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VOL.4. YOEKYILLE, S. C., THTJESDAY. JANXJAEY 38, 1858. __ NO._4.
Cljoicc JJoftrg.
HOME.
Oh ! what scenes of bliss aud pleasure
Does that heavenly word contain;
Always bringing thoughts of loved ones,
Which their memories sustain.
When oppressed with care and sadness,
As among the world you roam,
0 with what delight and gladness
Comes the cheering thought of home,
There fond hearts await your coming.
And your name is gently spoke;
There your absence is lamented,
And affection's tear awoke.
When inconstant friends desert you
In adversity's stern hour,
And the clouds of disappointment
O'er your darkened pathway lower.
Thon a licht breaks through the darkness,
As the thought of home dawns light;
And with feelings sure nnd hopeful
Can you grasp the beacon bright.
0, with what delightful feelings
Can you turn amid your woes.
Knowing their true hearts are beating,
Though your path be thick with foes.
Let no feeling e'er come o'er you,
Which would lead you to reject
Your fond home and its loved inmates,
Or to treat them with neglect.
Think of your once helpless childhood,
Of your parent's watchful care :
How they turned your erring footsteps,
From temptation's luring glare.
How unfeeling is the person,
And how void of all that's good ;
Who can think without emotion
Of the place his home once stood.
Pisccllaneotts^eabiitg
AN ESSAY ONBROOMSEDGET
I
fh,, Indian Land Aaricultural I
Society :
Mr. President, find Gentlemen of the Society:
At a former meeting of this Society, you
saw proper to assign to rae the task of writing
an essay on the subject of Broomsedge.
I am required, 1st, to give my views on the
best mode of eradicating it. 2nd, to answer
the question : "Is broomsedge a fertilizer?"
The first proposition may be disposed of in a
few words. As a perennial plant (and they
are generally the most difficult to eradicate)
it is as easily eradicated as any one of that
class. For its successful eradication?the
improvement of the land?to facilitate the
cultivation?to promote the growth of the
crop, which is immediately to succeed it,
(which I presume to be the object of its
eradication,) undoubtedly the best plan, is to
plow it under early in the fall, whilst it is
in a green state. It should be completely
turned over with a good turning plow. In
that condition it soon rots, aud becomes incorporated
with the soil. If not completely
nr turned over, and its roots ex
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posed to the frost and sun, it will survive the j
winter, and be very much in the way in the
cultivation, and will retard the growth of
the crop; or from the "open" condition of
the soil, the crop will be late in "starting
off"' in the Spring.
To the question ; "Is broomsedge a fertilizer?"
In a strict sense it cannot be considered
as such. It will not of itself,
render an exhausted soil fruitful. It will
not restore to the soil all the .elements of
plants of which it has been robbed ; but
that it is exhausted nature's first attempt,
or effort at restoration, and will eventually
produce fertility of soil, I think there is no
doubt. With many persons, I find that
poverty and sterility of soil seem to be associated
with the very idea of broomsedge; so
inseperably connected in their minds, do
they seem to be, that they believe it to be the
cause and not the effect?as it often is?of
such sterility, and would say eradicate it, |
exterminate it; an idea which the first pro- i
position suggests, but science comes to its |
rescue?nature herself cries out, let it alone. |
It will grow and flourish where no other
plant will vegetate ; it will protect your carcass
of a field from the scorching rays of the
summer's sun; it will preserve it from further
leaching, and washing by the rains.?
Science teaches us that by its deep reaching
roots, it draws and brings up salts aud minerals
from the subsoil; by its stems aud
leaves it imbibes elements from the atmosphere,
which, when it is allowed to die aud
rot where it has grown, will be converted
into food for a higher order of plants, such
as briars, weeds, the pine, &c. Thus irn-!
provement progresses, and eventually restoration
of soil will be established, and fertili-j
ty produced ; not directly to be seen, but
indirectly, by this, to many, very contempti- j
ble plant, broomsedge. It would give my !
attempt more of a scientific cast, if I were to
give you what is called the inorganic constituents?the
mineral ingredients?the salts
and minerals?which this plant is found to
contain when submitted to chemical analysis.
Not having met with one, I am unable to do
so, and perhaps it would be uniuteres'ing, |
particularly to our anti-book farming members,
if tfjy such should be present.
