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HO. 34, ~ ' ' I Original Jriitlfs. ! -=== i For the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ "THE HOMESTEAD LAW." ] Mr. Editor:?Your "Enquirer" of the 14th iust., contained a brief article on the ' 'Homestead Law" over my signature, to 1 which, in the Enquirer of the 20th, one ' .had the impudence to attempt a reply with- ' L C _ 1- rrnlnoKla oronmpnt. ! out sue usb ui a eiugic ( Id my humble efforts then, in which you j 1 kindly indulged me, to elicit truth respect- ' fully, I little-.thought*, that it was in forfeit- 1 ure of feelings to bo felt through the col- 1 umns of a decent paper, by the insertion of ' an article afterwards, which, iu the fullness ' of vituperation and falsehood, is made so des- 1 titute of gentlemanly feelings. But I know 5 it is not consonant with your wishes to hold 1 that the public requires your aid to an out- 1 rage upon another's feelings. He only wrote 1 it. and you published it, but doubtless with 1 some good intent; and to this end you must ( return me tfco privilege this time, while I * snffer further priviledge to him, with the 1 promise fairly made to you that, for myself, 1 will not trouble you again in this matter, s * I regret the occasion, in respect to my 1 own feelings only, that induces me to notice t Ihis little article alluded to, and to be pa- 1 tient, should let it pass unnoticed. I would i thus emulate the example of patience of the ] mooo in disregarding the hayings of dogs, t Yd answering mm woo sig?i? unuocu -i'lci chant," I will do so, but from the respect 1 in which I bold the calling that identifies i honorable men (and among whom I recognize some friends) I will hot-use his sigua- I ture, but will designate him as "M.'' In ! this way I will give no offence to such. \ Says "M," in the beginning, "I would \ infer that his motive is not so much synapa- t thy with those who desire to have the bene- i fit of that law, as a desire to aim a blow at f the merchants." Now, sir, the fact that I jrrote the Homestead article was known in s the community in which I live, and there is ] no merchant here, nor no honorable mer- c chant elsewhere that understood me so. I ^ used the word "merchant" because the Leg- s islature had, and I went upon the ground t 1 1? K/V/Iit in onndpmn . maraea out uy tuai w?; w ~ .? a aot. Id all my say. I simply aimed at truth, t and truth I wrote. But how with him ?? t Now, truth is a pleasurable emotion, at least with honorable men, and will often drive c them to many hard experiments, but I can- fc not vouch that its disclosure here would add | anything, either to his enjoyment or fame, t That he may better understand me in other t words, I will say that the first sentence in a the first paragraph is a falsehood. Is false- t hood then the first stone to throw in discussing a matter of honesty and justice? t In his next sentence, says he : "He has doubtless been in the haDds of some merchaDt who has been trying to obtaio what is j justly due him.'" Now I cannot understand j how it was that ray article gave rise to such xpression like this. Without any influence, * whatever, every uian understands this speech. He so intended it, or else the human lan- ^ guage was never intended as a medium of , communication to me. My first thought j was in ordering a cane through some mer- j chant here for his benefit. But by way of j apology for him for writing something he did j not know what, I concluded the gentleman j bad the scratches. But tnat my opinion may not militate against any one for being mean, I will at once take up his own text. "To the extent of my knowledge" continues he, "I have never known a man who, after taking the benefit of that law, was considered by the community in which he lived a truly honest man. I cannot conceive how a man can be honest who would take the benefit of such a law." You will perceive that this is in the teeth of what I stated, in support of my convictions, for I expressly stated that I wonld myself avail of the benefit of such a law. In vindication he cites this example: "A is Indebted to B in the sum of five hundred dollars for a piece of land purchased from B; and under the law as it did exist, A claims the benefit of the Homestead Act; B looses the entire debt. Would not A be considered a dishonest man ? Morally speaking, he would?" In this example there is no such thing intended by that Act. My own mind could cot be so absorbed in piracy itself to view it so. It is not A's until paid for, and can* not be recorded under the act before then. Besides, it is after he has paid for it, and owes nothing to any one at the time, that he 1 is protected in his home. I will here cite ] an example that will sensibly picture the < merit of this Homestead Law. I A wants B's land. He goes to C with ] whom he conspires, and gets him to sell to < B another tract of land on a long lime, that < he might effect a purchase of B the land be i " wants. Now this land, bear in mind, B has, 1 Kb ln-n,, uon rn rtf h/ird labor and economy, 11 "J *~"V J? - just acquired. i With this inducement, therefore, with