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? The Lovely Knitter. Th?j Like liny birds with burnished wings. y dd Just dropping to the soa-ware's foam not | And bearing from its billowy home, i'JimJ The snow that to their plumage dings, low! The fluttering needles swiftly dip pqu( In sof?, white meshes of her work. ThJ Where quaint and loving fancies lurk; ,1 ?c' The eye betrays the silent lip. rls | jtlju The tiny needles loop the thread. Strung with sweot thoughts of summer hours, Of suiilitr..t on the tYnirrfiiit flnwora Of poems in tlio woodland rend. With prelude of the wild bird's song, An 1 blending with that warbled tone, The murmurs, cvennoro their own. That in tho pino-trco shadow* throng. And still,- moanduring from the hall, Fon I memory's chain unwinds and flows, Drops hero a snulv and there a rose, And hero a treasured word lets fall; So, on she knits, in twilight gray; Tho past and present, with the years Of morning's life, its hopes and fears, Inwoven with her drcauiu to-day. MasosLLAim. Facts about Sheep. Simon Brown, editor of the New England Farmer, stated tho following interesting facts at a meeting of tho Concord Farmers' club: lie remarked that he was familiar with tho care of sheep in his youth. lie had been obliged to ?it up night after night, in cold [.j! weather, to tako care of lambs, because they were dropped too early. The first broadcloth lie ever wore was made from the wool of sheep which he had assisted to raise. Sheep raising was formerly profitable, but it had been It discontinued anioug us, chiefiy on account of rq the losses occasioned by dogs. Ho had been ei informed that in the adjoining county of Esi< sex there were only 590 sheep, but there ft) were 8,500 dogs ! A good many persona arc now entering upon tho business. A uew spirn it has been awakened upon the subject.? o Sheep have been improved in size and proi, ductivencss, as much as, and perhaps more, y than cattle. Fifty years ago a quarter of mutr ton, in England, that weighed fifteen or twenty pounds, was thought large. Now, a quarv tcr of. mutton is frequently seen weighing lifty or sixty pounds. Ono weighing sixty pi uads was recently exhibited in liostou market. If there is a demand for mutton, sheep raising must be profitable, lie had no doubt that there would he a demand for all the good .> mutton that might bo raised. lie spoke of , the effect of keeping sheep in reclaiming pas, tares, llo knew a tract of land in Plymouth ( County, that was formerly so covered with briars and rose bushes, that it was almost im, possible to walk through it. lie saw it last fall, and it was a beautiful green pasture, with a smooth surface, and not a bush or brier upon it. It had been reclaimed by tho use of sheep alone. The following additional statements were made by James 13. Elliott, of Kccne, New l ? . jl imu jmiiih; lie is engaged in sheep husbandry, and lias been for five years. His sheep had become brcachy. When this is the ease, the best way is to change the entire flock. lie had recently been looking among the sheep in Vermont, and bad purchased a hundred, at the average price of five dollars. lie expects they will yield from five to six pounds of wool each.? ile has been to Albany, and seen the longwooled sheep. They do best, as he is informed, in small flocks. IIo wishes to keep a pretty largo flock ; has one pasture that will carry 300, and another that will carry 150 to 200. Sheep require about one acre each.? If lrl is vefy rocky they require more.? Largo sheep require more, lie has concluded to keep fine w^olcd sheep. Mauy of the farmers on the Connecticut are now feeding all the corn they can raise to their sheep.? They buy weathers, and put them up about the 1st of December, and give them cob-meal and oats, oil they will eat. In March they will shear them, and send them to market in the cars alive. They will weigh from 150 to 170 pounds, livo weight, and bring from five and a half to seven cents per pound. In AValpole, New Hampshire, they arc feeding 4,000 this winter. The farmer mny fat two cntu in ?K? Mi nr.J from shsop is better than that from cows.? From twenty-one sheep ho made ten loads of the best manure ho over saw. Leaves, or some proper absorbent, should be placed upon the bottom of the yard, and litter used as required. This manure is excellent to mix with muck. It costs about forty cents, in New Hampshire, to pasture a sheep from the 10th of April till the 20th of November, or till they are " snowed up," and about 81.10 in the winter. A sheep requires about two pounds of hay daily. lie feeds with hay fcwico a day, and once with roots. Sheep re ?|uuu piuiujr ui iicau UU| auu ruiiuiug wavvr. 