I feel willing to rest the truth of the affirmative
of this question, on the following
proposition, viz : All plants are more or less
improvers, and cannot be exhausters of the
soil if they are allowed to die aud rot where
they have grown. No one it seems to me
upon reflection?prejudice aside?will attempt
to controvert or dispute the truth of
this proposition. Even man, who feeds
upon the richest and most extravagant productions
of the eaith, would have removed
nothing from the soil, if when he died, his
body were left upon the surface of the earth,
and there allowed to rot. Says Liebig,
" the euoruious quantity of food which
man consumes, duiing the sixty years of his
life, and every constituent of it, that was
derived from our fields, may be obtained and
restored to them."
I have said that I find that many persons
entertain the belief, or opinion, that broomsedge
exhausts laud. One man, a very good
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practical farmer too?at least that sort of a
ouo, who upon good land, with good seasons,
would make good crops?said to me that he I
would rather have a crop of wheat to grow i
on his land, as a crop of broomsedge.
"Oh !" said I, "I think you must be mis- I
taken." "No I ain't" said he. "Any how :
they say so;" you ask any of our old farmers, j
and they will tell you that broomstraw im- j
poverishes land worse than a'most anything j
else."
Remember, this man was an anti-book
farmer, one of your real practical fellows.? i
Now I will make the assertion, and dare any j
one to prove to the contrary?by experience, |
science or anything else?that one crop of ^
! wheat will exhaust land more than five?yes ;
I might safely say, ten crops of broomsedge j
?allowing both crops too, to be removed i
from the land after they are matured.
Broomsedge produces so little seed?in
weight?that it takes from the soil very little
of those precious ingredients?the phosphates?of
which wheat and all plants that
produce seed suitable for the food of man i
and beast, require so large an amount of; j
and are so indispensable to the full develop- j
ment of their kernel, aud which abound in !
! all fertile soils.
t Says Liebig, again : ?<A greater quantity
I of the phosphates is removed in the seeds
I and straw of one crop of wheat, than would
I be removed in three or four crops of barley
or oats. The weight of the ashes of a crop
of the seed of wheat, is to that of oats, as
i 34 :466; the phosphates contained in them
as 26:10. Perhaps there are present, per{sons
who are ready to exclaiur, "I don't believe
a word of ic; why I have always heard
[ it said that oats are great exhausters of land,
{ certainly much more so than wheat!" One
reason I have heard assigned for this opinion,
I is their rapid growth?their maturing in
I much shorter time than wheat. If an inhabitant
of thetorid zoue were shown a lump
nf ifo and tnld it was waier he would be
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very apt to make the same reply?fiI don't
believe it." I would like to know by what
sortof logicor arithmetic it can be shown, that
if one man eats a loaf of bread in one hour,
he eats less than another man who eats a smaller
loaf in half an hour.
I allude to this opinion about oats being
greater exhausters of the soil than wheat,
to show that it is a fallacy?must be a fallacy?the
general received opinion to the
contrary, notwithstanding. Science points
to the truth, or is destiued to do so in such
matters, as unerringly as the needle does to
the pole. Science has exposed and removed
many such fallacies that have been
handed down to us, founded only in ignorance
and a blind credulity?a sort of
superstitious belief in the simple "say so"
of those who have gone before us. And
although the only way to remove this sort of
credulity and superstition, and to set us to
thinking for ourselves, or to acquire the
power to resist their effects, is to obtain a
knowledge of true scientific principles, and
this knowledge cannot be obtained without
reading and study ; yet we have planters among
us?intelligent men too?who ridicule
the very idea of book farming as some are
pleased to call it. Yes, even deprecate read
ing anything on the subject of agriculture.
Some are disposed to ridicule agricultural
societies, and every thing, and every body
connected with theui. One man?and I am
not sure but he is a member of our Society?
whom I asked to subscribe foran agricultural
paper, replied to me, " Xo sir, I beg to be
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would expect to have to buy corn next year,
certain!" Here too, allow me to relate an
anecdote bearing on this subject.
An old gentleman, to whom I had read an
article in an agricultural paper on the subject
of hill-side ditching, observed, " that
is just my notion about it ; the fellow that
wrote that piece knows something about the
business ; I would like to have that paper?
I wonder where I can get it." I replied to I
him that he could get twelveof them .or one j
| dollar. Pshaw !" said he, " I wouldn't give
a tig for all your agricultural papers ; (only
[ would like to have that one;) those who
write in them don't know any thing practically,
about what they write; it is all theory
with them." You perceive the old gentleman
was an out mid ont anti-book farmer, and
would not admit that he might meet with
other articles, on other subjects, that would ;
be of iuterest or piolit to him; or, perhaps,
like our member, he was afraid it would J
cause him to have to buy corn. J will ad-1
mit that the best overseer I ever had as a |
practical planter, or farmer, didn't know a
| letter in the book, and according to the
logic of anti-book farmers, it was his ignorance
of books altogether, which made him !
such Xo, the secret of his succes, was an J
indomitable energy and perseverance, iu I
; conucctiou with pretty good observation and '
! retentive memory?his ignorance had noth-J
j iug to do with it; he would have been still 1
I a better manager if he had of had more i
! I
; sense?book sense?on the subject. The !
