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p p> r/ ^ G ul Save the People. \\ lt?ii wilt lltntt 'i\c tlio l'o'iplc ; 1 i io I >! Men v w Iicii .' N' ' kiiiu'-* .i.i I !>?r I?, 1'iit n.klioiis ! N il l'i "1. - ill i s*?>\\ li-. lull ::n-11 ! rirtWPPM <>l tliy heart. IMio.l, lliev : lii't iho'H not p-i-is lllso wet- Is ?tV:iv : ? I'llvii lii?ri'.i:jc i "unless dii v ! 1 i i"l S.I vo I 111! I'01?|iU> ! Sli ill ei ititi* luviijj erime forever. Siren ;:t'i li-lin^ -till llie .strung ? I~ ii iliv will, nil I'tiilier rii.it in hi >! n 11 I 'il fur wron::? li v ......i.~ 1 . . . r?. t ? III | lll*M|iii illl^ " . I 11 YS KIC V i M in < cloilili'il siiii ^li;i 11 hriijhlly list', All! foiig* l>0 heart in-iv;i'l "I si^lis. ( ill I IVC I III- 1'cOJllo ! WIiimi >\ilt than savo (he IVoplo ? (Hi. (Jii'i of Merry! whon ? Tli.? lVoj?l?. f.oi-.l. ilit* 1 *o?>|>l?*! V t ihrono.* aii'l cvinviH. t>ui men! vivo iho l'euplo! Iliino Ihoy arc ? Thy chiMron, ns tho Illinois fair: Save thoin Iroiu boiiil t^o un l h,:-]iair ! (in.! snvo Iho lVoplo! : V A 3'JET y. The Boa and the Buck A Snake Story ! was iait shootin.iT. writ.'- :i irisitle'nan. reniiliMit in tho colony of IWt Natal, to a , frii'iul in I'111 ami, ami ohsorvini* an oroohoc 1 a small roil hm-k ), 1 emlcivored to approach it near enough to secure a shot ; ; ul making a circuit 1 came uj> tow.inl it. keenin1/ a small hill hctweon mvsclf' ami ?1 Inlet*, until I thought I might venture t? look out and sco the whereabouts of my intended guno. What was my surprise when ! found the animal had not moved since I lirst saw it. and was then standing in a peculiar attitude, perfectly motionless and ii<>t twenty yards from me. These lit tie creatures have extraordinary sight, and are vcrv timid, rendering it dillicult to approach within a hundred yards, unless you surprise iheni while sleeping in lonifurass. 1 1 i... i. < i owv'U IV tit VII III.; I in- miriv ll'l MIIIH'IIIIU', :\\ lirst sit[?]> jsing it to besiek. 1 then thought 1 would SCO liow near I could uot ; and there being an ant-heap clone beside the, buck, I approached, ami, on looking over the mound, saw the head of a largo boaeonstrueter lying just out of a hole untlor tin* heap; the luiek stood with li s head till" ' on one side, in an awkward position gazing intently on its deadly enemy, and not in the least aware of in v vicinity. 1 retreated cautiously, fearing to break the spell, and wishing to watch the last act in this singular incsinerie drama. The hnek must have remained at least live minutes in this transfixed position, the hair of its baek erect, its eye dilated, and its attitude still and unnatural. Sinlilenlv I saw on tin1 "round, the thick black mils of the boa enfolding its bodv and leps.? 1 lived instantly, and the reptile slowly unwound himself, compelled to snecunib to a power more terrible than bis own. My pun i Ins one barrel rilled, t be other a smoothbore , , _ . luc-fcUut 1 had discharged shot only, not \f beinji far oIV, and the body of the snake j was nearly severed ; yet in the short in stant. during which he had embraced his j prey he had broken every bone of the pret/ t v creature's body. I measured the snake, and fitund its length to b eighteen feet I nine inches. yTlie eye of the boa is very peculiar while mesmerizing its prey ; it almost appears to omit flame. It may bo compared to an amethyst or ruby, or both, with an emerald ?!uck together, ami rapidly revolving in j the sun. Its mouth was dosed, or nearly so, and its long tontine darting from side to side, as if "n greedy anticipation of the dish <>!' \ venison which awaited its devouring jaws. \ ();i another occasion 1 watched a smaller boa. about eight feet long, while engaged V \ in llie act of swallowing a fowl. It first ^ > seized the, head. and appeared to swallow Iwith great difficulty, making conclusive efforts, observable from the rings of its tail upwards. A iter some hard .-(niggles the head ami neck of the fowl disappeared, Imt I the wines, beimr extended ?? < senteil i-oli. or a serious ii:: jto<li:net<( to t'urt ln;r proceedinus: and I was curious to sec how the snake would ir< t over his difficulties?-f. r even a junior would be nonplussid if refjuin d to swallow knivosand forks crosswise ?and I soon found that he was |uit< oini.il t > tlio cinorjr< ney. After a series of painful efforts, tantalizing donhlhss to a hu!i?fry hoa, the r< ptile brought 1.i- tail to the rescue ; extremes met, and folding the winus k together, he at List forced the hotly of the fowl between his jaws. lie now, however, seemed t<> have ^ot himself into a greater fix than ever. The distention caused his neck to appear only as thick as ..... .1 .. t i ? .. . '.i . r.,.,,7 i hi) 11111?11 u, (i n*i 11?