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POETRY._ From the German. Memories of the Rhine. As the summer moon shines rising Through tho dark and cloudliko trees, So my soul 'mid shadowy memories Still m gleniuing picture sees. All upon the deck were seated, Proudly sailing on the llhino; And the shores in summer verdure Olcamcd in sunset's crimson shine. auu i rcsicu, genuy musing, At a lovely lady's feet ; And her d?ar jmlo faco was gleaming ( In the sun lays soft and lltru Lutes wero ringing, boys were singing, Wonderous rapture o'er me stole; i Bluer, bluer grew the Heavens, Fuller, higher swelled my soul. Like i\ legend, wood and river Hill and tower before mc Hies; And I see the whole reflected ' In the lady's lovely eyes. i I - I J Oo' /cspoiulcnco of the Cincinnati! Gazette. Railroad Correspondence. ' ('iiAiu.KSTON, June 30, 1800. ' The principal road lending ont of Charleston is tho South Carolina Railroad, and this ! is the prominent Railroad of the State. The | main track runs west to Augusta, 137 miles, I where it connects with the Georgia roads.? I A branch leads off at Branchvilie, 02 miles i from Charleston, and runs North 08 miles to J Columbia, connecting- with the Charlotte i Railroad and with the Railroad to Greenville. ! 1 A branch also leads off from the Columbia ( branch at Kingsville, and runs East 38 miles 1 to Camdcu. This is a well conducted road, u arc most j of tho Caroling Railroads; the ^peed of trains Is about fourteen miles an liour, which ! is about the average speed on the Railroads i of this section of the South, excepting the morning express train to the West; that train makes nineteen miles an l.our. The roadbed is firm, hard and clean, and trains might be run at a high speed, but no one is in a hcry, and there is less danger and less expense in running slow. The trains run to accommodate the passengers, but the passengers never run to accommodate ilie trains.? People get on and off anywhere between stations. A man comes out of the woods, waves his handkerchief, and the train stops, backs up, and he leisurely gets, aboard. There is time enough, and what is the use of getting in a sweat ? Sure enough, what is the use ? T?.:- !o ~1J~.? i>-:i?J " ?- ? j.uio to vi?u uivicst iviiiiiunu ui any icngui j in this country; it was commenced in 1828, and was built and equipped?a portion of it at least was?in 1830; it was completed to . Hamburg, 130 miles, in 1832, and was then the longest railroad in the world. This is ! the first railroad that introduced steam as j a propelliug power, though there is a dispute between the South Carolina Railroad and the 1 Liverpool and Manchester llailroad, which 1 is less than seventy miles long, about the ( first use of steam. 1 At the time when tho So\ith Carolina Railroad was projected, it was considered an experiment, and a charter could not be obtained for a railroad to be worked by steam ; but , a charter was finally passed though the Let?- 1 islaturc for " A Hail road or a Canal from 1 Charleston to Hamburg on the Savannah riv- 1 ir, to bo wo'ed by mules," which was ' amended by in 'ting "steam or mules," but 1 not without soi of the richest legislative ] debating on record. One of the enthusiastic 1 advocates of the road said " the railroad could be built and worked by steam, and that it 1 would carry, when completed, an average of ' ten passengers per day." Whereupon a uio- , tion was mode and seconded to send him to the Insane Asylum, then just completed. A few leading men, some half dozen in number, carried out their project and built the railroad, and they are entitled to the eternal grat- ; itude of this universal Yanke-2 nation, for taking the lead in aii enterprise that has result- 1 ed in such incalculable benefits. The South Carolina Railroad and its branches aro 242 miles long, and cost over 88,000,- 1 000, which has, however, been reduced by . earnings to 87,000,000. Hut it was built 1 when it was not known how to construct a railroad cheaply. It c^st double what it f would to build u"d ecjuip it n"w .mil vot this has been a paying road for the last twen- , ty years. It pays a net income of over ten ; per cent., nnd its stock cannot be bought for fifteen per cent, premium. j Tlio South Carolina Railroad mn? fVirAiirrk the poorest places in the 'State, but it has some great advantages?advantages that no other road in this State ever can nave. It reaches the most important points, and connects with the most important roads. Its charter is a liberal one. The Legislature granted at length all that the Company asked for in their chartcr. One of the provisions -Of its chartcr is, that no other road shall ever be built running parallel within thirty miles of it. a lie cost of constructing a railroad in tlic ( Southern half of this Stato is probably less than any place in tbe Union, utiles.