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I [liorc l lie ruuuillg UUU SCICUUf J UIC nui oe luvt
j farmer; ergo, the less the reading and the
greater the ignorance, the better the farmer; i
i that is their logic.
j Well it may be in agriculture, as in every j
j thing else, " a little learning is a daugerous j
; thing," but is there any sense or reason in I
i saying that a knowledge of the principles j
I of any business or art, incapacitates a man j
for successfully prosecuting that business, or i
practicing that art successfully? Common
sense would say no ; such sentiments are a 1
disgrace to the age in which we live. All j
will admit that there are many thiugs yet to j
be learned, and many improvements yet
necessary to be made iu agriculture. To
arrive at fixed principles, and definite conclusions
in agriculture, by practice and experience
alone, is too slow a process; besides
it is uncertain, from the fact that so much
depends upon contingencies: variety, difference,
and condition of soil, mode of cultivation,
the seasons, &c.
For instance, iu planting and cultivating
a crop with a view to ascertain the best
mode, let success or failure be the result? ; i
it is difficult to say how much is to be at- 1
tributcd to the mode of cultivation, and how j <
much to the season and other contingencies. : I
Those who plant by the moon have another dif- j t
fieuHy to contend with; fhey know not how | I
much to attribute to its influence. Ourjt
practical and anti-book farmers are generally j t
found in this category. (
I say the process is too slow. I would s
ask those who depend upon practice and ex- i
pcrience alone, in heaveu's name, how long ,
have we yet to practice ? We (the human <
family) have been practicing agriculture, i
ever since that stern mandate was sent i
forth, " In the sweat of thy face shall thou i
eat thy bread "?for I guess it was not long (
after that, until necessity compelled Adam t
to go to work, tilling the earth. By under- t
standing principles, and then more of action, t
we place the control of their action at our 1
command. s
Science has discovered principles and t
their mode of action, and applied them to $
useful purposes?that too iu the twinkling 1
of an eye, as it were, which had escaped the j
eye of practice and observation ever since
the creation of the world perhaps. 1
I will readily graut many of our reading, i
scientific and theoretical farmers, as they c
are called, have been unsuccessful in the 1
business, and are proverbial for being bad \
or poor farmers. But their failure, I think, t
may be accounted for upon the fact of their t
being generally professional, or literary men, r.
and such as either had not time to devote to t
their business, or in whom there was a want 1
of energy and perseverance to put their r\
knowledge into practical and successful ope- j
ration. c
I will admit too that there is a great deal [
of chaff for the seed, to be found in our t
agricultural books and papers; but we do t
meet with articles in them now and then of t
real worth,such for instance as the one alluded 1
to on hill side ditching, that pleased the old 1
gentleman so well. Here, in this section of f
our district particularly, we have not mucn j
of the virgin soil to resort to. When a I
field is worn out, we cannot set to and clear !
out a new one, and then another and another;
that time has passed with us. We who expect
to remain in this, our beloved State,
and in the 'Indian Land;' who expect here to s
die, and to have our dust to commingle with 8
that of our ancestors, will be compelled to 0
adopt a different system of agriculture from c
the one we have been pursuing, let that sys- ^
tem be learned as it may. r
In conclusion, pleading its strict nature? e
I hope you will excuse the privilege I have *
taken, in touching on points that may be '
considered as not legitimately belonging to '
my subject, and I hope you will excuse the r
desultory, and very imperfect maaner in 1
which I have done so. a
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PARODY ON TIIE LAST ROSE OP 0
SUMMER. t
'Tis the last cake of supper,
Left steaming alone,
All its light brown companions c
Are buttered and gone.
No cake of its kindred g
No cookie is nigh,
To steam on the platter, c
Or near its mate lie. y
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
To meet a cold fate, v
Since thy mates are all eaten, J,
Come lie on my plate!
Thus kindly I'll butter
Thy steaming sides o'er, t
And think on thy sweetness e
When thou art no more. ^
Thus all cakes must follow, o
Three times every day,
When breakfast is ready
They vanish away;
When hunger is mighty 1
And sickness has flown, V
No cake can inhabit
The fnhie alone.
