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VOL. 3. YORKVILLE, S. C., THTJBSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1857. IsTO. 41.
Selects |)octrD.
WHAT's TRUMPS 1
There nre so r ny c ircis to piny,
So :: iny w ..v: to choose.
In Love ami Pr'tics and war,
That forwarding onr views
With ladies fair, with statesmen wise
Or men of lesser bumps,
B fore we lead ir strongest suit
'Tig well to know what's trumps.
Once, worshiping at beauty's 9hrine
I knelt in bondage sweet,
Aud breathed my vows with eagerness,
And offered at her fec;
My soul, well stored with Cupid's w alth?
A love cemented lnmp:
A king of dianv'uds won the trick;
My heart was not ? trump.
Raving to see mv rival win
Upon a single reb,
As he played the df.ece with me,
I followed with a cleb.
Two days within a station house
Reflecting on my sin,
t ao nthoca mat liuvp clnrie.
Clubs very seldom win.
Grown wise by sad experience,
I ceased to deal with maids;
I shitfled youthful follies off,
And turned tip Jack of Spades,
Yet still I find as dust is scarce
And smaller grow the lump9,
That though the Spade's an honest card,
It is not always trumps.
But in a world of outside show.
Where mammon rules the throng :
To ease the little jolts of life.
And smoothly pass along;
To find an antidote for care,
And stern misfortune's thumps,
One card is very sure to win;'
Diamonds are always trumps!
31 radical Jstonr.
UP."
CHAPTER I.
'Anything over, Hen ?'
<Xot a dollar; I have just paid the Jour
nal's bill for advertising, wmcn nas preciy |
much cleaned me out.'
?ITow much V
Forty-two dollars and twenty-fivocents.' I
'Ben, I don't like to tell you that you are j
the biggest fool on the street, but you are.'
'Wait, Joe, and see,' returned the uther,
with a confident smile.
'Forty-two dollars for advertising!'
The applicant for 'anything over,' gave a
peculiar whistle, to define the length, depth,
and breadth of his astonishment.
This conversation occurred in the store of
Benjamin Weston, a young and enterprising
merchant, who had just comraencee business
on his own account. The other person, who,
to use his own classical expression, was
bang up,' and wanted to borrow fifty dollars
to make up the amount of a note due that
day, was Joseph Weston a cousin of the
other. They had been playmates in youth,
and staunch friends in maturity. Though
there wa^ a great diversity of opinion on
many topics, a strong sympathy existed between
them.
They had commenced business at about
tl>e same time, and under the same circumstances,
both being obliged, for th" want of
sufficient capital, to mortgage th. stock in
the' r respective tores.
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1 Ous iai ley iuiu uuuk nm, ?uu
pect was that both would become distinguished
merchants.
They had married sisters, and occupied
tenements in the same block. Their houses
were furnished in substantially tin same style,
and with no material difference of expenditure.
Both had been brought up to business
habits, and educated in the principles of
rigid economy.
'And if I had money to spare, [ would
spend double that sum,' replied Benjamin.
'What benefit do you expect to realize
from it ?'
'You are behind the times, Joe. Benefit!
What a questiou ! I expect to make a fortune
by it.'
'Humph.'
'Look at Brandcth aud Swain.'
'Both humbugs.'
'No matter for that; if these fellows have
been able to make princely fortunes by ad- i
vertising humbugs, how much more so will
he who deals in substantial realities!'
'All gammon.'
'We differ; time will tell who is in the
right.'
'Seriously, Ben, you will ruin yourself if
you go in this manner. Forty-two dollars a
quarter for advertising !'
t 1 " 3 ~ nnwf miqrtnr y !
'i snail speuu u umiuicu m?: uva>>|u?4>vi. I
'Don't do it, Ben.'
'Row does it happen, Joe, that you are in i
the street borrowing money ? I never did ;
such a thing since I commenced business.' ;
'How does it happen, Ben, that you havn't!
got any mouey to lend ?' asked Joe. with a j
smile.
'Because I spent it in advertising.'
'Better have spent it for operas and 2:40's ' 1
'Wait, Joe, wait.'
'I spent nothing for advertising, but I'll j
bet you the oysters now my sales for the last
quarter are as large as yours.'
'I will take you upon the next quarter.' j
'Why not the last V
< Vflvertisinir is somewhat like planting |
potatoes ; you must wait for the crops."
'Don't believe in it, Ben. When I have :
a fifty spot that I dou't know what to do '
with, I shall put it into my family. Buy a i
library, a new sofa, or something of the sort.
I should rather go to the White Mountains j
with it than throw it away on newspapers.' j
'You don't know your own interests, Joe.'