* it be J Florida. The grading, ties and timber are ( items of comparatively small amount; and ( yet, only two roads in the State, the South f Carolina>and the Charlotte and South Cnroli- ( Via Railroads, both of which are partially cotitXolled by the satno Company, have ever declared 11 dividend ; but the railroad business 1 is impWving, ??d most of the roads will eventually prty. The CHiarleston and Savannah Railroad, 1 connecting Charleston and Savannah, is 113 ( miles long. , It was completed about 100 1 miles to tho Wavnnnah River last April. It strikes the river 13 miles above !?nd 1 passengers ovor ^tlus road arc, at tbe present 1 tiir?e, conveyed tyctweeu this point and Sa- 1 rannah by steam Iboat. The road will be fin- | ' ished on the othe^ side of the river, down to 1 Savannah, in August, and the bridge in Feb- ' roary next. This rload will, when completed, eort about $2,000,0 00. This will be the first 1 jrailroad in this SjUte built exclusively by ?la*e >bor. / A few railroad yitcms have been furnished nwby Col. .Tohi/Caldwell, I'rcsidont of the -South Carolina Railroad. Ho is as much the TUilroart King of this State as Eraatun Cornintt is of New York. There ire in the State of South Carolina 879 miles of railroad now in operation, which hare been built and equipped at a cost of $18,665,000. The Mortheastern Railroad, running from Charleston to Florence, was completed in 1857. It ia 108 miles tonr-M nd cost $1,600,000. The Greenville Railrpid, running from Columlpa to G reenville-, 148. miles, with a braneh fioirt CfrfcosWy to Abbe-rifle, 11 miles, and a branch from Bolton to Anderson, 9 miles.? This road was completed in 1854. Capita) dfook, $1,420,000. Cost of construction and f ?f?!pu>ent, $2,800,000. This rcsd h?* n*r I?I..'.1- '! - ii i I i er paid a dividend ; but is improving. Much of its construction lias been from earnings. The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, running froui Kingsville to WUiningtou in North Carolina, is 171 miles long, about onehalf of which is in North Carolina, was completed in 1854, and coot $2,500,000. The Charlotte aur{ South Carolina Railroad, running from Columbia to Charlotte, 108 miles, wus completed iu 1852, and cost OZ,UUV,U?JU. Tho Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, connecting Florence uud Cheraw, is 40 miles long. This road was completed in 1855, and cost $1,000,000. Tho King's Mountain Railroad, running from Chcsterville to Yorkville, 82 mijes, was completed in 1833, and it cost 8221,000. ^ T. H. U. : Rumored Resuscitation of Hicks, the Pirate. The New York Leader publishes the fol- ! lowing article, whioh is " important if true," | mid any wav is calculated to nmkn ? nonantinn "There is now no further use in concealing that Albert W. Hicks, who was ostensibly cx- j icuted for piracy, on IJedloe's Island, on the ! 18th of last July, is still living, though in a Jangerous state, but likely to recover the full use of his faculties and limbs. The sight of; liis left eye is gouc, and his left arm and left I leg continue paralyzed ; but apart from those injuries, he would appear to have suffered ; nothing, and his residence at his sister's house, j in Poughkccpaie, has proved every way bene- I Rcial. << i? ?,;ii -??1 1 iL-? 1 ? ..ill uc nuisiuuuivu tnut IIIUCI1 comment was excited by the utterly fearless manner in which llicks conducted himself, previjus to his execution. He I uirhed at the gallows, aud was only anxious, as lie repeatedly laid, to have " things conducted according to | igrecinent j" in this agreement it is now be- j ieved that a prominent Federal officer had a r>art; and it is on rccord in the daily papers j ,hat he was present at the execution, wearinglis Deputy Marshal's badge, although no 1 ongcr in the Marshal's force. " It was also remarked at the time, that I [Iio!*s was only pulled up a distance of two i ind-a-hulf feet?utterly insufficient to break | lis neck; and that he was only allowed to re- | nain thirteen minutes hanwinf* TTo fl>A? I r>?n* v,,v" :ut down and pronounced dead, after which lis body was immediately handed over to the :are of Doctors ?J. T. Bell and Henry D. J'Reiliy, of Brooklyn. These gentlemen are responsible for his resurrection, and the electro-chemical bath, invented by Professor Vcrgoes, was the immediate instrument. "The body of the pirate was wrapped in warm blankets and removed at once to the house of Br. O'Reilly, in Brooklyn, where Doctors O'Reilly and Mclllcry, of this city, were in attendance. The pulse was found to be wholly quiet, but after various experiments, the medical men came to the nonoliminn it was only a case of suspended animation.? riie body was therefore at oncc placed in the jlcctro-chcmical bath ; and while subjected to the charges of the batter}*, and the action of the acids, Dr. Crane commenced a series of experiments for the inflation of the lungs. " In the course of about two hours these were partially successful, the pirate beginning to give faint indications of respiration ; and these cheering signs animated the medical men in attendance to redoubled exertions. A cautery was applied to the right