.ral America appear unanimous in their opinion as regards tiio intrepid | and noble conduct of David Ua) nioiid, quartermaster of tlio ill-fated steamer.? j lie made three trips witli one of the life boats between the steamer and the brig Marine, and tried hard to gel some one { to accompany him on another trip ; and while pleading for assistance in Ins work of humanity, the boat wus stove in be- j neath linn. Intckksiino Statkmknt.?The Even- . iug Journal has communicated by a correspondent the following interesting statement : Mr. S. Col well, one of the passengers picked op bv the barrpfe' Eden, from the wreck of tbo ill fated steamer Central America, informs me that be was afloat a period of about nine hours, during j which tiiiiM b.* ?nwiji.....l ? ?-1 o.s pounds < ( gold dust ami coin, belled ; Mround bill), witli the aid of h board nine inches wide and three fee' long. When picked up, he nays, he whs not in the least exhausted, but tell as if he Could easily have sustained himself twenty- J four hours longer. lie sav* lie was.lt) , some means, knocked overboard with ' many others, about tlnce minutes before : the steamer disappeared. He went over : at the bow, and sunk many feet in tbe i water. W ben be came up tbe bows i f ? tbe steamer were stiil visible, but at ibis I iuslant a heavy sea broke over Iter ami . she disappeared from sight forever. At , lie went down, the end of the bow sprit I grazed III-. ulinulJel. A luiliiile alter and"" llie i>ui(ace of tlio water was covered with | a struggling mass of human beings, some in gr<tupes, clinging lo and Btruggiing wiili each oilier. Soon those who could not swim, or , lliiwi) who could, but bad lost their pre** ' ence of mind, sank to rise no more.? ; From that moment all whh ipiiel, each atom heart, exercising the reasoning tac ullie* with which hu was endowed,sought I such inertia of support as came within ; reach. They njioke encouragingly to ' each other and all hoped lo be saved.? The presence of the bark Kileu inspired this hope. Mr. 0. says, when the vessel w?nt down, be was clasped around ts>ih legs i by a man struggling for life. 11:? grasp was the grasp of despair, and no etloits of his were sufficient to break Ins hold, lie was obliged to lake hold of the man's arms and press dow n ward, while, bv the exertion ol all his strength, he drew up, first one leg, ami then the other. This effort to ftco himself from his unfortunate companion took hiin down, he thinks, twenty or thiily feet. The latter continued to sink to a watery grave, while he, inore fortunate, rosu to the surface. lie came up in the midst of a group, several of whom seized upon hiin, and in their struggles tore from his body his life preserver arid his shirt, lie finally sue* ceeded in freeing hunself from tliem, ami swain away in search of something for support, lie found the piece of board to w hich allusion has la*en m ?do, ami which, in the end was the means of sat k:- i;r.. ii- - ... i > ii>K ui? me. in* ?mr, iiihi mil nine el* fort is needed to keep a man afloat, if In) preserves Ins presence of mind, mid scis with cool judgment. Fright, lie lliinkm not only weakens a person, but ilie struggling induced by it lends rnllier to sink tlihn suslNin liim. While swimming in search of some support, lie found Ins boots weighing heavily upon him, when he stopped and deliberate!* drew them otf. Mr. (J. weighs a little over 200 pounds. Mr. C. says that some time previous to the tfunl catastrophe, he was deairous, with others, to construct a float, aud went in search of tools for the purpose, hut neither tools or carpenters were to be founti on board the ship. The fore and aft schooner, said to have been seen near the wreck, nod ui which hopes ere ; oitfnaiiicd lliHl Captain 1 ( iixloit may have been saved, was distinctly seen by j Mr. C. Mr. C. says about fifteen minutes before the vessel went down, lie witnessed the [to lino between two twin brut Iters, named C-i-ej. They embraced each oilier in j teais on deck, saying that eaeli must take care ot bottssit* tbe\ bade eaeli oilier a fbial'ndieii. Subsequently ihe\ were pick ed 11> by the baiqtie Kbit, whoie iie j witnessed their iiiceiino. Ho also saw two brothers, named Harris, from Missouri, about the same tulle. Tliet each bad about $4 UUO