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I V % x e t VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18,1855. * NUMBER 51. - ? - i | | |, III | ! 11 ! _Xi_l ??CMlBi * SflMtrt pOftty j Tha Past, the Present, and the Future. 1 I can see that I grew older, And I note it day by day ! I can feel my beart grow colder As its pleiisures pass away. _ i At the tell tale glass I linger, As with faded eye I trace ; Solemu tokens which time's linger Inas engraven on my :ace. But one moment can restore me To my boyhood and my prime, Aud sweet memories come o'er me' Of tliat brief and blessed time: Tlien I hear a fathsr's "blessing, And I feel a mother's fcijs? ' Aud again I am caressing One who shared with me my bliss. * ' "Who shall say the Past must perish 'Xeath the Future's cerphig waves? "What the soul dehglrts to cherish . From Oblivious, depths it saves! Looking backward, on l*ih gliding, Till I reach that final shore "Where-the Present isabiuiug. And where Change shall come no more. jftlisrrllotifap. , Literary ?Icn of Modern Time*.1 THE GREAT PUBLICIST OF .VODERS' TIMES? Dli. LIEBEIL ? Mr. Editor:?Confer a favor upon the friends of the College, l>y -public I dug ti?e following elaborate critique from the Peuusylvunia Enquirer, opou the literary and philosophic "at-. tninments of the distinguished Lieber; it is a graceful aud eloquent tribute to acknowledged worth, and deseives a plaoe in the columns of every paper in the State. Tlie article Is so long, that 1 furbear trespassing tipon yooc k'uxi ness. but will endeavour to' offW u few origittal remarks Hi your next issue : Vn?? .MlsTUrR A V". In a recent notice in tire Jnypiii>r,. of Shep prrd's uoik op?>n tlie CoustitnlhAi of the l/ni ted States, it w as mentioned as a subject of wonder that our yonng men generally are so deploinbly" ignorant of what may be called written polities. This lock of -information is particularly inexcusable in a country which claims as a citizen, the most eminent of liviug writers upon this comprehensive theme. No one can estimate the benefit which would result to the intellectual wealth of the United States, if all our citizens could be made to "read maik, learn and inwardly digest" thiee great woiks?the Manual of Political Ethics, the Manual of Legal and Political ilenoencutics, ^and the profound yet transparent treatise on Liberty and Self Government, j The greatest legal authorities of which out I country could erer boast, -have expressed theii admiration of the writings of Licber in tinstrongest terms. Respecting tire Manual o! i Political -Ethi?-s, the late Judge Story renpiiks: " It is excellent, afoiuuding in elevated" morn Is, sound common seme, statesman-like views, and enlarge*! jJdlosophj. I nviunmend it constantly to all my friends, and especially .to young men, as leading them in -the right track. It will commend rtself moie and-more to all sound thinkers and to all liotrest inquirers.? Tlie second book, entitled 'The State,' contains by far the fullest anil most correct devel opeinent ol the true theory of what constitutes a State that I have ever .-wen. The distinctions between what is the Government, l?elweeu the lights and powers of the Slate, and tbeequalb. important rights and powers id' the individuals who cemppse tlie St ?te ; between sovereignty, as belonging to the Slate and Supreme Power, and tlie necessary limitations belonging to each are discussed with great ability, force, and clearness. 1 rejoice too, to find in the work, brought out with great strength of leasoniug, the important truth. 1 would say in a Republican Government, (lie fundamental troth, that the I majority are not everything ami the minority 1 nothing; tlwit the people may not do what the} j please; but that their power i* limited to what | is just to all composing society. The work abounds with profound views of Government,* which are illustrated with various learning." An authority of equal eminence thus speaks of the same great work :? , " Dr. Francis Lteber, in his t: Manual of Political Ethics,' 2 vols. Boston. 1833, has shown with great force and by the most striking and I apposite illustrations, the original connections between right aad morality, and the reason and necessity of the application of the (Manciples of ethics to the science of politics nnd the administration of government. The work is excellent in its doctrines, and i? enriched with various i and profound eruditions."?Chuitcelhi' Kent's I Commentaries, Ed. 1851; i. 3. The same author styles Lieber's Legal and 1 Political Hermeneiitic.s "a treatise replete | with accurate logic, and clear and sound princi I pies of interpretation, applicable to the duties | of the law-giver and the science of juiispru- j deuce." 