the apparent prospect of a more rapid accumu- 1 lation of worldly goods for the better sup- ( port of himself and family, B parts with his ' land, and after paying thereon what would ' have secured for his family a Homestead, 1 bp contracts a further debt for the new pur- < phase. But, by and by, through some mis- f chance, he is unable to meet the payment ' then. The whole of the land is now forced I into a bad market, and there sacrificed, and 1 while it, perhaps, peaceably falls back into 1 the hands of C, it leaves B and his family homeless and penniless ! Another. A wants B's land. He goes 1 now to B himself, and states that he has money which he desires to put at 10 per 1 pent, interest for 10 years, and vfith which B mjght purchase a negro to help him to 1 work if he'desirecj it. But the negro is diseased and dies?or he may die, and perhaps 1 leave a dependant old mother?or a helpless 1 wife, or orphans, or the land may be under < a litigious title, which would involve his all o-vindicate at law, and thus again he is " 'endered homeless. Now this Homestead right would have kept away these tempta;ions from this man. Here, we see the dw rine supplication that was sent to the Throne Sternal by the son-of God while with us here, has been violently torn from the sacred rolume, to make a covenant for a mooted . rillian: And for what I say, I feel that I jould stand shameless in the presence of Sod himself. And can any honest man, bear in his bosom no jast condemnation for s jxecrable perfidy like this? I have not i jnred to know, nor do I know who "M" is, 1 md, therefore, cap't ask him whether he has < ejected from his bosom what I do not know 1 o be there. If he sanctions such conduct < ike this, what right has he to ask of the t oublic their opinion of his honesty ? Thus f itrippcd of his all, what answer can the poor i nan give to his poverty-stricken children, vho now turn to him with tearful eyes and jiteously ask "0! Father where now shall ve go ?" Now answer me, you who would ;urse your mother's milk to trample upon he poor, how dare you to startle the world vith your moral interrogatories? I have thus hastily carried you through < some of the examples io which one might ( je driven from what ought to be his home- j itead. I cannot give you every instanoe.? . [t would be to ask of me the sum of the i world's trials, perhaps, for many thousand i pears. This, however, is not more than the < sense of what I wrote in my previous com- i nunication, but more condensed; yet doubtess by others I was understood. But I have ink dnne with "M." In his next breath he asks, "What would t lave become ot the poor in the winter and j ipring of 45 and '6? To the merchant they j rere indebted for bread to sustain life, and ] vhen scarce, it can be obtained more readily ( hrough the merchant (that is himself) than f n any other manner." Indeed! 0, how ^ 'unny!! ( But let me ask how is this all so? To c inswer this myself for him, I fear the pub- e ic would, from its present unenlightened londition, suffer some impatience; and will ( ret wait for some more concurrent circum- t tance favorable to his moral development i >efore taking his strengthy assertion. To t .ver the same on my own account, I could r lot call forth such prodigious efforts of in- & ellect for any such discovery. t The present generation will then pardon ( ae for suoh an omission here, but without f leing discouraging, a hope will be cow time- < y expressed here, that, in the future of a g housand years or so, some one will, if from ? to other motive than sheer justice to the j, uthor, give the matter a further examina- 9 ion. t But if I can turn this to the account of ' he Homestead, I will. Do you not get your t noney from the Bank to lay in this "provi- t lion" for "the poor" "in times of scarcity?" t * ' j 1 ?M T 1 ?vna in aoxag bo, uo yuu uui, uvun ui .uej^io.- > atioo that screens you from usury ? When f fou are in trouble on account of the poor, md need money, does not this legal interest t jrotect you ? Will you withhold the same ( irotection in another form to the poor, who ? nay be (in defence to your Right Worship- i Ail Highness) in the power of such as are i ndebted to Messrs. Shyloclt and Pawn-, jroker for their prinoiples ? What would < lecome of him then in such hands? Let t lis goods be gone. Do you then require his ? hanks alone to stand for your bounty? It s night be curious to know, that those who > ixpress their kind consideration for "relief s :o the poor" in commodity alone, could consume the remnant of his stock of affection, 1 vhen all was gone, in what would purchase ? 