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Why are -ther? three objections to a
glass of the ardent? Because there are three
soruples to a dram.
" What can be done to check the
evils of intemperance ?" Keep your elbow
. straight.
"There is a divinity that shapes our
ends," as a pig remarked when he was concontemplating
the kink in his tail.
The telegraph line to Cuba is progressing.
The poles are being planted in Savannah
and the line is extendiug through southwestern
Georgia to Fernandina, Florida, and
?fti 1- 11 4.1 L
Will SOOD OQ pusoea luruugu.
' Mr. BarDaai had made hie first appearance
in London as a lecturer, at St.
James' Hall. The hall was crowded to excess,
and the newspapers generally, speak
quite flatteringly of Mr. Barnum's essay.?
His theme was "money making."
? Some idea of the state of the female
labor market in the metropolis, may be collected
from the fact that an advertisement in
a London weekly paper for fifty dress-makers,
brought seven hundred applicants,
many of them from long distances, to the
establishment of the advertiser.
It is stated in the Aheille Medicals
that the seed of the pompion is a sure remedy
against tape-worm. About an ounce of
these seeds, pounded in a mortar with a sufficient
quantity of sugar, is administered at
a time, and repeated for two or three days,
which is generally sufficient to effect a complete
care.
A sheriff's officer in Connecticnt, made
the following return, lately: "Theu and
there, by virtue, etc., I arrested the body of
the within named Quinlan, forty feet high
on a white oak tree, in said Norwich and
o e of the items of fees, as allowed by the
court we find reads: "Paid assistance to
elimb tree and bring prisoner downeto.
?? Amos McNeely, of Elm Grove Mississippi,
writes that he has a graodsop four
years old, who has six living grandmothers,
all of whom are Old School Presbyterians.?
He proposes if any one has a more remarkable
boy, as to his family connections, than
his, that he will send him a copy of the
Louisville Presbyterian Herald free of charge.
Don't all speak at once.
There never was any party, faction,
sect, or cabel whatsoever, in which the most
ignorant were not the most violent; for a
bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.
However, such instruments are necessary to
politicians; and perhaps it dtay be with
* States as with clocks, which must have some
dead weight hanging at them to kelp and
regulate the motion of the finer and more
useful parts.?Swift.
A young white girl, eighteen years
old, whose father is a rich man, and a strong
advocate of abolition and amlagamtiou, eloped
last week from her father's house, near Pontiac,
Mich., with a negro employed on her
father's farm. The lovers proceeded to
Winsor, in Canada, where they were married.
The girl's brother followed them, and
besought the girl to return home. This she
declined to do, alledgiug her entire happiness
in the ebony lord whom she had choseD.
Rev. Milo P. Jewett, who had charge
of a female school in Marion, Ala., for some
years, now has charge of one in Poughkeepsie,
New York. A correspondent of the Mississippi
Baptist, who recently visited that
plaoe, says: "Professor Jewett has three
slaves whom he brought with him from the
South, aDd who, to all appearances, sustain
tobim the same relation that Southern slaves
do to their masters; nor can the wiles of the
abolitionists entice them away." ,
Tho tax of New York for 1859 has
just been submitted to the Common Council,
and the sum total reaches the astouoding i
aggregate of nearly eight millions of dollars i
Of this amount, in round numbers, a million
is devoted to the police, a million for water, 1
eight hundred thousand for the poor, a miK
lion and a quarter for schools, and a million
and a half for streets, and six hundred thousand
for salaries. The expenditures of the
State of New York are much less than those
of the city, being only about five millions.
??The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald states that a movement is
going on quietly to organize an opposition to
the Charleston Convention on the part of
leading Democrats from the North. So far,
Ohio,Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Illinois aro the only States mentioned
as likely to take hold of this movement,
but the promoters ofitare in hopes of spreading
it all over the Nothern States. It is of
courge another step towards disorganizing
the party, and if successful must lead to a
scrub race for the Presidency. Douglas'
friends are believed to be at the bottom of it.
We wereone of a small social reunion,
recently, at which the high honor was aword?/1
119 nf suDDinc off a table-cloth cod
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tared from the tent ofCoi. Ferguson at the
battle of King's Mountain. It is in the possession
of the venerable Mrs. Chinoe H.
Smith, of this city, and was presented to her
on her wedding-day sixty years ago, by her
brother-in-law, Col. Isaac Shelby, one of the
heroio victors in that glorious republican '
triumph over royal valor. The cloth is of j
finely textured linen, and in that wonderful j
state of preservation which speaks the reli- {
gious veneration with which it has been trea-:
sured by a daughter of the stalwart men ;
who dugout and laid the foundations of the :
Republic.?Memphis Bulletin, Sth.
On Saturday last Mr. M. Foot caused j
a warrant to be taken out against two North
Carolinians named Jackson Stewart and Sol- j
omon Wright, upon the charge that they had ;
attempted to pass counterfeit coin in his
store. They visited Mr. Foot's store togeth- j
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er on irTtuay uigm ana purcruseu suuiu uiticle,
when Jackson began to pay for it in
half dollar pieces. Mrs. Foot, with whom
they were trading, soou detected the counterfeit
and objected W> it. On Saturday they
were taken up and lodged in jail, where
they still remain. Wright first gave his
name as Abe Henry, but afterwards acknowledged
that his proper name was Solomon
Wright. We are informed that, on Sunday,
a pair of saddle-bags containing a stocking
' filled with counterfeit coin in half dollars,
quarters and ten cent pieces, were found concealed
in the neighborhood of Helena, supposed
to belong to the above mentioned parties.
The amount found in the stocking was
between fifty aod one hundred dollars We
were shown some specimens of the counterfeit,
which are very well executed, but the
material cannot possibly be mistaken for sil er.?Newberry
Conservati-st.
C|)t jWljilk wpmtx.
EDITED BY
SAM'Ii W. MEIjTOJJ.
YORKVILLEj S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 20, 18?9.
Special Nottce.?All communications, on matters connected
with the paper, should be addressed to "The Yorkville
Enquirer and not the Editor or Proprietor, personally.
Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this In mind.
THIS WEEK.
Our business engagements Lrtc kept us out of
town this week, and the editorial column must
therefore bear the consequences. We have an idea
that intermittent editing is a good thing. The scarcity
of an artiole sometimes enhances the value ;
aud when we afford a feast, at intervals, (if a feast
it beat all) the relieh of it is all the better for it.
