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?ttt4"7? 7^-T - Hf,l <v^ *VM KOTISISS I tSOTIflMo iA L?j \Jj LS \L i%Sj15? <J U J J J Jj J'J u 9 . ' TO THINK OWN SEI.F BE TRUE, ANI) IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE N Hi I IT THE DAY. THOU CANST NOT THEN EE FALSE TO ANY MAN." BY HOli'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COliKT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1858. VOL. \.m NO. !?. OEUCCYKID From die Knickerbocker Mngazire. 4,I am not Old." ' I nm not oU\?though years have cast Their bIhkJowh on my <I?y : I ain not ohl?though youth has passed On - ' "*" ?i?ijr ; For in my heart a fountain fiow&, Aii'i round it plcu?tint thoughts repose, And sympathies nnd fceling? high Spring like stars on evening's *ky. "I am not old: Time may have set 11 im signet on my 'now, And some faint furrows there linvo met, Which Care may deepen how ; Yrt Lovo, fond Love, a chaplel weaves Of fresh young buds and verdant leaves, And *!il! i.. I.ww.,. T ...... Thoughts sweet as tlowers thai oncc were n inc. " I nrn not old: the snowy tinge That's fallen on my hair, What io it but a silver fringe That makes tho head more fair ? find contrast, may he, to tho brown "Which used to deck my early crown ; Hut, let the senile tokens stay, No impulse of my eoul is gray. " I atn not old: though I must leave This earth, and he at rest Boon, very soou : 1 will but grieve For those whom Love lores best. v? nat moujtlt tlilH lrugilc triune shall fade In Arc'h cold unil gloomy nhiulo 1 1 nil all regain the light, nnd ho Youthful in immortality." MBTOEBAAMV. From the Scwherry Conservutigt. Restoring and Preserving LandThe following lloport was /i\id before tlio NewberTY Acvioulturnl Soeietv hist vcur nml has never bcon published before. The Secretary handed it to uh I he other day, and wo give it to our readers, as one of the best, straight forward and simple essays on the subject we have seen?Kd. Con. Can it be done? That land can he preserved in constant cultivation for any length of time there can bo no doubt; sonic of the oldest countries in the world being the richest. But can our lands in Nowhcrrv Dis- j trict be preserved in their native fertility, or i restored when exhausted, are they %\orth the I trouble and expense of doing it? If we find j that they are doomed to grow poorer with I ?verv crop which is taken from them, with- I ovit ft hope of recovery, or if we find that their preservation or restoration will cost us moro than they aro worth, why then our Soi iety is engaged in a vain pursuit, and we should disband it. abandon tho homes of our affections and sr.ck a nwro favorable land in tho fertile regions of the far West. But gentleman, your committeo rejoice in the belief that there is still hope for our old country, and that our interest will not require us to leave it, but that our land* which are vet fjood. may be preserved ; and that those which lave been exhausted may bo reclaimed; and j wc linvo ijeen led to this conclusion from experience, winch we consider the only competent evidence in this ease. One nt leant of your committee (feeling a deep interest in ; the subject, and knowing tbut our agtieul- ' tural prosperity depended upon tho solution of this question) has for the lust 15 jenrs ndopted a series of experiments in planting, with a view toaseertuining whether the thing was possible, and he is happy in being able to state that he has succeeded, not only in preserving such portions of his lands an were goou ni timt tunc, but in improving thoKC which had been injured by a bad Hyntcin of cultivation, 'i'he plan which has boon tried and which wo recommend, wo will briflv state : Tho first object in to prevent the land from washing, if broken or rolling, ns most of our l>i*tricti&, which most bo done by hill side ditching nnd horizontal plowing, tho directions for which wc hav'nt space to give, bu! which you find in any of the Agricultural papers. But one thing w o would urge: not use ditches, oxcept whose they are indispensable \o prevent a break. JXext manuring. itie sui>Milling, and the mbst important of nil, a prop or rotation of crops. But we will explain more fully. The manure used is compost and cotton seed, tlm first 011 the corn crop, and the latter oh wheat and <-ats. The compost is made in two ways; lot, tho old fusliluncd way of littering the stock yards with Iftiivos nr ulrotv ?