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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL I ??b?ni???m??mo 11 ii i i ii VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 6,1&53~ " NUMBER 36, flf " r> r\ c ??.* I Gn?nn AircilCV/ B9 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars an Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, an Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the yen ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the fo lowing rates: For one Square, (fourteeu lines or less seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and half cents for each subsequent Insertion. Single ii sertions. one dollar per square; semi-monuiiy, inomi ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same ? for a single insertion. The number of insertions desired must be note on the margin of all advertisements, or they will b published until ordered discontinued and charged a< cordingly. (iHisrellttnfons. From Vie Southern Christian Advocate. Rides about Camden, IVo. 8. TUB INDIAN MOUND. If " we are debtors to the Greeks and t the Barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, then are we emphatically, debtors to the In dian. To him, however, we have given, in lie of his broad acres and wide hunting-grounds in most cases, but treachery, wounds, am death. Even the plausible purchases of t'enr were only so many practices of duplicity am fr-.ud?lair acres for paltry beads and tinsel ? gew-gaws and even with the few comforts < civilization, there has gone with them, " th fire water," making the savage a demon. True tie missionary has, in some few detached in stances, carried liiin the Gospel of peace, (a an account of the late visit of Bishop Caper to the Cherokees, gives a beautiful evidence; but the numbers of Christian converts are yel comparatively few, the interests of chiistians the labors of ministers, except in some fev noble instances, languid and unenergetie. Un til churches and schools dot all that " imliai Territory," lo which they have been wooed bj their rough suitor, 44 Uncle Sam until 41 al their children have been taught of God, and Trout the nfi.ire of their children" our debt U them remain* uncancelled. What missionary zeal is in me, I must confess, goes out, not ex clusively, but very largely, for the Indian. One of the few foot prints he has left oil nu land, once his, I will to-day in one ride poin out to you, at " the Boat landing," from whiel place we have a distinct view of it, and whili under the shade of these huge water-oaks, ge you to lend an ear to a legend concerning tha isolated, mysterious, tumultuous, " the ludiai mound." It may enhance your christian in terest in him, who " sees God in clouds, o hears hiin in the winds," " the poor Indian." LEGEND OF TUB INDIAN MOUND. The time had come, when for the Forest ranger, the fleet-footed Waleree, the land lint become too strait. The '* Pale faces" had year by year, continued to throw their dail shadows, more and more over his liuutiu; grounds. The eye of the white man fastens upon his fishing place, peered in upon his hun ling paths, and followed up his trails. Tha eye, with its cold, steady stare, withered am scathed him. He would away from its balelu influence. He would not wait to be driven as dumb beast. The land was still large am free. He would go where the foot of tb stranger never comes; to the boundless forest and limitless prairies of the far far West, when none are hut the Indian and the Great Spoit This was the resolve of the young chief Oiieu ska. but not such that of his father the ??!< chief Attawulla. No, said the old man, heri let me stay ; I cannot leave my native woods I cannot leave my fatheis' graves. This na tive air is my life-springs, my very being, will breathe, none other; no, rather let mi cease to breathe. Wait my son, my people for.that time; it can't be long; then bury mt in that sacred mound where sleep my loved passed into the spirit land : there leave me there bury my bow and arrows along with me and leave me there, to mount up, like the ea gle, to the great hunting grounds above, thi sun and moon of which, the white man shal w behold not, nor where his gun's fire shall b< heard, nor his fire-water ever come. Whei thece old limbs made young, for the green corr dance, shall be found active as a young war rior's in the combat, and where the old cliie will keep places in the ring, fur his squaw am. papoose when they come. The young chief turned his head away fmir the far west, though his heart went there, f Ii: feet stood still. He could nut go and leavt his aired sire to the ravages of the wild boas or more cruel white man ; and yet, his spiii pined within him, for the new hunting ground and for his promised squaw, the bright-eye* Ellulura, that