Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 14, 1859, Image 2
KKOWKF, cor I! I KH.
EOB'T. A. TH0MPS02T, Editor.
TKKM4.?$1.50 per itnnuut, in udvnuco. If
piyincnt ho iIoI-?y<hI until nl'tur the ospirtillon of
tlio ycftr. For six months, cents, in .
u?ivimcc.
A<lvorti*oments in?crto<l nt tlii? uxunl rnto*.
pickexs r. n? s. c -
Saturday Morning, May 14,1850.
Advertisements.
Wc would call tlio attention of our reader#
to the now advertisement of J. 11. K. Si.oan
?!c Co., who hove now on hand a lino assortment
of groceries, hardware. ete. Call upon
him at Pendleton. Also the advertisement
>of II. Fajk.\, at AValhalla.
An Inquest
A iorv of inuuc.st was hchl over tho ?l<>nil
body of Thom as Montuomkkv, ?n aged aud (
VespectaMe citizen of this* district, resoling
near Piekensville. His deal It is ascribed to
the effects of intemperance. The verdict of
the jury of inquest was, tlmt lie eame to his
death by the visitation of God.
Still Behind the Times.
The Charleston Coiirirr, of the "1st April j
Jlllil tll<? *?! i\i% Mil V tviu'rt roitn'itit.l .?* ?
on the Oth inst. It is not often ourseabourd
friend is ' behind the times," hut lie lagged
u little this time.
Surrendered.
1 The free boy Sum. who was tried, convictcd
and sentenced to be hung on the 24th of
June, for breaking into and setting tire to
the store house of Lkonauu Tow Kits, at IJacl.olor's
lletreat, in this District, and who, on
tlie evening of the same day of his trial, effected
his escape, has made n surrender of
liimsolf, and is now in jail to abide the pet nlties
of the law.
Still Increasing.
Tho income of the Georgia State ilailroad
still increases. The treasurer lias paid into
the Treasury the large sum of$;$0,000 for the
month of April.
Battalion MusterWe
ha<l the pleasure of attending the Bat- j
tnlion Muster at Bachelor's lictreat Muster !
Ground on Saturday last. We will not speak 1
of the incidents of the way-side?the conduct
of man or brute. We were upon tlie Held l?y
lOo'cIock,exchanged salutations with friends;
tbo good old farmer, the gay, the gallant and
the " fair." Though rather averse to the attendance
of ladies upon occasions of this kind
more perhaps through sympathy than principle,
yet it is indeed encouraging to the citizen
Boldicr to be greeted by Madam and Mademoiselle.
The Adjutant, W. N. Ckaio w ho.
by the way makes u fine appearance upon
the field, and discharges the duties of his of
--- 1?
jh:v wuii, whii nuiniruoie promptness and
dispatch arranged and formed tlie companies
into line, and yielded his command to Mnj. |
Bkyce the eomtniinder of this Battalion.?
The Major is a clever and gallant fellow, a I
popular commander, and good officer.
After the parade, which was alike creditfi- j
ble to officer and private, Col. Lkamietteh
rode up and addressed the Battalion in a
liandsomo stylo, ardently r?nd eloquently ml- i
VOOftting the military system, illustrated its |
eireote by a recurrence to the different battle I
: 1-; i. ? .1
uuiua in which ouuiii lyiiroiimans have always |
borne n noble part?ami called upon every j
soldier to stand l?v and defend that system j
established by their ancestors for the protection
of their rights and liberties. The Col.
is to he admired for his military pride and
spirit, and the interest ho manifests for the
Regiment over which he has command.
There is one custom to which wo would i
advert, that of discharging guns upon the i
field whilo the people are assembling, it is j
dangerous "hnd should not be allowed. The j
woods arc thronged with people and horses, i
nna a tcllow with " a brick in his lint" is
very apt to miss the target he r>hoot? at.
Admissions.
The following gentlemen have been admitted
to practice law in thi.? State:
W. II. Abncv, Kdgefield ; It. K. Bowie,
Spartanburg; W. M. Connor*. Lancaster;
T. W. Pinking Sumter: II. W. D. Edwards, :
Beaufort; A. A. Kichelberger. Newberry ; i
fj. B. (Say, Sumtor ; W. II. Urimhal), Char- '
leston ; W. J. N. Hammett, Sumter; W. M. I
Heath, Edgcfiold; W. W. Humphreys, An- j
dcrson ; Charles Inglotdty, Charleston : M. '
B. A. Legg, Spartanburg; Charles W. Mont- j
ffftmorv. \nu'}?.-?rpv U AI
^ * .? ? - v.? ,.v. . j y vvnii j/. i'unn i:, *111'if i" j
von ; W. A. Moore. Yorkvillo ; \V. Munro,
Anderson; J. I). Nance. Newberry; Henry
Senhrook, Charleston ; 15. F. Smith, Edge- I
(icld; .7. ('. Winsmilli, Spartanburg.
