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IPOgYjftY. jj Let Us Help One AnotherLet us l?olp one another And u heart of kindness show, i As Jowu timo'H flowing river i In the boat of life wo row, . - .jjFor though rough may bo tho wuatlior, T A (Mi tho sky ho overcast, If wo onl; pull together Wo can hravc tho storm at lash Let us help one anotlior In misfortune's wintry ilay, And tav&jftdor, ?t ill as ever birth's he #t gift's are snatched away, i I Whoa bright fortune gilds the moriow, > Hollow hearts will fawn and cling, I Hut when eoincs the night of sorrow, Only true heart* comfort bring. Let us all help ono anothor, | And do gt?; i where'er wo can? Who withholds the hand of kindness, i Scarce deserves the namo of man, For tho one great law of nature, ' Which was meant mankind to ldcss, 1 Bids us help a follow creat urc When wo find him in distress. I misosllAW. ] JOHN HILL alias NIXON CURRY, j OR THE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES. A TRUE 8KETCU OK T.IKE IN ARKANSAS. " Among the truest friends of tho people, of all in the present Convention, mny be named .John Hill of St. Francis. His eloquence and courage fully entitle him to tho proud place he holds, and as we trust, will long remain?-that of loader of tho Arkansas Democracy." Li flic Itock Gazelle in the days of the Convention. " llf.oony Affray.?A desperate roneontre occurred last week in St. Francis. Two distinguished citizens wore killed and three others dangerously wounded. The difficulty resulted from an attc pt to arrest John Hill, a member of the last Legislature, and formerly of the Stato Convention, who, as it is alleged, is the notorious robber Nixon Curry, that committed such atrocities fifteen years ago in the mountains of Carolina. J jit lb: Rock Gazette of May, 18-tO. "\Vc have given the previous extraots from the oldest and most rcspcctablo journal of Arkansas, in order to satisfy ovnrv ** J render that the following narrative, extraordinary as some of its incidents may appear, is no tissue of fiction. Indeed, while relating genuine ovents, and painting true scenes, we have been especially careful to avoid all vivid colors. Should this short sketch by any chance, reach the forests of Arkansas, the people there will deem its description tame in comparison with the deeds of the man. The writer who has resided long on the froutier, has no use for fancy in portraying its exciting life. Simnle memorv will sr>rvr> liim ?nwr wnll X ~ J ^ ,V'Jt II V# 11 About fifty years ago there lived in Iredell county, North Carolina, a Presbyterian minister by tho namo of Curry. lie was a man of easy circumstances, of irreproachable character, and had a large family of promising sons and daughters. Among these the favorite was Nixon, distinguished when a boy for his fearless courage and thetcudcrncssof his heart alike. He seems : from several anecdotes of his early days, to 1 have been a child of impulse and intense ujirnusiiicss ami passion. \\ lieu only six years of age, he had a combat at school with < a bully of the play-ground, nearly twice ' his own weight, and after suffering dread- I fully, at last achieved a victory, due almost < entirely to the sheer power of his endurance. < From fhe time he was six years old, that is to say, from the first session lie attended in the country school-house, had Nixon 1 Curry been in love, llis idol was a little I girl of the same ago, and under the tuition i of the same master. The attachment ap- 1 pears 10 nave been mutual from the coin- ] ' lncneeiuent. They stood up in one class, and always managed to stand together.? i During the hours of recess, when the other 1 juveniles were amusing themselves with boisterous sports,the precocious lovers would wander nmidst leafy groves, or by the mos?,y margin*1 of silver rilU. Forever, to eternity, and whenever the soft spell of first love comes, it brings with it tin: bright spir- 1 it of poetry, scattering thick starred dreams 1 and divine visions of beauty over all things, i'jvcn then they exchanged pledges, and discoursed in sweet, sinless whispers of their iuiuiv; lm1uui. And thus they grew up into one delicious identity of fancy and of feeling. Their bias for the society of each other while 1 children, caused no particular remark.? 