'or his unfortunate and wronged neighbor a 1 ope. Yes, and under the sole conviction i hat his misfortunes gave to no honester man < han "M," the leave to apply to him the t lumptuous appellation of a rascal. A true t ove this, that asks for recompense another's ? ill! Great good to him indeod that seals i 1 -? - r i_ . four covenants?tne covenant 01 one woo ets himself up as Egypt's Benjamin to dream i >f scaroity! And you entitled to "protec- i ton" for no other reason, than that you, in < oehalf of the poor, are to provide against 'scarcity of provision"?you who rate the e 'industry and economy" of the honest poor ( .0 a bare "subsistence," must plunge your bands into his pooket, with the happy con- J jolation that tiokles the gentleman's gizzard, f that "the State has provided for him" when < fou have withdrawn them; and then lie < iown on yonr dreamy pillow to muse upon I 'Stock" in "Railroads and Canals !" Is it t lot better that he should go to the poor louse, and there, under the kind shelterand s protection of his State, romaio until the t itorm is over, and return to his home, than v :o be in the protection of hands like this ? t [ do not know "M", but to judge from his ' writing, he is, unless an impostor, a land j iwner and a dealer in "provision" commod- t ities for the poor. Perhaps, too, he has a back door bar, as hiu mind seems to bend ( towards "dissipation and idleness" in writing < on business that does not concern him.? t And although I do not desire, nor intend to $ iiscuss with him, I would here ask a simple ? question or two. If I hit it, it is because I ? im in the dark of whom I speak, for I have < ao idea that I know him. It is ?. If a t land owner, of how many Homesteads is your , iwn homo oomposed ? Again Has not i some poor, homeless applicant within the six 1 months just passed, sought to serve you in y the capacity of a menial, that he might earn y a little bread for himself and family ? Now j wam r*/\f in nil Kfl milt Ml j 11 CUj UIU J V/U UVl lu uil vuv wvv.v tion of your bosom for the poor, reject that ( man as you would a dog? Or did you not | offer to pay him with some note that you ' knew to be worthless, because of its being j on one who had no homestead ? Now, sir., * if so again, tell me would that man have y suffered less than the man who may have < been dragged into oblivious sleep, and i robbed of his all! But whether these things | are so, your silence in either case will indi- ( cate as much. < But, Mr. Editor, I will now close. Were j .. . M's" article to remain unanswered, it might ms ?ppear that I had nothing better to Wet, Id vhile the task of undertaker was simply Ms an )\cn. In ray first article, I approached ttrjs re lubject with civil and inoffensive speech, an<^ 19 f I have departed from it here, it is in irai- of :ation of the style of his eboice to rae; and wc f I have succeeded in . stirring up the calr ob Iron of his venom, he. shall bite'the earth Aj ind take it. In regard to his uncalled for tvl jutrage that I had "been in the hands of wl some merchant who has beten trying to ob- 5 ain what is justly due him," I can.saj that 25 [ have receipts in my possession, the money )f which would buy him up over again, let T1 lis worth be what it may, .and pay all the de tokfc ko mnrr rnfiice tn MV nnft lilnrf* fiVef Ml he heads of helpless children a roof secure rom cormorants and gelders of orphans pat- pri imony, when the parent is no more. "t J. B. on Rock Hill, Aug. 2d, 1858. , Fa .? ?? ... . do . For tho Yorkville Enquirer. vi< ERRORS EXAMINED. " Mr. Editor:?In my communication to jom. in reply to "A Presbyterian," of July ^ 22, you doubtless recollect, that I then said, ^ ?If.?A Presbyterian' hasanythiDg more to say aj] or me, on the matter in dispute between or nyself and "Polemon" hereafter, I require of lim, to write over his own proper nameor, tjc [will not notice it." He had said (July 22) that ."a regard to Divine truth indooed ^ iim to ask some space in the Enquirer, in 0f >rder to correct some positions aod principles q.| iromulgated by myself, for "Polomon,' 'oc the gtJ noral obligation of myself, and of all chris- aQ ,ians to join a Temperance Society. .These an le said, be regarded as of "fatal tendency. tjc Fatal to Bible truth?wrong in doctrine? eading to injurious practice?obvious errors; j,0 >pinioos, whioh when reduced to practice are tj0 atal to much religious truth?to piety?op- an josed to the faith, and church practice of my rja >wn (the Presbyterian) church?in direot >pposition to the sentiments, aod practice of M1 ivery Christian denomination among us." ne" You recollect, Mr> Editor, that I deman- re, led (July 29) of "A Presbyterian," in my OQ eply to this, that he as a Christian gentle- er an do appear in his own proper name, and nj nake good his category of my alleged "er- m( ors j" or, that he retract these his exception* fm ible sayings. He indeed appeared again, * at over the name of "A Presbyterianand wlas I understand him) reluctantly let go bis orraer ground of "errors," in that he says, 'the gentleman [33. A. Crenshaw} in his econd article, [thefirst to "A Presbyterian"] q xplains his emphatic and unguarded rfenand, [from Polemon] repudiates the reaonable [the unwarrantable] inference [made aQ >y "A Presbyterian" in his abuse of the words j. 