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"TO THINK OWN SELF I$E TRUE, ANI) IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE NIOIIT THE 1>A\". THOU ('AN'ST NOT THEN RE FALSE TO ANY MAN." * .f'1 * ^ " "** ' " " " ' ~ " 1/ K ~ # ~ 1 * ~~ v - ? - HY IIOU'T. A, THOMPSON". PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE If, 1859, VOL. X. NO. <i(>. I i : - .r . . _ . . ^SLEOTTISIP) PArtfTfisw- i ?v? - _ __ _ - if aztJ u II\i U J rvn.itm u> BY KEQt'KSt. Vlic M\owit\g ?.ffccting lines from llic New Itllijliiml Jiindolii, were w>m\^svn5 oti reading a ^ letter scut l>y C'hasv: to Ins friends in* forming them of the Ills Bn\?Uier-fot?la\v Mr. Duown Owns, who died on sea on his destined voypgo t?) California. We presume that none will rcud the lines without dropping atenr ft \ of gyiiipntliy to thosunfortunato. Particularly i\ 't.hose who liare lost some of their dear relatives on their way to a Foreign country. ] '. %ny up nearer, brother neiiror Kd?..iny limbs lire growing roltl. And Hiy presence sccmeth dourer Vhei: ySuf* r.vys around fold. 1 urn dying brother, dying, .Soon you'll mis* me in your herlli I'or my form will soon he lying Neath the ocean's briny surf. Hearken tome brother, hearken, 1 have'sometliiitg I would Miy . Kre ihe veil my vision darkens And 1 go from hence away. I am going, surely going, I ?mit my hope in (?od in si roup, ! am willing, brother, knowing 't'lint lie doeth nothing wrong. Tell my father when you meet him That in death I pr.iycd for liiin, 1'rayed t h;it I might one tiny meet him In u world tluit's free from sin. _ Tell my mother, God nssiM her, Now, that she is growing old, That her child would glad have kissed her When his lipn grew pale ami cold. I.isten! brother, catch each whisper* "Tis my wife I'd speak ??F now. Toll, oil! tell lior how I missed her V AVlion tlie lever burned my brow, * Toll her, lirotlicr, closely lintou Don't forjTQl a nin WOl'd. Tliul ill death my eyes did Glisten Michthe fears her memory stirred. Tell !??*? she must kiss iny children J.ike sli?f Mss I Inet impressed, Jloldtheiu a:s when last 1 held them Voided ct?*ely l<> my lncasf. <tive (ltc<n early lo I heir Maker, J'ntiin;r all her In.st in l!o<l. . \nd he new will furxake her I'Vll* C'liil U.? 1:2-. ? ? 1 _ 111 hid ru[u. Hi my elilhlron! Heaven bless Ihem, 'l'licy were nil my life tonic V'oultl 1 could one? more caret's (lie 111 Krc 1 ?iuk beneath the Mil. "Twus for tlicm 1 crossed tlie ocean What my hopes were. I'll ivol tell; 1'iiit I've gained an Orphan's portion, ^ Yet he doeth all things well. T>U my sisters, I remember 1'rerj kindly parting word. A??l my heart 1ms been ke|>t lender lly i?i? thought* their memory stirred. Tell tlieia 1 never reached the haven a Where I Nought the prceions dust. 1 *nt 1'fc gahibd a i*ir< called Heaven Where the gold will never rnst. I'rge (l|Cin to fjecttro the entrance, ' or iin\v'll litv( their brother tliore, Fiiitli in Jesus, ami reyeiituiiee, Will jcciu'o for <tach a share. I lurk ! I hear my Kiivior fjienkiug, ''1'in I know his toict! no well i Whon I'm roiic oli don't lie weeping ? Urol her, hcivoV piy Ifumvoll. I' msozi.'L&nY. From tlio Sntunluy Kvciiinj; IVnt. Solviug the "Ghost tjuestioti." About tlio ye:ir 18?, bus'uiosa had galled me to a remote part of 15 county, Tennessee, find i yvas staying nt tho house of a Mr. Hubert. The family consisted of Mr. Hubert and f, wife, one non, and two daughter.*. The ; sou's name was Austin ; he wasabout twenty years of ago, and seemed to bo very intelligent. The girls were no less intelligent rlP *i ?.>1 - lii.iii /iiiMifiu. i\(ieia, tlie eldest, was about seventeen, and Julia, the youngest, k about fifteen. I Prettier gjrls I never sow I loved tlifltn both os soon as 1 had seen tlicm. We were sitting by a blazing fire, talking and laughing as lively a* if we had been acquainted for years ; when a sudden noise, as if some largo building was fall- ! ing, interrupted us. " 1 'gh ! ugh!! ugh ! !!" said somo ono, as if frightened out of his senses. 