1 Com. 521. In 7 Rev. Etran. 45)4 occurs the following opinion of the same work *.? " I/anteur a d<?nne a sou travail one extension, qui en augment? rinteret; il sVffbrce d'etablir des princi pes prop res a concilier les antimonies apfiarentes des lois emanees d'une metne source. II va memc plus loin; il indigne des regies judicienses pour eviter les ambiguites qui ohllgeut d'avoir recoursa l'herjneneutique." Judge St >ry bears evidence to the value of this work also:? 'J am exceedingly pleased with it. [Legal and Political flermeneutics.) It is toll of excellent hints and principles and guiding rules . .. and vviini is very impoiicim, mm^u ...,? compact style, with great force ol illustration and accurancy of statement, ami withal in a spirit (without which nil oilier qualities are of little avail.) of candor and without partisanship." See Judge Story's Life and Letters for the . hove and preceding quotation of his opinions. Licbcr's distinction between Interpretation - * mid Construction, established in his Ilermenuetics, has been adopted and sanctioned by a number of law writers; among others by Greenleaf,.on the Law of Evidences. But whilst the.Student of Jurisprudence and of practical Ethics may especially value the i? o great works of Lieber's already noticed, all Americans?the ignorant and . the learnedr-may justly claim an interest in the bold and uncompromising prim iples of freedom asserted, illus trated, and Fearlessly maintained in the exposition 6f Civit Liberty and Self-Goverument, which 4'admirable work"?remarks Bancroft, the historian?well entitles Lieber "to the honors ofa defehder of liberty." This is, indeed, a high compliment from a high source. Mr. .Bancroft referiiig to the honors which crowd around the name of Lie her?quoted, admired and lauded at home anil abroad hy Ids own people, and by foreign nations?remarks that others tnay do justice to. the great variety and accuracy ol Liebers acquisitions, but {hat hislunnage is to the manliness of heart which leads him to the love of tlic right cause, Jijid tile integrity of character which makes him at alt times true to himself in the" support of it. AYe may add to this gh>\ying tribute that ?>laud(iri <r viro /?uc/ato, Dr. Lieher must feel to be a sufliceiit reward for his arduous labors. To the brilliant names' thus recorded, wo may :tdd tint of Preseott, the historian, who tieClares' in his History of Ferdinand and Isabfeiln, that Lleber's works n could not have been produced before the nineteenth cfentnry." One 'fact is especially remarkable in the liislor'' of this extraordinary man. Although rtow <-eafceLy past1 middle age, (lie was born in the y fear 1800,) no, for ahdust lor toe term ol h generation, enjoyed the reputation "ahd'celebilti which attaches to ynrrr?&s and profound erudition.? Educated m the Universities of l>erfit\ Halle, and Jena,'he lias been iniwenried iu the jahqir of maturing mid adding to the stores ol'knowledge acquired in his student's life;?but we phrase .badly ; lie has . til truth never, ceased to be a student. Whilst residing, alien yet a youth, with the ilUistrjiti!} Niebuhr, he sat at the " feet of Gamaliel" with lite" spirit of a Paul. / America owes a large debt to Liebcr; for we speak advisedly when we say, that, perhaps no ifiau, livjng or dead, has decidedly and in>tiHineiitiiHy instructed so many of our countrymen in the laws-of the sciences, the "principles of philosophy, the canons of ethics, nnd the institutes of political economy. Without reference to lite wcika above noticed, and oih ers for which" we are indebted to his fertile pen, wo limy instance as an evidence-of vast learn iiig and wonderful industry, the long row of volumes comprised in llio Encyclopedia Ameri cana, for which Lieber was engaged as principal editor at the almost bo> isli ago (if-tW'entyeight yvaiV. Of this work, 100,000 copies* in ....I.. .(I..,. ...wl .HWIllnll i i. .-. 1.1 >.?iuv ciMivmuiii^ iw vi,??vu^vv, ii.in vu "?vivi As Professor of History and of Politico! Philosophy and Economy in the State College of South Carolina, his chair hasTor many years been thronged with earnest student* v hum lie scuds forth to lake their places in the halls of legislation, the academies of sriei.ee, the catnp or the forum Ju instruct others by their wis dom, or profit them by their example. 