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Straps & Jfacts. Six thousand six hundred people visited the Great Eastern on Tuesday last. The Metropolitan Hotel bill for boarding the Japanese is $91,000. Among the items are ten thousand bottles of champagne. A Baptist Church in Pickens District some time since, excommunicated some of its members because they were Free Masons. Ex-Pxesident Tyler has declared, j through the press, that he is for disunion in the event of the election of either Mr. Bell,! or Mr. Lincoln, or Mr. Douglas, to the Presidency, and that in either case he will fight for a funeral! He is particularly fierce against Mr. Bell. The circulation of the Bible is increasing in Turkey, and converted Turks preach the Gospel in Constantinople, and if the Turkish government were strong enrmoh to see that its own edicts were res pected, the spread of Christianity would be great in that country. But the fanaticism of the Turks shows itself wherever it can. "We deeply regret to state that John Erwin, Esq., of this city, to whom we referred yesterday morning, as lying dangerously ill, departed this life, yesterday, about noon. Thus has ended the life of one of the most useful, influential and venerable citizens of Charlotte. Peace to his ashes.? Charlotte Bulletin, 19th inst. Captain Kell, the agent of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, who was sent out to take up the Newfoundland end of the cable, has succeeded in raising a portion of it, after some weeks of labor, and has discovered a serious defect in it, caused by its resting and chafing on a ledge of sharp rocks, over which it was laid, a mile or two from Bay of Bull's Arm, Trinity Bay. A home for aged men is a new notion just originated in Boston, and ** ' ? A AAA will soon be practically realized, as %>iu,uuv have been subscribed in a few days, out of $30,000 needed. The institution is intended for such aged men born in Boston whom the reverses of business or loss of means of support have thrown on the charity of strangers, or the care of impoverished relatives. For several weeks past, the diptheria has prevailed in the adjoining town of Mechaniesburg, in the Ccunty of Giles. It baffles the skill of the most skillful physicians. All who tyike the disease, it seems, die. Thus far a considerable number have died?as high as five in one family. The mails between Mechanicsburg and all the adjoining towns have been discontinued.? Jefferson ( Fa.) Advocate. The Montgomery, Ala., Mail records the following: A citizen of Montgomery, in giviDg his return to the censustaker the other day, estimated his cow at fifteen hundred dollars. This will be the highest-priced cow that will be contained in the census of this country, if not of the' State. Her owner acknowledges a weak-j ness with regard to his estimate of her;j indeed, he would not part with her at any! price. We've heard him say that she will j give twelve hundred gallons of milk a year. Xhe Memphis Appeal, of Saturday; says: A suit which possessed certain pe-j cul:ar points was decided by his Honor; Judge Dixon, of the common law court, j rpsfcerdav. A traveler, while a guest at the ; J ~ ** ' * ' _ I Worsham House, lost the sum of four hun-i dred dollars, which was stolen from him! while there. The traveler brought suit against Mr. Worsham, the proprietor of the | hotel, for the amount lost, which Mr. Worsham resisted. A decision was given, yes- j terday, for the plaintiff', and an amount equal to the sum of money lost assessed against Mr. Worsham We learn from the Rock Hill Citron- j icle, that Ex-Gov. Alston has distributed five quarter eagles to "the five most order- j ly, industrious, and of good example to j their childreo", among the females of the) Catawbas. These were reported by their j neighbors to be Sallie Harris, widow, hav-j ing in charge two nieces; wife of John Harris, two children; Patsey George, widow,; nephew and niece; Rhoda, wife of Allan) Harris, five children, and Caty Joe, very old, having-charge of grandchildren. The! presentation of the gold pieces was accompanied by a suitable address from Rev. A.! Wbjte. I They are rapidly progessing towards I "the largest liberty" in Massachusetts.? ? > r i i j \\T ! Ttic Doara 01 Aldermen 01 *> urcesier, iu< that State, have placed upon the jury list; for the present year, the names of two negro! barbers, William H. Jennings and Francis: A. Clough, the former a runaway slave from j the South. The negroes hold offices andi sit on juries; and white men who cannot! stomach negro equality will, apparently,' have to emigrate from the State ere long, j Adopted citizens arc made to stand two! years from the polls, and negroes invited up. | Black Republicanism is in full bloom.?1 IfVts/e in;/ton Sfa tcs. Twenty-three native Africans are to be sold at auction, to-morrow, said to be! part of cargo landed a few days ago in Mo- i bile Bay. They have already been visited j by a great many of the curious, who pro-; nounce them a fine gang of field bands, and' very lucky fellows to exchange their condi-: tion of barbarity for the happier and better! life of a Southern slave. One of them, I said to be seventeen or eighteen years old, j and supposed to be the son of a warrior in the Bozale tribe, stauds over six feet high, and weighs 170 pounds. Their importation and sale, iu such a public manner, is a refreshing act of boldness.?X. 0. Bet. \ Oue of the oldest papers printed in the English language is about to bo discontinued?the London Momimj Chronicle. It was in the Chronicle that Sir Phillip Francis, or somebody else, under a well preserved incognito, gave to the world the Junius Letters, the fame of which has not been confined to those countries where the English languuge is spoken. These letters appeared in the Chronicle during the term of office of its first editor, Woodfall, who introduced iuto his paper the custom of regularly reporting the debates in Parliament, a new feature in English journalism at the time. Woodfall was considered "a recklessly brave person" for having given publicity to the ideas of Junius, Burke, Fox, and Sheridan. Tom Moore, Campbell, Goldsmith, Byron, and Dickens may also be numbered in the brilliant array of writers for "the good old Whig of the Strand." The Chronicle was established in 1770, eighteen years before the Times ; and thus, after a career of ninety years, it disappears from the list of British journals, j ?Boston Post. C|c fforkliille inquirer EDITED BY SAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST. contributing editor: JAS. WOOD DAVIDS ON.... Columbia. S. C. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1860. Special Notice.?All communications, on matters connected with the paper, should be addressed to "The Yorkville Enquirer;" and not to the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors, must hear this in mind. |gf? Capt. D. D. Moore, Maj. Myles Smith, Samuel G.Brown, and J. L. Thompson, of York; John R. Allen, Post Master at Chester, S. C.; Joseph Walker, Charleston, S. C.; and Wm. ID. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents of the Enquirer. TO ADVERTISERS. Our advertising friends will place us under especial obligation by sending in their favors as early as Monday or Tuesday of each week. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Limestone Springs. 