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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNPM ] ?=??. i.ia,n,y vicm-ANOB... ^ [PAYABLE IN AJIY4WGB, BV DAVIS & HOUSINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1857. VOL.XI11. " xn <V r> TT...? I ' t .. . I ? - - jl~rvitt ? uncr t$ u* ?r??r 4 TJNCLE BILLY'S RIFLE FIGHT. Not long since, I happened in one of thoso requisites to a country town, commonly called a 'doggery,' hut a faded sign orer tlio door, lettered with poko-lierry juice, told tliat it was dignified with the title 'Grocery,' (the S Lcing of course turned hind part before.) A small chunk of a fight inade in 2:40, had just come off near the door, and it was not strange that pugilistic encounters were the subject of conversation as I entered. I was a silent and interested lihtener?ns ench one related the different light places he, or some of his particular zrienus iiaa ueen extricated ironi, either l>v miracles or superhuman exertion ; and, jf any doubt remained on the minds of the ea* ger listeners, after the imprecations which each speaker called upon himself to substantiate the truth of his narrative, such doubts were instantly removed by the innumerable years exhibited by the different narrators.? One fellow hnd had. his thumb twisted until a cork-screw was straight in comparison to it; another had had his nose thawed until it would have elicited tlie admiration of the most fastidious sausage maker ; a third ' liad 'each particular hair'so neatly extracted ! from his head bv the roots, that he had to ! produce another capillary crop l>v grafting. If such was the case, 1 thought that tlie -grafting had been more assiduously attended to than tlic subsequent training, fur he had evidently been listening to tin* tale the (Jhost of Hamlet's father ' could unfold/ and it had made ~ rty" . 4,.Kaclt particular hair to stand oil ontl, Like qui I In ii|h>ii lite fri-tful porcupine " ' It is impossible to relate or eveti remember the innumerable 'hairbreadth 'seapes1 each one had made, but presently, when a pause in the conversation afforded an opportunity! ? the well known voice of Old Billy Hardyatu was heard emanating from his accustomed i 5eat behind the stove, xvliere lie had been I bitting for the Inul half liotir, apparently half : asleep, and totally unmoved by any of I he ] ' _ perils which had been so vehemently related 1 in his presence. < 'I tell you, lioys,' begin Uncle Bill y, (as t be was called jxir txeclimce,) " I tell you, j boy*, haint none of you ever teed a light i yit! No, none of you! Now, if any of < it..aIa ?:II..V. !:?,.? ?..i? - . iiviu o iiiim 11 vi ? n.m t.nvvjii liio ivui?iii\ literally^hev would, no doubt, have been ] diftposed_to join issue with biin forthwith; i . - but all understood liiin as he intended 11103* j V ? should that is, that the little aft'iirs in which *jhey had been engaged, when compared 1 with something he had seen, amounted to j 10 fight at all! Uncle Billy accompanied his remark with "n significant shake of liis head, as thougli he ']i?d unintentionally called up some painful remembrance. A momentary siltnce followed. nrolmblv ill the v:iiu liono Uncle v. | - ? ! ' I * " Billy would assign some reason for his remark, but as lie seemed to linve finished, it ImiTWic necessary to politely request hint to fervor ?thc audicnoc with the yarn. " Let's Juivc it, Uncle Billy," said one fellow ; hut ? -fj- an ominous shake of tin: head was the only ftymptom the old man evinced of having Jieurd the request. "Spit it out, old man,'' ?rVrl'i^h in, Uuclc Billy,''?" (live us the * p* - ytirn." These, and al>out half a score of in* * vitatiou^fo proceed, all iti (lie same slang, <?> * only elirited from the stubborn narrator another negative of tin? head, hut from a sort t \f( intuitive freemasonry among tliem, one . "of the crowd detected Uncle Billy in a inch fltlchojy look towaids the trio of decanters on the- bar-room shell*. " fSut's have liquor boys, and then Ulicle Billy will tell his yarn. Come all of yon, tak<j admeklupior. It's my treat."' A vol* treat, in a country grocery, is not as v ? 'mi glitto supposed, mi every day ocirufrence, , - tiud ali hand* seem to feel it incumbent ttp*?n thejn tq respond 16 the rude invitation. . * ' Albeit, those who were really the keenest to ' ^ themselves of the treat, hung back un fii Hiey,*ere askeu ine third tune. A tew ipiltuUp'ftufficcd for the' whole crowd to itilthe l>ar keepcrrestored the well-suckquflrt-cup to its place, came round tothp , . - ^(fyeiptid nil anxiously Waited the com" tl|>?i\Ccqiei)^oJpJncle IJillyVstorv, which was . ns follows *, ^ - V'^^A^ien fiirtrcflfiti^ouf'froni the # r -'#H^^fhnse, it was rather dffttrselr gelled and. tli^J^rat Vail urter 1 come J -t t j: . > put, ?WiiHon^>ul ot whwkejd;- not a man in V' .1ift<l n'dr^p. \S'liat lo \j* ? T$ut ju?t nfore 'i>.