had gone witii her chieftain tath er and his tri tie, to those better lands for th< range of the stately elk and bounding deer and where the foot of the white man had neve trod. The old chief Attawulla saw, thai day by day, the bowstring of that young spiiit grew slai k, that his btight eye waxed dim, and his firm step fabered,and his strong arm hung pow erless, by his side. I cannot, cannot go, exclaim ed he, mentally ; but shall the young heart Ian guish, and the right arm lose its cunning, foi that? He shall go, though I may not. i\l\ fatheis* graves rivet me, as does the vine, yoi Oak that the gale vainly endeavors to uprool and scatter, far and wide, upon the land. Tin old chief bedecked himself in his richest skins and with his finest feathers, and one Indian summer-eve, as the sun declined in inellowet glory, he with it, went to ro>t. Then, after diligent^arch had been inadt for him, in many plates, there, the next day came the young chief Olieuska, and finding him, as he thought, asleep, for the sleep ? age is like infancy's, any where atid at ant moment, he began, ss is wont among thest simple children of nature, " to rock the eradb of declining age," to soothe the slumber o the old man's second childhood, with a wild wood nursery.lullaby. One that his own moth or had put him oft' to sleep by, when, a pick inniuy, slung over her kind shoulder, or strap ped on to her loving side, or suspended in hi: grape-vine cradle she sung by his side whili she shucked the young ears of corn and drev them front their silky bed to prepare them fo food for the hunters from the chase. The Cioc of nature has taught " the poor Indians' untutored mind," at least, this precious lesson, = ' Honor thy father and thy mother," and, the nnble young chief, in the tenderness and hud mility of his filial piety, sat himself down by d the aged or.e, whom he supposed asleep, and, r- swinging himself to and fro, chanted to a plain I* live air, the following i 'a INDIAN IIUSHA-BYE. l- Sleep on, sleep on, no white man's hero, | l- Sleep on, sleep on, and do not fear, is My nimble arrow and my bow, Should one approach, would lay him low. d Sh-ep on, sleep on, >e For none. 0, none, Shall pluck one leather rich and rare, That beautifies thy thin, grey hair, No, no, no. no, There shall not go, One shining bead or painted shell, Nor aught, of all thou lovest well; = I'll guard thee, lather, day and night, A tl.?. :il .nArnmr. K.rl.f 1 .tt.UU WUtiai it} lllt'C, tilt divining li^uw Sleep, father, sleep, ' My watch I'll keep, 1 About thy green and grassy bed, J I'll wipe the night-dews from thy head, j >1 No harm, alarm ; This good stout arm, Shall thee defend, ay, lile, I'll yield u My sire to succour and to shield; I Th}* slumber take, I will not go, I J But guard thee well from every foe. , Ere the sun went down, his last rays lingered , j in softened beauty, over that spectacle on the , _ Mound top, that sleeper and that watcher. ( ,f The moon came up, and cast her silver light , e upon that sleeper and watcher, on the lonely i mound top. The sun arose, and his first awa- i . kening beams dissolved that scene of fascina s ting interest, for that faithful watcher, then dis- i s covered that the sleeper slept in death. Then, ] ) with his face to the East, he invoked the Great < Spirit and came down from the Mound, went ( forth to his wigwam, and soughtaid of his peo ? v pie to inter the sleeper in, his father's grave. < i. So they buried him in \on high green mound, ? n the last of the Waterees that found a grave l>y I ^ his native river, in sound of those waves, that i | can best chant.the requiem of a Wateree chief. | | The young chief, Olieu?ka, then, hied him , 3 te the new hunting grounds in the far West, . y where his promised squaw, the bright-eved Kb < . ivutura awaited his coming, and their wild- | wood home was planted, where the foot-full of ; r the white man might not hrcak in upon the | harmony of their happiness. < , But, the happiness ?d'the children's children } t* of Olii-uska and Elleulnra was made higher , t and ladder hv the missionary's feet, on the i t threshold of their forest wig ?am, as he taught \ i them " Jesus and the resurrection/' and pro- | . cla med, in His nana*, the ' Prince of peace/ i , Peace on earth, good will to men!'' Then j were they led from the expeiiencc of their | hearts to exclaim, " flow beautiful upon the . mountains are tlie feet of him that hriugelh t good tidings, tlial publisheth peace, that biing- i eth good tidings of good, that publisheth sal- : ? vat ion, that Saith unto Zion, thy God reign- 1 J eth" M. M. I ' Cum din, S. C. I TiieCiiiskse Aumw?Travellers agr^e in ( t I describing the Chinese army as one of the most ; I extraordinary things in the world, and that the i most faithful