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THE CONJUROR IN ALGERIA. p
Every one has seeu, or heard speak of the u
great Robert Iloudin. Resides being the a
prince of conjurors, he is an able inatheraa- i(
ticiau and mechanician, and his electric b
clock, made for the Hotel de Villc of his b
native town of Blois, obtained a medal at a
the Paris exhibition. It is not generally u
known that he was sent to Algeria by the d
French Government on a mission connected ti
with the black art?probably the first time si
that a conjuror has been called upon to cxer- h
cisc his profession in Government employ, a
Some details of his exhibition have just h
been published. Its object was to destroy }
the influence exercised among the Arab Sl
tribes by the Marabouts?an influence f(
often mischievously applied. By a few C(
clumsy tricks and impostures these Mara- c
bouts pass themselves off as sorcerers; no i(
one, it was justly thought, was better able h
to eolipse their skill and discredit their Sj
science than the man of the inexhaustible r(
bottles. a
One of the great pretensions of the Ma- tl
rabouts was to invulnerability. At the momeet
that a loaded musket was aimed at him ti
and the trigger pulled, he pronounced a few ^
cabalistic words aud the weapon did not go
off. Iloudin detected the trick, and showed j p
that the tube-hole was plugged. The Arab J t<
wi/.zard was furious, aud abused his French i g
rival. "You may revenge yourself," quietly 1 js
replied Iloudin ; take a pistol; load it ! e,
yourself; here are bullets; put one in the j n
barrel : but before doin<: so, mark it with I,,
your knife.' The Arab did as he was told.
'You arc quite certain, now,' said Aoudin, f,
'that the pistol is loaded and will go off.? w
Tell me, do you feel no remorse in killing h
me thus, notwithstanding that I authorize ^
you ?'you arc my enemy,' coolly replied the fa
Arab; 'I will kill you.' Without replying,
Iloudin stuck an apple ou the point of a
kuife, and calmly gave the word to fire. ol
The pistol was discharged, the apple flew tt
far away, and there appeared in its place, tl
stuck on the point of the knife, the bullet sc
the Marabout had marked. p<
The spectators remained mute from tc
stupefactiou; the Marabout bowed before la
his superior. 'Allah is great 1' he said, 'I di
am vanquished.' Instead of the bottle from ei
which, in Europe, Robert Iloudin pours an b;
endless stream of every description of wine m
wd liquor, he called for an empty bowl,
which he kept continually full of boiling
;offee, but few of the Arabs would taste it,
for they made sure that it came direct from
she devils own coffee pot. He then told them
:hat it was in his power to deprive them of
ill strength, and to restore it to them at will
ind he produced a small box, so light that a
jhild could lift it with his finger; but it
suddenly became so heavy that the strongest
uan present could not raise it, and the
\rabs, who prize physical strength above
jverything, looked with terror at the great
nagician who, they doubted not, could anlihilate
them by the mere exertion of his
will. They expressed this belief; Houdin
jonfirmed them in it, and promised that, on
t day appointed, he would convert one of
hem into smoke. The day came; the
hrong was prodigious; a fanatical Marajout
had agreed to give himself up to the
lorcerer. They made him stand upon a
able and covered him with a transparent
;auze; then Houdin and another person
ifted the table by the two ends, and the
? i v i .r
\raD disappeared in a cioua 01 smoise.
The terror of the spectators was indescrioable;
they rushed out of the place, and
an a long distance before some of the bold!8t
thought of returning to look after the
Marabout. They found him near the place
vhere lie had been evaporated, but he could
ell them nothing, and was like a drunken
nan, ignorant of what had happened to him.
Thenceforward Houdin was venerated, and
he Marabouts despised; the object of the
French Government was completely attained.
The fashion of 'testimonials' having, it ap>ears,
infected even the Arabs, a number of
ihiefs presented the French conjuror with a
liece of Arab writing, wonderfully decora
ed hyperbolical and elogistic, and to which
hey were so attentive as to append a French
ranslation. Besides this memerial of his
Ugerine trip, Houdin has a rosary which
le one day borrowed from an Arab to peroral
a trick with, and which the owner,
lersuadcd that Shitan in person was before
lim, refused to receive back.?London
Times Paris Correspondent.
BAD SP1ILLIN0X
Some years ago a teacher presented himelf
as a candidate for the mastership of a
chool, of which the salary was fifteen hunIred
dollars. His qualifications were deem:d
satisfactory in all respects except in speliu</.