1 All of the family rushed to tl?o door, ex- I cept .Julia, who wit still, and remarked, " It is Hill Jenkins running from the < ghosts ngain." Noarooly had tlio words escaped her lips, ] when in rushed a tall, gawky, awkward, al- i ' most beardless follow, pulling and blowing i (like a locomotive. " What's tlio matter?" said Mr. llu- I Jjort. i " Matter enough 1" said Hill, his eyes I looking wJmost as largo as tlio bottoms of 1 I two common-sized tea cups. " Out yon-1 1 j dor," _ ho- continuod, throwing himself 11 down upon a clwir; " out. yondor, I hoard n baby ft cry in,' and tlion Homebody a groanm' and snufTiu' ; and I tell ye I jost got away fVom thar." At tfyw I could not suppress a laugh. i'f You needn't Jaiigh, old houa/4 continued lie, turning to mo ; t( you needn't laugh , for I'll m/oar its no fun ; iu jest ?<^?I'll * !a ft ? 8wear it. I turned to Austiu and ?aitl, " Jjct us accompany hi in back to the placo whero ho hoard tho noise, and " solve the ghost fOr hiin," Austin was silent, " Will you co ?" I asked. AuHtin Tbegan ty stammer out Roniotliing. "jiavn me!" intorruptod Hill, "<|nrn r jho, gontlomon, if you got mo' back thar t 11 ?ny nioro j see if you do 1" i " Then tell us where it was," said T, 1 (t and if wo can hoar it, wo'll solvo it ?uro." t " Austin don't enro muoU about g<>;;ig, I Velio\'V Adolu. i r i im ru noi superstitious, arc you," I asked him. j " No," saiil lie, " I'm not. superstitious, but I'm afraid of catching cold, that's all." < " I propose," said .Julia, who had boon silent till now, " that wo all go, Mr. Marion, Austin, Adda, and myself. The t luaoti is now up, and it would be a pleasant walk for us, besides wo might have some ! real fun." A CAHiA 1 * nvoiuitiuii on .Austin s part, 1 tliis propositi was accepted. Hill told us where In; ha\l heard the ghost, but would 1 uot go vrUh us. Oft'we .started. When we cauie to the ' s|>ot, tve found that Hill had knocked down about twenty pannels of tiie fenco. 1 We had gone two or three hundred yards talking very lively, when wo entered a low dark place in the road ; the timber j was very tall and thiek, which caused it to be darker than anywhere else. "When advanced a few paces into this 1 place, our conversation stopped. Searely had we ceased talking, when? " Boo-woo-woo-ugh !" went something ? near us. i "What's that?" said Austin, halting i T - -1 * ' * " i uuvmiccu, ami Julia stepped to my side uml said? i " Its Hill's ghost, sure." 1 " Ou-hoo-ho-woo-ugh I" came fortli again. ] I could sunprcpf my laughter no longer, i It. proved to no nothing more nor loss thai) i n hog, which, was not. sleeping comfortably, 1 \. * * " mm whh t litis complaining. i i " Wlmt is it V' insisted Austin, who hud : not yet found out what it was. i Just then wo came to tlie hog-bed, ami the hogs all run oil, frightened as badly as i Hill was. I "Iluuiph!" said Austin; "its hops, I'll swear, that caused Bill so much run- ] ning." 1 We turned and went hack to the house, 1 and had a fine laugh at Bill about his ghost*; but Hill would not give up but that his were real irhosts. ' I learned that there hut few persons in s thi.s neighborhood who were hot superstitious. a T was informed that the place where Hill had heard the ghost, was really haunt- 1 cd. Among other stories that were told that 1 night concerning the place, one was as t'ol- t lows :? 1 Some time hco a man was eomiiif tlirmmli i .. o ?O" ' tli is place ; it was very dark ; ho heard t something by tho roadside ; turning in the \ direction of the noiso, he perceived something white. It looked, he said, like a wo- ( mail, dressed in white. J To spoke to her ; t who raised her arms above her head, and said : 1 "John Ivinslcr, if you will be bappy, you must inr.rry Jniio Morton, and have the 1 Hubert family .at the wedding, Remember, i John Kinslerl" So saying, she dropped her arms, and as- o cended slowly upwards, until she was out d of sight. a John afterwards married Jane, and the J K'ubcrt family were at the weddinc. r I expressed n desiro to sec or hear some such ghosts, but Austin thought I would s repCnt of my wish when 1 saw them. t Jicd-tiiiK, came, and we retired as the v clock struck twelve. 