To practice in the Court of K<|'iity, those
Vplow named Inivo been admit toil:
?J. \j. Addison, Klge field ; J. A. Do/.icr, |
*Mgefu;ld ; J. II. Krwin, Yorkville ; Vm. I
Fort, Lexington ; W. II. Crimhall, Chnrlos* j
ton ; C'lmrlox Ingleshy, Charleston : J. E. i
Knott*. Newberry ; J. R Mooro, l'idgeliold : j
John V. Moore, Anderson ; K. 1'. Kavonel, ;
Charleston ; W- J- Heady, Edgefield ; 0. II.
Bnbcr. No wherry \ K. Todd, Laurens j J. '
"Wuties, Colunihin : II. P. Whitnor, Andor- 1
hod; K. II. Youngblood, Edgefield.
IIoj.niNo Africans.?Tim (irnnd Jury in
tho Circuit Court at Satan nrli on yesterday.
h^ys tho Dixpateh, of Saturday, found truo
bill# agi\in?t ^cjson 'V- Towbridgo, Jolm Put
*' "Bigon and Ilonry l>u Bigon; for holding nnd j
abetting tho holding of African;". Cases again.?t
John S. Moutliollin and Thus. Kurko,
on nintilar chargo*, wore ignored.
Ii'kjisox.vi..?A ludy ndtniror of f,ainnrthto
ban rorently left to bitn two hnndraV thnuniTid
frnnes, whilst another friend hns bor
^ncathjd to biu> a form pud liouso. y
To Hambuggery add Swindling.
Wo pronounced IKcki.ky's Circa* a huiu?
l>og( and now tlio Kdgefield Adtrrtiur "cups
the climax " in <;ood style thus :
The liuckhy Cirrus of h\f>t week did pnss
over our Plunk Uond (as we intimated) without
paying the requisite toll. It is evident
too that they did it designedly and to rave
a few dollars at the expense of President
Ci'rby and his Plunk Hond Associates. In
passing the gates, each driver sangout, " l\t>/
iHuslr.r iu l/ic rear?(>r ttlnmj ifircrf{>/,'' IJut
tlic whole train passed, and no paymaster
yet. The toll-men looked in vain for him to
drive up. They continued looking thus until
the liuvkh'i) Virata had crossed the Savannah
at Augusta and were safe from the claws
of otir officers. What next? There was no
recourse but to grin and endure the imposition.
Mr. C. M. Gray, the toll-man chiefly
instrumental in the pursuit, found himself
frustrated and cheated. Yet ho resolved not
to leave the vicinity of his recusant customers
at once. lie waited on the Hamburg
side a day or two, pondering the circumvention
that had been practiced upon him and
his brother-officials. Luckily, the Jhu'kleys
at length conceived the idea ofrccrossing the
river to trivt! ail i?*bit?itiiin nt (1 r:mili>? ill.? ?
' Old <!ra>/ of ConijHiiiy .1," now doorkeeper
of t!io South Carolina House of Kepr.esentatives,
was wide awake in liis amhusende;
and no sooner Itad I lie liuckley Authorities
entered our realm, than they were nahhed
hy the bailiffand threatened with the sheriff.
It was no use talking?the money had to
come. The fines incurred amounted to the
handsome sum of firo hundred and s ).>:/;/ dolItir.i,
of which Mr. Gray received half. There
were costs moreover to the amount of some
twenty dollars. So that, to sum :ilit In uliinV
road toll, tlie ltuchlryx found themselves compelled
to deplete to the tune of /iro hundred
ami ci'jhhj dollars, or thereabouts. Pass
them around ; but don't forget to add to
their cridit, that they paid up promptly at the
pinch.
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Exchanges.
Tiie Cross Anchor Projucpsionist.?AVe
learn from Mr. Joki. II. Ci.avton, the editor
of this paper, that the difficulties for which
its publication was abandoned a few weeks
ago, have been overcome, and that the tirM
number <>f it will be issued about the first of
August next without fail.
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Pennings and Clippngs.
Si.aver v.?A Nebraska paper soys that
slavery is already established in (lie Pike's
Peak region-?that the Mexicans arc there
with peons, and that Southerners are on their
way with slaves from every Southern State.
A Heavy Arnn. Fooi..-?Mr. D. lliehard
Kyan, of Indianapolis, Indiana, gave a large
supper recently, to a large number of friends
in Indianapolis, on the occasion of his appointment
as U. S. Minister to Bogota, lie
afterwards found out tlint it was an April
fool j. 'xe, played on him by the wags of the
city.
Tt f vv't iifi Tt 1W..|?.?v snva ll?nrn ?vn
many persons who think Sunday is aspenpe
with which to wipe out the sins of the week.
Coi i.hn't Rksi.t the Temptation.-?Mrs.
