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"TO TIIINE OWN SELF HE TKUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE NJOIIT THE 1>AV, THOl ( AN'ST NOT THEN IiE FALSE TO ANY MAN." HY ROUT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, APRIL !>, I8f><). f VOL. X. -NO. 3<>. SILEOYE? IPOETKV- | Tlio Voice of Spring. I hear thy voice. <> Spring! Its flute-like tones are tlonling tlirougli tlic air, Winning my soul with their wild ravishing, From earth's heart-weury fc.'iro. Divinely sweet thy song? Hut yet mcthinlc8, as near the grove 1 pass. Low sighs on viowlesn winmiare horne nlonir. ? o? Tears gem tlie springing grass. For whore arc tlicy, the young. The loved. I lie beautiful, who, when thy voice, A yoar ngonc, along these valleys rung, Did bear thee andrejoicc! Tlion seeke.<t them in vain? No more they'll greet thee in thy joyoujtromid; Calmly they sleep beneath the muriniirinir main. ur moulder in the ground. Yet peace, my heart?be still ! I.ook upward to yon n/.ucc sky, nml know, To lic!\vculier music now their bosoms thrill, Where balmier breezes blow. For them hath bloomed a spring Whose (lowers perennial deck ? holier sod. Whose music is the song tlint seraphs sing, Whose light the smile of (iod ! - - 1 i.\ n n it-> ?* > *"? n " * .... - - u vj J ? ij tS> (L> IL> iA Nl V. A SHARK STORY. l$y "J. Cypress, jr.," the )nti> Wn. I*. Hawks, K(U(., of Nt>\v York. " Well,, frentlemen, I 'll go alio td if you nay .so. Here's the story. It is true, upon my lioimr, from Wniniiinjr to end?every word of it. I once crossed over to Faulkner's Island to lis'i for tautaujjs, ii.s the norin-M'lo pooplo call black fifth, on the rccfi hard bv, in the Long Island Sound. Tim Titus (who died of the dropsy down iitShinneeock Point, last sprintr) lived there then. Tim was a right good follow, only lie drank rather too much. " It was during the latter part of duly ; the sharks and the dog-fish had just began to spoil sport. When Tim told me about the sharks 1 resolved to go prepared to en kikoi; iniuiitiu t-.ivjijjra Willi .ill becoming attention mill regard, if there should chance to bo any interloping about our lushing ground. So, we ringed out a set of extra large hooks, and shipped some ropcyarn and steel chain, mi axe, a couple of clubs, and an old hxrpoon, in addition to our ordinary C(|uipinents, andotf wc started. We throw out our aiiohor at, lmH" nl\K took Homo thumpingl.?rjr? fish; twoof them weighed thirteen pounds so you may judge. The reef where we hiy was ahout ]i;df a mile front tlie island, and, perhaps a mile from the Connecticut shore. "We lloated there, very quietly, throwing out and hauling in, until the breaking of my line, with a sudden and severe jerk, informed me that the sea attorneys were in waiting, down stairs; and wo accordingly prepared to ^ivc them a retainer. A salt pork cloak upon one of our magnum hooks forthwith engaged one of the gentlemen in our service. We got him alongside, and by ..e ?s - -- - > '> ' .n..v ui i'kiuiii^, iiiKi uirusnng ami hanging, wfc accomplished n most ox citing and merry murder. We had business enough of the kind to keep u<$ employed until near low wuter. By this time, the sharks luid all cleared out, and the hlaek lish were L?itting again; the rock began to make its a ppearanec above the water, and inn little while its hard bald head was entirely dry. Tim now proposed to set me out upon the rock, while lie rowed ashore to get the iu<?. which litra nun trt ?.<?> I 1 l .iv , c,t , ?v . nv ii.hi ini ;n the house. I assented to this proposition; first, because 1 began to iWl the effects of" the sun upon my tongue, and need d sunt thing to take, by the way of medicine; stud secondly, because the rock was a favorit'* spot for rod and reel, and famous forluck ; so I took my trap*, and a box of bait, and jit .up d upon my new station. Tiiu made for the island. " Not many men would willingly have been left upi'ii a little barren roof that was covered by every How of tho tide, in the midst of a waste of waters, lit such a dis fanee from u companion more to he depended upon tlnin mine, that lio would ro?urn immediately and take liim oft'. 