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H* * V - v* i *, .. WfiM /n if r.l tfo) JA fWwS-' ii uEJiu^i uSLauyuS^uJ u/ sLaeLk} sLk}sLH3 i iaul ij2uSaa TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] "Tma mioE 0:p LIBERTY XS ETEHUAL vigilanou." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & HOI,UNGSWOUTII. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA* THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 185G. VOL XIII. T~ZZN(XTy * A ^?mmm^mmJSSSES^??? M???B?H????MWCT????? ?T^? as ? & IL IL & m i J'\u>n the Jiichmottd Examiner. NEBRASKA TERRITORY. Omaha, N. T., June. This is probably the first letter ever published in your valuable paper from lliis distant, and, until lately, unknown land. It is written in reply to many letters received, asking for correct information. There lias been so much trouble, " noise, ! and confusion1' about Kansas, that many i persons in Virginia and elsewhere seem to ! ?invc lost sijjfht of the fact that there is such ! n place as Nebraska. ]>e it known tlmt i ( Nebraska lias an area of 3.15,000 square miles, 221,000,000 acres; more tlian five | times as large as Virginia, onc-niutli of the ! whole Territory of the United States; that j ' it is the geographical centre of the United ; ' States, that it is washed I>3' one of the lar- j gest rivers in the world, and has a steam- i ' boat navigation of over 2,000 miles; that i its fertility is unsurpassed, if equalled, l>v J ' any other country 011 earth. Corn, wheat, potatoes, oats and hemp all j grow luxuriantly, the cultivation of which j readilv yields per hand from $1,000 to Si,- ! ' 200 per annum. The hemp culture is more I profitable than any other crop raised in the |1 United States. At this time in Missouri, j ' the farmers are making from SV00 to SS00 : 1 to the hand from hemp, without materially 1 interfering with their corn and wheal crops. ! ; Horses, cattle, bogs, and sheep are raised : ' at little or no cost; all kinds of poultry do ; ' well; doer, wild Unk"vs, prairio lions, ?fce. { ' are abundant. The prairies are filled with ' 1 strawberries, plums, gooseberries, grapes and j 1 hnzler.uts. The climate cannot be surpassed foi .sa- : 1 lubiiiy ; it is dry and bracing, and the wa- I tor is as pure as can be found in the inoun- J tains of Virginia. The winters are cold'* but dry, never much snow : the Mils)mors ! are short, the evenings and nights arc pleas- j 1 ant. About 5 o'clock every evening a do- j 1 lighlful breeze sets in from the 1 lucky ! ( Mountains, which continues all night, ren- j ' deling a blanket to bleep under pleasant, j 1 The country is rolling; no stagnant pools J of water, no malaria, and consequently no : fevers. | ' ? Every description of mechanics find ready j ' employment at from $3 to $5 per day. jh There is no danger of an over supply.? ! } Beautiful towns and cities are going up like ] ^ magic; hundreds of thf: most lovely town j 1 ? ii.? c i c... ... .i.? r... i ,s biit'h nri-^ iu 1112 IOUIII.I iium inu n\i*r to tlie Yellow Stow, on the western bank 1 of llio Missou'i. All towns on the western ^ batik flourish, and a ro built more rapidly than on the eastern bank, anJ for tlie reason that all tlie produce raised west of the river, must find its way to llio river for shipment. The Swiss system prevails of: the farmers living iu towns instead of being j isolated on their firms. This causes more ) sociability and accounts for the number and beauty of western towns ar.d ullages. The present Governor is Mark W. Izard, a Keniuckian by birth, but appointed from Arkansas, where he has resided for many years and been a leading Democrat. lie is a man of excellent judgment, honest and > faithful in the discharge of his official du- j ties, a man of excellent moral character, j and a fine specimen of a gentleman. j Tlifi .Tllilii-iiirv in tlir> Imiwlc i>f Ohw.f . I Justice Ferguson, of New Voile, (appointed j from Michigan ;) Bradly, of Pennsylvania* [ (appointed from Indiana;) and Ilardin, of Georgia?all men of groat ability, and would compare as jurists with any of our Virginia judges. They are all men of excellent morals and private worth. 