1 ffuch attachments are common among the yovfh of opposite sexes in the country, aud s as usual, terminate abruptly 011 arrival at mature years. Fur different, however, was 1 the case with Nixon Curry and Lucy Gordon. Their passion became so evident, nt. fifteen, that all further intercourse was forbidden by her parents?among the wealthiest aristocracy of Carolina. Then followed stolen meetings by star light, firmer vows aud wilder love, which always increased in i / proportion to :ts crosses, and like the trees -of Lebanon, s> ndn down its deepest roots into the heart the more it is ahaken by storms. I Finally, at seventeen, when Lucy's rela- i lives wovo endeavoring to force her into the nrnifl nf nnnfliAi* u!?a 4\t>A %*??#!? ~** ' her childhood. They were pursued, over- < takou, and Nixon Curry shot his rival and i 0110 of the proud Gordons dead on tho spot, 1 and then csenped with his bride, although j hotly chased by more men, and found an nsylum in tho Alleghany Mountains, near I tho sourco of the Catawba. Ilere under the plea of necessity, he embraced tho pro- 1 fcfaion of robber, and rendered his name i faillmw Kir tllrt nnn.Kni. n.i.l I t V..U .JUIIIUU1 UIMI unvuil inning * boldness of 1iin exploits. Wo may rocord a it not as a inittor of merit, perhaps, but for a tho spkeof hiatorical truth?that tneyouth- t ful bandit was never known to perpetrate li any deed )f murder for the sake of plunder, b though he did several to avoid arrest. At d length tho rumor of his daring ceased sud- a j } "vi'i? ivii.7m?iiumi^ (i luu'iru ui if vu i " thousand dollars wo.s offered fur his appro- J w ' '% 7, * > rife#. ', Iiension by the Governor of tin* Stnte, lie was heard of no more in North Carolina. At the first settlement of the fertile delta, bordering on the 8t. Francis, there came m emigrant who called himself .John Ilill, rind who soon succeeded in acquiring universal popularity. Although of moderate means, he was sober, industrious, generous and hospitablo ; and such continued to be his character, in the new country of his adoption, for twelve successive years. During all that long period ho nevor bad a serious difficulty or quarrel with any human being; and yet everybody was satisfied that such a neacoful life?nin<rnlnr fnrilmf ! ?! tnde?was not owing to a want of courage, ir deficiency in power to perform good service in any sort of battle field ; for of all jear-hnnt^rs that ever pierced junggles or ?mno in the " ;/rcat swamp," or descended >y torch-light into the dark cavca of the jzark Mountains, lie was celebrated as the nost fearless. lie wan repeatedly elected to the. territorial Legislature, where ho distinguished himself by a strong impassioned eloquence is a chief loader in the Democratic ranks, lie was next, as wc have alreadv seen, n member of the Convention that formed the Stnto Constitution ; and was elected again the ensuing year to represent bis country in the State of Arkansas. At this period commenced his second series of misfortunes. Hill's nearest neighbors wero the Strongs?four brothers of considerable wealth, more ambition, and if we may borrow the phrase of the country " famous fighters." Notwithstanding their character was so dissimilar irom that ot the pacific " bear-1 hunter," a close and cordial intimacy grow up between them ; and Hill, in an unguard- j od inoment, made tho eldest brother, (?corge | :i confidant as t<, tho secrets of bis previous history. Itbappcncd that thlsHaino George conceived a violent desire for political distinction, and requested Hill to resign his neat in the Senate in the illiberal friend's favor. 1 I ill nml 5-Jf % /-** ?1 . ... spired fora terrible revenge. Writing back to Carolina they procured a copy of a reward offered for the arrest of Nixon Curry, the far-famed robber; and then collecting a party of a dozen desperate nion, they attempted to capture 11 ill in his own bon o, The latter had always gone armed with his enormous double barrelled shot-gun, two long rifle pistols, and a knife so heavy that few otber hands besides his own eould wield it. The assault of tlio Strongs proved horrible to them. Hill killed two of the brothers J.. i-i -c *> ...iv. Uiinuuiuumj tvlillllllUI live or UKM1" friend's, escaping himself unliuvt, although more than twenty rounds of ball and buckshot. were aimed at his breast. The excitement resulting from the a flair was boundless. A requisition came on from the Kxccutivo of Carolina, demanding the surrender of Nixon flurry. The (lovernor of Arkansas published an additional reward for the, arrest of dohn Hill ; and thus, betwixt the two fires,the victim's chuuccscciued perfectly hopeless. Hill's conduct in the crisis was prompt and fearless as ever. Packing up hastily, he set out with his wife and children, in a common moving wagon, for Upper Arkansas, where ho knew of a baud of desperadoes that he believed would protect him.? lie was overhauled at Conway Court ilou.