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I _ VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31,1854. NUMBl^T^ | ? ? 11ii 11? ii im,mii/Mnin?.M?? ?I?? hi urn - ! imil I i rn ^ I'l'BLISHED WEEKLY BY S THOMAS J. WARREN. - <' T E 11 yi s. I Two Dollars if paiil in advance; Two Dollars and p Fifty Cents if payment bo delayed three months, and ; . Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year, j " ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the fol- 1 lowing rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) j L seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven aud a { > half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in- ^ sertions. 0:10 dollar per square; semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as 0 for a single insertion. " The number of insertions desired must be noted p on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be <j published until ordored discontinued and charged ae Bfetllatttous. N ? Frarn the X. 11 Herald. Vaccination ; is it a Preventive of Small Pox. w We publish the following facts as particularly pertinent to the present universal preva- y lence of small pox. The remarks were made "< by a surgeon in answer to queries put to him li< by a gentleman on the occasion of submitting til to revaccination. We advise every one to take the notice of them that their excellent cj common sense demands, as they are made hy rc a man who is a well known enemy of tnedi- d< cal cant and deception, viz:?the editor of the ' p< Scalpel:? tl; TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. j ft In answer to the repeated requests of a pub- w lie exposition of my opinions with regard to w the preventive power of vaccination, and how hi I account for the present extensive prevalence of small pox, I reply? ti 1st. That vaccination is unquestionably a ai very powerful preventive is shown unansweia- ? ! bly from the fact that history proves that the w mortality, having formerly been so frightful as li Mo sweep off more than half of all persons ex- rn posed, has been so far reduced bv vaccination, g< when even imperfectly or ^ery carelessly per d< formed, as not to exceed five per cent, and oi that this small proportion is still farther re- oi duced, even in those who are seemingly not ai susceptible to full and saiisfactoiy vaccina " tion. ' 2d. Are there any persons to whom the vac- c? cine vesicle cannot bs communicated ??and if S so, are those persons liable to the small pox ? rc It has been supposed that those persons who al are inoculated, i. e. with the virus or lymph of fa the small pox, taken in the natural way, (a pro- ?>| cess, since the discovery of cow pox forbidden bi by law)?as well as those who have once had fhe disease, were not liable to a second attack, fo This is certainly incorrect. I have, within a fortnight past, succeeded in producing two bj very perfect vaccine vesicles in two persons j tr much pitted from a natural and severe attack at several years since. They were both servants pi in the families of two of my patients; and re what is singular, they were tlw? 4iU?y tu<v full 1 >11 and complete vesicles, having all the proper A characteristics as in the vaccination of the in- c< fant, amongst seventeen persons, the united t number of the two families. Several of these h: vesicles, however, presented such maiked cha- fit racteristics as to assure me the parties were liable to greater or lesser degrees of small pox or to vaiioloid, as we call it; and several were ni entirely unsusceptible, the vehicle not showing c? itself; in these it was supposed the former or a< infantine vaccination had protected them. This n however, can only be fully proved by again n vaccinating them, as it is impossible to say but (\ some hidden cause, not ascertainable in any "i other way, might have prevented the virus M from showing the distinctive characteristics. 3d. How do I account for its unusual preva- lence this year ? " I answer there is undoubtedly an atmos- li plieric predisposition existing at ibis time. My C' reasoning is simply this:?All the inhabitants of our city, take them one with another, are as d ' -5-:- ?!.? loot K.noll well prolCCICU lilts year no iuv las' .......... pox existed last year and does moie or less h every year, t<> ail extent sulticieiit to spread all ! over tlie city. The fact is it will in a) ear g spread as extensively from six cases as from sixty ; and will manage to catch an immense f> majority of those who are not protected. Now n this season, small pox is vastly more prevalent n than it has been within forty years; indeed, it v is so much more so, that we