It's a faint idea, however?perhaps an invention
of Necessity, that prolific mother of such like fancies.
We merely throw it out.
Our contributors aro not intermittent. As clever
as they are constant, they make up for our deficiencies
four fold. "A'ice Vernon" progresses
apace, gracefully; our New York correspondent,
ever prompt and spicy, occupies his niche ; the
first instalment of our Charleston contract is paid
down, without asking the "grace;" and "A Far
mer" discusses, pointeaiy ana wen, me a<n>jce?. ?
Western Emigration.
From a red-"hedded" correspondent, we have n
remnant of "ye olden time"?something of the
Spenserian order, rummaged from a sadly neglect
ed alcove, no doubt. The pun in it has a modern
twang about it?probably an interpolation. Madame
"Ruby" will be ever welcome with us. Her
Snnkeship may coil around us never so affection
ately, and for aye!
Whilst writing at random, let us direct attention
to Mr. Brown's Card, as Agent of the Bank
of Chester. As soon as possible, he will establish
himself permanently, on Main Street, and supply
our businessmen with a much needed convenience.
Esquire Jkfferys has received his supply of
Garden Seeds for tbo oomiog season. They are
from Laudreth's Garden, and aro of course well
tried.
'THE CAROLINA BULLETIN.'*
The "prodigal son" does not return to his fath
er's house more surely than Britton, after kick
ing ont of harness, hastens to take bold of the
traces ugain. They are his first love; and we
would sooner undertake to "dam up the waters
of the Nile with bulrushes" than to keep him
away from snch an object. After turning away
from the plow so often, to no purpose, we hope he
will now look forward and keep moving in the
same direction. And we hope too, that when the
season's over, a generous harvest will crown his
well direct?d labors.
Onr readers will refer to the Prospectus of "The
Carolina Bulletin"?a new daily, in Columbia,
the first number of which reached us this~week.
A specimen of Britton's handiwork, it is of course
a neatly-printed and well filled sheet; and afforded
at the shockingly cheap price of $4 per annum.?
We fear his patrons will get the best end of the
bargain: but that's none of our "concern."
PUBLIC ADDRESSES.
Determined to preserve their vantage gronnd,
and win yet other great victories, the friends of
the good cause are active and vigilant. They have
secured the commanding talents and influence of
the Church, almost without exception, throughout
the District, and present an evidence of this vn'uable
acquisition in the announcement of public
addresses, to be delivered in the Cnurt-House,
Tuesday evening next.
We need not vouch for the speakers. They
have been heard, again and again, in York District,
and all are ready to do them reverence.?
We only ask for them a full house?an attentive
nuditory?willing ears and answering hearts.?
The meeting will convene at half past six o'clock.
Let the friends make a banc net of it! Seethe
notice.
^ ELECTION OP COLONEL.
Capt. Clinton puhlishes rrders in this issue,
for a parade of the "Brier Patch" Beat, on Friday
the 4th of February next, instead of the following
Saturday. This change is made in order that the
company may vote for Colonel to supply the
place vacated by Col. McCorkle, nt the election
on that day, and at the same time perform their
wonted duties.
CENSUS-TAKER.
We learn that Mr. James Lindsay, waj appointed
at the late session of the Legislature, to take
the Census of York District.
WHOSE HORSE I
Mr. Gardner has a cheap horse, it seems.?
Persons in senfeh of estrays. will notice his ad
vertisement.
MERE-MENTION.
From the Chester Standard we learn that Capt.
Ddnovant, U. S. A., left on Monday last for
Washington. Tie expects soon to resume his regular
duties. The Detroit Tribune says that,
at a recent election for councilman in the township
of Raleigh, Kent County, near Chatham,
rtunndn West. n. nerro. named Shadd. was frium
phantly elected, beating his opponent, a white man.
by a handsome majority. Thomas S. Wraog.
a prominent merchant of Charleston, died in that
city on Tuesday of last week. Arrangements
have been made in Columbia, to celebrate, on the
25th inst., the centennial anniversary of the birth
of Robert Bcrnr. Prof. Reynolds of the S?uth
Carolina College, will deliver an nddress on the occasion.
The manager of the Louisville Theatre
suggest? that tho managers of all the theatre?
through the country shall set apart the 22d of
of February proximo for the benefit of the Mount
Vernon Association. I know' said Tipsey,
'water is a fine thing, but it to dreadful thin.:
The Lexington Flog says that the "Columbia and
Hamburg Railroad'' is the the general topic of
conversation in that section, and much interest
seems to be manifested in the enterprise.
Hon. Henry Wilson, on the 11th iustant, was
elected U. S Senator from Massachussetts.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports nn interesting celebration
of the golden wedding anniversary of
William Carey, the father of Oen. Sam'l F. Carey,
the distinguished orator and advocae of
temperance.
Hon. John E. Ward, Minister to China, left
New York on Friday last for the scene of his la
bors. A correspondent writingfrom Rs.leigh,
under date of 12th instant, to the Petersburg Ex
press, gays: "The Danville Connection has been j
the theme of discussion in the House i>f Comnn ns
for two or three days, but no vote hag been trjeen !
as yet. I arn still of the opinion, expressed in a I
recent letter to the Express, that it will he rej?-c- |
ted." The Eighth of Jinuury was celebrated j
with unusual pomp and splendor in New Orleans, j
on which occasion distinguished honors were paid i
to Lieut. Gen. Scott, the principal guest. A grand i
militnrj parade, a patriotic address by Captain j
Dreux, and the presence of the veterans of 1814?
15, were the other prominent features of the celebration
When the fifteen prisoners broke j
out of jail, in Rochester, New York, on the night
of the 12ih ultimo, John McLean, charged with
highway robbery, refused to depart, alleging that
if he went it would leuve his mother liable on an
old hail for SI,700. The old "Porter Tavern,"
is Cambridge, Mass., a famous jlaoo before the
revolution, and the house where the officers of
Burgoyne's amy were once quartered, was Burned
down on Friday last. It is said that the
eagle "has a contempt for all ether birds." The
owl, however, is more contemptous still?he boots
at everything. A bill for the suppression of
polygamy iu Utah and all other Territories, it is
said, will he introduced in Congress at an early
day, and vigorously pressed.
Mrs. Sallie Hattinoly, a grand daughter of
Patrick Henry, died recently at B trdstown, Ky.