d- seription cannot convey an ad- < j equate idea of the Celestial warriors, pig tails, : fans, and ail. i L* "The year of my arrival in China," says M. < Paul IVrne}', Apostolic Missionary fo Toriei- | i Tcheere, "the iMahomedans of Yun-Xan, a nu j? meroiis partv, turned out en manse to oppose i j the authority of the Mandarins. For the pur- j; I pose of reducing them to order the Governor < General in chief hastily called to his aid the mil- | ( ' itary of the piovince, unifortiiiiy placed under i i it ric/l i. 11< ill I vi* i f i n?v cur 1 ?a rn'uiif) Pnriico I [ j ; * ? b-^? . j <if auxiliaiies with the G- neral in-chief. The e i latter was in a very elegant litter, carried ' on the shoulders of men. IIis troops marched ' in the greatest imaginable disorder, like a band ' of real brigands. Each suld'er carried through | ' his umbrella and his lantern, which gave the! 1 | expedition quite an iudcsuihahle look. This army, without discipline and without, experi- j 1 ence. would be destroyed by a single one of our I I battalions without the latter receiving a single i 2 C* C I scratch. A European soldier can burn at . 1 I least twenty cartridges whileaChinamaii would , ' j be firing one shot. This is not all. When the ' j. guns are loaded lie who holds the musket turns , . back his head, while somebody else applies the 1 match." The above description of the Celestial war1 riors does not convey, a very flattering idea of s j their prowes^: in fact, the inhabitants of the ^ Flowery Kingdom are adapted Ibr an\thing in the world hot war. They are in everv respect j I ; an agiicultural, patient, plodding race formind- 1 j ! able alone in their vast numbers. Alnio>t evej ry victory which a European Power might, > ? | gain over such a people would be mora di?as- j 1 | nous mail a aereni uuuer oruinnry oircum- i < ' j stances. Tlie Chinese bear some resemblance [ s j to the ancient Persians in their antipathy to I t , I exerise of all kinds. It is notsupp ?sed lor a j t ' [ moment that even a Chinese foot-soldier will I , i tonsent t<? walk the most trifling distance. No; I | he must have a chaiiot of some kii.d or other. ; The cavalry when marching w ould l?e too much ! frightened if they are to continue on horse < back, and they too must have chariots. In 1 < fact to make read\ for the departure of three ! i hundred Cuineie soldiers it would take at least ) ^ one thousand men to get all in readiness. | i\Vw York Express. \ [ J A Straxok I'uxisiimbxt.?1The Chinese Re ' | pository tells of a strange kind of death pun- i< i ishment which was inflicted on a Chinese crimi- ' j > ' 11a I w ho had committed a very heinous offence, i I He was wound round with cotton, saturated ! i ) w ith tallow, [daces being left, for him to \ f f breathe. lie was then dipped like a mon-ter : i candle uutil he presented a mass of tallow. ; < .,! In this way lie was stuck upon his father's I j 1 grave, lighted, and kept burning uutil his body j f was consumed by slow degrees. i Oca Axtii'Odks.? It is observed in Mr. Lan . celotte's book upon Australia just out, that alie in Anutivdi-i the ! ^ iHIIIJ4 in imiun' s reverse ot what is here. When we have winter, i they have summer; when wc liave clay they / have uiirht; we have our feet pressing nearly oppor j site to their feet; there too, the compass points 1 to the South ; the sun travels along the northern heavens; the plumage of the birds is beautiful, their notes are harsh and strange ; the swans are black; the eagles are white; the males lay eggs; the owls screech and hoot only in the day time; the cackoo's song is heard only in the night; the valleys are cool, the mountain-tops are warm; the North winds are hot, the South winds are i cold, the East winds are healthy ; the bees are without sting; the cherries grow with the stone outside; one of the birds has a broom in its mouth instead of a tongue ; another creature (the duck billed platypus) unites with the, fur and habits of a mole, the webbed foot and bill of a duck.? Many of the beautiful flowers are without smell; and even the geological formation of the country, as far as ascertained, is most singular. ? * The "Lumber iu a Single Tree/' It was called the Fremont Pine, and was situated about four mih s oast of Placerville, near the emigrant road. Its history and proportions are thus sketched by the San Francisco Ilerald : 1 In circumference, two feet from the ground, I it measured twenty-nine feet, or nine in diameter. At the commencement of the rainy season last autumn, Levin Payne and T. A. Dimitt determined on cutting it down, for the purpose of working it into shingles. It was chopped off only two feet from the ground, as there was no diminution of size for fifty feet upward. As many men as could work around it, chopped it off in