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^ - jno. i. mhlek& co., Proprietor.. J An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. J lewis k. geist, Pobiuter. VOL. 3. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1857. 3STO. 37. Original Jjfltfrg. j For the Vorkville Enquirer. ] MINNEHAHA. 1 A HIAWATHIAN-MYTH. < Dedicated to her who will best understand it.* BY OREYCOWLE. 'Mid the garden of my fancy. 1 'Mid its flowers, 'mid its fairies, ' 'Mid the wild creations springing , * From the brain of the mad poet,? < 'Mid the realms of false Oneiros, 'Mid the realms of golden phantoms, t 'Mid the gorgeous worlds of dreaming, ( 'Mid the dreamer's crimson sunsets, 1 >\rKnao an/1 nitride 'Mid their palaces and turrets E Blazing in their aurean fulgence, j 'Mid their panoramic wonders, t 'Mid the cloud-land of my slumbers, t Saw I thus a glorious vision : t In a forest deep and shady C 'Neath the leafy oaks of ages, j And the pines so dark and gloomy, I And the hemlock trees so gloomy, j Hung with moss, their tresses hoary,? ^ In a cool umbrageous valley, t In a fresh and sylvan valley, j In a fair and verdant valley, ^ Ran a stream of clearest crystal, r Ran a stream of purest silver, ^ Ran a stream all bright aud limpid, ? Till it lost itself in winding Through the oaks and pine-trees sombre. j. Into it adown the valley ^ Fell a cascade wild, fantastic, Dashing, leaping, lisping, laughing, As it glided bounding over ^ Both the rocks and little pebbles Of the stream that bore its waters 'Mid the leafy oaks and pine trees, .1- - A?I. 1 A./). J VI lue utii& auu cuauj iuiwv.? As it fell, a mist arising, J In the golden sunbeams rising, Shone with splendour-tints, prismatic, Making there a bow?a raiu-bow, ^ While the silvery spray-clouds floating Down the stream amid the forest, y Took the form and semblance graceful Of a bright and lovely maiden,? Of a "rareaud radiant maiden," Of a water-nymph or spirit,? In her beauty all transcending. In her light etherial beauty, E'n the angels fair of heaven.? Rising from the crystal streamlet, Like a naiad of the streamlet, ^ j Robed in white, and pure and holy, u Stept she on the earth of emerald, On the grass, the verdurous velvet: And beneath her feet, up-springing * Bloomed flowers fragrant, beauteous? T Violets and golden crocus, F Roses blushing in their dew-tears, t Meek anemones and privets, t Lilies, hyacinths, and daisies, ? F Decking earth as 'twere a garden, Shedding perfume rich and grateful, r Loading zephyrs with their odours. S Thus she passed and earth was bless'd, . I Where she trod and where she lingered, f Where this water-spirit lingered, p nuere iui? .nucu-au^i nu^civu.? . g And they called her, Minnehaha, Named her from the fall? and streamlet Minnehaha, laughing-water, Minnehaha, "rare aud radiaut," Born of mist, and sent by Heaven, Sent by Heaven as a blessing Unto all to praise and cherish, Unto me to love and?worship! Thus my vision, thus my fancy. Thus I tell and thus I write it, Write this bright and wondrous vision? Write this glorious, golden vision,? Of my life the star and beacon ! Of my life the key nud secret! Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 1857. In December 1855, while spending my schoolvacation in the old, revolutionary town ofS y, N. C., I there fuund all the "ladyes fnyre" in a perfect furore regarding the then-recent production ?Hiawatha,?which had been published some time in the fall. Before my arrival, the book had M been received, read and re read; and in their play- n fulness, one day, from the similarity of the name of a certain one of their number?Miss Minnie ?they had given her the appellation of Minnehaha, j This suggested to my muse to take advantage of j t) the poet, and perpetrate a pendant?if I may so J j. term it?to that portion of Hiuwut' a relating to j Minnehaha and it was accordingly commenced ; ' early in 1850. A year glided by, however, and h found it still in an embryo state?put away in my | ( port-folio and half-forgotten. In the spring of j 18o7, 1 agnin met ttie sunjec: oi u, ana luaaver- tently mentioned what I had proposed and partly J f: commenced : whereupon she immediately request- j t) ed me to finish if, which after some months 1 have ! , done. However unworthy of the public eye. it j may t>e, I care not; I have striven to please my- j (. self alone, and shall, perhaps, offend the ladv? g yet if so unfortunate, 1 hope that 1 have her for- , , giveness. I Ijislorical Shctcjr. 1 " From the Marion (Ala.) American. ! THE PALMETTO REGIMENT,!