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m MifStei 1M1H IVWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "the p111033 o f liberty lis ete n iv a. u vigiiiAktoe." I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE* BY DAVIS & ROLLINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 185G. VOL. XIII ;...NO. 2. ??????? a?????wmmmw ?????????? ?? ?????????T? ?i ? - - >a . sa q? ? s !L [l & a s ?? a. REMARKS OF MR. BROOKS. Mr. Oliver, of New York, from tlie Coininittoc on Invalid Pensions, reported a I?i 11 j for the relief of Mary 10. Tillman, wliicli I was read a first and second time l>y its li- ! tic. M.. T1 T.o \f.. <C.1 l??r ill., mi. ! ma* i'iuvi\o, ?uii i 'I'vmivif - ? ? | diligence of the House to make a few re- j marks explanatory of the merits of this bill. ' The bill itself is the unanimous report of; 'the committee to which was referral the ! petition of Mrs. Mary K. Tillman, a resi- j dent of my District, who, when the reipti-j sllion was made on the State of South j Carolina for troops for the Mexican war, ! jpjavc to the service of her country every , Snember of her family at the time capable . Of bearing arms. They wen* three high- j toned, spirited sons, and the hu-band of her j i bosom. i i All went, but not one returned to dry a I another's tears, with the story of tie- gal- I lantry of her soldier boys. j i The bones of one now lie at Saltiilo, an- | -rxiiw... ..it i!.,. ?...o l.,i ' , * I besitle tli? castle walls i>l- IV rule, ami tin- ; j last leached the goal, at oiu-e ol' his carilily j i career ami of his youthful ambition, at the I i capital of Mexico. With a strange an<l crushing fatality, about the very time that this harvest of i i sorrow was ripening for tliis woman in a ' | fitriiirrti 1*mrl linr nnlr rmiinitiinnr cmm iti flm i O v . ,w ' j discharge of duties whieh lit; was too yonnir i I . i to perform, and whieh were devolved iij?on ! ( I)iin in consequence of tlie absence of his j < older brothers, liy a fall from liis horse, be- I camc the victim of c.ontirnx-i] piral vsi>.? t This lady is tlius left in the deeline of life, > with a helpless child and an infant, dan^h- j ' tcr, dependent upon her personal exertions j 1 for their and her own support. ! , This is the narrative of her petition, and | ;? -i... ii... I.... i.. ! i try will remember her sacrifices, and reunite 1 flier servicer.. liy the laws of nature, ami ' of regulated society, tlie services of a mi- ' lior are due to its parent ; and we. who are lite Representatives of tin; country which 1 has been benefited bv the exertions of the ' children, ought not and will not forget, the I obligation we owe the mother. In support of the facts ?et forth in the petition, it is my mi^i'orHuie to be wiite-ss 1 ill chief. Those w!ii.in !In* petitioner gave. ! ' to tlie service of her cntitiy. were my im- ) mediate neigbbois and fi vt.ds. < )ne of her , < sons volunteered in the Alabama regiment, 1 in the company comm.'iiideil by his uncle, < -0;ipt. Gallmam. The father ami two other sons enrolled in my company and were i mustered into the service of the United States at Charleston, and under my com- 1 maud. Considerations of personal attachment might, possibly did, influence thcin in joining the army. But, sir, the love of our friends is, after all, but another name for the love of our counlrv : for he who is in ^ , -capable of the first, will he surely found recreant in the hour of his country's nee<l. The interest f lake in lite passage of this i bill for the relief of their widowed mother, is but a poor reflection of the friendship borne to myself hy her noble sons; but. it constrains me to do that for her which she will not do for herself. She appeals not to your charity, but to your magnanimity. I I appeal to both. I come before you beg- i ging for bread for the widow and the fa- I thcrless. She comes in confidence and dig- I nity, as the Molhvr nf thin modern Gracchi, < and demands that her name shall be in- I scribed in honor upon the statutes of her country. The pittance of eight dollars per month, which is all that is granted by the bill, is l?v* ! ?/!