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VOLUME XIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAYOfORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1858. NUMBER 8/
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From the National "(Era.
THE PIPES AT LliCKIOtV.
Hr J. C. WHITTJER.
Rpes of the miety moorland
;}' Voice of lite glen and bill.
The drone of highlaud torrent,
. * Tlte song of lowland rill 1
iUot the braes tf broom and heather,
Nor the mountains dark with rain,
Ifor maiden bower, nor border tower,
Ilave heard jour sweetest strain!
? Dear to the lowland reaper
And plaided mountaiueer,
** To the cottage and the castle
The Scottisli pipes or^lear.
w -Sweet souuas the anpient pibroch
j. O'er mountain, loch and glade;
But the sweetest of all music
l|i?e Pipes ut Lackuow played! .
f, mk r-**y
Iff ; r "T/iuder jelled and nearer creprf?
KV-tT ' Hound or.d round the jungle serpent
r Sear and nearer circles swept.
"Pray for rescue, wives and iaotbers?
Pray to-day 1" the soldier said,
"Tomorrow, death's between us,
' And the wrong and sbamo we dread."
Oh! they listened, looked, and wafted,
.. Till their hope became despair,.
And the sotw ot low bewailing
? Filled the pauses of their prayer.
Then up spake a Scottisii maiden,
With her ear upon the ground:
"Wnna ye isear it ??dinna ye hear it!
The pipes o'Havelock sound!"
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Hushed the wounded man his groaning, j
Hushed the wife her little ones :
1
Alone tboy heard the drum roll.
I And the nwr of So;.03* gun*
But to sounds of h?aie clriimod
The highland ear ?a? ?rt:^
"Pinna ye hear it ??'tis the slogan'
V?"i]! ye no holier2 it nooV'
L"ko the inarch of soundless music
Through the vision of the seer, ^ i
ii.>recl" filing liion of hearing.
Of the heart than of the ear,
She knov the droning pibroch,
She rcn .-vv the Campbell's call :
"Hark 1 hear ye no McGregor's?
Tuegrandest o'them all!"
Oh! they listened, dumb and breathless.
And they caught the sound at last;
Faint and far beyond the Goomtee
Rose and fell the piper's blast:
Then a burst of wild thanksgiving
Mingled woman's voice and man's:
"God be praised !?The march of Have- {
The piping of the clans i" [lock !
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< ? Louder, nearer, fierce as vengeance,
Sharp and ahrill as swords at strife,
Came the wild McGregor's clan call,
Stinging atl the air to life.
But when the far off dust cloud
To plaideo legions grew,
' Full tenderly and blithesotnely
The pipes of rescue blew!
tf Round the silver domes of Lucknow,
! Round red Dowlah's golden shrine,
i 'treathed the air to Briton's dearest,
y The uir of Auld Lang Syne.
O'o^tke cruel loll of war drums
Rose tT;ai sweet and homelike strain,
( And the tartan clove -tbo turban,
I As the Goomteo cleaves the plain.
I Dear '^j^.e lowland reaper
K-S And plaided mountaineer,
I To the cottage and the cast'o
> The piper's song is doar?
5 Sweet sounds the Gaelic pibroch
B O'er mouutain, glen and glade,
K But the sweetest of all music
? The Pipes at Lucknow played"!
g [ The NVV Steam Sloops o<f \Va?.?The
Ilfvf ?i?nin vi "? ?? w^.lv mbio
been imtnecT bv the President as follows : The
b.ie building at. Pensacol*, " Pensaeola; " the
one Norfolk, "Kickmorid;" the odp at Phila"Lancaster;"
the one at New York, j
Brooklyn,*1 *nd the one at Jkostol), Harjf!
AGRICULTURAL.
Dr. Piirkcr against the World.