'flic President, I think, has hcen very fortunate iu the selection of the oflicors named. Of the minor officers it is not my purpose to ftpeak, as one of them is your present correspondent. The vexed question which has caused our j iwin-sisier, jvansas, so much trouble, lias I boon left by the Legislature aiul the people ! wbero the organic law placed it. There is no disposition on the part of any one to agitato it; and any eft'ort to do so would at once bo frowned down. Nothing will bo done with that question until wc form a 1 State Constitution, and even then it inny be ! left where it now stands. ' Wo have fine steamers almost every day from St. Louis. The time required to come 1 . up the river is from five to seven days? down, about three days. Wc can travel from this place to Washington city in lcsa than six days, and at a cost of less than ? $50. The recent grant of lands to Lwn wjll idsui'O the making of four railroads to cfpr.Territory, and in less than three years the i'llb?:.-required to travel to Now York will 1)0 (ban three daysl Should Congress lj^ liberal to the Territories as it has lifcti to (lie States, we will soon hive the "iron borae" on the western side of the MiM6uri, and I''3 march to the Pacific. I(it late id tbe day to call in question I uvTwiuTuvut i? n ?uon nine comnwnd | ? ???i. ? >. ...A.?: from $10 to ?50. Town property increases in a still greater ratio. Everything is done on the cash principle. In no new country have I ever seen a more religious and moral community. We have preaching three times on every Sabbath ; and I have seen as respectable, intel ligent, and attentive congregations here in the wilderness, and heard as good sermons as I ever heard at your fine churches in Richmond. There seems, loo, to bo a fixed purpose to educate the young. One of the first thing* attended to is providing good schools. i Thousands of emigrants are arriving; they come from all parts of the United States and Europe ; and ere another Presidential election comes around, you will find Ncbrciska asking for admission as a State, ind with a population which will entitle lier to two representatives. She will have four votes to bestow, and they will be DcmDcratic votes. Iler people are thorough)v Democratic. Only eighteen months ago this whole country was in possession of the Indians. No while man trod its soil creep*1; bufferimee. II<?rc they he'd their councils, here Lliey smoked llic calumet, had their dance, their sports, <fcc. Behold the change!?i Now a beautiful city is being rapidly built, nnd on one of the most lovely and enchanting sites ever beheld. Nature seems to 1 liavc fashioned it for a larcre and beautiful i itv. Take it all in all, it cannot be sur- j i.-issed. All is life and animation. By tlic 1 lawn cf day we hear The liummer ami the saw, mil at night The tl.l.l'c ami the bow. The "Western" people arc "aui generis' i ? bold, independent, self reliant, generous, I rave, confiding and open and manly in all ! heir ad.-. Thev recognize no artificial dis- ? .1 inetions in society ; every man is placed | >n his own merits. One man is considered j is good as another if he acts well his pari. j [ confess 1 love ihc Western character.? j riinri> fl t?i it ie nr>f iltvjiys found el sew lie re. A Western 111:111 rour friend, ami lie will jeopard Ins own ife for you. If your enemy lie is openly ,0?never strikes you in the dark nor slabs 011 in the back. I find many Virginians lere. They soon become identified with he Western character. They generally land well here, not because they come from he first families, or even the second, but jccausc the Virginia gentlemen stands veil every where. Coming, as I do, from Virginia, I miss the sight of the ' obo iluus.1' The treatment of our Government towards the "Children of the Forest" is j arcutal, and under the wise and humane j management of tlio ablo Secretary of the j liileriur, ami liis subordinates, is eminently I kind. Every thing is dune fur them which : Jie Government can do; yet their f:ilc is | >c:ded. They arc doomed soon to disappear from the face of the earth; their! inarch is onward, onward towards the "setling sun." Year after year they are rajuired to go " farther West." The white man wants the Indian's land, and the Indian must go to some other * hunting ground." llapidly are they marching on lo the "happy hunting ground." It is melancholy to see litem, fas I do now from the window at which I am now penning these lines,) I?y hundreds, wandering about the streets, broken in spirits, brooding over their fale. Thousands eoinc down to trade. Among them I see one of the most dignified tnd eloquent of their race, " YVhito Cow," Lhe successor of the gallant and noble ' Logan Fontanelle," the friend of tho white man. " White Cow" wears ten feathers, to which he is entitled for having taken that munber of scalps in battle. lie has just :allcd to tell the Governor and myself of he wrongs he has received at the hands of he white man. lie wants his "Great Fa.hcr" to know them. I have written hurriedly, expect to be in your midst for a short time in July, and will take pleasure in affording any further information which may l?o desired. Such statements as I have now given may be relied on, and I will esteem it a favor if the ' Whig" and other Virginia papers, whoso readers desiie information respecting the West, will give place to this letter. J. A. P., of Virginia. Truinn tr. f7.? A TTM A - i ? ?vv jwkato 10. "-jTk. iiiu6riiuui| iresn from llie Green Isle, having sufficient menus to provide himself with a horse and cart, went to work on a public road. Being directed by the overseer to move a pile of stones near by, and deposit tliem in a gully at the side of the road, bo forthwith loaded his cart, drove up to tho place, and had nearly finished throwing out his load " by hand," when the " boas" told him that was not the way; but must tilt or dump his load all at once. Paddy replied that he would know "bet mcr" next tune. After loading again, he drove to the side of the chasm, pat his shoulder under the litib of the whoel, upset cart, horse, and ail into the gully. Scratching his head, and looking doubtfully at hi* struggling horse below, bin), he observed that itwas a mighty expeditious way, but, "begora, it must bo very trying to the baste.* THE EXILES OF SIBERIA. The laws of the Russian Empire require ! that nil those condemned, in whatever part of j the country they may have received sentence, j should pass through Moscow on their way to Siberia; the traveler who may have chanced to be there during the weekly gathering, will have little difficulty in recognizing facts in the following account: Oji reaching that city, they are allowed a brief rest in the convict prison, their daily journeys being so calculated that the separate bands all arrive there from divers directions each Saturday night. After resting throughout the ensuing week, during which term they are relieved of their chains, tlicv are desnnli-lieil i>> < > ?> poummo on the second Monday after their arrival. | The prison is divided into two or three 1 courts, each strictly guarded by sentinels, j In the first of these, both sexes are to be ' seen mingling indiscriminately, and are J dressed alike in long loose great coats, j made of a kind of grey cloth ; tho only j distinguishing mark is, that the men have j half their heads shaved?whilst the women j retain th???r * hair?a privilege also : granted to the men as regards their beards; i which decoration is the pride and delight both of the merchant class and the peasantry. They are led thence to a second court, where their names are registered, as ..io~ <1...:- ? i ? : - - 1 r .?ioiy invii uiiiiu iimt msiory. ilure inoy j make their petitions : soma soliciting leave j to travel l>v the side of a brother, a fellow- I . I exile?a poor consolation, that, of being i together in disgrace?but the boon, if granted, is hailed with the greatest jov.? A woman will also sometimes petition to accompany her husband ; but only iti rare | eases i.-> this permitted. According to the j laws of llussia, she may marry again, for the banishment of her husband cancels the J marriage bond as completely as death ; but j if hei prayer is granted, Government pays j her expenses, and she assumes tho convict j flu kiirrlt t* w*. , ?I'./W LIIW 1VHVIO* The examinations past, the exiles arc led to a third cor.rt, where letter* are placed upon the whole baud. This is a most cruci and brutal affair. The fetters consist of a couple of heavy iron rings, one for each ankle, united hy a chain, not adapted to the size of the person and his length of stride, but of one unvarying length, about two feet.? This is connected, by means of links, from four to five inches long, with another chain. fas-.tened around the waist. The hoops j round the ankles are not fastened l>v a padlock, so as to be removed at night, but are riveted by the executioner, who drives an iron bolt through the ring, and by strong and careless hammering, (for he often misses the mark and strikes the ilc*b,) flattens the bolt at both ends, in such a way that removal is impossible cxeept by means of the file ; and with these chains the poor, weary, foot-sure wretches, are to walk every step of a journey which takes them only a few days short of six months. Meanwhile a sergeant stands l?