On account of this deficiency he was
ejected. See, now, v^hat ignorance in this
ilementary branch cost him. In ten years
lis salary would have amounted to fifteen
housand dollars, throwing out of the calcuation
the increase which by good investment
uight have accrued from interest. Besides,
he salary of the same school has since been
dvanccd to two thousand dollars. But he
night have remained in the position twice
ir three times ten years, as other teachers in
he same place have done, and that large auount
might, consequently, have been inroased
in proportion.
A gentleman of excellent reputation as a
cholar was proposed to fill a professorship in
me of our New England colleges, not many
ears since j but in bis correspondence, so
ouch bad spelling wan found, that his name
pas dropped, and an honorable position was
ost by him. The corporation of the college
oncluded that, however, high his qualificaions
as a professor might be in general litrature,
the orthography of his corresponlence
would not add much to the reputation
f the institution.
A prominent manufacturer, in a neighbortig
town received a business letter from an
ndividual who had contracted to supply him
pith a large quantity of stock; but so badly
pas it spelled, and so illegible the penman-'
hip, that the receiver found it nearly imiossible
to decipher the meaning. An immediate
decision must be given in reply ;
nd yet, so obscure was the expression that
t was impossible to determine what should
e the answer. Delay would be sure to
ring loss; a wrong decision would lead to
still more serious result Perplexed with
ncertainty, throwing down the letter, he
eclarcd that this should be the last business
ransaction between him and the writer of
uch an illiterate communication ; for, said
e, 'I am liable to lose more in this trade
lone, than I can make in a lifetime with
im.'
A gentleman who had been a bookkeeper
nine years, offered himself as a candidate
jr the othce of secretary to an insurance
onipany. Although a man of estimable
haracter, possessed of many excellent qualications,
he failed of being elected because
e was in the habit of leaving words mispclled
on his book. The position would
jquirc him to attend to a portion of the
orrespundence of the office, and it was
lought that incorrect spelling would not
isvre the company a very excellent reputaon
from their method of doing business,
'hatever amount might be transacted.
Inability to spell correctly exposes one to
ecuniary loss. It is, moreover, an obstacle
> an advancement to honorable station.?
uch instances as those recited above are satifactory
proofs; but that this defect in one's
ducation is productive of mortification and
lischief, is .llustrated by the following aclal
occurrence.
A young teacher had received assistance
oin a friend in obtaining a school, and
rote a letter overflowing with gratitude to
is benefactor, but closed it thus: 'Please
rcept (accept?) my thanks for your kind
ivors iu my behalf.'?Mass. Teacher.
WT.r . ... T.n>. \T.r>t< Tin rici Tl,? I
if rlAi lie x \jr. xuc tuuouo
f the United States shows that we have
vo millions and a half farmers, one hundred
lousand merchants, sixty-four thousand mains,
and nearly two hundred thousand carenters.
We have fourteen thousand bakers
i make our bread ; twenty-four thousand
wyers to set us by the ears; forty thousand
octors to -'kill or cure" and fifteen hundred
iitors to keep this motley mass in order,
y the power of public opinion controlled ;
ad manufactured through the press.
From Morris and Willis' Home Journal.
JOHN AN3ERS0N, MY JO.
This exquisite ballad, constructed by Robert
Rums out of a different and somewhat i
exceptionable lyric, has always left some-!
thing to be wished for and regretted : it is |
not complete. Rut who would venture to
add to a song of Rums? As Rums left it,
it runs thus:?
John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your honnie brow whs brent ;
But now your brow is bald, John,
Your locks are like the snaw ;
But blessings on j'our frosty pow,
John Anderson, my jo.
John Anderson, my jo, John,
We clnmb the hi!! thegither;
And monv a canty day, John,
We've had wi' ane anither:
Nowwe maun totter down, John,
But hand in hand we'll go,
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Andersou, my jo.
Fine as this is, it does not quite satisfy a
contemplative mind : when one has gone so
far> he looks and lougs for something more i
?something buyona thcjootof the hill.?
Many a reader of Burns must have felt this;
and it is quite probable that many have attempted
to supply the deficiency ; but we
know of only one swrcss in so hazardous an
experiment. This is the added verse :?
John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we have slept thegitber
The sleep that a' maun sleep, John,
We'll wake wi' nne nnitber :
And in that better warld, John,
Nae sorrow shall we know;
Nor fear we e'er shall part again,
John Anderson, myjo.
Simple, touching, true?nothing wanting,
and nothing to spare precisely harmonizing
with the origiual stanzas, and roving
them by the fact of completing them.?