-e by two hundred men in pursuit, all thoroughly armed, and some of them renowned ' fighters." Hill saw their approach on lie distant prairie, an<l with his dreadful | loublo barrel?that t uro dentil-deal; r to j iither man or beast within the ran go ol two j hundred yards?instantly inarched to meet j his foes. This incredible bravery, joined to the foar before inspired by bis desperation, affeeted the advancing troops with meh an unaccountable panic, that the whole two hundred sought safety in a disgracefully rapid llight. Several other attempts were uiade to capture the dangerous outlaw, all alike ending either in ludicrous or bloody failures. In tho meantime. Hill'* flmr-n.fnvon.l .< underwent ;i complete change, Forced to be always on the look-out, and therefore unable to support his family, he resorted to the gaming-table, He learned also to indulge in ti.e fiery stimulus of ardent drink, nnd his disposition necessarily soured by recent ca Quts, became quarrelsome in the extreme. Perhaps there never was a man, excepting only that Napoleon of duelists, James Howie, who was as heartily dreaded. I have mvsclf seen nersons of lindnnhtoil courage turn palo, merely at tlie appearance of Hill's gigantic form, broadly he 1 tod and bristling with pistols. He was waylaid and jhot at a number of times, yet still escaped without a scar. But this could be no wonder : for even bravo men's hands shook when they saw him, and shaking hands generally make very poor shots. During the September term, 1823, of the Circuit Court for Pope county, in wiiini. i mi i * ?* < > ..... .uiiuvu, lie jmii, our 1)1 |J(MI one morning uncommonly gloomy, and while fit tho breakfast table, suddenly burst into fears. "What is the matter, my dear?" asked Lucy?-the beautiful Lucy, who had formerly loft hor wealthy homo in Carolina for the robber aud the mbbcr'a cave. "I havo had a dreadful dream," answered tho husbaml, shuddering at the recollection, "I saw Ceorire Stronir in tuv klnon ind ho kissed mc with lii.s palo !ip?, that burned like lire, and swelled of sulphur. I am suro I shall dio before sunset." " Then do not go to court to-day," said ibo wife in accents of earnest entreaty. 'Uut I will," replied the husband firrny. " When a man's time is come ho canlot bide from death ; besides, it will bo he act of a coward to <In if mm ????? "" ;cs tlio power." Then addressing liis son, , lino, intelligent boy of thirteen, lio coninuod, " Jiill, yon see my gun 1" pointing lis linger ns lie spoke to tho great double uirrel hanging on buck horns over the !oor ; practice with that every morning, nd tho day you aro ?l*teen shoot the inda of both barrel^ into tlio man wlio HI tlllB flnv l.'ill I'fAll' "'V J"' 'OVUVI. , " Youder comes Moso Howard; he will protect you,' remarked Mary, Hill's eldest | daughter, a lovely ^irl of fifteen, who was i to be married the next day to the youth then approaching. llill and Howard departed; Lucy with tears, and Mary bluahiug) both oalling out as they loft the gate, " Tako pood carc of him, 5loso, and bo sure and bring him back to-night." ' Never fear,' answered the youth, with a laugh, " J1 ill will never dio till I kill him." " Then he will live forever," retorted Mary, laughing also. As soon as the friends reached the village, Hill began to drink deeply and manifested more than ordinary anxiety for a combat, insulting everybody that crossed his path, and all the youth's entreaties failed to pacify him. At last the. u?? ?K~? I - ? ' ' -- '? v.v.;|;u?uvivi phuiu lllilt IIU VYUUIU CIUUJC Ui? court-houso, and immediately entorcd, with furious countenance, ami a threat as to lv* purpose. .J udge, lawyers, jury and spectators, made a general rush for tho door. One old drunken ninu did not run as fast as Hill wished, and he sprang 011 the imbecile wretch and commenced beating him unmercifully. Howard thou caught hold of his future father-in-law, (alas ! who was never to be,) and attempted to pull him away. With eves red and rrlarintr like n mnd log, llill instantly turned upon his friend, and with a einglo blow of his list felled him to the floor. Then, followiug up the act, ho leaped on the youth, and began a most ferocious battery. In vain did Howard endeavor to escape, crying out in tonca of beseeching horror? " For Clod's sake cease ! Hill, don't you know me?your friend Mosc? l\cmombcr .Mary!' ] 1 ill's anger oidy increased, till fianally he threw his hand (o bis belt and elutched a rsistol. Alld thi?n llnwnnl'u Klrsn.l j boiled, Tnd lie resolved tr> light for his life, lie was 01 as powerful frame as the c'her, the only person in all Arkansas to be compared with the desperado in physical strength. Howard grasped the barrel of the pistol as llill coclced it, and the weapon exploded in their hands without doing any injury. Once in.