801110 keep them without w.tlor, but it is not 60 well. Sheep will destroy almost every kind of bushes, except pines nnd alders. Some sheep arc easily kept within ordinary fences; others will learn to jump over almost every fence. lie related an anecdote of one man who had kept a flock of sheep twenty-nine years, and never knew but one to get off out of the pasture. Mr. E. thought small mutton quite os good tis large, but that as rtfost farmers in this section would keep oniy small flocks, tlic long-wooled sheep might bo tho most profitable hero. The Cotawolds and South Downs would yield from flvo to six ) unds of wool. This wool, although it d ies not fctoh quite as much as fino wool, in in demand for certain kinds of manufacture. He said that a man of his acquaintance in Vermont realizes 81,000 per year from 200 sheep. Bayard Taylor tells tho story of building hlK hnitftft vftrv rinhlv. ITn nnvn whon Via war considering what ?ort of house ho should buiid: The community, I found, had sottlcd the matter long before mo. Tho house was to contain somothing of every stylo of architeoturc which I had seen in my wanderings over tho world. There was to bo a Grecian facade, with one wing Gothio and tho other Saracenic ; n Chineflo pagoda at one cornor, an Italian campanile at the other; and the pine apple dome of u Hindoo temple between the chimneys. Tho doors would be copied from Westminister Abbey, the windows from the Mosque of Omar, the ceilings from tho Alhambra, and the staircases from tho Mormon Temple at Salt Lake. Tho material, of course, was to bo a mixture of brick, granite, porcelain, tiles, clap-boards, marble, adobes, and porphyry.? But a man's lifo and works, alas ! too often fail to realize tho oxpeotations of his friends. Mr. Tiikomiiluj Vopi>, of Poppvitte, I'opp county; fancying himself to bo very popular with his lady love, ** popped, the question " to her under.tho poplar tree, when she referred him to her poppy, who, when asked for his consent, popped him out of doors to fclio tune of " Fop goes the weasel V Manuring by Muddy Water. Tl\o evenings during tho holding of the New York State Fair at Elmira, last week, wcro improved by a meeting of farmers at the " Farmers' Club," where informal but i interesting interchanges of opinion and dis- j eussion took placo. The following wo ex- | riof i.o f! , ...v> ?? oumu luiiinLU y un manu; facturiug grass through irrigation by muddy ' water, made by A. 1J. Dickinson : I said last night that I would make u heavier growth of gross by the use of clay | than t could by barn yard manure. It won't I pay to haul much where clay can be had.? 1 Gross in the all-important crop of this coun- j try. All countries that don't produce grass naturally, run down and become unfertile.? 1 hold that one load of manure on the surface is worth two loads ploughed in. A load of clay run on to grass land by irrigation* is worth more than manure in any quantity, because it nourishes the roots and it makes the crop all stand up and grdw very heavy. In running on liquid manure, my grass grew too fast and lodged, and lodged grass :n ? .. i <-> - win uoi mane over z ) tons per acre of cured liny. I have made 4 tons per acre by running on muddy water. ]lut this must bo very carefully applied, and it mast be done in cool weather. In hot weather the water is apt to rot the sod. I have irrigated about 100 acres; and 1 make the water muddy by ploughing and stirring up the clay in a pond. Clear water will benefit land, but it takes a great while longer to do it. I never mow a i second crop; 1 prefer to let the sccond growth remain to cover the land. One acre of old j meadow, thick and line grass, is worth an acre and a half of new meadow. Upon a farm where grass will grow there I is no difficulty in making land rich. There is no dressing of manure, such as is often given to land, equal to a thick grass sod.? Manure may be drawn upon grass land the very day the grass is cut, to the best advantage. 1 don't approve of hastening mowing j land. I run the muddy water on in winter, j as well as the fall and spring. I use the I natural drainage of a hundred acres of land, j concentrated by under drains, made by a | mole plough, into an artificial pond, and use | that water made muddy, to run on other land, j 1 run my drains about eighteen inches deep, ! and I have some of these mole drains, made j twenty-five years ago, which are as effectual j now as when first made. I do not attempt j to enrich a whole farm in one year hy irrigh- ! tion, but take it in sections, say ten acres a year. My manure T haul upon the fields that I cannot rcach with water." Tukut. is Likk KvKllYWIircKK.?Life everywhere ! The air is crowded with birds? beautiful, tender, intelligent birds, to whom life is a song, and a thrilling anxiety, the anxiety of love. The air is swarming with insects?those little animated miracles. The waters arc peopled Willi innumerable forms, | from tho animalcule, so small that 0110 lain- | dred and fifty millions of them would not S weigh a grain, to tho whale, so largo that it j seems an inland us it sleeps upon the waves.? ! The bed of the.seas is alive with polypes, crabs, ! stnr-fishcs, and with t;mid-numerous shcll-animuleulcs. The rugged face of rocks is scarred | by the silent boring of soft creatures, and ! blackened with countless mussels, barnablcs, and limpets. Life every where ! on the earth, in the earth, crawling, creeping, burrowing, boring, leaping, running. If the sequestered coolness of the wood tempt us to saunter into its nhftmirtrrtil an.