in a vaiise. Tnev brought iheir \ali>e mi deck, idaced II Iwiwtwii them, clasped hands, taking seals uii eilli er side of it, and in tins position went j down wuii the vessel. ; Mr. (J.ctiH\s 111 a I lie put Ids gold on him ill such it Way tliut lie could, ill a moment, relieve himself of its weight, in | the event of its pioting loo much for him to sustain. lie is a in an of undoub* ' ted coolness Mini coinage, and to the |?os- J session of these ijintlines, under a kind j l'rovidence, he undoubtedly owes Ilia lite. | '1 11 U W OUTIILKSSN ES8 Ul' CioLD.? It ' isMiut-uuv in.iii\ ul tliu but\ivor.t of the Central America'o passengers that there was seldom m> largo all amount of mullet ovMie.l l>\ passengers as whs mi the I ciM-e ? ( tlu.se who came by ill4 Central ' A iK-in'H. Many weie persons of large j means, ami l!11?ie were but very few whose 1 iinmi diate ac ?lth did not amount to hum dieoe, ? !n ?- iiuiiil'eis teckoi.ed their gold iiihUmiiuIb "I dollars. ! lie great jair- i .ion ol toe ii..M>i:iMi'i> were rciuriiitio mi- ' 1 " i.ers, some coming hillitr to invest the I c a p 111i lliuy ii.ol iea.i7.ed in hopes to live j * Hie ot gieau-i ease as llie result of their j industry, and oitiein to get tlieir families am) once more to go to the land ot gold. ; lint as the storm continued to rage, ies> ' ami ie.-? ut goid was thought ot, ami ?lieti, on Saturday, it became evident that lliey sere likely at any moment to he buried beneath llie waxes, wealthy men divested themselves of iheir treasure belts and scatteied the gold upon the cab n j floors, telling those to take it who woulJ, 'est its weight?a few ounces or pounds? I carr_j them to liieir death. Fil l purses containing in some instances $2,000, J were lying untouched on sofas. Carpet ' hags were opened by men and the shin- I ing metal was poured out on the floor ; wuli the prodigality of death's despair. One ol the passengers, who has foitutiate- | iy been rescued, opened a bag and dash- ! ed about llie cal.in $20,000 in gold dust, and told him who w.tilled to gratify his gieeil for g*'!d, to lake it. lint it was ' ptis'e-i liy untouched us the wriest dross. A few hours hcfoiu he Would li ive struck iluwn tlu* m ill islio would liuve attemptc<l lit take >i grain of that which lie now spurned from Imn. Soilll (J A IK) LI S A JoL'ltSAI.I-M. Tlere are Mboul foil) live Journals and periodicals pjitiished in Stiuili Carolina, and we believe that they will compare most fa- | vorably with those of any .Slate in the Uuioli. This, we are proud to say, as it j may be stated, as a general rule, lb-it tbe taste, retiueiiieiii and sentiment* of a coin- : munity are faithfully reflected in i.a palters and magazines. It la true thai we : cannot furnish the same amount ol news ntill gen--r.il matter as are Contained in lite journals of large cities ; but it is the fact that we generally make up in uualily 1 what wo want in quantity. If uur columns are not tilled with criminal trials and murder paragraphs, if we do not pan- , der to depraved tastes, our journalism is, at least, generally inaiked by taste, judgment and editorial courtesy. Long may tins las the c.ito, and far, very far distant, be (lie day, when rude personalities and unknigliily lists shall reduce the mgli standard of Iter Stale press.? Carolinian. Man Lost in a Coiim Kiklu noi Found Until iiik FoLitrn i'.vr.?(treat solicitude was created a short time since by the aimriice of our old trieiid, Iianiel S. ' M orison, ui Hot Spring county, lie has a veiy reuiatkalde tield of com, and walking it own one evening to seo what damage the inula weie doing, lis chanced to | anon IUU iiir lluill llx* MIICM, ftOoll bcCMIlie lutl hiiiI Iw*i ilffrj ill lliu immense gru*\h nf t orn. ll? \* Hii?jvretl fur three tin) h, ?ul?s>iftliuy tiuiiKg iIihI lime uu green coin. Ilia ncgtoe* becoming nUmicd h'jouI lijiu commenced m diligent ?eatrcli Mini found him on the fourth day. 11m wn? then l-uniy engaged in rubbing two dry ilu kt together lo imtke lire, ilie green raw corn tinting produced mii unpleat* Miit MriisMiion in hi? loniacii. lie ibiitke he would hMve found hie w?y oul the third tiny, but he got into * patch of black Uepublicitn lniy?, and I hen gave up ? LitlU Abide (4rk) Htyi. ViA. Do You Pay your Debts ? This is a very plain