-re they clutched, and the most dreadful struggle ensued ever witnessed l n \V?o? ' 'IM 1 x -V ' f' ^ f ... I'll v. II v^>K. JLIIV ilUYitlllU^U H IK I It'll irom one side to the other for the spaeo of five minutes, till both were bathed in streams of their own blood. Even the bystanders, looking on through the window.1! of the long court house, were struck with wonder and awe. At length, while writhing and twisting like two raging serpents, the handle of Hill's tmge Ijowic Knife, unthought of previously, protruded from beneath his hunting shirt. Both saw it at the same time, and both attempted to grasp it. Howard succeeded. Quick as lighting he drew the keen blade from its scabbard and sheathed it up to t he hilt in the bosom of his friend and his Mary's father. " The dream is fulllilled !" exclaimed Hill with a smile of ftrange sweetness, that remained on his features even after he was a corpse, lie then sank down and j exnircd without n irn?m? Howard gazed on him thoro as he lay, with that singular smile on his fneo, an<l his glazed eyes opened. And then awakening with a start, as if from some horrible vision of the night, the poor, unhappy yen !h fell headlong on the body of his friend, crying in tones that melted many a hardened spectator to tears. "Great Clod what have I done i"' He kissed the clammy lips of the dead?wet his checks with a ruin ot unavailing sorrow, trjed tojstnuneh the bloody wound with his handkerchief? and then, apparently ratisfied that all was over, sprung upon tiis feet with a shout, or more pronerly n scream, " Farewell, .Mary?your father is gone, and I am going witli him," and turning tho point of the gory knife towards his own breast, would have plunged it into hi* own heart, had he not beeu prevented by the bastundors, who had now crowded into the room. Tiiy same evening Mo.sc I'o?vr?rd dir. appeared, and was hoard of 110 more for nearly two years, when a horse trader hrou^lif. linr*1r w/*r/l l.!~. 0 ?. v. V* V||??U Iiu 11*1 Vi dv;<jii il nil in Sail Antonio, Texas. When the shocking news reached Ilill's family, the beautiful Mary burst into a wild laugh. She is now in the asylum for the insane, at New Orleans. Had we been inditing a tale of romance, we would have paused with the preceding page, but literal truth compels us to record another fact equally characteristic, both as to the ohicf actors and the backwoods theatre uf the main tragedy. It will be remembered that the fallen ,i?,?i.. i?.i - i i <J? ituu iliiu eiljOUlCU on IMS Hull to KlllV tlic slayer of his father on tlio day lie should arrive at sixteen. Without any such charge, vengeance would have been considered by that boy as a sacrcd duty; for, on the frontiers, the widows of the slain teach vengeance to their children, and occasionally cxccute it themselves. Accordingly, Bill Hill practiced with his father's gnu every day for two successive jears, and this before he had any ru mor as to tho placo of Howard's* refuge. Ho then learned that his foe was in Texas, and two months before ho was sixteen set out to hunt him up. At tho end of four months, Bill Ilill canto back, and hanging up tho doublo barrels in their old horn rack, answer d 1|!m llWltlinr'u itirtliirin" i-y'ti w?v << Mother, Muse is dead?X let him have both loads. Thotigh I cried boforo I done it, and afterward/?, too?ho looked ko miserable, pale and bony as a skeleton." " Poor Mosc !" said tho mother, weeping, " but it could not be helped The son of such a brave man as Nixon (lurry must never be called a coward, and besides it was your father's order." Titk beauty of tho heart is wnrth moro than tho beauty of tho faee, yet how few are thoro that socio to thiuk so, ' '*(' Thou Hast Woven tho Spell. 11y okuruk 1'. moiuus. j Thou hast woven tho spell l.liut hqtU bound iuc Through all tho sad cbangos of years ; And the smile* tlmt I wore when I found tlico Huvo failed and moiled in tears. Liko llie poor wounded fawn from (ho inoun Thai seeks out tlio cloar silver tide, f lmve lingered in vain tit tlio fountain Of hope?with n shaft in my sido ! Thou hnstlaught mo that I.ovc's rosy fellers, A pang from tho thorns may impart ; That the coinage of votVs nnd of leltors ComM not from the mint of the heart, Like the lone bird that Mutters her pinion, And warbles jnbondngo her strain, I have struggled to fly thy dominion,) Hut 1 find that tho struggle is vain. Homo Sympathy with Children. Mrs. 11. lt.Stowe has published an excellent article on tlio treatment of vouuer children. which ?tight to go (o (lie hearts of parents throughout the hwul. In this money loving and money making ugo?in this day of fonmle extravagance ami display?