>111 ii>? MM ill mi]:' .- ; i . II'j ru nis loctli lit: could not disgorge his l.'robdignag mouthful, and I began to think that 11is snakesnip had really more than he j know what to do with. Not a hit ol m. After rcstinj* a minute j or two ho coiled round his distended jaws ami commenced an ingenious process of compression, beginning at his head, and working downward along the neck and body?stnfling himself as you would a sausage?till hi; had completed this extraordinary manuuver of deglut ition. The whole operation lasted about twenty minutes, and, I must confess, seemed anything but a gratifying mod of appeasing tin: animal j ...V. I captured tliis boa. and kept him some time in a cask, and ultimately gave Itim to a friend who was proceeding t<?("ti|?e Town. The skin of tin; boa, and also that of the puana, (a largo water li/.aan'), make beautiful suit, and very durable slippers.- - 1 I will send you the next I yet. ~jt\ is an lvjHfly on Woman, a writer remarks that beauties generally die old maids. They set sueh a price on themselves tint they don't find a purchaser till the market is closed. Out of eleven beauties that have come, out within the |a<t eighteen years, ten are still single. They snend V (ficir dny? in wnrkin/ emit dops on yellow 3 wool, wliilu tlioir evenings arc devoted to low spirits nn'l Fronoli novel* * i fc* - The Bachelorsr.v i . m. uii ms. I>i ;ss or M.M'itiM NV.-'Tis tin' only ni.'imoney stall'. At ill's I see :i sniile 1 i:.;li' i,iiiin tin* fiicQ < T "i ?1 t 15 lulidur. " l\u < !. ' ?jii >t!? lie, "pruvr ' It tliiit, iitnl I'm y nr man. Many i t 1?I ' :v n;*o shmiM I I: ! ! fit married, 1 tit was :.f'rni'l I was ii t iililo t ? maintain :i wife." M ii in i ?> i ? .. i <:?; n....t..?t 1 mistake tin' matter jisit? . The <'reator iliil nut sfiiil t!n> lui|ii'? lii'i'o tu I c your pensionits l"it \ nr in.-!I'timtcs. Ami many a fainilv >! ? I know, now ill easy eiriHinistanees, that wonlil. li.nj: I'i'O this, have lieon hi the parish, Ini'l it not ! 'i'n ! >r the virtues of the julti- j V Mi. Till. Ilfsiiwn's KIKKStlli:. 'I'li?- In' nth wis clr,-in, 11 nj fire clour, The liftilo mi for ton. Aii'l I'll i-i ?. in his dhow chair, As blest as man cotihl ho. l'ri^ht Delia, who hi* heart possosseil, Ami w is his ii \v-111:111 o hriilo, Willi he i 1 ifi lia'il upon his breast, Sat loving l>v his side. HtreiehM at his feel, in happy state, A lav'rite ih'jr wa s hi hi; i .... i i |i? ^uuill a I : l > <|>nr!ive tfilt, lii wanton riiiuol' |>1 ii\ *?I. UN Holia's 1 !;< 1 Iu? jjcnily prcss'd ; She -i !( in amorous kiss : A blttsiiii:^ iosly ooulossod The t'ullnvss of lur Itlis.-. Young l-'lorio \\ i !i lioiu t ol.ilo, Tim--' |h':ivM AImiitlity Jovo? O Sou; (? ill' imi I ! Iiolliismy falo, lir t > In livo mid love." Ami ii-s 1'nr vnii. ymiii^ sparks, who arc I plcasod In think ill" si wil'c as of an elegant plaything, inlondoil only to dross anil dniioc, ' vi--it aii'l -pond uiunoy, ploasc lu look :tt ll.i' folluwii'.;^ |iii-tiii i* ul' a iihI vi!'i> drawn l.\ tin* pi'P.i-il ut' S d>itii'iti, (with a toiirh or two ut'-Hi Aniorii-an ln u li.) I'ruv. xxxi. I'1. Hi'huld a virtuous woman, lor hor iirioo is uhovi; ruliios. l'J. She ri>(*tli wit It tli'1 day and preparoth hreakfa*t fur her Imusehoh' . helore 11 jo st'.ii is risen she hath ! : lens ;?t work. l:>. 811o scr'.Kilh wool and 11a x, atul layutli I km* hand willingly to the -1?i i > < 11?'. while her right hat il merrily tnrnuth the wheel. 1 I. She lo.iki'Mi well to the way of her family. aim eateth not the hread "I idleness. I'>. I?y her inueli inthistrv her olieeks are i made ruddy like the rose of Sharon, yea, her nerves are strengthened, so that when she i hoareth talk of the hystorieks, she marveleth theront. IT. ll>*r house is the hahitati<in of neatness, so that tin' heart of her husband i* refreshed when he entereth into her ehamher. IS. Site lunketh line linen and selleth it, ; and dt.Ii\ereth tnuen i-loth to tlie merchants. 10. 11 ??? 1111^Ii.