* I 0 BY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED. j a ?... i'J In June 1846, a requisition was made up- j on South Carolina, for a regiment of vulun- i a teers for twelve months service. They were j not called for immediate service, but order- j, ed to bold theinselvesin readiness, and await g the exigencies ol the war. The services was , j not only not immediate, but it was also con- j t tingent; and few supposed that the regiment j f would actually see service. The call there fore created little exciteuieut among the mil- j ^ itary spirits of the State. It was formally j t] responded to, by ten of the numerous militia j M volunteer companies of the State. In November following, when the campaign 11! of Scott was projected agaiust the city of 1< Mexico, a new requisition was made upon ! u the State, for a different service. The term j o of the first service was for twelve months, j t the term of the second service, was indefinite j tl in time, and "for the war." How long it j a might coutinue, no man could conjecture.? v This was a severe action upon tfie patriotism a iiid chivalry of the State. However eager ler people might be to perfor n their part io ;he dangers of the war, yet none of them :ould endure with patience the probability of leing inveigled into a service under a call vhich might convert them into soldiers of he regular army. It was a hard service and an unreasonable lemand upon such people, aud I cannot think if it without indignation. A husband could iot offer his services, without probably avir,ual divorce from his wife, a father without l long, and weary separation from his chiliren, or a lover without the painful appre lension that he would returD, if ever, not to he arms of his adored, but to find her a wedled mother, the wife of some cowardly felow, who stayed at home, and stole a hero's jride. Though not myself distressed by any inch circumstances, yet I had powerful rea10ns to revolt at the service demanded. I vas then IS years of age, and a student in he South Carolina College, of the Sophonore class. I had still more than two years >f my cellegiate course unfinished. To fight l dozen battles, if need be, in six or twelve nonths, and then returning, honored it livng, or mourned if dead, would have been a velcome and pleasing service ; but to be nade a machine, a garrison soldier, with no aurels to win, and to wear out five or ten rears of my life, including the best days of ny youth, in a weary and unprofitable ser-iec. was a nersnectivc to which death would lave been a relief. Such were the peculiar hardships of the erms upon which the Palmetto Regiment ras called into service. Justice to that Regiment requires that the country should :now the extremeness and harshness of the erras imposed upon them. Rut to refuse ny terms, would have exposed the State to idicule and imputations, and her gallant roung men promptly answered the call. The first regiment of June was disbanded ,nd a new one offeied. The second Reginent was infinitely superior to the first, in all he qualities and elements of the soldier.? rhe first was composed of militia volunteer ompanies in the aggregate. The second ras composed of individual volunteers. It ras fortunate for the honor of the State, that he substitution was made. Notwithstanding the hard and chilling erms of the service, there was enthusiasm n the eager rush to arms. The call was not nly fully and promptly met, but the contest jus, who should have the privilege of going, ixpress riders dashed in day and night, un!er whip and spur, to the Governor, bearing he offer of companies for the regiment.? Jartial music resounded throughout the >tate, and the tramp of marching soldiers ras heard on every highway. The ten companies which made up the complement of he Regiment, were received in a week after he call was made, aud a supernumerary com?any was rejected. As soon as the call was made, 1 became estless in my college seclusion. I was contitutionally a soldier, aud had an irrepressi>le longing to mingle in the smoke and coolict of battle. In the romance of my boylood, I was on the point of going to Circasia to 6ght against the Russiuns. And now hat my own country was at war, and my naive State was called to prove her chivalry, ! could not allow others to go and leave me ,t home. I threw down my books, and ofered myself as one of the Palmettoes. I lid this without the knowledge or consent of ny guardian, and against the tearful reraontrances of my friends who looked upon me s doomed to die. Twoof my college friends laywood Trezevant and Terry Butler, folowcd my example, and both of them fell in he service of the State. They were both uere boys like myself, both brave and talentd, and both of them fell in the line of duty. walked over the dead body of Trezevaut t Chapultepec, and Butler died of the yel:>w fever. Early in December, the Palmetto Regijent rendezvoused at Charleston, where they rere mustered into the service. The Regiient was composed of the following compaies, under the following Captai s: Company A., from Sumter District, Captin Frank Sumter, and 79 men. Company 5., from Chester District, Captain R. (r. M. : )unovant, and 92 men. Company C., from Cershaw, Captain Moffatt, and 83 men.? Company D., from Edgefield, Captain Preson S. IJrooks, and 91 men. Company K., rom Abbeville, Captain J. F. Marshall, and 1 men. Company F., from Charleston, 'aptaiu Blanding, and 96 men. Company : i., from Fairfield, Captain Kennedy, aud ; 8 men. Company H., from Richland, 'aptain Dcssaussure, 88 men. Company I., roui Lancaster, Captain Secrest, and 77 men. Company K., from Barnwell, Captain X. T. Valker, and 88 men. These ten Companies made up a full regiueot, aud the Company from Newberry, uner Captain James II. Williams, was rejectd. This Company, however, persisted, and aade a special application to the Secretary f War, which was successful, and it "was dded tu the Regiment a few weeks later.? 