-i/l.* >.? im . 1 ??-?-1 1." ?!- ? J J ^ nuuivAt ?/y i in; IIV.Iuicrous din of insects, the twitter of birds, the scrambling of squirrels, the startled rush of nnsee'i beasts, all telling how populous is this seciuing solitude. If we pause before a tree, or shrub, or plant, our cursory and halfabstracted glance detects a colony of various inhabitants. We pluck a flower, and in its bosom we see many a charming insect busy at its appointed labour." Wo pick up a fallen loaf, and if nothing is visible on it, there is probably the trace of an insect larva hidden in its tissue, awaiting their development.? The drop of dew upon this leaf will pr.ibably contain its animals, visible under the niisovosoope. This same microscope reveals that the ( bloodrain suddenly appearing on bread, and ! awakening superstitious terrors, is nothing but i a collection of minute animals ; and that the vast tracts of suow which are reddened in a single night, owe their colour to the marvel ious rapuury in reproduction ot a minute plant. The very mould which covers our cliccso, our broad, our jam, or our ink, and disfigures our damp walls, is nothing but a collection of plants. The many-coloured fire which sparkles on the surface of a summer sea at night, as the vessel ploughs her way, or which drips from the oars in lines of jewelled light, is pro ducedby millions of minute animals. Comforters out or Nkwspai>krs.?.Soon after the advent of chilly nights, finding the cxtra.covcrs too heavy, and remembering the suggestion of a year ago, I took off a weighty coverlid and substituted a half dozen copies of a popular weekly. I never slept more pleasantly. I mentioned it to some of my acquaintances, who, on trial of the past two weeks, pronounced it effectual. I used it on three beds in my house, and as nothing can be oue.ipcr, i ieci autnonzea to rooonimenu it for general uso. I had the curiosity to weigh t<he newspapers in use on my three bods, and j tho amount of all was three pounds only.'? [ Tho papers can bo spread loosely, overlapping one 'another, though for convenience, I have pasted tho edges together. How trifling is tho cost, and how easily obtained ! A pound or two of old newspapero oun be procured for four cents a pound, and if sproad between two light covers to retain them in their phce, will keep a person comfortable whether he be rich or poor. 'lMic experiment can easily bo tried. jJfivcning P<Mi. Is there a Coif asset Man A mono IJs? ?there i?,Jlct hiiu contradict the following' which we find going the rounds of our exchanges, but which we don't believe a word i of.?N. Y. Day Book. i "The girls of Cohassct raako nothing of going into the water and bringing out a shark or a niackcrel by the no:?c. They dig clams with their toes, and open quohoga with a pinch of the fingers. They live chiefiy on sea fare, so that when kissed they taste salt, and when they die are preserved half a cen iury. xneir nair, 111 ineir oia ago, turns into dry sea weed, and if they have worn caps ir old age, the enp is ntifF anrl glittering with orystallizatiouaof salt; and if you fall in lovo with them in their youth, you find yourself in a pickle." To-mobkow is the duy on which lazy peo- j pie work and fools reform. As experienced old stager sa^ i. if you ' make love to a widow who hns a daughter twenty years younger than herself, begin by declaring that you thought they were sistern. Squiro Stanton's Thanksgiving" IJgl* ! liow the wind blows ! how the sleet dashes against the windows! and how the old doors shake and croak! Thanksgiving day ! Thanksgiving evening?what is it to ine, I say ? What is Thanksgiving to yon, 1 say, Amos .Stanton, or for the nn "er of that, Thanksgiving evening ?" The speaker was a lUuu of some filly years of ago, yet there wore other lines than such as Time leaves, upon his brow, and lurking about the corners of the mouth. This was Squire Stanton?miser Stanton, so the villagers called him, for he lived in a miserable old house and hoarded up his monoy?for whom no one could tell; and ho was talking to himself this thanksgiving evening. Fifteen years before the old house was newer, the paint was fresh and bright, the rooms were peopled with, bright laughing faces.? Fifteen years ago, this very evening, Mrs. Stanton, meek-eyed, lovely Mrs. Stanton was alive, and' did the honors of the table; and a