'J he address of this greab uiairto his former pupils, in the dedication to the work on Civil Liberty uni SJeh-Ciovertcntcnt, reminds the reader' of souie of the finest remains of classical antiqni I}". . " - 41 To Mrf Former Pupils:?There arr nOvv^ in different portions ol this country, not -lar from a tlmustndcitizens, in the foimation of whoseminds-1 havobad some share as a teacher. Many of you are io places of authority; aud i consider myself more fortunate than the great founder of political science in this^ that Aristotle taught a royal youth and future conqueror, and Athenians, indeed, but at a period when tiiesun of Lrceoe was setting-r-while my lot has been to instruct the future lawmakers of a vast and jgrovrfug commonwealth it. the it/>) 11 /?v t Iirniiflii>fi fl -it fflli lit* l f 111 ii/'l 1 Li I kit' minds of youth, preparing themselves fyr the citizenship of ji great republic. 1 have taught you in the early part ol our history, wliicb God has destined to (ill a fair page in the annals of man, if we do our arduous duty, if not, onr shame will Ire proportionate, lie never holds out high rewards without corresponding penalties. When you were members of this institution, J led you through the history of man, of rising and of ebbing civilization, of freedom, despotism, and anarchy. * * * You can bear me witness that I have endeavored to convince y>a of man's inextinguishable individuality, an?l of thu organic -nature of' society ; that there is no right without a parallel duty, no liberty without the.supremacy of the law, a^id no high destiny, without earnest perseverance ;?that there can he no greatness without self-denial.'' Well may South Carolina be proud of such a preceptor, and happy will it be'for her sous if they " be not forgetful hearers" of such enno! ling truths! It would -bo easy to quote mrny more testimonies, Kuropean and Amen can, to the value of Lieber's writings, but our article is already sufliciently extended. We are not willing, however, to conclude without qui?ting a few lines from the celebrated Huston Orator, George Stillman Hillard, who in a long essay devoted to Licber and his writings, thus* happily sums up some prominent characteristios of tiie most eminent publicist of modern times. " I'osides his profound and olabjrote work , on Political Ethics, before mentioned?besides | his labors, extending over many years, as editor of the Encyclopedia Americana?he has written upon penal law, upon the principles of legal and political interpretation, upon questions of political economy, and upon the penitentiary system ; also, two books of a more popular cast, 'The Stranger in America,'and ' Reminiscences of Niebuhr.' All his writ inns have I marked family trails. They are weighty, origi- | mil, suggestive, and sometimes profound ; richly I freighted with thostores of learning, not without I occasional gleams of poetry and touches of! humor, and resting on a basis of vigorous com-1 ? O- I moo sense. i* No greater tribute can be paid to the sub- 1 stantial worth of hi> writings, than the fact I that tliey have earned him die proud distinction j of a place in the French Institute, as oorrossponding member; ai. honor which he shares' with Mr. Prescott, Mr. Bancroft, Prof. Agassiz. and Prof. Bond, and with them alone on this continent! Among his friends and acquaintances are many of the most distinguished men of the country both in public office and in private station. Of late years he has twice visited Europe, where his high reputation hasgained him access to the best minds of England, France and Germany. This intercourse with the world has saved him from falling into an unpractical and visionary turn of.mind, not. uncommon with bookmen. when tliey ticat ol sutyec.s warm from the glowing coutact of actual life. lie writes upon politics like a statesman, and not lik(e a pedant." Long may this distinguished teacher continue to instruct his race; to form and mature the minds of those who are coming on, and those who are now acting their part on tiie stage of lifelong may he be spared to qualify our youth.for usefulness, and to 44 teach our senators wisdom." j BANK OF THE STATE OF S. C. j Report of tltie President and ]t>trec- . - tors. To the Hur,arable the President ctnd miinber^of the Senate: ' ' " 'l'he President ami Directors of the Batik of the otnte ot ooulli Carolina respectfully HBPOK*? :* That the net profits of the Hank during the post fiscal jefcr, ending the 3(!th September, 1850, have amounted to 8273,050.92. Of Uiissnm '-here has beer applied to tlie payment of llic interest on the State Bonds' payable in Lou don: the Bow of ......991,303.79 To the payment of interest on the ijtate 0 per cents. 1838., 48,SG9.02 And we have transferred to the Sinking tfund tbe sum of 174.878 11 ?