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| ?lte jCanrastcr MtHtx. I ?2 PER ANNUM S;y".s^Z'".~"7<y'IN ADVANCE J /imilg tti ^SuliUrat jSnnsppt?Druotti) ta ijit Arts, srirarrs, litnatnn.'?fhratiua, ilgrirnlturt, Suitruu Jiugruuruimts, >nrtiju auii flsmtstir Jitms, nail tljr Blarkrts. V 0 LU M B IX, LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORMNG, AUG. 29, I860. NUMBER 29. , Mul Utortto. w | j this jou =^= ? " 1 . ? mark w BONO OF THE PRIHTER fail Pick and click *" Go the types in the .lick, p^Jior" Aatheprinter.tandaathiacase; when J lis eyes glance quick, nnd liia fingers pick exclaim The types nt a rnpid pace. "The 1 . i\nd one by one, as the letters go, This Words are piled up steady and slow? atelv te ^ Steady and slow, Uuiled Hut still they grow, the elec And words of fire they .oou will glow : of judgi Wonderful words, that without a sound arrived Shnll traverse the earth to ita utmost bound, y?*r. ol Words that .hall make **r'* M The tyrant shake, at'col And the bonds of the slave oppresa'd shnll j lbrMki anexpl N\ ords that can crumble an army's might, . . . ? , Anki < )r treble its strength 10 a rigiiieoos ngni. i Yet the t> pes,they look but leaden and dumb ' ^ A* he puis them in place with hia finger t]?h?te [and thumb; i0 ?J?ciC Hut the printer amited, to their And hia work beguiled, one, an Hy chanting ? ?onc aa the letters he piled, to gat t While pick and click . ding lb' Went the types in the atick, coin dr? Like the world's chronometer, tick! lick! I tick ! ""Y/" 'Mr. * O w here is the man with auch simple tools, * nl'^ut Can govern the world like 1! . u "b< A punting preaa, un iron stick, butnoie And u little leaden die ; 'The With paper of white, and ink of black, ponded I support the Right and the Wrong nltnck. I The < I pull the string* but Doi Of puppet kinga, Waitui) And I tweak the despot's noae ; lv said Or I let lilui ulouo 'And 1'iil the ptople groan, another N\ l.eu I need's must interpose ; .. Jl Nor yet again j0* ni? | ? ponded lift I as asVI illMniiin I, . uy w lo irk ol lowly woes. W<J -ve of Mr. 1 Then where U ho Or who may he be, erwgnli Tl nt can rival the p/inter's power T ,lol lbtJ* To uo innnarchs thai live man, nc The wall doth he give ; the rigli Their nwuv only lasta for an hour, or that \\ Itile iho printer still grows, willing And God alone known Hi la, g* When his might shall cense to tower." *ll OUl i?? Llfii " Acquait "Vive la Bagatelle." bjrtJ cu 1 he New Yoik Mercury, under the bu; pioi lie.i-i of ' Unr (ileal Hi ^graphical Knler ""g'og [ use,' thus amusingly lakes oil the lives ?.| ilio <1 ll'erent 1'restdeniial candidates .* I>?*J yoi now Ixfuie ihe people lor their surtlrages. ' Meiuhtra of all parley can find some ? J r a planu linng to laugh at in aoiue of thein ; tion, tin i /union a ton yout dea wit Likic ok Abraham Lincoln?By One H"^ 'I0 trho Knoics him.?The subject of our hi . .." ography was horn at Hunker Hill, on * 1 *' the Fourth oi July, 1770, and whs one * } ?IC Clilll VMtl ol the original signers ol the precious document which sealed our liberties on *" that day. We refer to the declaration of " ?n** Independence. 11 is fathers name was * 1<,H ' ?.v-.'. tlie foll< mr i^ricum, inn muiiici > .. Mini if lie had sisier. they were known an . tin* Mmti 1/neoln. At the age of two Jur,uU,? ) ?!!? voting Abraham commenced split J* c 1<3W ling rails f<?r a living, singing beautiful [."? lc by urns while engaged, and displaying UM all those t.ohle virtues for which he has > ince been distinguished. When he was about ten tears old Ho?lou suddenly be ' mem i a i e the hub of the universe, and re u ,e ijuireJ so much greasing that cleanly ie^ * people were obliged to move away. The Ank( Liu co I lis went to Illinois, where Abraham from th became the ablest lawyer in the State in after de less tiiau a week, and learned to chew the re o tobacco. 