This poetical achievement is attributed to
Mr. Charles Gould, a gentleman of our
town, whose life has been chiefly devoted to
the successful combination of figures?but
not figures of rhetoric. The verse was
written some years ago, but it has not hitherto
found its way into print; yet it well deserves
to be incorporated with the original
song in any future edition of Burns's Poems,
and we hope some publisher will act on this
suggestion.
Small Talk.?We give the following
as a specimen of the truly edifying conversation
frequently heard in "almost any quantity"
at our wateriog places and fashionable
resorts generally. It was got up by the N.
Y. Herald as particularly calculated for the
meridian of Washington city, but will suit
any and every latitude :?
"Ah, Mrs. * * * * (running up and
shaking hands) I am very glad to see you indeed."
Well, how do you do ?'
Very well, I thank you. It is very windy
to-day.'
'Yes, very wiudy, I thought it would
rain.'
'So did I. Very windy. But it has
cleared off quite pleasant.'
'Yes, it has cleared off quite pleasant.'
'There are a good many people here today.'
'Yes, a good many.'
'We have a great deal of rain lately.'
?Yes, a great deal of rain.'
'Where are you staying at, my dear ?'
'At .'
'Thank you. I am glad to see you looking
so well.'
'Thank you. I am very glad, Mrs. * * * *
to see you indeed.'
Thus they ruu on, the male exquisites
frequently takiug a part and making Miss
Nancys of themselves by helping out with a
meaningless chat. We have, sometimes,
heard a regular conversation of this description
going on for half an hour, each talking
incessantly all the while, and when the thing
came to be "cyphered out" and reduced
down to the standard of good hard sense not '
a word had been spoken.
Tiie Elephant and the Nabob.?The '
favorite elephant of the grand vizier under
Rajah Dowlah was the hero of a noble feat.
This great nabob was about to make the diversion
of a mighty hunt in the neighborhood
of Lucknow, where the game is rather
plentiful. The preparations being completed,
and a train of nobility assembled, the
procession of Nimrods began to move off for
the field. After passing through a ravine,
the gorgeous sportsmen entered the meadow,
which was covered with sick people, who
were lying exposed to get the benefit of the
pure and fresh air, and they were so distributed
as to obstruct the course of the beasts
of burden. Rajah Dowlah was intent upon
feeding his cruel eyes with the sight that
the mangling of the bodies of the miserable
creatures would produce, by compelling tbn v
huge elephants to trample them underfoot.
The grand vizier rode upon his own beast,
and the nabob ordered the driver to goad :
him on, and hi went at a quick pace, but J
when he arrived at the spot of the indisposed
people, though in a trot, the sagacious ani- ?
mal stopped short before the first invalid.?
The vizier cursed him ; the driver goaded ?
him ; and the nabob cried, 'Stick him in the
ear!' All, however, was in vain. More v
humane than his superior, the elephant stood
firm, and refused to violate his better feelings. '
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fi.1 lenglll, Stcmiy air: JJI/U! uittuww
anrf unable to move themselves out of the
?cay, he took up the first with his truok and 0
laid him gently down again out of his path.
He did the same with the secoud and third, 1
aod so od, until he had made a clear pas?age, a
along which the retinue could pass without a
doing injury to anyone of them. The brute ^
and the man made an exchange of their proper
sentiments, and humanity triumphed
gloriously in the brute. j*
A resolution has been adopted in the ?
Senate calling on the President to furnish all a
information derived from American officers
on the Coast of Africa, or from the British h
and French Governments, concerning the
revival of the African Slave Trade. nc
The Goosebone and the Weather.?
The Fredricksburg Herald says : The breastbone
of a goose is believed by many to be an
unerring prognosticator of the kind of winter
ahead, foreshadowing with its dark spots
cold and bleak weather, whilst clear points
indicate a mild temperature. Whatever of
truth there may be in thisolden time method
of philosophizing,?for it is no invention of
this day, as we are informed that it has been
the weather guage with some for the last
twenty years?there is no denying the fact
that for the last two or three winters the
goose-bone, as interpreted by this class of
philosophers, or enigmatical expounders, has
fully and fairly illustrated the wintry seasons.
The .elucidation of the goose-bone
theory is in this wise :
Take the brest-bone of any goose that has
been served up for the table; and observe
its coloring?commencing at the front ex
amine it through ; the clear, light places
upon it are taken as points of mild genial
weather; its dark, veiny, or discolored spots,
is an indication of hard, cold, piercing
weather; and just as the one or the other
preponderates, so will the sort of weather
prove. Supposing the front of the bone to
represent the first of December, the observer |
may lay off the whole of it into monthly
winter plats, and thus decide the character
of each coming month.