$273,050.92 We had.' previously deducted from the profits of the year1, the sum of 820,515.32, being the balance due.On .sundry bills of exchange negotiated by the FftnR, which had been lost by means of a fraud practiced ou tbe Bank, and on oilier purchaser's of exchange in this city, by'u party who had been engaged in business here. He re will i aVc Submitted the usual statements exhibiting the condition of the Bank" at the closeol"the fiscal year. We have redeemed of the Public Debt the following amounts (luring the year: Ti.rnr. ,...nic 41 o-.a cr. ?,.cf .... <t?m oq UUV.V I'vi vvui?j if * ,vc?u,yuj wuok - ywvw. w 6 " w; - - 5C1.80 (J " *' Railroad Lonn ... - 4G5.3<5 6 u " - FiroLoan 17,027.25 o ll " Bonds payable in London 10,248.1)6 $28,917.30 In addition to the sum of $10,218.00 ap |-liftl to the redemption of the Hoods ^payable in London, (jitter Hoods to the atnounl of JC5,000 had been purchased by tlie Hank, hut tliev we're not received in Charleston in time to enable us to cnrictl them before the close of the fiscal year. They hr.Vc conrc to hand since the first of Oct'-ber, and li.lvc' been sur rendered to the Comfit roHer (leneral. The portion of tlie Public Debt is therefore further reduced by'tire sum o! $20,418' paid for those Bonds. We have not succeeded in our efforts To redeem so large n portion of the European Debt as we l ad hoped to extinguish during the'year. Our agents were antlntrized to make purchases an! to give very near par for tlie Hob'ds. Very few" of them, hou ever, have bceil j put up- u the market, and the holders, when ifpplicd to, do not readily dispose of them. Our agents have irtftv instructions' to make purchases', and if practicable, to enter into arrangements with'the holders for the redemption of a considerable portion of the delit during the current \ ear. HcshectfuHv'-C. M. FURMAN. President. Mr Alien'* Resolution* Mr. J. I>. Allen', whose proposition to have skit lies of marble for distinguished worthies of the Stale yon have already noticed, again came before the SeualOj on Satuiday, with a proposition to"declare forfeited tlie charters of the several private banks of the Stato, ami to establish in their stead a grand central State institution, with an enormous capital, to extend the requisite accommodations to every species of industry in the Slate- His resolutions are as follows: lieMlocd, That banking is one of the highest at tributes of the sovereign power in a State, and ths.1 its emoluments sbonld inure to the public treasury. liisoloid, That the private banks ol South Carolina, by the sale of either inland or foreign hills of exchange, have violated the spirit j of their charters by which they became incur- ' pointed by the General Assembly as "banks of I tlisL'onnl and desnosU." J'rxoliuif, That by the transfer of their capital to llie vaults of brokers jJiops ill the cities I of the Xortli ami beyond the limits of this | State they have dispossessed the people of their justly expected facilities, and are thereby practising usury in a covert disguise, contrary to law and desecrating the object of their creation. . . : liexulueii, That having violated these fundamental maxims,.their charters should be revoked and us speedy a settlement made of their allairs as their nature will permit. Itexolt'cd, That the stock which the State owns in railroads and other source?, should form a basis <>f bunco upon which the bank of the State of South Carolina "should issue its hills at the usual rate of three for one according to the provisions of the charter, now of lurco in this Slate, for the private hanks. Wl ion tin! rixuiliit.inna worn in order Oil Saturday, Mr. Allen brought them to the consideration of the Senate in an address of considerable length. The discussion was not continued, ho wever ami the subject was adjourned over to another day. Cor. Charleston Standard. - ???. Segar asle-s will be found an invaluable rent* tdy for the lute of the imisquitn and other insects. Wet the ashes and rub them on tho part, and the stinging sensation will ho extracted almost instantly. The reason of this is, that ashes contain alkali, which neutralizes the acid of the prison. DEATH OF A HALF CENTURY CONVICT. An aged colored man, known by the name nf " Old Hub," who has been an inmate of the Maryland Penitentiary, since 1810, died at that institution on Wednesday. The history of this man, and the circumstances t tteuding his conviction and incarceration have frequently been rehearsed to the public, and were the subject of comment by Charles Dickens, in his " Notes on America," a work published after the gentleman had returned from making-the tour