111. reputation lor eloquence overtak was unparalleled ? and, a as specimen of one of t hm wit, we give the following : him wit Askcdot*.?On one occasion Mr. Lin 'I sat coin was i-plitting a rail iu the parlor of youra; J dgc Douglaa' reeiden"*. when the lal' auJ y ot ter joined h:m, at.d thinking to make a *Wei gvod joke about our hero's extreme lean- Bell he nesa, remarked : toiled s< 'Why, Abe, you a>e a rail, yourself." Innn Mr. Lincoln looked up from his work our tnei w tli that subliiue glare a hu h has often of sickn j>eirilied a world, and gravely reepondrd: hie spin v..,. mru ill.. r*v?rts of a rail.' how he A VU| | n.w ? ? Douglas immediately grasped his hat I 'Oh, and carpal bai;, went to Washington, Ball.' and roketi the President to explain what if Mi J^ncoln meant by that. he ?4I| 'Why,' replied the President, 'the re thu Led verse of rail i? rail spelt backwards.' Lisa Suite then Douglas and Lincoln have t been warm friends. ^ I 1 he subject of our biography was de "Y ? felled by Mr. Douglas for the United ^" State* Senate, in 1854, oo account of . sickness hi the family, and has since 1 '"> ** been known as "Honest Old Abe,' to the whole country, lie is a man of unflinch '* * 'U< ing integrity, and though he chews to ^ ' ba co at present, will not choose the *,*' Weed for a companion if elected Preai* nf*J N. 11.?The euthor of this biography died uninedie:ely after penning the above ^ ' i wo,k- ridge it Lira or Srarnaw aukolu Dololas.? ? j(fo?, 11 j one who hat Known Aim mnm h* tea# Avai mo iltgk. ? Mr. Douglae tree born at inidge' Bennington, Vermont, on Um Fourth of lvir(]) , . July, 1776, aud demonatrated the uti by i <-yn# of Sniiatter Sovereignty befora ha tbraar ^t| off hi' raoliiur. II, parentn balonged j ^g - - --i i? b'aiuilr. anil when I i was two year* old they euiigra j them, I biiu to Illinois. It was during house, rney that be gave vent to a re- j pen wi bich has since become classical.? , of the ier asked him if he would have the pe e, and, on receiving an answer in where illative, made a 'split' in it?pre- unJeci< y to dividing it into two pieces? howevi Mr. Douglas grasced the whole, decide< ing t pen. Jniou must and shall bo preserved " Tun Immortal seuleuce was imtnedi legrnphed to all the papers in the 'J' 1 Stales and Canada, and procured ! H'dw-e lion of Mr. Douglas to the office approp i of good whiskey, as soon as he j ' he in Illinois. When about ten 'Wh d, he oommeuced writing for liar ; 'he u?i| agazine, and finally contributed a . than tl f humorous articles to the tdilori J I h? ulis of the Chicaisn 7Vihm .1 ml I ? lis election to tbe Senate last time, known oil of but gave birth to this : was be jbOTK.?Wbi'e Mr. Douglas mid 4th ?>f uilic opponent, Lincoln, were cam can h tbe Stale, they agieed to hold a old. , at Quincy, and allow tbe people j trifled le which had the strongest claim < taken votes. Tbe meeting was a large j tween i it did not take long for Douglas | ed to I be belter of the argument. Km ' V? I 0 battle going agaiust him, Liu | philati; dw bis form toils utmost height, *1 ki king down at tbe stout tigura of the vet val, said, very pompously : "Dec Douglas, V cannot look ?l you of bun thinking of a passage of scrip Alte w?si a rt is that !* asked our hero, good ftH|d lb dly. he sou way of the wicked is short,' res- his h it Lincoln, and United away. | reb.srowd applauded treiuendoualt, i the la uglas was not iO be outdone.? ' anion; { until Liucolu bad revised, 14 uiet { Hoiu.li ; ots, n n you remind me, Mr. Lincoln, ol at San passage.' battle, it is that ?' asked Lincoln. rnl iJo * long ! O, Lord, how long ?' res- they it Douglas. b? was elected. a nr ray of concluding our biography, ' (j jH(| 1 the following eiiracl Irom one I (()t| Jouglas' most elir?juenl speeches ; U,,^^ Squatter Sov |wil|l|| , gentlemen, [great applause ] is j right of one uiitu over Htioiiier ! 'Vol corded by the constitution, but , brave , it of MDolher man * over ttne man, I ()(j ||l|4| tnni) over this iobo, where man is I yuu ,| thai mau should I e his own man. J hour*' iillc-nieu, ts Squatter Sovereignty I -j jlt, iniligation[Great enthusiasm.| I thing > of John Bull? By an Intimate j noihi?, utanre.?The lion. John Bell was : H^Hj? , Mason and Dixon's land, ol rich is parents, and was noted for Ins (|r,.| j voice. Ills extreme personal S(| suggested that delicious poem, in t) a ,, lie poet asks his friend, Bintidon : I The 1 ever see the hcautifu! Bell, Biandon j \Y|i pent the earlier part of his iile oil i that lit muu, acquiring such line culliva> I Cliarle at his epistolary efforts are regur 1 h ti.dki h admiration by the whole worid, i And ex man is considered a good scholar 'I not laiuiliar with Belt's letters.? j I acce| Bell grew to manhood, he gradu i Sitm hewed all youthful society, and nomint ed 'old' geutlemeu exclusively, i >? asl.i s noted for Lis venerable virtues occasion he won the friendship ol j every . tal society of old uinnts, under that lit jwmg circumstances: Being asked . ? I* liieved the use of tobacco to be in at coun he promptly replied : 'If tobacco , At tenth ed iu a certain way it will do > any one.' J r is that V asked an antiquated -j |,h ould be es chewed,' returned the I i statesmau. | ' ference to Mr. Bell's public career, j several i me lutiowmg : | u, y?tl :ootk.?an Mr. Bell *?? fjoing * e benate Chamber to his hotel, j . ^ r liveriug his celebrated speech oil ' ^.,,4^, pening of the alave trade, lie was , jjcun,e, ?u by a promiueal politician from : (j l.e Northern States, who saluted j q?