It is with much pride and gratification that
we publish Dr. Parker's report of the extraordinary
production of 200 bushels and 12 quarts
of corn from one acre. Who does not feel proud
of his success in being the largest producer nf
cojm in the whole world ??And what true
"Ckrolini an does not (eel elated at such a glori
! ous triumnh iu the field of agriculture ? It was
ii proud day for Sout h Carolina and for the sue
Cessful, competitor, wheli it was publicly announced
at the date .annual Fair ?>f our State
AgriculturalSocietj', that Dr. Parker had pio
| d'-u ed from one acre of land, '200 bushels and
i 1*2 quarts?the largest product or. record. We
j believe that 190 bushels is the largest product
heretofore reported, and this, if we mistake
n->t, on some of the rich lands of the valley of
Mississippi; but this greater, proc net was made
in the neighborhood "f the Town of Columbia,
| a region not remarkablo for fertility of soil,
r His success, therefore, must have been owing,
| us is seen irom ins report, to n ntglj system of
j manuring mid a d?ep and thorough preparation
I of the I at.d. .But .to whatever it mav have been
-oxvii??r, he is entitled to the credit of being the
largest producer of-corn in the whole world. If
it had been a discovery in science, a new planet
or aetoroiifin the soiursystern or a new principle
in incchaijics, or sum* b'on-?t?*fl effort ?>f
literary genius, or some great military exploit,
such as the seige of Sel?.vtopo}, it Would have,
been liemlded through the world with all the
pomp and parade usually" awarded to such
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a.'jiuf \ t*iiiTiu>. jumji lilt* m>[>iMt*g cm uih piuw
?re not wont to be so blitaoued; they are usual
i \ found in the vmhe'el ohseurity, with none
to herald their dec-cis to the world. But who
ate the real benelactors of mankind ? .We are
told "thev who can make two ears of corn or
two blades of grass grow where only one grew
Ihjforc." Take the simple proposition, that the
productions earth can lie doubled by
good culture, "&>ul what an amount of increased
supply of human u'ant and eoulfort would be
produced, What an increase to the profits of
agricultural capital, of individual and national
wealth.
But the experiment of l)r. Barker goes greatly
beyond doubling th ? ordinary productions of
our hinds. Take the aver^p- production o! tlie
lauds of the State at 20 hu-IieU per acre ? his
is ten liaies gi-ater?and as we fail below, as
many of i?jfcire in the habit of doing on our old
lands, the ra'io is increased in the same proportion.
W hut-it lt-Hson siiould t
roFour neighbors, who plants good land, and
.?i,..eu .v..a onitii inn .......w
*T UVOV bl f' **?w? VV V/ y I'Uv II' I J I v/ III 1 UV IIV. V ? |
s?y that according to Dr. i'a r Iter's production,
he ought to have made tint same quantity froin
ten acres. But as this was an extraordinary
production, let us double the quantity of land,
and say that 20 acres can he made to pieJuce
[.20(H) bushel-, or J00 bushels to the acre, and
j who can doubt this, \vh mi it has been so fre
pquentlv realized. Suppose the extra labor that
is >pent on Uie 100 acres, was expended on tlie
20 acres, w> nld not ibe result give a vastly increased
crop ? And tins not tor a single ye ir,.
but tfor a sorit* of yo? s.
There is no doubt of the fact that the great
prominent evil ot Southorn agrie-uiture, i> the
cultivation of to > much land. It is too apparent
and pa1 pah let o need an\ demonstration. It
slart-s lis in the face in ever; direction we can
look. ll is spread .'broaden*!, all around n*: ll
seen in our diminidied crops ?our neglected
Mid xoandoned -old fields? m otir starved and
stu:;trd stock, and in our disgraceful dependence
on foreign supply for subsistence in season of
drought. The system is radically wrong, and
must lead to tb<- utter ruin of the whole country,
unless corrected. Already its frightful ravages
are si-en in the destriftion ofthe be*t lands,
and an immense drain ofthe wealth and nopu
laiion of our .State, South Carolina would have
been infinitely better off if a Chinese wall had
i. ii." i i. it i
mii immueu uer ooroers auu kcjii ner i?opirini,i"u |
within h"r territory. for their demand lor land
would have taught her people tho value of it.
lhey would not have wasted, worn out ami
thrown it away as the last and present generation
have done. But we trust that like great
moral e^iIs, the very excess has brought about
a remedy. W'e are now driven to the necessity
either to emigrate or "root hog or die." Let
us imitate the example of that animal whose
instinct teaches them to burrow deep in the
bowels of the earth for subsistence. Let in pi
down into the lower strata of the soil, into the
sutisnil not vet reached l?y our plows, or the
roots of the plants we cult ivat *. There is yet
a mine of riches and of fertility, which our
skinning culture has not reached. There, in
tho^e lov\er ru-doiis, is to be found tlio leached
inanuies of the top soil that has escaped the
evaporation of the sun and the washing rains
that have swept nil'the surlace ; and lower vet
may be found those inorganic or mineral me? ? ? ???