of this country. lie belonged to a planter of Charles county, who was rather a severe master, and in 180*2 placed him on hoard a Vessel; with instructions to allow no one, not even the son of the master, to come on the vessel, and if any attempt was made to boaid the vessel he sbonhl strike them on the head with a handspike. In the evening following the issuing of this mandate, the son of his master, in company with two of his associates, approached the vessel and attempted to board her; he was warned not to come cm beard, by "Old Boh," who repeated the instructions of his master, and added that he would obey the' orders he had received. The young man, regarding the language of the negro as a jest, rtishcd heedlessly forward, and gained a position on the vessel ; but no sooner bad he landed than Bob iiicl-Arl nn the hiirirbnilte und knocked him in I' the head, killing him instantly. Hob was immediately arrested and lodged in jail. He was tried fur murder and convicted. The circumstances. of the Case under which the deed had been perpetrated, so far secured the clemency of the Court as to commute hjs sentence to imprisonment for life. He was first placed in the chain gang, where he continued nritil the erection of the Penitentiary, when he was tran-fc.-red to that institution, where fie lemaitied until his death on Wednesday. The period of his confinement was about fifty-three years, and be was upwards of orte hundred years old ?t the time of his death.? Tor a.number of years past, he has beensjiared all lalauious employment, and passed his time in amusing himself in various ways, such as cultivating flowers, raising pigs, smoking herring, &c. So strongly had the habits of life in prison grown upon him that on several occasions, when he was liberated to test what might be his conduct, he refused to leave the institution, and when the gates were closed upon him, lie would weep like a child until he was restored to his former position. His deportment during the whole period of his confinement was such that no fault could lie found with him. lie attracted the special attention ..r oil ii-lid vieiti-il tlu> nnsr.n ui.rt line cr-iinr><i perhaps a wider icputniioti by being a convict thati lie would have done, had not the calamity befallen him. From the history of this venerable convict a lesson may be learned, by those why command that uliicli should not lmperformed. It is light and proper that slaves should be obedient iiulu their masters. But in this instance an order was given and performed, which caused the death of a child, misery to a parent, and the worst form of servitude to one who was compelled to obey the injunctions of his master. Lull. American. ? <?? - ? Tijb Wjke of a Catholic Phikst Suinc for a Dow kh.?We have already alluded to a curious case now before J. M. Van Cott., (Supreme Court, Brooklyn) as Referee. The suit w as brought by the widow of one Charles Smith, a Catholic Priest, deceased in 1S31, to recover her dower in certain lands conveyed by her husband, in the alienation of which she did not join with him. The lauds in question consist of two lots in Jay street, Brooklyn, now valued at $10,000, of which in 1848 Charles Smith was seized, and which in the en mo yi'M he emveyed in fee to Archbishop Hughes for the sum of $1,500. They arc opposite St. James Church of which Smith was the pastor, and the defendant, Langhlin, who is the Rontau Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn, fa now it) possession <>l ttie property as tenant. The plaintiff' claims to Iijuvc been the wife of Charles Smith at the time of the conveyance of the property and for many years previous, and to have had two children by him, who are both living. Smith officiated as Catholic Priest in Albany. Charles II. Smith, twenty-three years of age was one of the witnesses. Fie had always heard of Charles Smith as his father; was put by him with the Shakers at New-Lebanon, when six years old; staid there till 1848; had money of him; at his suggestion ran away in 1848, and was treated by him as his sou after that. Other witness testified to similar facts ? that .Mr. Smith had to them confessed that Julia was his wife and that ho treated her as such, though not openly, for nearly a score of years. The defendant denied that the plalntifl w as tiie wif? of Smith, and set up that the property was purchased/held and conveyed by him in a fiduciary. Altogether, it is a very fair case for the gossips. ?A'. V. Times. Dr. Posey's New Title.?Tlio Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, alluding to the noted father of a system in the Church of England known as the Trnctarian, lias given him a new title, derived from the classics. Some of the Archbishop's clergy had been speaking of Dr. Puscy's remainiug in the Establishment as a proof of his soundness in the Thirty-nine Articles, when the Archbishop replied: "Nonsense, gentlemen, I know Pusfty. fie is the Charon of Pervertism, nnd will never quit the boat as long as there is one left on this side of the St vx. that he can ferry over to Popery. He plies the oar between England and Rotne." Washing Compound,?The recipe for making the following compound is often sold for considerable sums nf money. 