Anderson, an accomplished ladv of London.
W.. insured her life for $5,000 lor the hencfitoflior
son, who last week administered
stryehnine to she mother, from the effects of
which she died.
Arrested.?The Cashier of the People's
Bank, Richmond, Ya., who absconded with
$15,000 last October, ha? boon arrested by a
police (ifficor in San Antonio, Texas.
U. S. Hevf.ni'k.?It is stated that the revenue
fur the current inont h from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans,
is issued to be four millions, on the basis
of returns already received. The revenue
for the quarter is estimated at over twelve
millions.
B.u> Featukks.?The worst feature on a
man's face is his nose?when stuck in other
people's business.
Kestiti tion.?It is refreshing in those delinquent
times to learn of such nets as the
following: The Iluutsvillo Adrncafe understands
that I*. .Johnson, the County Treasurer,
has received from Bishop Cobbs. the sum
of $900, restored to the public funds by aornfi
one who became years ago, wrongfully poencssed
of them.
In Kdof.fiei.d.?Mr. O. M. bicher, the
State Geologist, is opovatingin Kdgetiehl district.
The Wandvrer Adrift.?The Edgefield
A<lr(iti?r says tlio yacht Wanderer is again
adrift; and, being a "onto craft," "nwy be
( .stressing <>n her pruud way over the .vatcrs
after more nigger*."
Poisoned.?Miss Elizabeth Urown, residing
in tli^ upper port of Lam ens district, says
tlie Enterprise, committed suicide recently
by takilig strychnine.
Phomi'krino.?The Herald states that (he
Citllpi'n iit F.fiill fMisvilln h:is 140 stmlcntw 11ml
i* deserving ?jf continued success.
Inm.w Hatti.e.?A battle took placo on
the 2d of April, near Zenn. betw een the Xcvnjo
ami Apneho Indians, if, which ten of
the latter and eight of the former wcrp killed.
The Xcvajoos lost also four thousand
slice]). The Zona Indians assisted the Ap*
ndiOM.
Tiik Uetcbneb Akiucand,?A letter from
Monrovia pnys that tlie KcIio'h negroes liave
Keen distributed along the coast by tb<) Ooioiii/ntion
Society, and placed under teachers
for intollcctunl nnd moral (mining. The
effect* of tlioir closo confinement nt pen. nnd
(lie Halt provision* wliiefi tliov were obliged
to cnt. (ho letter soys, liavo tagun to mnnU
font (honisclvos in ippst curios Q.nd offonsive
'fur.Southkhn D.wtisst Convf.ntion.?Tlio
i delegates to tliifi Convontion, which convent's
| on Monday. 2d inst., nave tho Richmond A\?*
! ({Hirer, ni the First l'rcRbytdrliin Chureli, will
number between cignt hundred nnd one thousand
rovtirend gentlemen. It will he the
largest Convention of UiIk denomination ever
held in the I'nlted State*.
Stoppage or l'Yoim Mn.t.*.?A letter frotn
Rochester nml Oswego, N. Y., states that
nearly all the Hour mills in those two cities
have stopped running, owing to the high
prieo of Hour.
IIandsomk SrKct'i.ation.?A Norwcginn
shoemaker, living in Minnesota. hits obtained
$17,000 fur u piece of land near Chicago,
which he bought 11 years ago for the sum of
j $20.
j (Jo Maury.?The most beautiful flower*
j are those which are double; such as douldo
! pinks, double roses, and double dahlias.?
j What r.n argument is this against the chilling
deformity of single blessedness ! "Go marry
!" is written on overything benutiful tbnt
i the eye rests upon?beginning with the birds
i of paradiso, and ending with upplo blossoms.
Death or I'imf. IIakihson,?Dr. (lessner
' Harrison, Greek Professor in the University
of Virginia, breathed his lust at 4 o'clock on
Wednesday morning last. Dr. II. bus held
a Professorship in the University for many
years, but had determined to resign at the
close of the present session.
Moiir Ti'RWI.knck in IIavti.?An insurrection
against (Seflrard, the new President
of IIavti. is reoorted bv letters of Anril ('itli
! An insurgent attempt luul just before been
I suppressed at Cape llaytian. Tlie rebels are
blaek, instituted by jealousy of the domination
of mulattos.
A Hov Co.NVIt.TKD OK MANSI.ACOIITKR.?
Abny, a boy only twelve years old, was tried
in one of the Courts of New York, on Toesday
last, for murder, ami was eonvietcd i f
j manslaughter. He killed another boy in a
j fight by stabbing liim in the breast with an
i iiwi. ijlv ? in rvni vuwu iu inv iiuiim* uj (i v.
fuge until lie beeonies of ago, or nine years.
