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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.
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'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.