'a thus saith the Lordj" in making mo nean by them an "express precept in so jn nany words," as required of "Polemon" by me ne] and defines anew his position." The DQ vhole category of what he had called "fatal ag irrors," thus foil harmlessly to the ground. The new position to which he alludes is j8] his. "I held [for Polemon] the will of ru] }od, as revealed in the Bible by precept, ^ (xpressed, implied, or In example, to be the jet ule?the only rule of moral obligation on l ti nan." . an To this my newly defined position, as he >aD jails it, he also takes exception ; and under * he head ^atal errors corrected" he proceed(d to say :t: "This proposition still re? itricts duty amoral duty to God] to a written pr ule, notwithstanding the Confession of Faith lays" &c. pj Mr. Editor: The boon forcontentionjiow ^ etween "A Presbyterian" and myself, is not q( ibout the "a thus saith the Lord," explained ^ >y him to mean "an express precept in so. at nany words," and denied by me; but the :ause for war on his part now is, in that I ^ iffirm, that "the will of God as revealed in gQ he Bible is the rule?the only rule for moral j ibligation on man," imposed of God, bind- QQ ng man in obedience to God in moral duty, j I affirm that "the will of God as revealed ? , v 001 n the Bible, is the rule?the ooly rule of noral obligation on man." "A Presbyterian" en tenics the truth of ray proposition. ... "To the law and to the testimony; if they ipeak not according to this word, it is be- . sause there is no light in them." Isa. 8 : JO. "A Presbyterian" heretofore has held the floly Scriptures, the Confession of Faith, ^ rnd "the sentiments, and practice of every Jhristian denomination among us" as witness- ., is, competent to disprove "errors." I now, \lr. Editor, introduce these here, in order o prove the truth of my affirmation. 1. Holy Scriptures. The Bible says, "the a t leoret things belong to the Lord our God ; on >ut those things which are revealed belong he into us, and to our children forever, that we th< nay do all the works of this law." Deut. j;,; J9:29; Mic. 6:8; 1st Sam. 15:22; John he ): 39 ; Acts 17 :11, and many other Scripures. 2. Confession of Faith. The Confession if Faith of the Presbyterian Church says, 'The whole counsel of Cod concerning all hings necessary for his own glory, man's of 'alvation, faith, and life, is either expressly pr< iet down in Scripture, or by good and neces- gii lary consequence may be deduced from wi! 4 mktrtk nnttiinn ia of out? scripture j uuiu nuiuu uuwuiu^ ? *?v lU( ,ime to be added," &o., ohap. 1 : seo. 1.? \galu. "It pleased the Lord" * * "to re- poi real himself, and to dcolare that his will unto Da lis church" * * "and to commit the same th( wholly unto writing," * * "those former ers ivays of God's revealing his will unto his doi people being now ceased." chap. 1: sec. 1. wh A.gain. Under the name of Holy Scripture, 1 ir the word of God tcriitcn, are now confined all the books of the Old and $ew of Testament," * * "all which ar$ given by edi nsniration of Qod, to be the rule of faith tol ma life." chap. 1: sec. 2. Again. Good Ja vorks are only such as God hath command- wa ;d in his word, and not such as without the ; wit urarrant thereof, are devised by men out of i hii ilind zeal &c." chap. 16 : sec. 1. Again, bu 'Works done," * * "maybe things which Vi God commands," * * "yet because they sp< prooeed not" * * "oor are done in a right inner, according to the word &c." chap. : sec. 7. Again. * * "to do that freely, t d cheerfully, which the will of God re- ii aled in the law rcqoireth to begone. Chap, a : sec. 7. Again. "The Holy Scriptures ? the Old and New Testaments, are the t frd of God, the only rule of faith, and e edience." Larger oatechism. Quest. 3. \ ?ain. "The Scriptures principally teach 1 mt man is to believe concerning God, and d lat duty God requireth of man." Quest, p See also, chap. 20: sec. 2. 21:7 j 22:7; t : 5; 26:1, 2; 31:2, 3. d rt i ff oa. "Linnsuuu ucuuuiiuttiiuuu auiuu^ w?. ic9c are Presbyterian, Seceder, Indepen- q Dt Presbyterian, Baptist. Episcopalian, 1 ethodist Episcopal. C 1. Presbyterian. "The sentiments and = actico" of the Presbyterian Church, on * he rule?the only rule of moral obligation man/' is contained in the Confession of ith. What she has to say on.the matter v w in question, has just been passed in re- ' jw before the reader, Mr. Editor, and I e ed not here repeat it. See under the head ^ Confession of Faith," as before reeited. 1 2. Seceder. This "denomination" says f e same thing as does the Presbyterian, oa ' 9 matter now in question; this has been * eady recited. See "Confession of Faith," "Presbyterian," as above. a 3. Ind. Presbyterian. This "denomina- 1 in" says, "The Scriptures of the Old and 1 )w Testaments, as contained (from Gene- 8 i to Revelations, inclusive) are the word ^ God, given by inspiration of the Holy 0 * .? .1 - f lost, ana consequently tney are me oniy ? tndard of trutb, and to be received on the 3 thority of God, because they arc bis word; 8 d the only infallible rule of faith and prac- * e." Iud. Pres. Church, chap. 22: art, 1. F 4. Baptist. This "denomination" does ^ Id and teach, on the matter here in ques- v a, the very same as does the Presbyteri- ' See Confession of Faith, or Presbyte- 8 ,n, Seceder, Ind. Presbyterian. J 5. Episcopalian. This "denomination" 1 ps "Holy Scripture containeth all things c cessaryto salvation; so that what is not ^ id therein, nor