ami pointed qties i tion- no that some mav rci?aiil it as raih , er rmlo ami personal. Personal, we <le sire it to be, but rude, we do not. We desire it to be personal in such sense, that every person who reads it will ask it him self. We put it then kindly ami respectfully to every reader, 'Do you pay your deb's ? We ask the question because we tliiuk there is need for asking and answering it all over the country. There is, with got*! men, sometimes, an indifference about gelling into debt, and then an equal or ((ivatrr indifference about gelling out, that ?? think needs to be spoken ol plainly and clearly, 'or it is a serious evil.? Men who are scrupulous ami even chivalrous about their word in other things are regardless of it hero. It would baldly , be tight, certainly it would greatly <>t!end llietll, to intimate that they had been guilty of uttering falsehoods but what name shall wo apply to a promise to pay, which is repeatedly broken, ami which must frequently be made without any definite expectation of keeping it I Is it tollitu? the truth 1 c There nr? invit in every part of the , country who are in the habitof getting all their necessaries on credit, an<l when the Jeht is once incurred, it seems to give them hut little further anxiety. It lies on, month after month, overlaid with promises to call and settle, that are never performed. Sometimes these persons are I church members, and in the judginert of charity real Christians. 15 til m their dealing* 'hey are so notoriously negligent, that their promise to 'call and settie' becomes a mere bye word and je.-t. They are thus a great stumbling block in tbe way of the world, with whom Inmesty and correctness in pecuniary matter* is the tiist and greatest commandment of l!:e law. Wo are aware that many persons are n.a!iy unable to pay their debts, by reason of misfortune or unavoidable poverty. Hut many use this plea wlitv it do?* not really belong to them. A little morn industry or economy, or self denial, would remove much of this alleged inability.? And in 111 tny other cases it is confessedly not for w ant of means, but because ol a mere habit into which the person has f.tl- , leu. A little more system in managing iheir a thorn, or promptness in keeping : things square with the world, would pre 1 vent it all, and enable them to make the ! year meet, not only at the end* but also ' aiming the middle. Willi others it is i inert; tluinoln'l'l...?. I....... small debts, all of" wliicli colli J be met with tiie utmost ease, but they are *o tri fiii.j? that no effort is made to meet them. [t in only a small bill to a mechanic, or a dress maker, or a merchant, or a printer, | so small that it is not worth attending to. Hoi it is forgotten, that just because of the number of these small lolls, the me- , ebanic and dress maker cannot p ?y their hands, and have to buy ou credit, and | therefore at a disadvantage, the noccssaries of life ; ai d the merchant has his . I capital frittered away in little fragments, and is unable-at least to meet his notes in batik; and the printer, unable to col lect tlio many small sums that are due biin, is utiable t.? pay the larj?p ones that lie owes to o'.bera. These little stuns are me leak* in ever) business, that in tlie end swamp it and wink ii in bankruptcy, , miles* tlie profits are Midi a* t?? counter- I balance tlie losses. lu do this the pro fits must of course be larger tlian they need otherwise be, and tlius those who pay their own debts, have in part to pay for the debts of others. All this would j he saved by simply ot?erving the Itible rule of owing no man anything, or paying what we owe. Governor Walker's I'koci.aiiatios. ? We have late advice* from Kansas and the proclamation of Governor Walker relative to the October election in Kansas lias been received. While admitting the injustice exhibited in the apportionment, the Governor exculpates himself from blame hy declaring that only four days remained after his arrival in the Territo i ry to make the appointments. That he did not know there existed any law iequiring him to make the appointments. hik) therefore the duty devolved uj?oii >lher*. lie expresses the opinion lliMt no one cen vote except those who are qualified under the Territorial law. Also, that ununder ihi* law