foot; and received answer in an immediate contraction of the log; the same experiment was repeated under the right car, taking care not to injure the jugular vein, and the head at once commenced to roll iu a manner indicating acute feeling. " Very slowly but steadily Albert \V. Hicks regained consciousness, though for several Says unable to speak, his throat being too severely injured. It was then found that his left*cyc?the side on which the noose had Ln?? 1,?,1 -II -P ' ' ' i .1 . I ?vv>i?11tivt ivdii uii (junw ui siglir, niui lllitl liis left arm and left leg were utterly paralysed. " In this condition he war, conveyed to Poughkeepsie, where his sister, Mrs. Gaven lives ; and under her roof he is now sheltered, though the friends of the family do not desire to give too much publicity to the fact. Dr. Carnoehan, though prevented from personal attendance by the severe indisposition tvhich has prostrated him, took great interest in the case, and was an adviser in all its stages.'' Tuf. Mistakes ok tiik Pkkss.?The most laughable ease of " mistakes of the iVwilef," is thnfc where there had been irticlcs prepared for the paper, (one eoncernng a sermon preached by an eminent divine, md the other about the freaks of a mad dog,) jut, unfortunately, the foreman, in placing hem into the form, " mixed " them, making the following contretcmpts: " The Itev. James Thomson, rector of St. Andrew's Church. nreatdied to n lnrnrn f<>n. ? i m" """ i joursc of people on Sunday last. This was his last sermon. In a few weeks he will bid fare'voll to his congregatk n,*as his physicians idvise him to eross the Atlantic. He exhorted his brethren and sisters, and after the expiration of a devout prayer, took a whim to cut up some frantic freaks, lie ran up Timothy street to Johnson, and down Benefit street to College. At this stage of the proceedings, a couple of boys seized him, tied a tin kettle to his tail, and lie again started. A great crowd collected, and for a time there was a grand scene of noise, running, Hid confusion. Aftar sonic trouble, he was iliot by a Jersey policeman." To Pnv.vvvr Slf innvuu tm tl mo Tr. ? communication to the " Cotton Planter," Mr. \V. MoWillie anys : "There is, according to my experience, nothing easier than to avoid the skipper and ill worms and bugs that usually infest and often desfroy so much baeon. It is simply to Iceep your stnoko house dark, and the moth that deposits the egg will never enter it. For the past twenty-five years I have attended to this, and never have had any bacon troubled with any insect. I have now hanging in my smoke house hams one, two and three years Did, and the eldest are as free from insects as ? k I T * < .1 nuvu in nti iiuilg up. X mil llUb UWilTO 01 Olll- j er causes for tho exemption of my bacon from insects but dimply the fact that my smoke house is always kept dark. Before adopting this plan, I bad tried man}' experiments, but nlway* either without success or with injury to tho flavor of my^bacon. I smoko with green hickory?this is important, as the flavor of bacon is often utterly destroyed by smoking it with improper wood." A Lo.va IIorsk.?A traveler who rode a horse of very largo size, and especially of uncommon length, lately stopped at a public houflo in the western part of Massachusetts, and ordered his steed to be put in the stable. Peeling anxious for tho comfort of his fourfooted companion, he afterwards inquired of the ho?kler if he had put up hi* horse m he directed. " Why ye?, I've pat one end of him ; he is so long I had to leave tho other?ud iq the oroua?(r". MISOKLLANY. A Solemn Address to my Merstasb, UY SY.HON Y-MOUD. Oh thou prcsbuH littlo bunch of oapillery ! I'm settin foro n giass j or moor Hifalutinly speakin, a mirror, looken Kite at yew, viowin yore stupenjire (over I ho left) l'roporshuns, with a critick's i. Yes, yerar Very hugo, 'bout.as long as a t'.ea's l#g. Why don't ycr grow sum, and look Like (other pccpul's? you good for uutliiu' Little critter. Ain't ycr shamed 'I'd set rite tliar in frunl uv mi fuse That wai and not gro sum, whylo Kverybody'a makiu phun ?% yer? Yor cullor ain't nun '1 purty, ' Neither. .Kind of aanndy yaller Reddish hue, mixt with 11 little wliyte. 0 thou Dclokit bunch of hair, I'll tell yer What's tho lac, ef yer don't grow faster Nor what you hav bin gro win' I'll tuik Yer rite over ter bill barrrlt, the barber, An' liuiik hint black yor jeat ?a 15luck us a nigger, nil' then you'll Look svrete, wont yer ? And of yer Git ter cutton up about me. I'll haul That that tlinr old whyto razor uv niync. An' just slash yer rite orf. Then whnt'll Hucuin of yer? who will ye lmvo ter Taik yer round town and sho yer orf, then? fSiii. who will yev. hijve ter hike yer icr The surcus find theatre an ler sea The Rills. & so forth ? Why. nobodilie. Vcr'l be Left in the suds. No person wil EvuV trubbul themselves 'hont yet' like. I'.ve hiiv, ole hoss, so yer'd better pitch In tin' gro sum ! Rcmorso of Conscience. A TEKRIBIiK ItKTIt 1 ltU'l'ION ! Henri Du Barre, a young French artist, be came enamored of the only daughter of a wellto-do aubergiste in the town of Cireassone, in the South of France. Lucille Montaigne had beauty and money, and Henri Du Dane i had wit and talent; hut these latter were no j fair equivalent for the former in the* eyes of the purse-proud father, who declared that no > daughter of his should marry a poor man, ii i. i._ it . tinman m: WCIC UK'SSCU Willi lllC WISliOID of U Solomon. Now Lucille, loved Henri?at least she told him so?but slio was too prudent, to clopc with him and risk disinheritance; for after; all what was love without money ??poverty coining in at the door would send it (lying through the window. Poor Ileuri was in despair. He really did love Lucille, whether she did him or not? ( loved her madly, and he was one of those j dark, fiery natures which makes love a wild, terrible passion. llow uiueh money was necessary to make ' him hor equal in the eyes of her worldly father? The aubergistc named the sum. It' was large, and Henri sighed, and felt more j despair at his heart than ever. Suddenly he j brightened up with the recollection that he s had youth and genius, and that in some large city, Paris, perhaps, where the latter would be appreciated, he might acquire both fame and fortune. j>ui would liuoille wait {? Well, Lucille, was willing to wait awhile-?for just then, as she admitted to herself, she could think of no one she liked bettor than the poor artist: but every thing earthly must have a limit, and the fair coquette thought her patience ought not j to extend beyond a year. A year is a very short time for a man to acquire fame and fortune, with the latter depend- \ cut on the rormer, but Henri was young, and i youth is sanguine, and at all events he would j maks a trial, hoping for great things, know- I ing he could do no worse than fail. So he finished his engagements hurriedly. | declined any new ones, sold a few pictures on ; hand, for a moderate sum, gathered together J his scanty efleets, hade his friends and Lu- ! cille adieu, and with a hopeful but heavy j heart, set off for the great metropolis of France. It was a loner, long journey from Cireassone to Paris, in tIk; slow conveyances of the | period when Henri du Uarro made, it ; and it was nearly two weeks before he reached the gay capital. And then ho began his struggles with poverty j which clung to lii.n in j spite of his hopes, his exertions and liis prayers, for six weary months, when he gave up in despair, and secretly left the city, to beer his way b c!c to Cir.cassone, to see his LuciH once more, bid her an eternal adieu, and end a life no longer of any value to its possessor. I Henri tin 1 Jarre set out. from Palis a foot and alone, depending solely upon the charity of French peasants for food and lodging, lie had six sous in his pocket when he started, and these he invested in a deadly poison, which he carried as a dernier resort, determined not to sulfer beyond what natu'e might reasonably hear, but which it was his hope to retain till he had again seen Lucille. In this manner lie reached and passed through Lyons, foot-son;, ragged and disheartened?an object indeed for commisseration. Twenty leagues beyond Lyons, in p k ing! through n long, dark, lonely wood, ho met a I .Jew, carrying n heavy pack on his hark. The I poor artist asked the Israelite for charity; his ; appeal was answered with a few coins, for! which lie thanked the giver, and then offered to carry his pack. " ()!i, no?it is nothing?it is nothing?a few old clothes only !" returned the Jew, hurriedly?so hurriedly, and with such evident uneasiness, in fact, as to awaken suspicion in the mind of the }roung artist that it contained soniethingof great value. Then it was that a wild, vague urtdefined desire to possess it first took possession of the man wlio was now going home to die wretchedly, but whom two thousand francs might yet bless with life and happiness. When the mind of man takes n highly criminal hent, it seeing as if some evil demon whispers in his ear the most plausible reason for a wicked coursn to happiness. Henri du Baire, who had never before thought of harming a human being now glanced furtively and almost slnulderinply | around him, with tho dark and wicked thought in liis brain, that if this old man were dead, an.1 lie the possessor of his pack, he might yet have a bright and happy future. It was a dreary, dismal spot in the thick wood ./here they both stood, and 110 human eye snvo | theirs was looking upon the scene. Why should this old man be cumbered with wealth, whioh could not not bring to him one tithe of j the joy that it might hini who coveted its j possession ? He could not live many years, that old man, at the most, and ho might die any minnto, aud his valuable effects bccomc tho inheritance of strangers ! What mattered ft fftW trno ra ' ? .. .. jvn.r, iiiuid i/I n;on, l*? mm?h wuuucring and despised old Jew ? And why should he, the poor, miserable artist, hesitate between the Jew's life and his own ? Were not all living creatures bound by the inner law of their being to act in self-defence, even to the taking of lifo whoa necessity to sustain their own ? And would no not die should the Jew lire ? And would he not live should the Jow then and there die? And even should the sooret bo discovered would it bo anything 111 " " . J . 