A big spelling match is announced in Covington,
Kentucky, at the High School, when the
lad that stands the longest on the door and spells
" 1 ?* *' * l*?o Komi i a
the biggest worus wiuiom auruMimu^ mo uv..-, ,
to receive a fine present. Watches complete,
are now manufactured in Macon, Ga. The
ladies of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, have contributed
two hundred dollars to the Mt. Vernon
fuud. A bill is before the Arkansas Legislature
to prohibit the sale of patent medicines in
that S are. South Carolina has 781 miles <>f
railroad, the cost of which was $18,021,811.
Cow. Chase, of Ouio, devotes only eight lines of
his message to slavery. The Governor seems to
have adopted the idea that as there is no danger
of the introduction of slavery into Ohio, he will
let the States in wbioh it exists take care of it in
their own borders, and Congre-s take care of it in
the Territories. A correspondent- of the
Philadelphia Monitor says that the following will
be the ages of some of the Presidential aspirants
in I860: Crittenden will be 77 ; McLean 7G; Rives
71 ; Bell 72; Cora. Stewart82; Seward70; Bigler
69;Choate69; CushingG8; Hunter 67; Hammond
70; Breckenridge 38 ; Dix 67 ; Dickin?on
70: Cass 91 ; A. V. Brown 70; Wise 61 ; Slidell
71; Douglas 49. '"Jenny Lind, Cruvelli, Artot
and Frezzolini are all to sing together at a charitable
concert at the Crystal Palace in Paris.?
Seven thousand performers will take part in this
monster concert. A banking firm in Indiana
has issued $26 000 of promisory notes, based up
on live stock?ten thousand head of hogs, and
twelve hundred head of cattle, deposited in their
own pens. Is that good banking? An old
lady, living on the line of the Illinois Central
Railroad, seeing some men engaged in putting up
telegraph wires, wanted to know if they were going
to have a slack-wire danoe on the opening of
the railroad. The Mississippi Legislature
h is passed a law granting divorces to nil parties
who have lived separate three years. Some
reeard must be hal for the fitness of thing*.?
E ther the ladies' dresses mast contract, or carriages,
church-pews and side walks must expand
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
Mr. Editor: In rumaging among some musty
manuscripts, formerly the property of one of my
ancestors, Sir I.nmyibbt TvstARTry, who fought,
bled and died frequently, if not oftener, at Agin
court, Bantinckburn, Waterloo and various other
places too numerous to mention, I found the following
ballad, which antiquarians conjecture, w is
he identical song with which King Alfred entertained
the Danish Warriors, when he took tea
with them without any invitation; sung to the tic
oompaniment of Israelftish Lyre.
Respectfully yours,
ANNA CONDER RUBY.
YE BALLAD OF MARIE"Yonge
Marie went oute to ae ball,
Begirt in fine nrraie;
Oh none was there
Was half soe fayre,
As Marie with her silken ho?e;
Oh non - was half soe gaie! __
But every where fayre Marie went,
Ye people all did laugh ;
In all ye crowde,
None laughed so loude
As Nancie Brighte ye rival belieNone
laughed so loude by half.
Tnere was a rent eke in vc heel
Of Marie's stocking white,
This caused ye route
Tn mirth to sboute,
F<>r no one in ye raerrie throng
Di I pittie Marie's plight.
But thinking then within myself
How badly Mae must feel,
I whispered there
Close to her car,
"Oh Marie look, oh look I praie,
L >ok down to your heel."
II"W cbang'd thenfayre .Marie was
When of ye evil warned,
Her face grew redde,
E'en as my hedde,
Then, 'darn the stocking' Marie saide ;
Ye stocking it wa3 domed."
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston, January 17, 1850.
Bear Enquirer:?I am set down as a contributor.
So be it! I must submit with the best grace j
possible, and henceforth, consider myself bound I
to service It is not certainly irksome to he requir- I
ed, or allowed, to continue niy connection with my
valued friends among your patrons, and I only re
gret my w.intof fitn !-s to meet the demands of the
times in regard to the character and functions of
journalism. But you, for the sake of your read
era, wish variety; an! beyond doubt there is likelihood,
frifbn "all appearances," that the wish shall
be met in all its length and breadth. In occasional
desultory ep sties. I will try and preserve relations
between the se ib?ar 1 an I the mountains?
from Fort Moti'trie to King's Mountain, and from
Charleston to Yorkville! Behold ray climax ! ?
You will excuse me in view of the fact that my
rhetorical studies have been imperfectly attended
to, since I made the discovery that my gift was
in another direction. My scribbling, heretofore,
has been so much of the intimacy style, that I will
find it difficult to achieve a complete revolution all
at once.
Indeed, I am not in favor of that way of doing
things?whether it be in the turning the screws |
upon the Bine Ridge rail road enterprise, or in the J
experiment 80 promptly a I ventured in the re ad j
justinent of "men and tilings" in connection with |
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your nonpanei oi n ivtn cuw. j..?. .....
road will survive. And that every body's interest
will he duly cared lor. I repeat, I am not n fa
vor of a change all at once in very many things.
There are exceptions?I need not mine them?but i
this sudden turn in the itinerant wheel which has I
unhorsed me, and put me to pedestrian exercise i
all about, round, and through this ancient city, is j
a I t'le hard to realize. I don't see any red mud. j
Between gas light and sunshine, I can't have dark- ,
ness to sleep in without making my bed room
air tight. I havn't come in striking distance of a j
fried chicken since the mountains were out of sight. J
Torse ami many other items hinder my instanta I
eous naturalization. But you are no doubt abun- !
dintly able to appreciate my solicitudes in pass !
ing into another order of things; for you hare before
this taken note of tho-e who wero 4,in pur-uit
of knowledge under difficulties." When I get
somewhat settle 1 in my plans aud resources in
connection with my new i:.nd p culiar enterprise,
and shall have worked round upon the various
points of interest which come under the not ice of
the casual and geueral observer, I will endeavor
to take notes aud furnish you as much 'copy,' a-',
under the circumstances, you may need from this
quarter.
And now, this short, meagre epistle, must close.
It is not worthy of the occasion or its destination.
But some things must be endured, and this may
be assigned a place in that category. If I ever
do any better, you, or your readers will, iu all like
lyhood, find ii oat ;an<l if I do not, the world will
still tarn round snd the stars will keep their
courses?