* flu* . ; j ....... v.... whii Mil juid recorded acknowledgment <>f her service to the State ; and yel, sir, because a few dollars are involved?a sum less than a single hundred for an entire year?apprehension is expressed lest the precedent may prove dangerous in the future. Never since this Government was established, has ? claim identical with the pecu |iar circumstances of this, been presented (o tlie consideration of Congress. In all human probability another like it will never be presented, and if it should be, then those of us who admire the example of this mother?those of us who, in our country's extremity, would hold up her heroism as a precedent for every American mother to follow, will but obey an honorable instinct, and subserve the best interests* of our respective .constituents, when we follow the precedent, which I trust is this day to be established. Mr. Speaker, there is n golden mean even in virtue itself. Prudence may be pushed eo far as to partako of the infirmities of fear, and constitutional construction in regard to the disbursement of public moneys jnay become so rigid n? to prejudice public virtue by its imitation of tho meanness of Avarice. " It would be difficult to point out the line, or the section, or the article of the Constitution which authorizes the purchase of the paintings which embellish this Capitol; but, sir, public contempt would wither the wretch who by his vote, would convert into filthy lucre that portrait of the saviour of |iis country, [pointing to the portrait of Washington,] or that of him, his chosen ' "-~to the portrait of La i I I Money, sir, is neither the wealth or strength of a State. Virtue, genius, knowledge, courage, patriotism! these are its treasures, compared with which, in their influence upon popular sentiment, gohl? ' gold is even worse than dross. " III lares tli<- laud, 1<> linstcniiii; ills n prey. j \\ wealth uociiiuululcs and men drcuy."' Three centuries ago, when holder feuds j were common, a maiden horn on the shores ' of Luke Constance had gone to seek her fortune in Switzerland, and learning liy ac- ! cidctit, in the family in which she was domesticated, that an assault was intended upon her native village, under the cover of night she took a horse and swain the current of the Khine. and by her timely warn- , ing saved her birth-place and people from ?aek and slaughter. An equestrian inoiiu- { iiient was erected to her honor, but her heI roism is to this day commemorated by a memorial more touching. Each night as ! tin? watchman goes his round, when the. tioiir of midnight arrives, he calls aloud the ' ii inie of her who, three hundred years be- j lore, awoke the sleeping inhabitants and rescued them from danger. The historian iippropriately says, that the fame an 1 mem >ry of thai girl has given a tone ami spirit j l<> tin: voulli of that little town, which is ; worth in its defence a hattalion of alined ^ ill" n. I hilt repeat the story ; it is for the Lfeiitleiileii of the House to make the application. It. is proper lliat T should state that the. |v-titioner lias already received the bounty >f I he < overiimi'til ; I >111. these allowances : tease on the lili of March next, when, tin- ! this liill passes, she will he thrown upon : lie cold charities of the world. I have stated Iter ease willi as much brevity as a till understanding i>f her claim would per- j nit, and I m?w appeal to every gentleman j vln> hears me, to yield to the generous im \ >u!ses which now swell their bosoms to [ mite with me in parsing this 'niii with a inanimity which will lie as honorable to j .hem as it will be gratifying to the peti- : .ioncr. The claim is so just, so peculiar, that I regard the passage of the bill but as a mat- [ tcr of form, and I therefore ask for its third j n-adiug, with a view to its immediate pass- j i :ige. Mr. Mace, of Indiana, moved to amend | the bill bv striking out eight and inserting , !wentv dollars. I Mr. <"hidings, <if Ohio, took occasion to j :omh-mu tin; Mexican war generally, al- j thotn?li his feelings woiiM not allow him to >|?]iosc the hill. The ijiu-slioii was taken, and the amendment was amved to. I I Tin* hill, as amended, was then read a third time and passed. Bo fifing tin- Game.?Two gentlemen of high hirth, one a Spaniard ami the other a (Serinan, having rendered Maximilian II. man}* great services, they each for recompense, demanded his natural daughter, Helena, in marriage. The prince, who enter i;nm:.| eipl.il respect lor them both, could not give the preference; and, after much ilt-!.