1 Thursday Morning. July 19, 1860. J Dear Enquirer: We arrived at this noble seat of learning, this shrine for the baptism of woman's intellect and heart, on Monday evening. The examination of the young ladies was then progressing?having begun on last Thursday.? The principal, we are glad to see, has adopted the searching and satisfactory method of writ-i ten examinations. For four days this severe test of scholarship was applied-to the pupils of Limestone, with very great credit to themselves and their instructors; and judging only after careful observation of its effects here, we heartily recommend this method as entirely superior to the old plan of oral examinations. ? ?- J i? .u? ?r \Ye save oeeil mucn jmpresscu u_y iuc opmt vi order and system which pervades this Institution. It evidently has bad at its head those who have studied, con amore, the wants of the female mind, and the best modes of supplying them. First, the masterly intellect of the elder Dr. Curtis, then the rapid, penetrating and comprehensive mind of the younger, have beeu busy in building up a model school?in unfolding an ideal; and their success is clearly exemplified in its justly high and extensive reputation, and the large number of girls attendant upon its daily dispensation of truth and light, of mental and moral culture. It is one of the hope-inspiring facts of the age, that we have so many high-schools for youth of both sexes, and they are so well patronized.? Dr. Vnughan in his recent book, entitled "Revolutions in English History," tells an anecdote of two "learned men" of Oxford University, of the year of Grace 1455, which illustrates the amazing superiority in this respect of our nineteenth century. Oxford had become so poor, from want of patronage, that she had to "beg or starve." The Chancellor sent the two learned men, mentioned, who possessed with their learning "(he gift of poesy," on a begging expedition. Upon coming to the castle of a nobleman, they were let dowu into a well, one in one bucket and the second in the other bucket, and kept alternately bobbing up and down, until they composed each a verse suitable to their feelings in this novel situation ! Such is the patronage given to learning in "the good old days of yore." Now the poor and rich alike, are electrified with the desire of educating their children. No wonder that | "miracles become common conveniences, in these days, before we have time to mentally realize them." But we wander from the subject of this letter. This is the very spot, it seems to us, which we would have selected for a school in which to train up girls, if we desired to do so in accordance with the prevailing seclusive and nunnish spirit of female education at the present day. It is separated from all the allurements of promiscuous society ; is here alone in the bosom of nature; j with no surroundings either to nttract or disturb the college sisterhood, except those which nature kindly furnishes to the ear and eye. The small village is nestled upon a few rolling limestone hills, with green valleys of clover intervening, and clump* or avenues of willow oak diversifytkn r.!?hirocnno lamlipqno Tho s?01ie is 11IK ..... p.,,.?v.-.,?, r eminently a rural one. Late Tuesday evening, | after night-fall, a stage-coach with its lamps J burning, drove up to the door of the seminary, and dropt one of its passengers?a fact indicative of the remoteness of Limestone Springs from the "loud marts of trade." Every thing about here has originated in the wants of the Institution. The stores supply the j girls with dressing material; and the hotel now j belongs to Dr. Curtis. To show you how fully the village partakes of the nature of the school, and how entirely it has sprung from it, it does [ not sport a barber?one had to be imported from I Spartanburg to do the shaving this week of commencement ! This feminine aspect of the village makes it at all the more singly and solely a j shrine for female culture. The school was founded in 1845; and is now entering upon its sixteenth year. The building j was first erected for a hotel; as the springs were j then a popular watering place. It cost first an enormous sum ; but was bought by Dr. Thomas Curtis at a reduced price. He converted it into a seminary, embracing under one roof everything pertaining to the culinary, laundry and studentical departments. It is a stupendous pile, four stories high, and some three hundred feet long. lu the basement story are the cooking and dining rooms, &c.; iu the second arc*the school room, the chapel, and parlor, the Sigourney Society room, with a library of some three or four hundred volumes, &c.; then above are the sleeping apartments of the pupils and an immense ironing room. It is a complete system, ami work" like a clock. The whole buuatng is well ventilated, and during these dog-days thnt we have been here, has been courted by a cool and delightful breeze all the time. The examination of the fair pupils was concluded on Tuesday afternoon. At 7 o'clock on the same evening, the audience was favored with ! an address by Rev. E. A. Crawlej', D. 1)., the j new professor who has filled his chair with great I success aud satisfaction since January. The j subject of the address was 4Educatiou the high! est development of our nature.' Dr. Crawley in I his exordium severely rebuked the idea of educating for a trade or a profession. We must educate for the sake of the human about us, and the spiritual within us. To do this we must educate all the man, physical, mental and mor! al. One is as binding as the other. "Health, j health, health" must be the hasis of any system j proposing to accomplish the most beneficent re j suits for the young. Mental training must be I associated with moral, and the knowledge of truth with the performance of duty. His views iare wide, profound, practical; his style clear j aud energetic; and bis delivery by no means j repulsive. He is an acquisition to the Institution, and will doubtless add to its previous charlacter of eminent usefulness. He is by birth au ) Englishman; but is recently from Nova Scotia. Wednesday morning was occupied with the graduation of eleven young Indies?one. Miss I Mary Wallace, from our District. The Baccalaureate address of Dr. Curtis was full of sound ! sentiraeuts, delivered in his peculiarly afl'ection| ate and enthusiastic manner. First they were to observe rapidly, minutely and comprehensively; to take in at a glance every thing both great and small within the field of vision. Then they were to reflect closely, critically and thoroughly; eliciting the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, from their observations. This would make them judges of character and conduct, of menandthing9, upon slight indications ; and enable them to detect the hidden vein of gold where duller eyes would see nothing at all.? Then they were to act promptly, decidedly, heartily ; showing in all their deeds and words that rectitude of principle and love of virtue which above all things adorn woman's character. Dr. Curtis speaks slowly in the beginning, and seems to select every word and phase of a thought with the utmost caution. But he warms with his subject until, as he rises to the "height of his argument," his brain glows like a furnace at white heat. The rapidity and saliency of his thoughts, then are almost wonderful; would be quite so, did he not in all his movements about the Institution, present the air and manner of a man who has ideally investigated, and, therefore, is thoroughly in love with the business in which j he is engaged. This school is the atmostphere in which he lives ; but let no one suppose that his views are contracted to its mere daily routine. The female mind, its capacity and want I of culture : the sphere and influence of woman ; whatever connects her with human progress and