two days. Seven men commenced operaLions upon it, and have continued, with but little interruption, the entire winter and spring. The first eight feet, though perfectly sound, was not worked, in consequence of its being a little eaty or cross grained. Above this, eight mts were taken, of eight feet each ; and at this distance, or seventy feet from the stuinp, it was ;even feet eight inches in diameter. From these sight cuts, five hundred shakes, four feet long by dx inches wide, and two hundred and twentylive thousand sx:om inch shingles have been made by riving and shaving, and without the oss of timber. Three more eiglit leet cuts win easily make forty thousand shingles, but with ionifc little loss of timber, there being a few small Irv limbs in the last cut. This will make in all :w'ti hundred and sixty-five thousand shingles, it twelve dollars per thousand, the price they brought at the stump, and we have no less a mm than ?3,180 tor shingles alone, besides diakcs, rails and fence posts. The entire length >f*the tree was two hundred and thirty feet. It nay be asked by the "old folks at home," how >ve manage to saw into blocks a tree that, when ving upon the ground, is two feet higher than nost men's heads. We answer, that it is chopped into on both sides about twenty inches, and dien sawed off into cuts eight feet long; these ire then split with powder and quartered, and ,hen sawed into sixteen inch shingle blocks. It nay seem to some like another California story, in J so it is, but it is nevertheless, true. We iavc seen it, measured It, and ean test to tli? I acts as regards its size. Dr. IltxES.?On last Monday the citizens of flirard waited upon a man of the above name, md give him notice to leave the town within jnc hour. Every citizen supposed him connect?d, in some way, with the incendiaries that were ittcmpting to burn up Columbus, therefore ivaitcd on the hero, of many villainies, at his piartcrs, Moore's hotel, and gave him induceiionts to retire. lie protested, but finally, pruJenve forced him to leave for Columbus. The it-zens of that place followed suit with Girard, md he was summaiily expelled. Late on the jvoning we met this distinguished gentleman a ew miles below Chard, but at first not recoglizing, we were on the eve of passing, when our i ..... ill,. ..urriii.ro n.iti. iOlSC U C.'UIJC* H ilCliUUS uviiriu mt ...^v v.... . aining 1 he renegade, and both parties were 'topped. We held a conversation with l)r. II, n which wo could ascertain little in regard to ii- future plans, he endeavoring to evade many juestious. We jiartod. yet could not imagine iow or where lie made shift to obtain the carriage he was then riding in. A couple of genleineu started in pursuit of the gentleman, but >:ily ascertained that he had connived with a legro of Mr. Dumas, of Ft. Gaines, for a sent to ,he latter place. We learn that Dr. Hines is juite id in Harbour county, with but little hope )f recovery. We hope this is the last time that Mr. Moore ivill admit such men to his bed and board, as hey need watching, and should noL receive the -ountenaiice of any body, much less Hotel keep rs, bectiuse, no man takes pleasure in notifying lie customers of any House to leave, but when lie public safety demands, and the Landlord ails to dismiss said lodger, an incensed people rave to adopt means of self-preservation. This notorious man is second oi ly to Murrell, md as a literary man, far superior to the great and pirate. Few men possess as tine a talent is the swindler in question, which in many instances places liini beyond suspicion, and furii>hcs liim capital to operate upon when in a iglit place. When we hear from liiin again, we lope that he will employ his talent in a protitail,? w!iv?East Atahamian. Gen. Jackson's first Appearance is Congress.? When Mr. Gallatin was a member of Jongress, in the year 170G, Tennessee was ad nitleu as a State into the Union, and sent her irst member to Wasliinton. One day when in lis seat in the House, Mr. Gallatin noticed a .all, lank, uncouth-looking individual, with long ocks of hair hanging over his brows ami face, ivhile a qu> uc hung down his back, ti.'d with an i< 1 skin. The dres- of this individual was sin ^ular?his maimer and deportment that of a jackwoodsman. The ajipoarance of so singular i character on the tloor of the House of Representatives naturally attracted attention, and a nemhcr ty his sitle asked who lie was. Mr. jrallatin replied that it was the member from the .ew State. "Well," said his friend, ''lie seems list the sort of chap one might expect from such tin uncivilized region as Tennessee." The individual in question was Andrew Jackson. " Where is the hoe, Sambo ?" " Wid de rake, rnassa." ,l Well, where is the rake ?" " Wid de hoe." " But, where are