'Don't I. Some kinds of business might!
thrive on advertising j ours, never. Do you )
believe the women look in the newspaper be- j
fore they go shopping ?'
Well, there was a lady in here just now
who said she saw such goods adv? -tised by
me.'
'Pshaw ! and ou the strength of that y.?u
iuteud to spend fifty dollars more in advertising
! Ben, you are crazy;' and Joseph
Weston turned upon his heel and left the
j store, assured in his own mind that his friend
| was going to ruin.
In his estimation, such loose principles
wonld eventually bring him to bankruptcy.
! Bnf Ben was his friend, and he deeply coraI
misacrated him because he clung to such
j weak and pernicious doctrines.
CHAPTER II.
Business prospered with the young men.
By prudent and careful management, each
had not only made a living, but had been
abio to pay a small portion of the mortgage
on the stock, at the end of the first year.
Joseph had the advantage of his friend in 1
furniture. Mrs. Weston's little parlor looked
exceedingly pleasant and comfortable.? i
Besides, it looked as though her husband 1
was prospering in business.
It was so very nice that the young wife
could not bear the idea of having the parlor
shut up so no one could see it till the furni- 1
ture had grown rusty; consequently she
made up her mind that they must have a 1
party.
Their friends had parties; why should not j
they? It looked stingy not to have one.?
Mrs Weston was an eloquent debater, and
she gained the day in the matter. It's true
the party was not a very extravagant affair, ^
but it cost Joe some fifty dollars. In the
meantime, Ben had paid quite as much for
advertising as his friend had for new furni- ^
ture and the party. Joseph laughed at him, j
and finally come to believe that he was insane,
and would certainly come to ruin in J
another year.
Mrs. Ben Weston, too, felt decidedly un- (
pleasant about the improvements which had ?
been going on in her sister's house. t
fWhy cau't we have a rosewood table and
a set of stuffed chairs, Benjamin?' asked g
she, pouting her pretty lips in a very una- s
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UJ1HU1C JJUMUUII.
'Simply, my dear, because I can't afford ,
it,' replied the philosophical merchant.
'How can Joe afford it ?'
'I presume he knows his own business r
best.' c
'He has put over a hundred dollars into f
his house.'
Ben whistled "T'other side of Jordan,' ^
and made no reply.
'Do, Ben, buy some chairs.' a
'Can't afford it.' t
'Yes you can.'
'No I can't.' s
'You can afford it as well as Joe.'
'Perhaps f can.' a
'Do buy some.'
'I should be very glad to gratify you, but f
I can't take the monty from the business.? <
A year hence, if business has prospered with
me, you shall have them.'
'A year hence,' pouted the wife. c
<1 must spend a hundred dollars in adver- j
rising the next quarter.'
'How foolish !' j
'Very foolish, my dear, but it must be t
done.'
'That's the way you throw your money ^
away?you don't catch Joe doing such a
thing as that.'
'True, but though he has the advantage a
of a corner store, I paid three hundred dol- t
lars more on my mortgage than he did.'
Then you surely can afford the table and r
chairs.'
'Nay. my dear, T will Dot spend a dollar a
for superfluities while T aui in debt/
Mrs. lien Weston felt very badly about j
it, but her husband was firm, and she was
forced to content herself with the plain fur- s
niture.
Mrs. Joe Weston enjoyed her nice parlor
till the novelty wore away, and then she dis- c
covered that there was a great many other f
articles wauted to make things look uniform. v
The two windows must have drapery curtains,
a pier-glass was needed, and some pictures <
were wanting to relieve the walls. Her husband,
who had once exceeded the limits of
his means, found no great difficulty in doing t
so again, and the things were bought. f
But Joe had some scruples about it. His 0
notes began to be troublesome, and every
day he was in the street borrowing money.
His business, too, had not met his expectations.
Instead of increasing in the ratio of
last year's experience, it hardly held its own,
and the poor fellow began to have some serious
misgivings about the future.
Before the year had half expired, he was
obliged to introduce a rigid system of retrenchment
into his family and business affairs,
in order to keep his expenses within {
his income. .
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CnAPTER nr.
Another year had passed away in the business
experience of the young merchants.
The books were balanced, and the result, in j j
black and white, stood before them.