fair, fragile daughter, just blossoming into womanhood, was the pride of the house.? Fifteen years ago Squire Stanton was nit a miser. Fifteen years ??they seemed short years, as he looked back through them that stormy evening, sitting there alone in tho iwingiu omitting his wino. But Mrs. Stanton \y:ih dead now, and the fair-haired daughter had pone forth from beneath her father's roof with a curse resting upon her; for slio had chosen a home of poverty with tho man she loved, rather than case and luxury elsewhere. Squire Stanton had disinherited his daughter, and it was said she had died of a broken heart ; for, like many another, she hod loved too blindly, uot wisely, but too well. " Well, she i? dead !" So muttered Squife St niton, and then followed, " What is Thanksgiviug for me?" be took another sup of wine, drew bis chair no:ircr the fire, and gazed into tho bright blaze. Rap, rap, rap. " Who can it be ?" liap, rap, rap." " 'Tis a little 'rill, sir, a little girl," said the old housekeeper. " I'm so cold," said the child, " may 1 warm by your lire ?" The old man looked at'her tangled golden hair framing a pinched, white face?pinched with oarennd poverty, with hunger stud cold ; little blue hands, such little, wan, taper hand*, and such threadbare garments. The old man's heart softened. Once ho had a little daughter ; but she was dead, dead now ! " \V hero are you going, my little girl ?" " To him?mother always talked about him. Father and mother arc dead, where else should I go " And who do you call him, my dear ?" " She said 1 must call him grandpa?and told mo I must give him this; it is her likeness." The old man lo>k tho picture?a dimness came before his eyes?tears in miser St.inton's eyes! " Come to me, child!" he smoothed the tingled golden hair from the white forehead, and laid tlie dMniwidi'ia linln unnr. ; - - " ? breast and clasped his strong arms about her. " 1 am your grandfather, child," he said softly, " may our Father in Heaven forgive me !" And this was Squire Pt niton's Thanksgiving. And if Margaret Stanton, from her spirit home cculd look down, she rejoiced that peace for the weary had come at last. Mow to FouETi'.i.r. Wbatmigr.?In a manual of the b irometer, compiled by Hear Admiral l-'it/.roy, and just published by the board of trade, the following useful observations occur: " Whether clear or cloudy, a rosy sky at sunset presages fine weather; a red sky in the morning bad weather, or much ........ [ . . m - |/? l.liu J a m?l) 1,1 HUM IIing, fair weather; a high dawn, wind ; a low dawn, fair weather. Soft looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes ; hard edged, oily looking clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy, blue sky is windy ; but a light, bright blue sky indicates fine weather. (generally, the soft clouds took the less wind, but, perhaps, more rain, may be expected; and the harder, more "greasy," rolled, tufted or ragged, the stronger tho coining wind will prove. Also, a bright yellow sky at sunset, presages wind ; a pale yellow, wet; and thus, by the prevalence of red, yellow, or gray tints, the coming weath i.- e. ? i i' i ' ' ? i i iiiu^ uc lureium very neuny; inucca, 11 aided by .instruments, almost exactly. Small inky-lookin g cloud i foretell rain ; light scud clouds driving across heavy masses show wind and rainj but, if alone, may indicate wind only. High upper clouds crossing the sun, moon, or stars, in a direction different from that of the lower clouds, or the wind then felt below, foretell a change of wind. When sea-birds fly out early, and far to seaward, moderate wind and fair weather may be expected; when they hung about tho land, or over it, sometimes flying it. la nil, expect U strong wind with stormy weather. There are other signs of a coming change in tho weather known less generally ...... K/v V.1- 1 ?? - XII .II may }l\} ursiriiuiu, itl.U UlCrUIOrC, WOrUl notice; such as when birds of long flight, rooks, nwallows, or others, hang about home, and fly up and down, or low?rain or wind may be expectcd. Also, when animals seek sheltered places', instead of spreading over their usual range; when pigs carry straw to theirstys; when smoke from chimneys docs not ascend readily (or straight upward during a calm,) an unfavorablo change is probable. Dew is an indication of fino weather; so is fog. Nn'thcr of. these two formations occur under an )Yoroast sky, or when there is much i\..? <v : ii- ?11?-i n imi. \/uv ores iu^ uuvnniuimiijr iuhuu uwi'.j, hh it wero, by wind, but seldom or novor formed while it is blowing. A noY got bis grandfather's gun and loaded it, but was afraid to fire it off; ho, however, liked the fun of loading, vand so put in another load, but still wus afraid to fire. He kept on loading, without firing, until ho got six chargos in the yiccc. Ilis grandmother, learning his temerity, snr-tly reproved and, grasping the old continental, discharged it. The recoil was tremendous?throwing a!