both?" " Why, bof togedder. I golly, old niassa, you 'pears to be berry 'ticulur dis niornin !" The Suspicious Man.?This kina or inaividunl'is always smelling a continuous line of rats. He sees, hears, nor dreams of any thing in which he docs not "smell a rat." The most harmless action of his neighbor, under his suspicions and inquisitorial disposition, is made a matter of serious investigation, because lie knows there is something in the wind, for he saw his neighbor, Mr. B., speaking confidentially to Mrs. S., that very morning in the market. He puts that and that together, and connect this whispering in the morning with something he heard in the barber's shop, some weeks before, and he is satisfied that his neighbor B. is either going to fail in business, or abscond without giving his creditors due notice. The most terrible part of such a man's char acter is, that he places such faith upon the corollaries he draws from his false premises, that he does not hesitate to give wing to the base suspicions of bis mind, and frequently is the means of bringing about a disaster which never would have happened but for him. Many a happy fireside has been rendered desolate?many a prosperous young man brought to ruin?many a virtuous and amiable girl l>een driven to despair by the fiendish inuendoes of the Auspicious Man. No man, however upright and honest?no woman, however irreproachable ?no maiden, however pure, is safe in the neighborhood of the Suspicious Man. lie has all the curiosity of Paul Pry, without his good nature, and the malignity of the devil, without his talent. If ever Lynch law is justifiable in a community, it is when exercised on the Suspicious Man. Rotten to the core of his heart himself, he has nn in flir> virtue and honestv of others. He exists in a state of continual doubt as to the motives and actions of others, and in consequence his life is, at best, but a prolonged misery.?N. 0. Delta. English Customs.?Ajnong the obsolete, but beautiful customs of " merry old England," the dance upon the green, around the flower crowned pole upon the first of May, is the most endeared to memory.?It should not have been abandoned. The opening of Spring's treasure of beauties should be celebrated with joyous ceremonies. That time of songs in thp woods and flowers, in the field, should meet a corresponding gladness in the heart of man. We want a revival of the May festival, in all primitive fullness of joy. We want our lads and lasses to assemble, dress in their best upon the green, to dance around the pole?to crown the most beautiful lassie as queen of May- to eat, drink and be merry?and to inaugurate the season of bloom and plenty with merry laugh, a blithsome trip and a cordial reunion of friends. Let the hard and pluddering worship ol mammon cease for a day, and gonerous feelings?ki; died by a love of nature, burn in a bright flame. A change has come over the spirit of our ex:stence?a progress (?) -We spend ttic fl st of May toiling witli unremitting hand or brain. Ah ! it is a miserable mistake to suppose a day is lost that is devoted to the festivities of May?a wandeiing from the eternal truth of nature. A love for such festival belongs to the hear' of man; and it is the criMing, sordid spirit of trade that is seeking to drive thence. Let us have a merry first of May, when next spring returns. Masonic Mirror. Xkver Despair.?Fifty-throe years ago, on the 4th of July, 1800, Daniel Webster, then in his senior year at College, delivered an oration at Hanover, X. II., which is still preserved, and has been republished within the past year. Mr. Mattoon, ol Summerviiie, umo, who was m me College with Mr. Webster, gives the following anecdote, described in the Congregational Journal : "I was in his room, when a deputation called upon Mr. W. to ask him to accept the invitation ; but there seemed to be an insurmountable object in the way. lie had no clothes suitable to the dignity of the occasion. Ilcre was a dilemma, but ttiis was removed by a proposition made by one of the deputation present, a merchant of the village. "Vou deliver the oration, Mr. Webster,'' said he, "'and I will trust you for a suit of clothes from the best cloth in my store. Afterwards, we will have the oration printed, and I will depend upon the proceeds of the sales for my pay." Mr. Webster turned to me, "Jack," said be, "what shall we do ?" "Prepare the oration," I said. The oration was prepared and delivered ; and so much were the citizens gratified, that a copy was urgently requested for publication. From the sales the debt due the liberal merchant was paid and a considerable surplus for Mr. Webster's own use." Man and Woman.?liotwean male and female there is difference of kind only, not degree. Man is strong, woman is beautiful, man is daring and