-? "jp. fellow moved.out from Nortli fttuiIns _bngpge, lio %/?' ' ' * - No*Jj{1 Ivrtfc to toll you what * ^'nr a,K* then* * ' He; l>wt, dog'iny cat, if * ":-v $>vws wutli a gallon of dol^ *- '; we<l ofils^bein^m j i* * ;> * :? uut suuumi ucHi. j>111 ne imu sworn tnnt lie would beat me, if he had to shoot agin mc till Gabriel toots his horn. " "Well, Saturday camp, nnil with rov old | . * *11 rille in niiinhcr one order, I Marled for the i . grocery. There was about thirty fellows thar, all with thnr rifles in apple-pie order, ' and all a hankering to git a shoot {or that j gallon of whiskey. vFwnnt long afore the sliootiu' commenced. I was about the fust one to shoot, and, as usual, I druv centre. ! Everybody had shot except Levenribs, and j uobody had tetcUed uiy shot yit, but when ' J,evenribs come to shoot, he p\\l h\s ball in ; ] the same hole mine h:id made. So him \ , and me had to shoot agin. We shot a fcc- i ond time, and hoth jduinined tlie centre t agin ; and we kept shootin,' and 'twas the t same thing every time. The crowd began . to gel awfully excited, for tl.nr was fourteen t on ii)3" side and fourteen on his'n, and they ^ was a holloviu' and takiii' on at a terrible j r ite, and bcttin'everything they could raise. ^ One fellow on 'tother side, swore he'd risk x one head of horse on his man, and every ( one of mv men, that could raise a critter, t took him up afore lie had the wo?d& out of i t his mouth, lly-and-by, I seen that Levcn- j j ribs was beginning to get a little excited, ; R and then 1 knowcd I'd git. him, though 'twas ! j as much as I eortld do to keep cc*>l myself- j , Well, we lin?I shot more than forty shuts ; j a piece, and, at last, Levenrihs missed centre j ( jti-t ahoul the width of a liar, and such hoi- . | lerin' and caperiu' as my hoyt done, you I never soed the like, for they knew I was i i going to settle the tiling right oft*. I walked j j up to the shootin' place, and jest, as 1 was | ^ a raisin' my gun to my face, she accidentally went <>0"; :? thing she never did before ( or since. " I call that shoot," said I, as c quick as I could and before the ball was 0 failly out of my rifle. " Noyou shan1,''says Levenrihs, and the boys on both sides took ? it up. J/// side a sweariu1 i shun IJ take it ^ ?ack, ami 'lother side swearin' I shuntJnt, ; K] md that the whiskey belonged to Levenrii s i 0 Gveiy fellow on both sides done his best at j i lollciiu' and swarin,' for the)' all had bet ! hi it; but in a few minutes, one of my f, jiends come ami told me, that my ball had . j, (truck a rock, about half w?v li^iwnnu . j - ? " e iiul the target, aud had glanced and knock- 0 ad out the centre. t] "Ilello!" says I, won't callth.it shoot let.s go and see whar my bullet hit." And. when 'lothcr si<ie fuiiiul (hat my hnllet had glanced and heat 'em, they jest hilud, and ], swore 111:11 il shouldn'tcount, liecause I callII L-il it, ami tny side swore as they wouldn't ? let uie call it when I wanted to that now it 11 should count, and I should not shoot it over. And. after joweriiirj awhile, every fellow pitched into his man, and thar was fifteen c pair of men a lighting at once. I, of course, had locked horns with Levemihs, and when all the rest was done, he and 1 was jest gettin1 in a good way. We commenced tight- e in* ahout ten o'clock in the morning, and Q lit like all wrath till sun down. 1 begun to get awful tired, and was afrad that if Lev- y eniibs didn't soon gin in, that I must; and while 1 was a thinking what I had best do my old woman, who had heard what was a II goin <>n. come ;i tearin, unci as isouii as she , ...... ?' got \v1111111 hollorin' distance, she hegtin ; ^ " lluoruw, 1113- 13UI ?" An soon :is I heard Iter, I knew that if I got whipped,she would { think fhe had just cause and provocation to ( leave my l>ed and hoard, as t!ie sayin* is.? ^ So, I made up my mind to whip that fellow, Q or die, right thai*. So, I gathered all j( the little strength I had, and I sockcd my thumh in his eye, and, with my fingers look a twist on hi* auol-box, and with the other g hsiudj, I grabbed him hy the hack of the head ; 1 then caught liis car in my mouth, f gill liis head a flirt, and out came /tin car by t the roots! 