\\ who must answer for ! their security with liis own lite, as ho t;ikcs charge of tliein during their pilgrimage, and he sees them properly secured ai.d fastened together in fours hy the wrists. This ceremony over, the gales are thrown open and the world ceases to exist for them. It is surprising to witness the calm hearing, llie sad but resigned looks of that melancholy assemblage. Hope is now dead j and in its place a dim, vague glimmer appears iu the distance of life, to which they look, perhaps with a more dreamy curiosity than with any active feeling of terror or despair. The gates are thrown open, the exiles arc hamled over to a strong guard, employed exclusively on this duty, and each soldier loads his gun in their presence; there is also a mounted escort, with spears, tho commander of which fairies a long whip to lash the cavalcade into order; and thus they move on, the male first, then the carts, and lastly the female?. Persons of rank are not treated otherwise than the lowest serf, noblemen being compelled to march the dreary journey on foot, and as heavily chained as tho vilest felon. Those destined for tho mines shut out even from the light of heaven, they not only lose rank and riches, but, by a refinement of cruelty, are deprived even of their names, and a number given thera instead, by which the driver of eacli baud calls when he has need to address them. Aformonisrn in New Jersey.?A correspondent of tho Newark Advertiser states that a Mormon church is in full operation in Ocean Count)'. Tho number of converts id ?"1 "" - ? ? .w 'niuw mi^y uiiu lliCrt'ilSIUg. JL 110 writer says: 'J'hcy maintain all llie tenets of the Mormon Church stoutly. They have preachers resident here, and priests of a higher grade frequently visiting them from Salt Lake City, and from Now York. Although prevented by law from openly practising polygamy hero, they warmly defend and advocate it, and that by a course and style of argument not at all calculated, I Assure vou. in aIovou o.? 1- ' j . ?j vuu luuima vi iud place. Large numbers of botli "aexcs attend their Church, and they are proselyting very fast-?particularly amongst the young men and <rorten:w_ K'* S3r A London Reriojn in ajja' iver to the question, " What is Chemically speaking, a man is forty-five pounds of carbon and nitrogen, diffused through fivo and a half pails of water" I WRITTEN FOR TI1K AIIIIICVII.I.K EAKNUR. MODERN FASHIONS. Dear Cousin J Kites a:?According to promise, I am going to write you i^ll about I the fashions. I must begin by telling you I that I L'ot safe to the eitv. ;m<l mv mwl/. ! met me at the depot with his carriage. I love my dear uncle, ho is so kind. We arrived at his house; everything about it was grand ; I was almost bewildered, it was so different from my own sweet home. The servant took me up stairs to change my j dress; she looked at mo very hard, and j asked me if I was Miss Laura's cousin. 1 i told her I was. She then asked if she had \ ever seen inc. I told her no?that my nn- j tie had sent for me to spend a lew weeks with them?that Cousin Laura was going l hack with 1110. She was so riule as almost ! to laugh at me, but I did not know why. j After I was dressed, she asked me where ! 1 ' was my hoop. I told her T did not under- | stand her, and she undertook to describe j them to me, but I really thought she was |, telling me a story, or making fun of me. I was then called down to dinner; my uncle ;, introduced me to Cousin Laura, but she ! looked as much like laughing as tho ser- J vant. I was so surprised I did not know I what to do. She was as large round as a | . lw.n-clw.o-l T - ' ' 1 i .-injrjiuau a.iu JMII, IUU IllllCil ; in ihc skirt of her dress, ami she did not ' have enough lo make tlie body, for it did I nut come up to her shoulders, and her arms ! were all naked. I reckon I felt like David ; Crocket did when he was ahoy; you know i he went to the city, too, and one night lie j went to tlie theatre to see the great dancer? ! and when he saw her, lie said her dress was ! ' i too short at the top and bottom, and he was so 'shamed he had to keep his hands before his eyes. "Well, after dinner, my cousin told mo that I must get ready to go with her lo a big meeting. In trying to pass by her, I stumbled and '"ell on her dress; 1 heard a , dreadful snap; I allied what it was, when she said, "Oh, you have broken my hoop." I begged hei to tell inc what it was, when omi mt.ii uut. .? tjix.