"Forever singing as they shine
The hand that made u? is divine."
J. W K.
HEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
Nf.w York. Jan. 14, 1859.
The election of John Kelly to the office of Sheriff
of the County of New York, made a vacancy in
the delegation to Congress from this State. Thorn
as J. Barr, Democrat, was elected without oppo
sition to fill the unexpired term. So that it np I
pears that either there is more honor attached to
office of Sheriff of the city and county, than to
the position of Congressman, or that more mnnoy
accrues to the possessor of the former than of the
hitter. No matter how the politics stand, the
main chance takes care of ititelf. A magical thing
is "a dollaror two."
Piccolomini has returned to this city from Boston.
where she electrified tho natives, drawing
large receipts therefor. But she was scaroely
come back before Bhe is off again for the land of
the Broad-Brims, or for so much ot it as is encompassed
by the walls of the "city of Brother^
ly Love." She has not created an universal furore
here ; the npper-ten, not the mass, giving her the
acclaim.
The lecture season is reaching its climax of
dullness. With the exception of an occasional
first rate lecture from Chapin. and a "sensation"
from the Right R?verend Squib Beecher, the lash
lecturers of both sexes have it all nheir own way.
Saint Paul's advice to woman about speaking in
public places is ignored as that of an old fogy.?
For instance, we have spiritual cotnmunica'ions
of Mrs. C. Velocity Hatch on any subject, known
or unknown, from the deflection of the Magnetic
Needle to the separation of the two roads to' the
next world, all done up in a nniform trance edition,
foMhe sum of fifteen cents per capita taken
at the door. Meantime, her Lord Paramount and
former door-keeper, a refugee in the dark corner
of Pensylvania or somewhere else, launches npon
her the envenomed darts of unrequited love under
the guise of revelations of the tricks and deceptions
of the spiritualists in general and his wife
in particular. Somewhat removed from this capacity.
Signora Jesse White Mario fills the void
with lucubrations on the subjects of "Italian
Revolutions" and "Italian Women," self not ex
cepted, although American. If we had that other
old woman on the stand, who immortalized himself
on "Resistance to the Dred Scott Decision is
obedience to God," Cheevor of the" conscience,
not another star could enter the brilliant galaxy
of the lecturing world ; the millennium of wisdom
wopld he upon us.
Notwithstanding all this, the times are dull,
and the cry is for something hew and interesting.
The meeting of the Legislature at Albany has
contributed to this dullness. The Republicans
rule the roast there, making whatever division
of democratic spoils tliey like. Nothing of importance
has yet passed that body.
The coldest weather of tjie present generation
occurred on the 10th., the Thermometer marking
as low as ten degrees below Zero. The suffering
even amongst the well clad was very great. The
sufferings of the poor, whose name 13 icgion, c?n
only be imagined. Numbers were fro9t-bitten,
and some were frozen to death in their own miso
table abodes. It was well th it the intense cold
lasted only two days.
IVy who could afford the ti<no, took advantage
of the opportunity to enjoy the amnsement
of skating. The public skating ponds, one for the
fair sex exclusively, of the Central Park afforded
tolerable space with a rough run to skaters of h.uh
sexes. The scene presented by hundreds of git
ding and daring skaters can bo better imagined
than described. The "brow lads of old Scotia"
also enjoyed their famous game of "Carliag" to
entire satisfaction, beef and ttcaus for the prize.
Numerous "rinks" essayed the "stun" from tnorti
ing to night, making not a few "hogs" in spite of
the vigiiunt "sweepers." SETH.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
WESTERS EMIGRATION'.
Mr. Editor:?The subject of emigration for
some years past, and more especially of late, has
much agitated tbo public mind. So much so, as
to become one of vital interest, not only to the
people, but also to the State. We are beginning
to speak as lightly and flippantly of moving, as
f important interests do not gather around in
trepidation, at the mere mention; as if upon our
decision of the matter, may net depend our future
happiness or our future discontent. We
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BUeiU UUt iU auun nuu icci, u? ocvui iv t?r??v ?v*
gotten, that the ties which bind us to our native
land arc almost life strings?chords that are
twined around every generous heart, and although
we may survive their snapping, we must ever after
feel that we, like a vessel without an anchor,
need something to give us fixidity.
Hence, when broken loose from our steady
moorings here, we are ready, ever afterward?, to
follow that good country, which is always ahead ;
and I may add, like a shadow, ahead of the substance.
And with many, after leaving here, all
that is needed is for some one to plunge into remote,
desolate, sickly wild?, and, through motives
of feeling or interest, and without the claim of
experience, cry out "Run here every body?such a
country I have found 1" and they pack up agaiu
and travel to find themselves, like boys on an
April morning, running to the senseless cry of
"come here every body," merely to see how beautifully
they have been fooled.
I hope not to be thought presuming to act
Mentor to Teleniicuj, on the occasion. I would
merely offer my own convictions founded upon
a few years experience West, for what they are
worth. I know my sentiments do not entirely,
accord with the expressed views of many, sonte of
whom you may consider capahle of judging and
sufficiently disinterested to adviso. I am also
aware my Conclusions are such as may not meet
the favor of speculators, or even the approbation
of tlie population West, some of whom may have
brou our old neighbors. And although I would
not accuse them of wilfully representing, yet they
are to be regarded as interested witnesses, and
consequently liable to bias. They want you there
for society. They want you there for your capital,
to aid in building churches, school houses, and to
assist with roads, bridges, and other public purposes.
Many want a tide of emigration to roll in
upon them so as to raise the price of land, that
they may give some one the chance to try that
dear place, and themselves the opportunity to
follow up the still better country just heard of, a
little iu the distance.
So the tide rolls on, until stayed on the brink
of the Indian's jumping off place?the Pacific;
for whenever the mind once gives way to a diseased,
feverish excitement, generated by the Arabian
Night's stories of the West, it fabricates Fairie
landscapes after which to sigh, or travel Will 0'
the Wisp jaunts round the world, until reality nnd
truth disclose the fact, that they ate possessed of
a dream nnd in pursuit of a phantom ; and that
going abroad to hunt a country, is like going
abroad to hunt happiness, often leaving what we
hunt behind.
Although I am not one of those enthusiastic
sons of Carolina, who think, as the Yankees accuse
us, that South Caroliua is the only State in
the Union, nnd that if extinguished the 6un would
go out, still I do think, even iu an agricultural
point of view, at her extinction, a very bright
star iu the galaxy of States wonld be darkened.