confident, woman is diffident and un o ; ' massing; man is groat in action, woman in snffii'iing; man shines abroad, woman at home; man talks to convince, woman to persuade; man has a rugged ln art, woman a soft and tender one; man prevents misery, woman relieves it; man has science, woman taste; man has judgment, woman sensibility ; man is a being ol'justice, woman an angel of mercy. The coinpurtivc characteristics aepresent man as the head, woman as the heart; or, man the intellect, woman the affection. And in so doing, we submit that no position derogatory to woman is involved therein. We are, as a simple fact, more influenced by our hearts than our heads ?by our love than our conviction. While physical and mental endowments make a forcible appeal to the senses, yet it is susceptible of experimental proof that moral power really controls and decides the late of the. world ; and as it is in this latter particular that woman, pre-eminently shines, we should contend, so far from her being man's inferior, that she. is, at present at least his decided superior. With this .view of their relative position before us, we shall be the better able to definitely calculate the value of the sexes to each other. Mail Roiwkky.?We learn, says the Mobile Tribune of the 10th inst., that the mail be, tween Atlanta, Ga., and Montgomery, Ahi.luis boon robbed of several packages of letters intended for Mobile, New Orleans and Mont gomcry. The bags appear to have been opened on several occasions about or since the 1st of July. From $20,000 to $50,000 have been thus extracted. X* AUTO MCU.U lllti UKR9U3. V/IIC U1 UIC ill stiiking revelations made by the last Unil States census relates to the foreign element the population. YVe have stated in former tides, that of the whole free population of I country 88 1)4-100 per cent, were natives, a but 11 00-100 per cent, were foreigners, the 2,210,828 foreigners in the United Stat there are but four countries fiom which I number exceeds 100,000. The natives of I land number less than a million. The G mans come next, having 573,225.?Englu has 278,675. British America has 147.71 Scotland has 70.550. France has 54,Ot Wales has 29,868, and all other countries co hined 95,022. It will be seen that C6 | cent, of the whole foreign population in I country hails from the dominions of Que Victoria. With a view to trace the relation betwe the statistics of nativity and those of iidi gration, the superintendent of the census p cured a series of calculations to ascertain li< many of the immigrants that came into I United'States since 1790 would be living 1850, according to the laws of survivor.sl given by the life tables in use by the Engl life insurance companies.?After making p per allowance, based upon the results of < set vatiun and experience, respecting the forei pi?pulation during the past sixty years, the 1 tables gave the results within four tliousa of the actual count. When wa con.-i .'er tl these figures extend over the Jitetime or t generations, and that millions are included the calculation, the near correspondence fav< the general accuracy of hoth branches of s tistics, and aHurds proof of no trifling for if it were wanting, of the general corrects of the returns of the foreign population in I United States. It may be of interest to state that the exp tation of life is less among tin* Irish than nine the English. At the age of 25 the forn may expect to live 3'2 years, while among I English the expectations at that age is 37 yea The observations of years have confirmed I correctness of this theory. Very few of the imnrgrants who arrive the United Stales are above 45 years of a. One-half that come are between 15 and \ears old One fifth of the number are urn 15 years old. 1 ins view 01 ine living immigrant popu tit?n is important, as serving to correct ma extravagant notions concerning it which hi attained extensive currency. ?Boston Trans. The Comet.?In the sun's path nearly, tvveen 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening, a sm comet may be seen in the wis*, which is ca ing some little attention at the Washing) n O Observatory. It has a short tail and not v< distinct t? be seen. Comets have had much do with the operations of men forages. Th appearance have been the cause of the rise I of nations and monarclis?baVe been disastn or successful in consequence?cities lost preserved, and nothing too great oi small 1 have, at times, acknowledged the superstitii influence of infinitude. So far as we canjuc it is liielar's comet, named after an Austri officer, residing at Prague in 1825. This c had bren identified with the comets of 17' 1780, 1795 and its last appearance was 1B4G. The period of its revolution is alx six years and eight months, which brir it to this exactly. Brande's