*> tm" <>< ">? l i- 1 </. J uuivi ti^UUIiilMIJIlHtor, nnd uftcr being sufficiently trumped and mixed with animal manure, put into pens to ferment. This in an inferior plftn, and injureH stock if allowed to stand on tho lots in nad weather; but a largo mmntity can l>e made in this way, and should bo applied to fields nearest the lots. lJut furtlie more distant parts of tho plantation, the manure hhould Vie hauled dry and fresh from tho ttablos, and composted with leaves and mould IJoar whoro it is to bo used. It should ha nut up in fqnurentil poiiH 10 or 12 rails) ? Tim Htahlo maiuiro well mixed with the leaven nud mould, whioh should ho wot, one wagon l>ody Cull of stable manure to each pen. If thoso two pou? should not make manure enough for the wholo corn crop in tlio hill, then iiHAiruauo for composting; 150 lbs. will i /c- - t* * uv nun ciuni ior one pen, such np above named I ^ mixed and put up in tiic fiune. Go on making until you liava enough for cvory hill of upland com you iniond to plant. The manure nhonld bo mndo in August, immediately after tho crope are laid by, othervr!no it will not ho fit for uxe the next eorlnt?. The mn mire should bo put into the' drill throo foot apart, u doublo handful in each place, tho rows being 4 1-2 feet wide, and tho corn dropped on the manure, tho hand proving it ?fitn Inn foot in poking, and all to ho covered with A ooootor furrow; on each fide throwinfr & ifc'il/t a?> t* i .? '.i* r, -- v-f* %/ ? M? *v? uy inn' uuu UJ1 II | ncoowwty. Tho subsoil plow is to he run ns d?>nn As possible in the shovel furrow, with which tlio hind in laid off; nnd after tho corn comes up to be run in the ncootor furrow, which covers the corn, no that you have three deop furrows inwuodintely under the oorn us n resorroir for wnter in dry wonther. It ~ I -"? * !? ??-- * mv.,i? vu iitonj ww uvuvi w HUIJW1II 1HU entirely, but wo only roomnmeml what wo liavo triod, and found to biffwot' tho purpose yory wo!l. Wo uro tho Broyloa' sbl>w>U plow, pro/bring it to others, on account of simplicity, chonpnoss nnd efficiency. Tho rotation vhieh wo bavO tried, an<l wihil) *e rOO^s? mend is ; l?t. corn with manuro ny above uta ted, together with peas between every bill of corn; l2d, wheat or onts manured witb cotton teed or gun no; 3rd. cotton, which you cannot manure, the land having been manured the two years previous will yield a fair crop with it. 'NVe would recommend a year's re?t after tlio small strain croti. but linvo nut lm?l .-nffi. eiont open lund to try it. Wo do not consider i lie mode which wo propose by any means pciil'ot. for wo lmvo said nothing of lime or innrl or green crops which many consider the most practicable mennsof restoring our lands but we hope that we have enough to demonstrate the possibility of redeeming our homes from the desolation which lias heon predicted by our enemies and somo of our desnond ing friends. lJut is our country worth ore- I serving? Without alluding to the fond an- j aoc'ati'n* which bind us to the place of our ; nativity, we will only montion a few of tho I advantages which our country poshesces with j 11 view of convincing you that your interest requires vou to improve and not abandon it. In point of location it luix adxantnges unsurpas.-ed by any other country, lying convenient to tho Atlantic Ocean and e.omequriitly to the markets of the world. We arc exempt from the heavy taxes for freight ] which interior and reunite cniiiiirii>? < > ? polled to pay, both (tu their exports and imports, winch would be sufficient, if applied to J I lie improvement of our lands to make them as rich as the valley of the Mississippi. Next our climate is everything which we could desire, beingjust warm enough to grow all tho 1 cereals to perfection, enabling us to produce ! all the necessaries and most of tho luxuries of life. Tlion our geological formation in i such. as not only to produce tlic most fertile ' noil but to supply us with the greatest abundauco of the purest and best water. I-ct us then cense our ruinous mnntierof eulturo and adopt ? course calculated to preserve and restore our lands, which we have endeavored lo , show was practicable. Then will our country become what nature deigned it to be, one of the most desirable under the sun. John N. IIerndon, C'h'mn. r> - ? -f <i- ? jjui uuig ui ino Austria. We find in the Richmond papers further account# of the burning of this steamer.? Tho Austria sailed from Bremen on the 4th instant, with a total number of passengers and crew estimated at between 550 and 600?upwards ot 500 of whom have J been lost : Halifax, Sept. 27.?The bark Lotus . nrrivrt/l ? ' *' .