15ut, #oui6 how or other, the excitement of ihv f<port was so high, and tin* romance of the situation was no delightful, th.it I thought of nothing else hut the prospect of my fun, finil the coutomplatidh of the novelty and bounty of the secne. It was a mild, pleuKjint afternoon, in harvest time. The *ky was clear and pure. The deep hlue sound, lioaving all around me, was atudded with ^raft of all description* and dimensions, from tile dipping V.iihboat to the rolling merchantman, Milking and rihing like sea* f/irdrf Spurting with their white wlngn in the n<kA : i'-i - >' pioup. ,i no giiim Nworuw on me neighboring farms were {j/Jtd and green, un<l {;racOf*dly thoy bojff^obeisaiiC:* tc a gently >rc?thing gouthwestcr. Km-thcr off, I lie -fcigli junlarui, an^ tjio dintnnt eoiuit, gayc ft dun relief to the prominent feature* of the ):ind.*ciipe, mid seemed the rich but dusky frumo of a brilliant fairy pieturc. Then, how mill it waul not a Bound could be heard, except the occaHionnl rustling of my own motion, (Mid llto water beating against <hfl sides, or gurgling in tho ftoureM'of tho ?-oclc:, or cxoopt now and fljon tho cry of a Mil tin y nancy gull, who would oomo out of .lt(8 way in the firmament, to see wh'ifc 1 was doii)g without a boat, nil alone, in the middllVof tlm - unil wl". unmU I.....? ? , ^ 7"-- ? itid cry, and ehuUcr, wul muku tirour fc'frsllu}? pwcup? and dishes :vt mo, i?id than, ttfter liavii?K ^atislieii liix curiivoty,ff1ide nw;iy in K'Wrali yf notuc ythor fv<>d tu S'/rct^i Jit. r u *' I soon became half indolent, and (juito indifferent about fishing ; so 1 stretched myself out at full length upon the rock, and gave myself up to the luxury of looking and thinking. The divine exercise soon put me fast asleep. 1 dreamed away n ! couple of hours, and longer might I have j dreamed, but for n tired lishhnwk who chose j to make my head his resting place, and who j wiiKcil unci started nic to my feet. 14 ' Where is Tim Titus V J muttered to myself, as I strained my eyes over the now darkened water. ]5ut none was near me to answer that interesting question, and nothing was to be seen of either Tiiu or his boat. 'lie should have been here lonsrere this, thought I, 'and ho promised faithfully not to stay long?could he have forgotten, or has he paid too much devotion to t he jug ?" ' 1 began to feel uneasy, for the tide was rising fast, and soon would cover the tup dI the rook, and lii?:h-water innrk was nt le-ist a foot above niv head, 1 buttoned up my cont, for either tlie coining coolness of the cvoninir, or else my growing appreInMisions, had set me trembling and chattering most painfully. 1 braced my nerves and set my teeth, and tried to hum "Mcgone 'lull cave," keeping time with my lists upon my thighs. ]?ut what music ! what melaneholly merriment ! 1 started j and shuddered at the doleful sound of my nwn voice. 1 am not naturally a coward ; hut I should like to know the man who would not. in such a situation, he alarmed. 11 is a cruel death to die to he merely drowni i ? > ? .? ? ru, iimi 10 ?i> inrougn 111c ordinary comn.oii-plaee of suffocation ; but to sec your death gradually rising to your eyes, to feel tlic water fifing, ineli by inch, upon your .hivering sides, and to anticipate the certainly coming, choking struggle for your last breath, when, with the gurgling sound of an overflowing brook taking a new direction, the cold brine pours into mouth, ears, and nostrils, usurping the seat and ' avenues of health and life, and, with gradual (low, stilling?smothering?mi (locating! it were better to die a thousand common I deaths. ( " I Ins is 0110 ol the instances in which I it must ho admitted, salt water is not a ! pleasant subject of coiitcniplution. llow| over, tlie rook was not yet covered, and I hope blessed hope, stuck faithfully by 1110. ! To beguile, if possible, the weary time, I put out a bait, and threw it out for tisli.? j i was soo.icr successful than I could have wi lu d to bo, for hardly had my line struck the watov, before tlie hook was swallowed, ! and 11 iv rod was bent with the do; d hard pull of a twelve foot shark. 1 lot ' iin run about fifty yards, and then reeled up. lie appeared not at ull alarmed, and 1 could scarcely feel hitu boar upon my fine hair line, lie followi d the null <rmit.lv uml m? I O V resisting, eamc up to tho rock, laid his nose upon its side, and looked up into my face, not as if utterly unconcerned, hut with a .sort of quizzical importance, as though he j perfectly understood tho precarious nature ! of my situation. The conduct of my cap! tive renewed and increased my alarm. And I well it might; for the tide was now runi niiig over a corner of the rock behind me, ; and a small stream rushed through a cleft, or fissure, by my sic\e, und formed a puddle ' at my vc v feet. 1 broke my hook out of ' the monster's mouth, and leaued upon my rod for support. ,, " 'Where is 'I'ini Titus ?"