1 1 - !'" worse thau death at Inst? He had bought poison for himself, and why should not another take it for his salvation ??in whioh event he would havo tho means to procure moro, ond could always as now carry his life in his hands. The .low hud bidden him good day, and was trudging onward at a slow, steady pace, while theso wild, wickcd thoughts were coursing through the bruin of tho latter, with all the plausibility of truth. Suddenly the Jew stopped, produced n little flask, aud raised it to his lips. Ah ! that flask 1 The devil was tempting young Du Barro to crimo, and here was the opportunity. " My good friend," called tho urtist to tho Jew, " I am very faint; will you give me a few drops of that wine?" " L will give you half," said the Israelite, halting. The artist advanced tremulously, produced the poison, and concealed it in his hand as he approached his victim, and, under pretence of winimr tlio iurm?li ? >' ilm .1? > ...v .ovikm VI vim; Iioorvy UMI|I|K'U II IN. Then he pretended to drink, and handed it back with thimks, begging this .Jew to drink bis health at their final parting, Isaac complicil and tlicy separated, each going different ways. As soon as Henri was.out of sight of the Israelite, he entered the wood, and returned in an oblique direction, until he came in sight of his victim, who was now writhing in the agonies of death, and groaning for mercy. A few minutes more and he was still?the dread work w.is done. Dragging the body from the road, and coneealing it. the murderer next carried the pack far back into the forest, tore it open, and found it.did indeed contain old clothes. lie was nearly frantic, lie had murdered a harmless old man, nnd got nothing for it. lie threw tin; garments from him with the wild action of remorse and despair. Suddenly he heard a clink as of money. Then he bewail to examine tho old garments, and found, to his almost mad joy, that they contained immense treasure in gold nnd jewels?diamonds, sapphires, pearls nnd rubies to the value, as he thought, of ten thousand f;ancs, but in reality more than a hundred thousand. Far in the depths of that dark wood, the murderer hid the nu st precious stones, to be brought forth in after time. There were two thousand live hundred franca in money; and with this amount he started for home, no longer a poor man, but alas ! even further than ever from bcintr a hannv mm. ; i i v * lie traveled in his nipped clothes as far us N'ismes, fearful of spending one of lii.s illacqnired coins sooner; but at Nismcs ventured to purchase a new and genteel suit and in this shortly appeared before Lucille, showed her father the sum required, which he represented as having been honestly in his profession, and claimed her hand. In due time Henri I)u 1 Jarre married Lucille Montaigne, and happy were all at the wedding but tho guilty groom, who was never to know happiness again lie kept his awful secrct, however, and profited by it, making an occasional journey to the dismal spot ol liis crime, under pretence of traveling on business. He took away and disposed of the jewels one by one, ami gradually grew opulent, and was regarded by all who knew him as an honest man of Ultll'k. Hut the remembrance of his great, crime had a strange fueination for him, and much of his time was spent in brooding over it in secret. Being an artist, he at length naturally oonccivcd the idea of painting the scene of the murder; and he finally drew it in miniature, on ivory, picturing himself in the act of dragging the dead body of the Jew into the forest whose features, from memory only, ho delineated with wonderful fidelity. And as if this were not enough to satisfy his morbid infatuation he wrote underneath : " Isaac, a Jew, murdered by Henri l)u I Barre, Artist, September the 10th, in a dark | wood, about twenty leagues sunt!) from Ly- I ons." It was a strange, insane idea, that of pre- j serving u memory of the horrible deed in this! manner ; but this miniature of the scene he had set in a neat little frame, and carried it in a belt around his waist. 