Ben had followed up his system of ad- j,
vertising through the year. He had expend
ed large sums, but he made the outlay with \1
judgment and discretion. i ^
The result had exceeded his most sanguine !
expectations. His store was crowded with j ^
customers ; with genuine, bona fide custom- i i
ers: and with but a small proportion of |
gadders and fancy shoppers. The papers j,
had borne to the best families in the city and j
country full descriptions of his stock. His j
name was as familiar as'household words' in ' r
the dwellings of the rich and poor, of the t
farmer, mechanic and laborer. t
'Truly, the harvest was abundant; and i
Ben rubbed his hands with delight as he p
cast his eyes over the figures which convey- p
ed to him the pleasing result of his year's \
operations. He had the means of not only t
clearing himself of debt, but also of grati- s
fying his wife with all the new furniture she a
required, besides some little surplus with t
which to iucrease his business. 1
The furniture was bought and set up, eve- t
ry debt discharged, and the importers and 1
jobbers wore eager to give him unlimited 1
credit t
One day while he was running upon this a
pleasant state of things, Joe Weston entered a
the store. For some months past the intercourse
between the young merchants had not
been as cordial as formerly. Joe's nice
things had rather set him up ; some of the
upper ten had condescended to visit him,
and he attended the Almack parties with
his wife.
Under this encouraging aspect he ventured
to expend another hundred dollars id addition
to his furniture, which his wife insisted
was absolutely necessary for their comfort
and happiness. The house had been too
plainly furnished for this progressive age, in
his estimation. She was behind some of her
friends who, she was sure, were doing no
better than her husband.
Joe was a little obstinate at first; bat then
there was something so decidedly comfortable
in a set of stuffed chairs nod a lounge.
He was doing well, and the expenditure
would not embarrass him.
With a nice new Brussels carpet, a nd now
possessing a better location, though bis rent
was somewhat higher, the difference was
more than compensated by the increased facilities
it had afforded him. If his business
increased as it had done, he would be enabled
to clear himself of debt in another
pear.
He was getting along fast in hi3 own es:imation,
and cherished a supreme contempt,
for the slow motion of his friend. But in
:he middle of the year, when he found himself
running down hill, and discovered that
Ben's store was crowded with Bhoppers, while
lis own was empty, a feeling of envy took
josseesion of him. Ben must be widerseling,
he concluded, and sooner or later the
lonsequences would appear. The prosperms
merchant could not but notice the sad
ind dejected mein of his friend, as he enered
the store.
'IIpw are you, Joe ? You are almost a
itranger lately. Where do you keep yourielf?'
said Ben.
'Business, Ben, business,' replied Joe, de
nureiy.
'Good ! Business before pleasure.'
'Anything over to-day?' asked Jce ; but
he query was not put in the buoyant and
tlassic tone which had distinguished him in
'ormer times.
'A trifle: how much do you want?' reurned
Ben, promptly.
'To tell the truth, I'm 'bang up.' I have
. note of four hundred to pay, and I have
lot raised the first dollar towards it.'
'You are late: it is half-past one now,'
aid Ben, consulting his watch.
'Ben, I am in a tight place,' said Joe, in
low, solemn tone. ,
'Indeed ! I am sorry to hear it, and Ben's
ace wore an expression of sincere pity.?
Nothing serious, I hope ?'
'I'm afraid so.'
'What can I do for you?' and the merhant
took down his check-book and exanrned
the state of his bank account.
'I can give you a check for three hundred,
f that will do any good,' continued Ben,
aking up his pen to fill out the blank.
Thank you Ben; you are very kind, but I
lon't know as I ought to take it.'
'Not take it! why not ?'
'If I should pay this note, there is hardly
possibility that I could get through with
he month.'
'So bad as that ? 'Pon my soul I'm sory
to hear it.
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ssignuient.'
'How does it happen ? T thought you were
loiug well.'
'Business has been very dull for the last
ix luonths. Havn't you found it so ?'
'Well, no; it has been thriving with me.'
Joe knew it had; his present visit was
lot to borrow money, but to prepurc his
riend for the smash, which was now unaoidable.
My sales have been light,' continued he;
I can't account for it.'
'I can ; look here Joe.'
Ben took down the ledger and pointed to
he account 'charges' where the sums paid
or advertising had beeu entered. On a slip
if paper he had them footed up.
'Five hundred and sixty-five dollars for
dvertising, Joe! that's what did the busiiess.'
Joe was astonished. Itwasquitoasmuch
s he had paid out for fine things in his house
nd for parties and the opera; but the in'estment
had beeu vastly more profitable,
nasmueh as, taken in connection with his
lareful management of business, and his
couomical manner of living, it had been
he foundation of his future fortune. It
lad given him a good start in business, and
frond start is half the hat tie.
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Joe Wcstou failed, and only p id twenty
cuts on the dollar. His fine furniture was
11 sold, and he was obliged to board out.?