?I cried aloud ; ?'Curse on tho drunken vagabond ! Will 1 11hf>riO' u M v ejaculations did no good. No Timothy njt|Maf'd. It became evident that ; I must prepare for drowning, or for action. The reef wa-J completely covered, and the t w.iter was above the so I oh of my feet. 1 ( was riot much of a swimmer, and as to ever ' rencliing the island, I could not even hope for that. However, there was no alternative, and I tried to eneourago myself, by reflecting that necessity was the mother of ! invention, and that desperation will Houie' times insure success. jictmlee, too, 1 eonj si do red and took comfort from the thought 1 that I could wait fur Tim., so lonur a* I luul a foothold,-and then com in it myself to the. uncertain strength of my arniK ami legs for salvation. Sa I turned my bait-box upside down, and mounting upon that, en' d flavored to comfort my spirits, and to be ! courageous but submissive to my fate. 1 ; thought of death, and what it might bring ' with it, And I tried to repent of the multij plied iniquities of my almost wasted life; I Ijjif ] ?V??* 210 |)1J?CG fo* !! ' sinner to settle hit* aocounts. Wretched f soul, pray 1 could not. " The, water had not got above my h'ikhv-.. when, to mv iimxnMi?uil?ln i . . , . r,.,v, ( ii s'oop bending down toward* irtc, with the evident intention of picking tno up. No man can imagine what wore the son,nations i of gratitude which filled my bosom at that moment. "When she jjot within a hundred yards ! of the. reef, f sung out to tho man nt tho helm to hi If up, and lio by, and lower the boat ; but, to my amazement, 1 could get no reply,, nor notice of my mpiest. I entreated them, for the love of heaven, to tyke nic off; and I prominod, I know not | what rewards, tlmt wore entirely beyynd my power pf bestowd, JJnt the biutnl wrctoh of a captain muttered ?ar.:cihing to tho 6ffeej pf'that ho hadn't Jjiwe to atop,' and }/i yii)g nie(iho ki?4 uj?*J *er)Hjblo advice to , pull off my ei>at mid ?wim R?W)^ piU tho helm hard down. and awuy bore tho fdoop oh tho other tuck. * 'Ilwrtlois \iiluio !' ? I thr'cicJ out; * +1 %. * in the torture of my disappointment ; 'may ( Sod reward your inhumanity.' 'I'lio crew answered my prayer with a eoar.se loud laugh ; and the cook asked me through a speaking trumpet. 'If 1 Was not afraid of catching cold?' The black rascal ! ''It now was time to sti : for my kneos j felt the cool tide, and the wind, dyingawa> left a heavy swell that swayed and shook the box upon which 1 was mounted, so that I hail oec:isiilli:lllV In xlnim Mini n'iilill? ifitli my hands against the water, in order to preset"'*: my perpendicular. The. setting sun sent his almost horizontal streams of | tiro across the dark waters; funking them gloomy and terrific, by the contrast of his i amber and purple jrlories. " Something glided by mc in the water, I and then made a sudden bait. I looked J upon the black nines, and, as my eve ran along its dark outline, 1 saw, with horror, j that it. was a shark; the identical monster j out of whose mouth I had just broken my \ hook. I le was fishing now for me. and was | evidently only waiting for the tide to rise i hi?rh cnouirh above the rook, to "lot nf once. I lti.s hunger ami revenge. As the water con| tinned to mount above my knees, he seemed to grow more hungry and familiar. At ; last, he made a desperate, dash, andapproaI ehing within an inch of my legs, turned ; upon his hack, and opened his huge jaws ; for an attack. With desperate strength, i l th ust the end of my rod violently at his mo h ; and the brass head ringing against i his teeth, threw him b.<ck into the deep : current, and I lost sight of him entirely.? i This, however, was but a moLu iitary reI pulse; for in the next minute he was close | behind my back, and pulling nt he skirts ; of my fustian coat, which hung dipping in' to the water. 