-iit piece 01 wuaieuone, : i which, sure enough, was broke in two. She told me if 1 did not wear a hoop, everybody would laugh at me, and that the doctors < said every lady ought to wear them for ; their health. Now, I could not see how two or three pieces of whalebone run in a bkirt was good for health. (So, Coz, you must get some and try it.) Well, we went to the meeting, and do you believe me, all the young ladies were dressed like Cousin Laura. It would have made you ashamed ....v, iuvih. i viv/11 i, ntu wiiv limy c;ui i make the dross come on the shoulders; it would not take much more cluth. I am sure. I hope you won't follow the fashion they wear the bodies. I think there ought to be a strip of ribbon going from each shoulder, with these words printed on it, "Naked, but not ashamed." I will tell you more of the fashions while I am here, but 1 will slop now and let you think about the hoops. I will try to see all I can while 1 am here. I Jhiri: I would rather be at home. My friends are very kind. So, must conclude, and will let you know all the news till I got back. Your Cousin, JOYCE ANN. Syracuse, Aug., 1850. Transcribing of the Scripturcs. ? In transcribing the sacred writings, it has been a constant rule with the Jews, that whatever is considered corrupt shall not be used, but shall be burnt, or otherwise destroyed. A book of the law wanting but one letter, with one letter too much, or with an error in the single letter, written with anylhiug but ink, or written on parchment made of the hide of an unclean animal, or on parchment not properly prepared for that use, or prepared by any but Israelites, or ou skins of parchment tied together by unclean strings, shall be holden to bo corrupt; that no word shall be written without a line first drawn on the parchment, no word written 1 by heart, or without having been pronounced orally by tho writer: that beforo lio writes the name of God, be shall wash his pen ; that no letter shall bo joined to another, and if the blank parehinent cannot be seen all around each letter, the roll shall be corrupt. There are certain rules for the length and breadth of each lettor, each word, and each section. Even to this day it is an obligation on the persons who copy tho sacred writings of the synagogues, to observe thoin. Verbs.?A teacher ono day endeavored to make a pupil understand the nature and application of a passivo verb, said? "A passivo verb is expressive of the nature of relieving an action, as * Peter is beaten.' Now, what did Peter do?" The boy paused for a moment with the gravest face imaginable, and replied? "Well, I?I don't kuow, air. I s'poso he hollered." <1 ? . Soaps.?Old Mrs. Partington, that be- 1 nevolent old lady, says, that one virtue^, at least, hqs been discovered in tlm li^iud petticoat: mad-dogs cannot lite the wearers. Excolleut things, therefore, for emupier wcarl ' V'v; '* >' .. 1 " \J' A Wrtich.?Olii'Mr. 8iugl?tlck mystified a tea party by remirttijig Ibat voitfen itere facta. When*presaed to explain bis meaning, ho said; "Fact* arc stubborn tilings.". INHERIT AN CE OF TALENT. A cotemporary says that groat men usu ally inherit their talents from the mother This is a popular belief, but not the less er rontons. The mistake has arisen from at tending only to those cases in which tin mother had a superior mind, to the neglect of the equally numerous examples when the father possessed remarkable abilities.? Everybody quotes the fact that Napoleor derived his genius from his mother. No body mentions that Burns owed his vast abilities to his father. A traveler wouli uuiuiiiit a similar oiumn-r who should tie scribe all Americans as light-haired, or sa\ that every .Philadelphia!) was a Quaker. Tlio rule, tor rule there is, lies deeper Great abilities, in a word, arise from suoli a fortunate union of the mcnl-d character isties of the parents as renders the progeny a genius, though neither father nor mother perhaps, wore sucli. The catalogue of eminent men, if carefully made up and lionestly scrutinized with a view to elucidating the truth, would establish this, we have no ilonbt, beyond controversy. For it is already known that the child lakes its menial nature in about equal portions