a Territorial tux will not be required hh a qualification. Troop* will las stationed at the various voting place* where any vio'ence it apprehended and the be*t exertion* will be used to make the election a fair and hooe?t ex* prewiUMi of the view* of the people. lie HMterU that hi* action is endorsed by the Cebtuek?CAarvAwa 'ft***. I Always Finding Fault. There are certain people who cannot live without tinding fault. No matter what subject, or person, comes up in the course of conversation, they start some frivolous olj fiction, or make some censorious remark. Instead of trying to be j in ehairity with their neighbors, they take malicious ploi-ure in speaking evil about them. Tliey obs'inately shut their eves to good fluidities ; while they employ uiiscroscopes to discover and magnify evil oi.es \ and afterwards they toriue Ian to exaggerate what they u?ve seen so as to depreciate as much as possible.? Tliey do not, however, always speak out boldly. lint tliey deal in imiendoes, in hints, and in ominous shakes o( the head. Instead of frankly assailing in front, they assassinate behind the baek. Practically, the) persuade others that all men are so j evil, that there is not even a chance of I re'oitn. Kvoii in acts incontestibly good, they pretend to tiinl latent selfishness.? j Tliey spend their lives in defiling human j nature, like the foul Yahoos whotu the satirist lias depicted. To believe them, I there are none virtuous but themselves ; all the re*t of mankind being knaves, brutes or devils. The proverbial fault fin lor little thinks ' that, in censuring wo maliciously and in- ; i- i - ii>! is oiiiv p inning ins o\vii portrait. It is .1 secret consciousness of Ins demerits, ii gnawing rage at tlio superiority of others, which is tlio real i eaii-c of liis want of cliaritv, the princi- ' pal inducement to his abuse. i 1 >s own i heart is the mirror from which lie .leseri- j bus mankind. The best men have been those invariably wlio spoke llie most kindly of their race. 1 lie gr^at type of i all manhood, whose perfect bumanity is j tlie admiration even of Pagans ami Atheists, ever spoke in benignant 'ernis bav | tug cbar;ty r.rsn for "publicans nml sin- i tiers." It is to tins preeept that we owe the great doctrine of human brotherhood. In the uleal of the fallen Lucifer, we have, I on (lie contrary, the incarnation of malice hale, slander, ill will and evil speak'ng.? />- the one is said to have come tj hriug "peace and (rood w ill to men, so the other iirsl defiled the fair creation with strife, and sowed "war among the hosts of heaven." We nevt r hear a professed fault ' finder. Inn our thought* recur l.? I.is type. | W e never lis'.en to tiiu beneficent language : of one who is in.charity with his race, t without feeling that lie is advancing more J and more to "the perfect m hi.' j)hin Ledger. The Jews in Council. A meeting of Israelite* was held in llieir Synagogue in Wa-dnngion city, on I Sunday evening last, Capl. J. 1'. Levy in i the chair. The object was to "protest against ccilain aitides in a treaty between this country and Switzerland, wherein the Jewish citizens are deprived u( their constitutional rights when sojourning in that country. The resolutions also strongly censure I President Pierce, and the senate of 1655, i for com Ituling and ratifying a treaty so o|>|?te-s-Ve to citlZclls who .ilivn* loo. been loyal to tli? laws ot* the land and I grateful to their second Canaan." Tliey appeal to President Buchanan to secure them redress, and a committee was appointed to wail upon him, [ Co rolin a Timrs. Raising tiii: Central Amkrica.?The i New York l'osl says it is reported that j negotiations are fjoing on bMlwcen the Boston Submarine Armor Company and the underwriter of the Central America, to raise her hull, which is supposed to he in about tweniyseighl fathoms water.? The specie in her alone would furnish ample indu einents for the experiment, if j her position can be accurately tixed, and that it can, is propable, from the fact,that Captain ilcriidon was reported to have given tier position to the vessel which re., fusetl to come to relief. Should the work he undertaken promptly, there is thought to be a reasonable chalice of success. ^vn Accioknt.? We regret to announce a sad accident, which occurred