have no rational fi cause left than atmosperic predisposition for v its increase. The only safe method in this disease is to a vaccinate the same person several times, or as y long as the sore is produced, with the distinc. c tive character of the vaccine vesicle or cow a pox. v The proof of the genuineness of the vesicle g is this, viz: on the eighth day from the insertion of the matter, (which process should lie ...... a. o,? f.,11 rlmn oflilnnd for more would fi ,c. , wash it away,) the sore should present the fol a lowing appearance:?An oval centre of a t brownish color, a light circle of pearly vesicles, ii containing the lymph, or specific matter, and y a rose colored blush, extending from the outer f circle of this pearly border all around it, and \ fading imperceptibly into the surrounding skin, a Unless it presents more or less of this appear- t ance it is only a common sore, and in nowise r protective. Just in proportion as it approach- c es tbe above appearance it is perfeet. I con- < aider two or three trials, with good reliable r lymph on the quill, taken from the sixth to the 1 ninth day, and inserted w ithout drawing a full j. drop of blood, sufficient. J fit docs not take I I consider that person sufficiently protected by the former vaccination. I would certainly, however, revaccinnte every few years. In the eleventh number of the Scalpel there is a popu- { lar article on this subject, to which we refer all ( readers desirous of investigating the few known ; facts in the history of the disease. Respectful- ( 1 v, your obedient servant, ] EDWARD II. DIXON, < Editor of tho Scalpel, 42 Fifth avenue. | In connection with this communication we < give an article from the London Medical 7'imes < and Gazette, headed : s compulsory vaccination. i The proportion of deaths from small pox in t London i3 three times, and in Glasgow six j times, what it is in Brussels, Berlin, or Copen- 1 hngen. Of each one thousand persons who t die in England and Wales, twenty-two die of t I mall pox?of each one thousand persons who lie in Ireland, forty nine die of small pox? k- hile of each one thousand persons who die in jonibardy, only two die of small pox. The roportionate mortality, then, from small pox i England and Wales, is eleven times, and in reland twenty-four times greater than s in .otnbardy. Whence comes this difivrente 1 it England, those who please, have their chilren vaccinated. These are great facts. In ur metropolis one thousand persons die anually of small pox ; if vaccination were com ulsory, it is indisputable that the number ol eaths from this disease in London would be educed to two or three hundred per annum.? rom six to eight hundred thus die every year i the metropolis alone, whose lives might be jved by an act of Parliament.. A Want hard to be Supplied. From a Tennessee Exchange of a late date 'e cut the followin?r: Apprentice Wanted.?A Youth, 15 to 17 ears of age, that can spell correctly and docs ot chew tobacco smoke pipe or cigar*, drink ]uor or swear, will find a pleasant situation in lis Office by applying soon. Verily, if the census rolls of Young Ameri1 contain the name of such a youth, he should tceive a "pleasant situation" with the free?m of every office in the land. Our content, irary has set his standard high, and we fear lat the above advertisement will have to run long career as standing matter before bis ants are Jully met. Let us see what his ants are,however, and what arc the conditions 2 demands. A Youth 15 to 17 years of uye.?The adverser must live " remote from cities," indeed, id at a considerable distance from any post fice, cross roads, or muster ground, or lie ?>uld have learned long since that " youths, 5 to 17 years of age," are the rarest of all ire animals. Many "young men" and "young jntleuien," may be found about that age, no ubt. but we can scarcely recall an instance " " a youth," having finished his third lustrum, of any thing in boots and bieeches that old, is we ring to and recognizing the appellation, youth." The fact is, we scarcely have youths" at all now-a days?as Mr. Weller nnpluins, " w e don't have no boys now," and hakspeare, if now revived and called upon to wise his Seven Ages," would make essential terations. He would, of course, retain inucy ? Ibr the world has not rearhed the point * progress which can dispense with this vestiilar stage. He w<-uld scarceh admit the "sehool boy," r " schools" have long been superseded by academies" and "colleges," except in a few lckwoods settlements, and boys have been auslated into young gentlemen. The lover id the soldier are still parts which each man ays, more or less