13ut the strangest part of this horrible affair is yet to be told. On his last visit to the forest, for the last jewd that yet remained of 1 ? t* ? r .1 , . * _ i ... i . dead by n highwayman, who, on searching his person, funnel the miniature, ami recognized iu the features of the murdered Jew?his own father! This produced so strange an impression upon the second murderer, tlut lie carried it to the authorities and made a full confession of his own crime. A full and thorough investigation took place; and among the papers of I Hi Barre was found one containing the statement of the whole transaction, an we have here recorded it. The second murderer, the son of the Jew, was subsequently executed, and so ended the chain of dark and bloody events. Truly, the ways of Providence aro wonderi\ _ 1 i* mi ana mysterious. Tkm.imj skcrktd.?I must rclutc my first and last experiments in training my oldest hoy to keep family sccrets. lie was a chatterbox, and as he often visited among strangers without mo, I was fearful he would tell more than lie should. So taking him on my knoc I said? " My dear, you must never tell anything we say, or let out any plans to any ouc?cspcoiqlly to Mrs. Jones ?" His quick mind comprehended mo in an instant, und with a very confirmed look, he promised obedience. A few days after, ho entered my room with ao nir of triumph, and said? " Mamma, I mindca you. Mr*. Jones ssk cd ?>c when you were going to Now York, and I said, " I can't tell you, for my mamma don't wish you to know any of her plana 1" In my consternation I was tempted to reprove the inuocent boy, but, upon a moment's thought I let the matter pass, knowing that it could not bo explained or extenuated, and preferring to lo?c the friendship of Mrs. Jones, rather than sully his pure, trusting spirit, with a lesson of worldly policy. When hi* younger brother, a more quiet boy, but equally fond of visiting, and a great pet nnd darling with all who knew him, beoause old enough to betray family socrota, I gavo him no caution, hut trusted him to his common nenso.? One day, <.n retqrning from an errand at a neighboring house, ho stood a while absorbed in thought, and then said? it * - * ? " -* iuammn, wnai snail 1 My when people ask me " What in your mother doing?' Tmd ' What .did you Ihito for dinner V " " Wf>at did'yousay, my dear?" Mid I.; " Why," said ho, looking bashfully auide, " I wy, 41 gum it ia timo fpr mo to go?'" David Crockett. u He sure you *re right, aud then go ahead," is a wise maxim attributed to one whose life was a continual illustration of the sentiment. Every ono has heard of " Da\id Crockett,"the immortal baokwoodsman of Tennessee? the "oraek shot" of the wilderness?ecccn* trio but liouest member of Congress?the " hero of tho Alamo "?yet few know bin origin, his early struggles, and the general I current of his life. History h.'S but a few j words concerning him, but tradition is gar- | rulous over his many deeds. David Croekctt wus bom nt tho mouth of 1 the Limestone Uivcr, Green county, East ! Tennessee, on the 7th of August, 1787.? [ I Ilis futher was of Scotch-Trish descent, and I took a prominent part in the war for Indepen- ! dence. It was all a wijdorness around L/a- t ! vid's birth-place, and his son communed with naturo in its unbroken wilderness from the ! beginning. He grew to young manhood with- | out any education, from books other than he received in his own rude home. When ! only seven years of age, David's father was ' stripped of most of liin property by tire. I la | opened a tavern in Jefferson county, whore i David was his main help until tho ape of ( ! twelve years. This vagrant, life, full of inci- j | dent and advonturo, suited young Crockett, . i but brooming dissatisfied with his employer, ' j lie deserted him, and made his way back to j | ilia former home. After tarrying tlierc a year, | , lie ran away, joined a cattle merchant, nnd j at the*end of the journey in Virginia, he .was : dismissed, with precisely four dollars in his j pocket. For three years he was "knockiug about," as lie expressed it, and then ho sought his father's home again. IIo now enjoyed the advantages of a school for a few J weeks, and finally, after several unsuccessful ; : lovo adventures, lie married nn excellent girl, , and bccamo a father in 1810, when ho was twenty-four years of age. lie settled on the hanks of Elk Iliver, and was pursuing the quiet avocation of a farmer in summer, ar.ti ! tlie more stirring one of hunter in Autumn, J when war was commenced with Great Britain i in 1812. Crockett was among the first to ro- j spond to Gen. Jackson's call for volunteers. ! and under that brave leader he was engaged ! in several skirmishes and battles, lie received the commission of Colonel at the close of the war, as a testimonial of his worth.? His wife had died while he was in the army, and several small children were left to his . care. The widow of a deceased friend soon j came to his aid, and in his second wife he : found an excellent guardian for his children, j Soon after his marriage he removed to f<au- | reus county, where he was mado Justice of : the Peace, and was chosen to represent the | district in the State Legislature. Generous, ] full of fun, possessing great shrewdnen, and j " lmiinef a fttilf " ni'ArlrAlf 1 W ... WIVWftVIK ?Ttio v?ry pup| ulnv ill the Legislature and among his conj stituciita. In the course of a few years lie : removed to Western Tennessee, where he be came a famous hunter. With tlie rough baokj woodsmen there he was a man after our own | ! hearts and he was elected to a scat in Congress ! in 1828, and again in 1830. When the Americans in Texas cotunicnccd their war [ of Independence, towards the close of the , year 1335, Crockett hastened thitlmr to help ! them, and at the storming of the Alamo, at | Bexar, on the Gth of March, 1836, that eccentric hero was killed. IJe was then fifty years of age. Mode of Administering a Judicial Oath to 1 Chinese in California On the 11th of July a batch of Celestials were arranged before Judge Crcanor, in the District Court of Sonora, Tuolumne county, for the murder of one of their countrvmcn at Big Oak Flat, some months since. The Sonora Democrat thus describes a striking scene in Court during the trial: When the witnesses were placed upon the stand, considerable difficulty was experienced with regard to their taking the required oath. Tho interpreter?an intelligent Chinaman, who took the obligation in the usual form?informed the Court that in order to administer an impressive oath to the wit ne?s<s, it would be necessary to conform to the custom of the Chinese, which was by cutting chickens' heads oft* aud going through cftrtain other ocreraouics, such ns burning paper, candles, etc. This announcement, it must bo Confessed, rather staggered the Court. Judge (J. had never before been called on to do anything of the kind although he had seen ten years' active servico on the bench in California, and it was somewhat of a poser with him how to go about' it. Finally, after being satisfied that by no other means could they be made to understand the solemnity ...wi : ? - ' ii 111j|mm ^ ui mi umlii, ine ruiiuisuc Dumber of shanghais wore ordered, and pretty soc.n they made themselve* hoard in Court. Then followed a scene which attraeted the attention of all, and which we shall not soon forget. The chickens were taken out on the balcony of tho court-room, and there the half dozen witnesses repaired, after each received a picce of marked yellow paper, about the size of n man's hand. On the railing of the balcony, four colored candles?cach six inches in length-?were lighted, on the right i and left of which were bundles of thin sticks, (we believe they are called Josh-sticks,) ftlso | on Ore. Pretty soon, after all the Drolimi Diirics had been satisfactorily arranged, one I of the Chinamen stepped forward, and after mumbling over some words, the exact ippigv ing of which wo failed to comprehend, k'nclt upon ono leg, seized hold of ,a chicken with one hand, tho hntehet with tho other, and in a twinkling dealt tho former n blow aoross the nock, which put an end to its earthly career. Then rising, immediately after the consummation of this bloody act, ho bowed rovorently thrco times before tho lighted altar, which probably represented ' his Josh, lighted his yellow papor, cast it on tha floor, and retired. Another camo forward aud went through tho same operation, each .sacrificing a chicken, until tho wholo number were thus sworn i to tell " tho truth, tho whole truth, and uotliing but the truth," so liolp them Josh.? After this ceremony was over, tho trial proceeded in the usual manner, with the exception of thorc being a little more gesticulating and loud jargon than is ftcnortl in tho Court. AH this Joshing was very funny and novel to the " outside barbarians," who seemed to relish it greatly, nlthough John was in no wise disconcerted at their eager curiosity aid derisive smiles. It was ono of tli? scenes which aro not witnessed every day, even in California, and wo doubt whether in any other Stato of the Ainerioan Union, suoh a proceeding has ever transpired. Truly may it be a&id, that our people enjoy many sight* to which their brcthron of the Atlaotio States atn Entire utrangcrs^ Be oaim and quiet in your life. Yon are not nocewarily eervicoallo to others when you *r* troublesome to yduroelf. m " 11 " 1 " 1 . 1 1 u rnmmmmmm* Thunder in Vebruahv.?Meeting an old friend from Went Newbury, the other day, ho remiudod us of anaffnir that happened there somo years since, over which wc havo enjoyed many n hearty laugh together. A gootle* man residing in West Nowbury, having missed a good mauy sticks from his wood-pile, his suspicions fell upon a well-to-do but miserly neighbor of his, whom he thought capablo of l?r? Ortf 11a t?aonluA/1 umtAfJinirlir frt I'Plinrt -".X. <-V. ?.V IVOVKVU, ? to the old oxpedient of placing a heavy log in a tempting position, having first well charged It with gunpowder, not only in the centre, hut in several minor crcviccs. Sure enough, the etic': disappeared, and ono looking very much ' < it "might have been scten," ns fames v, on the suspcctcd gentleman's hearth on the ensuing Sunday. Ucfore it, in a lnigo tin-kitchen, a turkey was browning itself into a climax. All of n suddon, a thundering explosion was heard, tho tin-kitchcn was blown into a thousand atoms, the dismembered turkey flew through the atmosphere, and tho old tom-cat disappeared up the chimney. The old srontlcman and his maiden sis tor