-tiul is known in the ?ates I>y the linenoss of his apparel. I" ?r .she ntaketh j him <1 .iliin^: of .silk and )mrj ' ?.'l. 11 or children ri?o up and eall her i h'.esM'.i, her luishand ul.su, and lie praisoth her. \.i\v eiti/.on lhe-uelor. will you any longer talk ahmit maintaining sueli a wife as tlii-! Ami sueh a wife every go >1 'j;irl in Anicrieu will make, il" married In llio lad of her heart. \ os, .she will d;> hint good? What w ill not , generous woman do lor the husband of her , love ! I'id not ipn'on Kleanor, vv hen her hnshund 'kin;* Kdward) wa.i pierced with a poisoned arrow, instantly apply her sweet lips to tlio ghastly wound and extract the vnm >n at tli>> loss ill' her previous life? Blest saint thy shining is now in Heaven, and thy nlaee far nliov e all suns ! I'M 11 t .Mrs. Aek'.and (the wife of British Major, last war) leave Iter dearest relations, t<> cross the stormy seas, following her iiushand to America, the seem; of war and hlood. that she might see his fa.-e and share his danger! Pear unhappy woman! what | were your agonies, when arriving near Saratoga, v u saw your husband's regiment holdin/ lllo>iil::ll ti \V i T! I M.iucih sinL-in.r ('.i-l uwlor (In* Iro;> 1 f*tiI lire of his riilemen. The <;?<I remains of Nlaujj;htero.<l troops returned, , hut he returned nut. She How to the fatal li.'M. She found him low, weltering in 1 ?! > 1 : with a I'eeh'.o cry i>hc sunk on his laco. liis cyos swam in tears hot his voice was not heard. The warriors of (Joluiuhia woj>t aroiiml. Tin; lilies it;11 from their hands.? ! I'.iuuity was no more, ami nature, dear eomi,nin mother, smiling through tears enjoyed i tlie generous sorrows of hor Sons. They hire tin; bleeding hero to their own hospital: where she attemloil him flay ami night till she could e mvi'V him to New ^ rk, wh 're i she sunk under a consumption brought on I.v I, I I-..: j "v " ?? -.? "u'8"; ' (> what will in>t generous woman ?! ? I?>r ili-s 11 .i-1.un< 1 nC her 11?vt? ! slio will iMirii !i i him. i: t only 1-y li 'r own imlu^try t;i;> 1 maua^"iiir:it. tho natural fruits of ln:r lo\C, lint [ :i!su 1,v those ? x? 111 nt habits of Industry ami l'Ynji.ilit v which siit' ! >nnsin him. W'h.i has in it heard of Mr. ti.>odrid;;e, (Portsmouth, Virginia) or what sea has nut been ploughed by his numerous keels'/ ami | yet Mr. (joodridjio owril it all, (under heaven) tn a yood wile. While; a bachelor he worke ! hanl ami made money. hut it was all s.iun Mjoaielereil iiii fr>'ii? ! . 1 iij; ami j;ru^. At twenty-t'.vo ho married a ?^irl poor in wealth, | hut ? i.-h in hive, industry ami health. I' -r tin: sako of h -r lie instantly tpiit liis nhl tij |iiin^ coinpani ?us an<l prodigality. lie posI sc.ssc I in the worl 1 hut one ne^rn man, a l!at, la larj*<; open hu.it) in which ho e-ia-tel it ahiii^; up .James river to tho mouth of Nanseininiil, I 1 miles, fur oyster-she Is to sell in i v ... i i v. ..! ,l'!. 11 : im-<i?ii ?i u<i .1 pi i . i x .1 j?j?\ ii i! JII III' I', j \vIs;-ii In;- was returning wit'i his load, lo *<e liis dear jcirl. In a u>>ii|?io of voars In- pieked 111> iiiiiiicv eiidii^ii t ? Imy in -1 such no >th<M' I mat and a serving-man I* >r liis wife. iSoc tliom now in their Iwn little* h'.ats (dearer far in the ijj^ht ol (ind than any two first-rate men of war) Ii tiding their I >vi11^ eourse un tin.' liver l<>r t!i h'linhle freight. After earrving on their >v <t1 trade, for some VI... i'.; will. I I. i V ......I 1...1 .. little .sii'.p, afterwards a More. ami in al?"iit thirty yoal'.s, they ha I as many as fifteen fail of vessels nt sea. Ami as to that great n>rfunc-makii??* virtue, frugality, the gmil [, >rd have mercy on the ilachclors! fur there is nof. one in ten of thorn w li" has >o gi'iil a n'?ti<>n of it as has a monkey ; fi<r thrifty Jaoko will |>nt away the halanee i>i any good nut that ho happens to lall in with; lint, among young Uaclielors. the eternal ery i.s, who w ill shew us any fun ? Hurra for the hors< race, the cock-fight, the billiard-table. or the bagnio. I>a*h go the dollars! the haul scrapings, ami tight savings <>fa poor old father's life. I'llt i f.?>rd, what is a nmn without a w ife !) this glnr i< >us von ill is soi hi seen sneaking along with the sheriff; his creditors fasten upon hi in an I pick him to the buie; Ciiou-el mii <>i iii' aim auiamc'i 10 mi up Itix hoohy face. lio stalks amon^ his riiih ruin tion?, on whom Iks lias tlio honor to ho billettoil for life. This istheontl of many u greenhorn, who runs into l>a>l company ami rnin, for want of a helovod wife, to make his home j in plough i pleasure to bim. i I?ut see, l'loria. married to the charming woman Ik> loves, is under no temptation to go abroad into expunsive ami dangerous amusements. Ilishotuti in hi* l'aradi$e: lie never leaves it lint with regret, lie returns toit with joy. His |)elia, ami his sweet little prattlers constitute his oirelt! of happiness. r*,>r their sakes. he applies, with double pleasure, to business; shuns