Encyclopaji says it is quite a sma'l comet with no little tail, and little star sare sometimes seen throu it. As the tails and appearances of comets ten change, we do not doubt but that this the same seen by Biela. Cooking Egg Plants.?As we shall now, din i^miNin iif ;i fpiv wi'f-ks have this excelli vegetable in season, we publish in advance 1 following mode of cooking the egg plant in I South, which we find in a monthly agricultu publication called the 'Soil of the South Are you fond of sweet oysters ? If so, we v give you a dish equal to the Mobile Bay oyst< First, peel the fruit, and slice it thin, boil it salt and water until thoroughly douo. Ni drain oft the water, cover it with sweet mi crumble in some toasted bread and crackers, w pepper, and such other condiments as the ta may dictate. Now break in two or three eg and as it simmers over the tire, stir altogethi as soon as the egg begins to harden the mo inorphosis is complete ; the oysters are ready tho table. To fry tho egg plant, they should be first pe ed and parboiled, then dipped into batter a dropped iut > boiling lard?taking care to seas them properly before frying. " Solitary and Alone.?The Philadelpl Inquirer says G?l. Benton is now seventy-c ) ears old, and adds : We saw him the other day on the pa verm near his house in Washington, lie is 1 youngest looking man of seventy we have < er seen; rather fuller in habit and broai than he used to appear, lie wears his I with a knowing expression a little on the I side, walks wilh a deliberate and measui tn ad, having something that bespeaks a o seiousness that lie is Thomas Hart Bent He feels his powers, and so does his count and so will it ever. His mark will be I upon the era of his life. Few men of e<j intellectual power and knowledge have i penred upon this stage of action. A f'001) ScKIl'tukal Namk.?1'llC IliclllllC Times of Saturday relates the following: A gentleman travelling in a section of cot try which shall he nameless, stopped at house of a pious old woman, and observing fondness for a pet dog, ventured to ask the na of the animal. The good woman answered saying she called him "Moreover." "Is not that a strange name!" inquired gentleman. "Yes," said the pious old lady, "but I thou, it must be a good one, as I found it in the ble." "Found it in the Bible!" quoth thegentlem "Fray in what part of the liible did youfind The old lady took down her Bible with utmost reverence, and turning to the text, r as follows: "Moreover, the dog came and licked his sor< "There," said she triumphantly, "have I the highest authority for the name?" ted \\q took occasion to state in our parper of the^^^H hi 29th inst., in reference to tire agency of Mr.-^^H ar- Gourdin for the sale of Guano in South Carolina* j^^B die and in the adjoining States, thai he held thafi^^H pd agency under Messrs. Barreda <fe Brother andflH Ut that he would be able to sell at the same ps, at which Guano can be sold in New York, by^HB the the agent of the Peruvian Government. a^B rj- A corresponded in our paper of yesterdarJ^^H er- states that "the price of the Peruvian Govern-'.HH nd ment for Guano in New York is $46 per ton,"'|^H 30. and solicits to know whether the agent herewilP^^B 39. be able to sell the same article in Charleston at/ iu- that price. aer In reply, we have to state that Messrs. Barrfe*-j^^B -he da & Brother of Baltimore, are the sole agents 9H sen of the Peruvian Government for the sal&e{ puano in the United States. That the ageftts iufj^^B ;en New Yoik holds precisely the same appoint-j^^B ?i- ment under them which Mr. Gourdin docs in ro- Charleston ; that cargoes are principally brnuglipJ^H aw by vessels in their return voyages from Califor-J^M ;ne ma. that they all a wive at liaropton Koa<l%:^^H in ; and are there ordered off by Messrs Barreda & fljjj hip ; Brother to the several agencies; that there is no' ish reason why adifference in price should exist at ro- different ports, and no reason, therefore, for bejb lieving that there will be a difference in pricer jHj gn | between the port of New York and the port of life i Charleston. On the contrary, these gentlemenr fl nd I express every disposition to favor our Southern j|H iat Ports, and with a certain demand, sufficient to wo authorize a direct shipment, it cau be taken to j|H in Charleston by a shorter voyage than even to the' 3rs port of Baltimore. ta- This is all that can be said. The voyage frcm' ce, the Guano Islands is oue of unusual uncertainty ess and peril. Several vessels were lost in it during he the hist season, and it is impossible, therefore, to ^Hj speak with any certainty of the supply. Therer ec- is every prospect at present that it will he aburr- .