prominently, and then we ach the "old fogy"?a sort of retiring li>t for *?u u'lmm the. irresistible. iinL ilses of Young tiierica push aside just as they begin to be impetent to do full journey work in State or hurch. We fear our Tennessee advertiser is made a fatal blunder in calling for " a youth teen to seventeen \ears of age," but we pass i. That can spell correctly!?Wbflt do you can, friend, and who is to decide what spelling jrreetly is ) Is the progressive spirit of this :e?this second half of the nineteenth cento;?to be fettered and tied down by the musty lies and regulations of Johnson and Walker, ve mean the dictionary men, not our map laking fiends.) or even by the later dicta of I ebster. Does not cheio tobacco, smoke pipe orsegors! -Shades of Nicot and Raleigh ! What does le man mean? Dees he intend, Diogenes ke. to light his flambeau and prowl over the ountry, looking for a"y?f\ith fifteen to seven en years of age, that can spell correctly, and oes not chew or smoke!' When lie does find such a rari avis, we tru?t e will give us a timely hint, for we should ke to give such a youth a puff with hearty ood will. In these piping times, however, it will he mud hard woik to smoke out one who does cnwib.i Tim irivMitleumi'tit. however, does "I- Oll|Vn\ * (IV. UV> ? v _ ot bar snuffing; perhaps on a pinch, the adertiser " takes" himself, or not wishing to nd all impracticable conditions united, he wives this as " dust in the balance." Drink Liquor or Swear.?Alas, unfortunate dvertiser, difficulties are multiplying around our search. You may go round this world rying out your expected qualifications, and sking " Can such be found ? do you know .here?' an accommodating echo, will oftei ive the apt reply, "No where.'' Let that " pleasant situation" he kept opei -there are few such in or about a printing of ce at best, and it would be a pity to close Jrne nd let the search go on. We have extenlh-i he notice and call upon our brethren to assist ii the work of solving the question, whethei uch a youth as that above described can b* bund. Meantime, we will wager two to oik vitli our Tennessee brother that he cannot fi it i youth 15 t<> 17 years of age?three to oik hat if found, such a youth will not spell cor ectly?five to one that if found, and spelling orreetly, ho either smokes or chews, drink: >r swears?and ten to one that the advertise ncnt is not answered by one combining strict y all its conditions and qualifications?the wa jers to be paid in segais, puffs, notices or anj egal editorial tender. Does any body speak Charleston Courier. Tiik Hand.?How useful arc the acts at ributahle to the human hand! The par A the beaver is udmirably adapted to its hub ts of masonry, but immensely superior is tin >rgan with which we are gitted, which readi y applies itself to, and securely grasp-;, bodie jf every form and size, capable of being movei jy the arms of man. Had the hand been un livided, it could only have held such a portioi )f any mass as was equal to itself; but now, lv separating the fingers, it can encompass on arger than itself and by compressing tw o c hem together, it can safely hold a minute oL ect. And as some bodies are too large to h - -i i lelcl by one hand alone, we are enuuweu vm ,\vo, inclining toward, and precisely adapte .0, each other. The highest advantages of i single hand of much larger dimensions, is there fore gained, without any of the discomforts i th.it would arise from a different arrangement. i The admirable division of the hand, and the ; exquisite adjustment of its several parts/ are J i consequeixly indispensable to its perfection.? ; (July take from it one of them, and the eflicicn-1 1 cy of the whole is seriously impaired. The Rotpan soldier deprived of his thumb was regarded as unfit for service; and there have been ins'ances, in this antf other countries, of such ?1 ** oiruiticf Sei I-111U I Hit l IUII, CIS ail CllCtlU.ll SCI-UIHJ Ugnn-M. a martial life. The thumb is, indeed yf special use. It is neither situated directljr opposite to the fingers, nor in-the same plane with them, but obliquely, that it may be brought at pleasure to bear on thein all, or on each finger sep arately. Were the tips of the fingers of bone, instead of flesh, we could not take up such minute.?bndies es a millet-seed, a needle, or a hair, which we can now do so readily from their being soft and round. Less soft, or more soft, equal difficulty would arise; the fingers have precisely [ the degree of consistence which is adapted to their intended use. And that they may hold hard bodies, they are provided with nails, admirable indeed for structure and position.? Were