all unnoceessary expense; studies every decent art of iiim is gviim- lien very lust. HOMI. The innn who for life is blcsse<l with a wile, I- sure in a happy COiulition : (in things as I hey will, she's fowl of liiiii ft ill : She's comforter, frieicl ami physician. Pray where is the joy. to t rifle ami toy? Vet ilre.'ul some disaster from beauty ! lint sweet is I lie bliss of ti conjugal kiss. Where love mingles pleasure with iluty. ()ne exlravagant vice, won't co<t a man less Than twenty good wives that are saving : I'or, wives they will spare, that their chihlrcn may share, Hut vices I'or ever are craving. * ? Tiik 11 \ tit.?As to men, we say, when tin' hair hi'ii'ilis 11> fall out- tin- lii'st nl.-m to have it cut short, give it a good brushing with a moderately hard brush while the hair is dry ; thou wash it well with warm soap suds, and rub it into tbc scalp, about the roots of the liair, a little bay rum, brandy, or camphor-water. !>< these things twice a mouth?the brushing of the scalp may be profitably done twice a week. Pamp the hair with water every time tlie toilet is made. Nothing ever made is better for the hair than pure soft water, it'the scalp is kept clean in the way we have natucd The use of oils, or pomatums, or grease of any kind, is ruinous to the hair of man or woman. We consider it a filthy iirnct ii'i* iliiKiwt iim'h-i.ivoI il?; 1 .? 4 I ' " " "WV \ ?r>??? UIW??II II I.M*, it gat hers dust jiiid dirt, :iml soils wli.it* voi it touches. Nothing hut pure soft water should over ho allowed on tlio heads of our children. It is a different practice that rohs our women of their most beautiful ornament long before their prime. The hair of our daughters should b kept within two inches, until their twelfth year. TiikTomii or l).\vu> Hlmk. ? I'avid Ilmne. who produced in his time so much skepticism as to the evidences- of ('hristianitv, tines nut seem t>) have convinced his own relatives. .V correspondent of the Presbyterian says: ' I?y the way, spenkingof Ivlinburg. while there I acted a> guide to it brother minister from America, <>n a visit to the tomb of the Inlidel Home. It is a. circular stone build iii : over its iron prnle-l Jour ere is inseribed his name. with the ?lntct >f his birth and death. Xo doubt, like Voltaire, lie llattere 1 himself dial lie li:\ 1 given the ?i*,*;ithhlow to Christianity. lint behold, there on die wiill of his toiiiii, tli >io \vh > were lle-di of his Ilosh and hone of hi.-s b ine, bear testimony to the fallaey of his e.xpeetalimi. On its outside, and immediately above the iinnio of Hume himself, there is a tablet containing an in.-eiiption, hy a David llnnie. t.> his wife, .Jane Alder, dated !>I7, closing with these words, " Heboid. 1 come ipiickly. Thanks be toti.id. wli.i "ivi'ili ik ill.. > throughout* Lord Jesus Christ.Also, in the interior, there is another tablet, saercil t<* tin; memory of Ii<I Umno, one of tlie liaroits til' Kxeli'-nner and his two sons dated in 1s Is ? the whole surmounted 1 iv l!io-e on eoura;;iu^ words, '1 am the Resurrection anil the Life.'" 1 NTK Ml'Kit A N'i K A.Ma.MI l'\s|| IuN A I'.I.K I< \ im i.s. ?The Now York com -pomlent of the ('harle.ston Courier says : There is a i?reat ami i^rowiuj* evil in this city hnt one of sueh delicate nature as tualiaost forbid boiii" draped into public print. I refer to the increasing and lamentable babit now so common of the iiulttl L'enee by ladies in intoxicating drinks. 1 In mil refer to tTio.se who do wronj; almost from necessity; but to that other class whn have rich husbands mid homes that miirbt be made huppy. A lar^e number of t'nis class seem to he steadily divinu doejier into dissipation every year, than many persons greatly interested in their welfare and happiness even imagine. I have board recently of s veral distressing cases of the kii.d. And to day 1 learn that the wife of a well known citizen reported to bo very wealthy, has been sent to the lunatie asyl i 11. < -1 . i ii.H hi iiiv inn>i! iiini ;>iu: imiy wiin rciiirniif_r reason, he enabled to overcome the terrible temptations whicli intoxicating 1 ><{ uois have of lute hail for her. Iler husband's name is almost as familiar in sonic parts of the South as it is hero. T'wcit tiik WomKN To S.w'k.?There's the secret. A saving woman at the heail of a family i.s the very best savings bank vet established one that receives deposits <l.iily ai*mi hourly, with no eo-tly machinery lo manage it. The idea of sivim; is a pleasant oiu', and if ' the Women " Would imbibe it oneo, Ili?