1 then flapped bis head over, ^ and caught liis ullicr ear in my mouth, and jerked tliatv out in tho same way, and it j made a hoie in liis head that I could have e rammed my fi*t through, and hv/a? justm goiu' to do it, when lie hollered : " Nuff I" ^ " My old women then jnm|>ed up on a t stump, and hollered out: " If any feller in ^ this crowd says that ain't pill lfardyaril's ^ whiskey, _jest let him trot his i*ife cyt, and ^ I'll use her a darned sight wtiss than my old man has done Arth Levenribs, and if lie's * got no \vife, I'll put him through !" JJut f none of 'cm dared lo take lier up, and after j pniiuv??lt)ri iihIpu ?i nliito aw???r f.JImv _ ?mj-m?o a ed for-hoino, thinking ho had seen it tight as was'a flght. " ^oys, I won that whiskey; but it was ri gl?l expensive!" ; " But what did he do tbr yon, Uncle ' Hill fx sa\J oi\Q of t^ie listeners. ' " Well that's changing, the subject," 6aid ' Uncle Bill, M But To tell the truth boys, he ' did take off" some sign, if you call all ?ny hnr 1 .-any \ and ne^l day some of u? went to the . place, mid poked up a two-bushel banket 1 I even- full of cars, noses and eye*, that had ' been' bit off and gouged out iu the fuse." MA pretty/good pile, Uncle Billy, income ' ftflf of ih\rly men," said one of the boys, and tfoe Ipittlf <4 surprise that the crowd, and particularly the hero, gave him, told plainer .flmn words couldj that it wa* ^ntli^ ulipo? ahir to doubt Anything, that Unda Bin^ lyjj Cj?l?j?tl?lag '.<* * wife's 1^11 far hoops goods Stoi C ?? from the Jlotlon Olirr Brunch. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. Ili* at all times profitable tostudy (lie lives if distinguished men ; and wo think that a L?rief biographical sketch of Sir "Walter Raleigh?a man who furnished in his own person, n more correct symbol of the character and pursuits of that ago, than perlinps any other individual; for he was a sailor, a soldier, a scholar, a statesman, a Htriot, a historian and a wit?will prove nteresting as well as profitable to our rend;rs. Walter Ralehrh was born in IWnnshir<?. England, in tlie year 1552. He was descended from an ancient family, and was educated at Oxford. At the age of seveneen lie joined a party of vohmtccrs on an expedition to France, for the purpose of isMsting tlie Protestant princes there. In hat country he served six campaigns. Afer lie returned from France, he embarked It mi L21.. If..??' *..? f-vn i iv/ii uiim-f nu 11111111 > vi I ? V nil- | >crt, liis brother-in-law, to New Foundtnnd, j vhicli ha?l a short time before been dis- j :overed by Cabot. The expedition, how- i ver, was unsuccessful, and put hack, He ! hen engaged in tlie Irish wars, where he I .pent four seasons, and distinguished Kim- j elf, under the Karl of Ormotid, for his gal- ! ant conduct and military skill. He re- j timed to England in the thirtieth year of lis age, and presented himself at the (Jour* j >f Elizabeth, which nl>oim<lcd with cava- j iers, distinguished for their valor, their wit ind learning?ami among them young ' laleigh, who had distinguished himself by lis military services, soon assumed a conpicuous place. His first casual encounter with the }ueen was the occasion, on his part, of a j urious exhibition of gallantry, which at j nc.e secured for him the royal favor. Iler j Injesty, wlnle walking, came to a wet ami niddy spot, and hesitated to cross il, wlien ir Walter, who stood near, took from his liouhlers a splendid mantle, and threw it 11 the ground, over which she passed.? 'his act of gallantry, and the answer which e made to the Qneen when she offered to iruisli him with a new mantle, established imself in the good graces of his soverign. Hut although he became an assidtins courtier, he used the favor with which lie Qtteen regarded him as the means of idnlging an honorable and patriotic amotion. In the following year he built and ttcd out a bark, for the purpose of joining I is brother at Newfoundland, hut a conta- i ions distemper having seized upon his j rew, he was compelled to return again to | oil. He afterwards dispatched two vessels in earcli of a continent that was supposed to xist between Florida and Newfoundland, rhich resulted in the discovery of the Car-' linas. This countrj' was called Virginia, 11 honor of his royal mistress. He there stahlished a colony, and founded the town f Raleigh. About the time of this disovery, a fortunate co-operation with Dais resulted in the discovery of tiie straits rhich bear his name?in consequence