^tj0 11.Atrin r, Bell, that was a good speech of r(lbHb hut you are always too solemn, I (ner# ir friends have told you so often.' Wll|, i,' tepiied the Senator, how tan ? (j1H {j Ip sounding solemn when it is ftirmi^| 7 often !' I b,.r? 1 ed'ately after tbeis, '.he subject of , (() lb# ( moir was seised with a severe lit 1 p(,jjy p( ess; yet even that did not queucb , 9ei ' ,J( it. When the doctor asked him tjme felt, oue morning, lie replied : resolve I feel all sound, like any other m^,bl % , , tion of r. Bell is oleoled to stay at borne, |Jowev, adorn tbat poeition and write for er (|tlj , y* (Ins mi or Brkckiskidoii?By A Miner. of the 1 ject of our atory was horn 011 the night ? ms both, on the Cincinn li Plat 1 anxioui id u chiefly ooled for tin silence : house, ublic occasions. lleing of a fiery ! >? four ton, (lie Breckinridge coat wan | k> k an lately named after luin ; and, ii Tins Mlioo with us whether lie i? the but ear >ted as a duelest or a fuelist. We w?i o little more of him thao that he througl n ol Southern but honest parent*, ranged i acquired some fame as an arlil some e y bis management of the celebra' the 'lot bansn, which will lie discharged her off Alb of March nan. Mr Hreckin ed imp rather eharp in conversation, as I rated id by the following mother ;dotc?In the rear of Mr. Rreck her ba< e private residence ie a green ject, an on which is locawd a pen for pigs. , sUclea, y, while bo waa standing by his snd tin t<? empty) with a friend, watch < made s motion of hog thai waa lusu- 1 creded rnotiog the Award just beA>re , (be old one of tiie negros CHtue ftotu ; 1?* ended, so '/ <i her I \ ami filled tie trough of the pig ceeiied iti lecnptiinn lit swill. 1 lie hog h< . the gusli looked desperate?ai swill, and looked wir'tj1 y toward was the third attempt n, and then back ai the place Stid, 'love laughs i he had been rooting, as though and finally a fourth ji iled what to do about it. Finally, storm the h.rtress. #r, the swill prevailed, and with a A lady living in j grunt, he trotted towards the kindly volunteeied I going to the house, ?c iing to liia friend, Mr. liieckinridge gaging the < . : mdv cou' t ot !*?-r trotil.h hat hog could speak, what line of tinaliy, wl. le >1 ? w r's dram* of 'liichelieu' might he her n > i'a!, \<-ry eooll palely ouhto ?' h< u.-e. Tin rcstil'il friend d'd'ut know. The buggy drove up 1 I \l_ 11 I !_ * ? I , cAionnnvii .o r. i > recKinrnige, Utilise. -|>I 1 Ir' l^lit trul\ s ?\: ''I lie j)? n is mightier off. it'J from the fart te iwotd.'" r< ct:< n ?. I Ivjuiro ! f night the friend died of meus'ea. equal to the l.iacksini t ok SaMI KI. hoi ston.? /};/ a ir. U '"i"" !"'"* v Author.? (Jen. Samuel Houston 1'^ i, , r( ',,u 1 r" irn at San Jacinto,'lex.is, on (lie t l,K'lv,sl,'i<-. July. 177 6. ai d whi|>| ed a Mexi aliv beloie lie whs six months : Secrets ot 1 ilie ago of three years, he eleo | Mr. < i?;?-ii. t on the universe .bus : Having be?-u ulnr s'oiie.s > i t.is am l?y hi* parents to see h loot race he ' n.g m .: h it: In-d- c] two noted Indian runnels, he turn- lie gi\.-;, M.tne si., ten us father mihI asked : on the Silver !' inks, i\ is a |11 111 ol foi l races lik-* ti I I.e hank.' ! diropist ?' 1 i: g?, n.irr ito ! n tin now not, my angel hov,' returned were it v!e, ,r" a1 out lerahle Houston. and from ten to i aeut ause,' said Samuel, 'he is a friend On me haul- f nan progress.' the diver one oi lot r tliif, his family cotnpel'ed him to si'-, no: scenes tint e\ cold brick on a is hee<l ; ami il is w a t? i s an s to hi ten at, even now, while in Washing ton, , in bit', u I so u leliines canics the same article it. see Ir mi two ! three At tile period when I eXaii rose -uliilMTge ' w *' i I" : .ion aga.hsl the Mex ins, I ecau.su ? tit. Iter kept ce'ttni? ut> levolutiots I'' on .. lli*niselies every itt eiicuii, Mr. . n ||,"s" t hi ks. in chosen < ?"iieral i f 'h pat'i I' th>"r ; in others u "I <* inph'te!v delea'eit the relievers r>?! colutt Imi l?.