And when, as is often the case, I hear it asserted
that the poorer lands of tliU or that section sur- ;
pass our best. I ain incredulous?my judgment '
and experience dissenting. And I feel satisfied \
that whoever changes this country, for other than (
the best, will find that he has not bettered his
condition.
I know there are desirable sections West that
possess advantages over this; but which may, in i
most instances, be counterbalanced by other advantages
this has over that. The rich countries
West, having many of the comforts and conveniences
we boast, are only comparatively healthy;
for it may be laid down as a general rule, that
rich t odies of land must be sickly?it is the condition
stamped upon them by nature herself. We
may he told that they arc healthy ; again I am
incie lu'.ous. It is the forced conclusion the interen
fit nnd biased reason themselves into, and
remirds me of the fellow who can't keep the gnats
and -.usoui'rei out of his mouth and eyes long
enough to givo you directions, and at the same
time, tell you they are not bad here, but terrible
in some place Dot far off?the latter of which,
you may be willing to admit. So it is about the
health. Again our great staple, cotton, in rich
lands of luxuriant growth and weed, is more liable
to disasters, such as rot, boll worm, cut worm and
the like, which, upon the average, nigber equali
zes crops than many suppose. We are told their
crop failures beat our best?rather incredulous.
But to cap the climax of objections to those desirable
countries of society and convenience, land
is too high to justify many in settling there.
Ob! but some will say, we will go to those rich
wilds, whose woods yet echo to the daytime hoot
of the owl, or scream of the panther! I would
merely ask, have you ever considered how little
you will feel at homo there ? Do any who have
never tried imagine yon could even have a conception
of the privations and inconveniences there
to be encountered ? Are you fully apprized of the
great labor to be endured, in building bouses and
opening firms in a new country ? Have you taken
in the calculation, the loss of crops in opening
the farm, and perhaps of several more for want of
market ? Have you fully considered the fact, that
rich countries, within themselves sickly, are rendered
still more so by the decaying vegetat'on of
clearings, and ranst undergo tbis severe ordeal to
which you must be exposed ? Has it ooourred to
yon the number of years, under most favorable
circumstances, that must elapse before time shall
bring changes that will bring that country up to
anytbiag like the standard of this, iu comforts,
conveniences and society ?
These and many others, a detail of which is
omitted, form a phalanx of difficulties which may
well claim a serious, attentive consideration. For
under all the circumstances. I ain inclined to the
opinion that those well settled here woahl do well,
before moving, to reduce it to a sober thought,
and even to a seooud sober thought, and if not
well convinced to remain where they are?it being |
better to choose the safe side, the other being
doubtful. I find people live as p'entifully here a*
anywhere else ; have as much money as anywhere
else; wear as much fine clothes as anywhere
else; as clenr of debt as anywhere else. And
as independent as?hut enough, what mure should
be desired ? Although I had rather live on al
lowance, a little short here, than riot in redundancy
in some places I know, still it is my opinion that
if any one, with good management, can't make
enough to keep the sheriff ofF with his writs, executions,
and levies, or can't make enough to keep
S"ul and body together, he had better leave?ntigr
ite?oh you old husbandman, move ! Those too,
who have no fee-simple to a spot of earth called
home ; n place in which they may feel they have
a welcome, though denied other hospitalities. A
place to which to retire in peace while the world's
tempest rages without; a place'that makes pat
riots of men and gives motives and concentration
to action in life; a place whose name their children
may early Icaru to lisp, ami appreciate in the
enjoyment of its pleasures, might be justified in
moving. Yes though you may look back with
sighs of regret, at leaving those scenes of endearment,
and drop tears of sorrow, that will not be
as soon dried as those of childhood by the poet?
"The tear down childhood's cheek that flows
Is like the dew drop on the rose ;
When next the summer's hreezc comes by
Ami waves the bush, the flower is dry ;"
Still time, with his oblivions and care-soothing
touch, may assuage when he cannot efface, and
you become reconciled to live at home there,
rather than stay here without one.
I said at the outset emigration had become a
subject of vital importance to citizens and State.
Of the State I may at some other time write,
which will serve perhaps to fill a column, if you
chance to be without something better.
A FARMER.
Vice-President Breckcnrldge on Departed
Statesmen.
The following is an extract of the eloquent ad.
dress of Vice-President Brrckknbidgb, made on
Tuesday, on the ocoasion of the departure of the
Senators from the old to the new chamber in the
national capitol:
"The Senate i" assembled for the last time in
this chamber. Henceforth it will be converted to
other us?s ; yet it must remain forever connected
with great events, and sacred to the memories of
the departed orators and statesmen who have engaged
in high debates, and shaped the policy of
their country. Hereafter the American and the
stranger, as they wander through the capitol, will
turn with institutive reverence to view the spot on
which so many and great materials have accumulated
for history. They will recall the images of
the great and good, whose renown is the common
property of the Union ; and chiefly, perhaps, they
will linger around the seats once occupied by the
mighty three, whose names and fame?associated
in life?death has not been able to sever; illustrious
men who, in their generation, sometimes divided,
sometimes led, and sometimes resisted public
opinion?for they were of that higher class of
statesmen who seek the right and follow their
convictions.
There sat Calhoun, the Senator, inflexible, austere;
oppressed, but not overwhelmed by his 'Jeep
sense of the importance of his public functions?
seeking the truth, then fearlessly following it; a
man whose unsparing intellect compelled all his
emotions to harmonize with the deductions of his
rigorous logic, and wlio-e noble countenance hah j
itually wore the expression of one engaged in the
performance of high public duties.
This was Webster's seat. He. too. was every
inch a Senator. Conscious of his own vast powers,
he reposed with confidence on himself, and scorn
ing the contrivances of smaller men, he stood a
mong his peers all the greater for the simple dig
nity of his senatorial demeanor. Type of bis t
northern home, he rises before the imagination in |
i the irrnnd and eranite outline of his form and in- |
j tellfct. like a great N-w England rock repelling a j
j New England wave. As a writer, his productions
I will he cherished by statesmen and scholars while 1
j the English tongue is spoken. As a senatorial i
| orator, his great efforts are historically associated j
i with this chamber, whose very air seems yet to '
] vibrate beneHth the strokes of his deep tones and j
weighty words.