' Weenll that/"'//-slaughter.
i The National Finances.?There has l>cen
received into tliu Treasury for the quarter
euding tlie 1st of A?'**:I, .?venty-two millions
five hundred thousand dollars, inelii'ling
eight millions and one half dollars from loans
Kxpeiidilurcs for the same period nearly
eighteen millions.
Savannah, May t>.?In the ease of the
I nited States against Silvas and Mares,
j eharged with fitting out tlie Spanish barque
! Any;olita, for the purpose of enirauinir i'1 tlie
slave trade, a verdict of " Not Guilty" lias
been rendered.
A Novki. 1'se run Fi.oi n.?It is stated tliht
several liundrod barrels of unsound lloqr
j have boon purchased in Now York within a
j few days, at a price not exceeding $3.50 per
j barrel, which are to be used in distilling fur
the manufacture of whisky, an article, the
! importance of which, commercially few but 1
those directly interested will understand.
Mkxi'un Sn.k.?The New Orleans Picayune
h is examined a parcel of Mexican Silk
received from the Isthmus of Tohuunlopec.
which it says is a curious product of Southern
Mexico, and grows on one of the most
beautiful and majestic trees of those inimitaI
hie forests. It is strong in fibre ami firm in
staple as the silk worm'M thread, whicli in
. appearance it much resembles, ami woinlerI
fully soft to the touch.
Xkw York, May 8.?Marouoy, ex-agent
of Adams' Express Company at Montgomery,
Ala., was arrested here last nigh', ohnrgcU
with the recent robbery there, and vus held'
to bail in the sum of $80,000. It is Aal*' that
he was on his way to Europe.
Handsome Brihk and Haxdsomh PresentThe
fortunate husband of the beautiful daugli
ter of Mr. Corcoran, the Washington hanker
: receives with his wife, a bridal present of
$ 1,000,000. Mr. Eustis is nni'l, under the
circumstances, to bo as satisfiod as any oilier
man in Louisiana, no matter what that otlior
man's lut k inaj bo. I low does the Spanish
attache leel ?
Hiiixf.ii to Dkatii.?A little son of Capt.
Jamo* A. Kidgowny, of Talbott county. Mil.;
was burned to death h.st week, by his clothes
taking fire.
Wild Pieroxs Captured.?In Essex co.,
Mass., the value of the wild pigeons anmw
ally captured is $20,000. In sonic towns 3,j
000 d'?K3na arc taken every year. They bring
. about a dollar a dozen in the Hoston market.
Homicide.?A fatal a If ray occurred at Co
luniluis, Miss., last Saturday, between Colu.'iibuH
Lancaster and P. II. DclanY. Lan
! caster wis instantly killcl by a pistol ahut
through the body. Huth residents of Colum'
us, and journeymen tinners.
Death or a Xavai. Commander.?Commander
J. S. Paine, U. S. N., died at his res!
i ictice in Portland. Me,, on Monday last, at
the age of 00, leaving a wife and three ehilj
Jren. The deceased entered tin' service in
: 1813, and continued in it, with few intervals,
when his health had become so impaired that
ho retired from the actual service, and was
placed on tho retired list.
'/anksvii.i.k, ()., May 6.?Jack son, tlio fugitive
alttvc, wa* this morning lolircrteil'to
his mastor, to ho taken buck to V . A
. large crowd followod the parties to tho railroad
depot, but tlioro was no nitompt at a
poscuo-.
l'l.KAsiMtfi Tnn?.?--Tho Richmond Groy?
have in contemplation a plcufnrotrip to Xew
York andother Northern citics. Shis Hammer.
, They arc now dniiimg and fitting themselves
I for their visit, and if they go, willtnkont
! least 00 meo with tliem./
ScvrKK SjMDF.it isn t.?Tito Travis (Toxus)
InUUigrncer pays tlint obout ten days sinoo,
Hl'v. "\V. It. i?eat was bitten by " ?|?idor,
which Imn t*ltioo occasion Wl tho patient ox1
crueiuting Buffering, confining liim to bcdi
and being nttoiukM by recurring paroxysms
of PcverC pniu". Ho is now, however, in u
fair way of recovery.
J-.I.EIITION AT 1Y KsTMINSTKH. Ul) .Monday
lust, John M. Yingling, ilomoi rat, was eleetcil
mayor of Westminster, Mil., by three majority,
over Lewis Truinhu, American.
.SlXKIMCi OF A S'f EAMllOAT.?TllC StCUIllOr j
Sadie West, a bout plying on the Mississippi
river, was mink Thursday afternoon near
j Kick a poo, and is a total loss. No lives wore
i iost.
Rk-Nominated.?Tlio Opposition party in
Wheeling have re-nominated Judge Jos. I,.
Fry for the Virginia Legislature.
Depredation of Genius to Ncwspaperwriting.