<v>u jvoikitiiif, xitii muivc ui me sixty-seven passengers tliat wore saved from the steamer Austria, which was burnt at sea on the 18th. The passengers report that a little after 2 o'clock, on the afternoon | of the 18th, a dense volume of smoke burst | from the after-en trance of the steerage.? j The speed of the steamer was instantly ' slackened one-half, at which speed she continued until the magazine exploded, when the enuineers, it was siirmnserl. wnr? In. stuntly crushcd, and another from the starboard side was swamped, from the number of passengers rushing into it. All tlic cv.b in passengers wore on tlx* poop, excepting ;v tow gentlemen, who mufct have been smothen d in the smoking room. Many of the second class passengers w< rc shut in the cabin by fire. Home were pulled up through the ventilators, but the greater number perished. Tho last woman drawn up said that six had already mifVocated.? Several men and women who were on tlie poop jumped into thesea by twos and threes. Some of the women were already in dames. Others hesitated till driven at the last moment by the advancing flames. In half an hour, not. a aoul was left on the poop. The Krcueh bark Maurice, Captain Ernest Ronaud, came alongside at f? n'climl- ?twl r - ' " *"vv"J v* ceedcd in refcuinff forty passengers; they were taken chiefly oft' the bowsprit, but some of them wcic picked up struggling in n<u rvaiel'. At 8 o'clock, one of the mctalic boats came up with twenty-two persons, including the first and second officers. Subsequently, four men were picked up floating on a piece oi DroKou bout. Tho second officer wns afterwards rescucd from the water, lioth himself and the third officer were severely burnt. Mtiiiy of tho male pissengcrs wero frightfully burnt. Only six women were saved, three of whom were shockingly burnt. A Norwegian bark went alongside of tho steamer next morning, and sent a boat, which may have picked up n Tew persons. The Maurice had no communication with hor. The bavk Maurice proceeded to Vay?1 with tlje Austria's passengers, except those on the Lotus. A passenger says that when the captain of the Austria heard of the fire, ho exclaimed : "Wo are nil lost, let down the boat," which was swamped. IIo fell into tlio sea ntu) tvutl Mt.M MHO IV/1V 1(11 UUIllllUi The fire arose from the oulpablc negligence in fumignting tho steerage with burning tar, which was under the superintendence of the fourth officer. Tut Result in Mainr.?The ])einocrncy of Maine havo every reason to be proud of the result of the i^ieunt election. Hut v??? jfuiiro iijiu, wjo majority ogainKt uh was uinro than than 80,000. It is now rcduccd j I088 than 8,000. With nil tho bribery ' and ballot-box stuffing of the Rlnck Itcpub- j licans to contend against, wo have won tho victory in tho tdxth'congvcMsionul dititriot,' and prewed tho enemy to tho wall in tho third nml AM. Vn*lil?? iu ??? ? ? than thatweahall carry the State nextyear; yon can rend tliis in the oountonanoo of every intelligent republican, Maine 1m at heart n Democratic State, and cannot remain twfckfl months longer under the blaek fififf of Aholitinnlnni n? Dfmi/w.ti.# !? ? nnlde hi? armor, but ke?p it ever on ftotl orcr bright.?jftanger Union, Stj>t. W. t New York Politics. We published, yesterday, the resolution in reference to the rights of the South, passed lit a meeting at Hunker's Hill. We publish now tho resolutions of the three Slnto ( 'onvent imi? nl' W-.v Vnfb iu the slavery resolution tlie Know Noth-i ing platform : Jicsalvctl, Tlis'.t wliii we rceogiiivte the power of Congress over Uio Territories of I tlio United States, we deny its right to es- I tahlish slavery within the Territories, to extend slavery thereto, or to declare its extension therein against, the voice and the will of the~poople." 