'I his i-. one among many other benefits derived by the subscriber from taking our paper. Dissolve twenty pounds of hard soap in one gallon of ley ever a stow fire, and let it boil stirring it frequently. Now sot a.-idc to cool. Mini then n?hl one quart of spirits of turpentine, and otto pint of strong spirits of ammonia. When cold, cut it. into ba?-s nnd wrap closely in papers and put away for use. It is far superior to common bar soap, and will savo nearly one half the labor of washing. vA - . J ..'v A Coon Hunt. Really 'ti; nstonisluii' what a monstrous ' sight of mischief there is in a pint of ruin. If one of'cm w;is to be submitted to analrzation, ; as the great doctors call it, it would be .found to contain all maimer of devilment that ever j < entered the head of man from cossin/ steal in/ 1 up tj> nnirderin' and whippin' liis own mother : and nonsense enough to turn all the men in the < world out of their senses, If a marl's got a < badness in-him it will draw it out; just as J ' sassafras tea does the measles; and if he,a a t good for nothing sort ?/a fellow, without no 1 bad traits io pertikh-r, it will bring out all Ids | > greatness. It affects different people in differ- , 1 eat ways?son?e it makes rich and luippy, and "j i some poor and miserable ; and it lias a diner- i ent effect on people's eyes?some it tnakes see < < double, nnd some it makes so blind that they can't tell themselves from a- side of Is 1,011.? j One of tbc worst cases of rum foo}.*?_ dtatFve. lieerd of for a long/time, took place iu-Hbierille last .fall. . * Bill Sweeny and Turn Culpepper is ihc two. gr?9Uje>t oldcorevH in our settlement for coon lunrliii.' The fact is they don't do much of anything else; and when they can't catch nothing you may depend 100116 is senree. Well, one. night lliey had everything ready Cor a regular hunt, hut owing to some extra-good Curtin', I Torn had got a pocket pistol, ns- he called it, of regular old Jiroroakey to keep off the ru- j matics.'/ After lakiw' a good startiii' liorn 'they went out on their lyiiit, -with their ljtewood torch a blazin' and the dogs a harkin, and yelpin' like forty thousand. Every now and then stoppin' to wait for the d<?gs, ibey would drink one auother's health till j ?i.?. k r??i ?.?i , iurj" ici i y ci y Luiiuvituuic, <iuu v*i<* v tod aw iy about one thing and another, without 1 minding which way they was gwhie. Bimvby ' , they cum to a fence* Well, over they got I without much difficulty. * ^ I ' Whose fence is this?" said Bill. . - ? "ThuU no tnatter," suid Tom, 'Mete-take I something' tu drink." - . J After taking a drink they went on,,wondering what 011 earth had become of the dogs. Next thing they cum to was a terrible muddy : i branch. After pulling through the briars .'ami I . getting on tother side, they took another drink, i and alter gwioe n Iitte ways they cum . to -1 another fence, monstrous high one this time. ( '* Whar upon vearth is we got to, Ctripep- I per?" sez Bil. "1 never seed such a heap of s branches and fences in these, parts1' 1 " Why," sez '1 out, '"its all $turliu's do-ings < you know he's always building fences ?i?cf ) making infernal improvements, as he calls'cm I But never mind, we's through 'em now." ; "Guess vve isn't," sez Bill?"there's lire all- < firedost fence yet." . - ' Sure enough, Ahar they were right agin' I another fence. By_ihis. time they. begun.to , bu considerable tired and limber in tka jints, i i and it was such a terrible high fence. Torn dropped the last piece of the torch and thur : they was in the dark. 1 "Now you is done it." sez Bill. ] Torn knowvd ho had but he thought it' was i no use to grieve over^spilit milk, so sez lie, j never mind,, old boss, cum ahead, and I'll take j i you out," and the uext niinit, kerslash he went < in the water. . . , ... ; 1 "Hello, !"sez Bill, "wliar in the world is you got to?" v I "Here I am," sez Tom, spurtin' the water i out of his mouth, and coffiin like he'd swallowe<l ] i .something; "Juok out, there's another branch < here." 1 Name