" The printing-press, which was the pantheon
<>f great minds, is now occupied as a
1...1 ..i...... .ii .1 i.?- ?
i iiiiii nt-i'iiKK-V iwi ciuiui 1111*11^111."**. i IIu newsj
papor man beoomca n hack thinker ami n
| loose writer; lie is stabled in a printing of- [
liee, and brought out to do so much thinking
and ih? more. lie is a race-horse between
j the shafts of tin omnibus. I lis life is no longer
the poet's life : it has no longer the varieties
of vicissitude nor the pleasures of want:
I his mind never fools the poet's yearning to
I produce, for constant sweating keeps down
j its mental vigor; it shows meagre and bodily
poor, for it is milked every night and inor|
ning. lie knows that his work is meant te
| he read in a minute and forgotten in a day.
I si, lie wiites by the h air and is paid by tie[
week ; his brain is inner ridden bv a craving '
stomach nor goaded by a reckless passion.? |
This hopeless regularity of mind and body |
destroys all the spasmodic action of genius : j
so that, debilitated in style, confined in the
exercise of all the muscles and nerves o)
,1 i.. i.:~ -....ii r.. . ; - I
I iifiiui rr:il?lis HSCII 1
. to l'?s- of freedom, s^opemid enterprise.
"JerroW was eiuorging from obscurity
i ;?s a dramatist lie had leaped from the low;
est theatre in London to the highest,
when newspaper literature begun t<? assert
its great influence upon the progress of
reform, and began to rock the er:idlo of
liberty. The press was sensibly becoming
a power where previously it had only been
an influence. Literary men beheld with
hope and pride this engine by means tif
which they were destined to wield a sceptre
more powerful than that of the (J.vsars,
but they did nut see that it would involve
a personal sacrifice of greatness, of fume,
of immortality > that the aristocracy of
minds must be dost roved, and si flnn-mndi
democracy esttddished tliiit forbade one
mind to be greater than another . This
lias been the result.
"This extension of c location to the masses
had called into existence millions of readers
of mean perception and poor taste.?
Mingled with tho educated classes, this
accession brought down the standard of
literary efforts to the '.ovel of the average
mind of the. new reading public. .Jerrold
was a philosopher, and a husband with n;
large family. This earnest creature loved |
of all things to walk beside the working
| nym, and give him as much of his mind as j
I he could. Tho newspaper enabled him to j
| indulge tho philosopher. As a husband!
I with a largo family, tho newspaper enabled i
I him to earn a weekly income, thus supply- .
ing all his wants. lie might have been j
a great man?ho was satisfied with boin?r
a happy one. Had (loldsmith and Swift
j livid in tliC?'<! times, tin'. ''Yiearof Wake ;
| field 1 would have dwindled into a London {
Times correspondence, and ' (! ulliver's j
Travels'' would have boon let ulf in Mjnibs
to liz and sparkle through a year of weeks
in l'uncli."?Home ,/nunmt.
Ft uk ami Loss ok I<| i k.?A very distressing
occurrence is to he recorded, from
the Saluda side of this l>'striet. The dwelling
house of Zebcdcc llavird was destroyed
by nro during the afternoon of the 2-nd
April; and In i1; perished a little daughter
of the. nnfortui 'le man. r. llavird had
lost his wife o ny a few weeks before this
terrible ae.cidc.it. Having occasion to
leave ho.lie on the day of the sad calamity,
his children were placed in charge of his
sister with special instructions to be very
careful of them. After dinner, this lady
I walked out on a visit ton neighbor's house
in silit, and only a few hundred yards dis!
bint. Sin* had seacely reached the place,
j when, (in looking back, she discovered her
brother's co'.tagc already in a blaze. Haste
and help were unavailing. Before assistance
could come, the building was Wrapped
in flames. Four little children escaped ;
they seem to have been playing in the yard.
The eldest child, a girl of seven, and very
smart, would appear to have been in flic
j house asleep. However this may be, Iter
bones were found after the (ire amid tlie j
smoking cinder. The poor little girl is
iid to have been uncomiuonlv ictollii'-ciii.
,? t* ;
I active and hc'como<l:tin<;. Hut why s:iy j
wo " por>r little pill," when she ha* only j
I pone tu join the ohoirof little nngelxubovc! i
J Let the nftlictcd parent t.-.lie this balm to
! his heart.?.Itlci rtixrr, May Uli.
j A IToftTK't.-1/n iiai, Sruooi, kor CSniLs.