these placed on the tips of the fingers, power would be lost; hut they occupy exactly the situation and are of just the length, which will insure their utmost efficiency. In almost every art where nicety of execution is required the nails are continually called into action.?. Who, then, can overrate the value of the hand? j Smoothness and roughness, finess and coarseness, heat and cold, are among the many sensible qualities of matter which it enables us to recognise, front the nerves with which it is so abundantly supplied, while its uses defy enumeration. What wisdom and benevolence are seen in all the works of the Infinite Creator! Delirium Tremens. Few of those who have read in the newspapers the verdict of the coroner's inquest upon the body of some unfortunate son or daughter of" intemperance, "aieci ot delirium tremens, know aught of the dreadful, the hellish malady described by the significant words. Death is obnoxious in most of its forms, but j in delirium tremens it is horrible and apalling. I Delirium tremens usually attacks those who ; have been in a short course of reckless dissipa I tion, and have been suddenly obliged to dis| continue the stimulants to which they had aci customed themselves, without an opportunity i of " tapering off," as the phrase goes, or who are so blinded and lost in the maze into which they have plunged themselves, as to continue drinking when the system is unable to support the unnatural excitement to which it has been subject. Unless a strong opiate be taken, and it is frequently dangerous to take one, this state of wakefulness continues for three or four days, until the mind and body are completely exhauste.l. - ~ " - " ----The victim falls into a kind of slumber surrounded by grotesque and monstrous animals who fall over and around hint, and endeavor to crush and devour him. If he awake affrighted, the animals disappear, and are succeeded by inhuman figures and countenances grinning and mocking at the unfortunate inebriate. If he now in his despair tries to keep awake, the i figtiies become voices suggesting to him all manner of blasphemy, and urging him on to self-destruction. Such is the horror of these, that he again has recourse to sleep, to shutout his tormentors. Alas! fresh troubles await him. Thousands of fiends in shapes diversified, try to tear him in pieces, or he is in the midst of ponderous machinery, the irregular movements of which seem ceitaiu of crushing him to dea'li. It is in one or the other of the states of the second stage the victim, if not carefully watched, commits self-destruction to escape from the horrors that surround him. One night's sound sitTfS anil nnicniy mines removes uic uoease To procure this sleep, the victim's friends should have recourse to a physician familiar with the disease, and in whose honor and ability they have confidence.?New York Sun. Triumph of Learning.?Mind constitutes i the majesty of man ? virtue his true nobility.? i The tide of improvement which is now (lowing through the land like another Niagara, is dess lined to roll on downward to the latest posteriI ty; and it will bear, then, on its bosom, our virl lues, our vices, our glory, or our shame, or I "whatever else we may transmit, as an iuheri- j ' ti \ce. It then in a great measure, depends ' i upon the present, whether the moth of iniinor-: rality or ignorance and luxury shall prove the I i overthrow of the republic; or knowledge and - virtue, like pillars, shall support Iter against the , whirlwind of war, ambition, corruption, and 1 the remorseless tooth of time. Give your! i children fortune without education, and atleast; r half of the number will go dow n to the tomb of i oblivnn?perhaps to ruin. Give them educa; tion, and they will accumulate fortunes; hey I, will he a fortune to themselves and to their j country. It is an inheritance worth more .halt I gold?for it buys true honor?I hey can never! r spend nor lose it, and through life it prows a , s friend?in death, a consolation. Time.?It awaits for 110 man?it travels on ward with an even, uninterrupted, incxonhle ' step, without accommodating itself to thede* ? lay of mortals. The restless hours pursue ticir couise; moments press after moments; lay treads upon day ; year rolls after year. J oes man loiter? procrastinate? Is he listless or iido j / lent ? Behold the days, and months, and years, . unmindful of his delay, arc never sluggish, but 5 march forward in silent and solemn procession. Our labors and toils, our ideas and feelings, nay s be suspended by sleep; daikness and 'silmee J and death may reign around us; but lime - rests not, slumbers never, but