-- ..I J 1 1-. i t * <1 .t niu old luuy on ner duck. one promptly struggled to regain her feet, when tho boy oriod out: " Lay still, granny?there arc five more ohargos to go off I" As the same sunlight tints tho flower and colors llio rook?as it alternately sparkles in tho dewdrop and shines in broad oecan?so tho true religious spirit is present in tho humblest bargain, tho smallest act, and tho lowest word'of kindness, as much as in the grand songs of Hebrew bards And tho profound toacliirgs r St. Paul, tho Apostlo, those ancient hcruiunds of Christian thought. Thk (lerman population in this country is estimated at 7,600,000. ' j ttk . . . l w Lj. L u, i i, j i r -f "r 'j!> Leap Year. II Y NKU JACKSON. What ft pest isloapyear, When iraids a wooing go, Searching alter husbands To euro their fauolod woo ; ,Striving to oniinn in?n With arts so sueming true Tin*I many uro thus captured, 15ut I wouldn't bo, would ycu ? I And since thin year bognn | Its present happy reign, Many lovesick maidens Have tried Neil's hnnd to gain, But. they soon the tank gn*o o'er. They found it would not do l'or them lo do tho courting; | 1 can't bo cuught; call you ? First there came Mis's Fnxton, Whom many sought to win; | For she had a store house Filled with shining tin; lint willi all her treasures 1 could not love her true, And so I (lid not marry, Gold I wouldn't wed, would you? Next came an nnoient maiden, /cm. - ^onc whs iitpi* sjxiy-unec,; Bin; look a won Irou.-t liking To sue' n youth as mo ; Whvn Dully i refused her, She Iiirne< 1 fairly" blue. She wim o'ercomc wilh anger j Hul, 1 didn't care, would you? One. a fairy Creole From a nunny clime. Strove with earnest pleading To change her name for mine, And though idic was so winning, Had youth and beauty too, I did not take n fancy. For I could not; could you? Thore's Srtllv. and (lerusha, Amanda, l'olly?Ann, Fanny, Kate, and Lucy, F.ath longing tor a man, Willi F.ntelinc. and Holsy, Sweet Anna .lane and Sup, All ntVol'Oil Mil* tlmil* loi'tnuaa Which 1 wouldn't fake ; would you 1? but there is a fair one. Oentlo, lues.-k. noil kinil, I chanced to discover Was soiled to my mind ; And when I '-popped the tjucslion," She promised to he true; Her I soon shall marry. For 1 would; wouldn't jc?u? The Indian SummerThis henutiful, almost fairv season, is nigh at hand, li sometimesoccurs in October,though wo believe it is n il regarded as genuine aud or thodox, it' it appear before November. For ourselves, we are glad to see it at any time. Why called Indian Summer? you ask. The only reason we ever heard of, was, that during tli'c period the Indians are accustomed to gather their stores of corn aud rice and nuts for the Winter. M;\ Merriam. and everybody cl^c who owns ] a ineriuonuster, lin* unserved that from the end of August tn tlie oml of September, thore is a gradual ami constant. diminution of heat : but tliat, about t he-middle of October. a change occurs, ami fir two week* or mora, there is with slight exceptions. an increase of daily lieat.? TIiih is not peculiar to our continent. In northern Kuropo ami Asia, there is a period known as '"the second Summer," the " afterlicul," setting in just before the beginning of Winter. I'm,( iu America, this period is marked by one feature almost unknown elsewhere. We refer to the brilliant change* of the foliago of the trees, it wouM seerii as if Nature were trying to conceal the (loony which is stealing upon her. by the increased gorgeous hour of her apparel, | and the Spring-like yonthfulness of hor voice and air. lint lot us not slander her. This change in the hues of vegetation i?< in- j deed perceptible somewhat in September. It begins, in a small way. before frost; but the most sudden and brilliant colorings arc produced by icv Jack. Sometime-, lie does his work at odd .pells throughout October end the first part of November; sometimes he does the most of it in a single night. An 1 what a grand exhibition ho makes! At his touch, the oak turns a rich brown, or reddish purple; the birch and larch nro yellow ; the tulip-tree a rich lemon color; the pepcridge fiery scarlet: the maples nearly every tint from green to g"ld and orini- I son, and scarlet and pink : (Go evergreens retain their original green and set olf the other I lines in fine contrast. One gets a line di.sphty, if he can command the views of a range of wooded hills ascending ! by gentle slopes ; lie then sees the tops of the trees, in all colors, and fading otf into the distance. And the eflect is still further heightened if the sun is declining behind the* hills. The oblique ru>s g.uneing through the many tinted leaves, give tliem incrousod brilliancy, and suggest ?t times the idea of a forest aglow with lire. Then again, this brilliancy is often subdued by a ha/.o of blue vapor and smoke. Attempts have been made to represent the phases of Indian Summer on canvass, but as yet with only partial success; no coloring, and no verbal description can place it before tlio ni'fta Amo wI\a l??a ~1-1 *. ?