On the outer circles sat Henry Clay, with his
' impetuous and ardent nature untamed by age, j
! nnd exhibiting in the Senate the same vehement :
i patriotism and passionate eloquence that of yore*
I electrified the House of Representatives ami the
I country. His extraordinary personal endowments, ;
i his courag(?all his noble qualities, invented Lira |
! with an individuality and a charm of character <
which, iu any age. would have made him a favor- j
| ite of history. He loved his couuffy above all i
earthly objects. He loved liberty in all countries.
Illustrious man!?orator, patriot, philanthropist;
| ?whose light, at his ineridiau, was seen and felt j
in the remotest parts of the civilized world : and
; whose declining sun, us it hastened down the West, i
threw back its level beams in hues of medowtd i
i splendor to illuminate and to cheer the land he I
| loved and served so well. ;
!
Oeoryia Lottery Lata.?At the recent session 1
' of the Georgia Legislature, some important laws
were passed in relation to the subject of lotteries.
In the "Amended Tax bill," it is provided: Section
3. That each manag>r of any lottery, authorized
by the laws of this State, shall pay to th? >
State Trensur-r S1 Ot 10 annually, frt*?? of nil costs
of collection; and in ca*e of fnilpre to pay the ?
same. the said manager. or his ng*nf, odiall tc-<
subject to the same penalty ami collection of taxes,
as i< now provided for defaulting banks.
The tollowing act was also passed, and appro*ed
by t le Governor, viz:?
An act to repeal all laws and parts of laws au j
thorizing Lotteries in the State of Georgia and for
other puposes.
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State
of Georgia do enact that from and after the first !
lay of June 1860, ail laws and parts of laws nu
thorizing lotteries in the State of Georgia, or the
vending of lottery tickets in said Stare, be ami
the same ure hereby repealed.
Tobacco?Its History anil Statistics. ?Tobacco,
b: sides being one of the staple productions of our il
country, is one of its chief articles of consump- 1,1
tion. Much as we may preach against its use, 9'
greatly as we may denounce its evils, it has been,
aa, and doubtless will be, one of the chief articles
of cheap luxnry. Tobacco is usually considered
an American plant, though it undoubtly originated
in Tobago, one of the Went India Islands. Smoking
is an institution of about two hundred years
growth, though, according to Linntous, tobacco
was first known in Europe 09 early as 1560.?
Thongh cultivated in almost every State in the
Union, it constitutes a staple crop in comparatively
few. # M
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Missouri, nre the largest produ- hi
cing States, though increased attention is being ?1
paid to it in New England. Tobacco may be
brought to maturity in most of the countries of tc
the Old World, and is cnltiv> ted successfully in a'
England, Germany, Russia, China and Japan ; bat P'
in most of these countries its growth as a crop is
prohibited, monstrous imposts and duties are levied
upon its sale. France annually contrives to
get SI0,000,000 revenue in this way. England 1,5
imposes a duty of 800 per cent, on this article, al
and still its tree increases there. ul
The exports from our country have increased A
from ?5,648,000, in 1821, to ?14,712,000, in
1857. ri
The best tobacco is supposed to be Cuban.? U
Formerly, Maryland nnd Virginia raised the best a
in the United States, hnt now a variety known as
the "Connecticut Seed I.eaf," from its being rais t<
ed in that river valley, usually brings double the
price of the former, and consequently tobacco in
crease in quantity among the conscientious
New Englnnders and diminishes in th_ Southern ir
States. Virginia, in 1840, grew about 75 million d
pounds; in 1850 56 million pounds; Connecticut, P
in 1840, grew 471.637 pounds ; in 1850, 1,267,624 y>
pounds.?A". V. Sun. N
MM ci
The Famous Dead of 1858.?The necrology of
1858 is distinguished by tnany noted names, hot re
upon the whole it may he remarked that Death tj
has contented himself with fewer "shining marks" g
than usual. Among American statesmen the most "
eminent dec ased for the year whs Thomas H
Benton. With him havo departed Senator Evan', o
of South Corolina, Senator Henderson, of Texa?, 0
ex Senator Bighy, of Alabama, General James a'
Gadsden, of South Carolina, John A. Quitman, of t?
Miss , Thomas L Harris, of Illinois, and ex Pres- ei
ident Anson Jones, of Texas. Among lawyers
have died B-njamin F. Butler and Chief Justice a]
Duer, of New York. Among authors Wm. Henry w
Herbert, William Jay and Sladame Ida Pfeiffer. b
Among merchants. AnsonG. Piielps and Benjamin si
Marshall, of New York, and James Adger, of tl
Charleson. Among mechanics. Isaac Newton and
John P. Allaire. Among Scientific men, Bonptand s
the naturalist and Robert Brown, the botauist.? s
Among painters, Ary Sohaffer. Among theatrical tl
characters, the great Rachel and Lablnche the i<
singer Among soldiers. Field Marshal Radetzkv
of tho Austrian army and Major General Per
sifer F. Smith. U. S A. Among naval coin J
m maunders, Admiral Lord Lyons of the Briti-h b
service, and two American Commodores, Matthew
C. Perry and T. Ap. Cat.-by Jones. Among phi a
losophers. Robert Owen Among prominent char li
actors at the Eumpocan Courts, the Dutches of t
Orleans, Redscltid Pacha. Grand Vizier of Turkey, o
an 1 Barron Ward (the Yorkshire ostler) Prime f
Minister of Panama. The Emperor of Japan also n
lately died. Among other notorieties, deceased. ?
may he mentioned Scyer, the Prince of Cooks, t
Di ed Scott, whose name will be a famous one in f
he annals of the countrr, an I Eleazar Williams, t
he repute 1 Bjurhon.?York Day Boole. t
Death of the Youngest Sister of Robert Burns.? I
By the Asia we received an account of the death '
of Mrs. I-ahella Begg, widow of the late John it
Begg, and youngest and la"t surviving sister of a
Robert Burns. She was in her eighty-eighth year, t
and died at her cottage near Ayr. She possessed f
much of the force of character generally displayed <1
by the Burns family. In 1813. her husband was r
nccidently killed, leaving her with a family of nine I
children. A Mr. Vere allowed her ?'20 a year *
for three yeers, and to this small income she make c
some addition by kepping a school at Kirfcnoorkill. ?
Two of her sons, for whom managed to obtain a I
good education, necmue acuuui-iiiitHivra.