happiness?these are the themes of his anxious and almost rapt contemplation. Principles as the life-blood, and system as the heart, arteries and veins, for their circulation among the college sisterhood of members, are the daily food of his teeming mind, and the ground-plan of this noble Institution. At twelve on Wednesday, we listened to and admired the "Commencement address" by Rev. J. R. Kendrick, of Charleston. His subject, "Science in harmony with Revelation," was handled learnedly, judiciously and ably. He first showed that science is not antagonistic to revealed truth ; and contended that this amounted to a powerful and positive argument for it, when we consider that this revelation has been made at wide intervals of time, and through men many of whom were noted for their illiteracy. J He then adduced arguments to show that science actually supports Christianity; and concluded with an exhortation to woman to take the bible as her best friend, and to lean upon its teachings with undivided confidence. As this address will likely be published, and as we cannot do it justice from memory, suffice it to say that it was excellently written, and delivered eloquently.? Dr. Kendrick is a young man, perhaps thirty years of age, possessing an intellectual and amiable face; and is a baptist minister of Char leston. At four in the afternoon?yesterday, that is? honors were awarded to the first and second classes, consisting of a gold medal to the former, and a silver medal to the latter. His excellency, Gov. Gist, was chosen to preside on the occasion; hut his being unwell kept him at the hotel, and Dr. Kenkrick was invited to occupy the chair.? Miss Carrie Cleveland of the first, or graduating class, received the gold medal. It is due to Miss Ilattie Choice, however, to say that her marks of merit were only eight behind Miss Cleveland; and she received the second honor. Miss Laura Nance of Newberry, and Miss Mary Wallace of our District, bore off respectively the third and fourth distinction. Miss M. A. Walker, of Cedar Springs, as the honored one of the second class, "wore the blue ribbon and took the silver medal." Dr. Kendrick presented these medals with much grace and affability, j Last night was devoted to the musical Concert. The music was very fine, we thought?especially the singing by Misses Walker and Walthour?the instrumental pieces by Misses Hickson and Kirkland, and the "piano duets for four pianos," chiefly by the younger girls of the school; but it was listened to only after repeated appeals to the politeness of the noisy and chit-chat-y audience. Dr. Crawly was interrupted in the same manner, on the evening previous. When will our Southern audiences lcaru to keep respectfully and decently silent on such occasions? It is due to the Limestone audienec, J however, to say they paid the most exemplary I attention to Dr. Kendrick's address. It is due too i | to the principals and teachers to say that they uI nite in enforcing good order and attention. They | are right; and no one need go to Limestone Com mencement, and expect to insult the whole cou[ cern by his inattention and fussincss, without I being "called to order." | Taking it all in all we have been very favor | ably impressed with the spirit which pervades I this institution?its high standard and thoroughness, and its systematic distribution of merits | and demerits according to the real advancement : of the fair pupils We have seen uo effort at mere display since we have b en here. The number of teachers is fifteen ; of students, about one hundred and fifty. Almost at first sight, one sees that Dr. Curtis is the ruling spirit here. Heiscminently fitted for the position. He knows just when, where and how, to touch "the secretest springs" of taste, affection, association and experience. Yesterday at the dinner-table, when the meal was over, he rose and said: "young | ladies, I propose to introduce a new custom at old Limestone"; and he had the four long tables [ to rise and sing "Praise. God from whom all blessj inys flow," ^"c.?a thiug to be done ever herei after at dinner on Commencement day. Thus he j appeals to and gratifies the ideality, and finer and purer sentiments of his fair pupils, in a thousand and oue nameless ways, and makes them in love with, (as they all call it) "the dear old place." | THE NEWS. j At Home.?It is confidently believed by some I that the split in the Democratic party, if not I remedied, will secure the election of the Republican nominee to the Presidency. Those who a re | anxious, at any sacrifice, to avoid this catastroj phe, are desirous of re uniting the two wings of j the Democracy. Out of this desire is springing j up in the Northern Democratic States, an effort | to compromise the differences between the friends of Douglas and the frieuds of Breckinridge. It | has been proposed that the Democrats of the I Northern States run the Douglas ticket, and j those of the Southern Stntes the Breckinridge i ticket, in order thus to secure a preponderance of Democratic electors in the electoral College. ' For, it is believed that, if the Democrats are diJ vided, the Republicans can carry any Northern State. The only means, then, of saving any of the Northern States to the Democratic party and the constitution, is to ignore the great principle? : which divide the Douglas and Breckinridge Democracy. This scheme is now at work : and I :r ,?;i] It in cr>r<nrinrr to Douplai Ill SUUUV^JIUI, f? 1*1 ' v.jui. ... WW-. ...Q ? -c or Breckinridge?whichever proves to be the stronger of the two?the united vote of the States in which the scheme is on foot. One captain Walter M. Gibson has devised a plan, which has been approved by Brigharn Young, to remove the Mormons of Utah to one of the East India islands. They simply request the United States to purchase the property they must leave behind; which will, doubtless, be done to get rid of such an unmitigated nuisance, j It is said that the cause of this movement is the jabhorence of their creed and practices expressed without reserve by Representatives from all parts of our country in the late debates of Congress on the Bill to punish polygamy in the Territories. Such is the happy influence of civilization. The Africans at Key West are being returnod against their will?in small numbers, however? to their native land. From accidents and distase the numbers are so thinned, that probably not more than a hundred or so will reach Africa. It ' is said?we know not with what truth?that chloroform has been administered to many of 1 them, who in the state of insensibility prodmed, underwent a mock-burial and were "spirited away" to Southern plantations. The Knights of the Golden Circle, after a few weeks of quiet, have again appeared on the stage of action. General Bickley, in a -late address to the order in Virginia and other Southern States, has ordered the members to repair to their encampment, in Texas, by the 15th of September. The address says that Texas has raised money and material to the amount of $498,000, and appeals to other Southern States for contributions. The Knights will march from their encampment as emigrants into Mexico, and become bona fide citizons of the illstarred republic, before they begin operations. This thev do in order to evado the violation of existing neutrality laws. The order is represented to number 50,000 members. Their avowed object is to "Americanize and Southernize Mexico." Mexico.?Meanwhile, it is stated that France and England have agreed to intervene in the affairs of Mexico, and force the belligerent parties to an armistice for