* Jacinto. In connectum with th;, feet n l.ei^li', hi.1! I: ami by way of illurtratini; <teiii 1 ! ?-1. in di.imei..r. II. iihIoii'n great precision of speech, iof'V i|ij< ri ;i 11. II an limits, i'.'i ii 1 ?r111111a icnoTK.?Towai.l tli<? conclusion i f l' Ui?> ol San Jacinto, h lex?i? litn U('' J ,lV,n!" -lied fraiit'cady into a t." wlierh l ',, l'M " i , , 'in i-r s! ?r:?1 * mi the In Hi was asleep, mi.iJ arous'il linn I ' e . 1 .in I !? /. i 'ill ii 'li ll |e e.Xi'ln mat lull of : , ' M 111* I 111 " I Veil II", ll" lelal, llii- il l > i lirr. .1, . . , ii 1 , I; .'III ? It ii IS S.i"J" ! nil i ill.lei ale tel.mi . oxc i in*'! i'ii id soldier,acuw lino i?i tin* fi i^li'i'n ,1 . , . , . I.* * !! I".' : I I I I- il i, why can i )<>ti speak pn>p,-i!\ ! .. iouid mv, 'the dav s composed "! n 1 j the -Ill! iv id.ashed llai o(ir muttered son. ilii iit ln-iii" a soldier, hi.d kiiimii".' ' . . . i ., . Ill < r u. Me ii ahout titii?, wnereiipjn Mm. ! ... .* 1 I.' t r. e?, >!: i til.s ai i"l>riiu:?i"ltil I, hi iviin : . , . i i ! i ! :in* r o- ii iw nin ii11 a iiIioul mile, vin ai'ouii ... 7 . ? . 11't"'-Iled ll i-t -a I IkTU t*111 Olie tllliO tlj.tt Auiff, tit ?* i .t?f liui' itilerh Lm?\v iiot liini* a Lit>tit. hi. i . n !? v i?c?u v i. a.tiioii tlv lllfc?\ i t i i . *i Hti'i *!it r? i \ (< ll i?'iil .. ,ii , . ton i. .n i ivr.h il.at t "ii lieiieia lloii-ii.ii whs n!i run ii . . -.ii.' 4..' d. t it,.- in pirnci 3 ! i Hi I not been I. miniate I by tin' _ 1 , ati'It Convention, li? pro-aed !ii- ' rnbief l? Ins tear dimmed eves, 1 " claimed, hurriedly : . . , 11.1 1 ll * ll- : I* n.en .III, tcepl IM HI'il ted InO nei'li e ll. tl ' . I O k-. I 1 mini i- i it tor I heir sakcs. , , i Hi" snein i i ii us i ii 1 lie I Ili'UStOn WHS II1. il It I 111'. I- \ . . , ., , . ."ill I i r n. -, co.or* inn ited i< r ll.e 1 resi?leiie\ 1 \ il.e ,. ,, * , , ?\ 111111 -I li'.il i?ul?x. lo njitoi) M ii ii ii ?-n t ( on viiiitinii l. , | , . Il-ll 1 I r' '111 l ll lluM I'l ill id will i rohhli y receive vol".- in - ?,* I*. . c11a11"i*.i.* ii i.o.pl.tn , Mate except I '-imh. I 1 e ?-- r-. -n ,iii i i ine u-"piird, to the no ( should have heen noiniiiH e 1 a- , . ' . . . ,, , i In-ill t'i?; harmless m i resulent r>f the I louirltt lieket mi , i i , clous slnifn. Some h t of liis manv v ret, is unworihv ol e ' . ' iMs, ottiers like cats jn lor a moment. . sin.i 1 s./... i".eml'ii 'l ii _ . , dai led l l.rOUc ll t lie Elopement ixtraordinary. u,|lle 0 llcr, limine county I'loiu-er leiis tlie I m >ie. "n T)' M v???i i. jf couple of!..-!, I > elilllllii :itii iti.d who, if lliev display as mm Ii p?r- | kinds of tisl, I I . . *, , , . | oil IIn>*e hai.ks wou.d ice in even thii.i/ else hs they d 1 , ; ^ I ? naturalist so to do, ing inanied, will prohal.ly make ] j,*,, lliv ii,T,ilH w,,| , ay in this world creditahly. vi ic"d that mo t I athar a it mills' instance of a young j ^''teli inhabit the I ohii in pursuit of a wife 'under ?lif 'heie. I ho am ?' occurred in our place last luw- i vs,"l, s|",kIt senilis that the gentleman u. I f,,;uk' We n had been paying attention, wuh VVc"' 11 *" u*h w lonial view*, to a young lady of' r'"' "'""R Hh ly ?ome sixteen or seventeen sum M" * ruol"J ml Iiih Htlvauceft weio looked upon i i favorable eye by tbo utranii ol danger. Some of if sinsei. in fact, tliey had rather to\" Ui !,,!l l,U"" 1 y msinuaud that he'couldn't have I here were the r. Uf course the 'young lolk-.' came l ''v'" * 10 rt" Conclusion that ihey were an aw ' '"'ir ' :" 1w'ry trsecuied couple, and were, in con. 1 ' k' hose ot t^j frog, ce, tumi Hloriously miserable for a j ','<0 'c'''l Filially, rendered desperate, they 'L'" 't'el ' '"R1'1- ' d uptu an elopement,and Mono ay 1 t??? beaver, in ?as lixeed Uj'ou for ihu coDMlintlia Rn' l''" male or fetna the dran ??. ' Some one has said. ,'"t" u '"*1 lies. ?r# Ibal Hli6 al lruo lovo riev- ? jjrren turt'e, s run smooth,' and ho it prowl ?u w' ' should iliitik tnoce '1 he 'old folk*1 g..t wind 1 *>b0 pouuds. rritler, and a* the gloom of mid* ? ?? rapped in tlw face of nniure, tlie i ^aw i wo St nskts ? swain drove up in a buggy to the tii.amors 8ioiit.?