>ut in his extremity Hen was his true friend.
;Ic received hiru into his house, and when I
lis business was settled up, took him iuto
inrtnership.
The firm is now one of the most respectade
and prosperous in the city. Joe ever
ince his 'bang up,' believes in advertising;
nd any one who opens the Journal, or inIced
any of the city papers, cannot fail to
ictice the conspicuous advertisement of
Weston & Co.'
A Tragedy.?The. history of Sweden
ecords a very extraordinary incident, which
ook place at the representation of the Mysery
of the Passion, under King John 11.,
n 1513. The actor who performed the
>art of Loginus, the soldier who was to
tierce the Christ on the cross in the side,
vas so transported with the spirit of his acion,
that he really killed the man who peronatcd
our Lord j who, falling suddenly,!
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,uu wim great viuicuue, uvunurew iuu uuress
who represented the Holy Mother.?
?ing John, who was present at this specaclc,
was so enraged against Loginus, he
eaped on the stage and struck off his head,
[he spectators who had been delighted with
he too violent actor, became infuriated
igainst their king, fell upon him in a throng
md killed him.? Curiosity of History.
miscellaneous
From the Marion American.
THE PALMETTOES IN MEXICO.
BY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED.
NEW SEB1ES?NO. VI.
Adieu! adieu! my native shore
.Fades o'er the waters blue
The night winds sigh, the breakers roar
And shrieks the wild sea mew.
Yon sun that sets upon the sea
We follow in his flight
Farewell a while to him, and thee
My native land?good night!
On the 28tb of January the Palmettoes
embaikcd from Mobile for an unknown destination.
Major Gladden, with three companies
embarked on the ship Ellerslie on the
26th of January; on 28th Lieut.Col. Dickenson
with three companies embarked on
the ship Oregor, and on the same evening
Col. Butlerand the remaining fourcompanies
embarked on the old Alhambra. The Oregon
and Aihambra laid that night inMobile
Bay. Early on the morning of the 29th
under a bright sky, and a stiff freshening
breeze, we weighed anchor, unfurled our
sails, and soon were far out on the stormy
bosom of the Gulf of Mexico.
I will not attempt to describe the swelling
emotions of our hearts as we stood with
st-^dfast eyes, gazing on the faint, blue crest
of our native land as it faded into indistinctness,
and finally sank beneath the watery
horizon. We were now out on the wide
and stormy Gulf; beneath us only the blue
waves?above us only the blue skies, and
around us a waste of waters?the sun went
down in a bed of crimson glory, the stars
came out from the quiet sky, we bade our
native land "good night," and retired to our
first sleep upon the bosom of the deep, if
the thronging, fond memories of home, and
friends and native land, and the strange,
wild, forebeding visions of the future permitted
us to sleep.
We were going, we knew not where.?
We had embarked under sealed orders, which
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were not to De opened until we were out at
sea. When opened we were informed that
Vera Cruz was our destination, and we knew
that in a few days we would havestern work
to do.
We started with the old Alhambra as our
companion, but the greater speed of the
Oregon, in a few hours left the slow, lumbering
old Albambra, lost in the distance.?
The sun of the second day rose clear and
bright, and with a favoring breeze we sped
ga:ly on. We passed the mouth of the
Mississippi, which freshens the gulf for a
hundred miles with its turbid wafers. It
will not mingle with the waters of the gulf.
At the distance of sixty miles from its
mouth, I could have put my finger on the
line of distinctness and separation between
the salt blue of the gulf water, and the
I muddy green of the Mississippi. All was
well, until the evening of the third day,
when a fierce, terrific norther came upon us
with a suddenness which almost snapped the
masts, and capsized the vessel. Through
the speaking trumpet the captain gave his
quick, prompt, telegraphic commands, the
sailors merrily climbed the masts, and with
every rag of sail taken down, under bare
poles, the ship was prepared to ride out the
fury of the storm. A chilling rain drove
us below deck, wherein darkness, and gloom
and terror, amid noise and confusion indescribable,
in a sickening, fetid, loathsome,
pent up air, we passed a night of suffering
whose horrors no language can portray. All
nf ?<j were suffering t,he first throes and
qualms of sea sickness, whose heaving* responded
to the heaving waves. The howling
winds kept fit music to that night of horrors.