I'. I1A.I/.JJU I'V il?r Vl.ttut M l.irlii llilf fit liltl ?l 11?1
tin* lull and perfect development of plants The
ancients had a saying "veritutt inputec?'?-truth
lies in the bottom ot the well. has
to d'-g deep before it can li? reached. This
law of mind fnay be applied to matter. We
mnsLdig d -ep before the earth will yield her
treasures. The richest mineral* are to be found
deepest imbedcd! And >o it may bo said of
some of the ingredients of the soil. Tliev lie
deep, and mu-t be. disembowelled and brought
within tilf roots ol the plants we cu livate.
Another argument in tnvor of de-p plowing is,
it furnishes a resorvoir for moisture, au necessary
for vegetable life. In<>ttraiid climate,drought |
is the greatest enemy we have to contend against,
and infeh'tig tends to aggravate the evil so
TTiOeh a> shallow plowing, it is said the agricultural
t-r-'dnctiop of (treat llritain have been
almost doubled since the introduction of the
subsoil plow. ? And when it is recollected that
humidi'y is the great evil of tln-ir climate as
droughts is of ours, low much more important j
i? subsoiliug to us. If, then, we would profit by
our own melancholy experience and the exam- i
j)le of other countries more advanced in agrieul-'
ture.we will abandon our Urge field system of
culturo, reduce our crops at least one-half, prepare
our land" throughly by-manuring and deep
plowing, eradicate all noxious weeds?those
vampires that suck out the very vitals of our
soil (our friends -Broomsedge anJ Laurens will
excuse the strong expression we use against
their favorite pels,) and our life for it, we shall
fill our barn3 and granaries full to overflow ing. j
Farmer and Plantct. \
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Carrots for Stock.
Can anything he better as Winter fond for
all kinds of animals, than this familiar roct?-?
We have used it for seveial years willi most
gratifying results. It is not only useful as a
'relish' with other food, as apples and vegela.
bles are for mankind in the W inter, hut it con.
tains valuable nourishing properties, and may
he used as an alternating substitute' for other'
- " - I- I
| food. We nre not surprised 10 .warn mat me
keepers rff -livery stables in cities ire beginning
to use carrots for horse food. They hold that
a peck of -carrots and a peck of outs are better.
f<?r a horse than two pecks of oats. . All animals
require for their health and.comfort green
food to mix with their dry fodder, and their
winter bill of fare is deficient, if it does not include.
.carrots.
Ve have the report of an experiment made
by a careful farmer to test I lie relative value of
several kinds of food for milch cows, with the
following general result: Three pounds of carrots
equal to one poumd of hay. This would
make three tons of carrots equal to one ton of
hay?i. e. producing milk; but for fattening
purposes, \v? should place the carrot nearer
upon >i par with hay. Tins also i.i true of it,
that it yields iarger crops iliao the polaloe, is
moie nutritious, is better adapted to this climate
than ruta-baga turn'ps, cr n be more |
readily and better kepi through the winter, and
is more easily prepared fur feeding, as it doe?
not require boiling or steaming, uiile-'s it be
lor swine We sometimes meet in our exchanges,
with various recipes f'<r coloring; '-Vinteroufde
butter n rich golden hue, like grass made
butter.; but we believe the best ivay to .-tecum
plish this is by feeding the cows on good orange
carrots, and leave to them the work of
coloring the butter.
The Culture is not difficult. Give the
ground a liberal manuring with well decompm
red dung, and if to this U added a mixt ure of
muck ir chip dirt, it \viil*help the matter. Of
course the plowing and harrowing must he.
thoroughly done. Sow in drills two feet apart,
if for horse tillage ; if dor.e with the hand, at
less distance. Sow when the Soil is a little
moist, and press the earth finniy over the
seed.