-*v, he told them, that Irom the claim they both had t<> his attention and regard, lie could not give his assent for eithei to marry his daughter, and thev might decide it l?y their own power and address; hut, as lie did not wish to risk the loss of either, i>r both, hv suffering them to figlit with offensive weapons, he had ordered a hag to be brought, and he who was successful iMiough to put his rival in it, should obtain lii* daughter. This strange combat between two gentlemen, was in the presence of the whole court, and lasted nearly an hour.? At length the. Spaniard yielded, and the German, Baron of Talbert, when he had him in the bag took him on his hack, and placed him at the Emperor's feet. The following day he married the beautiful Helena. Power of the Moon at Night.?Mr. Crane, in his " Letters from the East," has observed: '*The effect of the moonlight on i.io eyes in this country, (Egypt,) is singularly injurious. The natives tell you, as I afterwards found they did in Arabia, to always cover your eyes when you sleep in the open air. It is rather strange that the passage in the Psalms?'The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night,' should not have been thus illustrated, as the allusion seems direct. The moon here really strikes and affects the sight, when you sleep exposed to it, much more than the sun; a fact of which I had a very unpleasant proof one night, and took care to guard against afterwards. Indeed, the sight of a lll'lsnn UltlA OilOlllil ulnorv utitli liio '?' ? posed at night would soon he impaired or utterly destroyed."?Crayon. jtST An exchange paper, the editor of which, no doubt, lately "set up" with a widow, goes off thus : "For the other half of a courting match, there is nothing like an interesting widow. There is as much difference between courting a damsel and an attractive widow, as lliorn ia ho(wi>i>n oinhnrinor in sddilinn on/1 1> double rule of three. Courting a girl ia like eating fruit, all very nice as far as it extends, but doing the amiable to a blue* eyed bereaved one in black crape, comes under the head of preserves?rich, pungent, sirupy. For delicious courting, we repeat, give us ? live ' widder.1" From Arthur'it llomc J/ayuzine. " SO THEY SAY." r "So they say," exclaimed a voicc under my window. I did not see the speaker ; I did not even look, for the street was so thronged that I would have been unable J to define him. And yet I was as certain that the remark was the world wide guarantee to some piceo of scandal as I was ! that the voice was coarse, ill-tempered and i masculine. Some writer has represented " old Mr. j Theysay'' as an arrant paradox, who exists and docs not exist, who is everywhere ami nowhere, who is responsible and irresponsible. Without all?>mptin<; to continue this figure, or to trace up the genealogy of! the character, we could not help thinking j it.n....... ....... i- i .< i Iinvt iiiliill nillljin; WOl'llS, " tiO they say" have been productive of incalculable mischief in the world. They are words that have blasted reputa lions, severed tiie most sacred lies, darkened many a hearthstone, poisoned throbbing hearts, and dishonored female virtue. They j are the covert of the slanderer : his musty i refuge from the searching eye of in- ; qniry. If there is any cur-e upon society, any ; excrescence that should he loitned ott" of it. ! it is tl 10 slanderer, the scandal-monger, the i Jew-vender of blighting imicndocs and > vital stigmas, tlie pawnbroker in " hinted doubts, " hesitated dislikes" ami " shoulder- \ shrugged discrepancies." These "soft hu/./.ing slanderers, tlie silk \ mollis that eat an honest name," are often found among the opposite sex ; women who i have warmed themselves into a sort of paltry ' independence, through legacies left tlicin I as the w aires of toad-eatimr. The dark insinuation, the- half suppressed sentence, tin; low whisper, the undefined intimation?these are the weapons used by those who should have the brand of infamy I.unit >!c. j. ii. their foreheads, tind be hung B higher than ilaaman in the scorn of the j world. J'jivv is generally the prompter to Slan- | tier. No passion of perverted human na- j ^ lure can sink one lower in the scale of i < moral ipiali;ies than envv. No species of j ^ envy is admissible, save thai which hurts ( neither ourselves nor others. Imt sihik ?= I ' ' it to greater cllorts?making lis essay to lie i ^ rtpial t<> ?