Our stomachs were churned to gall, our heads
almost bursting with sea-sick agony, as wc
tossed, and turned that night upon our hard
beds, wooing a sleep which came not, as a
brief respite to our sufferings. The morning
came, but it brought little mitigation of uur
sufferings. The mountain waves, still
dashed with terribly fury against our ship,
she tossed, and heaved and pitched, while
every timber creaked and groaned with the
shocks, and the waves dashed over her brow,
! and swept down her decks. It was a fearful
and an awful scene. We could not stand on
j deck without imminent danger of being
| thrown overboard, and the few who braved
it, were seen hugging the masts, and clingj
ing on to the ropes, to save them from being
dashed to death against the vessels sides, or
thrown over into the gulf. Another night
of horror came and the storm still raged in
its fury- Two or three times the vessel
caught on fire. So reckless bad I become
that when at night the cry was heard, that
the ship was on fire, I never rose from my
bed Let it burn was my answer, for death
will be relief to us. Such is the desperation
or sea-sickness. It makes men pray for
death, and I believe the veriest coward, under
violent sea-sickness would welcome
death.
For three days and nights the storm spent
its fury upon us without abatement, after
which it gradually subsided, and the fourth
dowhrnlro rtn lie AS Pillni. AS fllliet 8S an in
fant's slumber. It was a dead calm. Not
a breeze stirred, the sails hung drooping
with their weight, and the bosom of the gulf
was placid and waveloss as the blue sky above
us.
Such was the scene on the Oregon. From
the narrative, of a brother soldier, who was
on the Alharabra, I will give a description
of the storm, and its effects on the Alhambra.
" The Regiment embarked under sealed
orders, to be opened at sea, the purpose being
to prevent newspaper publication concerning
the object of the expedition. All
were eager to learn their destination, and as
soon as the distant traces of the land had
disappeared, and the deep blue water was
reached, the seals were broken,?their destination
was known?their hopes were realized?they
were bound for Vera Cruz and
the Halls of the Montezumas; and the three
transport ships, bearing their cargoes of
living souls, orowded all sail and bore away
across the stormy gulf for the little isle of
Lobos.
Not the least difficult and dangerous part
of the long transit to the field of operations
was this voyage. Most of the men were from
the rural districts of the State, and unused
to the water. They were all huddled together?two
or three hundred in number, in
small merchant ships, which had been engaged
in great haste for the occasion, and
were unsuited, both in structure and preparation,
for the transport of troops. Many
of the vessels employd by the Government
as transports were nturly unsafe and others
were commanded by men who scarcely knew
the rudiments of scientific navigation. The
n..ic _< at : l e ii?
VJUii ui luexiuu, swept as it is iieijueutijr;
indeed almost periodically, by the terrible
northers, which poor themselves "'own from
the frozen peaks of the Oordille.as. is considered
more stormy and dangerous than the
dreaded "Bay of Biscay. Memory calls to
mind more than one fearful night, when !
amidst the roaring of the storm the hatches
were nailed down upon suffocating, sea-sick
soldiers, who tumbled together in a common 1
pile with barrels of mess pork and pilot 1
bread, were rolled from side to side in confusion,
darkness and appalling uncertainty.
On deck; the horses ?broken from their
stalls, and frantic with fright, were ouly 1
saved from trampling each other to death," 1
by being swept together into the deep.?
Captain Wilson and his motley crew stood 1
aghast, and the old Alhambra, cracking in !
all her joints, threatened with every leelurch 1
to go down to the bottom."
The Alhambra narrowly escaped ship- '
wreck. She was blown upon the Mexican (
coast, near enough to see it distinctly.
Thesteamer Ondiaka, having on board a- '
bout 800 iucn of the Lnuifiana Regiment 1
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uuuci v w. i fv itupacjf ? ?rirhirtij uui 111^
this norther, on the Mexican coast. They 1
were soon discovered by a large body of (
Mexicans under lieu. Cos, and summoned to (
surrender immediately. Tlicy had lost their '
guns in the wreck, and were at the mercy '
of the Mexicans, yet the brave and witty '
Col. Pe Rnssey effected by stratagem what, 1
under other circumstances, he would have *
effected by force. ?
He drew up his men in the order of battle, *
as if awaiting an attack, and declined the
summons to surrender, by replying that he '
would think of it, and answer that evening. 1
Having thus gained time, until late in the 1
evening, he had camp fires lighted, and other 1
apparent preparation for passing the night. (
TTic Mexicans have no fancy for night at- ?
tacks, and postponed the attack until morn- s
ing. Availing himself of the darknes of 1
the night, Col. De Russey leaving his camp- 1
fires burning brightly, formed hi3 men and a
drew off silently and stealthily. By a rapid ;
march he reached Tampico in safety, with- a
out the loss of a man.