twelve months. They have re- ' j quested the United States to join them in this measure; but brother Jonathan seems disinclined to do so. Mr. Buchanan thinks that these "entangling complications with other governments" are, to say the least, of doubtful policy; and would certainly be an abandonment of the line of conduct he has pursued towards the Mexican republic. Central America.?The Bay Islands are inclined to resist their annexation to Honduras.? Gen. Wm Walker, "the man of destiny," taking advantage of this feeling among the Bay-Islanders, has gone to Central America to stir up a civil revolution. The governor of Honduras is said to be hateful to a large party of his countrymen ; and these together with the Bay Islanders who also resist his domination, would form a formidable array against him. The "gray eyed man" sleeps, like the rabbit, with his eyes open ! Abroad.?The only general news of interest from Europe is the promise of a Peace Congress, or,Conference on the Swiss Question. It will meet about the first of October at Paris. The Conference will be composed of the Ambassadors at the French Court, endowed for the nonce with plenipotentiary powers. This is a matter in which all Europe feels deeply concerned. The balance of power is watched with a jealous eye " - ' * ? 1--.1 ? n ? by all the nations; ana owiuermuu umumii; feels some solicitude about the aggrandizement of France, especially when it is at her own expense. England.?Lord John Russell's Reform Bill has been withdrawn by the English Cabinet for the present. It is said that any Reform, contemplating an extension of the elective franchise would strengthen the Popish power in Parliament by creating new Irish delegations. This is one principal reason why Lord John's Bill has met such signal and persistent opposition. Ireland.?The news declares that nine hundred Irish families are positively suffering for the want of bread ! Hence the immense exodus from that country to the United States. Sicily.?It is estimated that twenty thousand Royalists are prepared to defend Messina.? Nevertheless, Garibaldi is actively prosecuting his movements against the place. We may reasonably predict its downfall. Palermo, defended by 25,000 men, fell before his handfull of undisciplined yeomanry: and 18,000 were compelled to ground their arms to the conqueror, and embark in ships that bore them away. Messina, doubtless, will share the same fate. AN OLD MAGAZINE. We have been lately permitted to examine several bound volumes?5, 6, 7 and 8?of the Port folio, a "Monthly Miscellany" published in Philadelphia, by Harrison Hall. The magazine was first issued in 1816, two volumes a year; and the numbers we examined were of course published in 1818 and 1819. It was a curious admixture of politics, news< art and literature. The following, which we found on the title page, will explain its character: "Devoted in chief to orginal communications in the popular departments of science, combined with occasional criticism, classical disquisitions, miscellaneous essays, records of the progress of fine and useful arts, with all the extensive and variegated departments of polite literature, merriment and wit; to which is added The Proceedings of Congress. Each number contains at least 88 pages, and I one elegant engraving. The price is Siz Dollars, in advance." The noticeable points in this are the high price of six dollars for the periodical, the free use of capital letters, and the publication of the proceedings of Congress in a literary magazine.? These were, however, not sd "long drawn out," nor so devoid of the "linked sweetness" of peace and patriotism, as at the present time. One number contained a very long and dry message from the then President. The engravings in the numbers we saw. were j "TheCity Hall, New York"; "Portrait of Mrs. Madison" in a frill cap, and tight sleeves; "view of the Battle of Bunker's Hill" ; "Portrait of James Monroe, Esqr." ; "View of a Steam Distillery"; "View of the Orphan Asylum, Norfolk, Va" ; "Portrait of Gen. Putnam drawn by Miss A. Hall from an original picture by Trumbull; and a "Portrait of Benjamin Franklin" in the huge powdered wig of his time. One is struck with such picture-subjects as the "Steam Distillery" and "Orphan Asylum" in juxtaposition ; as well as with the Esquire instead of Honorable as a handle to president Monroe's name. The wives of William Meredith and Joseph Hopkinson were occasionaly contributors to its columns; and were women of high literary character, and drew around them the distinguished rneu of that day. Tom Moore, the Irish poet, during his residence in the surburbs of Philadelphia, in a house which is now pointed out and called "Tom Moore's cottage," knew both intimately, and visited at their houses frequently. In one of his poetical epistles to Mr. Spencer, he speaks thus of these visits : "Believe me. Spencer, while I winged the hours, Where Schuylkill undulates through banks of flowers, Though few the days, the happy evenings few, So warm with heart, so rich with mind they flew, That my full soul forgot its wish to roam, And rested there as in a dream of home! "Oh ! we have nights of that communion free, That flush of heart which I have known with thee So oft, so warmly; nights of mirth and mind. Of whims that taught and follies that refined." The Death of Jer am< Bonaparte.?We learn by the Parma of the death of Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ex-King of Westphalia, uncle to the Emperor of the French, and last of the brothers of the great Napoleon. Jerome Bonaparte was the last and youngest brother of the great Napoleon First, and the only remaining member of the family of his parents, Charles and Letitia Bonaparte?the first of his brothers, Joseph, King of Naples, having died in 1843 ; the second, Napoleon, Emperor of France, in 1821; the third, Lucian, Prince of Canino, in 1810; his eldest sister, Marianne Eliza, Duchess of Tuscany, in 1820; Louis, King of Holland, in 181G; Maria Pauline, Duchess of Guestalia, in 1825; Marie Antoinette Caroline, Countess of Lipana, in 1S30, and Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, the eighth and last, in 18G0. Jerome was born at Ajaccio on the 15th of December, 1784, and at the time of his decease | was consequently seventy-six years old. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Frank Moore, in his Diary of the Revolution, thns speaks of the Carolina women of 1780, who by their patriotism, high spirit and pelf-sacrifice, contributed so much to the waning cause of liberty: "The virtue and magnanimity of the Charles- J ton ladies vies with the Spartans of old. Nothing can equal their adherence to the independence of America. The vanquishers strive all in their j power to induce them to partake of their amusements, but all their importunities cannot prevail upon any of them to add a lustre to their balls, etc. They, sensible of the distresses of their (once happy) country, seem to take no pleasure but in retiring from public view, to bemoan the cause of suffering liberty. When nothing but tyrannical destruction appears to be hovering over every friend to freedom, they, like true heroines, discover an invincible firmness and resolution. Were the men half so steady to their country's good as the women, no nation could boast of more illustrious natives than Carolina. To the everlasting glory of the sex many examples can be adduced of ladies exhorting their dearest connections to behave with a becoming fortitude; anxious for their honor, earnestly urging them to perseverance, while they, by a i >-1-1? "MO