^D ng dant, and if so, Mr. Gourdin has every hope that WM .or mil ulilo tn offer it at the nrices mention he ! ed by our correspondent, but iu this matter ho rs. will be entirely subject to the coutrol of the [he principal contractors in Baltimore. 9 We are not advised of the precise relation susin ' tained by Messrs. Barreda <fc Brother to the Pe- .^9 ge.' ruvian Government, but are inclined to the be30 lief that they hold a contract for a monopoly of H Jer, the the entire trade with the United States. But ^9 j if this be so, and by their contract to receive all ^9 la- that can be sent to them at a stipulated price, 9 my they have been mainly instrumental in opening ive | this extensive trade, their position is one to which no exception can be taken. 9 We hope the supply may be abundant, and 4H be hope that we may soon realize the brilliant an- 9 all ticipations of yesterday's correspondent. One *9 us- advantage which we promise ourselves from its fl on | use is, that experiencing its immqpse advantar' 9 ;ry : ges, our farmers will be stimulated to exhaust I i to their local sources of a substitute. Another is fl eir that experiencing the greater advantage of the 9 ail proper cultivation of a small interest, the ruin-' J9 >us ous system of extensive surface culture will in -_9 or time be abandoned. This has been the vice of '.9 but | our Southern States. In the Northern States- 9 'us an individual will take 60 acres of the poorest a Ige land he can find, if he can get it cheap, and at 9 ian | the expiration of ten years of careful industry he 9 me j will have increased its value ten fold. At the* 72, South an individual will take one thousand acres*, I in ' less than half ot it will he attempt to cultivate? 9 Jut neighbors will be excluded from the balance,, '1 igs which pays him no interest in the mean time, I Jin | but is charged with taxes, and at (he expiration I or of ten years the whole will be worth less than it M gh was at the commencement of the experiment. 9 of-! The whole surface of the country, under the one 9 : U cvvtim WmnM a rrarden tinder the other n* 9 waste. It is sometimes doubted whether lands arc > m not injured after the first year by the use of Guano. Cut of this were true, so long us it pay* from one to two hundred per cent, upon the in^ie vestments, it can be no argument against its |j ira' use, but it is not jo, for several years there lin- ^ gers about it some recollection of the extreordi- : nary stimulant it has received. And it is only \rs* after successive years of inattention that it re10 turns to its original condition.?Southern Stan- J ow da) d. i Ik, * l'1 CnLonoFonM an* Anesthetic.?During the .. ste session of the Scientific Association at Cleve- ' \ Ss> land, Prof. Horsford, of Cambridge University, er' read a paper on the Fatal Effects of Chloroform, fta" in which, after reciting the various experiments 'or made to ascertain what was the poisonous principle in this agent which sometimes causes death, '< >e'" he arrives at the following conclusions: n<l | 1st. That good chloroform does not spontaion ( neously change in a period of nine months. 2d. That the ban chloroform, containing free 1 I. I chlorine and hydrochloric acid, may be produced II,1 by using a bleaching salt of great strength with "ie ! a quantity of alcohol disproportionately small. j | ad. That the una cnioroiorm may oe pro* ?. duced by rocoivinjy the distillate into water, so as ?: immediately to withdraw the alcohol from the P" j chloroform. P i 4th. That the bad chloroform may bo pro? '"'P duced by passing chlorine directly into chloroP | form. j 5th. That no formula for its manufacture can l>n" be relied upon as a guide, since bleaching salt un', vary in strength when derived trom ditferent r^'.' 1 factories, and vary with age. In the foregoing experiments the range is from 15 to 30 per : cent. 11 j Gth. That quick lime added to the mixture j does not promote the economy of manufacture. ,nj ! 7th. That the chlorine and hydrochloric acid j of bad chloroform, as observed by Dr. Dwight, ! may be removed by agitation with a little alcotho l>ol. |,or 8th. That the ill effects observed in the adme ministrations of chloroform arc not due to the by presence ot chlorine, as the irritation is such when it is attempted to inhale it as to prevent the inhalation altogether. 9th. The ill effects are not due to any poison1 . An. muvliiAt -nieinir fmm tlio affirm nf hlpiip.hinff rnl, x/uo |',vv.^v Q li|. suit on the small quantity of fusel oil in the alcohol employed in the manufacture of chloroform, an. 10th. That the ill effects are due to peculiarity' ties of constitution or temperament of some pathc tients, and in a few rare cases to want of attenead tion or judgment on the part of the person administering it. tt es. not Fie that hinders not a mischief when it is in his power, is guilty of it. if I.rii