( determined to 'liave Iter ant how,' s rt"ts 'r< ' 8temer, ni Itm fair one rale and last under j '->"1 ho net saw, \ a? id key, I two aunsets, wliile <> ei.dod the ntattei for that night, front Mi!walik e, on ly next morning communication > *r * at a certain altd petied up between the parties when In; saw the sun j li eome channel, and it was ar Mulligan, ai d then that the dainsel should make1 wnlersofllte ake. xcuse for going down street, when ntenced rising vety ter' was to capture her and carrv reached such an ail" Again, however, the fates teem orb again began to in ropitiout. Trtts scheme was It mm- | the \N ei'ern wai r?, < by the vigilance of the fair one's | "i.ee more in fall nun ', who followed her down and look > descended again, the :k home. 8nil bent upon bie ob w aters a second lime, d determined to overcome all ub ' sunset views in a bin our hero drove up to the house, f*-Mor ea)s, as the su n damsel, watching her chance, the second nine, it w i dart for the buggy, and just sue visions he evt r witne in getting one foot into it, when lae'e w > one <>f the lady, who was not to be out gen cleacr ption ? Kir-hunr L11?; clothes, nn<l Mic A Survey of Crops Throughout the j Notwithst* g In i. The case Country. j drought, la iiom. hopeless. Tiiis 1 correspondent of the New York Coin- ; tnontiiB, ill , Hii'l still a failure, mcci.il furnishes the subjoined general ger total o itt bolts and bars,' sure)' of the crops of this season, through- ered in an !an was hit u| ou to ou the United States. The "Commer- I this may I cia" says it has been prepared with great I intelligent tiie neigiihorhoi 1 cat*, and will, doubtless, be perused with J the facts e her assistance, and in crest : I At all evei ion succeeded hi en Nkw Jeiisky.?Thus far in New Jer Uiver of a in an animated ae- heavy hay and grain crops have been v,8'on whii I tribulalim.^, an 1 guliertd. Com is not above the average I oar own n ? 111 11hi iiiiuu*i ot , <i" oilier yearn. Ot potatoes, l^?re wi" I ug fron I k.-.l lier in Uio ,e only a fair crop. Apples will be very i ii- story is soon to!'! plentiful and good, but peacjes rather un !;ko lightning, 'lie dei ibati over what nan anticipated. j Fro - ii drove r h pi 'v' Onto.? lu Ohio.the wheat crop is equal I iliat i' took tin* tli i ;n quantity and quality to auy ever known i ^ I In ker-oii's, who i? Rn(l ||R8 keen harvested in good order.? j (e |(R ,1, at <lietna (.reei q u llJiV cr,,p A heavy one. Oats fair. ( K ^ w. presume the hap H|1,t cor*? pro?,ising well. The gram crop ? physi lk.* made one aiil o) 1^50 was about 136,000,000 bushels, ^ ^ | and will be more this year. Of wheat P ?- alone the yield will be fully 30.000.000 ?veJ> * he Ocean. hushels?5.000.000 more than was ever on, liver, tens sing- produced before. uires. when n.i.k Inihana.?In Indiana, the wheat crop U l'e* i w ale's of the ./?ean. 53 rich m quantity ?ud quality, and the J1?? ,.s ,.t what }o s.tw yield will he more than an average one. by "guJ ?. ar 1! tyi.. Corn is better than lias been known for | or which my tliv a long time. ^ nerals i.i vi . n .h-.p'er, | Wisconsin.? In Wisconsin, the wheat tor'v mil.- Hi ei gth .)ru,lu<-i last season, in round number?, , y III breadth. j w.vs .. 1 out 15,000,000 bushels. lhis , M profiled to V(i.,r ;t pri.mises to be much larger, as exp,r< in*c>t beautifi:I and I j,,. r,. j, far more land sown, with a pros- ^ ^ t c.v?i belli M. 1i pe. t of an extraordinary yield to the funclio|iRr tu .me hundred l et H,.IW. ipSe dixit Mr,1 the diver an N t;miAaK \.?In Nebraska Territory the I ^present h,..,died b-et. when ^ m;re m,ver more promising. A HCleM no/4 e <'!-'ru- to Mi" x iui,| ?f grain lias been secured, and | A fnem corn is unusually heavy. work, well t k' vi iKouMA ? From California the most eVery ho reliable novices pronounce the wheat liar- graphicu' s '' ' ' w"'' | Vl.s( ;is very promising, and likely to af- oi South h. , ' e '1?: 1 ,""1 1 lHr^' >url)luH for shipment. L L. D ," "I'/'t'i' \enorc \1 in n ksuTa?Minnesota will export good thin| 1 lf u,"r i?, lal pen more g.a.n this year than the total yield life of Jud 11,v riad more ;?iv jo, thelVrrdoiv lor four years past. rehated. imaginary al? de ? f Muuiu an. 1' ruin Micmgan there is In other p aces, the cheering news of the crops Hm clip of wm h? b. er arch, and ,, the wool lor this year will exceed that of last .... -ii ot the u.ar bv ab ml a quarter of a million of ludicrous hese in' o the bp p-m-iv I.?t year's chp was estimated ??,.?? fee's that tl ey till at : .000,000 pounds. Williams hit.: Soi .u.-CNdide llio West.s ful1 ^ ^ which .cut it , f uj..icing at the uiagnillceneo of the u< ' harvest, a dark cloud of despondency .. M. i ..s c.cn to M.tlIg lo r over the Southern States J - e ttier i ho .. ng ,,.,trae?ed drought has p.ovevl "??? ? , -to M..CC vlesiructive to crops, and it is esti ^ ^ > 1 inns. mated liiat in cotton, corn and hay, tue * , irietie., of diiioii- leis will expelience a loss of several ? () ? I,,I 1 'a-ils. 1:1 every '|U,|,,.,nH ot' dollars. There were fine r?in?. rth Tih" \v>r ''' [ how . ver, in (ieorgia, on the 'J8ib and This 0< tifMi ii.iiino. Much of the corn was too we find t ?i :? Iv.t:.c?