! ?The Bull'alu Advertiser, in ;i late number 1
wy? t ..? . .
j Horticultural labor is,,111 every rcspect,
1 a more eligible oniplnyineiit for indigent wn
men, th:i 11 the sedentary monot* y of t!ie
t needle. It cannot b.> los remunerative,
] and it has the advantage! of Uod's cheerful
J sunshine and the mire air nt' limvoit n.wl I
tlio satisfaction, which nil pure minds vol- ;
I ish, of witnessing tho budding, and the
' successivc stngetj in tlio growth of the veg*
' etiible world. If nothing elso were gained,
; the pjileijosH of the careworn HCiiiUHttmscs
would bo exchanged for (lie ruddy glow of
1 hojdth ; if poverty were still her lot, it
ivoiijd be poverty lighted up by the cheer'
fnl smile of nature, and support I'll by the
nativity ui njni'ii which rcnuura mi easy.?
j It ia mainly in cities find larj>;o towns tlmt
j tlio probloni of employment for females
presses for solution ; and in the vicinity of
audi towns tlic lalmr* of horticulture aro I
always rcmuniatfve.
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Fish Stories.
Ever since the days of .Jonah, fish ptd-ries
Iiavv been remarkably llirjro; it
" natural to tlie breed." \Ve have fished
up a " string" of thpm from " liei'c and
there," for the benefit of our readers. The
first comes, from the Richmond " Emjuirer"
which endorses the statement that on a recent
occasion n sturgeon Was cnujrht in the
Rappahannock liver weighing nine hundred
pounds! Kroni :i Maryland paper we
learn that a gentleman who lots lately been
spending a tow days on the Clbolo, folates
the following ns authentic: A fewevonings
since a lad sot a lino out in (ho crool; to
catqh a catfish; next inoi..iughc visited
his line, when ho found it too heavy for
him. Obtaining aid, ho brought his line
to the bank, when, wonderful to relate,
there was an eel and t\Vo latgo catfish oil it,
one weighing 2*> and the other 28lbs.??
This f.sh probloni was thus solved : It i
seems the eel was first hung on the hook,
then catfish number one coming along
swallowed eel, who wouldn't stay swallowed,
and slipped Mr. Cat's .gills, stringing
him on the line; then catfish number two
came along and likewise swallowed ccl, who
i";a' i escaped Jonahisni by slipping thro' I
r ;.... Vi.;. ,.i:. '
llio pur1, viwiiij; ik/iiui iu vijt 1 i*i: 1 ^ j
tation of 11is rncc.
This is a true story, and can be t;?sti
t<> by responsible witnesses. From the !
iToiiolula papors wo obtain information of
a stranjje iish caught by the natives while
in pursuit olV.rimp. ]t is of a dark color,
about (ivo inches lonfr, two inches thick,
and about four inches from the top ot' the
lin on its bad; to the bittom of its b'dly. j
It has a remarkably lar*:o iie."d, and four !
foot or claws, which enables it to ereep on j
the sides of rooks with jjrMit case. When j
placet! in a pail ot water it rnruw out quit" j
i stream from under the fins on each side of ]
its bully, thou took a circuit round tlio
bucket by clinuiiur to the sides, and walking
apparently with iri'eat pride. The feet
resemble somewhat the }>a\vs of a bear ?
The Rappahannock " Southerner" has recently
seen a curios;! v llshed up by Mr.
Alex. behind, out of Carter's Creek. It ,
consists of a portion of a common junk hot- !
tie, to which several oysters had fjiuwn, j
and one, the largest and probably the most
dissipated of the parly, had *rro\VM partly
into the ncck of the bottle, completely fillin?
it nn. Whether the ovster Went into
the bottle to get n <lriiilc, got tight, and |
could not get out, is not known, l>nt cor- j
t:iin it is, that himself and his companions |
seem "Very much attached to the hot tie." i
[~ Spirit <>J the TiiUrs. ;
Rkctaiii antsm.?If the mnn in the i
moon should pay a visit to the earth, m? ;
donht lie would lind a great many things to j
amuse and rstonislihim; hut we fancy I
he would lind nothing more remarkable [
than the various phases of sect a. ianism.?
I f the lunar gentleman haft an innuiring
mind, as it is presumed he has, after having
stared at the earth forages, he would
naturally ask what religion is, and why
I liei wsi? fl tfVt?iv>nrti> nf in !
rotation to it. Any one would be able to j
give liim :i satisfactory explanation on these
points; hut. it is doubtful whether he would
be able to comprehend that spirit of intolranee
which arrogates to it.self, or to its
sect, till the religious tru h in the world.
.Most especially must the lunar visitor
bo confused when told that in Christian
countries, where sill men believe in the
same (Jol, the same Redeemer, the same
religious nature, there is a fierce and bitter
strife waged between the s.vts. lie
would regard it as simply ridiculous?not
tiiut moil slfuuld sutler tliflor, fur tint is
n itnr.sl?but. that they should bn intnlornut.
Inasmuch as man is not the doovkcepcr
of i.eavon, ami cannot let any one
in o; keep any one out, why does lie deny
s\lvation or truth to bis neighbor ?
The man in tbo moon would certainly
laturh at ih, oven in Connection with this
serious subject, and we could not blame
biin. lie. would surely regard the devil as
flip !l 11 1 M\\* I \f QOf^MI'I'lDICIl) nil/ i ti...
t ....V. v..v, t.....v>p:d
gladiator io the strife.