'J Iu> Kcpublican Convention adopted the following: " Jiesofccif, That the " llcpublietih" party was called into being by an imminent public danger and an urgent public necessity?the danger of the subjugation of our vast national territory to human slavery, and the necessity of resisting and the arresting that calamity. The Democratic State Convention adopt- j crl the following : " ltrsolrx/, That the settlement of the j Kansas ouestion hv the vnte* nf tin. inlml.- ' itunts of tbe Territory li:?s removed tlmt subject from Congress, ;?;i?l bus left the future disposition of its internal nffnirs to its own people, subject only to the Constitution of i tlie I"nited States. "Tluit we repel tbe offensive nnd dan- ' gerouK assumption of a Seuntor (Seward) I from tbis ilmf l<v flm iiTO)wnJni.,..ir... .... -, ...... ! .. | ....... I of the Northern States in C wigiis*, a vitjfcq- | ry has heen won over the South ; that \ye j repudiate anvsu<h appeal to sectional mini- ! hers against the rights of sinter States) niul i that we rely upon the national and patriot- j ie Penioeraey of the North, in eonjunetioi. ' with their hrethren of the South, to maintain the ii<rht? and equality of all the States of our Union against any such usurpation of the Federal Union. Mvununtftfu A r,- . MM.- X' . ml (.nn'i o .Iri-.AIIV. I 1111 *1 U? .lUI'h , pupers publish the following: A Ion*; box marked "W" and a diamond 1 wore left a few days ago on board a vessel j loading for Mobile, by sonic person at pfes- ' cnt unknown. It was packed in the ht?ld ! with otlier goods, but the day following tbo | stevedores complained that a strong and j very offensive odor seemed to proceed from j the box in question. The captain paid ; little or 1:0 attention to the. c'roNinstanoc, j but later in the day, the stench became un- ! bearable, and the box was taken on deck ! i'iiu iiiv ni|> rniiijvru. J\ /.1I1C C ilifl WHS j disclosed to the nst?>nishod offm - of the vessel, who returned the cover to it posi- ! tion. The box was subsequently removed to Ucllevuo Hospital I >cad-1 lyusc, when, on o|?t?nin?r the zinc collin, it was found to contain another wooden coflin, io which w.-s a corpse. The whole aflair is yet a mvstcry. >?m in ? Kxtrkmks 31 kkt.?The efforts made in f 11 I * l.i ? " v iiuricsion, uy tnc advocatesot tlie ro-open- ] intr the slave trade, for the rescue of the | Africans from the hands of the Govern- 1 nuMit, is parallelled in ultr.usm only by the ! spirit exhibited by the Abolitionists over a j fugitive slave. One very well illustrates the other, and thus the solecism is established, that extremes meet. First, an effort was made to wrest these poor wretches from the hands of the United States authorities, under the State law against the introduction of fl'OM llprrrnpjr Till' l;iW of the State decided adverse to this ground. 1 Second, by /tiibeas corpus it wis attempted to take the slavor's crew out of t!ic hands of the United States Commissioner, and remove their eases foi hearing oeforti l'it District Judge, under a writ of certiorari, when-it was known that the witnesses whose evidence was necessary to convict' >11 were not present in thcSt-itu. This failed. Ingenuity, as in the ense of the Wheeler negroes in Philadelphia, then devised another dodge against the negroes. [ Sjxi rtn nl/it r<j Spnrta n. A Gi.nii'sk of Nkw ()nLKAN8.?The editor of the Natchez Com in' lately dropped i'?to that city, and is convinced that "New Orleans is the filthiest city in the United States." lie "counted six and fifty stenches," and those "well defined and genuine." Says the Courier: Cologne certainly could not have, been much more odoriferous than its sister i?Uv ?J \ of the Mississippi Its low, fl.it back streets . and alloys, along which tho stagnant liquid ! mud id seen, giccn in itn decay and rotten in its substance, give forth exhalations in themselves enough to breed an tpidcmic; while the city authorities seem bent to make that still worse which was bud enough before. They have selected tho month of September, and the season of an epidemic, to dig up the moist earth through several of the business streets, under pretence of ronairine: tras pines, (iravier street is nu ex ample. Tho mud and stones arc piled up on each aide, while through the centre runs a hole, at the bottom of which is water; and kbout tho sides n foully-scented BliniCt Of coursc the street is impassible for horses and carts, and the sidewalks to foot passen{jrorH, oxccpt- as thoy guard thuir nostrils irum l*liO viilUYIU. -W mm HjiUN ft mnri who docfln't pay his compllmontg to tho ladloH. He who is wanting in honor toward* curia, will invariably attempt to dodgo tho grocor, tailor, and butcher. FaithlojfHucsa to tho dimity institution 1" ? Hirrn of a v/atit of principV; j>fcty, ocd a ?004 up From iliu N. 0. Crepoenl. Sudden and Abrupt Marriages! Notwithstanding tin; presence of tlieyel- ' low BCourgo, the buHiics* of getting married nrn(?oo/l? fl?i? u - -.1.1 - Tl v..j ??p/?