>r above tin; subject exciting such ( eiix v. What an ainount of this passion j often lie-. hid beneath, ' the cold words that hide the envious I ho light," as Willis | ? -X presses it. Emulation may he nohle ; ambition mav he glorious; competition may he praise-I worthy, hut envy is the very blackness of the soul?the turbiilness that rises from \ the fountain's depth below. " It is not an ardor kindled by the noble example of others," it is not an eager, commendable desire after preferment and superiority; but on the contrary, is a iealousv awakened . by whatever may exalt others?or gives ^ them pleasures ami advantages which we ( desire for ourselves?bearing the impress ^ of malevolence ami malignity. " Of all the passions," says a writer, j "envy is that which exacts the hardest service and pays the bitterest wages. Its ser- j vice is, 10 watch the success of our enemy; its wages, to be sure of it 1" j Slander is more particularly directed against defenceless woman. She is more the j creature of impulse than the less excitable, ^ colder and more calculating man. She is I . ' < more instinctive and less reasoning ; " she | is truer to nature and nearer to God ; last i I c made in the order of creation, in moral ^ eminence she stands first!" Character is' all that (he. female has to depend on in ihe wide, wide world. Oh, then, why should any, even in jest, whisper words which, whether true or not, may throw a j blight upon a spotless reputation ? A ^ thought may be stifled at birth; but a word spoken can never be re-called. The story you whispered will return to you in , tones of thunder?astounding even youri self, who were tho first guiltv wretch to rec peat so malignant a falsehood. Envy and censure can never extenuate j I calumny. The following sweet, yet simple i lines, by Mrs. Osgood, speak volumes on the subject: j A whisper woko tlie air? A soTt light tone and low, * Yet bnrb'd with eliame and woe? Now, might it only perish t'lore! j Nor fuither go. g All, me! a quick and eager e*r 1 Caught up tho meaning sound ! j Another voice hns breathed it clear, ^ And no it wanders round, j From ear to lip?from lip to ear, Until it reached a gentle heart, c And thai?it broke. | 1 S3T 44 Mr. Filkins, you say you know the defendant?what is his character I" ,, " For what, sir?spreeing or integrity V " For integrity, sir." " Well, all that I can say about Jones is, that if he's honest lie's got a queer way of . showing it, that's all." " What do you mean by that "Just this?that the night before ha dines on turkey, somebody's poultry ooop j is always broken open." " That will do, Mr. Filkios." ^ $ar A lazy fellow once declared, in a < public company, that he could not find i bread for the family. 14 Nor I," replied an ( industrious mechanic, 441 am obliged to t work for it" < GONE ASTRAY. How coldly fulls upon the heart. The words " he's gone astray !" From tlio.se who shared with him the joys Of fortune's brighter day. 'Tis human for the soul to err, lieguilcil l>y visions fair; Then crush it. not with words of scorn, Nor drive it to despair. When Komo frail son of earth shall jiass Di'iieat.h misfortune's cloud, lie thou a light to i^ilil the gloom Of error's sable shroud. Perchance if you desert hint now, ii<: s |?um: nmr*iy, No other friend mn^- lliiii? a smile Of sunshine o'er his way. There's 111:11 .1 heart tlint strays afar Front virtue's beaten track, Which, like the dove unto tho ark, Will ere Ioiijj wander hack. One irentle word of kind reliuke, May call the roainer home; No more in paths of vice and shame, Ilis wayward feel may roam. Hut, oh, one harsh, ill-spoken word, May chill the erring soal, And drive the victim far beyond The limits of control. To sco tin* friends of happier days In col (I n oss turn nwiiy, I Oft. proves tin* bane that madly drives The sin-siek s-oul astray. When you upl-raid the faults of youth, Let not your wonls he cold; For chilling tours, like molted lead, Soon harden in the niouhl. Hut speak in accents soft ami kiml, The wayward to reelaini; Ami thus you'll dry the tnrhid stream Fioni whence his errors eunie. Wipe 01T the peiiit.elilini tear Tliut glistens on his eheek ; And hid him turn to virtue's paths, /vnu more lorgivcnrss seek. Upon liis eonseicueo, sick with sin, Tin; hiilm <>f comfort jioiir; And, like iIk- Saviour of liuitikiiel, Kill him "ir<>. and . -in no more!" I )IFFERENT DESTINIES OF TWO BROTHERS? j J. C. AND FRANK FREMONT. It seems to l?e settled, now, that Col. .T. J. Fremont is to be the Presidential candilato of the ljlaclc Pepuhlicans?tlie most letcstable set of politicians, not excepting lie party of llobespierre ami l.hintou, in lie French Revolution, that the ivorld ever mew. For the atrocities of the era refered to, there was some very slight palliation 11 the oppressions of previous systems and