pressesalongnnd ii knows no stoppage. We may dnm up mighty y rivers; stop them in journeying to the oc;an; e press them back to their source; but the arif rest of Time is beyond the power of any heiug i- besides Omnipotence. The clock may ceaie to e strike, the bell to toll; the sun may ceaie to h shine, the moon stand still, the stars withdraw >. - ? i 'i'i.? ll their ilglH, UUt i;iu iiuuis uu. I uu a month* and years must move on, ever forvurd, J Silkncr.?The idea you have once spol ; it it even were an idea, is uo longer your: i is gone from you, so much life ami virtue | gone, and the vital circulations of yourself I your de>tiny and activity are henedprtli prived of it. If you could not get it spoke you could still restrain it into silence, so m the richer are you. Better keep your i while you can ; let it still circulate in y blood, and there fructily; inarticulately iricil you to good activities; giving to your \vl spiritual'life a ruddier health. When the t does coine for speaking it, you will speak it the more concisely, the more expressively, propriately : and if such a time should rie come, have \ou not already acted it, and ac it as no words can ? Think of this, my yoi friend ; for there is nothing truer, nothing m forgot to n in these shabby gold laced days. Car Iy It Advance in the Piuoe ok Pbbdvian Gi NO.?The Baltimore American of Thursd savs: In consequence of the increased rate freights demanded by vessels in the Pad Messrs. Barreda & Bro. agents of the Peruv Government here, have received instructions advance the price of Guano fiom $-16.20 $50 per ton, which rate is now demanded all consigned to them from the Chiticha Islan The agents hereafter, vs ill not sell less tl fifty tons, so that the general sale of the a cle will be by the commission merchants t regular dealers. The very favorable rest derived from the use of this fertilizer, have duced farmers to apply it extensively and p fitably to their lands, and it is supposed quantity on hand will scarcely equal the quirements for the spring crops. The increi of four dollars per ton is a large advance on article which is now employed so generally agricultural uses and should demand the pron action of the Government to devise some me: of reducing the price of this agricultural cessity. The extravagance of our demands is cont uallv mocked by our necessities. How : surd that he who lacks even his daily brei and is at no time sure of it for three days gether, will yet indulge in dreams of qu: showered from the heavens!?and yet. the ry virtue of Hope is to be found in tbis vi sort of illusion; and poverty is solaced, fe ing upon a dream, in the absence of any nu solid viands.?Eyeria. 33umarnns. A Good One.?An Indiana correspond! of the Alexandria (Virginia) Gazette sends following to that paper, with appropiiate vou ings of its truth : Mi tire ureniring ur gronnn niencement of the Lynchburg and Tennes Railroad, at Lynchburg, the Rev. J. E., by poiutment, acted as chaplain on the oc sions. At the time appointed for prayer chaplain raised his hands, and said: 'Let pray.' In an instant all hats were do(Fed,r the chaplain Commenced, slowly and solem to read a very appropriate manuscript- pra which he had previously prepared. During reading of the prayer, an old negro who I been engaged with his spade, was testing, w one foot on the spade and his arms on ihc h; die looking very intently in the chaplain's fa At the conclusion of the prayer, the old neg straightening himself up remarked nudib "Well, I rocken datVde fust time de Lo has ever been written to on de subject of ri roads." 'OttiunLK.?"Gathering Jane, for the 1 time, I ax you will you 'av me?" . "Villiam Henry, no ! If all your pantakx were lined with gold, I'd still say 110." "Gathering Jane, 5av pity ! Gall to mind's heye the many 'appy days that's pa The strolls we've 'ad?the sparkling foliage the Pawk? and, more than all, remember llill'llllill l/?VI> III 11 11 " J ''Young man, 'ad you permitted me, I wo 'ave spared you a pang ofhanguish ; l?ut in in all 3 our mental agony, recollect ; brought it on yourself! Villiain Heniy love, another!" "May all the part of his existence vicli hi any similarity to molasses or sweet, he curi to hitter gall?may he liexperience all the I tur that I feel now ; and at iast, when li weary pilgiimage draws to a close, may ru>li to merit a fate to vicli mine's onjoynu Farewell, Cathering Jane, farewell !" A splash follows, and silence ensues sound that, is soon broken by oars ratilin* their oar-locks. A voice from the wilden of darkness shouts forth : "'Ello, there ! darn your nightcap, vat you doin' on ?'' The craft approaches, and