1 lay awake in bed a long time, thinking uf the incidents of the day. a I (hotfght of Adcln and Julia; which I a loved best I could not tell. il Nothing else took place worth relating il l.mxwl.i-S * ... .. MU.L.j-, IIIJ .UUJ lit ??iC. JUIUCl't S. J left next n torn tuft, " liting and loving."' a Two yearn nftof tlio above-mentioned iiT- t oldcut toolv pluoA, I was i?j* through 1 that part of the > tfntry again, nrrd of course e I called on Mr. Hubert. , 1 I found the neighborhood was nf; super- t ititipusns ever* 'J'hc place where Hill Jenkins had hoard the ghost, vtafl Still haunted, f< Many things had been heard ; sights had t been seen?from nu Angel to Beelzebub' liimself. f> I was very pnxiotts to come nctdss out)' I >{ tho ghosts, and during my stay at Mr. p Hubert'*} I passed through the haunted <1 place at all times of the night, but saw tnd heard nothing. I finally came to the v conclusion that it was all imagination. One dark night it^JuIy I was passiug I o through this jilaeo, and heard something | e nunAi u iiuipu in iiiu ury lontv:8 near me; turniug towards tlio noiso I beheld some- q Jiinir tliut looked. T thought, vovy much a ike a ghpst. It seemed tu bo the figure of i woman, Thcro was no waist in her dross, t md it was very long. All this I could v tiakc out, notwithstanding the darkness. li I stood still to see what alio would do.? [ must acknowledge that I did not feel exictly cool just then, but 1 managed to ap- n >oiir no. o " Marion," said tho ghost, " if you will n ic happy you must marry Julia Hubert.? c itemombor Marion !" tl .Judge of my horor and suri>riso when tl lie ghost spread out lior arms, and abound- o ;d upward, until she wiis lost in tho tim- o' >er 1 W liaft could I do y .Seared as I was tl I did Dot*run, knocking down the fence, ns liili Jenkins did. fi] 1 started on Slowly towards Mr. Kubert'sj ?i ifter I hhd gofte a fuw paees, I heard a ]i ~ ^ * ?iaium fuuuug nil) IIIHI/ UOIIllllUCU p noro than two minutes. I did not look n, )ack, for I j^'td not euro about coming in K>ntnot With another ghost that nighty r At an early hour I retired. Noxt mpr- j lirijjf.Yftien I came into the prtrlor Jufin ?, X was there alone. When she entered she greeted me blushing and trembling'. After I hnd looked around and cortvincod myself that no one was near, I said, " .Julia, at last I hav.c seen a ghost." When I said this Julia again blushed xnd turned.her face from me. <1 i.:. .1 * - * ..o.i m linn aiiiu ui a gnosi was it i" said >1)0. I told licr all T had seen, but omitted tvbnt tlio yboKt bad said. Julia told me that .site bad seen one just like it two or tlireo nights before. "1 8UllIir>K<?-" m*iill alio ?' flwit ?m\u n ?> . - , > v,,"v J"" bccoino .superstitious V 1 could not deny, yet I would not acknowledge that. I was superstitious. I implored Julia not to mention it until 1 could find out something more about the 'host, and slio promised, l ,i, i " i.i . v.~vv,....... v.v? iu !??{ ? turougu i ins pin CO jvery night during my stay at Mr. Hubert's which was to continue about two iveeks from this time. For several nights [ heard nothing, nor lid I sec iinyth'",^ like a ghost until the light, before my departure, when, walkng along, I beheld the panic gho*t( at the lame place, standing about twenty feet from lie when I first beheld it I stopped, and he ghost said, tt'm....:? i .imnuu, ui-mornow you leave this, dace, and you luivo not asked Julia to l)? four wife. (Jo and ask heratoncc. Uencinbcr, Mrriun !" Instantly 1 rushed forward and threw ny nrmn around the?hrfct. She shrieked, ind started up; T held fast, and up we ivcnt. No pen can describe, no tongue can tell, ii fact no one can imagine tny feciiu28 at his niomcnf. Up we went. Still held on to tlio rrlinst rIJ111 L was becoming sick of my situation. L litjtl my whole weight to hold up, by lolding to the phantom. " Let me clown ! shouted T. " Promise me one tiling," said the ghost . ' Promise that you will leave tlie spot as loon as you touch the ground" " I promise anything to get from here," laid I. " Let us down !" she shouted as loud as [ had. Down