1 leaned forward ha tily, and endeavored to extricate myself from the dangerous grasp; but the monster's? teeth were too firmly set, and his immense strength nearly drew me over. So, down flew my rod, and off went my jacket, devoted peaeej offerings to my voracious visitor. I "lii an instant, the waves nil around me were lashed into froth and foam. Nosooner \v:ik inv niuip . !?! u,-i..?? . j r? u.uw.. ! under tlie surface, than it was fought for by at least a dozen comhatauts ! The batj tie rnged upon every side. lligh black tins rushed now here, now there, and long strong tails scattered sleet and troth, and the brine was thrown up in jets, and curled, and fell, and swelled, like whirlpool in llcll-gate. ' Of no long duration, however, was this fishy tourney. It seemed soon to be discovered that the prize contended for e taitu d nothing edible but cheese and erat. crs, and no flesh ; and as its mutillatcu ?v 'i <* I .n iii.i iron wi uic sunncc, uie waves : subsided into their former smooth condiI tioti. Not till then did I experience the I real terrors of my situation. As I looked ! arouiTd me, to see what had become of the i robbers, I counted one, two, three?yes, j up to twelve, successively, of the largest ; sharks 1 ever saw,floating in a circle around i me, like divergent rays, all mathematically , equidistant from the rock, and from each ; other ; each perfectly motionless, and with I his gloating, fiery eye, fixed full and fierce . upon me. IJasilisks and rattlesnakes ! how J the fire of their steady eyes entered into n>\ j heart! 1 was the centre of a circle, whose ' radii were sharks! 1 was the unsprung, j or rather unchcwed game, at which a pack : of hunting sea-dogs were making a dead point ! I ? ..o -.1.1 A ll-? il.-i ' I if no v/MU ??l'l ICilUW, IIHIL K(*J)l < within the oircimiferencc of the circle, lie seemed to be a sort of captain, or leader ot ; the hand ; or rather, lie acted as the coroner fur the other twelve of the inquisition, that were summoned to sit on and eat up my body. lie glided around and about, and every now and then would stop, and touch his nose against some one of his com1 rades, and seem to consult, or to give inI structionsas to the time and mode of oper ation. Occasionally, he would skull him| self up towards uio, and examine the cont dition of my flesh, and then again glide I back, and rejoin one troupe, and flap his 1 tail, and have another confabulation. The I old rascal had, no doubt, been out into tho highways mid byways, and collected this ; company ot' his friends and kin-fish, and in| vitcd them to supper. I must eon few thnt, horribly iis I felt, I could not help but | think of a tea party of demure old maids, Hitting in a solemn circle, with their ?kin' ny hands in their lap*, lickiujr their expecting lips, while their hastoss bustles about ill lilt!, illinnvtiint fltllfifirtiia I|?|. , . - I. >' l?VtFU.?tions. AN ith wliat an eye have I scon such j appurtenances of humanity survey the loca' lion am! adjustment of some especial condii inont, which is about to bo submitted to [criticism and consumption. ! " My sonsatioiiH begun t<? bo, now, most i OMpiisite indeed } hut I will not Attempt to i describe tliom. I was neither hot nor cold, frightened nor composed ; but I had a combination of nil kinds of feolings and cmolions. Tho present, pist, future, heaven, earth, my motlior and father, a little girl I once knew, and tho sharks, wuro nil confu i Hedly mixed up together, and swelled my ! crazy brain almost to bunding. I cried, and laughed, and Hponted, nnd screamed for Tim Titus, lit a fit of most wjso madtiofw, 1 opened my broad bl.ided filling knife, and waved it around my bond with an uir of defiance. Ah the tide continued $ rise, my extravagance of madness mounted At pne time I bcenino persuaded that my nd/:-waitc.rs were rcaaonablc fofftog/, who mi^bt be tallied inV, aufl ^u inanity, if 11 body could bit upon tbo right toxt. Fo, I bowed, mid gesticulated, und threw (Hit my hands, and talked to thetu, ns friends, and brothers, members of my i family, cousins, xineles, aunts, people wait- ] ingtohave their bills paid ; 1 scolded them i as my servants ; 1 abused them as dims ; J j implored tlu'in as jurymen sitting nit (lie ; I <|u in iii^ uiu ; I UUllJjnmilMIOU, HUM fluttered tliotn its my comrades upon some | glorious enterprise; i su??r and ranted 1<> tliem, now its an nctm in a playdious'*, and now as an rider ;it a camp-meeting ; in one ! moment, roil ring, "On llii>i coM flinty rock I will lu\ down n:v Itonil," land in tin* next, gi ving out toin\ :?11 on t i \*? I hearers for sinning, a livinn of I'r. Watts i.i i.. ... . . ' . i I nv iimiiiiiiiuii <i|ijiri)|iriiiiu 10 llie oeellsiOll, " On slippery rocks 1 soc iliuin stutxl, While tiory Willows roll bolow." I '4 W I Kit said I, what diil I not ,s;iy I'rose ! and poetry, scripture and drama, romance and ratiocination?out it came. " (Jinna(fin, ( <ift(iii"i, ?I'tstru /><itiiu/i<tiif,u,'t itV ? I snn<r nut to llu- n!i! ? . i?t..ill, to beoin with-?'' My bravo associates, paitners of my toil "?so >an the strain. " On which side soever 1 turn my eyes,"?Gentlemen of tlie jury,"?" I coine not here to steal cway your hearts,"-? " Vou are. not i wood, you are not stones, but"?" liali !" , j ?'