then?oh ! hi ble?turns again upoa its course. Its it man guide has discovered that William He is in no great danger, for lie had jumped i " sr ... I. suailuw Wilier.? irew 1 oik jsuuii/nunfrom the Southern Star. Ben Joiimd^s Description of si Waltz. When we got into the place, we foun great large room. As big as a merlin' ln> lighted up with smashin' big lamps, covi over with glass hangings, 'l'he Indies Ion as nice as lit lie angels, their laces as whin if tliev dipped them into a Hour barrel ; s= red cheeks I haint seen in all Sleepy Ilolb their arms all covered with gold bands, eh ami shiny beads; such lips you never did ? they looked " come kiss me all over;" t u) os looked like diamonds ; tut ir waisis in | to the si/o of a pipe-stem ; and made to I like tlu^ wore uudergoin' a regular enilii tw<ij/^oration by lyin' a string light r'u 'cv0* and their bosoms?Ob, Lord} ! all crod u|> in lacs and muslins, they roso, \ foil, tlion roso. again, like?Oh ! 1 don't k what it was like, exccptin' tho brcathin' snowy white goose, oliucked in a tight with its breast just out! veil, After the gals ami youngsters had walked <; it round and round tor a considerable spell the is music struck up?nn*l sicli music ! It. was n atul |.big horn and a little liorti, a bi_r flute and a litde | tie Unto, a big fiddle and a little fiddle, and n, if j such a squekiii' squalin' bellowin' gronin', I ucli . never bind before ; it was like all the rats, pigs, dea ! and frogs in Christendom had concluded to our j sing together. They called it a German Porkling I er, 1 spose it was made by some of them Gin lole j cinnati Germans, in imitation of the squalin' imp : at a noik oaekerv. and I truess it was a pretty | alt good inTitatioii. ap So soon as the music struck up, such a vcr slight!?The fellers just caught the gals right :ted round ihe waist with one hand, and puiled 'em jog smack up in kissin' order, with the gals bosoms ore agin their bosoms, and the gals' chins restin' on the fellers' shoulders. At this the gals' be . gun to sorter jump and caper, like they were agoiu' to push 'em away ; but the fellers just CA- c'ailght hold of the other band and held it off, and began to jump up and caper too, just like a-v' the gals. j I swoti upon a stack of bit,Ins you never of seed such a sight! There was some two dotic, zen gals held tight in the arms of them fellers ian they a larein' and jumpiii, and pusbin' 'em i to backwards over the room, (as I thought try in* i to to get away from them) and the fellers holdiu' for on to 'em tighter and tighter, the more the gals ids. jumped and capered, the more the feliers ian jumped and capered, and the tighter they rti- squeezed the gals, till at last I begun to think md the thing was being carried too far for fun. I dts was a little green in these matters, and seem* in- the gals tryin' harder and harder to get away, ro- as 1 thought, and fellers holdin' tighter ami the tighter, it was very natural 1 should take the re- part of the gals. So my dander kept a ri-in' use higher and Iriglier, till I thought my biler would an bust unless 1 let out steam. I bounced smack in into the middle of the.room. ''Thunder ami lpt lightning! everybody come here with shotins guns, six shooters, and butcher-knives!' bawlne ed I, at the top of my voice; "for 1 will he shot if any dud-blasled, long bearded, monkeyfaced feller shall impose upon gals that ar way where I am ?" und?l was just goin' to pitch in P). to 'em promiscuously, when my merchant. ac] caught me by the arm, and said, " stop Ben." t.,' " I'll he ceased-," says I. " if I will seethe wi ,jls min-folks imposed on ! Look what them felve. lers are duiu' and how hard the gals are rarein' ,ry and pitchin' to get away from 'em !?Do you e(j. spose 1 can stand still us a mile post and see )ru the gals suffer so f " Look," says I, " there is a gal*almost broken down, and ready to give ? up to tnat 'rang-otang of a feller!?Yonder is another, so faint her head has fallen on the bosom of the monster!" I tell you I was ashy, I felt like I cculd jump into 'em like a catamount into a pig pen. When I looked into my merchants' face, I 1 0 thought he would have busted, lie laft and th laft, and squatted down and laft. " Why," said lie, ' lien that is nothing but the red war waltz, they are dancin', and them gnls aint trysee ?"