vnngs inflicted l?y th? classes which were iO horribly revenged hy the Parisian cut- j inoats. In the case of the American sans- j ulottes, the attempted revolution is soften:d hy no pretense of injury to its actois, , md is against nil the instincts of our race? vliile it is demonstrated, l?v recent events it the North, that their ferocity is as intense md as brutal as the annals of revolutioniry Paris can exhibit. It is this p-'ity that Col. Fremont now eads; and Col. Fremont is a Soutliern>orn man. Nay, he is a Southern-horn nan, whose present wealth and distinguishid position are fairly attributable to the ocial inlliiences of the section noon which 1 ] ic is lien-after to make war. ll.ul he been i native or" New England, in all probability ] ic would at this day have been steeped in j >overtv and unknown to fame. If Col. ! Yeinont was not born in Charleston, ho vas carried there at a very early ago by jis mother, and he certainly received there he education which fitted hiin for subsequent success and distinction. lie was the >rotege of tlie Ladies' Benevolent Society )f Charleston, some members of which ouiul the family in great need and aided hem. Voting .T. C. Fremont was discovsred to have talent, and by the interest of he<e same ladies, became the beneficiary >f a charity scholarship in Charleston Coiege. lie was graduated there, with disinclion, having shown (as we always heard.) lecided mathematical talent. Subsequently, lirough tlie influence already mentioned, dr. Poinsett was induced to get liim an ippointment as a teacher of mathematics, >n board a national vessel; thence lie was / 1 ? *1. . ? raiisicrreu 10 mo corps or topographical engineers?not very long afterwards maried a daughter of Hon. Thomas H. Benton, ind began his brilliant and rapid rise.? 2very ono knows his- subsequent liisory. Col. Fremont had a brother, Frank, a rear or two younger, who went on the Inge very early. Ho was a blutf looking, learty fellow, seeming very much more ike a man destined to military leadership hin his brother. For some little time, ?*rank made ft sensation and got to be ialled the " Charleston Itoscius"?but gradlally came to bo considered merely a toierible stock actor. After he had beer> on he stage some years, he mnrried?in New fork, us well as we recollect. Somewhere ibout 1838-9, while playing an cugagenent in Buffalo, (Now York,) he got into in Abolition riot of some kiud, and, whilo ighting gallantly for Southern principles, 1 O llAQtrvf KlrttW *>** Ik in VVW.*VM - "VM.J VWV v.. ?..o UCrtU Wllicn infected bis brain. From this lie never re uavered?the injnry finally settled upon lis lungs and he died of consumption.? fTa />Anl A rvlow w* 1.^11*^- ?? J- - wioii^uvk ?? i""/i "" vuiiort), up 10 a ew day# before his death, which we think >ccurred in Columbus, Gan in* 1839. At iny rale, the writer of this found hifla there [with some little trouble, as he was playing iinder an assumed name,) having been :har?cd with a mcssRge to him by his mother, who, it may bo remarked, was a j <juict, melancholy woman, greatly devoted | to her sons. It is a littlo striking, that those two ! brothers, born and reared 011 slave soil, I should, by the merest accidents, both have been so nearly afleeted by abolitionism, ; personally. The one is knocked on the ! head and M done for" l>y fanaticism, while J the other makes a name infamous which , had else been truly famous, by giving his j influence to the miscreants who wage an j unholy war upon the institutions of his j own section, ami of a people who rais&l ; hun from his lowliness ami placed him on ! the high road to fame and boundless j wealth. If he ever thinks of his origin, he must see the depth of an ingratitude almost sublime.?.)foiif'/omcr>/ Mail. 117/// Common Sense is Rare.?It is of ion saiu mat no kiikI ot souse is so rare as common sense; and lliis is true, simply because common sense is attained by all far more, and as a natural gift far less, than most other traits of character. Common sense is the application of thought to common things, and it is rare because most persons will not exorcise thought about common things. If some important affair j occurs, people try then to think, but to very little purpose; because, not having llw.if oiu.ifl 'I''*"-* j- "..o.n.l.. Ull-lf | powers lack I la- development necessary for great ones. Hence thoughtless people, when forced to act in an affair of importance, blunder through it with no more chance of doing as they should, than