? Jiegin, ye tormentors, your tortures j arg vain,"?Good friends, sweet friends, lot mo not stir you up to any sudden flood " ( i ? i no angry ltooit that lashes her groanI ing sides,"?" Ladies and gentlemen,"? i " My very noble ami approved good mas- j ! tore,"?" A vaunt ! and unit my sight ; let j tho earth hide yof"?" Lie lightly on his j 1 head, O earth !"?" O ! heaven and earth ! i that it sluuld conic to this,"?"The tor- < rent roared, and we did buffet it with lusty i sinews, stemming it aside and oaring it j with hearts ut' controversy,"?"(live me I some drink, Titinius,"?"Prink, b.vs, j drink, and drown dull sorrow,"?" For I liquor it doth roll such comfort t<> the soul '' ? ' Romans, countrymen, ami lovers, hear I mo fur my cause, and be silent that you i may hoar,"?" Fellow-citizens, assembled , | as we are upon this interesting occasion, i J impressed with the truth ami bounty,"? s J " Isle ot' beauty, fare the well,"?" The j quality of mercy iw not (strained,"?" Truth j I is potent, and "?14 Most potent, grave, and I reverend seigniors,? 'Oil, now you weep, and I perceive you feel j The dint of pity : these are gnieiou* ilropa. Kind houIs! what! weep you when you but be- I hold Ouv Ciesar.'s vesture wounded,'? i 11a! ha I lm!?and I broke out in n fit of I most horrible laughter, as I thought of the j mincemeat particles of my lacerated jaoket. j "In the mean time, the water had got 1 well up towards my shoulders, and while I 1 was shaking and vibrating upon my unj certain foot-hold, 1 felt the cold nose of the j captain of the band snubbing against my i side- Desperately, and without a definite j object, I struck my knife, atone of bis eyes, I and, by some singular fortune, cut it out ! clean from the socket. The shark darted I back and halted. In an instant, hope and j reason came to my relief; and it occurred to , | me, that if I could only blind the monster, , j 1 might yet escape. Accordingly, 1 stood , j ready for the next attack. The loss of an i eye did not seem to affect him much, for, j after shaking his head once or twice, he I came up to me again, and when lie was J about half an inch off, turned upon his j back. This was the. critical moment. W ith , ? ?* mu.n iiiinvwunuuuv JiHWIIUtJ IM IIJIIM1, 1 laid lutld of his nose with mv left hand, and with mv rjght scooped out his roinainI ing organ of vision. IIc opened his big month, and champed his lung teeth at me in despair. ]?ut it was over with him. I raised my right foot and gave him a hard j shove, and he glided off into deep water, ! and went to the bottom. i " Well, gentlemen, I suppo.-e you'd think I it a hard story, but its none the hs< a faet, j that I served every remaining one of those : I nineteen sharks in the same fashion. They all eame up to me, one by one, iv;_*ulnrly ' i and in order, and I scooped their eyes out. I and gavethc'.n a shove, and they wi.lit oil j into deep water, just like so many lambs, j ! ]}y the time 1 had scooped out and blinded I a couple of dozen of them, they began to j i sconi so scarce that 1 thought 1 would swim j | for the island, and fight the rot for fun, i I on the way ; but just then Tim Titus hove I j iii night, and it had tf'ot to ho almost dark, I imd I concluded tu got aboard and le st my. ! solf." Avotiikr Batti-r Bfcttvci'v tin 1"niti:i? i Stair* Tnoorj? ani? tiik (Jamas( iik".?The i I Fort Smith (Ark.) Times, of March 7, ha* ! tho following: Wo are permitted to niiiko the following j ! oxtraot of a letter received on Sunday morn- ( ; ing. by the ovorlond mail from Furt Arbuekle, j j dated February 28. ISfiO.' The account may j he rnlind on unauthentic: " 111.11ah for th# command at Fort Ar- : buckle! The (irst (Jamanchos w ho made ! their appear a nee were caught and killed.? ] li'out. Powell. while on nonut with a detachI montof the 1st Cavalry and 1*1 Infantry, en- I ! countered a hand of tlicho follow* ? /?. njmfr for ! [ Texas, and after a sharp conflict, killed the [ftnd oha?ed the remainder until further pur-j i suit wn* u-elcxH. One cavalry .soldier wits i i L-illiui unil lu'a * nlfttk t u'i> ?