TllK llUSII IN Till: 1'llKNfll Skrvicb.
?The Paris correspondent of the National
Intoili?<0iic-??ron the 1-ltli April:
All kinds of vlcrasitudcfe oecur in life.?
Von may not call it n vicissitude that the
Court of Paris is betrothed to a child IVini
cess of l'arina. It may seem more like one
! perhaps, that a grandson of the Ktnprcss
Marie Louise is a volunteer in the leviesof
King Victor Kinmanuel, ready to unsheathe
his sword against Austria.. May ho wish
| to revenge the fate of his half brother, the
j Dnlie do Uoiohstadt'! oris it Italian blood
| warming in the hope of Italian independence!
What greater vicissitudes yet
i that in the V'lslrian service tliQre arc no
less than five; Irish m.-imlmlM fniinmi.
jor generals, it ml a dozen or more colonelf
:md majors, while, it' Franc.; should * cross
tiie Alps, a far nsoro numerous army of
fijrhtiii}: Irish will be marshalled against
the Austrian kinsmen. There, are two
hundred Irish oltieors upon the French army
list. I am told that I saw Colonel
(ill ir'.es O'Malloy ot tlm head of his regiment,
the 7Md, nt a review lately on the
Champ de Mars, lis well as Colonel Lucius
O'JJrien, of the Cuirassiers of the Imperial
(luard. A son of the poet Moore died late
ly a lieutenant in Algiers; niitl, in ease of
war, (icnonil McMiilion is likely to guide
tin; liist tJ.unpaijrn in Piedmont. It niny
liocome d 'sirnblo yet for a Sir Patrick <)'Plenipo
to be considered Ambassador to
Vionim.
" I NK.VK.n nhot u.bird in my life," eniid
some one to n friond, who replied," 1 never
s!?ot fyiythiin* in tho shupa nf n Vird but
n n?|U?rrel, wiiiclj i killed with a Mono,
when it fell into tho river and was drown...?
"
uv?,
rfgV ? <- ?
A rKRsorc wftttt into nno of our fft?T)i?nftljlo
Vefresh?i?ntrofti?rt not Inn# finoo. nnd \vn*
uinc'i Prirttrfoo<! n? wooing ttntliinff on tlio taIjIo.
" Whflt will von hi?ve?" A*kcd the
waiter. Jonathan Htnrtcd like ft Muck pi#,
imd said: ' I dun know.'' ,4 Wtidfil y'>u liko
n hill (if far??. Hir ?" * Wnl, thnnk yyn* 1 don't
cnrc if I dew token siuoll pMref.''
Womar.A
?>r:tli1)ixl iKNiu iintiinuo of mir.< ltn.s iust
repeated to us, " l'milty, thy lintiio i.s w< man."
Wc were trying to pot him to call
with us on a wry he.'utiful l.icly of ourac?
c]uaiutu)tce. lit a mtholar, a wit, and a
{{cut (email, and yet dares to repeat that v: luinoli*
line in our hoariii?r. Alas tor him !
wo four ho is past redemption. Wc cannot
conceive why the fair sex have boon so often
villiGcd. We declare it unjust, and
wc culi.'it ourselves* in their defence ; notwithstanding
Virgil hath Baid, " Women
alwnp Vatiousaud changeable" and Shalcc:poaro,
" Fluidity, tlty nuno is wo:n ru."
Woman is not more variable than liiitn
I lor cnnstaiioy !ia.u. stood tho tjst ot'fire, and
' blood, and torment, in thousands of instai cos,
and shall she be called fickle? Wo
verily believe that woman's friendship is
infinitely more disinterested. infinitely more
pure than man's. She will follow her lover
through weal and wo?through evil report
and pood report?through povert;*,
tlirough sorrow, and misery, and deatl ?
She will love him in his sin, and in hisgl. rv
in Iik wliitttm fitul in Iiim ?lf?'?Prwl i
" ' """ ' ' " r, ,' '
hun; tind she will bind liini the closer to
. her heart, jijj he fa 1,1/),the lower. "Will 111:11
do so? No?let hut the breath of evil report
dim the biiuhtness of the pure 11111110
of that being whom lie loves, li t her sin but
onee, mid he will forsake her for ever.?
Will bo love her in abuse and ill treatment?
Hut suppose she coquet, and trifle with the
all'cvtiont> of the worthy ? Hits she not
(been taught by example? How many
hearts lu ve broken ami hied to death when
forsaken by man ! 1 low many women have
; given . their whole affections aw y, and
poured out their whole hearts upon a love",
and then been forsaken! How often have
ill tout ions been offered to gr.it ify vanity,
and to please pride ! llow often? Alas!
who shall answer tin1 <|nestion ?