*y would cultivate and adhere t > il, would be 1 lyini; the foundation lor a competence, security in n stormy time ami shelter in a rainy day. The woman who s?*<-s to her own hmis has a larjje field to sive in, and the hest way t<? make lit i ciiiii jiii iiv iiu it is f'i" ! v r to heep a:; account of current expanses. Probably not one wife in ten has an idea how much 1 are the expenditures of herself or family. W here from one or two thousand dollars are expanded annually 'here is a chance to o.i'.wniAnil.:..n. ll..' : I 1 ..... - ? i I I * I I I ? 1... , II vil- 11 I I V: I 11 I M I ? I . I 1 > 11 I i II11 * . I,el the housewife fiko tIk* idea?act upon it?find n'riy?ovcr it?and she will save many dollars?perhaps hundreds?-whore before she thought it impassible. This is a diUy?'iivt a prompting <d avarice?a moral uhli<ration that rests upon all-?upon "the women "as well as the men; hut it is a dflty, we are . rry to say, tl.at is cultivated very little, even anionic those who lll'lkftcll fill* MlllVt 'lllll fJWfl I'l 1 * I ?*/?o #?u I" ; ? >- ?* ??- *? - ? examples in most matters. "Teach tlio women to save,'' is a good enough maxim to he inserted in the next edition of " I'oor llicliard'.s Almanac." Tlfi; total vote of Virginia in tin; late election was only aliout !.")(>,000. Tim vote of Ohio \vliirli, Home years ago, was a county of Virginia, is about 400,000. w11K.nKvkr there i.s authority, theie is a natural incdination to disobedience. It wis so with our first parent*, and it has oxCi been j with all their descendants. 4 The oong of tho "Financier." I?Y NIC. IIIIHll.i:, Till: SIVoNO. (live mo ii Itiink -a paper llank Tin host miieiiine for smviiig mhor. for who Woiihl (oil ami sweat himself' Wlion there's 11 chance to m <<jI his neighbor .' . , Away now with your power looms, Itevolvinj; .larks ami spinn'int; Jennies; ( Contrivances lor picking wool I Can't match tin; It.uiks lor }>ickii>ir pennies. " /'.'.r nihil, nihil WHS once A maxim much in vogne with some : lint low indeed can now maintain That " nothing can from nothing cnmv.'' For though tlio ancients conhl convert Their gold to rugs (as we are t??!<I.) Vet we in times more civili/.cil, Can make I'roin rags the best of goM. j All hail, then glorious alchemy. That ran from nothing something make! What j i j I y things create 1 ilms. Their primal lorm are prone to take. So lot ns liave a bank. tny boys! ,\ inriii"" tills we itiI 'viii ; hike lillios of the viilii-v live, 1 \Vlit) "toil ii"t. noitlior ?1 tlioy simm." I Willi then. nil tk'bis we'll pay, Aii'l should our eroilit o'er get low, 1 ll nevi'r eotiios amiss to say "The croaking llnnts have niaJcil so.'' A\ anredote, relative to the late I'rofes sor Wilson, is just now em ulating. When the suitor for t he hand of Professor W ilson's (laughter hail gained the lady's approbation he was, of pours", referred to papa. Having stated this, i ohably, ""t unexpected ease, the younger .rentletnan was dilTeted to desire the ladv In nunc to her father, and doubt less Iter obedience was prompt.?Professor Wilson bad before him, for re vu w, miiiic won;, on i 'to iiy ie;w <>t wiiicli was iluly inscribed, ' IIV/A thr nullmr yrmn- | nits.' lie tore this (int, pinned it to his daughter's (ll'ess, solemnly led lu r to her young lover, and went hack to his work. 11ot?> k Cknsl'.s.?The roll, w ngeui i. us ue" i count is given i:i Applotou's Cyclopedia, of 1 the number of horses in the various parts of 1 the world : The general estimate has been night or'esi horses in Kuropo for every hundred inhabitants. Menmnrk has f*??i-t_v-(Is ? horses to every hundred inhabitants, which is more than any other Kuropeaii country. (ireat llritain and Ireland hav<> 'J.'tOil.O'M) horses: Franco .'i.UOi',()<)! : Austrian Kmpire. exclusive of Italy. 'J.r.UO,tiOO: ISnssia ill.000. Tin Cuited States have "i.iKIO.tH'O, wh'oh is more than any European < untry : the horses of t!ic whole World are estimated at 07, l'JO,O0li. A 'I'mfiiinc Am:?'i>otk.?ir.m. A. 11. Stephens, of < Jc? rv.i i, in a recent address :it :i nu*oiiiijj; in Alexandria, for tin- benefit ??f the orphan asylum ami free .schools of that city, related tin- following anecdote: \ poor little l>oy, in a fold insist in June, with no homo or r.?of to .shelter his head, no pan nt il or maternal jrnardian or jruide to protect or direct liiin on his w y. roach oil at nightfall t lw* liou.se of a rich planter, who took liiin in, fed, lodircd and s >i>t liim c>!> lii.