may be proved thereby, is 8 t required of any man" &c. Common Pray- " Articles of Religion, Art. 6. Again. t is not necessary that traditions, and cere>nies be in all places one, andhitterly alike; e at all times they may have been divers," P * "so that nothing be ordered against the II of God." ditto Art. 34. v 6. Methodist Episcopal! This "denomition" says "These are the general rules ^ out societies; all which we are taught of F id to observe; even in his written word, c lich is the only rule, and the sufficient i le both of our faith and practice." Doct. a d Discip. Mcth. Episeopal Church, chap. ' sec. 4. (7.) P Here, Mr. Editor, in the Holy Scriptures, c the Confession of Faith, and in "the senti- n ints, and practice of every christian domination amoDg us," the will of God 8 revealed in the Scripture, or Bible, by ' jcept, expressed, implied, or in example, ' held and taught to be the rule?the ODly ^ le for moral obligation on man. Thus I ^ ve made out my case as truth to the very ^ ter, notwithstanding "A Presbyterian" v s said of my proposition, it "is in each- 0 d every case to contradict the Scriptures, ' d is necessarily fatal to religious truth, 11 d wrong in practice." Alas ! alas! Ob, 1 Vesbyterian I" e Now, Mr. Editor, what shall I say of "A esbyterian ?" Is he to be pitied most, or u >st to be blatnei for bis attaok on me ?? 11 d he attack me because of his regard F Divine truth and correct principles?? e ' did he this through ignoience of what is v 5 truth ? Or, because he was chagriued 1 the defeat of "Polemon," in his notions ? moral obligation on me, and on all Chris- a ns, to become members of a Temperance 0 ciety? One of two things I think is cer- 1 n. Either "A Presbyterian" is ignorant 0 the subject in debate; or, be wuncandid ^ his mode of conducting bis side of this atroverey. v He sDeaks of me as havine nut "reason" 1 d "consoience" in "a straight- jacketv is I know nothing about; but I find, that P thing else than a <straight jacket" will a Id him fast in this discussion, and he n ist receive it at my band, and I now do ^ t it on him, and lace it tightly there; nor 0 all he be delivered from it until this dete is settled. He is now bound to set a- P le what is here written, or he too is beaten 0 well as "Polemon" was. c But, Mr. Editor, where is a "Presbyteri- \ ?" Ho is in the woods, squatted behind a ree, grunting, with "a straight jacket" him, hidden, watching to see what will ^ the end of all this matter; or, looking at * 5 destruction of?he has wrought. Mr. * litor, be pleased to say to him for me, that J1 keep dark a little while longer, until I 11 r my skill in ray next to find him out. ^ E. A. CRENSHAW. 81 [to be continued.] ^ p -Jackson's Birthplace?Thelateletter u Col. Braxton Davenport, attempting to ^ >ve that Andrew Jackson wau born in Vir- n iia, is exciting some investigation, and ii II, no doubt, result in a review of the his- h ical records and evidence of the event. al We are Dot disposed to attribute any im- h rtance to the depositions offered by Mr. venport, but it may be as well <to vindicate sj i truth of history/ that some of our read- w i or exchanges who have the leisure and I u uuments at command should state the tl iole case.? Charleston Courier. b The Norfolk Argu* says: T During the life of Peter P. Mayo, Esq., h this city, that gentleman informed the tc itor of this paper that Mr. Hodijah Meade b d him that he was once stopping with Gen h ckson, in Petersburg, at the tavern after- ti rdskeptby Powell, and became intimate n Lh him. Andrew Jackson there informed ii 11 that he was not born in South Carolina, k t at Jenning's Ordinary, Notteway county, v rginia. This was before Jaokson was ti iken of as President. fi The Biohmond Examiner says: c We frankly confess that the weigiit of estimony is decidedly against such an opinon. . Gen. Jackson always spoke of himself s a native of the Wazhaw settlement in loath Carolina; and as his information mast iave been derived from his mother, who livd till near the close of the Revolutionary var, we are bound to take it as conclusive, rhe old men from whom Co! Davenport terived his information, were in all human irobability mistaken as to the indentity of L- /, A _J_ T 1 !> _r 1-CO J A. A _ uc "AUU) uauasuu, ui iiuo, auu IUC AUrew Jackson of historio renown. pisallaittwus pairing. rHE vhJjAge bravo. Nearly every country village has its 'Brao.' We do not mean 'An. Assassin,' nor A man murderer for hire,' as Worcester xplains the word; bnt we mean the man lefore whom all others must give way?the nan who can 'whip anybody in town'?the ;reat big animal who thinks hfe position enviable, and who is envied by men with title bodies and little braioa.. Our village bad its bravo, at aU events, ,nd a perfect type of his class he was, too lis name was Jonathan Burke, though I lever heard him called Jonathan bnt once, .nd that was before a justice's court. Jack Jurke was his name, ?the world over/ as he iften said. He was a big, bnrly fellow, six eet and two inches tall; with broad massive houlders, great long arms, a bead like a mall pnmpkin. His face was