- A 5 ?? * I V? w,.v> ?'.? / if. n 11' 11 II. \T (Mil mills t<> the ohurm of this season, tho temperature of tlio nil' becomes milder th^n it had boon for several weeks : on some days, it is balmy nnd still and voluptuously soft, beyond anything in the Hweetost day of June. Theso .aro tho days fir enjoyment, perhaps beyond any days of the round year. As to a scientific explanation of those various phenomena, we do not pruposo now to attempt it, hut will refer our readers to our remarks on the subject hint year. [ /Ititer i can Ayriculluvist. A Japanssr Damski. Dkxcriueo.?A face of classical beauty, according to Japanese notions, combined with groat modesty of expression, black hair, turned up and ornamented with long gold pins and rtrarlot crape flowers, an oxWer robe of tho most costly silk, embroidered (n gold, and confined at tho waist by a scarf upon which the highest female art had been expended in ornament, and tied in a large bow behind, tho ends flowing over a long train formed by seven o) oight silk petticoats, each longer and richer than tho other. A sailor mav nrv nn | further into tho mysteries of female finery.? j She must bo accomplished in music, embroidery, | singing, and. above all. in skilfully improvising verses for the delectation of her future lord.? | Duty a bundle of key. weekly accounts, and good housewifery aro ?H very woll. They are expected?tho Japanese fjontleman requires nil that; but he wishes?nay, insidta upon the mnrfingo-yoke being etitvrinod with roses, and padded vrith the softest silk?it must not chafe; if itdoo*, ofT he goes to his club, or, what is nearly ns ' bad, his leti-house. The Inw allows him to do an, and is he not lord of the land? Tho con! sequence is, that Japanese ladies aro very accomplished, very beautiful, and bear high charI actor in all that con&titntos charming women; i and their admirers, touched with their many attractions, doclare. in Kastorn metaphor, that i I for such love ns thoira tho world wore indeed well lost. _ It is feared that Gorrit Smith is going insane again, boopuse ho has divided $200,000 umong flvo of hi* relatives}. The relative, we guess, wouid call him rational. Tur.y aro best situated for happiness trho aro neither too high nor too low?high enough to cultivate good mannors, and obscure enough to i be loft in tho nweotest of solitudes. Tilt most fascinating women nro those that onn iBost enrich the o?ery-dav moment# of. wIifttcoeo. In a particular and Attaching fb.rj*e thby are All tbofj that Own partake our pleasure* (inifpur paiiiH in tho liveliest and most davotod manner. Beauty is little without this: With it, she is, indeed, triumphant. Whkn does the farmor act with grent rudeneiw toward hi? com ? When ho pulls its eara. "Tar on dk Heel/'*?A gentleman recently visited u plantation near Memphis, Tennessee, and at uight, when the darkey's work was done, they assembled to pitch coppers.? Th? cents gradually disappeared in a vcr^r iiijrotuuuiio iiiiiunv i. i uu uiusi u^uiuua bvjuiuu revealed no clue to them. The Btock of coppers had dwindled fourfully, when light seemed . to break upon one of the darkies and he yelled : I " Dar's n nigger got tar on his heel 1" Great > confusion followed the announcement, and the ' darkeys commenced seating each other violent-1 ly upon the ground. At one time twenty j darkeys were seated on the ground, whilo 1 twenty more had their legs in the air, looking at their heels. The miscreant was at last found. The black wretch who sought to bring a time honored and healthful game into disro- j putc, was finally discovered. An old negro, ' who was too lame to indulge in games, and ' who had beforo been Hike Gen. J. Ctesar's wife") "above susnicion." had onverod his tiAfda with tar. Under pretence of seeing fair play, | this elderly colored person had made himself i very conspicuous among the pitchers, volunteering his Horvieo ns judge on nil disputed points, and all the while; the ply old eoon was treading on tho copper*. They stuck, of course and when his tarry hoels were turned j up they revealed " a right smart chance " of cents. Marriack is the labyrinth that separates I romance from reason. Fiction holds the key, ! and once admitted, la\^ srtid death alone can release you from your constant companion, I discontent. I , Bia:i??UT OF the Commissioners of Public Buildings 1 for Pickens District, to the Presiding i Judge of tho Court of Common Pleas, at Fall Term, 1800. Said Board through their Treasurer have received and are chargeable with 1851). October 4?'Amount on hand at last lieport, , $ 7 68 Nov. 23?Major's line paid by Clerk, 75 00 Doc. 10?Cash in part of Judgment vs. M. A. Perry and L. A. Kdgo, 27 83 1800, April 1-1?Cash of C. F. Scuba rent of Masonic Hall to 1st- Jan. last, 00 00 April 16?Cash of Clerk, Samuel Oglesby's Fine and interest, 400 3S June 18?Cash of J. \V\ L. Carey in part for Tax assessed, 100 00 ; June 20?Cash of J. N. Tjuvrence for his Note, 10 <1.3 Sept.. l.'