of rhich lialeigh was created a knight, and loiiors and emoluments were heaped upon lim. Soon after, lie was elected to l'arliar nent from his native town, liudtay. It was about this time tl<al lie introduced ubacco into England, and won a wager of lie Queen by weighing tlio sinoke of the obaeco which he used in his pipe on one iccnsion. lie weighed lUe tobac<:o before t was reduced to u%hes, and afterwards i-ciglied the ashes, :?iid the difference lie if course contended \yas tlie weight of the inolje, The Queen, who had lost her wafer, said she had often heard of men who urned gold into smoke, but Raleigh was lie first person she had known who had he pow^r pf turning mno'^e iijto gold. One day, *,'hile Hrfleigh was coinplacenty smoking his ^ipo in his study, a servant utei;ed \\itU n^ug of ale, who was not wj\ve of the Use made of tobacco. Seeing he smoke issuing from tho mouth and i.osrils of his master, he, without ceremony, ? -- -i- i-:- e.? i . ? inoncu tuc niv ill ins iiicv, iillU mil Ollt OI lie room, loudly exclaiming that his master ?as on fire. RaleigU look an active part in various trays in contributing to the defeut of uud tverthrow of the great Spanish Armada, lejoined the Admiral with four ships, and ignalized himself in the engagement vhicl) followed. afterwards engaged n several expeditions, and o? u passage vitli a fleet from Virginia, took the richuat >riie that had ever been taken?a Spanish ressel valued at five hundred thousaud >ouuds sterling. He grew in favor with he Queen until 1504?and through his nouopolies, the usual mode of rewarding .he service)} ?f a subject at that time, bin ncoine was ve*y great. Jfe has Ueen charged with manifesting at) avaricious tud crrasoincr disnoeition : but if i1>!h w?? ^ i " ' Vv,w jo, ho made a good uso of the money which be thus accumulated, spdndiag it ip publio euterpritea, and in patronngo of genius, ttU<1 ^ortli. While Raleigh was in the height of lib favor with the Queen, lie unfortunately fell under her Majesty'* diftpIe#*yro, for iui intrigue with fclieabeth Throg^nortoii, one of ! Up p*aids of honor. Iter Majesty ordered 1 bkaltv l^o confined for Heverul months and T^Str ' / W and nffeciion. During his confinement lie projected the discovery of tlio rich and extensive country of Guiana?nnd in a year 11 or two following he visited that country 1 with a squadron of ships?nnd returned 1 home with honor and riches in 1595, nnd published an account of his voyage and ' discoveries, lie was speedily restored to c the Queen's favor, and was engaged iu, the ^ important and successful expedition to On- ^ diz, along with Essex and Lord Admiral F Howard. " Q But the death of Qneeu Elizabeth caused . a sad change in the fortunes of Raleigh.? .Tiimfa T ? 1 - ? ~..x...o,n..? ii muicik prejudice ami lint roJ against tlic bold ad venturer, on ac- ? ' # || count of liis brilliant qualities and military success, stripped liim of bis offices and liou- ^ ors, and in the second year of liis reign caused liim to bo arrested 011 a chargo of ^ being engaged in a plot against the king. ? The charges were vagnennd nasal Ufactorv, ^ and the evidence altogether insufficient; hut, notwithstanding this, he xvas condemtied on the confession of one of the witnes(J, sos, Lord Cobliam, which was procured by gross fraud?and wlvo afterwards wrote a full recantation of his testimony, acknowl- ^ cdmnj; that it was false. Hut notwithstand. . v ing all this, l^ale^h, through tUc exertions ^ of the Attorney General, Coke, whose con duct on this occasion \vi?k disgraceful in '' the extreme, and in spite of a most eloquent defence, was declared guilty of high treason, by a packed jury, and condemned to ^ be beheaded and quartered. Kinjx James, with a refinement in cruel , . . ti ty, kept him in prison for more than a i mouth, in suspense with regard to his ultimate fate, nnd each day Raleigh expected t] to be his last. He was finally sent to the ^ Tower of London, where he showed himself in his true character, and exhibited that ? ( n fortitude ami elasticity of spirit, and intel- tj lectual powers which have astonished subsequent ages. Here he found solacc in music, a taste for which lie had cultivated in his happier days, lie also turned his u attention to the studies of chemistry and ,1 i i i I Miiiinvilliliicn, illlU IILTO 11(3 protiuceu I lie great work which lias immortalized liis e; name, tlie History of tlic World, wliich | was published in the 1 11li year of liis cap- (( tivitv. After being confined in the Tower for s: thirteen years, Kalcigh was released hy purchasing the interest of a favorite of the 0| king, for one thousand three hundred pound* sterling. Hi-gathered together the Kl relies of his property, and mado arrange- s( iik-iiU fui <tu expedition to Guiar.r., where Sl he expected to discover some valuable gold fi mines. Hut ill fortune still pursued hi in. t| When he reached the mouth oi the Orono- tL ko, he was attacked with a violent fever, j., the command of the expedit\o,;j was en- w trusted to another an.in competent person, e, who was misnocessfiuf auit ho was defeated w" in a buttle witty the sav^es, and the so,ti of j, llaleigh wasjflain. On his return to Eng- j( land lie w;J again ijrrestei}, and Kiiit^ (( .Inmost deteMined an hi- death, as a sacrifice to the v?5eHtiHei}t of Spain, and in ov- ( dei1 to furnish a pretext fur liis execution, v the sentence which was passed upon him fifteen yea?s before was revived, and Italeigh Wiis ordered tu lUe block?of p such signal injustice a* will transmit the pusillanimous monarch with infamy to pasterity. t! Raleigh met his fate in a manner becom- s; ing his character as a philosopher and a li christian, lie conversed with his friends t< on the scaffold, and vindicated himself cl from the charges of disloyalty which had a been brought aguinst him. lip requested o the executioner to show him the axe, and a feeling of its edge, he remarked, "This is a c sharp medicine, Lut it is a phyoicjuu Tor all u diseases." ' He laid his head on the block, o and in two 6trokes it was severed from tbo 8< body. Such was the eud of Sir Walter ? Raleigh, at (he ago of sixty-six?one of the greatest men of his age, and whose character was a combination of almost every ? eminent quality. ^ g] A Maxim of IFushing tax,.?^Labor to 1 - _1! 2.. ... I.HAAal |1 4 l!lAtA t_ b Keep uiivts in juur urcnow iu<iv uiuo sjmrK of celestial fire, conscience," was one of a aeries of maxims which Washington framed ^ or copied for his own use when a boy. His 9 rigid adherence to principle, his steadfast 81 discharge of duty, his utter abandonment 0 of solf, his unreserved devotiou to whatever M interest^ >yere committed to his caro, attest tlie vigilance with which he obeyed that ? maxim. He kept alive that spark. lJe w made it shine before men. He kind!ed it ? into a flame that illuminated his life. No " occasion was so momentous, no circum- * stance so minyte, as lo absolve ),\iyn frosn 1 following iU guiding ray, The explanation iu his account book, in regard to his wife's 0 annual visit to the camp during the Revo- 1 liilinnnrv *?f. Wttll lit* TlflHaillrr aIIiIiIah " IUHUHWIJ (""'f """ 1 " """ VII IV ttya M self-denW tfhipb U?e ?*iffenci^ .of 11 liis country bad oo*t hhm furnishes a ctariniiig illiislratioo.of W? habitual exactness,? '' Tli? fact tfia* <9*{four which bore the b^<fcjOj&*30ewg? -Washington, e MouutVernoiv* was exempted from tk+ L otherwise uni fona inspection in ttio Wert * j w'nacvcry^Src^a^er!tood; V , * v - 'W A POSTAL MONEY-ORDER SYSTEM. The suggestions contained in the followng remarks of ihe Nevy York fim.eft, ?" ' ho ncce&sity of a postal mouoy carrier >va- ' om, are worthy of special consideration : < "JVecesxilyfor a Postal Money-Order Syscm.?It must he confessed, to ot\r great dis*> redit, that the postal system o' the United < States ispractically inferior to that of any taropeAPcouutry. In one of its most imiortnnt branches?the safe conveyance of noney?it is wholly deficient. A merliant prefers an express company rather ban the Vost Ofiice Department with a I aluahle package, and though the inadequacy of the latter to supply the great and ' ucreasing wants of the people i# notorious, ' et year after year passes away, aud wo do ' 01 see me slightest cttort at improvement, f, lo obtain biicIi improvement, wo were j bliged to wait, by fyjrce of circumstances, iivtil some new am) unhe&vd of plan could 1 c successfully adopted, tliero might be 1 me excuse for this negligence. But plans '' ave been already invented, and, in othec 1 oun tries, nre worked with the most marked ' iiccess. We have only to adopt them?to ' lit wto practice a system, the benefits of { rhich have been alrcadv demonstratAfl rut 1 * ----- 1 J :e refuse to make the attempt, and cling ) olJ fogy ism with a tenacity wholly op- , oseil to the general spirit of Yankee go- * headntivencss. "Our present system of registering let- ' ;rs is a humbu". Every one knows it to ' .1 e a humbug. It offers no more security >r the safe transmission of a valuable let- 1 ir