As ovtrots germinate slowlv, look out for the
weeffsjrs Soy*ij^|H j?y appntir, or thev will g.-t
or four will he n?cd>-t!. Thill the plants at
each hoeing, until they are four or five inches
apart. Hy good management, a crop of 500 to
7t)0 liiiilir.|? to iIih jier<. time be exoected. The
L<>nfi Orange is generally considered the best
variety, though the While Belgium is very
nutritious and is ovist easily harvested.
American * Iffriciillui a list.
Ml^ELLANEOUS^
Paraguay.
The Washington correspondent of the Haiti*
niore iSun say s :
"Tlia rejiort of the committee on foreign affairs
of the Senate, upon the Paraguay aflairs,
is in conformity with the President's rccomuien
dation, as ineiitioned in his message. The coin
plaints against the conduct of the goee'iimerit
of Paraguay are of a grave and uianifoM nature.
I.. .i... t i.\
Ill 1,1 IU II? I * \ iimuim.mh 1| i 11 w i iv 'I' i ^Itlzens
who had been indnci'il to engage in enterprises
under llu-ir protection, and have refused
tlieiii satisfaction and detained tliein against
their will in the country, from which they escaped
through the interference of Lieut Paige.
Second, they refused to ratify a treaty which
hid he en negotiated l?y our minister, .Mr. Pendleton,
and been ratified by the U. S. Senate,
with but a slight utxl unessential alteration,
and thov refused this in an uncivil and insolent
manner. Lastly, they made actual war upon
the United States, firing into the IJ. S. steam
vessel Water Witch, cominand 'd by Li*ut.
Paige, while engaged in the peaceful and beneficial
and lawful object of surveying the Paraguay
river with a view t.> ascertain its navj
"ability. I? v the first fire fioiii their fort, tho
cuvsvvain of tha Water Vvilch was killed. All
these wrongs are nnredrerfr-d, and will so remain,
unless the United States government send
an nrmed force, naval and military, to seek
satisfaction.
The 1'resident requires special authority for
this purpose, and u l?ill is reported according,
the passage of which is a declaration .?f war
with the petty State called the Uepuhlic of
Paraguay: A suitable expedition will at once
Ire fitted ?mt, and will, it is hoped, give a g??..d
account of it-elf. Paraguay has a small naval
force, consisting ofseverul war steamers of light
draft, suitable for the navigation of her riv
ers."
Sr.wi Vnir '?Yiiiino man if von are in?t
?; ? " j |
comtncnciiiif or practicing any vice or bail hub j
it, the time to stop is now. You liave arrived
at a stopping place, and you may slop now if
you please, but ifyou suffer yourself to be whirl ed
on by appetites and passions, you may go
so far that when you desire to stop it may be
out of your power to do so.
Ifyou swear.*nr drink, 01 break tlieSabbatli,
'stop now." If you think evil thoughts, or tell
tilings not quite true, or sometimes tell a little
more than truth, "stop now." if you rtie going
to dance, or play, or any place where you may
'meet had company, "stop now." If you are in
the habit ofj.-sting about religion, or ministers,
or preaching, "stop now." |f you think there
is time enough to beeome leligous by and by,
and that you will uursue the way von are going
awhile longer, "stop now;" for the course you
arc going leads to death.
Pari ton Recorder.
Jh:KKATKi>.?Resolutions condemning Commodore
Paulding for arresting Walker, have
been defeated in tho Alabama Legislature. i
> CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Feb. 14.?There is no longer
any difficult# about; Lecompton, whatever, the
cro: hers rn^y say Aor insinuate. The Presi*
dent's message will be sustained, and Kansas
be admitted, whether the investigation committee
report or not,
The whole. cootvtrj:, -except the Republicans
and their new allies, arc tired to death of this
everlasting hywl aboct Kansas, and desire the
question to 1>? disposed of in a manner licft
again to interfere w th the business of Congress.
^
The Senate will (admit Kansas with Mi one'
aota and Orison, and (be House will concur.-?
It is absurd, rind an insult to the South, tn-snppose
that Southern numbers Senators will
change theirfcourse bectfuse Kins as will coma
into thaTTuyn S4*1* ^j*ann;:rtinlir.
The South luive been fighting for a principle,
to-wit: 'iTiat any State may now or hereafter
come into the Union with or without slavery?and
jibe maintenance of. this princinle
is more important to the preservation of eur
institution* and die Union than the election of
this ??r that.Senator from one or the otlier State.