o.innrvrtincr their families. lauunuic CUUUUlUjr, ak KJ Are not these enough to reanimate the Carolinians to recover their oppressed country?" The Siamese Twins have been laid in the shade by a birth which occurred in Birmingham county, Virginia, recently. The Pittsburg Z?mpatch speaking of it, says: "A woman gave birth to twin male ohildren, of full size, weighing twenty-five pounds, and joined together by fleshy ligatures, being face to face when born. The twin-fetus presents a perfect development of the heads, arms, legs, and feet, and of the bodies, except where joined at the sternum. The dissection prosented these facts: There is but one vena cava, while there are two hearts in one pericardium, common to both. The ribs of both join the one breast bone. The lungs are imperfectly developed?the outer lobes in each being full sized and regular, and the others in each false or imperfect. Both of (what we believe the physican calls) the trunki anonymi and arcus aorta, are regular, the aorta and its branches feeing normal and regular to the head and arms. The vena cava superior is natural, or of the usual size or form, but the vena inferior form both hearts into one trunk running down to the abdomen. As to the bronchial organs the physicians could not determine, definitely, they having been partially if not entirely destroyod in the accouchment with in struments; but it was their opinion mat, men condition must have been abnormal, as the lungs were seated loo far down for them to have been otherwise. There is but one diaphragm, and that common to both. Between the two bodies is an enlarged double liver, four inches long, which fills nearly three-fifths of the abdominal cavity. While in the hypochondria of each fetus are found an imperfect liver?one about oneeighth, and the other about one-fourth the size of the enlarged liver, while between these and the enlarged liver are the stomachs. In one hypochondrium the spleen is double the usual size ; in the other the normal size. Below the umbilicum the intestina are perfect in each fetus, while to cap the climax there is but one umbilical cord. It was the opinion of both physicians, after an examination of the intestines and blood vessels that this compound humanity could have lived only a fetal life, or otherwise could not have lived after birth, had it been possible that it could have passed parturition alive. At last accounts the mother was convalescent, and will soon be about." Edmond Burke, the English orator, and author of an "Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful," seems, also, to have had model ideas ol home and the domestic circle. Here, for instance, is his beau ideal of a perfect wife ; and il indeed is a charming picture. We commend il to the study of our fair friends. It is both sub lime and beautiful. Bead: "A perfect wife is handsome, but it is not a beauty arising from the features, from complexion, or from shape. She has all three in high degree ; but it is not by these that she touches the heart. It is all that sweetness of temper, bonevolence, innocence, sensibility, which a face can express, that forms her beauty. She has a face that just rouses your attention at first sight; it grows upon you every moment; and you wonder that it did not more than raise attention at first. Her eyes have a mild light, but they awe when she pleases?they command, like a good man out of office, not by authority, but by virtue. Her stature is not tall?she is not made to be the admiration of every one. She has the firmness that does not exclude delicacy?all the softness that does not imply weakness. Her voice is soft, low music, not formed to rule in public assemblies, but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd; it has its advantage ; you must come close to hear it. To describe her body, describe her mind?one is the transcript of the other. Her understanding is not shown in the variety of matter it exerts itself upon ; but the goodness of choice she makes. Her politeness flows rather from a natural disposition to oblige, than any rules on that subject, and therefore never fails to strike those who understand good breeding and those who do not. A Palestine correspondent of the Albany Patriot, speaking in relerence to one of the most solemn and impressive events of history, the dispersion of the Jews, and their expectation of a coming Savior to restore to them their lost land and nationality, says : ' One of the most affecting sights in Jerusalem for us, was furnished at the Wailing Place of the Jews. It was the afternoon of the Feast of the Passover, on an occasion of great impor? I- nf Ak.okom arhnn on ,1 ly interesting visit to this place was made.? A part of the Saracenic wall that encloses the city are built of stones formerly used in the old Temple. This part of Mount Zion ia their Wailing Place. Here are gathered the faithful Jews of the town, and representatives from every part of the world. Their sorrow and wailing is of the most touching character. Fervently an 1 with reverence, they press their faces against the stones of the ancient sanctuary, with confession of their sins and prayer for "theii coming Messiah." Their mournful song is repeated over and again. "We buy bread and water of our enemies, and are strangers in out own land." The side of the valley of Jehosaphat are covered with the graves of the faithful, who havo come from far distant climes to lay their bones near the Holy City. In Hebron, Tiberias, and many other cities of Palestine, we found Jews who had come great distances, waiting tc greet their promised Redeemer. Seated high upon the mountains of Galilee, is to them a holy city, and it is their earnest and firm beliel that the true Savior will soon appear; that he will rise from the waters of Tiberias and estab lish his kingdom in their mountain home!" A very interesting case of recovery fron blindness has occured in Philadelphia recently, The Ledger says: A physiological wonder occurred a short time since, in this city, which will doubtless prove a.1 interesting to our readers, as it already has tc physiologists and oculists. A young and exceedingly interesting girl, residing on Eighthstreet, whose name we suppress from motives of delicacy, and whose amiable disposition, ele gant manners and placid beauty of soul, had endeared her to all who knew her, was a year 01 two ago compelled to discontinue her studies and leave school in consequence of a partial loss ol eye-sight that threatened to become total. She was entirely unable to read, and although she could see well enough to enable her to walk about, visit her friends and entertain them when they called upon her, the threatened loss ol sight gave her much annoyance, aid aroused the sympathies of all who became acquainted wit! the facts. A number of our most skillful physicians were employed by the family, and sh( was even taken to some of our most noted oculists ; but all their learning, dexterity and management proved unavailing. Her eyes looked healthy, were beautifully pensive in their expression, and seemed deep as her soul was pure, bul they were, nevertheless, to her almost whollj useless Notwithstanding this rather melancholy physical defect, a young man, who had long been devoted to her, offered her his hand it marriage. She demurred, and through an excess of affection, refused to bestow it upon the mat who had long since won her heart, stating thai she never would consent to become a burdet upon the man she loved. For a long time ht persisted in his suit, and at length, through his praises and sighs, made her believe that