* 1 tn ! 1 materially benefitted had majoi ~r' i ' t." " 1' i ' ''J * * 'Mt.lti.>n. the Speak Not f.ir years has so long And to severe '* fcceui8, t ir~ v'n t-'.'| m 'at I ' ',fcen it*nce<l. In some oWn 'i>se ' t f " sections no rani lias fallen since the first One mi I Ml"' ^l'n'* ''M9 ,s especially true of iexas power of I Lout-iana and tieorgin. 1 leaiu from a only a Hv.Med tlievrt S, Ve i direct from the Northern part by ? resolt ol ii-xas and South western Missouri that Cey I'lli'f*'!!. ill klllll. itl? , I . , 'f I I ^ ^ ^ j vt*ifi*tation in these heeliotii) was eniiielv " r*?huli ' dried up, and that in many counties in "that here i M/. s ? Inuu tin- ... ' ' j , I exas slaves, and in some cases their mas- dressed by lue't > th' ,,'rs' *' fu ?l'ering their services for their other. Hi t fund alone. Many are leaving for dts1 Carolina f | \ trnts less heavily all! cted. In Alabama, military t> (v ^ ^ ' Honda, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana H?eins to } ' and Kansas the crops have been not only popular ei P"r oppressed hv the drought, but within the From tl iiinl dog* ; one ol i , , , v I . . .? .. last month they have had to strugg e for son lhe I.u.i terrier Juuue I J . , ,6S, exissence in the lace of a sun of a meat 8*'L neigu ' torrid hr.M ance and power,dew less nights itance as 1 011 and the pievdence (in some parts) of tiigh io /if/eat! all the v ' acori hing winds, which shriveled up veg- lt"7 chari Al '.ll '/lh u? if a ?irAi<r>/i ! n>l i.iioba/I ab.-m 1* I ItMPA l< . ...x,.. .. .. imivi i'naocu u?cr m* ^ * "vw ?? w ,i.v *"v'1'I he consequence of such weather is obvi- future be 4 ' n emmg i ' ; 0?? |,, Kentucky matter* look some what Sou) requ.rt i.ore ^J1 ??4 w|,?i more cheering, but the crop will be Captains, ~ "i"' 'l/ l'U" V ' nuifb below ibe merage. Tennessee "ales, hh t i ii > o. i-oi yields finely of tobacco hih! corn, and the CHn le"? w i, .'. * a*, can be fr))|t crop will be abundant Maryland lam may oil* i, si a - ivsiar I f,irll,Hjie8 M1, H\^rat(e crop of wheat, but ii11 I slunk b tie or , i . i, , ,i i .... , both here and in Pelaware the peach ?t? rx ie o'tvii m*?ii. I hero i r . _ u -n ? . crop j* poor. In fact, peaches will be not , _ 1,1 I ,n,|,? 1 near ?o plentiful this y ear, and high pro ni?in? .i 1 will L the rule. It i. said that the drought .ii Texas i# ao general and so ex' in. > ait w ten m lre(ll? t|lHt ti,e |Hrge emigration flowing (L '? into tlo. State has been checked, and ^ w" v. .|.i?! it ii- s. . ... . ... , cioua. M , many families '"un Alabama and other ; ibi.n !i-!i. from four I ... . . rattier oi>j . . Southern Males ar? returning to their for- . ? J i> fntt in length.? I | > coi , " . iner lioines. In liaiveston, it is repoited, L i ?..j aige, and protrude', , , A . to t?e used h, , '. . there has been no rain since April, and . Aii-itIter fi?h was . ?. . j ,, ""d could water is now selling at three dollars per ? ? 11 /i f ) tr?'IU llll'tMi l<> t it t i rn . J IDOthiir, G ' ' . , , , barrel, brought down to lrinity. A San _ .... .... t ieir ou ) Antonio ietler savs that water brought P *. " w in i t .ey bpn^n, froin jj,,. Mississippi Kivi-r is selling in In- A to watt lies the egg , , , r r . . c . And, as a i d.anola and Lavacca for twenty live cents v manv specimens ,, ' expression I . a gallon. , * , . mo fit? ft'*-1 long, ' . .. ' once km would ?e:ch from I 1'ksn?vi.vasia.- 11. avy crop, of all | ^ wilh ti kin<Ih have been ga'hereri ir l'enneylva jiatj a|Jt| ni*. In CheMer County the wheat and given to o iTT^oxie i>tv- A I ??.Hl t'ro,', H*Ve h**0 ?nu"UR,lJ '"?rK?.? me, bad ' I'he ?aine in lite oase in J^ehtgh Coun.y, h>v> ?.. >iif of the finest , . . , , * . a*y". *"1 where potatoes also have grown abun .j^f.. Jear 'N? . t '"Mi looks well, late rains hav 'Yourafait ing enah'-d it to o\ercome the efFect* of ru|iv lru n !?, bi.llo.ir, tm> ,|e jo(lH ,, season. On the whole, j 'fra mo l?- ll? the harvest in VennsjIvania will be the ? u J 1 "" |rs' l.lm|t', most al>uii.lant one for many years. ^descended to the KaotATfD?The general richness A shop Af r , '<U he com o( ?H''C?lt.ire, both in quantity and qual- | ?on?ht? * rap;diy, and ?oor. 