we went. But as we went down, [ was very busy trying to find out someihing more about her. 1 found that she lad a large rope around her, and was drawn *n 1t?f :?, A 1 J- * - .v. j\. iuvn w<i? niiiuL* ior "?.ar ieut, hen one for each hand; and she could stand ipright with tlie greatest ease. .Just r.s wo touched the ground, I took tut my knife and cut the rope, just above lie bend of the gli6.it. She .shrieked and fell to the ground ; 1 aised her up. "Oil!" said she, " Ueclzebub will be icrc in a moment. See 1 there lie comes low !" J fere she tried to leave mc, but T held 11 to her. .1 beard a terrible uoi.se in the try leaves just behind me. I looked round, and something was approaching. \.H near as I could discern in the dark, it cflombled a very large man. It came up very close to me, ami stood till for a moment; then it tapped me on he shoulder, and suid, in a rough, hoarse oiee, . " Come!" T put my hand down to the ground, and, s liuk would have it, I put it on a stick bout as large as a man's arm. I snatched t up, and gave ' Ueelzcbub" a blow with t which brought him to the ground. . | My ghostly companion again shrieked ml fell. I caught her up in my arms, and ctreated as fast as my legs could carry me. 'rcsciiCly 1 ran pgninst the fence, nnd knock d a^ nitich 6f it dfbwu as -Bill Jenkins did. 5nt 1 did not stop, but Went oil and into he house.- , ...... I sat the ghost upon a chair and called or a light- Shc'ficrc made a great effort a escape, htitall was in vain. Alight was brought* a veif covered her nee, and it tfas with great difficulty that removed if. Aftef a considerable strusr lc' the veil vfaa removed, and lo I it was tlH.IA lUriJKflT: She shrieked and fell to the ground, and liirt then carried off to her r>oni. Just hero, in caui? n ne^ro girl, ni fiTavo f Mr. Hubert's looking as if sho was frightncd out of her ScnficA. " Massa ! ninssn run in de kitchen f-igut |U*ick," ciinfife Sambo come in (|ar all bloody, n' a bleedin' yet; he got bo head hroko?' Austin nnd lllVHfllf went, intn tlir> ! o examine Sambo's head. There was a| cry largo gash, cut to the bono, jtlsl aborc lis loft temple. To be brief, Julrti bad otnployed a negro ian. Sambo, toassint her. 11 o had procurd n long ropo, and fasted it around Julia, s I have already described; ami then, limbing n very mrgo tree, put tlio rope hrough a fork, and thon descended. ]jy Ins bo coald raisO ^Julia aa hi^has the fork f tlio tree, wbero alio would bo entirely lit of sight to any person below, owing to lie thickness of the timber. .mini was tlio ghost thnt, told John Killlor to marry Juno Morton ; and Sambo liail Iwnys noted " Beelzebub" when necessary, tut after lie hud noted " Beelzebub" with io, he sworn ho " nober would' do dobil i;in." J. boro no grudge on ncoouut of .Julia's innnnerof courting ine-MHi the oontrary, felt rather pleased and oornplinieirted.*? uaboul"hix months. from that time, we vrcro married. Years have since rolled by. A robust boy and a pretty little j^irl have blessed our onion, and never have 1 repented fov one moment that I saw the ghost, ur that Julia became my wife. , - Froro the Pcorin Transcript, May 1$. T?:uLa trr:n ** J.CIHMU xigut w ixn a itattiesnaKeAVu have hitherto supposed the day long since passed for chronicling a big snake fight in the vicinity of the Central (!ity, but sucli it appears is not the case, fYotrt a scene which recently transpired within a short drive from the Coiirt-houso. Some of the oh};, r residents will remember a building which formorly stood on Prospect I fill, abcAit six miles distant from Peoria, and Which was destroyed sonic seven or eight years .since. During the past season nnother house was erected, near the ?auie location, and all that has remained as relics of the old hotel was ,1 partially lllled excavation for a cellar, and too well preserved bi'ick cisterns which had been kept covered up. Last week the proprietor of the place, while busj- with his wifciti preparing their suinuier flower garden, found himself in the want of a few bricks for the edge of the Vvalks.' llomembcring the cisterns, ho uncovered nnn of f.liom nml >? 