'he eleventh Company then, was Company i., from Newberry,Captain J. H. Williams, nd 92 men. The numerical strength of the Regiment, Deluding Captains, Field Officers, Medical staff, aud Musicians, was about 1000 men. tegimeuts generally, do not contain more han 700 men. The Coinpauies were very all, and the Regiment unusually large. It was composed of the best material in he State. A majority of the men were less han 80 years of age, and many of them rere less thau 20. The Company to which belonged, Company E., was remarkable for he youthfulness of its members. They i joked like beardless school-boys, whose ; jothers probably, did not know "they were i ut." Fifteen or twenty of us were less < han 20 years of age. It was by vast odds ( he most youthful regiment of men in the rmy. One boy of about 1G, offered his ser- ' ices, and he was rejected, on account of his ; ge. He cried from his disappointment and i begged the officers to receive hiin. Being pleased with his Spirit, they waived the rule, and accepted him. He fought like a hero, and lost one arm at theGarita Belen. I saw him when a cannon ball took off his arm.? Somebody asked him if he was hurt, and he replied with the utmost indifference, that he had received a "little scratch." Poor boy ! He was afterwards fast rising to distinction, when his body and his hopes were buried together in a premature grave. This little incident will give an idea of the youthful ardor and character of the Palmettoes.? Young men of wealth, of genius, of education, and of distinguished family, composed a great part of the rank and file of the Regiment. They knew and they appreciated the responsibilities of their position, the character of the State whose honor was in their keeping, the high and confident anticipations with which their State looked to the day, when they should be baptized in the fire and blood of battle. Such was the character of the men, and brave men never were led to battle bv bra ver officers. AmoDgthe Captains was Frank Sumter, the grandson of the patriot soldier of the revolution, and the compeer of Marion, who won the soubriquet in history of "the game cock of the South." All the dictionaries in the language could not give Sumter the faintest conception of what fear means. And then there was Preston S. Brooks, whose courage was equal to any crisis. And there was the gallant young Desaussure, who was wounded three times at Churubusco, by a reckless exposure of his person, as an example to his men. And there was Dunovant, always ready for the fray, and the foremost in it, and Walkerand Williams, both as gallant and true men as drew a sword in the war. Such were the Captains, and rising higher in rank, was the Iteroic Col. Pierce M. Butlqj, the intrepid Lt. Col. Dickinson, and the undaunted Major Gladden. No regiment in the army had three such field officers. In the staff, was Adjutant James Cantey, the model gentleman, and fearless soldier, and Sergeant Major Sebastian Sumter, a young "game cock of the South," worthy of his great ancestor. Cyj\\' If CV1 4 4?l 4-.UAAI ItiH Aiv-v 41 A W XiVV 4V ^imiuwijuua ^umuiy DIGNITY OF MECHANIC ARTS. If the dignity of things may be measured by their importance to mankind, there is nothing, perhaps, which can rank above the mechanic arts. In fact, they may be called the lever, the fulcrum, and the power which move the world. They do not want the "icherron to stand" of Archimedes; they have a sufficient foundation iu themselves. What gives to civilized nations their superiority over the savage ? It is chiefly mechanic arts. By them the beautiful and convenient mansion is substituted for the rude and uncomfortable wigwam; and 'scarlet and fine twined linen" supply the wardrobe in place of the skins of wild animals. They are the foundation of nearly all the improvements and the comforts of life; and further, we may say, of the glory and the grandeur of the world. By them the farmer ploughs the land, and by them the mariner ploughs the ocean ; by them the monarch is adorned with his crown, and by them the peasant is clad in comfortable garments; by them the triumphal arch is raised to the hero, and by them the temple ascends to Deity; by them the wealthy roll in chariots and loll on couches; by them the sword is polished and the axe is tempered; by them the table is spread, the bed is decked, and the parlor is furnished. To thera the poet owes the perpetuation