-tlie father is often disturbed in his calculations by the noisy piny of his youngsters, and the mother often semis them out to fmu amusement while she. goes in full dress to make calls. If got rid of a few ! hours in the day at school, they are more full of vitality and noise than ever who., .hey come home; and "there is (to end to telling stories" to keep them quiet. Now to shirk tho trouble of such little responsibilities is often the thought of tho too ordorly progenitor. Let him or her listen : " Many a Uartl, moroao, l>i(tor man has conic from a Charley turned off'find neglected j many n parental hcartacho has oolite from a Charley left to run the (drools, and mamma and sisters might play on the piano and write letters in pcico. " For to-day he Is at your feet: to-day yon can make him laugh, yon can make him cry, persuade, coax, and turn him to your pleasure; you can make his eyes fill and his bosom swell with recitals of good and nohlo deeds; in short, you can mould him if you will take the trouble. " But look ahead some years, when that voice shall ving in deep bass tones; when that small foot shall huve a boy's weight and tramp ; when a rough hoard shall cover that little round chin, and the willful strength of man iiuuu mi ?tii 111:11 nine ionn. Tiien you would Rive worlds for (ho key to his heart, to he able to turn and guide Ititn to your will: but if you will lose that key now lie is little, you ina'y search for it carefully, with tears, some other day, and never t'i d it." Children do not. lovo to play alone ; they yearn for the talk of the family; and this instinct tenches parents their duty. " Depend upon it, if it is too much trouble to keep your boy in your society, there will be plaecs found for him?warmed and lighted with no friendly fires where he who linds some mischicf for idlo hands to <lo, will euro for him, if you do not. Yon nmy put out a tree nnd it will grow while you sleep, but a son you cannot?you must take troublo for him, either n little now or a great <leiil by-and-hy. " Of nil you give your Charley, if you ure n good man or woman, your presence is the bout nnd safest thing. God never meant him to do without you any more than chickens were meant to grow without being brooded. "Then lot him lii.vo some place in your house whore it will bo no j*in to hammer and pound, and make nil I ho litter his heart desires ami his various schemes require. Kven if you can ill afford to spare the room, weigh well between that safe nsvlinn nml wlil?l> if may make for himself in tho street. " AH these tilings make trouble?to ho sure ! they <Io?but Charley ?s to make trouble, thnt is the nalnre of the institution ; you are only to choose between safe nn<l wholesome trouble and the trouble that comes at last like a whirlwind. tind bless the little fellow, nnd send us all the grace to know wlu.t to do with him." To tub Oiri.s.?llere is a paragraph of plain talk to tho girls, by sin anonymous nuthor, which is worth a library of Young Ladies' Ibtoks, or young Ladies' Friends, or whatever may bo the title of tho wishywashy compounds that are sold for tho benolit of that hltcrostinir nnrtiun of ?'?r? onnimn. O I - ~" * ,v VVi"'"" nity: " Men who nve worth having, wish women for liitir wives. A bundle of gewgaws bound with a string of Hats and quavers, sprinkled with cologne, and set in a oannino ' saucer?this is no help for a man who cxpocts to raiso a family on voritable bread and meat. Tins piano and laoo frame arc good in their places, and so arc ribbons, frills and tinsols, but you cannot make a dinner | of the former, nor a bod blanket of tho latKipr. And, awful us tho idea may seem to [you, both dinner and bed blankets are neoossary to domestic happiness. Life 1ms its realities as well as fancies; but you make it all a matter of decoration, remembering the tassels and curtains, but forgetting the bedstead. Suppose a man of good sense, and of cour&O g??od prospects, to ufc looking for a j ? Iiv, mull UIIUIIUU I1HYO you IO DO Cliotsouf You limy cup him, or you limy trap him, or you mny catch him, hut how much butter to make it an object for him to catch you. Render yourself worth catching; and you will need no shrewd mother or brother to find a market. EciTl'tias Mi mmv Haos in a Yamcek PAl'l'.n Mill.?A correspondent of the Journnl of Conimurc?, writing of the paper mills at Gardner, Me., miy.M: " Yontei'dny I visited, in company with May or wood) oi uartmcr, tlie two principal paper factories, and I was Astonished in looking at tlio millions of pounds of rags piled iiu in warehouses or spread over acres of ground, lo find that a portion of them had recently arrived from Alexandria, in Jiyi/pt, They were the most disagreeably odiferous old clothes that 1 had ever had the bad fortune to smell. This, doubtless, was owing to the fact that a part of them were in ti damaged state. The Egyptian rage had been collected from all the corners of I ho l'ftcha's dominions?from the living and tlio dead. How many cast-off garments of ilowndjis and Hadjis ; how many (oiih of big, loose, Turkish ragged breeches; and how many hoad-pioces In the shape of old, doffed tin-bans, this deponent .suith not. But tl?o most singular and I lie cleanest division of the whole filjhy mass, came not from the limits of the present generation of travelers?pilgrims, peasants, soldiers and sailors of Egypt?but wore tl.c plundered wrappings of men, bulls, crocodiles amt cats, torn from the respectable dofunct members of the same. What a scene to call up the grim past! And what, a desecration, too, to tako tllO tfnrinniifn ?! ? o ? lltimcHCH, anil of sacrcd bulls, holy crocodiles and j'iou.M outs, uml, mingling thvin with I ho vulgar nnmoutionublcH of tho shavcd-jmtcd hands of modern Egyptians, to ship them to tho other sido of thu world; to <i luml which PIcV'fiv'* limit hAil no room for ; there to grind them to tho music of cog-wheel* and the Falls of the t'ohosso Coulee! JIow littjo did the religious old Egyptians think tliat they were piling ivwat stores for fh? futm-?? of Turkomnufl, nud itiql tlie limit fold* which fo carefully bnwlnngcd their holy hcnd.s, nhould on?tiny make highly cnlcndcr?5d )ii<pcr. Mummy cloth, an well a? old oi Italy, (how do they umimgo tp produce ho many rngB tlicrc!) nvc ground up. and comcn forth mingled in fond ciufyraco, and in tho purest whit 9. it has been fr * nfeogi'taincd that fomc of ilio Egyptian rag* contain about 40 poV edit, of dust and dirt. Tlio dusL doubtless consists of many fintf particles oj I'haroah's embalmed subjects, but not a few of the modern rags seem to liavo been spread upon the gauds at the periodical ovcrtlow of tho Nilo, and rccolvcd tho deposit o( flno earth that was washed down from the mountains of Abyssinia. This adds to the weight, but Yankees will not bo sold twieo in this manner." The Death or Judas.?As wo pass the rocKY uciguis 01 lunnom wo lire reminded oi tho miscrublo end of the traitor. Mat. (27.5) states that Judas, after having brought his money and thrown it down into the temple, went and hanged himself. Luke states (acta 1:18) that bo " purchased a field with tho reward of iniquity, and. falling headlong, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gush ed out." Wo have no certain knowledge a^ to tho mode in which wo arc to combine the two statements, so as to connect the act of suicide with what Impponed to the body. In torpretors havo suggested that Judas may have huug himself on a treo near a precipice oyer tlic valley t?f Ilinnom, ami that the limb or rope brouking, ho fell to tho bottom, and was killed by the fall. For myself, I felt as T stood in tit is valley, and looked up to the rocky terraces which hang over it. that the proposed explanation Was u perfectly natural ono. I was more than over satisfied with it. I measured the precipitious. almost perpendicular walls, in different places,find found tl 10 height to be, variously, forty, thirty-six thirty-three, thirty and twenty-fivo feet.? Olive-trees still grow quite near tho ed^e of theso rocks, and no doubt, in former times they were still more numerous in tho same place. A rocky pavement exists, also, ni the bottom of (lie precipices: and hence, on that account, too, a person who should fall from above would bo liable to bo crushed and mangled, an well as killed. Tho traitor mav have struck in his fall, upon some pointed rook, which onteroil the body anrl caused "his bowels to gush out." From Illustrations of Scripture by Horatio 11. riackett. I'qrmation <?f IH.w.?Our countryman, Dr. AVells, of?South Carolina, was the lirst man lo explain the beautiful theory oi the formation of dew. It is like the collection of vapor on a pitcher of cold water on a hot day, or tho breath on a window plnss in a hot roo?n in cold Weather. The diifnsion of heat is upon the principle of what may bo termed " givo and take."