1 > ;> "< the bottom, and only about six 1'cot in depth ho jumped in, and commenced throwing out sonfic of the best brick ho Could pick from the walls. It scorns there was a piece of plank with one end partially imbedded in the earth that somewhat incommoded him, so seizing it, with some exertion he pulled it out and threw it to the top. What was his horor and surprise, at the next moment to find that he had unearthed an enormous rattlesnake, and himself without a weapon in his hand ! As the cistern was round, and only about live feet in diameter, he could not jump out, and the snake bristling with anger, and rattling defiance was ready for battle. His screams brought his wife to the scene, but she was so overcome with fright that she became powerless to render any assistance. The snake, in tho meantime, had commenced the fight, making repeated springs at him but fortunately ho managed on each occasinn nnnn l.nn.l . ..... W M|/UII vuu IIUIU ^ Itll II IS UUUli ' without receiving a bite, the snake all the j time becoming, more defiant and enraged. During the whole scene, which lasted several minutes, the man did 'not lose his presence of mind, hut watching his chance made several frantic efforts to jump bodily from this seemingly pit of destruction. \t the last trial, he unfortunately grasped a brick which gave way with liini, and remained in his hand as lie again stood fronting his hissing enemy. After a few more kick:1, and watcliinir his opportunity, ht: ! fired it, making prbbaiy one of the best shots j on record, for it stuck the snake on the ! head, aijd between tlio one sent and the I wall, he bccame a " pretty well used up sarpint." Weak and exhausted, our Itero by the assistance of bis wife was enabled to climb from the pit, but when once more upon the earth lie fainted away, and it was some time before lie could be recovered. For several succeeding days lie was quite, unwell, owing probably to the poisonous enflluvia inhaled, while his desnemfe exemisns in the encounter rendered liiin exceedingly la ne. The snake was afterwards taken from tliceifltcrn, when it was found to measure seven feet in length, and contained thirteen rattles ! The latter have lieen preserved, and arc placcd in HlioafTs .Museum for exhibition. A Hank COU nt Kit pelt.?We have recently seen a counterfeit ()no Hundred dol- , lar bill on the Bank of Camden. Tho execution is very good, the signatures of W. , J. Grant, Cashier, and W. Mc Willie, I'resi- , ilr?nf nvn r?nv\ifolltr w. I.. , JIHMIVUillll) | that of the rl-eeidciit; It is payable to J. ] Workman, and this name is well imitated. , The paper and f uneral appearance of tlio bill however, arc somewhat against it, but , upon the Whole a green one could be very \ easily deceived. The dato would condemn ( it, for in May 1852 Win. MeWillic had , not been President for some six or seven years, he having removed to Mississippi in ' 1845, and his place supplied by W. K. ' Johnflon Fsfp, who is now President. The cfishicr infofms us that the Bank of , Uamdcn have no hills of that denomination , otxt, they have all been called in and no < new ones issued?bear this in mind and 1 no one need bo imposed upon hereafter. < I" Camden Journal itit. j A 11 kmc.?Meawrs. vJosoii found in the < Hand, dredged by their steamer in the ' Mnflit-Channel, on Friday, a pieeo of sil- 1 Vcr plate, supposed to have originally be- j longed to tho private stock of Sir Peter , I'nrker. It can be seen at Messrs. En- 1 hou's machine shop, corner of Nassau and t and CJolunihiiM.Hlji-?fih ?# // </?n IAmvih.h < Z Uh intt. " Din I notjtivc you n flopping tho oth- ? gr duy V Hiiid h fohoolinnstcrto a trembling ' wclun. " Yoe, sir," nnswcrod tho. boy.?? j " Well, wliHt iIuok tho Scripturo hay upon , tlic finbjuct ?" "I don't know, air," baid * tho other, " cxc<jpt it is in that pnsaago ( which ?ny?, it ia morc blcwicd to givu than i rcocivc." ' ? ? ?*? 