in the vicinity of our village on Friday even* ing last. Mr. John Gaston, an employee of I>r. Togno, was engaged ir cutting timtier, on a sleep hillside, near the house and having felled a tree, which lodged upon another, mounted the trunk, for the purpose of cutting il up. ? When by some means he was thrown of!', and crushed to death hy the heavy timber as it rolled down the hi!l. ilis body was found on the nest day, when a Verdict of the Inquest was returned in accordance with ths above facts.? Mr. Gaston was a good citizen, and leaves a large and dependent family to deplore his lone.?JnJejKm/uni J'rcti Cheap Paints for Houses, &c. A correspondent ol the Ohio Partner ^ gives an account of his method of making . cheap, paints as follows: 1 make thin sizing of glue and tlour,to ; give one coat. This applied, I next sift j through a coarse strainer a quantity of water lime ; litis done, I next mix it with oil and white lead. This mixture I applied as the first coat upou the tizing.? When sufficiently dry, a second coat was put on, of oil and lead. My last and fin- j isliing coal was with oil and ziuc. A . purer white, or a better coat of surface ! paint, it would l?e difficult to find. The , main body of I lie house is 28 by 32 feet; | the back kitchen is about 20 feet square, and one story high. The amount of raa Uri.il used wan 3 lbs. glue, 80 cenlf ; 3 j lbs. flour, 8 cents; 75 lbs. white lead, $7.- j 50 ; 123 lbs. zinc, $12.30 ; 6 1 2 gallons ' oil, $7 31 ;?total amount of material, $28.20. I have been thus particular, for the : purpo.-e of allowing the economy oJ using J oil. If I had not first used the sizing the j oil would have struck into the wood, with- , out securing the wished for benefit; then ; the water lime and lead when dry, make 1 a hard, solid surface, and becomes a com I plete preparation to receive the final fin- j isli of lead or zinc, as the choice may be; | and which, in my opinion, when finished j as painting should he, will prove far more ; durable than oil and lead apolied direct- ' It I ly to the surface. ?j Corn aud Hosts From cat chilly conducted experiments by different persons, it has been ascer- j laiued that one bushe! of corn will make j a iiltlo over 10 1 2 pounds of pork ? gross. Taking tbis result :ts a basis, the following deductions are made, which all ' our farmers would do well to lay by for , cJhvouieul reference. That 1 When corn costs 12 1-2 cents per bush- I el, pork costs 112 cents per pound. When corn costs 17 cents per bushel, , pork coils 2 cents per pound. W hen corn costs 3o cents per pu&hel, j ? - > J?wi (% wain u VOI?U? |?rr When corn co>ta 33 Cinls per bushel j pork cn*ts 4 cents per pound. When corn costs 51) cents per bushel, | pork costs 5 cunts per pound. The following statements show what the farmer realizes for his corn when sold in the form of pork : When p?>rk sells for 3 cents per pound i it brings 25c per bushel in corn. When pork sells for 4 cents per pound it brings 33c. per bushel in corn. When por'c sells for 5 cents per pound ! it brings 45c. per bushel in corn. Uaise Mokic Food.?The New York j .. l - .1 - .:n -t - I a. ie\i iu me liners 01 1110 j soil, from which we take the following ! sensible and timely remarks : The revolt in India is the harbinger of i famine; one hundred and eighty millions j of lennan creatures will need large hopplies of food from the products of other j legions. The army of India, the trans- I port fleet for that army and its supplies, j 1 he necessities growing out of the disturb- j ed state of that great Kuglish dependen- j cy, will call for much of our surplus beef, 1 pork and flour. The two last named ar- I tic'es are the product of every year, but ; beef requires years of nourishment before it is ready for use. The wicked, wanton j w aste of breeding bower, which i? tho bo- J setting sin of American farmers, ought to ] be checked. Every farmer ought to be : required to give an account of himself who | kills a fetnalo calf. We ought to pre- j nerve every Vow calf' for five years to come By this method we might soon have a supply cf beef, not only for ourselves, but for any emergency abroad. | itiLibS ?on a 1'a2<tc.