A goose-bone examined a few days ago
indicates delightfully mild weather in
Deqpmber and January. Early in February
sharp, pinching weather for some ten
days- After that a season of charming
weather, to be followed by a late and cold
spring.
A Singular Case.?The following story
comes to us from a correspondent and is apparently
well authenticated :
A young man named Ansel Prown, living
in the village of Westerly was passing along
the road into the village on the 20th, of
October, about mid-day, and suddenly he
experienced and indescribable sensation.?
He lost first sight, then his speech, and
finally his sense of hearing. He remained
confounded in the middle of the road,
knowing not which way to turn, and was
found soon after bvoncof his acauaintances,
? m '
who tried to arouse him, but without effect.
Various methods were practiced, such as
firing pistols and making loud noises close to
him, but he did not notice them. H? was
taken home and fed as one would feed a
child. Thus he continued up till Sunday,
Nov. 15th. As the family were about to
attend church, Brown's sight was restored
to him in a manner as quick and mysterious
as that by which he had lost it. He went
to church and carried a small slate on which
be wrote; as soon as the music commenced
he was seen to start; when the minister concluded
the services, Brown began to read
the writing on the slate aloud, to the infinite
surprise of all present. He returned to his
home as well as he ever was.
The story is confirmed by the people of
the village. The man's name is Bourne.
He has been dissipated, and while walking
he fancied that he heard a voice bidding
him go to church. He replied that rather
than obey the command, he would be deaf
and dumb; where upon his speech and
sight and hearing failed him, and were restored
in the manner related.?Providence
Journal.
Hon. TV. TV. Boyce.?It is with great
pleasure that we notice frequent and honoraLvIa
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and distinguished Representative, Hon. W.
W. Boyce, by the press, other than that of
his immediate constituency and State. His
position in Congress is a high one, and already
he ranks amongst our ablest and most
reliable statesmen- Eminently conservative,
in his views and principles he is clear and
decided for the administration of the Government
on the principles of truth, justice
and the Constitution as our patriot fathers
left it. He asks nothing more nor is he
willing that we should have less. Mr.
Boyce is not, and never was, an ultraist.?
His first election to Congress was, immediately
after the secession break down in '51,
and he was then supported by co-operationists,
&c., without regard to party. He has
exceeded our most sanguine expectations,
ind is to-day a truer and warmer States
rights secssionist, than many renegade firewaters
of that eventful period, who stood,
in 1850?'51, m the interesting attitude,
ready for battle, 'with lance couched and not
i feather quivering in the plume.'
It would be difficult to suit the people of
)ur Congressional District better, in a Rep entative,
and we know of no one at present
vho is likely to make the effort, but prelume
that he will be re-elected next fall
vithout opposition.?Camden Journal.
Portentous Extravagance of Wohen.?Such
is the rage for red flannel peticoats
abroad, that Dr. Charles Mackey has
elt called upon to rebuke it in a little song,
sntitled the 'Red Petticoat and the White.'
t is needless to say that the poetical Doctor J
ixpresses a decided preference for the white.
[*he handkerchief mania is also prevailing
'iolently, in consequence of which every
ady is forced to carry two?one for use in
he pocket?and the other for display in the '
land. Price 500 francs, or 81200 a dozen.
?o carry the more expensive articles, boxes
f pearl have been expressly invented.? {
?hese are worth from 850 to 875. From
hese figures it will be seen that it will cost j
s much to keep a woman in handkerchiefs,
s it does to keep the rest of the family in c
oots, buttons and house rent. r
afirSlavia, who was hung recently at St. '
ohns, N. B., for the murder of the Mc- e
[enzie family, confessed that, after the elder t
lembers of the family had been butchered, a
little girl, about three years old, innocent- 8
7 held up her doll and offered it to him if 0
e would not kill her. The little innocent's t(
ffer was refused, and the inhuman monster
lurdered her.