characterisic. A low, receding forehead, and a small rag nose; thiek heavy lips, and a broad, leep chin; His eyes were of light grey, If I LM. ! t 'erging upon a-canixe green, wnne ms nair. rbioh was short and crisp, was of a burnt, an dried color, neither red or flaxen, nor et of a dark hoe.' The only feature of the rhole man which tended to detract from herulean proportions was the flat, or rather ioIIow appearance of his breast. To one killed in anatomy or physiology, it would lave been at once appearentthat he had but ittle what is generally denominated ?botom,' and that a long oontiflued physical ffort would have reduced his (wind, to iant.' Jack Burke was'horn and reared in our illage, and even since he bad begun to go o school he had been the terror of ajl unilcky wights who had chanced to cross his lath. He beat his companions without mery, and took great delight in being feared, is he grew oldder he becaqpe more insolent nd overbearing, and at the time of which re write he was disliked by all the deoent leople of the place. His voice was loud aud oarse, and it broke io on all circles which sight be gathered near hinv And then this bravo did not possess the pint of generosity usually betrayed by those rho happen to be giants in strength. He ras, on the contrary, low and mean, taking lelight in tormenting the weak, and even ayiog oat his whole strength on those not ialf bis size. In short, he was a coward as reu as bravo, tit torcea mmseit upon ail ur little gatherings, and seemed to take deight in stalking about and realizing that tone of us could put him out. He was now wenty-two, and forgetting all useful knowU. dge he had ever gained at school. Among the recent accessions to the popilation of our village, was a young doctor lamed William Granby. He was a small, tale-looking man, not over five feet ten inchs tall and quite slim in frame, but the roan rbo studied him closely would have seen hat his paleness was the result of long convenient to his studies, and was more, after: 11, a delicate fairness of skin, than a want f health. And it would also have been seen hat his slight frame was a very muscular ne, and most admirably moulded and put ogether. William Granby was what the girls of our illage called a handsome man, and none of he youth of our village envied him the flatering encomiums, he received from that ortioo of our community, for u we became cquaiuted with bim we loved him for the lanly and geDerous qualities we found in im. He was a warm friend and a noble pponent. And Granby had proved himself an able ihysician, too; for though be had been in ur village but a year and a month, yet the onfidence reposed in his skill was far greater han had been reposed in the ancient blisterer nd phlebotomist who preceded him. Ooe day some of us went into his study; e was unmarried, but being only threeandwenty, of course was not a bachelor?we rere invited in as we walked by his boardag place, and were pleased to accept the avitation. His study was a gem of a place ar comfort, and among the articles not ab* alutely necessary for the study of his pro* ;ssion, we detected a ride, a pair of foils, a air of heavy wooden broad-swords, while pon the floor were a pair of dumb-bells. I 'ondered what these latter were for; surely ot for the doctor's use, for I could do nothig with them, save to hold them in my ands, and swing them about at an angle of bout forty-five degrees, and I was much eavier than he was. I asked him what he did with them. ?Ob/ lid he, smiling, <1 exercise my muscles ith them/ and as he spoke he took them p and raised them at arm's length, and lere held them for some moments, his fine reast rounded out like a Roman cuirass.? hen be threw them up, and out, and around, andling them as though tney were mere jys. It seemed impossible that so small a ody could contain so much strength, but e assured me be bad gained it all by pracce. He bad labored for years to develops luscular system, in wbioh he had been lackig when a child. And he also said that eeping his muscles well hardened and deeloped, he was better able to bear the fague of bis profession, which called him rom his rest often for several nights in sueession. We were making arrangements for a grand pic-nic in our village. The girls were bijsy making pies and cakes of all sorts and, shapes, while we youths were preparing two tables and clearing up the grove, which was just outside of the village on the hank of the river. The day at length came, and the sun smiled from a cloudless sky, and a -fresh breeze came sweeping up the river, bearing a grateful coolness upon its bosom. We reached the ground in due season, and only one thing came to mar the pleasures of the occasion. Jack Burke made his appearance upon the ground, in a shabby, dirty suit, nii/1 sitli on 1 noa!enf owiwiwoe A nWiU ntv auu vriiu ou tuouivuv V4J411 through the whole crowd. Many of as w$old gladly have helped pot him away, but we shrank from meddling with ooe who was so strong and gigantic, and withal so reckless and merciless in his wrath. We saw the thin, delioate lip of the doctor quiver as he noticed the filthy