of sense, whar is we?" fez Bill. "IlM this isn't a fcney country dad fetch my but- j tons." ' i "Yes, and a branchy one too," sez Tom; ] and the highest and deepest and thickest that \ I ever seed in my born days." . *i "Which way is you?" sez BiH;. "Here, right over the branch." The next ininit in Bill went, up to his middle ' in the branch. I "Cum ahead,"sez Tom, 'lets go home., I "Cum thunder, in such a place as this whar 1 a man haint got his coat tail unhitched from n < fence, ' fore lie's over his head and ears in ' water." ' < After gottin out and feeling about in the < dark, they got together again. After taking,^ another drink, they set out for home' dcnoun<v 11 ing" the fences and branches, and belpin oite, I another up now and then; but they had'ht? < gone twenty yards licforo they were brung t4- { a halt by another fence. * -1 "Dad blame my nicter," sez Bill, "ifI dbt.t' J think we is bewitched. Who upon ycarth ( would build fences all over creation this way?" j It was about an hour's job to get over this 1 one; but after they got on the. top they found ' the ground on t'other side without much trou hie. This time the bottle was broken, and 1 they came monstrous near having a fight about ; the catastrophe. But it was a very good ' I .*> .is olVnr /?t?nCcinrr fu'/t r\r llnnto I llllllj- II vw.a. .... ui.v v., ? w. .....v, branches, mid climbing as many more fences, 1 it got to lie daylight, and they found that they 1 had been climbin'the same fence all night not 1 moie'n a hundred yards from wliar they firs' !1 j cum to it." . " " I 1 Hill Sweeney scz he can't account for it no ' other way' but that the lickcr sorter o'lurncd . ' their head : and he says he does really believe, j) ifitliattn,t gin out, they'd been climbin' the!' same fence and wadin* the same branch till 1 vet. . ' A IIari? Qukstion sou a Judgr.?Dr. B, c who is a pretty thorough going temperance ; man not long since happened at the house of his 1 friend Judge , who, although a church | member is sadly behind the times as to temper- j < anee reform. Seated at the dinner table as ; ^ was very proper, the Judge invoked tho divine \ o. i w I blessing' upon men mine iniunuco *..io uum- a ho arose and took from the sideboard a bottle I a of brandy, and filling some glasses, tendered a \ glass to I ho Doctor, who respectfully declined ! c with such a quizzical look as to excite the j I Judge's Curiosity and induced him to ask the I a Doctor the cause of his mirth. Said the j? j Doctor, k,I was wondering why yon didn't say j y grace over the bottle. If-it is a good creature * s of God, it should be received with thanksyiv- i I . ^ ing and I was wondering whether yon were j o ashamed to ask God to bless it." 'l was j li thought that was about as difficult a q .eslion ! I ;<s the Judge was over called upon to decide, li Kapler and flic Indian Swordsman* We-Hive im anecdote illustrative of the utrparallc.hd dexterity .of the- hidians with t!:e wold, as also of Napier's simplicity of character, After the Indian b; 11l?-s, on one occasion a fam>usjug?hr visited the eatnjt, and performed" Ids. feat befoife the general, his family, and stair. Among other pel form anew', this mar?;irt in Two with a stroke of his sword a lime )T lemon placed in the hand of 1ii* -assistant, Srapier thought there was some ccHIusiotiTx?, .ween the jiiifjiter and his retainer. 'To divide .?} a sweep of the sword on a man's hand so mall an object without touching the flesh he kdieved to be impossible, though,a similar ucidcnt is related by Scott in his romance of he Talisman. To determine tlie point, the General offered his own hand for the expert* nent, and lie stretched out his right arm. The tvrirler lo<ilo<l xft^iilivptv of tli/? I...>./! - ??/! pij'" "" ,,,,u ;aid lie would not malcc n trial. "I thought I tVOttM find you out!" exclaimed Nfipier. "But stop,5' added the other, "let me sec your b-ft KirnL" The left hand was submitted, and the nan then said firmly, "If you will liold your it in steady 1 will perform the feat." "Dnt'vfty ho left and not tho right?" "Because twr iglit hand is hollow in ilie-center, and lltfcrft.fei risk of cutting oft'the thumb; the left is*liigh ind the-danger will be less. Napier was Stan :lcd. "I o, frightened," be said; "I saw it ,vas an actual feat of delicate swordsmanship, unl if I bad not abtr-ed t-he man as I did before* iry staff,and challenged him to the trial,-"f" hon. istlv acknowledge 1 would have retired frorti be encounter. However, 1 put the lithe on iny hand and set out my arm steadily/ The uggler balanced himself, and with'a swift stroke nit the litne-in two