<? ilnw.., I hor?n*. I<n?t uiulit, Miinurieft'o wore nt j tuokftd by n sumll p:?vt.V "? font, mid to-duv one-bnlf "f tlio comnttvlul have gone in pur- | Muit in difl'orent dirivtion-, Kxoftohicnl riny* 1 liipb, find finuilioK on iho rw'M'vk arc (u>inin? ' to the I'twt for prelection. Tbe Uglii toft [ jducc on Thurcdx', I'et/riiti^Y V 4. ' The South Carolina ApportionmentA oiTcspnruleitt ?f tlm I'monvillo Timrv, roniiirku iif tlic |n'inliii<; cottons on*l nj ? ?i-tiomnciit l?u- tlio llousc ul' Kepro-scututives of this State: There nmv. aiul n-> will, bo urent clian^CK in tl r miniher* from eaeh distriet. Homo will firtiit, smne lu^c nicmliors neitor - ....M M.. I. Ull uf llic IllOllllieiS 111 til.' lloUHC of Kojill'M'iltatiw** iepro?o?t taxation, tho other half population, ami llio apportionment is male as follows: l)ivi?|o the avo)i?^'^ taxation up die Stiito fir the last ton vnir< l>y >-. half of 1-1. ami it will jjivo a fiixiMir of t;?vsiti?m. Mlvklu the; population of iho State aei'orilin..; to th present ecn-Mi* by <?1*. (ho half of l'J I. ari'l it will jjivo a ili\!- ??;* of popnla'i.m. Vou have, therefore, a di\isor of population, anil a tliviMor oftaxa:ion. Next. <livi?l< tho popui.,i;...? ..< i. ./ / i... .1 > -? < ><>< '.. < r. II .!'<? ? Hi tllU UIVIKtll' Ol P!,P* ulution, and t!i whole numhurs obtained will lie ho many members the district is entitled to by its population. If there is h fmeti ?n lefr, set it for the present. Thoii divide the average taxation I'?r the last ten year- of' <>< '< by the divisor of taxation: and the whole numbers thus obtained will he .so tunny member* the district is untitled to hy taxation. Ifthere i^ a fraction left, add i; to the fraetion of population, and if it makes a whole number, add another member t> the district. Fur instance, if the District of Cidon is entitled to one member fur its taxation nod out; fur its populat'iut1;, ami hv a'Minj* ith fraction of population tu it' ('ruction of taxation a whole number is ohlaimvl, then I nion is entitled to a third member. If a frac. tion is still left, set it aside until yon have pone through all the Districts and Parishes. Then count the number of members obtained by the above process, and subtract it from 124, the number allowed by the Constitution, ami distribute the remainder am?n^ the largest excesses of joint fractions. That is to hay it you have twenty left, be^in and rive tin! District rlini lni? l?n>.r?w? fraction one member in addition to thrtso ulroiiily assigned it; tho next Inrgcst one member, im.I to on. until tho twenty inemboi s are disposed of. taking euro, however, to sou that you leave enough sjmf?> mouthers to supply the Parishes that would otherwise j'c; none, for it d>es happen tliiit a Parish sometimes has not population ami taxuti >n enough to entitle.I it to a member; hut the l!.institution provides that eaeh District am! Parish shall have at least one member of the House. The Congressional apportionment is very iliil'erent from ours, and the number of the members of the House of lioprosontatives at Washington changes every ten year Congress fixes a ratio id' representation, as, for instance, ninety or one hundred thousand, so that each State sends a member f >r every ninety thousand white inhabitants it has : and in the slitves HtsUi's uo In > i-nmnv.iii. tation for our ?lnves, livo slaves c >unting ? ? much as three white moil: and it' the uunihur | of ro|)refentatives ?n*?? too numerous. (.!>?nl gross. will increase the .alio, and in thai way lessen tlio number. Xf.w Vouk, March IS.?The mclancholv I death of Mike Y>'alsh is a source of nuu-h ! regret among a largo circle of his friends | and acquaintances. Although never having enjoyed the advantages of a liberal i'du?-ai tion, ho possessed extraordinary natural i uiieni*. WUICII, Hill U>v 1113 " last ' living, > would linvo made him "a man of murk."