1 Wk oati conccivc of nothing bo littlo or I riuicnhiii* us prirlo. It i ) u imxturo of ill- : pensibintV ftn<l iH-nnhiro, in which it is hard, ? to ?uy which lift# the l?rg<vt .shoi o. i The Virginia Election#. It seems to ho very definitely ascertained that tho Virginia elections have boon decided in l'avor of Mr. I.otchor, who has doubloss been elected by some five or six thousand majority. It is another ovidehee of the debilitating distractions which exist in the Democratic party. With its nVnks thinned by desertion, attacked in front by. Black, Republicans, its Hanks exposed to tho vigorous onslaughts of a motley opposition mustering nntnCi jrtbly in tho middle slave States, aud With n. Rh'nntr f*.\rr>t* Af "?: i - ? * - - bracing the slave-traders, tho filibusters, and extremists generally, wo sec not in the present anything hidicrttivo of its prolonged vitality. (t will probably bold together until the' meeting of. tbo Charleston Convention. Then it will dissolve and die. Some new. party m^st then spring up which will walk to victory over its disintegration. No man that the Charleston Convention may nominate canbe acceptable to the discontented elements which iilibnsteriam and the slave trade issues have excited. These elements are very likely to urge tlie neccsity of a Congressional t! a very codo for the Territories, not beeauso as a matter of " practical action," they are any more inclined to it than Mr. Boyeo. but I because it will distract and dissolve the convention. These elements will have a Presidential candidate of their own in this event. The next step will be an effort to consolidate a <irent coiisevrntivo tmviv wi.i/?i? ,..:n - ? , - I J 0?U0|I tho middle States with a eompast centre, and with it* right left wings light and divide their opponents North niui South. Such, it appear? to us, will ho the solution of tho present intricacies and divisions of parties. Democracy can not triumph in 1<%0. As soon as this conviction obtains generally, the politicians will lose, all party attachment?their partisanship will subside as suddenly asdoOs tho friendship of the man of the world when it. is no longer profitable. Conservative men 1 North will combine against the lllaek liepublican party because they sec clearly that its sectionalism endangers the Union, 'l'he result must baa new organization. This Virginia election portonds.it, those of Tennessee and Kentucky will make it still more apparent: and by tho spring of 1800. the materials will begin to compose in real earnest for the great conflict of the Presidential | on u?^iu.? i..uroittmin. Chapter of TragediesNkwabk, N. J., May 20.?Patrick* Maudo, whose csoapo from the Lunatic Asylum at Trenton, was published last week, arrived here on Saturday evening, succeeded in evading the officers who were [ in pursuit of him, and shot his sister, Mrs. Abraham Turbott, instantly dead. Two shots were fired with remarkable precision. It was well known that he had threatened his wife, but no reason is knoWn for his killing his sister, unless he was insane.?r The prevailing opinion however is, that be is not insane. Much excitement existed , and other murders were Htir?rnhi>ml<>?l im?!l I ",,v" his arrotsfc was announced, which was accomplished by ojliccr Wambotd, in C'oniinevcc street, about tea. o'clock, where the j prisoner, was skulking under tho shadow of | Luildinjis. No arms, but loose powder ' and small amount of money was found in his pocket. Thp victim was an estimable, woman, agod forty years, and the mother of four children. The verdict of the jury was that Maude committed the murder maliciously and wilfully, lie declares his innocence. vixnimvk murder in iuiodk isf.axd. J-'uoviuknck, May 2K.?Last evening, as Mr. Jiunit Arnold, of (lentrr>viU<> Wm>. Wick, was sitting in his *tore, lie was shot and instantly killed by some person unknown ; the ball entering his back between the shoulders. lie bad just returned from thin city. ? It is supposed tbaf. tlic reason of Mr. Arnold's murder was bis activity in enforcing the law against the sale of spiri thorns liquor*. The Coroner's inquest adjourned to Tuesday. The evidence so far is unimportant, and docs not point to the perpetrator. Tkoy, May 28.?Robert Morrison, a svcllknown citizen of West Tro}', and Mhepi IF of AlbAny county, was imirdcfcd at a lute hitlTl' on Vriflnv r.i.rl>? or.il ..?.V.l.v..l .....1 i - umi liis body thrown into tho ('anal Basin, from tvhich he was recovered to-day. JJon.M'auxk's Eaki.yPoverty.