Besides teaching school, she took in sewing with
her daughters. She rever obtruded upon the attention
of the public, or even of her daughters, 1
her relationship to the poet, and the fact was not o
generally known un'il twenty years after her has- q
band's death. When it became known, the government
was induced to grant her a pension of u
?10. In 1842, Robert Chambers raised, by sub- ii
scription, ?-100. Of this sum ?240 were sun t in >
annuity for her, and ?160 reserved for her two p
daughters. The proceeds of Chambers' "Life of n
Burns." ?200; were assigned to the daughters, lj
and the late Sir Robert Peel granted to eacli of b
them a pension of ?10 a year, by which means A
the united income of the family was brought up ti
to ?73 per annum. Mrs. Begg is described as n
bearing a noticible resemblance to her brother. C
A very few days before her death, she sang the P
song?"Brnom of the Cowden Knowes"?at the ti
request of her daughter. ' e
? mn s
Robert Brass' Birthday.?We understand that 0
the Hon. Jnmes A. Pearce, United States Senator, e
and Hon. Jaines L. Orr, Speaker of the House of ii
Representatives, have been solicited, and have ?
accepted, the invitation of the Burns' Club, iu t'
this city, to preside at the centennial celebration
of the birthday of Robert Boms, on the 25th
of January instant. We believe Mr. Pearce is g
a lineal decendant of the House of Ramsay, rep- t]
resented by Lords Dalhousie and Panmure, two 8|
eminent British statesmen. Mr. Orr is Scotch p
and Irish iu descent, and fully appreciates the n
poetical genius of Scotland's great bard. Cl
Sir Archibald Allison, the historian of Europe, M
is to preside at a similar celebration in Glasgow, g
aud Lord Macaulay, the historian of England, will p
preside in London. The versatile Lord Brougham c,
d?es honor to Scotia's peasant bard, and will pre- |?
side at the Edinburgh festival. y
No one who participates in this festivity can t|
expect ever again to witness another. Preparations
are making wherever the English language f,
is spoken to do honor to the author of "Tan) t|
O'Shanter," "Man was made to Mourn," and "A b
man's a man for a' that." el,
Cols. William and James Burns, sons of the j
poet, are to be present at the Dumfries celebration.
Burns' genius belongs not alone to Scotchmen,
but to humanity; then let all unite to do hnn
reverenco ?National Intelligencer.
tl
Cotton Statement. w
The receipts of c?ttoti in Cioirlestnn for the past b
week were, by Railroa Is 12,717 bales; by water
and w.ignn 1.057 hales?together 14 274 hales? V
corresponding week last year 5,818 bales. (j
The experts from Charleston for the same time
were, to foreign ports 4.216 bales; coastwise 2,- P
706 bales?making the total exports of the wei-k
t) 922 hales, and leaving on hand a stock of 66, I
222 tniies, inclusive of 21 910 bales on ship-board |
n >i e'eared, against a stock of 22,170 bales, and k
12.115 bales on ship board same time last year.
The sales in Charleston during the past week hi
amounted to 11,500 bales, at prices ranging from
10 to 12.
The totnl receipts at nil the porls during the
past week amounted to 180,565 bales, against 101,-'
439 bales, received during the same period last1 p]
year. The total receipts at all the ports since the , rj
1st of September, amount to 2,059,135 bales, ; p(
against 1,220,047 up to the snme dates last year, j,
showing an increase this year of 839,088 bales.'
The exports to Great Britain up to the latest ! Cf
dates, amount to 603.942, showing an increase on | jn
the exports to that country last year of 224.539 a(
bales The shipments to Northern ports show an J 9]
increase of 232,G18 bales from the shipments of;
last year. ' j
The stock on hand and on ship board at all the I U(
ports, up to the latest dates, amounts to 834.653 I ie
hales, being 236,357 bales more than the stock on ! w
hand at the corresponding date last year.
Elected on the First Ballot.?The Louisville j,
Journal says that during the election for United j
States Senators iu South Curoliua, one for the j c
long term, and the other for the unexpired term ;
of Judge Evans, there were many ballotiugs and tl
much excitement. A gay, dashing young widow i si
of great personal attraction was in Columbia at j 51
the time, and the nephew of one of the coutes- w
tauts became so confused between the calls of love ft
and the lobby, that he actually declared himself 1'
to the iady as a 'candidate for the unexpired term , b
of her late hasband !' The Journal says he was | hi
elected to the vacancy on the first ballot. I fi
'iij ?Icimcskg (fibciung's HIail.
Columbia Market.
Columbia Jan. 19.
Tin; co'ton market-quite brisk yesterday* ?od
>0 bales sold at 9 to 11J cent-.; fancy lot would
ibg llr[ cents.
* _ Charleston Market* -
Chaulbsto.n, Jan. 18.
Sales of cotton to day 4.UU0 bales. There is a
;tter feeling in the m irket.
Charlotte
Market.
CuAnLOTTK. January 18.
Cotton.?Siuce k|*t week's report ttoere has been
slight decline in cotton, with but little coming
1. Lower grades not in tnuch demand. We
note ordinary 10 fa) 10^; good middling 10 @
cents.
Blew York Blavket.
New York, Jan. 18.
Cotlon.?The sales in this market yesterday
nounted to 2000 hales; market firm. We quote
iiddling Uplands 11$@12 cents.
Cable Between France and America.
The Paris correspondent of the Boston Journal
lys that in an interview a few day9 since with
:ver?! English capitalists, tho Emperor expressed
is confidence and support in the proposed laying
f a telegraph cable between France and America,
le termination of which is to he the city of Boain.
The company is being formed, aud the whole
Bfsir will be carried into execution as rapidly as
ossible.
Capt. Corrle?C. S. DUt, Court.
The Charleston Mercury of the 18th iust, contins
the decision of Judge Magraih upon the
pplication made for the arrest of Capt. Corrie,
pon the charge of violating the law touching th#
trican Slave Trade.
Judge Magrath has refused to turn Capt. Cor*
e over to the jurisdiction of the Uuited States
ourt in Georgia, but grants the order for bis
rrest, aud orders that his trial take place within
le limits of the jurisdiction wherein he is arresid.
A Venerable Typo.