---Coiunjenting upon the proper management of a panic, the New York Courier and Enqtrrer gives tlio following rules as having been the guide of one of the oldest merchants of New York, who in a period of over twenty-five years has never lost a dollar by Slock operations. Always buy when, from some extraneous cause such as temporary money pres sure or a large failure, people grow timid and are ready to "sell out." Never sell on a falling market. Always remember that when Stocks in ordinarily good reputation, fall during a money pressure, they are as sure to rise again as the sun in the hesvens. Remember the goo 1 oldpioverb?"extremes produce their opposite#"?whether iii "panic price*," or oilier lens important matltr*. Al>ova all, never lose confidence in intrinsically good property, because temporary causes cause temporary depreciation, but "hold on," in the emphatic language of the times, for the reaction which is aura to follow. ? f - 'Iniriftq. ''Ours is no common lot,' as the toad# said when they got into the clover field. When docs a man look like a cannon ball) When ho looks round. Why is a vain young lady like a confirmed drunkard ? Because neither of them is satisfied with a moderate use of the glass. Pruciocs.? Little Sis.?Oh, Bobby, I'm a goin' to have a hooped dress, an oystershell bonnet, a pair of oar drops and a baby. Little Bob.?Tbo thunder you is!? Well I'm going to haro a pair of tight penis, 2, shanghai coat, a shaved head, crooked stick and a pistol. 'When a woman/says Mrs.Par'.ington, 'has once married with a congealing heart, and one that beats responsible to ber own, she will never want to enter maritime state again.' A young gentleman of Detroit, who lias of late been much atliicled with the palpitation of the heart, says he found considerable relief by pressing another palpitating heart to his bosom. A fashionable countess ask'ng a young nobleman which lie thought the prettiest (lowers, roses or tulips, he replied with great gallantry. 'Your ladyship's two Hps before all the roses iu the world.' A gentleman regretting the loss of his first in the presence of his second wife, was told that no one had more reason to wish his former spouse alive than she had. Thai's too bad. Strange, Moore, and Wright, three notorious punsters, were, on a certain occasion. dinin" together, when Moore ob served : 'There in but ono knave among ur, and that's Strange.' 'Oh, no I' said Wright, 'there i? one Mixtre.' 'Aye,' said Strange, 'and that's Wright. The Dutchman and the Dandy. An old plain-lookiug and plain-spoken Dutch farmer, from the vicinity of the Iielderburg, in pursuit of dinner the ether day, dropped in at a restaurant. Taking a seat alongside of a dandy-issitno sort of a fellow?oil perfume, moustaches and shirt collar?our honest Mynheer ort i LJ? uereu up um uinner. What will it be, sir 1' asked while aj>ro?. 'You got corned beef, hey 1' save Ihitchy. Yes.' 'You got sourkrout, loo, hey ?' 'Oh, yes.' 'Veil, gif me some both.' Off started white apron on a keen jump, and presently returned with the desired fodder. The sourkrout was smoking hot, and sent forth its peculiar flavor, evidently satisfactory to Mynheer's nasal organ, and vice versa to that of our dandy friend, who after the dish bad been deposited on the table, and Mynheer was about commencing an attack tirukn ;? 'I?a?nay, my friend, a?are you going to eat that stuff'V Mynheer turned slowly around, and looking at his interrogator with astonishmcnt, say* he, 'Eat it' vv, cf course, I eats it 'Well,* said the dandy, *1?a?would as lief devour a plate of guano!' 'Ah, veil,'replied Mynheer, pitching into the sourkrout with an evident relish, Mat depends altogether on how von vas prougot up.' Dandy looked kinder caved in, and we ( left with the opinion that Dutchy was | one ahead. IIion I'ricka foh Niuhoki.? We have ; oiun heard ihal a thing was worth its weight in silver, but did not think we would ever see negroes sell for such a , price. A few days since a gentleman of j this place paid $1,200 apiece for five negro girls, from twelve to fifteen year* of age. Reckoning silver at twelve ounces to the pound, which is troy weight, the negroes, allow ing them a hundred pounds weight each, they cost just their weight in silver. The orasy prophecy some raso that negro fellows would, in five years, bring $.\000, will, we beliee#, be fulfilled.? JMuta {Atn ) Whig.