Resides, it iitnot hy any means certain chat
Jim Lane of Robiiis<?n will be returned; on
ilie contrary,.it is quite likely that they will
be dropped/
i can assure you, from the beat quarters, that
all the insidious appeals made to the political
cupidity of. The South are of no avail. The !
South stands firm, and enough Northern Democrats
have-fcKJged themselves to principles to
make the adrhissiou of Kansas, under the Le
COiitpton Constitution, i-a fixed fact."
Cor. of the Baltimore Bun.
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The SizFtrhp Men ?"TbtTe tvvie gbm'U in
those duys," no doubt: yet the average size of
the great mass of human beings does not
change. lite great stature of the I atagont
ans, of which so much has been said and written.
lias beeh proved to be quite as fabulous as
the terrible ir(aelstrom(of the geographies) near
the coast of "Norway. Some races are taller
than others, ami that is all. The English are
taller than the French, and fatter too. Americans
are taller than Englishmen ; and Vermont
and Kentucky it is known have more tall men
than the -oilier States of the Union. That the
average she of the human family does change
is abundantly, proved by facts which have been
gathered by n recent writer from whom we
have this statement:
"The 'general opinion is, that, men have physically
degenerated since the early eras of the
world. 15lit nil the tiicts and circumstances
which can be brought forward on this subject
tend to show that the human form has not de
generated, men of the present age are
f hi* ,'f"**li* mil | beginning of the
of rtttr iKtinno
^^^W^^r^^^W^^Shanged in tl?e mo4
aiuient urns hnd burial phices, demonstrate this
point ole<ilyj Tlte-oldest colli n in the world
is that found in the great pyramid of Egypt;
and this sarcophagus hardly-eiceeeds the size of
our ordinary coPtiu, being six feet and a half
long. That we are not degenerating from the
effects of civilization is clear, because the savages
do not exceed us in height."
-?? ?
Mkl\.ncuo(.y Accident.?The body of Cap*
tain James G. Farrar, master of the barque
Cheshire, of Damariscotta, Mu.ine, was found
floating in the dock, between Palmetto and
Marsh's wharves, and not far from his vessel, at
an early hour yesterday morrflng. C'apt. Farrar
.. ocnu.... .. ....ta 11
?r?ai-i ^itn n uiriKJ until (IUWUI i i
o'clock on Saturday night, when ha left to go
on bo-ml li?> barque, apparently in good health
and spirits, and, as the night was wet and
dark, it is supposed that he clipped from the
cap log of the wharf overboard and was drown
ed. Coroner Kingman he.ld an inquest over
his nunu us yesterday, and the jury, we understand,
after opinion by Dr. R. A. Kin loch, that
no murks of violence appeared, brought in a
verdict o* accidental drowning. The deceas>
ed was, we learn, about 45 years of age, and a
very regular man in his habits. lie leaves a
wife and child in P-nnariscotta. The funeral
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the Bethel, in Church street.
The flags of the shipping were kept .it half,
insist yesterday in respect to his meninrv.
Charleston Courier, Wtkinst.
The Washington Star, of the 10th instant,
after giving its opinion that the defeat of tho
L?compt?.n Constitution in Congress would he
followed by disunion measures on the part of
the Legislature of every Southern Statu, thus
refers to the position and probable influence of
the Governor of Virginia:
"The individual opposition ofGovernor Wise
to tho acceptance of the Leeompton Constitution,
would be no barrier whatever to the action
of the Virginia Legislature in the premises;
or if the legal existence of that body be
then terminated, of another which would beat
once chosen by the peop!- to act in the premir
sc. There is not asinolu member of the pros* |
cut Legislature of Yirgintt, of either party, I
who sympathises with the position of Govern*
or Wise?in.t one; nor is there a tingle menilier
of any otln-r Statu Legislature South of
the 1'otonian, who stands with httn?Govern*
or Wise. lie is entirely isolated and alone at
the Sjuith, as those at the North will have propertv,
the value of w hich will be destroyed in
the destruction of the Confederacy, may find
out, to their sorrow, when too lato."