from itf parents, and this fact at oncc leads to oui conclusion, as well as explains why brilliant parents often have dunces among their oft* spring. Let us illustrate this. A man has tlu purely intellectual characteristics in great force, but is wanting in will ; lie is consc quently a dreamy philosopher, or a visiona ry speculator. Ho marries a woman who with but ordinary intellect, has immense energy. One child of this pair may com bine the weakness of belli parents; am will be, iu that event, an irreclaimable fool But another may inherit the mother's will with the father's intellect; and this child unless ruined by n bad education, is certain Lo become distinguished. Or take anothei example. A woman of no remarkable abilities, but with a line moral nature, is married to a man without principle, but possessing shining abilities. One ehihl ol ill is pair may have the good qualities ol both parents, and become a Bunvan. n Xestor, or even a Washington. But another may inherit the deficiencies of both. :md grow up, unless carefully guarded, tc become a brilliant villain. Or lake a third instance. One parent may have mucli imagination, but little else, and the othei remarkable, but great percoptivc faculties The union of these two characteristics iu r child will produce a poet. The transmission of either, in excess, unless balanced bj strong reasoning powers, may make only a human monkey or a romantic fool. This law explains, also, why so few eminent men belong to otie family. There have rarely been two distinguished poets. painters, generals, or even statesman, who were father ami son or even brothers. The elder ami younger Pitt, though both prime ministers, and both famous speakers, were strikingly dissimilar in their mental constitution, so that this example, which seems al first to oppose our theory, really sustains it, In fact, when we consider that the mind has so many and so dissimilar ingredients, ideality, causality, benevolence, revercuce, destructiveness, construetiveness, and thai these are combined in millions of varieties in as many million persons, the wonder is not that two individuals, even of the same family, resemble each other so little, but nun iu?;y icscinuio eacn oilier so much.? Given the score and odd of separate bumps into which phrenology divides the brain, and take the child of any two persona whatever, and who shall say in what exact proportions out of the ten thousand possible ones these qualities ought to unite? There is too much falsity taught for truth on this and similar subjects, not only in newspapers, but even in elaborate books. The reason is that few persons think soundly, pr dare to deny preconceived or popular ideas. "We would have every man, however, reflect for himficlf. "Prove all things; hold fast that which ia good."?Baltimore Sun. Too Good to be Lost.?An old miser in New England owning a farm, found it impossible to do bis work without assistance, and accordingly offered any man food for performing the requisite labor. This magnanimous offer was accepted by a halfstarved pauper. Before going into the field iu the morning, the farmer invited his help to breakfast; after finishing the morning meal, which wr.e very soon despatched, old skin-flint thought it would be saving time if they should place the dinner upon the breakfast. This was readily agreed to, there being ample space left for that meal too, and which was equally soon despatched, of course. " Supposo, now," 6aid the frugal farmer, " we take supper?it will save time and Lroublo, you know." "Oh, certainly," said the eager cater, ana 1 gueM tnore won't be much trouble about it, neither," "Soatit they went, 4ud that, too, disappeared in double-quiet time. t Now we will go to work," wid tie witi?0od*ud dolighied employer,.. M TkanV you,n said. Uw equally delighted fobowfr ^ I Buppor." at Tom's iliver, U>te county seat of 0<xat\ county, New J?rMj\ # ^ Singular Marriage.?A young man re- j siding in llordertown, who was under an i * i engagement of marriage with a young ' lady, died ou Friday last, ISoth the gentlemau and lady, as well as their families, were ' linn believers in the doctrine of the Spirit^ ualists, and notwithstanding the death of ; the former, it was determined that the marriage should take place between the disem- ' 1 bodied spirit of the young man and the living, breathing body of his adianeed I ^ j bride. I I . I Accordingly, on Sunday, the marriage ; ceremony was performed between the clay cold corpse and the warm, blooming bride. It is understood that this was in compliance will. ?l... c <1 ? ' - ? - ' viiw VIII V.V/U1V/II kj I IUV ffjllllL Ul lilU Ul'lUtf- j 1 groom. The devotion of tlio lady to this J spirit or the memory ot her lover carried j her through this trying ceremony without j ' faltering?but it must lead to unhappiness, j for she, no doubt, considers herself as llie j wife of one whom she shall meet in the ; ' body never more, ller heart lies buried in ! ' I the grave with him who should have been ! her guide and protector. Among all the | singular things recorded of the Spiritualists, we have met with nothing paraded to this. ?Philadriph ia Jo urn a I. Washington City in 1801.?One can scarcely credit the description of Washing1 ton City, us Mrs. John Adams found it in 1 1801 : " lloro and there," t?he writes, " is a small cottage, without a glass window, inter-1 ' spcrsed among the forests, through which j 5 you travel for miles without seeing a human being. The house is upon a grand \ ' and superb scale?requiring about thirty j ' seivants to attend and keep it in or' der. I could content myself anywhere for 1 three months; but, though surrounded by 1 forests, can you believe that wood cannot be had, because people cannot be found to cut and cart it ? The house is made habitable, but there is not a single apartment finished. Wo lisivo. nnt ?1ia I P " ' " ",W ,U",U' ?*-UV.C? yard, or other convenience without, and tlic great unfinished audience room I make 1 a drying room, to hang uj> clothes in. It is a beautiful spot, capable of every im' provement, and the moro I view it, the ' more I am delighted with it." ' "The great unfinished audience room," 1 of which Mrs*. Adams speaks, is the famous East Room of the White House. 1 jt Female Traveler.?A Montreal letter " in tho Boston Bee says : There is traveling in Canada at the pres1 ent time a lady of no little interest. She is an educated Irish lady, and a native of Dublin, ller name is Miss Jane Wilson. ! Sho is 23 years old, of prepossessing api pcarance, and is exceedingly interesting and * intelligent. She left Dublin in March last ! for this country, unaccompanied by any at! tciulant, male or female, and has traveled in ever}' pan ot llie State, JN'orth ami ' South. She has a strong taste fur adven tlire, and enjoys nothing more than going from place to place, and clos-Iy observing j ' such matters as may be of interest. She i is a second Madame Pleiffer, and has only i to see half the years of that distinguished ' lady to have toured the globe. Willi '' plenty of money, n stout heart, a reliance 1 upon herself and a full belief that woman ! is protected ami respected wherever she - may go, Miss Wilson spans tho continent unharmed and unmolested. She will short1 y visit Boston. i The Printer.?The printer, in his folio, heraldeth tho world. Now comes tidings of weddings, mummeries, entertainments, jubilee?, wars, fires, inundations, thcftsi uiurders, massacres, meteors, comets, spectrums, prodigies, shipwrecks, piracies, seafights, law-suits, pleas, proclamations, em' bassics, trophies, triumphs, revels, sports, plays; then again ns in .1 new shifted scene, treasons, cheating, tricks, robberies, enor1 mous villainies of all kinds, funerals, burials, ! new discoveries, expeditions; now comical, then tragical matters. To-day we hear of new offices created, to-morrow of great men debased, and then again of fresh honors conferred; one is 6et loose, another im' prisoned ; lie thrives, his neighbor turneth bankrupt; now plenty, then again dearth and famine ; one runs, anotbor rides, wran- 1 gle8, laughs, weeps, and so forth. Thus we do hear such like ; both public and nri- 1 * i vate news,? Old Burton. I j ^^ 1 ?3T A paper giving an account of Tou' louso, says: "It is a large town, contain* 1 ing 60,000 inhabitants, built entirely of 1 bricks:* Nearly as bad as tbo Dutch description of a Dutch town, which contained 500 houses and 2500 inhabitants, all with their gable ends to the stroct. ? j T^w/in/7?- A ltfratro Ka ?A?iitu?i -*..1 . v w ivguiai AIIU BJT?tematic in feeding your stock.. Regularity i is the best balance wheel of agricultural ' enterprise} derange this and the machine ' "runs down" Statod hours and specified ' quantities-?graduated acoolxling to circuio* ~mhrUinvwi,,b'!' be"b}' \ . -7 :??SSSSr.Jt5m ; been qut down with a sharp set- appet^ i. by the fart !U4??who tired.down .