were horribly "skeort," but not materially injured, and the former was tl?e first to win his voice. "Sister," said ho, "that cro was the loudest thunder I ever heard in February." The next day, the plotter of the mischief sent a tin pedlar to the depredator's house. "Want any tin ware?" said the Yankee. " No, no!" said thoold gentleman, testily. " Why, yes you do," rejoined tho pcdler; "your memory must be dreadful short. Most all your neighbors say as how you want a tin-kitchen." A pair of tongs flew through the air, but the tin-pedler dodged and made " tracks." Looking in the window, he exclaimed, " Better licv it, now ; it's a fust rate a.ciclc?warrant it to stand most any climate, and all sorts of weather, from nirth quakes down to thuuder!" . Ft.sin no foh Compliments.?"I really cannot sing, beliovo mo, sir," was the roply of a ynunp l.tdy to the repeated requests v of an empty fop. " I am ratlier inclined to bdiev 1 Madame," rejoined he, with a smirk, " that j .>u are fishing for compliments."? " No, Hir, exclaimed the lady, "I never fi?U in such a shallow stream." How to Mf.kt Sf.andkr.?A blacksmith having be" . slandered, was ndviscd to apply to the eori i- for redress. He replied, with true wiad > ' I shall never sue anybody for .slander. 1 cnu go into my shop, and work out n butter ohnractor in six months than I could get vi a Court House in a year." A OilAitbKSTON paper thinks that an Indian and his squaw, paddling down the Mississippi, arc interesting speoinious of c?noebial felicity. / You NO lady, when told to exercise for her health, said she would jump at an oiler, and run her own risk. ' rlcrs. FIllST HIl 10., F111ST DI v., s. c. sr. uiccai ?iC| n. u* OilDKB NO. r IMIB Hegiment* comprising this Brigade nro 1 herebyordered to appear at the following ti lies and places, for lleviow and Prill. Tho -lilt Hogimeiit at Ilaynio's on tho 13th September. Tho 4 2d Regiment at Craig's on the 15th September. The 2d Hegiment at Hull's on tho 18th September. The utli Hegiment nt Hunter's on tho 27th September. The lxi Hegiment at Bruton's on tho 22d September. The commissioned and non-commissioned officer* will appear the day previous In the lleview* of their vespectivo Regiment*, for Drill and Instruction. Colonels of Regiments must inako their Re turns lit the Kovic.-vs. Tlio llrig;ide Stair will be required to nttend every Review i>i the Brigade. Colonels of Regiment* aro charged with the extension of this Order. Bv order. XV. K. EAS'LKY, Brig. Gen. II. Lee Tiiurston. Brig. Maj. Aug. itf 1800 a id Ac ;istrator's Final Notice ^llll'r. ? vk and Accounts, due the E?tftto of k II. i Campbell. deceased, will bo placed in the hn'dsof an Attorney for collection on ihe 15th jepteiobor next, ?vir< Co.it. .JOHN T. SLOAN, Adm'r. August 22, l?f>0 4 3 Notico. A T T, pAr?/,pti imlnMorl ?o ihn Kntnte of A. P. /V Taylor, deceived, most make payment at imcc ; and those luivintr demands iifiunsl Kiiirl K?tute will present J hem. legally attested, within the time prescribed l>v law. 1). S.'STHIBLINO, Adm'r. Aug. 22. tWO 4 S_ Law Notice. r|MlB undersigned have formed a pnrtnership in , 1 ihe practice of Law and Equity for l'iekcnt* District. Mr. Hadorn may bc.con?uUed at his otficc in Pickens and Mr. Own at Andrraou. jamp.8 l. can, W. M. HADDKN. rickcnn C. If.. May 10. IBfiO 42-tf "Rio oL-om *#AWVV?I.U'UAVlttU^t THE UNDER8IGNED is now prepared do work in hif lirvo, ftt short notice, nitd in a workmanlike manner. lie can always ho found at hi* Shop. Term* moderate. HARBISON IIAYNES. OcL ta. iy>ft V2 If "tilvEKNVlLLR MAHBLE YARD. rpiIF. subscriber has on hand and is constant JL ly receiving a large and varied assortiuimI o American and Italian Marble, To which he would paII ?? - ... v..,?|mv? <> lining III want uf a suitable Monument to murk tlio ."pot where repo'i< 'he reinnins of their departed relative* and friend*. Carving and lettering of oil kinds ncntly rnd promptly executed. ftgyParticular attention pai?I to orders by mail .JAMKS M. ALLfcN. (3 ror?n vi 1 .. . It R O " < . Ml \y.t tcu OA-U N. 1$. Il>- '(iiorn to D 0 WostfieM. Gower.Cox, Murkly A. Cv.. Pr. M II Kftrlo, W II Wntfon, Eh(|., Col D 11 *kc, K McKny, Ecq. Law Notice. rpiiK unJerHlgnciI Will devote himself entirely I to tlio practice of f,nw and Kqulty on t|?e Western Circuit. Mr. Waudkm in bin partner at l'iokon*. .1 \ MK8 L. ORII. An?erAnn r It.. Mny 10. iW.tt 48 if .1. \V. Noniun, .IB. J. W. It ARHIRON. K. C. f I'M.I A M . NO Illl IS ."HA Itffi SON & PUL I JAM, | ii*A? " n>?wm?)a ill lillWi S AND SOLICITOUS IN KQUlTY, WILL attend promptly lo all huAjnoa# ?ntru?U<l to their caic. Mk. PtanAjpwn alway? be "5 found tin- (Uflce. | OFFIC. AT P10KKN8 0. II., 8. C. * Sept. C \ 0 tf yr. k. rai?i.?\- ? - ?riniwi WlliKLirri. EASLEY & WICKUFFE, ~ Attorneys nl I>nw? AT ITILL att*ml punctually to all b*?Tn3fM{LL V V trusted to their care In tKe I>i?trj?>7^W. J comprising the Western Circuit. if orriCB A**' MCliKNR c, 11., 8. r 8?pt. 2&, 1S66 i:i tf 1 ' I ' \ ' "I : ,t f / f I i