(J. ]). Tillman, Esq ?This gentleman lias
been placed in custody, at his own instance
as we understand the matter, and will meet his
trial at the approaching March Term of our
Court of Sessions. Now that the heat of excitement,
caused by his unfortunate rencounter,
has in a large measure subsided, we trust that
the friends of neither party will again allow
their calmness to deeert them. So, all may
vet be well, and the pangs of the past he right
eeusly tempered by the kindness of the future.
j'j'dt/fjield Advertiser.
;~
A young American lady in Paris threatens
to sue President Buchanan for breach of. pro. I
inisc; she says tint dining nt her father's table :
years ago, he said to her?"My dear Miss, il j
ever I should be President, you shall bo the j
mistress of the White House." '
j
Fatal Accident., .
A Winnsboro' correspondent of the Columbia
Times writes :
Oo Monday, the 15th iast., tlie community
of tljis town were sadly grieved to learn of a
frightful accident to a gentleman well known
and highly respected both here and iu your city.
I allude to Dr. K. S. Dargan. it appears -since
the cold weather has set in. numerous flocks of
pigeons have bpen driven to this sectiou of our
State, and Dr. Dargan, with his gun nod'hltfe
eon, went in pursuit of some of them about three
tniles from here. He gave the gun to hi* little
son to hold, when bv some accidentdn the part
'-t- i J . 1 ' . cc .i.?
Of;,me lifU UIO gnu WWII Oil, mm mo nuuic
diarge passed tjjrotlgh the right eye and portion
of the akull of the Doctor, wounding him iu
tytcjj Lyatavxt hop?
Ie^n<>twthlunding every medical aid" is iieing
given him. This sad accident has created great
sympathy for the Doctor and his -Family. A
messenger has been sent to Columbia to beer
the sad news to Mrs. Dargan, who is now resid
ing in your city.
On Saturday evening the inmates of the
Wimisboru' Hotel and its worthy nnd popular
proprietor were very much shocked by a sad
accident to a c'tizen here named Thomas
Young. It seems that Young, who is a mechanic
pretty well known here, had been partly
inebriated, nnd made his way towariU.the hotel,
wherein he essayed ie company with some
friends to go upu long flight of stairs. Having
reached the top of the fir?t set of stairs, (a
considerable height,) he turned round to look
for his friends, who were elsewhere,and in so
duiiiu missed his fooling, and felP headlong to
the bottom of the stairs, hurting himself so
badly that his surviving this accident is not
anticipated.
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A Stirring Place.?The Florida Arewshss
been moved fiom Jacksonville to Fernandina.
The Editor gives the following account in his
introductory, of the bustle and progress of the
embryo city, and his own cheering prospects of
miccess :
WV confess it has been with difficulty that
we could collect our thoughts sufficiently to
get upon paper such an editorial, as may be
expected from us on this occasion. Indeed we
have been under a constant state of excitement.
"s- t_ ? i u:i.
i lie Gracing ieu ureeze is au e.\ii:iriuungt nm.
tlia riiiguf the hammer and trowel, the blowing
of steam whistles, anil the universal bustle
and stir around our ?auctum is s<> exciting,
that we have purtaken of the general desire to
be "flying round," and have felt it almost inrt:
possible to settle down for our editorial duties..
This is undoubtedly a thriving place, and Farnandiiia
must beccme in a few years the most
important town in Florida; and as everything
li?re. is lo.be'done upon a grand scab', we in
tended jojflaake the "Flprid* Nevyis".the most
;3w newspaper in our Stati. In tact, j
nothing but fthr indolence or misconduct can
save us from future greatness.
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Dangers of Eaulv Rising.?On Saturday
last a curious incident occurred ir. a small dom
ieil on Ne** hurry street. A young man struck
hy the spIenJor of the full moon, arose from
his bed at half past one o'clock, supposing it
was morning, and proceeded to a store in West
Market Square, in which he is clerk, built a
fire, swept out and waited for custom. Seeing
that there was no stir in tho streets, he stepped
out and got a view of the town clock, which
revealed his error, whereupon I19 shut up his
store and retraced his steps home. Meantime,
tho young ladies of the familyt hearing him go
out, supposed it was morning, and got up
a ho, but finding their error, fastened the door
and retired again, getting snug into the arms
of Morpheus before the early bird arrived.?