pieces, -I- left '-the edge of!he sword on my h-md ae if a cold- thread had jeiui drawn across it; and so much (he added)' or the brave swordsmen of India, whom onr hie fellows defeated at Menuico.'1 This anec* .mo, is co i hnnty a proof o! t lie sincerity of an Inmost mind, readv to acknowledge error, and of bravery and of oalroiress inex putting that error. i ? ? OpiT.ESsrbN ix "GiiRMAxr.?Not the Icafil mportanl item of intelligence reeeived today by the Pacific relates to'tho action of the Gefmanic Divl at Frankfort upon the clitiin of the nobles of Wurtcniburg, tote reinstated iti the mjoyipent of all the oppressive baronial privileges which they renounced in 1848, whcij struck by the panic of the revolution. They hare sufficiently recovered- from the pamc to iewarid that the old state ofrthings shall bo restored.. Accordingh they mate an application to this effect to-the Diet of FrauKfoft^ md we have the news to day that the Diettohic sogbrizance ofthe affair in ;ts sitting of the r?f October and admitted the claim of the nobles. It accordingly adopted a resolution in firture of which tlie government at JSttttgardt is enjoined to make arrangements, to the end that the claimants mar receive an indemnity for having lost their rights of vert and renery, their patrimonial jursdicfion, tlirir exemption front certain imposts, drc., which they had renounced in 1848. According to the Diet, this step is indispensable for putting the laws of the kingdom of Wurtemburg in unison with the federal laws. Thus we see that the Diet at Frankfort is nothing Jirore" nor less than a great Juggernau^ n the hands of the princes and nobles of Germany, for the purpose of crushing out the lib?rties of the people. Its action in reference to die noble9 of Wortemburg is a long strfcle in lie reactionary movement which seeks to brush nv'tv nil nf fho rov*?lntirti\ *"w,v wiMvv ' ^^ -w. "liovemcnt will continue until the people, exasperated at the wrongs tlms inflicted upon tliero, ivill embrace the first opportunity to precipitate r Crisis and raise a revolution ?Evening Posl. Setting Type by stk.oi.~It may not bo ' known beyond a very, narrow circle that fiver puil sized and expensive machines are in fulr title of operation in setting typo, in the estabtvftinent of .Vlr. Trow in this city. There ioberief;d to be one in use to some extent -in Paris; put with this exception these are.tbo only machines actually working fi>r tlfis purpose withiu )nr knowledge. These five give employment to :fen largo^flraan ^qual number of small girk*, [vith a foremaifHovversee, and one additional vinale to supply- the mjM&kcs with type. Two lohiposttore alternately TtfiCtt^iwclt-other, first lefting arid next justifying a quantity of matter wmlje the smaller attcmlantS&usy themselves in Ji>tm?uiing and iirranging'tnq tyne for the marines. " "J^iree thousand onw o* long primer , invo^pen set in an libur, or t wenty six thousand 11 a da^ q^ion hours, by one girl; but much iif Ivjni-ao nn flir> skill nf f li? nnpr:ifor_. lite extreme ciwnci machine is ten diousand per h<>im,-*bqmiMt> nhoiit a column uid a halt' of this type*in the Tribune; but JiU limit will probably never be readied. The machine is driven by a band on a pully, and lie labor of setting consists in fingering a set >f keys like a piano. Kncli kind?is carried forivard on a separate band, and deposited continue nislv on ;t single tape, running diagonally across he line of the first. From tbit> second tapo hey are dropped into a wheel, which in turn caves them standing single file on a long gulev from which they are taken and made up nto lines of proper length, The enterprise has tot until quite lately been made to assume a brni in which it appears pecuniarily profitable, ind won yet must he reckoned as a hopeful 'xjionincut rail.or than a triumphant success. Tribune. Sad Rimers of Simkituai.ism.?The Ronlout Courier tells of a young man, named A'illiam Wliiiklit, a " medium" in die village, vho, on Sunday l?cfore lu-n, was suddenly ici/.ed while in church wiih blindness, and soon ifter with utter lo-s of speech?calamities vhich ho still endures. He lies in a-coilditiun if stupor, hut without any physical disease.? 'he active agents <;l this melancholy affliction re still unconvinced of the pernicious character if the inllueiKCS they set to wuik upon the oung man. 'i'lioy assert that tho miserable tate in whicWie lies is a most glorious condi ion; that his physical senses are suspended inly to make the interior illumination more irilliant, and that when he returns to the world ife again, he will Know immensely more than ic ever whs before aware ol.