one j would have of hitting a small or distant mark at a shooting match, if previous practice had not given him the power of hitting objects that are large and near.?Elvmen fa of Clturacier. ? ? An J'J/itf'i/ih.?The editor of the I>ur!:ngton Recorder bears witness that he recently i discovered in a flourishing city on the line of the New Jersey Railroad, a graveyard in which was inscribed l>y weening friends the following touching ami simple, yet exquisitely poetic, epitaph : " 11 k was a noon The Recorder at once proceeded to gild gold by composing the following addition : "Tread lightly o'er this nest. we liejj. Or else, prrlitips. you'll smash the egg." An Artist.?At the Broadway Theatre, the other evening, one gentleman pointed out a dandified individual to his friend as a : sculptor. j " What," said his friend, "such a looking j chap as that a sculptor? Surely you must ; he mistaken." " ITo may not he the kind ??f a 011c you J moan," sai?l the informant, " hut I know j | that he chiseled a tailor out of a suit of clothes last week." jtif Are you the jtorter ? I am in the place of the regular porter, Mike Sherry, who is ailing, sir. lie's suffering a deal of pain?and it's not shampain, either, sir, and he may soon come to the bier. He | had a good wife, sir?but there was liol a j ! very curd in! feeling between tliein, sir, and j lie would lick Jicr. Poor woman, she died . a week ago ; and I'm afraid he'll soon he laid he side'er, and join her in the spirit land. Jt&~ An unfortunate youth who occasionally pays his addresses to a lady up town, cries out in this manner: When weary I nre 1 Rinoke my cijjnr. And when the binokc rises Up into my oyoses, I tliink of my true love, And O, how 1 sijrliups ! " Doctor kin yon toll me what's the matter with niv child's nose? he keeps a pickin' of it." " Yes marm ; it's probably an irritation of the gastric mucus membrane conununicaling a sympathetic titillatiou to the epithelium schnoerian !" "Thar, now, that'<< jest what I tole Becky ; she 'lowed it was worrums !" Tho Peoria (III.) Republican of Saturday evening states that at tho lowest i ? V(?i\>u?uiuiit UIIC 111111.1, tiUU IIHIliy III I UK unu half of the trees in that section of the country have been killed by the 6evere cold of the past winter. Jf5T "Tlio fire is going out, Miss Filkins." " I know it, Mr. Green, and if you would act wisely you would follow its example." It is unnecessary to sny that Green never asked to sit up with that girl again. BtST " Well, Alick, how's your brother Lhive getting along ?" " Oh, firstrate ; he's got a good start m the world?married a widow who had seventeen children and narry nigger." ^ ? < ? J3T It is refreshing to come across such n crein as the follow inn : The first bird of spring attempted to aiitg, But ere he had sounded a note, (ie fell frort the tree?ah I a dead bird was ho? The marie had friz in his throat I ... . f??? g3T The cheapest excursion you can I tnako is into the realms of fancy. No return ticket is required. Th? N&ust of the Week.?An old bachelor says that matrimony is the noose of the weefc. IB !&&&. From l/ir Eibjrfifhl Ailcrrlwr. TRAFFICKING WITH SLAVES. This is :i subject in which cvitv farmer is <l?_*??ply interested. Although the law h:is placed a penalty upon Iho perpetrators of this nefarious crime, it Is obvious that the penalty is not sufficient to secure farmers from many great injuries. Trafficking with our slaves is a greater crime than stealing a slave. By the latter crime, one farmer only, ' is injured to the amount of the slave's value. ; 15y the former crime, evi-ry farmer within | the reach of a rascally while man, is seriously damaged in many ways. Ilis property in the shape of hogs and cattle, corn ' and bacon, and poultry, is stolen from him l>y his own, and the negroes of his neighbors. His negroes are corrupted and give him more trouble in the management of them ; while the negroes themselves are ' injured thereby and made often to stiller the ' lash innocently, by lying thieves who to shield themselves, manage to implicate and \ condemn the innocent. While the law I 1- . ? if i ? uiiiiics u in in utj mi n;)tni/ ui<: penalty tor ; negro stealing, we honestly believe, that a i more teirific penalty should be made for . the ciime of traHicking with slaves. While J the poor corrupted and deluded slave caught , in the act of trailing his stolen goods with ; a mean, trilling, white rascal, is made to : sillier the lash, we think that common jus- j lice wotdd also make the white man, who lowers himself to the level of his fellow ; thieving negroes, sutler the same penalty. This is the more necessary, when we remember that these white men who traflick with our slaves are most gem-rally just such characters as the penally of the law cannot j reach. Fine one of them, and he swears : out as unable to pay the lino. Imprison him and he lives belter than lie does at homo, and the only inconvenience il puts J him tn, is that lie has to suspend operation . for a mouth or two, ami then comes out ? !