/uv vuv oiiiin- vau I .ill". II. IlKiy be tbsit tbc fever, proachintr so forcibly as it docs the uncertainty of life, rather b1"imul.itcs the formation <>t the pe.\ual nihilities, and promotes marriage. 'J'hero arc few who, enjoying health themselves, and sur- j rounded by suffering and death which ^oes not appeal directly to them, who do not feel the, impulse to make the most of life whilst if lasts, of health, whilst they have it; their hearts beatiwr responsive in rmr * . - -- ! . titular to okl Bob lierriek's advice: "(.lather ye rosebuds while ye may," 0(0. From uu instance or two related to us j 1 within :i low days past. wo ratlior believe j that with tome people the hymeneal lover becomes epidemic, ami results in the most j sudden and abrupt marriages. Here i.-j ; 1 ease number one : Two men entered the office of an lmtown I I Justice of the IVnoe, and applied t?> tho gentlemanly clerk for a inurriage license.? ! The fatal book was opened, and the marrying man and bis friend, who went as wit- j ness, had their names put down in due form. ! : "What's tho lady's name, gentlemen V i asked the elerk, holding his pun over the bh.nk destined for the name. Doth the gentlemen were silent. The witness look'^<1 ,,i t>;? i ?i.? i..... i i- i 'i . V. .... m in III* im, <i 11 v i iik: l.lfl inOM'd Mil j sorts of ways. 11c looked ::t tlm ceilinjr, j and atthclloor, spit ?>ut his tobacco, and ; crossed his lcjrs ; stroked his whiskers, and j scratched his head ; took a now chow of j tohacco, and uncrossed his lees. "The | lady's name, if you please, prentlenien !" repeated the clerk. The marrying man then lauiihcd and s;.id : '-Well. I'm d?d if 1 ever thought to ask it ! Do you know !:er nan ion: Tom hesitated awhile, and j was Juiced to admit that ho didn't know the lady's name either. The clerk, astonished, spoke u]). "1 t's rat her strange, gentlemen," he ?aid, "that you should come here for a | licence of marriage, and not know the lady's name." The. mnrryinj* man said : '-Well. I suppose 1 might as well explain it ns not. As > I I'illili' ilown tlin vlvm 1...'.. ?1 - x... .. .. %..v ...v ti IHW y Ull j tho boat L rather took n I'm icy to, and as ; she took just as hi>_r a fancy to inc, and had ! soino property to hack it with, wo agreed to get married. But how I came to forgot ! asking lior name, is more than I can ac- j count for!" Finding that he could not get the license without the lady's name, j he wont out with his friend, returned in half an hour, and gnve tho name in full.? Tho license was n dd for. and the ecu tie nrtn left. The clerk litis read the tiiarriauc ! reports every day since, but has not as yet ! seen anything of the consummation of' the marriage ot' the stcaiuboat lovers. And here is case number two, a very similar one: A man famous about, town some years | ago for tlio quantity of heavy gold jewelry I lie carried on Sundays?everybody, of | cour.se, will recollect Duncan, the jewel i man?got married a few days since; a fact 1 showing that his t;:ste for jewelry has nil- ; dergone a very happy change. When he I went with his friend to get his license of a , down-tow Justice of the Peace, the for- ' nmlitios worn on smoothly till the lady's name was asl cil. " What's the lady's ! name?" asked the clerk. "Mary," mi- t swercd the hridei;"oom. ".Mary what?"! Tho happy ninn couldn't answer. 11^ ;.? 