? The human body is scndingofl heat as truly as a coal of lire, and a living plant as truly as cither, butofcourso in a lesser decree. If the plant receives heat from another body equal to that it thows o!V, it maintains its warmth. Clouds even rolled back heat; hence there is no dew in cloudy nights.? Absence of dew is therefore said to portend a storm. Jt only indicates the presence of clouds, lint, if the heat of plants is sent into space, as it is when the sky is clear, they become cooled, and dew srath cr.s on them. Dow never gathers on bodies of men or animals ; and it is not strictly correct to say that the dew in inhaled.? What we inhale of a damp evening is water in theshnpo of vapor. Dew is water in the shape of vapor. The dew-drop on the petal of the lily or the rose is the tear of maiden innocence weeping in unrequited love. A r.ADY wrote upon a window some verses, intimating her design of never marrying. A gentleman wrote the following linos underneath:? i in: iauy wuosc revive tneso worclu betoken, W roto them ou glass, to show it niaj* be broken. To whioh lie might have added :? " And tlien, with honest fear that two ml&iit rue it, Wrote it on glass, that you'd at least sec through it." "Tiie candles you sold mc last night wort very bad," .said Suctt to a tallow-chandler. ?" Indeed, sir," said he, " I'm very sorrj for that."?" Vcs, sir; do you know that Uu'v burnt to tlie middle, and then wouldn't burn any longer?"?"You fiuvpvi.se me; what, siv ! did they go out ?"?" No, sir." ?" What thenThey burnt shorter." To tho.se accncaof domestic peace, which pure religion evented and adovned. the thoughts of the youngest member- of the .family will cling in after years; they will become a kind of hallowed ground in '"jfcs memory; they will exert a restraining and sanctifying power; and thus may we exp??t t/> hoc !ho promise fulfilled: "Train nj> a child in the way he should go, and when lie is old he will not depart from it." A new stove hns been in- ntod for the comfort of travellers ; it is to be put under the feet, with a mustard plaster on the head, which draws tlio heat through the whole system. " You look," said an Irishman to u liale. hmri'sird suuikor << ?< if , , ,-r- > ? ' " J"" ????? out of your grave to light your cigar, and couldn't. And your way buck ngnin." ~A.\ F.\ M.\ 'PFIH Regular Communication of Kcowec f.otige, 1 No. Tit. A.'. V-'> M.*., will hp held on .Satur any Uio 18tli day of December, instant. A jamotunl attendance of members is desirod. as business of Importance must be transacted. Tho Lodge will meet ul 2 o'clock, 1'. M, ny order of the W, M. E. II I,A WRENCH, Sco'tr. pM. 6; tftSfl ' 21 2 ^ilnlc ol Notilli Carolina, IN OfWIXAIlY?CITATION. ttrnonti *?? .* * i?/ ii r-nr.rtn, r.iiy.aoctn K. Hofoinson hath np11 plicdto mo for letters of ndminlnfratioft upon all and singular the personal estate of William Robinson, deceased, with the will annoxcd, Into of the State uforeynid and district of Pickens: The kindred and oreditors of said deceased are, therefore, cited to appear hofore mc, at Pickens C. W. on Monday tho 27th Doc. in*!., to sjIiqw cause, if any they can, why said letters should not bo grnnted. (liven umlor my hand And soul, i)co, H, 1858. \%r r t\ i n. ?j, yiyyuiap, n.p.n. Assignee's Notice. \LL pcvHons inilobted to Thomns D. Garvin In nny way, muni mnkc payment tonio at once; and thoso having (teninmU uguiMsl him' trill prt>scut Uicm toiuo forlliwiih. J. 1J. CLAYTON, Assignee. Poo, ft, IMS. 21 4 JjiMri'j A'l"iVKNKI AT LAW. OPKICK AT MflKKSm 0. If., S. 0. Sept. 8,JM8 . ? tf 1 Negroes, Lands, Mules, Horses, WAUON8, CATTLI3, ! STOCK. 1KHJS, FATTKN1XO 1100S, Ac. I WITH 2,000 IS 1J $ II l'< Mj S OF CORHT, FOKUKIt, PKAH AND Plavifnlioii Implements FOR SALE. r|^Iir''. subscriber, finding it impossible) to JL keep up two farms unu nttoud to hii pub 1 lie duties properly, offers for sale to the highest bichler on Thuri?dav. 2.1d of December next, at his GUYTON* PLANTATION, in 1 Anderson District, The following property, vi/.: Tlio said 1'lan. tntion, containing near AGO aeros of Land Fourtoon Likoly Young Nogroos, Consisting of ^len, Women. Girls nud Boys, amongst them two house girls, one a scantstress; also, a young woman who is an excellent cook, washer, Marcher and ironor ; Six choice young Mules, 2,000 bushels of Coin, n large quantity of Fodder, Shucks, Pens, Wlioat, &e., Two llnad Wn^uiiK, nearly new, with Harness, and many otl >r articles pertaining to a well stocked plnntation too* tedious to mention, A fine lot of Cattle, including several Milch Cows-a superior Stock of Hogs, with a lot of fat J togs for baconing, Ti.itms.?Tho Land will be sold on a credit of one. two ami throe years, with interest payable annually. The remainder of tho property in all sums over Ten Dollars on iv credit of one yen'\ with interest from date. Two or more good securities will be required to each Note, J. I). A8IIMORE. Dqo. 8, IS'.R - ? -----"j State of South nro3fnii> I'lCKKNH? IN IU)UITY. ]'.]