than is to bo found in the ordinary hannel. Tlic only difference is that an ' xtrr. fee is charged. This system of regisration has been established for several ' ears, but, instead of being a check to stealig money entrusted to the mails, it has 1 iilher been the means of pointing out to ' ishonest men in tlie service the exact \ lace where money letters can be obtained. { ''The practice of remitting sums of loney through post office orders has exis- ' ;d in (ireat Britain for a long period. In * anada, also, tiic same system has been in 1 iccossfnl operation for several years. It is 1 ilimated that over ?50,000,000 are annn- ' lly transmitted through the British post 4 (Hoe hy means of money orders, nud not vo dollars in the million are, will.in the ime period, lost by mail robberies, fire, or [her causes. This is surety ample proof f the safety of (his mode of transmitting tonoy. In Great Britain no order is isled for over five pounds sterling; but \vc :c no reason why orders should not be isied, as in Catlap {.o t^e extent of twenty- 1 ve poutul*, or 9100. According to 1 ,e plan, every post office is a 8 toney-order office; dut in Canada, the * irger offices, or about one-eighth of the hole number are authorized to draw mon- 1 p orders. These, however, are details ' iiich may or may not be adopted, accordig to circumstances. Wo want the sys>m first, and can make improvements af- j Twardn. t " Wo believe tfje establishment af | HUG safe mode for tlio transmission uf . aiu:,We letters amounts now to a necessity, ^ nd the want of it shord4 W* lunger he tp.lt ^ rated. "\Ye trust that the waiter will re- f uivethe attention of Coughs before adjourn- j jppt. J Mi importance tct the mercantile i mmuuity cannot be ovpr pstji^a^d j aftd ( le adoption of life British j))oncy-order ( (stem will be invaluable to tjio whole pubc, and will make a considerable addition > the reveutio of the department? r4l'P liargcs made in England for issuing orders B re on n scale of one-half per cent; aud 11 ur people would willingly submit to even v higher tax, provided it insured the snfo f ouveyance of their letters, Thp benefits c f thp system would be felt by every chiss , f the community, and especially by sub* t bribers to newspapers aud other period!* i als." , i Butler-Making in Winter.?To make t ood butter it is necessary to have a sujta? ( le milk room, or cellar, which should be ry, light mid well ventilated. Tlie milk bould be set away iu clean pans, which can c made of earthen ware or tin. When tuilk is net in a dark, damp cellar, icre is danger of ita becoming mouldy! nd if it btands without beiug churned for Hue time, it becomes either bitter, cheesy, r sour, which taste it imparts to the butter lien churned. Butler should never be washed in water r taken into the hand to be worked, as the atef destroys much of its delicate aroma, nd the heat of the hands melts and makes ; oily. It should be taken from the churn rith a wooden ladle and placed in n tray he salt is then worked in by the use of the idlp, and the buttermilk worked out, I( ? an men ue set away ia a cool place for < wenty-four hours, after which it should be t gain worked, until all the l>utU*ftnil$? it 1 liorpughlyexpelled, wlien it am be packed ' lown in poU, and will ke?p foi a long time 1 f air ia excluded. ' .. .. \ The following are said to be ^fallible re- ; ipeaFor preserving the complexion emperance; for whiUmLig th? tofyfr, hoij . ||^; .to rainore stains* r*peutance$ fot up> j wMng the sight, obaenration; a beautiful iftar iraprmiu|f the kKWJtjr. " " vf&e '-Sv< - i " -yy 9 * '? ' THE POETRY OF COMMERCE. Tlio lion. Kdwurd Event, whoso Ijrillinnt genius gives a golden tinge of poetry lo everything it touches, tlitis speaks of cotnmercc in his late beautiful .speech at the Peabody testimonial : " Track its history for a moment from Lhc earliest period,. }n the infancy of the world its caravans, like gigantic silk-wortus, wen,t creeping through the a^i,d wastes of Asia and Africa with their infinitesimal legs, aud bo\\ml, th,o l^uman family together U\ those vasjt regions as they bj,w,<l it together now. Its colonial establishments scattered the Grecian culture all around the diores of tho Mediterranean, and carried llio adventures of Tyre and Carthage to the 1 ^</iu> ui ami mo rko.mu o\ Anion, l'lie wnllcd cities of the middle Hgofc presented tli"? nrts and refinement of life from l>eing trampled out of existence under the iron heel of thy feudal powers. The linns-Towns were the bulwark of lil?erty