Not being able to got in at the door, and not
wishing to discover his premature adventure
to the family, he got a ladder and by it obtain
o.l access to his chamber, the noise of which,
however, aroused the young ladies, who rushed
downstairs to their parents, with th$ cry
that a burglar was entering into the house.?
lie met the whole family in liishabile, armed
with pokers, ifeu., and made himself known be*
! fore serious consequences ensued.
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1 tin. \>v uuuwrr.. ? .
lady, who was at Stnltgardt during the last
meeting of the Emperors, thna writes of her own
sex, as represented in the Imperial party :
"The Queen of Holland is a most cultivated
ami elegant woman?still rorv handsouit, though
she has a grandson. She speaks English perfect
ly, and is, perhaps, the most accomplished woman
in Europe- The Princess Olga is said to
he the handsomest woman in Europe. The
Empress of Russia is a regal looking woman.
Theso ladies were dressed in white moire antique
silk; a stripe of white five or six inches
wide, and a stripe of the same width covered
with the tichost fiovrers here; arid then, in the
white stripe, there was an immense bunch of
dowers. The dresses were all something in the
same r.tyle?chip bonnets with white feathers,
and magnificent lace mantles. 1 cannot forgive
the Queen of Greece for being a fat, fair, round*
faced, jolly-looking human. 1 expected to see
i maid of Athens, and I don't like my romance
dispelled,''
I.VKJ.CENCE Or Tllti S.WILK ix Givix IjKAU
TY ok ExPltKSslojf.?A beautiful smile is to
the female countenance what tho sunbeam is
to a landscape. It embellishes an interior face
and redeems an ugly one. A smile, however,
should not become habitual; insipidity is the
result; nor should tho mouth break into a smile
on one side, the other remaining passive and
unmoved, for this imparts an air of deceit and
grotesqucness t-> the face. A disagreeable
smile distorts the line of beauty, and is more ^
repulsive than a frown. There are many kin.Is
of smiles, each having a distinctive character
?some announce goodness and sweetness?
otlieis betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride ?
some soften tho countenance by their languishing
tenderness?others brighten it by their
brilliant and spiritual vivacity. <>azing and
pol ing before a mirror cannot aid if. acquiring
beautiful smiles half so well as to turn the gaze
inward, to watch that the heart keeps unsullied
from the reflection of evil, and illuminated
and beautified by sweet thoughts.
A Ily?hr Loom ill Paulding Cottort&
On Wednesday morning las!, between 3 kijict
4 o'clock a sf-med hyena broke loose Tfbrtj. - .jg&b'
his.csge in the .<*rr, <rf Mr. Eli Wats<W^.?f (fctf ^";<y
milea-west of PaoMitig. The beast tstfie'.ipni' * ^$0.perty
of Mr. Gauung,.(formerly of the ffrin r;f
Mabie, Ganung & Co., well known circus
menngrie pr?)prietout.) who'quarters bis Collec * '
tion of animals during,the winter season , at the
farm oC the above named. The monster'
not missed until daylight Raising a ndito?rou?i
crowd of farmers M*V .Watson went in' 'search
of biin. Knowing the terrible instincts of^lie
animal, the party proceeded to a grnve'SfarJ
about a mile.distant, and there foUnd Into,
had disinterred two newly byrjed bodies and
mostly devoured^?"1* He had$l?o .paitfy
Jlp, thee, graves.
To capture tbe monifteT alivo. in his then ny
furiuted state was of course aiHinpossityiity.
Mr. Watson therefore tired a nfie at him. but
did not hit him. The monster sprang in among
the men; pounced upon a German named Pafr
fenburg, killed him almost instantly., A Boy
and two men in the crowd were also,knocked
over and considerably though not dangerously ' .
injured. The German was the only person kill; *
ed. The hyena made f?r ,the wqpd*r (t was
reported that he killed a man on his way thither,
but -the report is not authenticated. A large
force was immediately raised, and tbe aniinn}
was pHrsued, but at last accounts he had not
been found. The hyena formerly belonged iq
Van Aniberg<fe Co, and is said to be theJargest
one of his species, in America. He had,
we are informed, been reared in a cage and had
always been considered as lame and peaceable lis
nnimnls of his kind can. be rendered. His
cape, fearful work, and his pursuit hn"e, we
net;d hardly add, creuted great excitement id
the vicinity of Paulding.
Cleveland Herald:
A Model Hfgltway.