'ly< C'H'inuM in the New England States. of which ud* tlint lilt; I he crops litre .done well, except in weighed ii ie, apparently, from where the hi?y crop hat not been 'St itid er? long he was *? good. h roils ere rory promising, end *re liJfhI,* light. Then, as he w' ' be quite up to the usoel yield. complaint sun sank heneath N kw Yokk.?Favorable reports are re- ! ,ir?1 thus affording two coired from ell parts of New York Slate ^our owu ?:o day. I I:.- l'ro und wheat, oats and hay hare been oath- 1 ii appeared to ri*e ?r*d quite up to the average of former h<wl nol,>' as one of the finest leaaoiie. r?e<l and the sp,-c Concu aio.v.?Thus, with the sxoep. | Whv a ;" t tion ot the South, the country has been they are* blessed with libe/al barren. 1 biZ indiug a long continued' IT .v isting in some sections over two l(vUlllUl UUIO e general result has been a lar- ; ( produce than has been gath- ( =? . , . r y former year. Let us hope Fast youths are now called young gen>e truthfully ascribed to a more tlemen of accelerated gait. application by our farmers of ; _ m m ^ licited by experimental science. .j8 l|IBt; c|ock over there !' 'Right over nts, let us be thankful to the j there ?' said the hoy ; 'taint nowhere 11 Good for the bounteous pro- J e|se.' ch enables us not only to supply M m eeds, but also to meet the de- : , wjf U;M u hgve R gregt ich will be certainly mar e up- . JUHUy WHy8 Qf calling me a fool.' 'I think, 1 tbeold world. j husband, that you have a great many ; ways of being one.' ui the Western Democrat. ? Military Titles I woman who 'burst her sides a t tho uloctioo i. OTor, ?nd our ' KaioK,' hu boon mended by her hue o, for ? liu.e, conoludod lo lot I C("DI,,6 "> Ur '""lor i 'where the Danish King bade ' 00 " cian throw bis phyaick,' I pro i . ~~~ m' " ~~ lieve the tedious monotouv of 18 bai^ that tho reason why the lve< life, by asking a question :' ! publicans' call Lmcolu 'Honest Abe,' is . to distinguish him troin the rest of their s it that every other mail tn 6 uumtu nan a Miiuury l itle f \ r?v* cause most of her sons are of . . volutiouary stock, and hold title A J'OUDS Hbks x{ wn throw any f inheritance ? Or is it on ac U*l\l uP?,n ku*lnfr ^ ? d?? t wan l to heir love of the Militia System, T"1''6 th.ngs .9 done just as well in the 1 made so many of her sons a ' Colonels, Captains, <fec., who ~ * ? ve in what old Maj -iaca Down- I 'Stop that aboininalile noise,' 6aid a 'once a major always a niHjot,' I commanding otlicer to a trumpeter in the the title after the term of office idat of the battle ; 'we can stand tire, id ? Or is it uol rather to he 1 but we can't btR,,d l,iat a,r.he judicial sanction of a learn I y of that government, whose At a late militia muster in Kentucky as Speaker of the House of 1 a big keg was used for a drum, if there antes, made men military char- j was anything iu the keg we guess men its wlent. I rallied at the lap. J has placed in my hands a ! - ? ? m m I worthy the careful perusal of ^ \ young lady being asked why she uth Carolinian, entitled "Liio . |10y attend a parly to which 6he had Sketches of the bench and bar I been invited, replied : '1 forgot all about /arolina, by Jno. HellouO Neal, j party, and ale ingcrs for breakfast.' in which, among many other j M IM {s, the following incident m the , \YMjter. _(baw|ing to the cook)-'One ge John Oeddes of Chariest-.., roa3l la|lib auJ ol,fe 'pQtat0 , u|d' genlle. _ ,, uiau : 'No, no! Not so much lamb, and Gov. Oeddes was Speaker it more pulaloes. ibit to address every member ailitary title. This often led to . , , , . , , mistakes. Capt John Uender- , A >0,aug ladJ ,recenllJ remarked that jiber from Newberry, alluding | thb,^uld "l?Il ??d??ai.d what her brothid. "The Sneaker calls JamJa I tr Henry saw in the girls that he , , f ^ ?' ?i~ iik?*d them s>u well, and that, lor her part Colonel, when, bMP lie "be ' , * ? .nyibiug but M.jor, anion, * ?gulU ?? *" 'U >=? "??? ' of ox. ?lol;l .ul *..J be, ?oo-li?"?< * > >< } K"'?eudersou, and uever was any ? a poor Cuptain"Brother 'Will you have cap-sup ?' asked a peiHid he, "Is called Captain Ken- dantic genileuiau o! Auut Triscilla, at r ever waa anything but a Ser- dinuer table. Dear me, no !' she replied, ! he was broke at thejint mus willi a shudder. 'I'm fond of cata iu their places; hut I should as soon think of eat:curred as early aa 1810 ; and ) 'ng <!og sup.' eveu at that early day they i a, captains and sergeants ; l>ul ( A petulant old lady having lefused a er "virtute officii" had power, suitor to her neice, he expostulated with o make military officers by Ins her, and requested Ler plainly to divulge dixit. her reasons. 