* u- fS"- from thorn fellers?tliev are only capeiin' to make the fellers hold 'em ^ tighter, kase they like it. The more the gals tlt'e %per, the tighter they wish to be 'squeezed. As to lay in' their heads on the fellers bosoms, that's very common in this city. They expect f to be married some of these days, and they ^ won't be a blushiu' and turning pale when the vtr parson tells the groom to salute the bride. ^ There is nothing like being used to such things." " You may take my hat," says I to my merchant, " I was tuck in that time." I tell you it is the first time I ever seed the like before. I have seen the Indian-hug and Congo dance, . ' but 1 tell you this red war waltz knocks tlio JA hat-crown out of every thing I ever seed. ajj_ After I had got out of the way and everything commenced goiu' on agin, the music got faster and faster?Oh, it was as fast and as furious as a north-wester! The gals rared agin, as' the fellers hugged tighter, and the music makers puffed out a blow in'. The gals and fellers ons spun round like so many tops run mad. The fellers leaned hack and the gals leaned to 'em ; ?I)r j the gals tine frocks sailed out and popped in iitlie air like sheets on a cloze-line of a windy : ? j day and the fellers coat tail stood out so I sinii.rht that an egg would not have rolled off; "Oww (iU their faces were as fixed an J serious as a sar ment. Around they went?it makes ine so ' dizzy t?> think of it. Pop went the coat tails, ; t crash went the music, and p.itty-patty, rump ' dutnplc de thump went the*feet of all. By and by, as beautiful a craft as ever you seed in the (* j shape of a woman, laying close upon a long 1 bean-pole loo kin* feller, came snilin' at the inte of filteeii knots an hour down onr way, whilst ^ a fat dumpy woman and a hump shoulder, t beef-eat in' sort of a feller, at the same speed ' went up the other. I seed there was to be t some btimpiu, and naturally trembled for the r} j consequences. Sure enough ea-whollop they j1 came together, and slap dash the whole on 'em 3 fell flat in the middle of the floor carrying along are l',e,n everybody standiu' near! Such a mixin tip of tilings as then took place haiut ocmrred before or since old father Noah lhu ""loaded his great Ark. Th^re was legs and nr arms, white kids and pencllas, patent leather nto anc' goiters, shoe-sfrings and garters, neck ribbons and guard chains, false cutis and whiskers,-women's bustles and pocket bandkerchiefs, all in a pile, the gals kiekin and squaliu, and the fillers a granting and apolo 1 gisin. "Oh, lordy !" says I, for 1 was considerably d a flnstrated at the sight?" st<>p that music, blow u>e, out the lights, or all li aids shut their eyes till w ..... i i?> i\ .i_:_ red (lioso winunintoiks got umnixou: .-vi mis, ked such a lati^li you never heard, is as " U'liv, Col. Junsing," says my merchant, iich " that, is noihiii, it frequently happens, and is nv: line of the advantages of the red war waltz ains If the gals aint learned how to mix with the see world, how ran they ever get along !" heir " I would rather have 'em all a little mixed," awn says 1, " Init that is too much of a good thing, oolt However, let its leave for I seed enough of the i in- Sorry in that pile just now to satisfy nic lor a und week;" ami at that we hid 'em good night and cov- left, promisin to go to the next one and take a then few lessons in the common Porker and shoutnow ish dance. How I came out, may be I may of a tell you in another letter, bag, Your friend, Hen Jonsino of Sleepy Hollow. ftlkellnn^ts liftus. >^\| Important Proclamation. The subjoined important proclamation issued by the President of the United States, will lie read, says the Washington Union of ' \ | Thursday, with interest. It relates, continues the Union, to a subject which has attracted a large share of public attention, and will be re- ' \ ceived with general approbation. It shows that the President is determined to interpose, to maintain the integrity of the laws against violation ; ami to this end, he calls upon all good citizens to discouutenanci^the proceedings alluded to, requiring all public officers to exert their authority to arrest and bring to trial all offenders. This step was called for by the intelligence received.by the President, and will be properly appreciated. BY TfliC I'UESIDENT OF TIIB UNITED STATUS?A PltOCLAM ATION. Whereas information has been received by me" that an unlawful expedition has been fitted out in the State of California with a view to invade Mexico?a nation maintaining friendly relationswith the United States?and that other expedi- ^ tions are organizing within the United States a.id for the same unlawful purpose; and where' as certain citizens and inhabitants of this coun-try, unmindful of their obligations and duties,\ and of the rights of a fri udly power, have participated, and are about to participate, in these enterprises, derogatory to our national character,, and so