As n general fact, highways in this country,
are in the following condition. The roadtrack
itself is indifferently made, and composed of
the soft rich loam scraped up annually from thrf
side gutters^ deep ditches are left on one oh
both sides, making it difficult to turn oiit;'k
few trees are planted here and there, near the
fences, but many of them have been badly
gnawed by borse^ bitched to thern, or thrown
out of the perpendicular by all sorts of street
going animals rubbing against them sheep:
cows, and geese are roaming at large,-of..lying
down in the carriage-way; hog3 are rooting ?
up the ground on every side, and preparing it
to grow a tine erop of weeds, for Uw benefit* of
^lieighboniug fields sud gardens; and each one
of these vagrant animals is lookiug oot for every
open gate, and every weak spot in. tit*
fences, to get into the gardens,^door-yards, ami
cu^uvat^'cl^^^'hich adjoin the street. W$
is so familiar to everybody."
But, we rejojeeto S?jf th>vnrrgns a bet?
ter state of things are beginning <o appear, fa
some towns, the barba-uus custom of strife
pasturing has been voted a nuisance, and been
voted out; the carriage track is neatly round?
ed over in the center, and covered with gravel
; n slopa is made on each side, just sufficient - :'* -'
to turn .?ir the water, and is covered with ft
firm and smootli carpet of grass. Trees aro
planted abundantly by the roadside, and they
are cared for, and they live and grow. Tba
grass on the margin of the track almost rival?
in luxuriance that of the neighboring fields,
and both when growing and when uewly.
mown, presents a beautiful sjght. .
We honestly affirm, thattksre cir-such roads
and we hold them up as examples of a Model
Highway?examples worthy of imitation.
American Agriculturalist.
Whitlows.?Dr. Guiltier, Professor of thfc
Faculty of Medicine at Montuelier. has iust
published a letter tit the Abeille Medlcale, in
which he describes a peculiar method of stop,
ping the progress pf a whitlow in its first stage.
A whitlow generally begins with a dull sensation
of heat in the affected finger, near the
nail; a rose-colored spot marks the seat of
disease. This point, when pressed, is painful;
the color disappears, and immediately return*
after the pressure has ceased. After lihe lapse
of a few hours, the pain becomes more permanent,
the color darker, and extends over a
larger space, while tho skin is swoolen; The
pain increases rapidly, but as yet there is no
pulsation. This, Dr. Guiltier says, is the pro.,
per time for applying the remedy. Having
slightly wetted the inflamed surface, he pa-sen
over the whole of it slowly with a |>encil of
lunar caustic, for at least a frtjnute, in order to
make sure that the influence of the caustic has
penetrated through the cuticle. The nitrate of
silver is allowed to dry on the finger. When
the skin lias become quite black, the cure is
complete. The patient feels u>> pain, not evert
an itching sensation, during the operation, and
a short lime afterward- the pain of the whit,
low disappears, the black skin peels off alter a'
few days, and 110 trace is left of tho disorder;
If the operation l>? performed after tho pain
has become puUative, the latter increases after
tho cauterization, hut the throl>9 cease in the
course of a few hours, and the cure is effected
with equal certainty. Dr. Gninier i* not sure
that his reuisdy would produce its effect after
the commencement of suppuration; at all
events, the cure requires more time. He as-.-I
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CI IIJ.*a l IIU sui'UtJhMUl ru^tlll UUUlilH'U IMMII intrate
of silver, not to its havii/g destroyed tl??
diseased part, (the infl mi mat ion is too deeply
seated a ml the cauterization too superficial tor
that,) but to a revulsion or shock given to the
part, disturbing its vicious state.
A Wokktno Lf.uislatcur.?The Legislatureof
Texas is a remarkable body, and its labors
without a pnndle!. Thfey liav^^arge amount
of business on band, and for a-nn'e time havebeen
holding three sessions a day?forenoon,
afternoon, and at night. To these I liev have
recently added a fourth, a session btjor* break fast.
The Austin Gazette s tys^ tor ftfpise iioir
meets at 4 o'clock, A. M., and work.
Tlie rapid increase in communication and
correspondence with Western Europe, has re- '
vived in Russia the proposition t > change the '
calendar and adopt the "new style," which has
not yet bcoo adopted in that Empire
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