life with her, even if she were wholly blind, were bettei than a Paradise where she was not. A month or two ago her resolution was rescinded, and she became his wife; and strange as it raaj seem, from that day her eye-sight began to improve, and she is now able to read the lineal | print by gas-light, without pain and without anj optical iujury. The case has caused consideraI bie sensation among those who are conversanl with the circumstances. Apart from its signifi cance as a well established ocular fact, it is a praotical illustration of what has been olererly and wittily said, "that Dove is Dlina, Dm nymen is the oculist who alone can open his eyes." Mr. Isaac V. Fowlee, late post-master of New York City, who, on being found guilty of an immense defalcation, went post-haste to Havana, Cuba, is now enjoying fine health and spirits in that city under the name of Mr. Post. He is chiefly engaged in learning to pronounce the Spanish language, preparatory, it may be, to a career of gambling or murder on the island. ? The news from Washington of the 22nd instant, announcos the death of Joseph Gales, of the National Intelligencer, thus: "Joseph Gales, the senior partner of the firm of Gales and Seaton, Editors and Proprietors of the National Intelligencer, died last night in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Few men in the Federal Metropolis were more widely known.? During fully two-thirds of his life-time, he was actively connected with the Intelligencer establishment, and from his pen emanated most of the chaste and dignified leaders which have given to that journal its world-wide reputation. Of late years, however, Mr. Gales has been afflicted with infirm health, but the faculties of his mind continued nnimpared, and he persisted in making his daily visit to the office up to the close of last week. He was universally esteemed, and his death has created a profound sensation among our whole community." A counterfeit ten dollar bill on the bank of South Carolina seems to be in circulation.? The Charleston Mercury says: "We have been shown a specimen of a spuririous ten dollar bill on the Bank of South Carolina, which, it is said, is being extensively circulated in the West. There is, however, very little attempt at imitation, the design of the genuine bill of that denomination being wholly different. The counterfeit is executed apparently by a photographic process, and has the head of Minerva at either extremity, with a group of sailing vessels in the centre of the note. The genuine bill, on the contrary, has the statue of Calhoun on one side, and a single large steamship in the centre?a smaller one being represented below. Another very perceptible difference in the signature of the President?Mr. Birnie?which, in the genuine, is written in a tremulous hand, while in the counterfeit, it is executed in a bold, free style of penmanship. LOCAL AFFATRS. Yorkvllle Female College. The advertisement in another place will inform the reader that the next Session of this Institution opens on the 22nd of August next, under better auspices than ever before. The standard of this school is high; and it affords us pleasure to chronicle its increasing prosperity. It is located in a community as healthful, perhaps, as io tn ho fnnnri anvwtlCPli in this Section Of COUU try. The Weather. Within the last week we have had two refreshing showers in portions of our District.? The prospects of our planting friends in these places begin to look up a little. But the droughl still prevails over the greater part of the District; ; and the crops are prescient of an unprecedented . scarcity. The heat is not so intense as it has been. The health of the people remains good. Broke Jail. ^ On the night of the 24th inst., two prisoners, Yokk and John Mixcey, escaped from jail, bj passing through the provision hole of their cell, and streaking it down the lightning rod. One hundred and fifty dollars reward is offered foi their apprehension. As leaky a jail as this indi cates, should be seen after at once. Such lightning rods ought to bo made non-conductors ; sue! provision holes ought not to be large enough t< admit the entrance of a leg of mutton or the es i cape of a nigger. 1 King's Mountain. ( On our return from Limestone, we spent a dai with a very pleasant party in the shadow of thii "grand old mountain." At the base is a stoni erected, with a brief account of the battle carvec | upon it, and the names of many who fell there. Just to the left is the point of the attack betweet Campbell and Ferguson?the hottest part of th< battle. A large chesnut-oak was shown as, as the spot where Ferguson fell. We plucked t piece of the rough bark, and gathered up a peb 1 ble or two, as mementos of the place. We fount a horse-tooth, and one of the party a piece of ? human bone, which had been bleaching in th< i sun for eighty years. We were shown the spot, as we went, where Col. Williams died under ? large chesnut just three miles from the battleground ; and as we returned, 'Squire Hardit gave us a limb from the tree?which was cul down many years ago?as a memorial of the spot where that noble and chivalric heart beai its last. It was a lovely day to us?one of the whitt 1 days of our life. Patriotism the purest, heroism the hardest, personal sacrifice unequalled, wen the spirit of its recollections. And there we hac come to spend a day in homage to our heroic past. To us it was a precious day. A Sad Epiiode. As we went to Limestone on Monday of last week, we halted on the banks of Broad River tc , await the ferryman from the other side. While i we stood there, watching the "innumerable 1 smiles" of the sun-kissed and breezy river, anoth 1 er party came up to the crossing place. Then faces were sad ; and it was soon whispered to us that they were on their way to the church just 1 beyond the river, to witness the burial of a soc , and brother, the pride of a worthy family. A noble and genial college friend of ours?V. C. ' Smith?was no more. A short while previous, he had been prostratec t in the far off land of Texas. He was broughi ' back to his child hood's home to die; and whai remained of him was now going to sleep with hi; , fathers, on the banks of the golden-tinted anc i music-haunted river. 1 Thus it is in life. The pleasure party and th< I funeral meet. The bridal, the altar and thi grave, are not far apart. In the midst of th< gayest scenes, a sad stunning truth often start! , up suddenly and stares us in the face. Then are many Marahs along the path of life, when we must turn aside and drink bitter waters, j We remember his cheerful face, as though wi ) saw it but yesterday. > . "Green bo the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ; None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praiie." . Dr. W. P. Bason. This gentleman comes to us very highly rec j oramended by such men as Judge O'Neal, A. M C Shipp, of Wofford College, President D. L ? Swain, of North Carolina University, Dr. Hardy ' of Asheville, and many others, as a learned am | skilful operator in Dentistry, and a gentlemat f of high character and sound Southern senti > ments. He is a graduate of the Baltimore Den 1 tal College; and President of the North Caroli, na Dental Convention. See his advertisement. Dedication of the Phllomathean Hall. [ "The commencement of Erskine College wil take place on Wednesday, the 8th of August J and doubtless will be interesting to all, owing t( , the variety of the exercises. I Besides the regular exercises, the corner-stom i ? .. TV __ m-.L TI 1? ;n ko toid ' oi me .L/ue nest reiuuie