{?Cash of J. W. L. Carey in part lor Tax assessed, 100 00 Oc t. ?Cash of .J. \V. I j. Carry in full of Tax assessed 75 9o Total receipts #^72 12 And through the same incdiuii' have paid out | 1S."?1>. | Nov. 7?Cash to Mrs Capohart part of J. O. 11 amnion's account 5 2 25 Nov. ,2'{?Cash to M. V. Mitchell, apt. Six Milo Company, for Smokehouse, at jail, 100 00 Nov. 24?Cash to .7. M. ; llunnioutt for Cases in I niAlli.?,, s\ r\/\ I vivi r* n uuiW) ?\J *J\J Doc. 10?Cash to Tronsurer, commission on $102. 83, i iccivod at 2i per ccnt., 2 37 Doc. 10?Cash to Treasurer, commission on .? 122. 25, p lid out at 2 J por cent., 3 05 1800 Jan. 10?Cash to J. (). j i I am mot t b.il. account for work at .1 nil, 11 75 April 1 1?Cash to N iilor, J Smith & Co. for 12 pnir IMankets, and interest, 45 00 .June 0?Cash to W. 11. Ilovcy, part 'or Safe for Sheriifsoflicc, 28 00 June 1)?('ash to Z. \V. (irocn, account for l'itcher, Look, Sic., 1 40 | Juno 9?Cash toll Hughes for 32 lights, glazing, i\:c., in Court House, 3 20 .Juno 18?Cash to W. IT. I IovDy balance tor Safe, 9 25 Juno li>?Oasli to T. 15. Henson, m;rv., account for Hugging, itc., 10 00 Tunc 20?Cash to J. N. Lawrence account for Merchandize, 11 19 Juno 20?Cash to J. Jf. Lawrence, account for ll.r)0 liriclv, 6 70 July 10?Cash to J. Zaoliary, Pointing, Lime, llriok, (fee., 21 05 July 20?ChhIi to J. W. Parson? for Table, Cover am) Andirons for Ordinary, 3 50 July 9?Cash to J. G. C. Kruso for painting, &,c., in Clerk's office, 2 00 .T,ilv 0 r n n Kruse for painting, &c., in Sheriff's offico, 2 50 July 0?Cash to J. G. C. Kruso for pointing, &c., in Ordinary'* offico, 5 00 Got. 10?Cosh to Treasurer, 2 per cent, coiuinixsion on S7til.76received, 15 28 Oct. 10?Cash to Treasurer, 2 per cont. communion ou $173.50 paid out, 8 47 8818 07 8872 12 ' B:?h\noo on h$nd, 555 05 Wc na.ses.sod five (5) per cent, on the Htafo *ax wnion produced the nott sunt of Two I Hundred j\M<i Sevonty fivo dollars and ninety ! throe cents, ($275.03), all of which hod been Siaid to our Treasurer as appears from tho orcgoing Htato'.ncnt of rooeipts and disburso| ments. We havo under contract and nearly ! completed a Wojl on tho publio square, and | contemplate ranking some further improvements on the Square so soon as we can Hi upon n plan. Wo built during tho past year a very substantial Smokehouse nt the .Jail, which waa ypry much needed. Wo havo also added something to the heretofore scanty Furniture of our publio offices, besides making some small repairs About the Oourt House and Jail. And a sill reported by the last Grand Jury ns rotten, wo have repaired in a substantial miirtner. Itcspcdffally stibrfiittcd. . ' , M. F. MITCHELL, Chairman. * Jo ski* 11 S. Wohtom, Sco. & 'Troas, nr - ' -i?, . r. ; vhttj| , f i;\ECUTIV12 DKPAIITMEXT. COLUMBIA. S. C.. Octohkr 12. 1800. Ity in* Excellency, WILLIAM II. GIST, Governor and Commander-in- Chitf in and otter the Stale of South Carolina. iriTiIUlljA8 Electors of President and VI'kvV T 1'rcHidcnt of llie United Slates Are Appointed bjr the Uuncral Auaombly of South Carolina; i..l i.U.nnn. n.. A,.* iM 10 lO . Iiv? niivuito uu avh vi vv???i vm, jiufscvi in 1010, fixed tho time when these Electors shall bo appointed on u day when (lie Legislature of litis Statu is not in regular session. In cotisecpicueo thereof. I, WILIiIAM li. GIST, in tlio oxci'cise of tlio authority conferred by the Constitution to oonveno the Legislature on extraordinary occasions, do issue this my proclamation, culling upon those Senators of the Ueneritl Assembly whose terms of oftioc have not expired, And tliose who httvu been now roocntly elected, and tlio moinbers of the llouso of Ileprcsentativvs who have been now recently elected, to conronc at Columbia on the FIKST MONDAY in N'OVKMpKK NttXT, that they may be present, on tho Tuesday following, to appoint Electors of President and VicePresident, in conformity to the Act of Congress above referred to; nnd also that they may, if advisable. take action for the safety and protection of tho State. Given under my hand and the seal of tho Slate, nl Columbia, on the twelfth day of October, in the year of oar Lord one thousand right hundred and sixty. WILLIAM II. GIST. Is * ao II. Mk\xs, Scoreta.y of Slate. Each paper in the State will copy throo times. Oct I :t, I'JtiO CIHP.LI SIo\ AND KJVUIIPOOL SAILING PACKETS. ?a? IIT5GULAI1 rj^lIIO UXPKllSKJKKD bog to announce tlint 1_ they have made arrangements for a lino of SAIIjI N(J l'ACKKTS between the above points, by which every facility in