of his fame, aud the warrior the evergreen of his laurels; by them Homer sings aud Caesar triumphs in all ages. Through them we are instructed by the wisdom of Plato, and charmed by the eloquence of Cicero; through them we admire the justice of Aristidcs and the heroism of Leonidas. And much of this is owing to two single arts?that of printine and the manufacture of paper. By the former, learning has been rescued from the gloom of the dark ages; but without the hitter the benefits of printing would be cirouniscribed to very narrow bounds. It is by no means of the press chiefly that so much of Christendom owes its escape from the thraldom of superstition ; aud it is to the same means that we Americans owe our free and enlightened institutions. To these means, which originated in a few rude types carved on a block of wood, is owing the present wonderful diffusion of knowledge, which distinguishes this from all former ages. But whether a book be printed on paper and sold for a single dollar, or laboriously written on parchment and sold for a thousand, it is still to the mechanic art that the world is and has been indebted for the transmission and diffusion of light, through the means of books, whether the rays of that light shiue upon few persons or many. But in speaking of the dignity of mechanic arts, we would not confine them to the mere hand that executes, without thinking of the head that plans; for without the latter but little more credit would be due to the person who exercises these arts than to the automatou Turk who mechanically as ? ?u_ 1.1 lUUldUCS ll!U wuuu at tuc ^auic ui tuuos. i To produce the great effects we have mentioned above, to do so much to enlighten, to beautify, aud improve the world ; to labor for the glory and happiness of others, and yet be ignorant of the springs by which these injportaut movements are carried on, would ill comport with the dignity of the mechanic. He would be ("if we may compare small things with great") like the sun in the heavens, which renders light, and warmth and comfort to mankind without itsslf being conscious whercfor. There is a philosophy in mechanic arts. The mechanic who brings to his occupation jd inventive, enlightened, and inquiring mind, who is master of his craft in theory as well as in practice, has more of real philosophy in him than twenty of those "minute philosophers" who spend their lives in puzzling the world with empty metaphysical speculation. The man who, like Franklin, or Fulton, or Count Rumford, employs his inventive and studious mind to ameliorate the condition of his species, whatever his rank in life may be, is indeed the genuine philosopher. But how much of real practical philosophy may be found among the mechanics of this new world, to say nothing of the Wattses, and Arkwrights, and Brindleys of the old ! "By their fruits shall ye know them."?Berkshire American. REARING BOYS. "We submit the following, in four chap ters, as it has such a capital local application just now, and may be read with profit by many: CHAPTER I. ? What! stay at home for that squalling young one ? Catch me to." And the young mother threw on a bonnet and shawl, and humming a gay air, sauntered out on the promenade. One and another bowed and smiled as she moved along, flushed, triumphant andbeautiful. A young man met her just as she was passing the shop of a well known firm. "Ah ! out again, Delia," he said earnestly. "Where is Charley ?" "With Hannah, of course. You don't expect me to tie myself to him ?" she returned. The young man's face grew cloudy. lNo.' he returned, with a half sigh; " but I can t bear to have him left with servants." "Oh ! well, I can," she said, and with a radiant smile left her husband hard at work, and flitted on. ? CHAPTER II. "Answer all bis questions? make myself a slave, as I should be obliged to ? Oh, no; can't think of it. If I give him his breakfast and plenty of playthings, I consider my duty done. I don't believe in fussing over children?let them find out things as they grow up." "There's the danger," replied the dear old lady, casting a pitying look upon the richly embroidered cloak her son's wife had bent over all day, "they find out things that ruin them, unless the mother be constantly imparting the right kind of knowledge." "Oh ! you want to make him a piece of perfection like his father; well, I can't say I do. I dont like these faultless men.? See?now isn't the contrast beautiful ?? Come here, Charley, lovey, he shall have the handsomest cloak in the whole city." CHAPTER HI. "A cigar ! bless me, what a boy, and only twelve ! Are you sure you saw him smoke it? Well, I dare say it made him sick enough; boys will be boys, you know." "Yes, but to think you should allow him to go to the theatre without my knowledge!" and the husband groaned. "Dear me ! why what a fret you are in; do let the child see something of the world." CHAPTER IV. ffTn f m\r rind f h ncVin rifl?fl nf ftlir boy!" "Yes, in jail, for