1 pealed to his friend, and no too was ignor- , ant. In his quiet, <rood-humored wav, i Duncan then confessed that he wasashum ed of himself, lie had known and courted the irirl several months, as Miss Mary, iy11nuiib uvur uiumir ini3 rrouoic to tiiinK whether who had smother name or not.? Ho was in a dilemma. There would be a fuss it* the girl found out lie didn't Know her name. After some cogitation with his friend, and an agreement to go out mid di.s- j cover the bride's name without letting her know it, they left, in half an hour they returned and reported sucooks. The name was given, the license issued, and suon the wedding came off. A Scene on tiib ( m.i.ows.?Wo have already briefly mentioned that P. S. furlry, formerly a clergyman. was executed on Friday week in Kanawha county, Vn., for the murder of his wife. On the gallows he made a speech. attributing the commission of the crime to hi? intemperance. The Kanawha Star says : After Hpeaking he requested that "Jerusalem, my home," might be sung; lie said that many present had sung it with him on more happy occasions. Ho started the tune himself. While singing he call *d his aged father on the platform, threw himself upon his neck, interrupted bin singing only long enough to nay ' furowell," and tlien continued to take ilio lead. His inotlior, with his little daughter, came forward at his request, and Inf kIi vtl: hands with lior, and took his little one in his arms, kissed it. and all without seeming to ho interrupted So also with a brother. They all left tlio ground before he foil. He also, while singing, shook hands with some twantv otlior*. Arvmmr tl'Oin of tlio brothers of his imirtlerod wifo. 11o had u Hinile on hip ftu'o most of tlio time.? Tliov were but fow dry ejrea on the ground during tha .'ccno. Whon they council singing lie turned about and fiviU, "oh?rWF. I am rcnd.v to tlio," ami soon nfior tlio rope wns out, ami tho unfortn iimu imiii inniiciicu i>mi uiiM'iiny. Watkiuno tiik Flowkhx.?A negro driver of a coach in Texas, ftop*piUg to pot, i some water for *.Iic young ladrns in the carriage, being nnkcd what he stopped for, replied, " I am watering my flmvefn." A more delicate compliiucnt could not havo The Arab and His Steed. A Bedouin named Jabal, possessed a mure of great celebrity. Unman i'ashn, then Governor of DuiiniRcus, wished to buy the animal, and repeatedly made the owner \ the most liberal oilers whieh Jabal steadily ; refused. The payha then bad recourse to llirrvita l.iif will. 11.1 1>. ti.,i v . Icnutli, out- Ciitfnr, u Uedouin ot* another tribe, presented himself to the pasha, and Rsked him wluiflti*' would give tlio man who should make him master of JabaVs mare? " I will fill hi.-- horse's nose bag with gold," replied Hassan. The rwilt of this interview having gone abroad, .1 . ml became ! more watchful than over, and always e,oeur- : ed his marc nt night with an iron chain, j one end of which was fastened to lii.s hind i fetlock, whilst the other, after passing j through the tent-cloth, was attached to a J picket driven in the ground under the felt that served himself and his wife for a bed. I>ut one midnight (iafar crept silently into the tent, and succeodcd in loosening the chain. .lust 1?>fi>rr> ttlfiWmtr ..0" M-Itl. i.:. i prize, lie ('Might up Jalial's lance, and po- j Icing him with thehutt end, cried out, " I j inn tJatar ! 1 have stolen your nohle mare, | :ind will give you notice in lime." This 1 warning was in accordance with the ens- I (nm>: nt tl\i> !' ?. 1.... <11-- *..!! - 1 *-? % ?* MVOVIV, ?V?? IV a IIUMUU tlilJC is considered ;ui honorable exploit, and the i man vho accomplishes it is desirous of all i the {'.lory Unit may flow from the deed.? I Poor Jab 1, when he heard the words rush- j ed out of the tent and gave the alarm, then, i mounting his brother's mare accompanied by some of his tribe, he pursued the robber for four hours. The brother's marc was of the same stock as .).dial's, but was not equal tn lior nrit'ovflwilrtto lw\ *1 , Iiviviviivuro lie; uui.hi l]i|jcu | of nil the other pursuers, and whs even i on the point of overtaking the robber, when Jabul shouted to him, " I'ineh her right enr, and give her a touch of the heel."? <!af?r did so, and away went the mare like lightning, speedily rendering further pur Sllll MOpOIV'SS. The pinclt in the car and the touch with the heel wove the secret signs by which .Tubal had been used to urge his mare to her 1 utmost speed. .Jabal's companions were ! iintazcd and indignant, at his stranire con- j duct. " U thou father of a jnejvsiss they ! cricd, " thou hast ennV>led the thief to rob I the?i of thy jewel." Hut ho silcneed their j upbraiding by saying, " L would rather 1 lose her than sully her reputation. Would you have nic suitor it to he said among the triliOX t lull mint Iu?r mum lnwl i ....... .v. J,iiv.a-1 than minov I have at least this 'ccnifort loft mo, that 1 can anv she never met with her match."