n... ?? >k>? v. ! Tuesday morning, with speeches from severa t distinguished gentlemen. Tuesday night, th< l Alumni oration will be delivered by W. L. Hud > gens, Esq., of Laurensville. j On Wednesday night the new Philomatheai i Hall which her members have long striven t( erect, will be dedicated to the Goddess of Letters i by William W. East, editor of the Yorkville En I quircr, and Dr. J. C. Maxwell, of Newberry, twi ' of her worthy and honored Alumni. This ongh . and no doubt will be an occasion of great in I terest to all who are in any way connected witl r the society. As a committee of the Philomathean Society t we most earnestly and respot'fully invite thi . Alumni and honorary membors of this society , in particular, and the public in general, to art" tend.? Due West Telescope. UUjL> XAXJ3 U XUflJ.au. Early Rising. We hear a good deal of nonsense on this subject. But proverbs and silly rhymes are numberless. Benjamin Franklin (not to mention Mother Goose) has several trite couplets about it.? Granny Franklin (he wa3 our Grandmother, and we have a family right to call him Granny?at any rate we are sure that he was somebody's grandma)?Granny Franklin, we say, asserts that early rising makes men "healthy, wealthy, and wise." We infer that that was what did so much for him? But, seriously. We are to speak of it in reason. It depends so much upon circumstances, whether early rising is advisable or not, that such sweeping proverbs are likely to mislead rather than to inform. We are aware of the im portance of early rising to those engaged directly in agriculture. To such it is vitally important; but makes even them neither healthy, wealthy nor wise. It is expedient for their business merely. In damp localities, even to them, too-early rising is unwholesome. To milkmaids, and newsboys (such as Granny Franklin was when he wrote such stuff) early rising is also expedient. Let us see?Healthy, wealthy, wise. In or der: Healthy??We humbly opine thatthis depends entirely upon the climate. It may be true of Philadelphia, where Granny Franklin made almanacs; but in the moister and more variable climate in many sections of South Carolina we seriously believe it is not so. Here, the heavy dews and abundant malarial agents found everywhere, especially in our autumnal morning atmosphere, render a different course advisable, in the pursuit of health, at least. At night, all the miasma sinks near the earth. The earliest rays of the sun expand this and send it aloft intc the upper air, where it is out of reach. The early sun also dries the superabundant moisture from dew. Thus two items of safety are secured by not rushing too early out these mornings.? Better?safer, at least, we opine?wait till the sun has dissipated the poisonous miasma and dried the dew-drenched sward, lest the lungs inhale the one and the feet get wet in the other, We know that the poets rhyme about rosy fingered dawns, daisy-dews, and peeping days, and all *'?* - v-4 ? ? -nor.n'-ff"llrr aiihmtt fliat HP.-flnP.f ILJtH j uuii no xvo|/wwu?.j wwvim.. ...... and common sense have the decided advantagt over poetry in so practical a matter. Let th< sun be up half an hour at least?an hour for in valids?before venturing out; and never tak< active physical exercise before eating something We are aware thai the proverb says,?"The ear liest bird catches the worm." A very good sug 1 gestion to birds; and whenever we want worms, ! we will remember it. And, at best, it is a bac business for the worms to be out so early. I Wealthy??We have no experience and verj > limited observation on this branch of the subject Wise??The venerable author of the healthy wealthy-and-wise rhymes always rose very early i from which we infer that very early rising has s ' tendency to develop the faculty for silly rhymes , and in general to soften the brain. We advisi s against it. Let us not be misunderstood here. We ar< no advocate of late sleeping. That may bi worse than the opposite course; and generall; i is, because it looses so much time. We have m ) patience with it, no plea for it, and enter ou disclaimer in the most explicit terus3. Key-Momenta of Life. The drowning man, 'tis said, whil i fast the puis 7 Of life is failiug with each gurgling gasp, 5 In one bright lightning flash of memory, ; Reviews his whole past life, at once; then dies. 1 The victim of the highway murderer's hand . May ask a moment for a dying prayer, i His lips implore. His soul is at the shrine } Of memory ; and the hurried pistol's flash s Flings light agleam o'er all his years of life, i Life often has such hours as these, or may. The lover, when he realizes first 1 The touch of Fate?and ere his hope be born? i Turns short, at once, abruptly to his past; ! Sees all; in agitation undulates, i And trembles into living hope at last, i The orphaned heart when first it hears the dull And pulse-like whispered word, "Alone," look > back t Towards infancy. Or, when one looks his first i Upon a kinsman's brow, just pale, aghast, t With sudden murderous bloody blow. Oi when? i Whene'er the soul's hurled back upon itself, i J It sees itself?itself, the one effect ! Ut all its past?useii, tne ecno ciear I Of all the voices lost back in the years i Agone?itself, the ambrotype cast on The traceless glass by solar rays and shades Of life?itself, the living shape impressed t By every passing hand, since infancy, ? Upon the plastic pure intelligence. ! In moments such as these, the spirit sees s Its very self?the total-sum of all Its thoughts, and hopes, all spirit-deeds, am prayers, i All crystallized into one single drop? t A gem?a soul. i And there are times for all Of us, apart from sudden haps, when soul Turns back upon itself?when spirit scans Its features in a mirror. Times like these I Arc sacred. Heed them well. They come bu t once, t It may be, uninvoked, in each one's life, i Some moonlit night, it may be, calm and hush 1 ed. We pause in step. The touch of Fate creeps o'e ; Us as we stand?a nameless thrill that stuns. ; Out?clear and stark?will start our past of lift 2 All, panoramic, and at once. 3 Just then, j A flashlike impulse bids us do and dare B That hour, as never did or dared our souls Before?or die. And we must do and dare B Just then, or else the moment's gone. Whe gone, It may return for us no more. n i. i oucn iiuurs Hare made an agecl man of one whose years Were few. But thee?as well?such hours at those . Wherein our souls snatch hold agrip on life's Eternal purposes and seal their futures j From the chance of change, imparting will ] To hope, to do, to trust?(iu God, but first i In man)?to pray, to love?to live ; for life . Is all of these. And bandy proverbs as . Ye will, it is the all of life to live. Holiday. To-morrow, the 27th, is the last school-da (for the session) of the most persistent of 01 institutions of learning, in Columbia. We mei ^ tioued several a few weeks ago. Since thenthn ' others "cease from their labors." 5 Madam Sosnoicski's Female Institute closed c the 15th, to be re-opened on the 15th of Se] tcmber. We take pleasure in mentioning tl 1 success of such schools as this, for we recogni; in it a public good. We knew, in advance, thi * Madam S. had secured the conditions of a F male school of high rank. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Zimmcrmann's Female Seminar 3 has closed till the first of October. I The Columbia Male Academy, in charge of M 3 Stuart, terminates its summer labors to-morroi 1 The Carolina High School of Messrs. Bruml j and Davidson takes rest from to-morrow for tl midsummer term. Laus deo ! ? The first of October is the time for a gener * reopening of all our Colleges, Schools, Institute . Academies, and Seminaries. So be it. * El Fureidi* is one of the most pleaging fictions we have read recently. It is an oriental tale.? The meaning of the title is The Paradise. El Fureidis, the scene of the story, is a village in Syria. The hero, Meredith, is an Englishman. He-travels ; sojourns some months iu El Fureidis ; sees there and loves the beautiful Havilab, the heroine. The "course" of their love?that does not run smooth of course?is the theme of the book. It is well told, and winds up happily. There is nn atmosphere of the east about it.? Odors of the orient perfume it. The poetry of that land of flowers, embalmed in a thousand holy memories, hallows it.. The style is rich in the rhetoric of Hafiz,? "Orient pearls at random strung" M make it a kind of Lalla Rookb without the rhyme, but with^onr times the soul. Damascus is visited. The 'Xrab lords of the desert enter- I tain us a few days. The pride, the treachery, the love; the dark guilt and vengeance of that i wild, free race, come opportunely into our story. Ticknor ?j* Fields, Boston, publish it. Townsend I <$ North, Columbia, have it on sale. Price, one dollar. Bcund. It is said to be written by Mary Cummings, though no name appears on the title-page. Ziona' Harv. This is a new collection of ?a cred music. It is intended for sunday-schoole, Jprayer-meetings, and the home-circle; compiled by J. A. Getze; and is published in Philadelphia, under the favor of Lippincott Jf Co. Townsend ?J* North, have it on sale in Columbia. The A price is fifty cents. It contains a gamut, index, V and over three hundred hymns with music? be- * sides a Dictionary of musical terms. k We ourself are scarcely entitled to an opinion I on the merits of a work so far from our specialI ity ; yet we infer that it is good of its kind be- | cause we find it on the shelves of Townsend ? ? > North. I ! Personal. ,1 i A. Reynolds, of Mobile, author of a "Life of A Calhoun," is in New York, getting that work S through the press. Derby & Jackson are pub- 1 i lishing it. a The Abbe Rouqubtte, a Franco-American I i poet who lives near New Orleans, has recently . published two volumes of poetry in French.? The volumes are?"Le Conciliable Infernal," 1 and "Poems Palrioflque." M. 1' Abbe has con> tributed occasionally to periodical French literature for several years, both in America and France. He was educated in the latter country. Writes in both French and English. ' Book-buying Many of our readers have experienced difficul ty, we have no doubt, in getting books. Many --? r.-inf. rnnnv ton rare to find uuwrwoiouukul j/?a~% t ? J -- , their way to all markets ; many, published in i Germany or France or England, are never imported except to order. Readers are often tixr tremely desirons of getting some suoh book, but . know no way to do. so. In such bases what is - wanted is a trust-worthy and efficient importing ; agent in some large city?one who understands i his business thoronghly, is prompt and honest, i We know such a one?one who has direct corres- I i pondence and communication with London, Paris, f and Leipsic; who will get any book published 1 : or told in any of those cities, by the quickest e steamers, and at the fairest prices; and will for1 ward the same by Adam's Express or any other a way you prefer, to any place in the United States. r Books published in America famished with corresponding promptness. We know snch a firm; and we recommend it to our friends as a favor e to them. We do so without a dime's profit to ns; and in the hope of enabling some friend to enjoy an advantage that, from experience, we highly prize. The firm to which we refer is in New York. It is B. Westermann $ Co., 440 Broadway. We have dealt with several other book-importers, but were never elsewhere half as well pleased. We always find their prices perfectly fair, and that is of no little importance. Bat their attention to details of instruction io orders is an admirable feature in their management They leave no effort unmade to get for you exactly what you want. Such, at least, is our experience ; and we have received through them books in various languages, published in America, s England, Scotland, France, and Germany. . J. W. D. { Columbia, S. C. ^ . CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ENQUIRER. White Sulphur Springs, 1 July 21 1860. / Messrs. Editors:?For some weeks I have not had the courage to attempt such an andertaking as writing to the Enquirer. I could enumerate many reasons, either of which would be sufficient. Nothing to write about, no business items to report, the weather too hot either to think or write. The only subject which could suggest itself was the weather; and it would be very difficult to find words suited to a description of that, for some weeks past. I am like toe man wno was hauling apples up a steep hill in a cart. He had ^ nearly reached the top, when his cart dumped, and away went his apples, rolling and bonncing down the hill. Some boys who knew the appleman's custom of using hard words, ran up to hear him swear; but &e only held up his hands, gave a whistle and said: "Well! I havenotningtosay; can't find words for the occasion." Now that's my opinion of the weather?there's no use tallc1 iog abont it. The dry hot weather do^n about York and Chester, is enough to make you turn your ' thoughts to some way and place to be relieved of r the tedium of the season. Do like your correspondent?come up here, and board awhile with i , Mr. Robards, the proprietor of the North Caro- f lina White Sulphur Springs. Here is one of the best Sulphur Springs in the United States; and Mr. R. is just the man to make you comfortable. Plenty of the best the country can afford, is set before you to satisfy the appetite; and every n variety of amusement which could be desired, he has furnished for his guests. I know many of the readers of the Exqciee* would like to enjoy the pleasures of this delightful place. So I will just tell them how to get o here; and what they may expect while here. Take the Charlotte Railroad, by the evening express train, and arrive in Salisbury at half past 12 o'clock at night. Go to the Boyden Hotel and remain until after breakfast next morning. Take the 7\ o'clock train on the Western Railroad ; pass Statesville and Newton, and leave the cars five-miles from the springs, where good coaches will be waiting for you. A little before dinner (just time to clear off the dust) you ar,y rive at the Springs. f ir Mr. Robards will have a good dinner ready i- prepared, and superintended by Mr. Tyler who >e has been caterer for the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia. The dinner is just as good as you m ought to expect; every boarder pronounces it > excellent?and tea and supper the same. ie You will have a fine shady grove to ramble in; je and water cool and pleasant to drink, and just it as strong with sulphur as any human?sick or e- well?ought to use. The amusements offered are dancing, rolling ry ten pins, playing billards or cards, &c,. &c. The Ball-room is about 125 by 50 feet. The music r. furnished is by a celebrated band of Richmond, n. Virginia, considered the best Ball room band in >y the State. Dancing commences at half past 't ie eight every evening; and a more pleasant, or handsome company of ladies could not be found, al I might go on to give?as is usual in communis, cations from watering places?the initials of the greatest belles ; but I could not do all justice.? 4 So, I will only, say that "the Old North State* ^ jt 4