stealing!" "Not our boy ! not our Charley! no?it cannot be ! Let me die?kill me?but don't tell me our Charley is a thief." The boy was sentenced to the State's prison and the mother may yet be carried to the lunatic asylum. TOO BIG TO OBEY A MOTHER. A boy "too big to mind his mother!" Such a boy must be larger than a giant, and one with strange ideas of the rights of big people. I should not like to live near him, or even see him, for I should suspect he would feel "too big" to mind the laws of his country, or the laws of God, and thus be a dangerous neighbor. I am told that there are such boys, or rather those who think they are "too big to mind their mother." What does your mother wish you to do ? To stay in on evenings; to let tobacco alone; to avoid associating with bad boys ; to read useful books; to shun novels and silly newspapers; to mind your studies or trade, or whatever you are CDgaged in on week days, with diligence, and on the Sabbath to be regular at church and Bible-class; and above all she wants to see you a faithful Christian boy. This you own would make her happy beyond description, and you feel "too big" . _ _ ij L IU JTieiU lU nvi wiauco. My boy, believe me, you are iu a most dangerous state of mind, which makes me tremble for you, both for this world and the uext. Think of Christ, the "King of kings, and Lord of lords." When he was old enough and wise enough to confound the learned doctors in the temple at Jerusalem, he was none too old and wise to obey his mother; and when he was dying, he took care to provide her with a son to render her honour and affection. Believe me, when you are small enough to depeud upon your mother for your food, and clothing, and daily care, and while she is so anxious to see you grow up into a good and worthy man, and so willing to make any sacrifice to help you on in life, you should be ashamed to say, or even think, "I am too big to ruiud my mother." Search all the biographies in your own or your father's library, and tell me if you can find a ense of a man distinguished for greatness who allowed such a thoughtto enter his \T ? . ? ? aI* ?-?-?n n vimIqa a a?aa/1 ttto frtli IlllKJU. ilU j CUUli ?ucu pn&c a guuuj nuivuful mother, obey her godly maxims as long as they live, and teach them to their children. You are "too big" to disobey your mother; but dou't allow yourself, my dear boy, to become such a monster of iniquity as to be too big to mind a good mother. BoF A wayward son of the Emerald Isle left his bed and board, which he and Margaret, his wife, had occupied for a long while, and spent bis time around rum shops, where he always managed to count himself on hand whenever anybody "stands treat." Marga-! ret was dissatisBed with this state of things, j and endeavored to get her husband home j t again. This is the way she did it:?"Now, I i Patrick, my honey, will ye coom back ?"? 1 "No, Margaret, I won't coom back." "And won't you coom back for the love of thechil-11 der ?" "No, not for the love of the childer, j i Margaret." "Faix, thin, will ye coom for 11 the love of meself?" "Niver at all. Way ! wid ye." "An' Patrick, won't the love of 1 the Church bring ye back?" "The Church I to the divil, and thin I wouldn't." Marga- i ret thought she would try one more induce- i ment. Taking a pint bottle of whiskey from I her pocket, and holding it up to her truant 1 husband, she said : "Will ye come for a 1 dhrap of whiskey, dear?" "Ab, me darlin," answered Pat, unable to stand such a < temptation, "it's yerself that always brings i me home again?ye've got such a winnin' i way wid ye !" i A FAMILY QUARREL. j Our young friends who are studying the , English Grammer, will be interested in the following little fnble about it: The children of the ancient individual, English Grammer, were holding a confab one day when their father was absent. "Truly," said Xoun, "although we are so common, no one can say that we are not pro- | per in our conduct; while the Verbs are of- 1 tener imperfect than perfect in their ideas." i "Well," said a spruce young Verb, "you | are certainly possessive of some very singular t qualities, and there is nothing so objective in our character as in yours." , "Ah," said little Conjunction, "how you love to quarrel ! You could not live united a single day, without nie and Preposition to t show your relations to each other." "Alas!" exclaimed Interjection, "what strong and sudden emotions I always betray at such conversation!" "The politeness of all of you," spoke up i Adjective and Adverb, as they gazed around i with an important look, "would be impera ] tivehj nothing without the example of such i persons of qualify as we are, to tell you the > time, place, and manner of doing things! You do not realize it, but we are a positive i advantage to you !" < "And you should conjecture," said little < Article, "that so small a child as I could I limit the signification of all you naughty ( Nouns and Pronouns ! The Participles, too, 1 are forever telling of their past actions being i so perfect, but we all know that all of them 1 who are present now arc very imperfectr always ending in i-n-g?just as nothing does!" i ".So you are havinga warm little dispute," < said old English Grammer, entering at this ] moment. "I think 1 shall lay down about t thirty rules for you to obey, and with but a i few exceptions either. Seeing as you do, t having so uiany advantages of language, it t is strange you should make such a poor use 1 of them. I am sorry to see so many of you t improper and irregular, while you are im- t perfect also. But it always will be so; a 1 family with the best of training will make a t parent more or less trouble !"