? | As it was, 110 rose to considerable distinctj lion in the political world, having vopre^eiv ted this city in the Slate Legislature and Hulls ! of Congress, lie was u ready, hold am: | fearless controversialist; despised politica i eliieancry, and noted ban viva it/ as he was ' an honest mail in every sense of the word.? | lie was ever a thoroughgoing Democrat, am I the free and easy manner in which he pah | his respects to political tricksters, made bin j many friends as well as enemies. He editci and published three newspapers within tin last fifteen years?the Knickerb ic.ker, Suit ; terraiican, and Sentinel?nil of which were I short-lived r and at the time of his death, he was an of the Despatch. .Mike over i li.id a strong predilection for the lower strata Infurtnin'v !..? .......I,..,....I 1.:.. {'-iciul* some of tlie first men >f* tIio country. During the administration of Mr. l'iorce Ita went on n soeiet mission to Russia. ami while i'ii r<mfr, >it!riI>utoil a series o! Liters t<> the lier?iI<1. fu incipallv descriptive of low ' life in Liverpool, London ami Paiis, hut before his mission was ended ho fell into his old hahitsoi'dissipation and returned to this Country it; the .steerage of >i sailing \csscl! He was also sent to Mexico by I'residoiit Buchanan, when he returned last fall, since which time, he is said t> have lioen daily "ill his i-ups." Tho \eidict of the jury ithat he eaine to his death by accident, and not hy foul play, a* was at lirst iuriuised. ii in it ruiimriiiimi' iiiui uuu ill! 01 ids lumiiv mot their (loath l>\ violonce or nividont? not c>nb of thonj having died in I:oil. Poor Mike Josi.'i veil a hotter late. Xk.w York D ua riutKorvi fi>.?The following loiter IVoin an Andovcr lady is too poeu" liar to he kont alone for private perusal. ami BO we give it to the reuilera t.fiho llouif loni'tinl. A'uiut Mi'i'.numi':--" My dear friond ? Your torse picture of "Now York is excellent, ns far as it g''Cs ; hut in all pi,...ros there must ho nh.ido.ws, The contrast l.otivoen your gny city and serious Andovcr is >; . oat. Your lights are brightm*. and your shades are darker?murders, rolthories. i?treftU4iurro* tingS, burglaries, incendiaries ami v.vorv variety of vice. Tiie modest misdemeanors <>t' Andover are usually confined to clothes-line pilferings, ehickeu-kloalings,and an occasional kitcheh kctimlal. \nu have hirgu ohuYclio.i, theatres, assemblies and midnight purtics, whore the ladies compete with each other in their eost'.v jewels, silks, satine and eiiomtdus spread >.l skirts, You (line at sunset, snp at inidnijjbf, go U> bed next morning, and ri<e nobody knows when, how or where! Wo havtf clionp cliurchn>, lycouin*. lecturos,o!n>r.il u>nccrts and calico clothe* ; we dtink tea. i;nd. on lmnmtnnt. ??cc{iidrtn*, lemonade -~^o tj bed fit nine, ri.-o with the sun. niul dine a. n >on. !' ? liuvc liveried equipages', ball (bosses in the stivot. gambling Aohteliicu (? t, artificial complexions. and pick pnek^*. M'e'di-ivo '<iiie.-horse chahos.' rlresH for <vw?fort, brentho pur? mr. preserve Ihf rti>! .-?! t Lvmv ,.r H , n?-/ < ! ? *. ..-'II. ..-v SV ! liiihif?, awl pookota nro V >n Itnvo ?: ')?? : wcallli itiifl poverty, ex|H?n>i\i' i.ixur > ?. ai> I extreme ()t'!jtitijti'>n. M >st ol'viiir ?lv\ house* sir?* like hoards on en I, an I miM searvpjv stum I ifhuilt singly.' W<> li ne 11 ?u>!it ri?:Ii<;> !iinl no po.it |>o\ortv : our lieu-( -. have some expansion. hut 11 i ciont hoiclit. I mint let Vi?ur thousands ul' tij>| Ii11x shoiif-. ^ii.nhliti^ "ill- m>, a:ul othor e:Mabli-hiv.entH for killing time. rcmnin without n ofimpnrif?ih. as this ?jti '.ot to vii i? km yet c> tively exempt front theso institutions." A l.ossokThhbi:TnorsANi* Lives.? Near Tajinnrojr. on the Kea of Av.ofl, a catastrophe occurred, about tlie beginning of February Inst, which involved u loss of lit'o unparalleled except by memorable eartbi|ii,iKcs or volcanic eruption*. It appears that some tlireft thousand inhabitants ot' 'i'iijjnurojr, rei ving upon the promise of fair weather made by the genial atmosphire ( and the cloudless skv, proceeded to tho : Azutl s_>a to indulge in the sport of fishing beneath the ice?a favorite pastime of that region. The atmosphere continuing sc11 no, tin- party were lulled into a fei ling of Keratiny. mid ventured further than usu1 al upon (Tic ice. in thf hope of obtaining a yoiid haul. Suddenly a breeze sprung up from the IIiiRt, which, growing boi.vter< in by decrees, whirled the loose snow and line partieles of ice in all directions, and ber. i .. i i i . i ' iuic lung suuceeueu m ueiaciling tllC ICO lYotn tin; shore. The large ice-iicld then broke into numerous pieces, which, with