regularity ami speed will lie given to Shippers. FBASDR, T It 1? ft II 01*111 Ac CO., 10 aoironn I'i.ack, i.ivkiicooi., Will at any time receive (Joods intended for shipment by this line, and forward the same by the first succeeding Packet, and will be always prepared to give any information that may bo desired. Arrangements for Freight or Passage may also be made in Charleston, bv application to 10(1 X Fit ASKIt & CO.. Central Wharf. The undermentioned first class mid fast sailing Charleston Ships have been already placed Upon the lino, and others will ho added as soon as required From .Sailing days of llio sliipsof this Line: From Liverpool. Names. Charleston. June <">, *Snsan <i Owens, Norton, master, Aug. 10 Juno 1">. *Kll'/.n lionsall. Mieliael, master, Aug. SI Juno *Goiidnr, l.ebby, master, Sept. 20 July 15, Kniily St. Pierre, Tossior. mnstei, Oct. 10 Aug. 1"). John Fraser, Herbert, master, Oct. 30 *Thoso llireo dates are made to approximate for the convenience, of Importers for ibe Full Trade. Future arrangements will be duly advertised. May 0, lS?ill 11 nily Notico. VLL persons having demands again t the estate of Uichard Hurdine, deceased, must render tliein to me, legally attested; and those indebted to said estato are required to make payment ut an early.day. JOHN nUllDIN'R, Adin'r. Oct. I 1HUO 12 ft Notico IS hereby given that application will be ninde. to ilie Commissioners of Kouds al their next meet inn. i open ft road trom (lie liridge to be built near Sloan's Ferry, to tin} Wullialla Koad. neartho cloven mile post, and also (o connect the same wiili I lie Oconeo Si hi ion lloid. Octoliprl, 18?0 12 t?l Notico. i IM'LICATION will be made to (lie next LejriulnIX lure for 11 Charier lo oxtcrd lite " Keowoo hnil TuoknHcg0 Turnpike Koad," t'i 0111 Tunnel Hill to Wullialla. August 1"?, 18l?0 8 . 8m Notice. 4 PP Life AT ION will lie nmilc tf? 1 lie LegisJ. V. lature nt its nest Scsjtfcin for n charter for u Turnpike Howl ; said rnn?l to commence nt llinklc's Mills, in Pickens District, nml internect with i? Turnpike nt the North Carolina line, on Hock Creek. TIia said road to ho known as the Cane Creek unci French Broad Turnpike, August 22. IRGO .Ini TIIK. STATE OF SOUTU OAilOLINA, IX (11(01 N.MlY ? nUKKXt . It. A. Thompson, o.B.r.u, A.liu'r, . p6t?lon f(), Mint lift J. Mdlev, et. nl. . j l>,u,i,io?IT appearing to my mUlBfnctlon (lint Martha J. i Millornnd Laura K. Miller, defendant* in thin case. reside without Iliu limits of this Slatn: It in ordered, thereforo,' that tlio mud absent parties do appear in tins Co nil of Ordinary, to bo held at l'ickcns ('. II, on Monday the Itltli day of December next, and object lo (ho partition or sale of tiio Ileal n~i?i i %?m ? - ..o....vui iiuuiti ii. .Miner, uevenHcu, or I licit* consent lo the aunie will bo entered of record. w. r. HOLCOMRU, o.p.o Ordinary'* Office. Sept. 9. 18tK> 8m Law Notice. 'IMIR uiuleraigned buvo formed u partnership in 1 tlie pr.-iciicc of T.nw nnd Equity for Pickena District. Mr. Hai>(>kn may be consulted nt liis oilicc i*? Pickens nnd Mr. Onn nt Andcmm. james i., or.is, W. M. IIADDKN. Piokens C. K.. May 1ft. 18oS> 42~tf Blacksmithirig. A TUB (JN DKHSIGNED in now prepared ?k x^)to do work in lii? lino, at xliort notioe. V ithd in n workmanlike mitnnor. lie can always be found nt liir* Shop. Term* modcrnto. 11A III SON IIAYNES. Oct. IS. 12 tf GREENVILLE MARIiLK YARD. rpllK *ub*oribor bus mi bnnd nnd in constant I ly receiving a large and varied n**ortment or American and Italian Marblo. To which he would call the attention of thoitoir* want of a Hiiitatile Monument to mark tho spot, whttro repose the remuinn of their deportee! relntiven nnd friend*. Carving and lettering off all kindu neatly mid promptly executed. ggyPiirticulnr attention paid to order* hv mail JAMK8 M. AM/fcN. Greenville 0. IF., S, C.t Veb 22 J Sl-tf N. D. lie rofera to T> 0 Wont field; Oower,Cl>*, Markly A> Co., Dr. M 11 iRnr?e, W H Wnt??lt? Esq., Col D lloko, R MoKny. !' <|. J. W. xonnis, Jll. J. W. 1?A?IR|*0* 7.. C. fUM.IAM. NOIiruiy ilAlUtTsON & 37(TLLIAIM> Alt?ni<tyii at Lhw, AND SOLICITOUS IN EQUITY, WILL attend prtmpUy to ?1I hinrincf* entrusted to their c?re. Mn. Tum.iam can uU-dvh i.? fouiul in the Office. OKKICK AT I'lOKBNS Oi II., 9. C. Sept. Or lfiftft 9 tf W. K. KAHI.KT. ISA AO WICKMKK*. EASLEY & WICKLIFFE, AUoracys at \f XfUJt attoml punctually to nil hupfnc?s rnV V tmstfr to their earn In the Diatrlota comprising I. f Western Circuit. OFFICE AT PICKENS C. If., 8. CV 8opt, 2ft. )R55 1* ... ' tf THE STATK OP SOUTH CAICQLINT, rtCKRNS DI?TRCT. NOTICE U hereby Riven that from end after three months from this date, I will transact buaiuona generally in my own namo* as I intontl at that time Availing myhftlf of tha provision# of the law ranking "femes frtt dealers. RUOI>A MAULMSt* Wife of MncUon Mnu1tlinofthorila<,e afor?*aWL Aug. 0, 1MW 1 2 3m*