-s way wall Ills 1?1 i !! _ . Those kind attentions cheered l.is heart and inspired him with fresh courage to battle with lit" obstacles of life. Years rolled i round ; Providence led him on ; he had reached the leird profession ; bis host h:id died ; the cormorants that prey on the sw!> stance of a man, had formed a conspiracy to ?;et from the widow her estate. She . sent for the nearest counsel to commit her e.m<e to him, and the counsel proved to b" the orphan boy )ears before welcomed :iml entei taini d hy herdecoascd husband. Tlx' stimulus of a warm ami tenacious gratitude was now added to the ordinary motives connected with tin* profession. M< undertook her cause witli a will not easily to lie resisted ; lit; uained it ; the widow's estates were secured to her in perpetuity ; and, Mr. Stephens add'd with an emotion that sent its electric thrill throughout the house, " that orphan hoy stands before you !'' A WIII I'!'!L ill (> ice a '.ivos the following account of tin* meat I'itt:i( I'ilt died :it his lif ?;so oil Putney Heath, n.vir the s|i"' where ('inning and Castlej reah t<ji:"_r!11 their duel, mid in a wry ii"ir lcetcd .state, none of his family or friends being with him at tho time. One, who was sincerely attache 1 to him, hearing of his illness, rode from London to sec him Arriving at his house, he rang the bell at the entrance gate, hut no one came. Mismounting, lie made his way to the hall-door and repeatedly rang the bell which no one answered. lie then entered the house, wandered from room to room, till at last he discovered I'ilt on a bed? dead, and cnt livl V lici'li'ci I'd It N<;iinnii?ii 1 fill* was liis poverty, lie not been able to p.'V the wages of bis.servants, ami that th v had absconded, t .iking with them what th<i could." At a ball given in Nottingham, in honor of Lord I lowe's victory on the first of June, I TIM , amidst the glare of diamonds, pearl*, nnd plumes, ilicu: \v. one la !v whose head-dress consisted fit a simple! wreath formed from a branch of natural oak. (>;i the following morning, after breakfast, the Countess Howe, in presence ,.? .......... .1..1 ..r .1. ( *? VIIU v , 111 <i 111 t I 11 mm; III till' , acorns taken from the wreath. 'I hey germinated, ami at this day form throe handsome trees. While thus evincing her taste, the ladv could not have found a more efficient method of perpetuating her memory. ()i.l> Mr. Ilussell was fairly caught io his own (lap. lie was better known as j Major l?en Kusscll, and being met by his old IViend I'usby, he was familiarly saluted with a hearty shake of the hand. " I low do you do, old lhm llussell "Come, now," said Major lien," I'll not take that j from you?not a bit of it. You are as old as I am this minute." " I pon my word," says Mr. !>nshy, " you are my senior bv al least ten years" "Not at all friend Mils by, iiiul, if you please, we will iletermine that question very soon. .) ust tell me what is tlio first tiling you recollect." "Well, , tlio first tliinjr I reoollcet," sa'ul .Mr. Ihisbv, " was hearinir people- *"iy, " There >K1 i I? mi flu ;cll a 11knti.i:man once introduced his sun | t<> Howland llill, by ;i letter, as a youth of groat promise, ami likely todo honor to the | university of whieh he was a member; "but lie is shy," added the lather, "and I fear buries his talents in a napkin." A short time afterwards, the parent, anxious 1 for his opinion, impiired what he thought of his son. " I luve shaken the napkin." y-iid Kowland, "at all the corners, and there is nothing in it." A.\ Irishman, on onlistin". was asked by the recruiting olliecr, " When you get into unite, i iinuv, win y< n ngm or run : " \!i, faith," replied Pat, with a comical twist of his countenance, " I'll In; afthcr doin'. yor honor, as tlio majority of vc docs !" I-'aSII los' Alli.K A *!|-f tvi ion" I'Olt WoJir.v.? Can :i woman I>i? trfiitlr-solrrt with her little toe cut oft"'.' This is to In-conic tin interesting j point of l-'ifth-A venue-ditty, as the Peruvian : custom of Ampe'ation of the fifth toe, to make the foot imitated ami small, is hegin11 iiijx to prevail in Paris. At Lima, it i* tinrule in perform this opcralitin on the feuialc , infant in tho cradle. Hut a Permian surgeon, now advertising in Paris, olft-rs to pcri'..i-iai it t* ata.-i art-,,,,.,.,,I, l.w ?-, ri-tt n 11 it.r I ^ r ' * r that they .--hall nut be emilined t<> the Iioum* mure than one week. II" litis la-hioii >hntild hi'r.>me tttiivtTsal, the male sex will, we think. 1:0 the oomjiletivst /,< tor-lnc ' A i.irrt.i: srrvantgirl took Ili ; order I?? ' string leans" literally, and It id <rit ' ah.>ut thiwi foi-t it 1 '114th when liar nt tre.-.s discovered her blunder. I'l'uN matter.; v.'