\ (iiiu.? r<?WKK or tiik IJii:i.r.
? A little girl had been attacked with a s- I
vere p.lin in the head, which ended in
blindness. She was taken to an eminent
oculist, who pronounced her incurable.?
I She wished to know what the d< ctor hid
said about her state, ami her mother told
her. " What, mother," exclaimed the
child. ' Am I never more to sec the sun,
nor the beautiful fields, nor you, my dear
mother, nor my father? Oh ! how shall I
bear it ?" She wrunir her hands, and went
1 "
bitterly. Nothing seemed to yield her the
slightest comfort till link mother, taking u
pocket Hiblc from the tTflile, "placed it in
iier hands. "What is this 11.oilier ?" infinin-d
the disconsolate little irir!. " It is
the Bible my child." Immediately a scope
of its most consolatory passages presented
themselves to her mind. She paused, turned
her poor benighted eyeballs towards the
coiling, while an angelic expression play d
on her countenance, und then, as if filled
with the Holy Spirit, breathed forth in an
impassioned, but scarce audible whisker,
" Thi/ Will Or ifaiirim ciirt/i <is it is in
I'm." '
H(it'Ni?m> ami Siii ahkd.?A butcher
presented a bill for the tenth time to n
nitii ^kiiiimih. ii sriKcs me, s:'Hi iihi
latter, "that this is a pretty round bill."?
| " Vi'S," replied tin butcher, " 1 Ve 8?ut it
J aromid often enmmh to make it appiear so ;
| aiul I have called now to get it Mpiared.
j PukstoN AM? 10 VK!U:VT.?A edrrcspon|
dent of the Norfolk (Va.) Herald, writing
! from Mu* I ni versity of Virginia, Charlottesville.
y.i\s :
On Monday, 25tli ult., Mr. Kvcrett delivoro?l
his oration on the " I jirly days of
1'ranklin" in the 1'ublic 11 nH ofthe 1'ni versify.
A mooting tonic place on t lie plat form
between tikis distinguished orator of
tlio North, linrl the venerable Hon. W. ('.
Preston, of Houtli Carolina, now residing
in Charlottesville. The meeting was nio.sfc
| oordin 1 nnd affecting?receiving as n token
| of approbation from the Students, a unanimous
burst of applause.
Si'ONTAX KOI?8 ()(?M lU.'STlON,?C'oloiK 1
Hoi ton has .shown us ? handful of eharrrd
cotton seed just as they were taken from
:i pileot the .seed near Itis pin house. A
smoke was observed to issue from tho pile
and upon examination, the smell of burn
ing cotton was porecptiblo, anil after di->
pin;; some two feet into the pile, the heat
1 was found to be so great that, the nejjroCH
! could not stand upon the pile with baio
! feet, and thoujrh no liro w is disc wered,
; yet tho heat had actually charred and
: blackened the seed, and (ire would doul'j
less have broke out in a very short time.?
| Col. ])., informs us that this excessive heat
i took place, where the seed had been wefc
by a rain and then covered by some fresh
socd. The fact should bo a caution ty o?:r
cotton planters, us it affords a rA?o;iali'p
presumption that most of the n*&|Ttoiit
I heavy losses by burning of oot'rfn pins and
tho cotton in them, nro ftoctwiomd by a
spontaneous combustion, unle** when they
can otherwise bo accounted for.? Gufcc*1
f"H A'r/fP.
An rncidknt of tiik r.vst ?The f\r
. II . I .t ? .. ii i
> union iiwoni, sny.w uiR loner DCHfW, Wl?yi\
wo nro permitted to publish, will bo faud,
wo nro peraundi'd, with unusual intoM-t?
Tlio incident to which tho writer idHHrfl,
is ono of the most poetic which ocefflrrod
nruong tho iiutncfoiis puhlio roccpMonsjuyon
to Washington ; nnd well tuny the vencrahlo
matron, who hud the honor of f>nr?
ticijiatlng in tho tribute,- look hack *o tlwfc
neriod as ono of tfrft iroldon ino.nont.q of Wr
life.
To Mi'** ,I?m finnrfa Cinniiiif/hatn, AV*
f/enf ;~Klfblosccl you will rcocivo ft dotwtion
for tho Mount V^mon J.ndic*' Awtocl*
ntion from mi old Judy now 5h koY eightyfourth
year, n peraonid acrjnitint?ric<0 of
(IfltlAlVll W^fiullitllrhlll lir!wk lit flitl* Ifnlltli
......v.... ,,
(then a reaident of Now Jorm'y) amistctl
at his reception on iho hridgo of Trenton,
by the Indira nnd children of thnt place ;
nnd wn? one of the eix girl* who hfld tlio
honor of screwing flowera nt hi* feet, y hilo
Hinging to him the gong of " Welcome."??
The writer hns now in her po*ftr#tiion a copy
of this song, nnd of the original note of