md property in the north and west of Europe far ages. The germ of the representatives system sprang from the tnuucipnl 'ranchises of the boroughs. At the revival jf letters the merchant princes of Florence ; eceivcd the fugitive arts of Greece into, .heir palaccs. The spirit of oomc.rcial adventure produced that movement in the ifteenih century which carried Columbus :o America and Vasco di Gama around the i [Jape of Good Hope. Tlie deep foundalions of the modern system of i internal tonal j aw were laid in interests and rights of com- j merce, and the necessity of protecting thowy j " Commerce sprinkled the treasures of j the newly fomid Indias throughout tl.o ' Western nations; it nerved the arm of sivil and religious liberty in the Protestant world?it gradually carried the colunial system of Europe to the ends of the earth, rind with it the elements of future indopenJent, civilized republican governments.? ! But why should we dwell on the past ?? ! What is it that gives vigor to the civiliza.ion of the present da3-, but the worldwide ixtension of commercial intercourse, by vhieh all the products of the earth and of he ocean, of the soil, the mine; of the oom, of the forge, of bounteous nature, >realive n*t ?y,d untiring industry, are ?.? i... ?i-- ' jiuugui i?j iiiu agencies 01 commerce into lie universal market of demand and sup>!y ? No matter in what region a desirable iroduct is bestowed on man by a liberal Providence, or fabricated by liuman skill; t may clothe the hills of China witli its Vagrant foliage; it may glitter in the joldpfl solids, of California j it may wallow U lha dcjith^ of the Arctip seas; it may ipen and whiten in the fertile plains of the mliny South it may spring furth from the lying shuttles of Manchester in Ehiglapd* >r iMancliester in America?Uio great world nagnate of commerce attracts it alike, ami ;atUen* jt all up for tl\(5 sefv^P of man." Rumored Treaty with, Mexicou?A corespondent of tLe New York Ilerald, writes ram Mexico, under of Vutaivrcy i, hat, PH VllP pwio^s evening, ? treaty lad been signed betwe^ the United Slates ind ^feyico l>y which ^Ui? government is .0 $15,000,000, Of thi^ sum fca,^00,000 goes to pay American claims. As security for the loau the United States are o receive fifteen ]>er cent, of the customs. \rrangement8 are also to be made for more in restricted commercial intercourse between he Ift'Q poun tries. A postal treaty will ilso go into operation at {fog same time. ? fyeul. Gen. Scolds Pay.?The Union tales lha(. the claim of Gen. Scott to a arger turn of money than was allowable Ujder the decision of the President, which brms so prominent n feature in the recent xjrrespondeuce with Secretary Davis, is iow before Congress, aud in this counecion it adds that the decision of the l'resilent allowed to. General Scott $592 per lionlli, whilst the pay and allowances fixed >y the act of 1708 for for the Couin\auler-in chief with tho rank of Lieutenant General, amounted to $540 per mouth. A Discovery.?The New York Tribune )ublidhes an extraordinary advertisement rom Dr. Benjamin llardinge, conspicuously mnouncing his alleged discovery for l.~ -f -- ?- ? .im lujuiunuuii u?r tjunriz roc it ; uie exiracion of the last particle of gold or otbor irocious metal of which that rock may contain ; and for the holding of that liitli* irto solid rock in the form of a liquid, in jnsks and hogxheads ready to lie turned >ack agaiu into rock aa it is needed, thus iffording a new material for building cheapMr tbau tyitjfc and beautiful aa precious .tones! Manure,.?Experiment shows that the tame amount of manure which has been covered nine iR$je? deep with earth so that no evaporation can escape will produce four buabets qiore wheat to the acre, than that vhicTi lias Iain exposed to the weather.? Keeping inanqrp covered, then when wheat is ? dollar and a hMf a bushel, will add lU dollars tothe value af the pCQthufti of very acre of land, growing wheat, tr.tiUi in^fi Cultivatiwj Liguoricc ? Severs^ gcjitleniep b?r? recffeUy acquainted the I>U?t Office with Uteir Mtcoeu in cultivating tfc# Itquotk* plant, which U harrfly.aa far north M CwnecUout Kfr employed Uot only bu> they.^y usaU jo .j?re|?wh>3 ulcjuid porter. * X -T.-V.1VVV.V.W".