.iieh are nlVeeted by fe<'!in-' and sentiment, the in lenient ni' woman surpasses tli.it of in n ; her more scn-itive j nature carries her to heights which hi* coarser nature cannot ren'h. An indirect way of jrottinj; a drink of water at a boarding Iioiho, is to ask for a ! third c up of toa. Timriili a jrood 1 iIV; may not silence cal , uniiiy, it will disarm it. REPORT 01'' the Commissioners of IJoads, l2d iiiient, S. C. M , to Fall Titiii. 1 To cash mi hand after makiiiji lieport, to Fall Term l>."i*, 81*1 (Mi Tii cash reei ived ol \lex. l'cyce, Sr., for est ray (,'ow, 5 <j'-' To cash received of .John I'ohlatcr for est ray 1 lorse. .">7 '. !! 'i* . .. ...l. .. i ..i* 11 i >i.:I: ? for est ray, * 2 t?0 'I'm c ash rec ivcd of Samuel Johns for estr.iy, 1 Q\) j To cash received of .Josiah l'ain for est ra y, 2 00 i To cash received of J. \V. ICarv, Tax ('">l!cctor, 1H-JS 7") Sl.'tTS 'lit 1 >! SUCKS KM KXTS. l^:.n. I5y .....l. < . >:. iu;.i, Norton's order, SM8 00 Hy Cash paid Andrew Alexander, Com. Alexander's order, 27 00 Hy cash paid .Jos. Harnett, Coin. Miller's order, 15 00 I'y cash paid Leonard Towers, Coin. Mower's order, 7 0:) Uy cash paid M. S. Messer, Com. ,>icssor s nrucr, i u;i 15y eash piid Daiii'.'l 1 Inches, Com. .M iIter's order, ">0 0> I>y eash paid S. l?n*iii^ood, Com. Humor's order, 2 I By ? :is!i |t:iid S. I!. Mi-Fall, Com. Mi* Fall's order, 2s Oil By easli paid .1. (hvens, Coins. Davis' and Norton's order, (>."> 7"> By eash paid !. W. I,. Cary, Com. Oillison's order, > 00 Bv eash paid .1. M. (i!Ui.-oii, Com. (iillisoii *s order, 1 il 7 "> By cash paid Samuel lleid, fine refunded, by order of (lie (icneral Board, * 0 00 Bv cash paid J. W. 1.. Cary, Com. .Norton s order, I't ,? ) My cash ]?:i?1 .). \\*. L. ('.?ry, Com. Messor's order, I 1)5 i~.> 1?v cash paid .1. \V. li. Carv, Coin. ' Miller's order, ' 200 00 My cash puid .). \V L. ('ary, ('uin. i .Miller's order, 2*> 00 My cash paid ). K. Ilatjood lot' liecoi'il i i)g est rays, 2 00 My cash paid M. Ilagood, Coins. M illen^er's and Miller's order, I7?"> 12 Mv cash paid M. Miller, Coin. ! 'Miller's order, ( :i 1 T"? My cash paid J. M. 1 fiinnioutt, Coin. Miller's order, 10 00 My cash paid d. M. Sittoii fol' making Pointers, IT 00 My cash paid \\\ L. Carv, Com. . Miller's order, 1)0 My cash paid M. Millcr for hauling Messer's. Miller's. Norton's imd .McFiiU's Pointers fro:n lVmllot<>11 t?> I'ickin.j V. II., 2 .">t) 8102:4 *7 By commission on 81007 - > nict ivcd iit 2 . per cont., 27 12 !>y commission on 8l0o-)0l p::i<l out ;it 2 ' purccnt., 2"> S2 C I v I I II ]>a)ancc on hand, f>Ol 1 ( 8157* - *> Tlinv is us much \vnil< under contract as lliealiove Inland will j>iy lur, ami was tu have hcen finished in l*,7>, yet unfinished. .MOItltIS MIMjKil, Treasurer. Oct. 17, I*.')!>. Hidos and Baric! (i \S!I will liopnWl r??i* II'mIim and Tan Hark . J on delivery at niv Tan Yard. W.M. V AXWVCK April 18, 1 WW; JW Km Notice. rilllOSK porsmi* having <lpumtvl< against Q tin' Kstit'n i?f Si'lncv MiJlmv, <lrtrpa4cr), (ir?> vcqno-tid)'. to prvont llioin iillostcd no| cording t<> law: nml thnao imlchtol to sa'nl I c.iliite must inako prompt payment. M. .1. Mi DOW. I A'lm'w K(H5i:itT n: \KJ, .Ir. ; Adrn'r. *sov. i ISw'J 10 6 (iHKKNV1LLK MAKBLK VAIJI). rpur, subscriber litis i>ii hand am! is clinic Mantly recoiung a large and \aricd assortment of American and Italian Marllo, To which lie would call the attention ol'those in want of aBiiitable Monument to mark the spot where repose the remains of their departed relatives and friends. Curving and lettering of all kinds neatly and promptly executed. Particular attention paid to orders 1 ?y 'Jtt' mail. .JAMKS M. AM.KN. ' fjL tiree.nvillo C. II., IS. v'., i\!>. 22 Jii-tf \. 15. lie refers to I' <! West field. (tower. Cos, Markly A: lh\ M l> Karle, W II Watson, Ksij., (Jul 1) llukc, II McKay, Kg<|. .1. W. NO in: IS. .tu. .1. \N . I! \!tl:|sn\. r. Ill 1,1AM. NOR U IS IIA K HI SON & PILUAM, Adorsu-js n( l.atv, W AN l> solicitous in i:q r i t v, ' l I.I. {litt*?i 1 priiiiipily to all luisiiirs^ ?M:tntsi I leil to tlii-ir nii't'. Mi:. IYu.iam cuii :?l- jS^K rt'iiys I"' 1'nuinl in tlic Olfico. (UTICK AT I l( KI'-.NS C. II., S. C. Si'pl. li, I S"i(> If Rage Ra^s Ifc ^ ^ K wiinl tn I m v 'J"i.mil) i ii it it tils (M.KAN* W IVnilWmi. -I uI v [. 1 S.V.I tf ! ! J. H. VOJ.GHT, H 'I'in, is. Mill Maker, A \ ' II.I. pi ve si riel alti-mimi In all business en- f HB'> li 11usiivl iii |ii>; cure. Tonus the most rea- V ^ | Erandrctli's Pills, rot,' sai.i: .it sai.i nni: s. c. iHf 'PIlKSi; i;. 