* jail, to renew his diabolical schemes with greater cunning and skill. In short, we believe that fine and imprisonment, as a penally for this tU'ence is a mere farce. < >ur attention to tltin subject has been directed, l?y being inviteil to attend a muss meeting ot* llic neighboring fanners in the upper part of this District, which met week before hist at molasses 15raneh. As many meat-houses bad been broken open anil robbed of large quantities of meat, and it bad I won ascertained, ibat certain white men } were leagued with the negroes in this rascality, the farmers generally met and unanimously resolved to prosecute these persons for tai flicking with slaves. Farmers nut owning slaves are deeply interested in this matter, as they cannot allbrd to work hard to make a support, and then l>e robbed by negroes, who arc corrupted by mean wiiito UK'ii and persuaded or induce"! to steal meat and sell it to litem tor one dollar per hundred pounds. We should watch and trap every suspicious looking peddler of jugs, chickens, tobacco, whisky, &c., and should enforce the law rigorously. There is too much of this kind of business canied on and farmers would do well to look closely to their interest in this matter. And surely our Legislators could not better serve their constituents, than by adding something more terrific to the penalty, for trafficking with slaves. Milk Paint.?A paint has been used on the continent of Europe, with success, made from milk and lime, that dries quick- j ci liiiiii jiaiiii, ami lias no smell. It is thus made. Take frcdi curds, ami bruise tlx: lumps on a grinding stone, or in an earthen pan or mortar, to make it just thick enough to be kneaded. Stir this mixture without adding more water, and a white colored fluid will soon be obtained, which will serve as paint. It may he laid on with a brush with as much case as varnish, and it dries very speedily. It must, however, be used the samo day it is made, for if kept till next day it will bo too thick; consequently no more must be made at one time than can be laid on in a day. Any color, red or yellow ochre, may be mixed with it in any proportion. Prussian blue is changed by tho lime. Two coats of this paint is sufficient, and when-dry, it may be polished with a picce of woolen cloth, or similar substance, and it will become bright as varnish. It is onlv fnv invito wm-L- l-n? it will liibt very long if varnished over with tho white of an egg after it has been polished. Advantages of liathiny.?It is a fact oflicially recorded, that during tho terrible visitations of cholera in France, oat of nearly 10,228 subscribers to the public baths of Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseilles, only two uuluiih iiiiiuiig mein wero ascriocci to cholera. Wo doubt whether thcro exists a more effectual preventive of disease of every kind, and a greater promottrof good health at all times, than the practice of daily bathing. Reducing Hone* for Manure. ? The American Farmer gives the following method of reducing crushed bones without sulphuric acidj Mix two bushel* of a?be4 and one of salt, with each bushel of crashed bones; moisten the bones, and leavelht> whole in a pie four or five weeks before using the mixture, shovelling it over two or three times during that period. I loin to Determine the Height a Colt will Attain when full Grown.?Mr. -J. Rj Martin, of Lexington, Kv., gives out the following upon this point I can toll you how any man may know within half an inch, the height a colt will attain to when full grown. The rule may not hold good in every instance, hut in nino cases out of ten, it will. When the colt gets to ho three weeks old, or as soon as it is perfectly straightened in its limbs, measure from the edge of the hair on the hoofs to the middle of ihe first joint, and for very inch, it will grow to the height of ft hand of fuur inches, when its growth is matured. Thus, if this distance he found sixteen inches, it will make a horse sixteen hands high. l>y this means a man may know something of what sort of a horse, with proper care, he is to expect from his colt. Tliice years r.gu I bought two very shabby looking culls fur twenty dollars each, and sold tlioin recently for one hundred. So much for knowing bow to guess properly at a colt. Mutton.?We mean to report at least rt thousand timer, or till what we say has soliie C'llWl on our rviiiii?r?