fellow sawggering about, but be said nothing then. * One of the party was a youth named David Singleton. He was a quiet, good-hearted fellow, and beloved by *H. He waited on Mary Livingstone to the pio-nio. Mary was a pretty blue-eyed maiden of eigV teen, and that she loved David right fondly, weal! kuew just as well as We knew that David loved her. It so happened that Jack Burke had offered on several occasions-to wait upon Mary, and she bad as often peremptorily refused him. He had professed to like ber, and had.made bis boast that be would have her yet, and if 'David Singleton dared put his arm in the way, he would drop him V On the present occasion, .Jack was not long in seeking Mary's side. David was nervouB and nneasy He was a light, smallframed youth,'and looking with dread upon the giant who sought to ahnoy both him and his fair companion. Mary asked Burke to go away, and as she spoko she turned shuddering from him. 'I shan't go away,"* the burly brute replied, 'and '? you don't like it yon may lump it;' 'Come, Mary,' said young Singleton, trembling, 'let's leave him.' 'You will, eh V cried Burke, seizing Mary by the arm and drawing her hack. - The affrighted girl uttered a quick cry -ef alarm, and Singleton started to his feet quivering in every point. 'Miserable brute,' be exclaimed, 4et her go 1. In an instant Barke jumked up ana swore he'd 'whip the youngster within ss inoh of his life!' 1 Id an instant all was alarm and confusion, but in the midst of the clamor arose a clear, olarion voice i 'Stand baek 1 Stand back, every one of you ! Baok, I say, and give me room !' The way was quiokly cleared, and the young doctor leaped into the open speoe, his bright eye burning keenly, his face flushed and his fine form stern and erect. 'Fellow !' he thundered, 'leave tirisplaoe! Take your foul presence heBce at onee! Bo you understand 1 What a miserable coward to insult a girl! Shame! Shame! But go, go!' For a few moments Burke was completely damb-feucded. There was something in the tone and bearing of the man before him, and iii the strangely burning eye that beamed upon him, that awed him for a while.? But he measured everything by its weight apd size, and the courage of the brnte soon came back to him. 'Who are you ?' was the first remark, at the same time shaking his bullet-bead threateningly. 'I am the man who ordered you to leave this place ! Your presence is very offensive. You were not invited, and if you had any decency you would not be here!' 'Look here, my fine dandy,' hollowed the brute, 'just you say I ain't dcceBt again, and I'll spile that lady-like face of yourn, almighty quick!' There was t, quiet smile upon the doctor's face as be replied : 'Your course now shows that you are devoid of all decency. A decent man would not stay where he knew his presence was offensive !' With a fierce oath Burke raised his huge fists and darted forward. We would have interfered, but Granby sternly ordered us back Still we were fearful. What eould the small, gentlemanly physioian do with a giant ? But we were soon undeceived. Upon Burke's first advance, Granby slipped to one side, and with a quick motion of his foot, caught the giant's toes, and sent him at full length upon the ground. Like a mad bull, Burke sprang to his feet, and while, curses showered from his lips, he started upon Granby as though he would annihilate him at once. Calm and serene the young doctorstood, and as the brute came up, he adroitly raised his left elbow, and passed the huge dirty fist over bis shoulder, and in the same moment planted his own full upon Burke's fono mith o Klnm fliof lrnnnVo/1 him nr\rr\v-Jof laV/W nmu a uiv/n nuuvauvva^u uiui vivuipiv^v ly from his feet. That blow sounded like a pistol, and was given by a man who knew how to throw all his power to the best advantage wherever he wished to put it. Jonathan arose like one bewildered, and so he was. But in a few moments he recovered his senses, and leaped toward Granby again. This time the doctor performe a feat as surprising as effective. Like a thing of steel and wire and finealy tempered springs, he jumped up and forward, planting both feet upon the giant's breast! Burke fell like a log; but his breast was heavily boned, and he was soon on his feet again. Look, ye!' cried Granby, sternly, 'you have seen enough of me to know that I am not to be trifled with. Now, go away, and you shall go unharmed, (save that one black eye.) But if you trouble me more, I shall must assuredly hurt you. I have given you warning-' 'I'liliak yoa afore I go, if I dou't?" v ' * : . ' i y We will simply say that the remainder of this sentence was composed of fearful oatb^ and that while they were yet qoiveijog upon his lips, he olenohed {lis fists tad isrted forward. This time thedoctor received him is anpw fashion. He stopped every blow whieh Burke madly and elamsily aimed at hisa, and began to rattle in a shower of knock* upon his face, and breast, and head, and arms, and body, that soon completely bewildered him. On thev came, heavier and heavier, thicIter and faster, each ope crack* ing like a pistol, and planted exactly where rt was aimed. Ill * JBtwrk# was Qot odIj exhausted, hot ma whole hodg above the waist was Beaten till the flesh .was black and confused. Hf bellowed like a calf formercyr * fW1IT you leave tHe ground at once V demanded the doctor. Yea.' 