1 ebrali'il I'ills arc ?t vegetable eoniI pcHiii'l. 1'reo from mereury or drugs of any ' l.iml. They are a sovereign remedy for pain or any ?:n< isiness in tlie lm. , or enstiveness.? i^^Kji Skin ?Ii i-a.ses ol any inveterate and ]>aitiltil dialaeter. such as erysipelas, salt rlicnui. teller ami -uiinuvr licat. have bet n eradicated l>y their use. Tliesc pills have cured tlie rlioui' -liio. liio c|>li'l'iir. tlie jiaruly 1 ie. aii'l I lie consumptive. In \ jaumliri' ami all allVctions of the liver, dyspep- ' sia, dysentery. mi l ilian line, pleurisy, suddcu scorbutic .ni'l serofl'ulous. cvcii tfoiily and iictiralfjie nIVcclions, have given way to (lie use of litis medicine: timl now. siller twenty veins oxpericno;?, I In* jioblic estimation of l.randrel li's ; JH1 Pills ri.ntimic in increase. ."or Worms llranilrclli's Pills nre tlic best vei iniiujre : they arc iul'.'illiblo A little child. six vein s ob|. Cur >oim< weeks was drooping : its mother gave it one ol' Itriiinlrcth's sugar cotiu d pills; the next day there dine away a worm sixteen inelics Ion;; an I as large as u cliiM's linger. The ehiltl was wl'II. Atol tor Pleurisy nothing is bettor. I.ct tin- |>eo|>lc discard prejudice and trv litem. Sold by \Y. S. \s: (i. V. \Y I I.I.I A .MS, ut mHj!| Salubrity. S. I '., at the usual pi ice. STATU OF SOI" I'll CAItoMNA, Bl l'H'K r.NS- -IN Oil Ml N .\ It V. ! I. it. 11 illiliirutt, | Z. 15. <' i x, A'liur's, I Petition fur limit sol I lc\s | incut ami Decree. < Vaney <' ix, & others J IT .. | j ?\ mint; ?" tin: OnlSiisiry t U u t Jolin Marimla t'ux. Gabriel Cox. (Icorj^o Naves an.I wife .Jane. Littleton lvl^e ami wife Minerva, George (How ami wife lllioda, < , IH ami X itK'V Cox. defendants in this case, rcwithout the limits nf tliis State: It is . 9E3 ordered, thet'efnre. that t hey ?1?i severally si|ipear in t!ie'Court of Ordinary, tu lie linMeu at I'ickens C. II.. on Monday llie JUMli ilav of January. iStlo, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any tliev can. why a final *cttlenient of the estate iif Joshua Ci.x. deceased, should m>t lie had on that day. ami a doureo a there in made. .1. I). llA<;ool>, c.r. r. a actim; ??.im>. f* I < id. P.). is.*)'.) |:{ W. T. HOLLAND, M. D., JH PICK 1X8 m.STUKT. S. ('. M n-..I, issvi ::i if Limo Your Land ' \\7"l"' vvi" furnish I.IMK at tlm (.'liangft T 7 Lime kiln for agricultural purposes ir I at tlif following rates: U Ht lit eent> per bushel fur slacked Lime, _0 cont.s lor uftslacked. lout. maxwell. -ir.. |K 1 Till! undersigned gives puhlie notice lli.it lie 1 is now, ami lias been tor years, ready to pay over tlie distributive share oi' ltonlien .Mitchell ititlie KMatcof Win. McDow. deeCa*cd. Notice is <riven. therefore, to the said It'eulicn Mitchell to eoaie forward mil receive liis said di-trihutive share, as 1 will no longer lie responsible lor interest on the same. ^ STA'li: OF SO IT 11 ("A MOLINA, f B K. II. r.ol.in-mi, 1'",\'trix, 1 r , . ( IVMti'Mi fur filial set ... o .1 1 iKiiiciiI ami hverci*. \\ m !-> liiiiiiusmi \ others. ) IT ii|'('i';iriii^ l>i ins >:i I if fuel imi t hat Win. lioliinsmi. mi!* of ilie <lt'IVmliiiils in tliis o.i so. resi.Irs without (lie limits of tliis Stale: It is or li'Vi'il. thovofnro. ilml lie'to ?|')'('iirill tli(> Cmut. of I)riliu;ivy. lo lie liuhk-n at I'iokons II.. on Mo?ilav ilay of .iniimti'y, IKtiO. nl ID o'clock, A. M... lo show cfitiso, if iiiiv lie 0:111, why jv filial "ctilomcnt of the est hip of \\ illiani liobiuMi'ii. ilccciiMcil, slimilil imi lie hail, an<t u ilccico J. I' II AOOOl), p.p.i'. a aptinii u.p.n. ,<TATK OK SOI'TII CAKOU.NA, In Onliniuj?IMcki'iis. It ni'iiciii'itig to inj siictiu'liot) tint' Vlirnm Chililers, one of the defendants in Ill's case, resides out of the limits of this State: !t in ordered that he ?lo appear. either personally or l>y attorney, in the Court of Ordinary, nl l'iclcens ('. II., nu Monday the I!Mh<lny of DecemIx'r next, In object to the ilis\ision or saleoftho Ileal rotate of .1 din t'hildcrs, deceased. or his consent therein will lie entered of veeord, \\. .1. I'All SONS, o.r.n, Onlinnry's OOirp, Sej.i. 12, Sin, Notico. V TIN A I, SKTTI-K.MKXT ..f the Ksfntpof (loor^e I). Clnrdv. (loconsp?l, will l>0 1 intvlo liefote the Oriliniirv. nt I'ickons V. If. .... ?1.~ -In.I. I. r i? . ? i linn) mi- di'iii miv i>i iM'comnor nrxi. ; IVr?r>ns SikIcIiUm] must ]uiv hofurc tlinf <l?y, | iind liavin^ iloni:iniii? most present ibcm j ??ti or htffofo thut ilny or tli<*v will ln? ImiTPili aHB 1 I'prsons iiitcrostod will I:ik?: notico ami ?Ovi orn thcmsolvo' nr<wili??rlv. M)ll \ IS. ( I.AUDV, Ailni'r.