?Boston C'ul- a tivator. 1 ? How to Make Money.?Let the busi- r ness of every body else alone, and attend to your own ; don't buy what you dou't want; use every hour to advantage, and study to 1 make even leisure hours useful; think b twice before you throw away a shilling?re- s member you will have another to make for a it; find recreation over your own business; t buy low, sell fair, and take care of the b profits; look over your books regularly, and p if you find an error trace it out; should a ti stroke of misfortune come over your trade, a retrench, work harder, but never fly the d track; confront difficulties with unceasing tl ?J.l III J! il-.i. .1 persevuiuuce, auu mey win disappear ai iasi; w though you should fall in the struggle you a will be honoured; but shrink from the task d and you will be despised. it Act the sauie way if you would increase c in knot.ledge, in grace?in manly and v* Christian virtue. 13e careful that nothiug ri be lost that you can turn to improvement? a that there be no giving up, no resting with- tl out progress, and you will grow in 'durable p riches.' Do this, and your old age, should o you live to be old, will be amiable, mild, a equable, content. The virtuous improve- w ment of your time in youth and early man- T hood, will then show itself in a rich harvest, ci in a glory like the evening of a fine day.? tl The sight of you, long after you have ceased tl to be active, will be a profitable lesson and s? a real comfort. You will leave a life be- p hind you fragrant and pleasing to look on as a field of flowers. ? mn ? nr The Fate of the Flirt.?It is very li rarely indeed, that a confirmed flirt gets d married. Ninety-nine out of every hun- pi drcd old maids may attribute their ancient n loneliness to juvenile levity. It is very w certain that few men make a selection from ai ball rooms or any other place of gaiety; o^ and as few are influenced by what may be ni called showing off in the streets, or any al- tr lurements of dress. Our convictiou is that tli ninety-nine hundreths of all the finery which 0 women decorate and load their person, go uj for nothing, so far as husband-catching is ac concerned. Where and how, then, do men ro find their wives? In the quiet homes of ov their parents or guardians?at the fireside, d( where the domestic graces and feelings are el alone demonstrated. These are the charms di which most surely attract the high as well wl as humble. Against these a!! the finery and fo airs in the world sink into insignificauce. ed Wealth of New York City.?Ata- ch ble, showing the relative value of the real i qt and personal estate in the city and county th of New York, as assessed in 1856 and 1857, on has been submitted to the Board of Supervisors, by which it appears that this year gives 87,435,972 increase over the valua- ph tion of the last, the total being 8521,175,252. The assessed value of personal estate ab has decreased four millions, while the real sw estate has increased about eleven and a half ha millions. In GENERAL JACKSON. He was a man! Well do I remember ;he day I waited upon him. He sat there n his arm chair?I can see the old warrior's face, with his snow white hair, even now.? We told him of the public distress?the manufactures ruined?the eagles shrouded n crape, which were borne at the head of :wenty thousand men into Independence Square. He heard us all. We begged him to leave the deposits where they were?to uphold :he great Bank of Philadelphia. Still he did not say a word. At last one of our number more fiery than the rest, intimated that if [he Bank was crushed a rebellion might follow. Then the old roan?I can see him pet? "Come!" he shouted, in a voice of thunler, as bis clenched right hand was raised rbove his white hairs; "come with bayonets in your hands instead of petitions?I im ready for you all! By the Eternal! with the people at my back, whom your gold jan neither buy nor awe I will swing you up iround the Capitol, each rebel of you, on a gibbet as high as Haman's !" When I think of that one man standing there at Washington, battling with all the powers of Bank and panic combined, betrayed by those in whom he had trusted, assailed by all that the snake of malice could biss, or the fiend of falsehood could howl? when