-?M.Thiers, in his history of the Consulate, recites eomo .'ory strange find previously unknown particulars respecting the early life and penury tf Napoleon Bonaparte: "It appears that after ho had obtained a mlmltcrn'.scommission in the French service liy his skill and daring at Todlon. ho lived . some timo in Paris, in obscure lodgings, and 11 such extreme poverty that ho was often tvitliout the means of paying ten sons?ten set.ts??-for his dinner; and frequently went ? without anything at all'. lie was under the ' iccessity of borrowing sums and even worn >ut el >thcs from his acquaintance* I lie and 1 lis hrothor Louis, Afterward* King of llol- | and, had at ono time onl? a coat between ,hem, so that the brother* coifht oitly go out j ilternatcly, timo and timo about. At this nisis, the chief henofautor of the future em- ' )oror And conqueror, 'at whose mightv nanio ,\\o world grow pale,' was the.actor Tallin. 1 A*ho often gavo him food and money. NapoInon'ji nil nrwnr/lu c?\ In %%???! f. Jfo ileal mould, \vm?. during tnlit period of sttuv ration, harsh ami angular in its 1'meumonts, .villi its prnjooting olio?k Ixincs. ILismongro 'lire brought on an unpleasant and unsightly nitancouA disoaso of typo so virulent-and malignant, that it took all the skill ami assiduiy of his accomplished physician, C>n uiaart, .o oxpot it, after a duration of more? than ton fCAVH. " Tho squall id beggar then, tho splondid )lir?povt>t afterward*?the threadbare {inhilinents and imperial mantle -the hovnl and ,ho palace ? the mengro fnre and fjorgflons ?ar.q?iQl?tho friendship of a p<w?r nctoi', tho lomngtt rtr.d terror ?!' tho wm ltl?an evile witl a prisoner. Such are tho un* nnd Jowjih >f this changeful life : duel) aro the Hglifsaiul diddoriv Of the grrat nn<) jnijfjwy." Treatment to Peach Trees. II. Sonnmns, of Cecilton, Maryland, thus given his plan of treatment of punch treos which ho cultivates on a huge sctilo: < Tim l.r. I JL..U I.VV.J OI.U.II.I Ira I1ULIIIUU uyury your, and the second year the dirt should l>o taken away from the trees. and a shovelful of wood ashes thrown around each tree, when tho trees arc six years old : take tho earth from tho trees and oft' tho roots for two feet out; worm well, andscrapo the bodies, from the roots to a foot above tho ground ; tako a scraper, liko a, vessel-mast scraper, and scrape all the' rough burk olf the tree ; then make a solution ol'thiok whitewash, and inako a mop of sheep skin, and mop the trees well, from the roots up a foot above tho ground ; du this in the month of .May ; let* them remain so a week, thou -throw back tho earth with a plough. Trees will not requiro anything more done to them but good cultivation and liberal manuring. Jlvcrything likes nun cnrin." 1'ut/xiNO.?'L'lio ?rtnyo cultivator also favors summer pruning. lie says; "Pruning should bo done in May and -June, but not ill tlio winter, as is the opinion ot' souk- fruit growers. 1 will give some reasons for spring and summer pruning: ff you cut oft' a limb of any size in the whiter, the bark dies around the stump from which the limb was cut, and does not fur a long time, if ever, cover tho stump ; whereas, ou the contrary, if cut off in May or June when the sap is in full How, it will go on to grow, and it' not too large, cover the stump the first year. The treo should be trimmed well out uf tho middle, so as to give tho tree and fruit air; limbs that incline to grow straight out should be cropped or shortened, so us to give the treo an upward tendency. Trees should be trimmed up, so that a team of horses can work under lllfm wiMimit Iv.vlrimr flirt I'i.-.I.c. . ",v"* .. ...ivwv M... ?????