'And "Will jott protniae fteter to annoy Mary Livingstone again P Yea/ ' -* ' 'Then go F *" Like a whipped cor, as he was, the fellow left the ground, and when be was gone the young dootor, who had not even got a scratch, cried out in a ringing, happy tone? <Como, boys and girls, now to sport IH go and wash my hands and then join yds? Ere long the cloud was gone, and the day ended amid-cheers and smiles, and happy songs. Everybody might have been jeafata, bad everybody wanted to, for everybody's girl flirte'd-and made love with the doctor, for everybody loved him, and honored him, and so everybody was not jsalons. Within a week, Jonathan Burke leftonr village, never to enter it again. He oooldn't stand the sneer and gibes that were cast up en wn>s nor oooW be bear to see those wbe bad witnessed the straury punishment he had received. It was a glad day for ourvtllsge when be left it, and the dootor never gave a- more effective nor a more valuable .purge than he did when be purged the place of that incubus. One thing more: Within a Week every young man incur vHlage1?ad-apair of dumbbells, and snch another 8wingih$j.anfl dingiqg, and ringing, and flinging ofcoid iron for the developemetit of muscle was nd^er seen before or sinee, I venture boldly te aneif. Asia.?If the European wishes to IbMMfiK how muoh be owes to the Asiatic, ^be'fcaaA only to cast a glance at an hour of hie daily life. The clock which summons him frasn his bed in the moruing was the invention <Jt the East, as were also clepsydras and son* dials. The prayer for his daily bread, which be bos said from his infancy, first rose from 1 the side of a Syrian mountain. - The linens and cottons with which be olothes himself, though they may be fine, are inferior to those wbfch have been made time immemorial in the looms of India. The silk w?s stolen by some missionaries for hisiranefit from China. He could buy a better razor than that with which he shaves in the old city of Damiscos, where steel was invented. The coffee he expects at breakfast was first grown by the Arabians, and the natives of Upper India prepared the sugar with which he sweetens it. A snhnnlhnv r?on tall tk? mainino A# the Sanscrit words, sacchara cqnda. If his tastes are light, and he prefers tea, the virtues of that excellent leaf were first p iin^ out by the indoatrioas Chinese, They ijv taught him how to make and nse the cup and saucer in which to serve it. His breakfast tray was lackered in Japan. There is a tradition that leavened bread was first made by the waters of the Ganges. The egg he is breaking was laid by a fowl whose ancestors were domesticated by the Malaccas, unless she may have been?though that will not alter the case?a modern Shanghai. If there are preserves and fruits on his board, let him remember, with thankfulness, that Persia first gave him the oherry, and peach, and plum. If in any of these delihate parations he detects the flavor of alcohol, let it remind him that that substance was first distilled by the Arabians, who have set him the praiseworthy example of abstaining from its use. When he talks about coffee and alcohol, he is using Arabic words. A thousand years before it occnred to him to enaot laws of restriction on tbe nse of intoxicating drinks, the Prophet at Mecca had accomplished the same objeot; and, what is more to the purpose, has compelled, to this day, all Ada and Africa to obey it. We gratify our tastes for personal ornament in the way the OHenials have taught us, with pearls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds. Of public amusements it is the same: tnc most magnmcent nreworas are to be seen at this day in India and in China. And as regards the pastimes of privato life, Europe has produced no invention which can rival or even compare with the game of chess. We have no hydraulic constructions as great as the Chinese canal; no fortifications as extensive as the Chinese wall! We have no artesian wells that can approach in depth to some of theirs; we have not yet resorted to the praotioe of obtaining coal gas from the interior of the earth; they have been boring for that pnrpose over three thousand feet doep. Prof. Emmons, in his report to the t ? xt -.l rt 1; ftia uw^ihiaiure 01 nono i^arunua, uicuuvui ?<v disoovery in the sedimentary rooks of Montgomery county, in that State, of fossils of an age anterior to any previous traces of animal life. The distinguished geologist contends, therefore, that so far as investigations hare resulted in disooveries, that part of the oountry was the scene of the first manifestation of that great principle. Cable News.?Mr. Cyras W. Field has ordered another cable to he constructed, on account of the prospect of the immense business which will offer. The o&ble line will be elosed until the 1st of September, except for the messages between the two Governments of England nd the United Etalem * . ax i e*