>lirnim l'cri-y vs Kill for Kcliof, Tames Jtob'niRon, A<hn'r, > cox'eiy. Account, John MoKinnoy, A?lm'r, Ac. ei ills HMIK complainant having thin C\v llh-rthid hill I in tho a bo vo Mated ca*o, antl, inasmuch u* | uio tallowing "lefi'itclanta resido without ami beyond the limits of this Stale; -o wit: JnmeH MoKuinov, J>ur?h McKinney ami her hnslmnd James McKinney, Preston Mr Kinney, Goovgo W. McKinney, Nitney MeKinnoy, Jntno? D. MeKinney, Miiry Murphy unci her husband Murphy, Prnncin McKinney, Preston McKinney, jr. Ntmcy McKinney, jr, Mary Ernent ond 1 i William McKinnty. it is ordered, on motion of 15. I-'. Perry, complainant's solicitor, that th?y <lo appear, plead, answer or demur to tho ?nid hill, within three months from the publication of iliis rule, or the sninc will be taken j>ro eon KOH T. A. THOMPSON, o.B.r.n. Cnin'r.* Office, Ocl 20, 1 sr,r< 3m W. M. IIADDEN, ATTOU^HV AT LAW, AND SnllcKor fit rquHy, t'UL KT JLOVSB, S. (7. - Jwn I t. IK'?R 26 tf JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. J KAN HTF*. FISCIIKS8EH, Witllmlla, M. HAS jusl now returned from New York with a large and beautiful assortment of WATClir.H, JEW ELHY, . (Botli GOLD and S1I.VEH,) Clocks, MualtBoxes, ('mill's. Brushes. Fimcv Artielan. I'orfnmorv Soapo, Gold l'eiitf, etc.; nil of which hits been bought for OASM I, nntl which he ofTcin for solo on the most accommodating term*. B^ay- Ho ulno RKVA1U8 WATCHES nml other articles in his line, and solicits the pnJronapo of the public. Ilia stnml is near (ho public square, at Walhull:t, S. C. Deo. 16, 18ott 24 tf J. W. NORM IS, jn. J. W. HARRISON. 1.. C. PVM.tAM. NORKIsTlIAIIrTsON & PULL1 AM, Attorneys at Ltuv, | WILL attend promptly to all business entru?il ted to their cure. Mil. IYj.j.iam enn al ?iijn ?: loiiini m I lie UIIICO. ! OFFICE AT IMC KENS C. II., S. C. Sept. <>, 18'")I) 9 11 XV. K. KAHt.KY. 18 A AO WICKI.IFKR. EASLEY & WICKLIFFE, Attorney** ni Lnw, \J VII.l. attend punctually to all Imxincn* cnT true ted to their euro in the Districts comprising the Western Circuit. OFFICE AT I'ICKENS C. II., 8. C. K/.m or. i or*. io ' LUMBER! LUMBER! TIIF, umlerjdgncri nro ikiw prepare*! to fill orderp for I.UMllKIl of nil kimlft, lit tiieir Mill on Oconee Crock, seven miles north-east of Wulhalhi. 1.umber will bo delivered if it i? desired by tlie purchaser. Our term* will be ..tnde accommodating, ami we re?pecifully soliuii iho i>ktromigc of the public. JAMES 0 EOROK. M. F. M1TCHK.I.L, ' Feb. 10, m_?7 81 J. N. bAWKKNCK. N OTIC p. A FINAL settlement of the F.Rtate of Clayton Jt>nki?iH. deceased, will l>c mudc m tlic Ordinary's ufl'oc, at Pickons C R, on Aid first Monday in January next, 'J'hosc indebted to stud F.stato must make pigment, and those having dcinnudi) must render them to mo, attcatod aconrdiiijr to l?w, by ' lot day. U. W< VAN'/A N'T, AdmV Oct 2, 1H58 .-5m No-tfacK. " * At ij>" A I. FOtllcmcn' of the-EflftfO of tho Into John CoiicIi, dcccnRed, \vf) be madrv in tlu: Ordinary'*! Office, nt l'ukoiu C II otv tho 4th Monday in Jnnuury next Pci indebted to tho fcgtute are requirftl to mako pnyinont, and those having domnkde aflaiiiHfc ?aid Estate must present theni lofally uttoaU od on or before that timo. MANY A. COIJCII > Adm'.* KOU'T COUCH, / j[ Adui'r Oct 22, 1868 14 I Sm . NOTICE. I rPIIK Estato of J/wnor M. Belliilecenned. will 1 bo finally Milled in tho Or^iMiry'B Office, tit ricktiisa 0. 1I.? on the Aral Mutiny in February next. Tho .Notes (nil Aocitnl*, iluo Ihu KMate, havo boen placwl iu the lwid* of J. K. Haiiood, Ksq., for settlement; ftcl they; mu*l bo paiil nl onoo, l'cr?ond dcnt/viWsaguimU ?niil Kxtnto must proiiTnt'Ucia to Jtim or tho undowigncd. legally altfpiftL hy thai Jay, KM1LV lflX, Adm'x. * Nov 8, 18/>8 JO 8m Stitte ol' South )>r|tinax 1 J'ICKF.NS?IN onuWvwvv Ex Tiu-to > retltlon Ajsfth' <V}d8 t<}, II MnuUlen, Hur'r J ttiQ ppjMflpfo' Uel>t?. Il' appearing Unit Jopopli llonvjr J. Duuomi (or Hester) ani wife I'rtlly, Tefct. iTmUpB nn<l wlfo Curollne/'tfhn rvlttfRet nnd wifb Huoliol. ronhlii withai llio limits of flitu State: It in order*!, thovofre. thnt they do ap? C pey In the 0>HUimr*^ offk, M 0 ft, on t!io firwt Monday n? JulHn ijoxt, nnd slfetr cnu*e, If any tlioy curt, ?v tne prayer of jj,0 Said petition shmiM tint p r.iiitA'fl: W. J >\U<HC>NS, o.ir.n. Ordinary's Offioo, JJepf 24, " *~j , <U r . Jr . *