I think of that one man placing his sack against the rock, and folding his arms for the blow, while he uttered his awful vow, 'By the eternal! I will not swerve from the oath I have chosen !" I must confess that he records of Greece and Rome?nay, the proudest days of Cromwell and Napoleon? ;annot furnish an instance of a will like hat of Andrew Jackson's, when he placed lis life, soul and fame on the hazard of a lie, for the people's welfare. An Indian Adventure.?The followng incident was narrated to Lieut. Beck with, of the Pacific Rail Road Expedition :>arty, by a Delaware Indian guide, as tbey were traversing a mountain path which was narked by numerous gullies and ravines: "He was traversing this path at midnight, iccoiupanied by his squawODly, both mounted upoD the same horse, and the night so lark that he could ueithersee the outline of :he horse's feet, when he heard a sound which he imitated) so slight as to be scarcely perceptable to an Indian's ear, of an arrow carried in the hand, striking once only with a slight tick against a bow. "Stopping, he could hear nothing, but instantly dismounted?his squaw leaning Jowu upon the horse, that she might by no possibility be seen?and placed his ear to :he ground, when he heard the same sound epeated but a few feet distant, and was herefore satisfied that however imminent ;he danger, he had not yet been seen or card, for no Indian Would make suoh a loise at night in approaching his foe; he herefore instantly arose and took his horse )y the bridle close to his mouth, to lessen lie chances of his moving or whinnying, nd one hundred and seventy of his deadiest enemies, the Sioux, on a war party, iled past him within arm's reach, while he emained unobserved." Manufacture of Percussion Caps.? [he machine for making percussion caps has een greatly perfected of late years, and 1 everal ingenious devices have been origin- i ted to facilitate the process. In one of . hese machines, a sheet of copper fourteen , y twenty-eight inches, is placed upon a , lane surface, called a "table," and the mo- \ ive power being applied, the sheet, by an lternate motion, passes under the cutting ie, which forms perfect caps, and then i hrows them into holes around the edge of I he <charging-plate." This plate, which has < rotary motion, is about eighteen inches in i iameter. It carries the caps round upon I ;, passing them succcessively under a cap i ontaining the percussion powder, from t rhich a sufficient charge drops, with entire i egularity, into each cap. A little farther ( long is a very fine punch, which presses 1 he powder home, and thus completes the 1 rocess of making; and after being carried \ n a short distance, they are thrown out by 1 small machine, into a tunnel, through f -hich they fall into a drawer beneath.? 1 'bus, by the same unchanging motion, the utting die is furnished with the material, ie caps are cut out, loaded, pressed, and 1 irown into a drawer, at the rate of one thouind an hour, with the labor of only one erson. Cause of the War of 1812.?The lanuer in which a pig caused the war of S12 wasas follows : Two citizens of Provi- e ence, R. I., both of the Federal school of t olitics, chanced to quarrel. They were g eighbors, and one of them owned a pig D hich had an inveterate propensity to per- j, libulafe in the garden of the other. The ? ivuer of the garden complained that his c eighbor's pig sty was insufficient to res- tj ain the pig, and the neighbor insisted that ie garden fences were not in good repair, ne morning, as the pig was taking his Sl sual ramble, he was surprised in the very ti :t of rooting up some valuable bulbous ? iots. This was the "last feather," and the w viler nf the earden instantly DUt the Dip to r. o - / r ro ;ath with a pitchfork. At the coming r, ection the owner of the garden was a can- it date for the Legislature, and his neighbor, a bo, but for the quarrel would have voted ti r the Democratic candidate, who was elect- tl I by a majority of one At the election of g United States Senator, a Democrat was tc losen by a majority of one, and when the ai icstion of war with England was before tl e Senate, it was declared by a majority of ly one.?Historical Magazine. , -? _ st A Nebraska editor announced his g, ans for celebrating the fourth of July: ^ We shall luxuriate over our dinner until a] out four o'clock, when we shall go and g, iui for half an hour, 'teter' for another fc If an hour, and then pitch oents till dark, the evening we shall go a-courting." j Franklin Asking for Work.?When quite a youth. Franklin went to London, entered a printing office, and enquired if he could get employment as a printer. "Where are you from ? inquired the foreman. "America," wafl the reply. "Ah," said the foreman, "from America ? a lad from America seeking employment as a printer! Well, do you really understand the art of printing ? Can you set type? Franklin stepped to one of the cases, and, in a very brief space, set up the