This was the coolest, and most brilliant
c
and masterly act performed during the war., ,
Who but Be Russey, when assailed by a
force three times as large as his own, without
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a munl-rt in his battalion, unarmed, aud j
defenceless, and far from help, on an unknown
coast, would for a moment have
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hesitated to surrender, or thought of such
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anapparcnt impossibility as escape? Yet j
he did srll the Mexican General most ele- ^
gantly. Who will not throw up his cap, and .
say three cheers for Col. De Russey, as we ^
the Pulmettoes did, when we heard the par- j.
ticulars of his gallant action ? I presume
that few of the Palmettoes have fnrcntten .
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Col. Butler's speech on the moon-light ^
night, on Lobos, when the news reached us
of Col. Be Russey's escape. I delight to
perpetuate the name of such a man as De '
Russey. It deserves to be imraortnl.
The point of rendezvous for the army was
the little Islet of Lobos, lying between Vera
Cruz and Tampico, about 130 miles from
the former; about half that distance from j
tha latter, and about twelve miles from the
c
cost of Mexico. ^
From the Chester Standard.
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THE MILITARY SYSTEM. e
We, the undersigned sufferers, complain v
of the loss of time?the inconveniences and Y
hard service which the military system im- d
poses upon us, as peaceable citizens of a t
free country. 1st. Because we live eight \
miles from our Company's meeting place, ten c
miles from our battalion parade ground, and s
eighteen miles from our regimental muster I
ground. 2nd. Because the majority of us b
are'mechanics who do not keep horses to d
ride. 3rd Because we are engaged in me- v
chanical work for the public, such as mend- v
ing Wagons, Carriages, and various other v
kinds of work, with funeral out-fits, &c.? t!
4th. Because we have families to support, a
whose demands require our whole time and ii
attention. 5th. Because our military servi- ?
ces do no good?neither are our neighbers, g
nor the District, or State, or United States, si
benefited by our troubles and loss of time.
And, in a general sense, tne military system
is one of the veriest impositions ever U
submitted to by a free and republican people, tl
The manner in which it is observed is a d
sham kind of mock royalty, a cause of hu- si
miliation, rather than an honor to our State, f
The State House question, and the Rabun ri
Gap project are trival considerations com- ri
pared to the tax, or worse than any rcasona- s<
ble tax, which our military system requires fi
at our hands. Practically, each man that g
docs military duty would save by paying 810. ft
annually, to bo freed from that duty; and b
supposing that there are 54,000 in the State, s<
liable to do military duty, the amount would be
8540,000 annually. This would, in a (;
short time, amount to enough to build all It
the Rail Roads of our State, besides accom- si
plishing many other praiseworthy and be- r<
nevolent purposes. This enormous amount tt
of money?money's worth (time)?under a
the military system, is worse than thrown ci
away?the morals of the people are corrup- ci
ted by the system forcing them to leave their ti
daily avocations to go to places of rendez- tl
vous, where their superior officers, with a b
company of men called candidates, encour- a
age them to drink liquor and hereby cheer
their spirits to do acts of rioting and bloodshed,
in times of peace and quietness, the
sequels to all of which are rehearsed at the
Court House, and the whipping post and
gallows, are the quite frequent results.
Hiram Steele, W. F. Burnett, M. T. Dawkins,
J. B. Frey, S. A. McLeduff, John
Swan, W. C. -Hawkins, Eli Dawkins, I.
D. C. ("Madden, Thomas Dewett, Jr.,
Samuel Brown.
HEBB DBIESCACH AND HIS LION.
The (raleDa (111.) Courier publishes a letter
from a correspondent in Potosi, Wis.,
who says :?"Tired of this intinerant aud
Benedick life, about, three years since, the
Herr took to himself one of the most intelligent
and amiable of the Buckeye daughters.
and removed to this Dlaee. where he
had purchased himself a beautiful farm, and
where he has retired to cultivate the earth
and make for himself a pleasaut home.
Since that the Lion Tanierhas visited Dubuque;
and the editor of the Espre** of
that city gives the following interesting recognition
*: ,
"Last evening we, with two companions,
walked up street with a worthy farmer from
within one mile of Potosi, Wisconsin, who
talked about his 'pigs, geese, and ducks/
and with what success he tilled his farm.?
As an iustance of his successful till, he stated
that he sold the product froui titty feet
square of his farm, of which he kept an account,
for forty-three dollars. Hence it maybe
seen that this farmer, Herr Driesbach, has
mine skill as well as pride about his farming.