threatening to our tranquility, and are thereby incurring the severe penalties imposed by law against such offenders: Now, therefore, I, Franklin- Pierce, President of the United Statrs, have issued this my proclamation, warning all persons who shall con- . nec-t themselves with any such enterprise or expedition I hat the penalties of the law denounced i. _i i..L_ Ji aguiiiM Mien criminal couuuct win uc rigiuiy en** forced ; and I exhort all good citizen?, as they , regard our national character, as they respect our laws or the law of nations, as they value the blessings of peace and the welfare of their country, to discountenance, and by all lawful means prevent, such criminal enterprises; and I call upon all officers of this government, civil andmilitary, to use any'efforts which may be intheir power to arrest for trial and punishment overs such offender. Given under my hand and the seal of the j United States, at Washington, tbia [l. s.] eighteenth day of January, ?in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and the seventy-eighth of the independence of the United States. FRANKLIN PIERCE* *8 By the President: " W. L. Marty, Secretary of State. Money?Money.?The cry of scarcity of money is still heard in our community. That we are laboring under pecuniary embrassmenta does not admit of denial, but the suggestions made for the removal of the inconvenience will not meet thccrisis, if it were proper to operate ou the banks by popular clamor, through a public meeting, and similar modes of supposed redress. The pat ties who make these suggestion? do not take the pains to investigate the causeM^ the existing stringency, or they would peredflp' uauKsare oniy we insirume/ua anu not in& sources of a supply of money. ? Banks cannot create currency in the absence of commercial values which it represents. A circulation cannot be kept out if issued without corresponding exports, which require an additional mecium of circulation. It would return if issued, on the banks, for redemption in species, nearly as rapidly as it was emitted. The Cotton exports from Charteston are less than at the same period last year by 43,455 bales. This is equal to a value of upwards of one and a half millions of dollars. What the causes are to which this diminished exports are attributable is a subject of examination.? Whether or not Cotton is held here at prices relatively higher than will warrant shipments to foreigh markets, the fact does not admit of denial that a value so. large, as is represented uhove, being iu Charleston*, in the form ofour--^^ principal staple of export, instead of being shipped and drawn against, furnishing funds to the hanks, and through them to the community, explains at once the leaJing source of existing embrassments. # There may be collateral causes for the pres. sure. The high rate of freight is one. The . larger shipments than nsual to New York (his v> season, against which exchange is drawn not so available as shipments direct to Liverpool and Havre, may be anotherf But the gieat ciuipi<n nf the efliiitrpnfv is 11110ncsfInnnlilv the owyi ?v v? '"v ' ">v"v ~ '"""v wgsg limited export of lint simple that supplies funds to the hanks, and through them to the comma* nity.? Charleston Standard. Sad Accident.?About 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Robert Wallace, a workman in the employ of Messrs. Cameron, Mustard ami Co., while engaged in fixing the band of ono of the engines, was caught in the machinery and carried over the shaft, fracturing both logs and dislocating his arms and shoulders iu ! a most Irigh.ftil manner. He was immediately conveyed to his residence in Wall, near " * - < l - c .a.? Uallioun-sireer, wnero a uumucr 01 uu? mvo> skilful physicians have been in attendance upon him during the forenoon, The patient lies in a critical state?his intense sufferings, in some measure, re ie.ved by being placed under the influence of chloroform. When we saw him this morning, the physician had not been able, in consequence of bis painful condition, to ascertain precisely the e.\lent of the internal injury sustained, but entertained no hope of his recovery. Mr. Cameron informs us that the unfortunate mail is one of his best workmen, stucily temperate in bis habits, a member of the Sons of Temperance, and helJ in high esteem by his employers. He lias, we undeistand, no relatives except a younger brother, who is now with him at his residence. Ol.nr F,<p Arfirs The safety of the whole Rio Grande frontier is jeopardized. HhiiJs of IndtansT are said to be moving over it at will, and this State of things will continue until troops are stationed i at the