following passage from the first chapter of the Gospel of John : "Nathaniel saith unto him, can any good thiDg come out of Nazareth 1 Philip saith unto him, come and see ? It was done so quick, so accurately, and contained a delicate reproof, so appropriate and powerful that it at once gave him character and standing with all the office. Deputy Husband.?In Utah, they bare a way of appointing deputy husbands to look after matters and things when the genuiae article has gone from home* We find the following notice of this singular practioe iu one of our exchanges : "When a married man is called by conference to a foreign mission, he has the privilege, as they call it, before leaving home, of choosing some one to take the oversight of cattle, goods, and whatever be may possess, to provide for and overlook the family, and become the pro tempore husband of the wife. The ostensible reason for the arrangement, is to prevent the husband from 'suffering any loss' during his absence on missionary labors, since the greatness of his 'future kingdom' depends upon the number of children he has here. Carrying out the idea, the wife is handed over to a deputy husband, who maintaius his position in the family till the husband returns." Home Comfobts.?A man was not created to be a hog?to live like a hog?act like a bog and die like a hog, yet judging from the manner in which some live one would naturally infer that they were hog all over? snout, grunt and all. A man was made for some other purpose than that of hoarding up gold and silver and counting interest St six per cent per annum. He was made to render himself and his family comfortable by the fruits of an honest, manly exertion. tie snouia render nis notnc pleasant ana supply all the comforts within his means for the use of those dependant upon him.- He should not be niggardly, but should strive to lighten the burthen of his wife's toils (always too heavy) even if he does oot lay up money as he might wish. A man should study to show himself a man and eschew the bog.?Spirit of the Age. The Tongue.?A white fur on the tongue attends simple fever and inflammation. Yellowness of the tongue attends a derangement of the liver, and is common to bilious and typhus fevers. A tongue vividly red on the tip and edge, or down the centre or over the whole surface, attends inflammation of the mucus membrane of the stomach or bowels. A white velvet tongue attends mental diseases. A tongue red at the lips, becoming brown, dry and glazed, attends typhus stateThe description of symptoms might be extended indefinitely, taking in all the propensities and obliquities of mental and moral condition. The tongue is a most expressive is well as unruly member.?Scientifc American. The End of a Drinking Club.?A celebrated drinking club, in a large town in :he west of Scotland, which had formerly ;reat influence at the local elections, is broke jp. Two of its members were sent to a \ unatic asylum; one jumped from a window S ind killed himself; one walked or fell into \ he water at night and was drowned; one V vas found dead in a publio house; one died )f delirium temensj upwards of ten became jankrupt; four died ere they hid lived nlf their days. One, who was a bailie vhen connected with the club, is at present teeping a low public house. Suoh are a ew facts, well known to those living in the ocality Liverpool Albion. Suiting the action to the word.? Che latest pulpit anecdote we have seen is he following, illustrative of the manner in vhich the celebrated preacher, Spurgeon, n London, attracts attention :?"Upon one tccasion, he told the assembled multitude hat the 'way to hell was smooth and easy, ike this,' said he, and he straightway opened the pulpit door, put his foot over the lanister, and slid down, as you have often cen little boys do. He then stopped for a aoment, and said, 'But the way to heaven 5 hard, like this,' and pulled himself up a;ain, which was rather difficult; but the ongregation received this practical illustraion with great applause." 80^, Man dies, but nature endures. The sasons keep their appointed time; day re urns with its golden splendor, and night rith its eloquent mystery. The same stars hich lit the ghastly battle-field of Troy? jugh with the dead bodies of ancient hedcs?which shone on the marble streets of nperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Viril, sleepless in the living glow of inspiraon?the watch-fires of the angels, whieh irough centuries of devastation and chanes have still burned on unceasingly?speak ) us as they did to Dante, and Shakspeare, ad Milton, of divine glory, the omnipotence, ic everlasting glory of God. It is estimated that if all the brick, one, and masonry of Great Britain were a the red together, they would not furnish aterial enough to build the wall of China; ad that the buildings of London, put toBther, would not furnish material sufficient >r the towers and turrets that adorn it. 9^ Have bo very intimte friends.