-??i.??? ?!...? .. pound of lean, tender, juicy mutton can bo raised for half the cost of the same (piunti-1 ty of fat pork ; that it is infinitely healthier food, especially in the summer season, i* iii'ire agreeable to the palate, when oii? gets accu->tomed to it; and that those who eat it become more muscular, and can do more work with greater ease to themselvesi than those who cat fat pork. We know nothing more delicate than smoked million hams of south-down breed of sheep?venison itself is not superior. Sheep ran bo kept in fine growing order where other do mcstic animals will scarcely exist, and thousands of acres in the State, under an enlightened system of sheep husbandry, may be made to pay a good interest where now they are nearly dead property in the hand* of their present owners.?American Agriculturist. The Jjcst Cow Fail.?The vegetable I wish lo recommend as the best, all things considered, for milch cows in winter, is white, llat turnips ; some persons will object 10 the turnips because it will nftwiilm of tlui milk ami butter. So it does if fed raw ; this can be avoided by boiling. For each cow, boil half a bushel of turnips soft;, while hot add live or six quarts of short*, which will swell, and you will get the worth of it. A mess like this to a cow once a day will produce more milk of a good quality than any other feed at the same cost. Turnips fed in this way do not taint either milk or butter. One thing in favor of turnips as fo d fur cows is, that tlicv can be sown in Au./itu O or as late as September. 1 sowed some as late as September last, wliicb were very line. Turnips arc also very profitable fuotl fur pigs, boiled in the same way as for cowsj?' Plow, Loom and Anvil. To Make a Bulky Horse. Draw.?Tlio London Times gives a remedy which proved' successful. Afier' all sorts of means had been tried and failed, it was suggested that a simple remedy used iu India should be tried?that is, to get a small rope and attach it to one of the fore feet of the stul born animal, the person holding the end of the rope to advance a few paces, teikiunt c?* willi liiin the horse's foot, when, as a mat?ter of course,-the horse must follow. Tlio suggestion was at first ridiculed, but at last a rope was brought and applied as described, when the horse immediately advanced',, and in a fe# minutes was out of sight, m-uch to the amazement of the crowd. The e*pcriinent is simple and worth a trial. Recipe for Spavin in Horses;?Two fa4-' blespoonsfull of common salt dissolved iiV one pint of water, to whieh add two tablespoons of cayenne pepper powdered fine,and half pint of lard ; all to be put in a pot and simmered slowly, until all tlie water has been evaporated ; tlien add one ounceof hartshorn and one ounco laudanum, alt well mixed and put into n bottle nrtdf wtilcorked. Hub the affected knee three time* a day with the mixture, and Job', wift find! ono bottlo wiH ggeneftilly effect a cine.? This will also euro tllo swinney.?Bttil of the South. v.. v." Uses of Hot iWuter.?Tiro' efficacy of hot water, on many occasions in life, cannot be too generally known. It ig.an excellent gargle for a had sore throat, or t_ i si - - ? ijtuiiky. iu uruiees, not water, by imniersion and fomentation* will remove ^'ron, and prevent discoloration and Btiffueaa. lV lias* ttie Prtme effect afte^ a l?|Ow;. It sliould bo applied as quickly a* passible, and as hob as it can be borne.- Insertion in hoi water wilt also cure that tvoublesome and very painful ailment, the whitlow, ? ? Peach Worm.?-BoHiag water, says itie' Horticulturist, is * most excellent ftpplkstion in the spring of the yen#, for diMjMted and feeble peach treetfj and hj^^Wtain remedy for the peach worm; j|kdfV$&pbn aertt very eifcctually exeH$6d Ujf.op?ncb worm, l>y digging ft tftsit* ftfOWid lie foot of the trunk, fonfiing ? entity a foot in. width and four incbea de6p/^W?^-'th?8?potJ?* ing into this b'airitf'fery fliiclc' whitewash* made of fredb lirtfc,- Atid suffered to itkndi one day before applying. _ i ' A v