We enjoyed the pleasure, yesterday, of weleomig
into our sanctum, Col. Robert Ckrr, of Philaelpbia,
Pa., who is a representative of the ' Art
reservative," and has attained the ripe age of 81
ears. He is here on a visit to his niece, Mrs. J.
. Feast er, and it is probable he will-make this
ity his future home.
Col. Cnrr, notwithstanding he is an old gentlelau,
is upright in carriage and can walk his thirf
miles A day. He served as an errand boy to
ood old Benjamin Franklin, and remembers him
ell.
In the war of 1812, Col. Carr held the important
fficeof Lieutenant Colonel in the loth Regiment
f. S. Infantry, under Col.' Pike, and was honorbly
mentioned for his gallantry in several iraporint
engagements with the British, and served aevrat
years, subsequently,-io the State Legislature.
We were surprised find that, at bla advanced
ge, he conld read printing from DiamonJ Type,
ithont the use of glasses; aud, stranger still, he
as never been confined to his bed by sickness
nice 1798 He is a temperance man, and iu this
i? secret lies.
Unlike the most of Printers, he hae pat hy
omething for declining years end needs not the
tinted charities of this worki. May he live a
tiousand years, and may his shadow never grow
;?o.??4/u??v?w*?
Irish Secret Societies.?The Belfast (Ireland)
fercurt/. commenting on the arrests of the mem*
ers of the Phoenix Club, says:
"The c'uh was preparing to receive with open
ruis the regiment of American militia which we
itely heard so mnch about as coming to Ireland
o see once more their native land. This was the
atensible object for such an unprecedented visit
mm the American militia; but coupling their
vowed intention to come with the fact of an ille;al
society, being established in Ireland to receive
hem, it is evident to us that they only wished to
eel their way. 'Colonel Ryan' was to command
hem, and their stay in Ireland was to be some*
hing about six weeks. During that time they
tore to encamp (that was the military word em*
>loyed) in the south and in the north. Great
hiugs wore, no doubt, expected fiom the Yankee
uvA'icrs who would hare endeavored to spread
s much disaffection and disloyalty as possible in
he breasts of the ignorant people who wonld hare
locked round them. In fact, there cannot be a
loubt of the object of their intended visit, and the
esult now proves it. The British government
las very properly put a stop to their coming, and
ince they have been stopped, the Lord Lieutenant
if Ireland has is?aed a proclamation 'against ille*
;al societies, and their recent arrests of the memiers
of the Phoenix Club hare closely followed
he proclamation."
Mr. SMelfs Bill for the Acquisition of Cuba.?
.'ho bill introduced into the United States Senate,
n Monday, by Mr. Slidell, to facilitate the acuisition
of Cuba, is, in substance as follows :
Whereas, Cuba geographically possesses a comtanding
influence oTer the large and annually
icrensing trade, foreign and coastwise, of the
fississippi Valley ; and whereas the island in its
resent colonial condition must oontinue a source
f injury and annoyance, endangering the friendIt
relations between Bpain and the United States
y the aggressions of its local authority upon
.merieau commerce and citizens, for which
irrtv rmlrpeq nun onlv he had hv a circuitous de
lan'i upon Spain; and whereas, in the opinion of
ongreas and in accordance with the views of the
'resident, as the last means of setting the exising
and removing future difficulties, it is expedint
that negotiations for the purchase of the island
hould bo renewed ; therefore resolved, that $30,00.000
be placed in the President's bands for
xpenditures, either from cash in the treasury, or
: be borrowed on five per cent, bonds of one thouand
dollars each, redeemable in from twelve to
weufy years.
The Seminary.?We are authorised to say that
ve thousand dollars of the amount promised for
le endowment of the "Montgomery* Profeasorliip"
in Erskine Theological Seminary, has been
aid over, or invested "or the benefit of the Semiary.
The other five thousand will be paid aconling
to promise, twelve months hence. So the
ork of endowing the Seminary has actually beun.
And in addition to the amounts pledged
revious to the meeting of Synod, we have revived
another subscription of five hundred dolirs,
from a generous friend in Abbeville Disrrict.
*e would be pleased to report the completion of
le ten thousand necessary to the endowment of
ie second Professorship. About four thousand
>r this purpose has now been subscribed. Six
ionsaud more is wanted. And it must be given
y the wealthy; or tho?e who are in easy circumtancea.
Who will give five hundred of it t?Due
Vert Telettopt. *
Columbia Market.
January 15.
Cotton.?There were 1,043 hales sold during
ie week. The demand was good throughout the
eek, at from 9 to 11^; and a few fancy lots
rough t 11J cents.
Flour.?There is a good supply on hand, and
rices have slightly advanced. We quote $2.40
ij $2 70 per sack of 93 pounds.
Corn.?There is a good demand for corn, and
rices have advanced since our last. We quote
U075c. per bu.-hel.
Outs?Command 75080c per bushel.
Cow Peas.~On\y a limited quautity in the maref.
We quote 75080c. per bu-hel.
Bacon ?Hog round 11012 ; shoulders 9091;
?iiis 12014 Lard 11|0121.
Wheat Bran.?$1 ^ 1UU lbs.
Rye.?$1031 10$ bu-hel.
Ipecacuanha and Delirium Tremens.?The jafl
i /-il! 1 i 1 1An J .it
tysiciati :>i miciigii una n?u ivu cases ui ueiiuai
tremens the past year, of which only four
roved fatal. Of bis manner of treatment, the
jctor says;
"Ipecacuanha, which I have tried in thirty-si*
ises, I found most remarkably successful, quietig
tlu nervous system, excitiug the appetite,
Ming on secretions, and uniformly producing
eep. Wlieu n case is not of too long standing, I
ve it as an emetic the first dose, and afterwards
give from 15 to 18 gmius every other hour. Conicted
with this remedy, I use shower baths, and
t the patient frequently drink strong beef tea,
ithoutany alcoholic stimulants.'?^
mmiZ '*V
One llundred Years Ayo.?Qn the 6th day of
muary, 1769, George Washington was married
i Mrs. Custis.
Washington Irving in his life of Washington,
ius refers to the marriage, which took place
lortly after the taking of Fort Dusquesne and
Washington's return to his home: "His marriage
ith Mrs. Custis took place shortly alter his relrn.
It was celebrated on the 6th of January,
769, at the White House, the residence of the
ride, in the good old hospitable style of Virginia,
mid a joyous assemblage of relatives aad
;ieads.'' ?Suvaniiah A'cus.