?Harry*is Art of Taming /Torses. Ftsn Without Kves.?Tho (Jallatin 1 (Tonn. )Kcamimracknowledges tho receipt , of an evoloss ohIISkIi wliieli to?o il.-.-m Av>i>. I the well of Col. (Jeorgc Elliott, ol" Summer ! county. The Kj a miner says : " It i.s similar in every respcct to those j which have been found in the M:<ininoth j Cf.ve in Kentucky. The well was sunk j auout lour years ago, and a great many of these iish have been drawn from it. It is not more than twelve feet in depth. We have heretofore been under an i'iipr<,:sion (says the Nashville C'liiuti) tint these tisli were not lbund in any other place oxcc] t the Kentucky Cave. Tin. well of Colonel Klliott contains a fine running; stream, and it may be that it has a subterranean eonnec- i (ion with thoao waters which breed those singular specimens of the provideucc of nature." If .. I?r..n ... XI 'IM - aw,t ||||?|.is liri .MU 1.^1 111 I.'I" I' ? . I III* Choctaw (Miss.) Herald, jrivos (in almost in-1 credible account of u iiomicidu in tliut vicial | : I ft appears that a Mr. A. \ . Drown killed ti man mmuvl James Pickens, mistaking him for .Jolmson Pickens, a brother of .Janice, against whom he hud a grudge. Hrown, after doing the murder, tied, hut soo'h came buck, fjrtve himself up, and was bailed. Johnson 1'iekens then went Hft?? Brown, fun ml Itiin, shot iiim with a double-barreled gun, came upon him when lift fell, took from his (Brown's) bolt his bowie knife and revolver, anil with the knife cut Brown's thro.it, with the pistol shot him four times; then, nl'ter Planning iiim m tne 0roost tonrtccn times, lit* left the knife sticking in one ?>f the wounds and then gave himself up tu tho law. lie was tried and noiuittcd ! Venus Vis-n.i.e is tup. Day-time.?Astronomical novelties abound just at present.? Beside the tlireo comots, two of tnom telescopic, now Hashing 'lirougli tho sky. a day iigm view may ijo nau, with n g>oil pair of eyes, tf the planet Venus, the evening star, now nt the height of her brilliancy, llor portion i? southornly, nlx.ut 30 <leg. from tiie nun, and as many from the horizon, at a rough calculation. Com'mbub, Ohio, Sept. 23.?A w>mnn named SeholliiK*. nt (JiMvnnnri in i ? - - - i""- " ?' '* county, committed murder to-day by throwing into h wci.,35 foot, deep, four childron, one* a boy and throe girls, tho oldest 12, and the youngest 2 years old. She afterwards leaped in herself. She is supposed to have been insane. A Path Aror.ociy.?A Western editor once apojopifioa to Ins renders somewhat i after thin ffl?hioj? : " We intended (ohnve I a death and a marriage to publish this week, but a violent storm prevented the wedding; atul the doctor being taken siclc himself, the piitieni recovered, and we nre accordingly chentcd out of b .th." You may nlway* diHtin&uifh nn English* rutin by t<vo tiling: hie tremors and his gait. The first never fit# him. and he nlways wuljja if is J '.7>s ftj h'^ur b^Mou tiu:o. Sol Smith, the Stingy ManSomebody i-> responsible for the following, but who our deponent snyofh not: ? The meanest of all men in our region : cs. 1 a' ? 1-- ? 'i . ? m i-ui omul!, x uu niusw kiiow nun, nero in t!ic country, when ouo of the neighbors kills a boof creature," lio is expected to send a piece to each one of the families near by. and they return the favor when they kill and so the* thing proves to be about ns broad as it is long. Now Sol was bo mortal stingy that it went hard with him to think of giving away any thing, and when he came to kill he was bent upon keeping it all to himself, lhit public sentiment was very strong on the subject, and ho would like to keep up n good name and keep bis beef besides, lie spoke gentlv to his next door neighbor, Johnson, and told him that he thought it was a very foolish plan to be sending meat all over town ,.,..1 1...J 1 !