their terrified and helpless human freight, drilVd towards the open sea. No assist' anee could he rendered the unhappy beings by their frantic relatives and friends on shore, and within two hours not a *>iirr? of life w s visible on the surface of the sea. i On tho following day a cake of ice drifted in shore, upon which were five of tho unfortunates?three of them dead, and tho nthcr two numb and insensible. The twr> latli r?a pill and an old man?were restored by n eai > of t5k* usual appliances ; tho ill, however, survived but a few hours; tin; man reeovored, but lust the use of his tongue? a <onse'|uom:e, probably, of tho .... i . ... i i i ' ? > iii^m Viiu.--'i llir Will' 111! IUKI JVi^sca thruti^h. J!ii }>voy>treil u written narrative of tlio n'Tin rviK'c.s uf thai fearful iii^bl on tin1 Az< >11. By tliis catastrophe at least three thousand j?ei>Hjnfc f.'Viml a wntorv irv ive. [A'//1 York L'liui)i'/ \s AuMitiif H.iMiu ? FATAI. KESLI.T.? .The New Orleans l'elta of Saturday last say--: I A diit>l t?? U plaoe yosterday evening,ahout throe o\ lurk, in dellori>on City, not far from tin,' t'arrill; >i Railroad. between Eniile lliriart and I hvard I.oei|unt. of this oily, which re?uiie?i in imo ticath or tin- latter, who viih the ehallenging i>a.ity. The weapon* were ; n'.ut gun.*, loaded with I tills, and t!io ?\i>?iv?i ? j lfiiv pacc*. At the first lire Mr. l.>e?;iiot was -trurk Lv the hall of his nntagonht in the It'ft side. near the region <?t" die heart, whii'li passed through oil the opposite side. ; eiiusiui* dfith almost instantly. The hall <>l" , Mr. Loct|iiet, striking the ground several sards in front of Mr. Iliriart, ricoolietted in i ... i. , mii ii ii milliner as in miuei a stunning wouim i on tlio causing him to fall : hut, <m? ! examination, it was found not to have i>euoti.itO'l u> any dangorons o\t nt. An Mni'.hcki ic I.'oi.i.utou. ?-Yester(lav uioriiiiipr, the men were jrottiuir paid oH, tin1 territory of I'ncle Sum was ruthlessly invaded, and the rules of tin.1 navv \?v?l i sot at dclianee by a female heroine, in tli?> 1 poison of Mrs. \V., a widow, fat, fair, and f forty," who walked into the yard villi a j cowhide under her cloak, ami straightway proeoeded to the (ihj^et of her search. a \r.. D II....:.. i- .... j i - i ... .mi. j . iiiiwii^ iuhiiu Mini, sue uncioaKed her cowhide ami itnoc-romotiapplied it to his he.ad find shoulders with a vigor ! which c;>uld not he suqiasiied by oven a brawny tinhman. Not satlslied with one. flagellation, she returned after dinner and i applied her cowhide to the head and showlI der.x of i|<r victim with renewed vigor; I ai.d after she got through with the second ! chastisement she declarid she Would come ( very day until she got. ?i.v dollars, which she averred was due to lser for house rent, or have the worth of it out of his hide. ? Bcs/ >u II i s"cannin?i \muay t\ IlAMjjrnc.. ? serious aft'ray occurred in Hamburg, S. t'., on Thursday evening, ut Kveretl's Favillion, during the perforsnantie. Thb facts. as we have learned them, are these: One ? .1 - -* v.. mi. Kiiiiuiivo t'l uxinuimin, mi meet Krunk ('licinvniih, wliilr under tin- infill. ' ctieo of li'jiior. used ul.scene to a hidv, who, nccou'|innioil 1?v lier liu>band. v..ih witn.'vsinp tin- " side show," nd! join in- the m.'iiii (<: 11 i. '! Ik bendcimiii vcrv 1 ]? < ] m%i 1 y ivj-t.'iitcd l l.o insult; told flicn WOltli lid Wf her lin.-sband, mid OOlfili mill ed iiini to High words tlioi) cnemd I between the parlies, the result of winch was. Chenwurth rieoived :i stub under the riglit fhouldcrbliide. l-'ivn/.ie.d with tho ! wound and the efh i ts of the litjuov eonw 1 liined, he came < ut of the tent brandishing j his knife, and threatening to stab any one ' who ouuie in liis way. Mr. Kverett, on ' hearing of the fnu-as, hid sent one of It is men to sconce ChenWorth, wl.o in his :?t. ; tempts to do 80, was Mr.bbed in the brritht 1 by the infuriated m?n. l i e wont d it not ' iiiia nM it... . ? A H ' oil tlwor.tili ilic Kiict iu tl.e rtwui'.- itcik tir, diul siiuol; the brorst l.i.no, inU'clinp only :i slipiit llo wti*. ft,ally Inlcn Julo onfclody, nml if now lying M tin1 In' t<l in , llmril'ur?r. The injum lie 1 i?co;v<d Sm ; ?nvoro, but is r.i t. <*oitpi<ttird n.e | Chen Wort h b?:? Won in Hie c? ploy of "Mr ! Everett lor nine ovten y**rt,%nd whvu uot. i intoi-icatcJ, was said to in u nfawtfelv, iaofioc.*.'.vc ?jLiifwda ,