Our chief object in taking this walk was
that the Herr desired us to witness a meeting
between himself and the old pets of the menagerie,
which he had not seen formorethan
i year, and which, of eoursc, we were most
mxious to witness, to see whether time, travel
and change had obliterated from their recollections
their old master. On enteriug
:hc canvnss, which was before the audience
cegan to collect, Herr desired us to stand
nefore the cage of the Bengal tiger, he renainiug
at the door the while This tiger,
?rom some old sore, had just as old a grudge
igainst him, as in days of yore, and managed
;o give a marked demonstration of the fact,
rhis cage was selected for the first test of
ecognition. While we were stationed imliediately
in front, Herr came sauntering
tlong earelessly, habited in a farmer's cosume,
and as he neared the cage the tiger's
:yes began to glisten with great brilliancy
ts they bore directly upon him, and at the
same time, a low guttural growl began to
aise in his throat, which burst out in a ferocious
howl as he leaped at the bars to get
it him as he passed by. This experiment
vas tried several times with the same result,
md when at length Herr spoke to him, his
age knew no bounds, leaping at the bars,
ie dashed his paws out to tear him, and only
leased when his old master walked out of
lis sight.
"The next place we were desired to renove
to, was the large cage containing a
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nun; inu iuu|juiu.i auu u uuiicso. tt c
nention them thus as it is the order they
tand in the cage, it beiDg divided into apartncDts.
As Herr approached this cage the
ioness caught sight of him, and her eyes
learned with pleasure, while her tail wagged
n glad recognition. On "his coming up to
ler she appeared frantic with joy, and when
ic spoke to her and presented his face to
he cage, she kissed him, and placed her paw
n his hand with all the air of an intense afectiou.
"Indeed, while he was in her presence,
he did not know how to control herself, but
rould lick his hands while he attempted to
tat her, roll over, reach out her paws to him
nd press her nose between the bars as
hough she would like to have had a closer
iresence. While Herr was talking to the
ioness, the old lion in the other end of the
age began to get jealous and grumbled, for
te too had recognized his old friend. Herr
aid to hiui 'Billy getting jealous ?' and then
ralked up to him, when the creature crowdd
against the bars to get closer to him if it
rerc possible, and kissed his face and licked
lis hands with as great demonstrations of
lelight as the other. The leopards, too, in
he same cage knew their old master, and.
patched him as they lay with their noses
lose to the bars with evident, nlensnre and
r
eemed highly pleased as he spoke to them,
n all our days we do Dot recollect any exhi- :
ition that gave us so much satisfaction as
lid this meeting of old friends, and while
re watched them in their congratulations, ;
re could not make up in our mind which
ras the most delighted, Driesbach, to know
hat he was not forgotten by these affection- '
te creatures, or that they were once more '
a his presence. While we were watching 1
Ierr and his old companions the crowd be- '
an to gather in, and our companions and 1
elf departed highly gratified at the result." J
<
A Regular Jack Sheppard.?An in- 1
ensely laughable robbery was perpetrated at i
be Jarrett House, St. Anthony, on Thurs- c
ay uight, which, in boldness, eclipses any i
imilar enterprise of modern times. Col.
1. Wiltse, hearing somebody knocking a- j
aund in the hall near his room at an un- t
easonable hour, and suspecting it might be
jme villain who meant to rob him, rose
roui his bid, fixed the door of his room open, C
ot his brace of pistols and prepared them ^
>r "an emergency," then sat down on the ?
ed to wait for the anticipated scamp to pre?nt
bimslf. In this position he fell asleep! ^
-and, while eojoyiDg a perpendicular dream .
nrobablv of a robber writhiner with a bul- .
r~7?.* ? - ? Ij
;t in his throax,) the ungrateful and inconiderate
vagabond aforesaid walked into the ^
)om through the open door, helped himself '
) new dress coat, two pairs of pantaloons,
d a vest, pocketed six dollars and fifty u
ents in money, deliberrtely became an ac- a
omplice of Procrastination (the thief of i
me) by stealing a valuable gold watch, took f
ie gold studs out of the shirt of the slumerer,
and reluctantly departed 1 Mr. W.
woke just in time to find his "riotim" f
vamosed, and himself minus property to the
( amount of 8200 or 8300. In faot, almost
everything in the room had "gone off' except
his faithful pistole, which were firmly
grasped in either hand, ready capped and
cocked ! The funny gentleman of the dark
lantern has not been seen or heard of since.
Rescue op three of the Central
America Passengers.?The bark Brr.
men arrived at New York, on the 5th instant
with Tice, second engineer of the Central
America; Alexander Grant, fireman,
do., and G. W. Dawson, a passeDger, who
were rescued by the "British brig Mary, bound
from Cardenas to Queenstown, but transferred
to the Bremen.