Lapland Marriages.?Every Laplander,
however poor, has his dozen or two dozen
deer; and the flocks cf a Lapp Croesus a!
mount sometimes to two thousand head. As
soon as a young lady is born?after having
' been duly rolled in the snow?she is dower!
ed by her father with a certain number of
i deer, which are immediately branded with
i her initials, and henceforth kept apart as her
j special property. In proportion as they in;
crease and multiply does her chance improve
j of making a good match. Lapp courtships
i are conducted pretty much in the same fash!
ion as in other parts of the world. The asI
pirant, as soon as he discovers that he has
| lost his heart, goes off in search of a friend,
and a bottle of brandy. The friend enters
the tent, any open?:, simultaneously, the
brandy and his business; while the lover
remains outside, engaged in hewing wood,
or some other mental employment. If, after
the brandy and the proposal have been duly
diannsRpri. the elnnii: me of hi* friend nre
"7 1 i
vails, he himself is called into the conclave,
and the young people are allowed to rub
noses. The bride then accepts from her
suitor apreseut ot a reindeer's tongue, and
the espousals arc considered concluded. The
marriage does not lake, place for two or three
years afterwards; and*during the interval
the intended is obliged to labor in the service
of his father-in-law.?Lord Dnferin's Letters
from Hitjh Latitudes.
Scene Between a Chinese Painter
and a Yankee Sea Captain.?There is
the studio of a portrait painter, not probably
a dangerous rival to Lamqua, of Macao.?
There is loud talking in that studio. A
Yankee captain is inspecting a portrait of
himself, which has been painted at a con*
tract price of some $20. The Yankee is a
man about 40, with streaks of gray in his
bushy hair and beard, with a slight defeet
in one eye, a large nose and a pockmarked
face. Yetwithal, thanks to his affluence of
hair and an expression of jnanty determination
and devil-may care go-a-headness, he is a
manly-looking fellow. He is looking rue- \
fully, however, at this counterfeit present- \
ment of himself which is to go to the girl
of his heart at Xew York. It is a most . \
laughter-moving caricature of all the salient
points of his physiognomy. The Yankee
swears that it is no more like him than hick
ory nuts are like thunder. The artist das
produced a small looking glass, which he
places beside the portrait, and pointing to
the gray hair and the squinting eye, and the
pockmarks of the portrait, and then to the
present originals from which they were
copied, says triumphantly at each verification,
<IIab got? Hab got? Habgot? How
can make handsome man 'spose no got handsome
face V
Life in Arkansas.?A correspondent of
the Little Rock Democrat, writes from the
Northwestern portion of the State :
"The weather is cold here now. Pork
has sold at 3$ and 4c. There will be a
great deal of bacon made. After crops are
laid by, people have nothing to do particularly.
They can, therefore, hitch up Buck
and Bright and start off and keep going till,
they get ten cents for the whole load. It is
very pleasant living in the summer time to
go off a bacon selling. Buck and Bright
live on the grass. Plague on 'em, they are
sometimes hard to find in the morning.?
But then no one is ever in a hurry. The
delightful part is seven-up at night and
drinking rot-gut. Sometimes somebody gets
a little drunk, the sober ones win smartly.?
But altogether there is much happiness on a
bacon trip?to some folks.
All kinds of produce are high, and strange,
after such a crop year, somewhat scarce.
A well-to-do farmer of Springport,
N. Y., three years ago had a little altercation
with his wife, and while conversing
with her took up a pail to go after some water.
His long absence awakened the fears
of his wife, who suspected at once that he
bad made an end of his life by throwing
himself into the well. The well was accordingly
searched, but the husband was not
found. The friendly neighbors industriously
sought for but found no traces of him.?
Last week while his family were at tea, the
missing husband walked into the room with
the pail of water in his hand, put it into its
usua place, and sat down to the table as if
nothing had happened. He had been gone
just three years after his pail of water, and
had visited California and Australia, and
had turned up again with a handsome little
fortune in his pocket.
"Keep Your Mouth Shut."?Never
allow the action of respiration to be carried
on through the mouth. The nasal passages
are clearly the medium through which respiration
was by our Creator designed to be
carried on.?"God breathed into man's nostrils
the breath of life," previous to his becoming
a living creature. The difference in
the exhaustion of strength by a long walk
with the mouth firmly closed, and respiration
carried on through the nostrils instead of
through the mouth, is inconceivable to those
ivho have never tried the experiment. It is
jaid that the habit of carrying on the work
)f inspiration and expiration through the
nouth is the origin of almost all diseases of
;he throat and lungs.
IS?" The "registered letter" system, it
appears, does not work so well in the fcransnifrion
of money by mail, as was expected.
[t has served rather, to direct the attention
>f dishonest persons to letters thus marked,
listingnishing them at once as valuable.?
[he present Post Master Qeneral, in his aniua>
report, allndesto a plan matured by his
>redecessor for issuing money orders by
very postmaster upon other postmasters, for
he transmissions of small sums to persons
t various points throughout the countiy. A .
imilar system has been in operation throughut
England for many years, and is found
o work well. *
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Make few promiMs.
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