^ v.v. t OV?II?g?V trees should 1 ?? muffled, so us to prevent bark ing the treee." Starvation on tiib Plains.?Shocking Narration..?A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat, writing from Denver City, May !), makes tho following narration of tho sufferings encountered by the Dike's Peak emigrants; We have had siekcliing rumors for a week past of horrible suffering from freezing, starvation and robbery of emigrants by way of the Smoky Hill route. Several intelligent gentlemen who have arrived by tlmt route, told me they themselves woro so long on tho way?over sand and hills, and without roads at all, that they were reduecd almost to starvation?-lived ten to fourteen days upon prickly pears ami such few wild onions and other edibles as they could pick, and also that they helped bury several persons who died from starvation. The agent of the stage company brought us in word that he picked up a starving man sotno fifty miles from here (or an Arrapahoo Indian brought him in to tbo stage line,) who had come across from Smoky ]till route, (which his company had started 011, and tried to follow :) that when found no was 111 a most wretched condition, and i nduced to a skeleton from starvation, liis name is Blue, ami he is from Whiteside county, Illinois. Thoro were three brothers of tlioni?lirst, one died and the two remaining ate from his body, after they had been rendered senseless from emaciation. The second brother died, and was nearly eaten up by tho survivor. The stngc agent went out and buried tho remains of the second or youngest of tho brothers but could not find the remains of the first, who died. A man named Gibbs was tho louder of the starve^ company. Gibbs got in, nearly starved, antt supposes that the rest, some nine Sn all, pfirishcil. The survivor was left at one of tho mail stations, and the renort 5s nnntirmoii 1 - T- "J the Htngc passengers. Others report inrgo' numbers of grates on the route, uml that ninny oxen have pQi-fahori and much property been destroyed ai\a|ubandopod on tlie way. 1 hjiw oue party Which lust sevcu out of iv train of sixteen oxen. Nai'oi.ixin's Tknt.-^TIio tent intended for the use of the lumper or Nnpoleorf iit Italy was sent off to (jenoa some weeks hack.' It made ofntrong canvass, striped blue and white, and lined. It is about five metres in height, supported by two poles only and decorated outaido with two smnll flags.' Inside it i?? divided into three Compartments, a saloon, bedroom and dressing room. The hangings leave a doov for cacli room, npdlhefe arc window-like ojficnings for voptiliition. An iron bedstead, camp stools, small table*, and a washing stand, compose the furniture. Itcanbcreau ily taken to pieecB and packed in cases of small size and very light. carriage. Tho tent was made for tho Crimean campaign, but netcr used. Part o( the furniture has memorable historic associations. The iron beds toad was used by Napoleon 1, in nearly all his campaigns. The toilet Utensil* . u:i..? >:? : ? ? i > ....X. u.voqxi^ vunuijimvl) IIJVUYVISU OClOlIgCll to (lint great captain. Simpi.f. Cfflr. von Croi<i\?We. find in tlio Journal of Health, the following simple remedy for this dangerous disenso. Those >vh?> linvo passt'd nights of great agony, at the bedside of lovcil children. will treasuro it up as nn invaluable piece of information. If a child is taken with croup, instantly apply cold water, ice water if possible, suddenly ami freely to tho nook and chest with a spongo. Tho breathing will almost instantly ho relieved. As soon as possible, let tho sufferer drink an much as it cap ; then wipe it dry, cover it up warm, ami noon a quiet slumber will rcliovsj the parent's anxiety. and load the heart in thankfulness to tho power which has givon to tho pure gushing fountain such nicdicul qualities. A Pi.ea fotinik ukautn/fcab.-*?Tf? ho young ('oiistahlo of (,'i stile was sent by bin ftovereign to felicitate l'opo Hixtus V. on i?_?: ... i. ii.- ? * ui? i.AittuiiMin vii .me papal throne. Mho pontiff, dinplyascd tluit so young an nmbnswtdor had been deputed to him, could not help Mining, " And wcllf^ir, did vonr nuiMter want men, by sendinp mc an ambassador without fl board V*?" If my sovereign had thought." r? pHod the proud yflMig Kpaniurd, " that merit oonrfrtfd in a be#rd ho would bn v<vfn!^y<fj n tffcvf ?nd not u gcntlofcuu/'