-:>! V iinvft vtii 11 *ij?mi u?nt utun i(iiou aim a iii.iuh own. In fiiet, he was determined to chcat his neighbors out of their meat, ?if they cxpocted any from him nud save his credit too. .lolinson suggested to him that if he should leave his beef in the haru over night bofove cutting it up, and then take it to his collar before daylight, and give out that it had been stolon, the people would lose their expected share, and be very sorry for him besides. Just it exactly! ho would do tliat VPl'V tllini*- 1 I ? l.-illivl Ilia Vwi.?f Ininn - o" *,u"h it up to coul, and wont to bed, to rise early the next morning and hide it. Johnson and a few friends, before going to bed, went over to Smith's barn, helped themselves to the beef, and divided it share and share alike, leaving but a wee bit for the owner. Smith rose early, and found his meat wan gone, lie rushed over to Johnson's and told the story, iu a state bordering on frenzy. "Good!" soys Johnson; "you do it well." mil it in stole, i toll you I" " Tlwt's right; tstick to it, Pol! Put. on tlmt dismal face, and they'll all bclicvo it!" Ghkat C m.amity.?A fearful calamity lms occurred sit the Surrey Music lfall, England?an immense building, capable of holding 4,000 persons?where a variety of amusements arc- carried oil. The place was much crowded, when some villain in tho ' n-:.l!i?rv {il'i*11 n ulchil -- _ ?* j 'I?HVIJ v t niv.ii 11 ) W I l?Il II V I IT W of creating alarm. The proprietor instantly appoavcu upon the stage, and succeeded for some time in persuading the people .0 keep their seats ; nut in a few minutes, three or four men simultaneously rose in the gallery, and cried out, "The plneo is on lire," upon which there ensued a fearful scene. The audicuec, principally young persons, frantically rushed for outlets, and many jumped over tho gallery front into tho pit. In tho struggle, six persons wore crusher! to death, a seventh was removed to the i nlirmary in ? dying slate, and many others were seriously injured. This disastrous affair most (dearly results front a conspiracy, as thero were not tlx* slightest signs of any lire in the place. i Tin: I'Ktuon of Liik bUH.rr.rr to Insanity.?The London fjnncrt says that to determine the period oflitjp which furnish os the groat est number of insane persons, it is sufficient to bring togot her the records, made up under diftcrout circumstances.? One of these, made at the lJicetre, France, where poov men only are received ; another at the Salpetriere, a hospital for poor women : the third, an establishment devoted to the wealthy, have been examined, and it appears that the age which furniahe* tiie gre.itest numbev of liksauO Is. for . that from thirty to forty year.*, while for women it is that from lifty to nixty years. The ages which furnish the least, for both sexes, arc childhood, youth, and advanced ago. Among women insanity generally appears earlier than among men, indeed, l'rorn twenty to thirty years of age. The rich aro more subject to insanity, in proportion, than the poor. Oevoine FoOl.s.?Ho who wipes hi? noso on n nutmeg frutor aud picks his tcoth with A razor. She who fays " no," to tho proposal of a genu (.'man whon slio hits roachod the ago of thirty. Ho who gets sodrunk at night that ho puts his clothes to bed and hangs himself on tho back of a chair. hdio who rubs her checks with brick huts in nrdor to give them color. lie who pots on his hat, u.kes tip his cano and starts ont in pursuit of un honest and disintercatod politician. She who pinches midships a child to mako it ipiit bawling. He whonsksa compositor llio nnmo of a nowspaper correspondent with tho expectation of getting a correct answer. The Mind ot" Childhood.?Tsnot tho mind of childhood thu toudoreet, hoi it. Bt thinp; this side of hou'ven t It; it not to bo approached with gentleness, with loveyea, with a heart worship ol' the great(iod, from whom, in nlioost. nngel innocence, it hurt proceeded ? A creature undetiJed hv I the* taint of tho world. uovexed by its injustice, unwearied by its liulluw ptaflKurcfc. A being fre?h from th? w>uree of lijilit, with Kotnuthiug of its universe 1 lnrti'C in itl If childhood bo thin, how holy the duty to fico that in ita onwnrd growth, it hIihII b*j no other! To Mand its ;i wiitohnr :<t tho 1 -i: 1 - ivudv tmjf uia-icuu eiiuuiu cuter it. Wjkre it not for the team th>.t fil! ewf '.70^ wbat ;;o oeteii rvcuIJ flU civ irAartui'