'I see the villian in your ight have thought that this face,' said she. 'That is a personal rethe Speaker would have been tiectiou, madam,' answered the lover. bridged, but entirely destroyed, m m ^ ition which a certain J. W. Yau- j Kkpokt.? An UrealitJ lady, ait16, moved should he passed, (as , tjng ,n t|ie same box at an opera with a .e generous old Geddea,) to wit: preMCi, physician, and was much troubled after a member should he ad j ?.nnui, happened to gape, ' the title "Mister, and by none . 'Kxeuse me, madam,' said the doctor, ut such is the fancy of our South . j H|n glad you did not swallow me.' riends for military glory and I "(jivo yourself no uueasiness,' replied itlet, Mr. Yancey 8 resolution J ^ |ac|v, 'I am a Jewess, and never eat lave fallen still-born iipou the j " lat day torward, every mother's I c .. . . . . , , in, whether by .pjminlmcol, ri" follo?.Dg .p.twph cop,nil from a boihood nickname, or by inher | gravestone out West: "noble sons of noble sires," are, litre lies the body of Andrew Leer, least, if cot entitled to it, tnili - Whose mouth did stretch from ear to ear; meters. Header, tread lightly o'er his head. ?, however, no danger (if her p'or if he gasps, by gosh, you're dead, what the i'ast has proved) but m M h Caroliua, though having "all 4Pa,' said a little boy, pointing to a lot will have some privates pri of hoop skirts, 'is them white thing*, he bloody field of Churubusco : j1BDgjng at the store windows, coon traps rho dare follow where any Cap- or ^ir(] cages|? Well, . son, they might dare lead. LI. very we|| ^ ca||0<] bird cages, though - m ^ ? ?- many a poor coou has been caught by sr." ?Dear, a pleasant adjec- 'hem. a pronoun of possession, im- ? it the being spoken of is one's A young lady of extraordinary intel?ones sole, sacred personal lectual capacities, recently addressed the as with natural selfishness one following letter to her cousin : ih to hold the th-ng most ore ,T. w , T> ... .. , . t s . 'Dere kuzzen : I he weaiher ? air cold y dear?a sstisfactorv total. I ; , . .. ., . , . 3 . , 3 , I and snose whar you is air colder. We ect to 'aearesi, as a woru mi- ., r,, , , , .. ,, , * , , is all well, and muthers got the Iloppin npanson, and therefore never i . . ?a u i u ~ 1 , ' til K fi, and sister Susan baa got a baby, an where comparison should uot ... . - - .... . . li LioHU mese la lines will had you in tbe not exist. Witness, 'dearest , r vy i tit t i same condishun. Kitesune. loreopnec r 'dearest wife, as if a man liad . . *r ? ? r - . ' . / ahunate Kuzz?-n. { of mothers or wives, out of chi m the one he loved beat.? m m mm general rule, I dislike all ultra | Couldn't Move On. s of nfteclion set down in ink. j \ gentleman who bad been taking sw an honest gentleman?bless j rather loo much wine at a party, tbe othie tenderest heart' is. ever man er evening, and who had to cross thd park which in ah bis life whs only j before lie could reach his abode, came ne woman?lie, bis wife told j RUd.Ieiiiv in cootact with a tree : never, even in their courtship I 'gchuz me, sliir,' said he, stammering ten to her otherwise than as i oul Rn apology, '1 'shure you, shir, 'tirely Annie,' ending merely with j 'tentional on my part. Sho dark, shir, hlully,'or 'Yours truly.' Faith' ( [ didn't sh.e you. Hchuze me, shir, e?what could he write or she ACliU7? me, shir, if you please' re I?Misn Maloch. i After this obsequious explanation, and ^ m mm an abortive attempt to put on his hat, . . , e , , ' he essayed to continue on bis way, but keep., pu,cb.?d of ? In,', >M?l.a ?ilh q V 7J1 , , T 'I re.lly b.g jour pnrdon, .fair,' ..;d , for pound,, be ,(r>ld Jog,|| ',p.ci tl?i I'm toei "<' ,feu"'! , C..J, bu. I .are ,ou ebir, 1 oe.er ... !' ,f lh?r ! mo.. .oher In mi life. If. .bo.... '? "" d..k ; *nd re.Hr, .hir, I .h,o,?), .fair, .of.h, bu,.r;;ll1. jouro.n " ' hJe, TV' u. T" " P?V,r<l,0' At Ibi. iuUM . poUc.m.., who h.J w.p I bought b.,.0D,?,ir.b.t bMn ..joyj.g lh. rol.t>te.r?l t? ltb.ra.tb I 1 b. .bopkeeper h ?;t|,"m.n lhroogb tho p?rk> .. og roor. to ??r on tb.t .ubjeet. wliof h?ilD lb? it dirk, ?d ? *m m mmi that the gentlemen whom be bed run re ere* *o ill treeted I Beceuee egainet belonged to tbe netionery depart, eabed ell dej, end get e good | ment, end tbet it ?ei not In hie power to try night. order to 'more on,'