* wagot^j^ lieu I fit ami Lowj Life.?Socrates used to say that it was pleasant to grow old with good healih and u good friend \ and ho might have reason ; a man tuny be content to live while he is no trouble to himself or his friends ; but after that, it is hard if ho be not content to die. 1 knew and esteemed iU.Kn,. ...1 ? . .. ..u.umi, uaeu 10 say, H innII must l?o a mean wretch who desired to Hvh after thiee-seoro years old. Hut so mudh, I doubt, is certain, that in life, as in will*, ho that will driijl: it good must nut draw it tot ho . dsvgs. Wheru this happens, one comfort of age may be. that whereas younger men arc usually in pain whenever they are not in pleasure, old men find a sort of pleasure, when they arc out of pain; and as young men often loae or impair their present enjoyments by craving after what is to conic, by vain hopes or fruitless fears, so old men relievo the wants of their age bv pleasing reflections upon what is past. Therefore, men in the health and viiror of their a<?o should endeavor to fill their lives with reading, \viih travel, with the best conversation, and the worthiest actions, either in public or private stations ; that they may have Boruething agreeable left to feed on when thry are old, by pleasing remembrances.?Sir \r. Temple. Occupations of the Americans.?The census returns of the occupations of tho people of the United States are curious and instructive. The number of barbora and brobes is about thu same, and between the two, people get well shaved. There are about ciirhtv nvofossed doctors to onn profession ill undertaker. Only eighty-two people informed the census takers that they were " authors," while no less than two thousand individuals assumed to be uarti6t?." There are one hundred thousands blacksmiths, and the same number uf merchant*. The lawyers outnumber the bakers by ten thousand, there being twenty-four thousand of the former and fourteen thousand of tho latter. The halters and tobacconists ore about equal in number. The carpentora number two hundred thousand; tho masons sixty-four thousand; tho tailors fifty thousand ; the wheclrights thirty thousand; the saddlers twenty-three thousand. There arc more confectioners than watchmakers, more weavers than teachers; moro vinogrfr makers than showmen; and the saitt# number of wagon makers as editor*. Strange to relate that, among the return* of the trades, not a politician is enmneratod, and the tables of the professions do notiuelude a single patriot. . Philosophy.?First class in Oriental PhiIosophy will stand up. Tibbies, what i* life} Life consist of money, a 2:-i0 horse, uud ;i fashionable wife. Good ! Next?what is death ? A paymaster who settles everybody's debts, and gives them tombstones as receipts in full of all demands. What is poverty ? Tbc rew ard of merit genitts generally receives from a discriminating public. What is religion i Doing unto others just as you please, without allowing them a return of the compliment. What is fame 1 A six line puff in a newspaper while living, and your fortune to your cuenres when dead. Mortality among Hogs.?The farmers on (ho Dig Miami, from New Baltimore to Venice, Ohio, are losing nearly all their hogs l>y* a severe epidemic, which carriea off 00 per cent, of every 100 attacked, within oft? ?l. - - mi; hxuijuoma Hre manifested. The Cincinnati Gazelle says: The farmers call the disease cholera ; the spasms and other symptoms exhibit similar evidence of congestion to those manifested bv human beinga seized with that fatal disorder. A. C. II. Cone, Esq., has lost 300 hogs, and L. 13. Clarkson, Esq., over 200; neighboring farmers lmve lost in proportion. These were lively, healthy hogf, not still-fed. A panic prevails among the hog feeders of the above district, nndtlrey lire selling off as fast as they can. Classification of Hoops.?A correspond dent of the Petersburg Iiitelligenccr (it the /V.\ O-..! ^ ? k.j inns cinssmos tUo ladies' hoops: " There is tho hoop a/iy, fitted lo the fiji? of a very he tic keg?then comes tlio hpop modest, adapted lo a quarter barrel? wo have tho hoop confident, whrch;yrou|d suit a half barrel?anon, ovir attun lion claimed by tho hoop preteyn&kfi <wffo$e jircuiufereuce would bareijr;: the staves of a barrel. And lastlv^ropja^.. iu uiuto amazement, wi^ e^.g^rWjijind mouth agapo, wo gaqe hd<>p.pdn^iMt and bombastict with ' stent to gird Aboui