Mr. Tice drifted about on a plank seventy
hours after the Central America went down.
On the fourth morning he drifted to a boat
of the lost vessel, and succeeded in getting
into it. Ob the fifth day he drifted across
Grant, who swam to him from part of the
hurricane deck, on which he had floated,
and got into the boat. They t?'?en both
pulled to the hurricane deck and took off*
Dawson. There had been ten others on the
deck, bat they all died. Among them
were : Geo. Baddington, 3d engineer y
John Banks, coal heaver; and Patrick
Card, do.?the other six were passengers.?
Ticc, Grant, and Dawson, were eight days
without food or water, with the sea breaking
over them. The secoud day after the disaster,
they saw a number of the passengers
on pieces of wreck, but could uot assist
them. The rescued arc in a sad condition,
being badly bruised and covered with boils.
Subscribing for Papers.?We wish to
express it as a mature conviction of our own
mind, that one of the best protections for
our children against the temptations of city
and village life, is the habitual of a wellconducted
family newspaper or periodical.
If you want a child to take an interest in a
paper, let it be hi* paper, sent to his address.
In a reasonable time be will get to look for
its coming, and feel the want of it, if it does
not arrive at the usual time. Soon it will
be a kind of necessity, and rather than be
without it, he becomes willing to make sacrifices
and self-denials for the sake of saving
any stray dime or half-dime which may happen
to come into his possession. Peanuts
and gingerbread, monkey-shows and firecrackers,
arc vetoed, and the increment of
a nnnrter of a dollar to a half, and so on. to
1 '
the subscription price, is watched with an
interest and a pleasure which few would imagine;
and lo! the germs of an economy
and self-denial are planted before we are
aware of it, which will grow to health, and
wealth, and position.?Journal of Health.
BANE SUSPENSIONS.
The New York crrespondent of the Evening
Aers, mentions the fact that the total
number of banks which have suspended in
various parts of the country since the commencement
of the financial pressure is one
hundred and thirty-eight, of which twentyeight
were in N. York State, twenty-nine in
Pennsylvania, eighteen in Maryland, eleven
in Maine, three in Vermont, eight in Rhode
Island, seven in Ohio, three in Indiana, one
in the District of Columbia, two in Michigan,
two in New Hampshire, three in Massachusetts,
eight in Connecticut, seven in
New Jersey, two in Tennessee, five in Illinois,
eight in Virginia, and three in Wisconsin.
This, of course does not include
the private hanking houses, many of which
have gone by the board. The South stands
in an enviable position, and as we are now
on the eve of large cotton receipts no difficulty
is expected from this quarter.
JST* Before you undertake to borrow money
from a man, get him good natured.?
Sparkle, the other day, told old Pinchback -that
"that joke of his'n" had been quoted \
by the Beeswax Herald, as one of the rich- \
est pieces of facetiae that it had met with in \
a year. What was the effect ? Why \
Sparkle effected a loan of twenty dollars
from Pinchback, on no other security than
his individual due bill! Don't think, however,
that this indicates generosity on the
part of Pinohback. Not at all. Only a
week before, be refused to giro ten shillings
towards getting "his cousin Jim" out of the
watch-house. It was not magnanimity
which make Pinchback " come out," but a
little soft sawder. Recollect the receipt,
and act accordingly.
Singular Interposition.?A lady had
a tame bird, which she was in the habit of
letting out of its cage every day. One morning,
as it was picking crumbs of bread off
the carpet, her cat, who, always before showed
great kindness for the bird, seized it on a
sudden and jumped with it in her mouth upen
the table. The lady was much alarmed
for the safety of her favorite, and turning
ibout, instantly discovered the cause. The
loor had been left open, and a strange cat
Dad just come into the room. After turning
t out, her own cat came down from her place
>f safety, and dropped the bird, without dong
it the smallest injury.?Salem Register.
A Dodge.?A constable in Cazenovia,
laving been continually foiled in his efforts
o obtain admission to house of a oertain
nan whose property he wished to seize for
lebt, adopted the ruse of getting a brother
lonstablc, whose face was unknown, to ef'ect
an admission and accomplish the seizure,
rhe scheme appeared to answer; constable
;ot in; asked for property; wife said she'd
how him up stairs; constable passed
hrough a door as requested?and found
limself in the street, and the door locked
fter him. He should have looked ere he
eaped.? Utica Herald.
W-The
financial panic has had its effect
ipon the boot and shoe dealers in New York
nd the eastern markets, and quite a decline
n prices has resulted. Leather and manu*
actured goods have considerably declined.
Rigid Justice.?Juror on a murder oase
ait asleep.
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