** " MANNERS, MALE AND FEMALE, "Who can tel,l why wojiicn nru expect $(1% on of censure ami avoidance, to con-i form to a high standard of behavior, whilo men aro indulged in another a great deal lower ? We never could fully uuderstati,^ why iueu should I*' tolerated in the shewing of tobacco, in smoking, and in shilling everywhere almost, and at all times, whereas n woman caniiQjt do any of these thing* v-aviung. iivci>i.?ii ami disgust.? Why ought a man he allowed so.self i.ndnjgent, putting his hmhs ami person ra all manner of altitudes, lmwuv??r uncouth ami distasteful, ineijo.ly because Mich vulgarities )ield him temporal y ease, w 1,1,11,0 a wmuaiv is nlwaj's required to preserve, au. attitude^ it wot of positive grace, nt I vast of decency and propriety, from which if she departs, though hut for an instant, she forfeits respec^, ami is instantly branded as a low creature!Can any body say why a man, when lie has the tooth-ache, or is called to sutler in any other way, should he permitted, as a matter of course, to groan and bellow, and vent 1iy> feelings very much in the Styl# ot, an animal not endowed with reason. wliil? a woman similarly sufieiing must bear it in silence and decorum ? Why should men as a class habitually, ami as a matter ?>( right, boldly weai; the coarsest qualities o.fv human nature ou the out side, and swear and crowd, and fight, and Inn lily themselves T so, t,liat they are obliged lo he put into separate pens in the cars on railroads, and at the depots, while women must, appear with nu agreeable couutenam-e, if- not in smiles, even when the head, or perhaps the heart aches, and are expected l< j ermit nothing ill-tempered, disagreeable or oven unhappv to appear outwardly, but to keep all theso. concealed iu iheir bosoms to sull'er as they may, lest they might otherw ise lessen tlni . t r. i- ? Viieemiiiiess oj witters These are a few surges: ions only among tunny we would hint to the ^longer ami n\ore exciting sex tu bo reflected on for the improvement, of their tastes and manners. In the mirror thus held up befove tfoem they cannot avoi^ (deserving the very differ, ent standards by which the standard of the two stilts is constantly regulated. If any reason can be assigned why one should always be a lady and the other hardly cv#r n gentleman, wo hope it will be done.?Newark Advertiser. (fowl JIu*nor.?Keep in a good humor. It is uot great calamities that embitter cx { 11 is me vexations, the smalt1 jealousies, tlits little dis.-ij jtuiiitineuli, tlio. minor miseries, that make (lie heart heavy and Uio learner sour. Don't let them.? Anger is a pure waste ut- vitality i ifc v airways disgraceful, except in 601110 vesy t'iW. cases when it }s kindled l>y seeing wrong done to another?aud even that nohlc rago seldom fiends the matter, Keep in good humor. No man does his best except when ho n cheerful. light heart makes nimble hands, ami kee^A the mind; free and aWi. V.* t?t?r..~ tune is so great as one that sours the temper. Until cheerfulness is lost, Nothing is lost.? Keep in good humor. The company of a good-humored man iv a perpetual feast lie is welcomed everywhere ?eyes glisten at liis approach, and difficulties vanish in his presence. Franklin's indomitable good liumor did as much for his country in the old Congre.ni as Adam's ftra or Jefferson's wisdom ; ho clothed wisdom with smiles, and &opL<med contentious iniuds iuto acquiescence. Keep in good humor. ? ^ A good conscience, a sound stomacli, a, clean skin, are the element*of good humor. Get tlicm, and keep them, and be sure lot keep iu good humor. ,r Generosity.?" I say, Mister, did yon drop your pocket book F said a small-sized urchin to a gent \yhqse slpjdo^y looked lU^e a smashed pyratn\cj. !' Um P?feeling iu bis pocket? ab ! well, yes, my sou." u Well, I-?" " Give it to me, my son !" M Wbut kind of a book was it?" " Black leather strap and clasp buckl?\ and Imd two hundred dollars in it in MIU? notes and check*- tt"W?y? vhjyca did yov* find it?" - * . : \ J u I say, Mister, what'll you give to git j| back agiu ln '-f, " Ten dollars l" . ' J . . ' 'Well?1 toin'tmuud any} only, asyot^ was goiu* along, I thought you looked just like a man who'd lost sunthiu' or wanted 14 lose suothiu', I didn't know which F1 * " Get out, ya? Kttle w vetch f* ? " If I find your pocke^ ^k. ojdT fcUe*4 all you've got to do tu 9?t U fa to and g|vo 'scurity tU*t )pu needs il u?or> | ua?umvfciuii* :?>ii * \m Photographing Old XbtoUacripUt?It) * llie city ?C Jfetftat Hie apptiqiitfoii of phatcwaplty i? <tii|itiaitiiig old valuable manuscript* in curried wvoly aiut with wcem*. A* okl cifyf 4fce K?? Te9t*HP?t in tUe QoUUc tuuguc, wriU? oft parchment, dftthtff bMc U* ibe fourth century, ha* bean thu? duplies ,, Wti * gj?rt ?f co|k|M w pfo. fy* '-. _ I' ; If yo? want to V*w a pretty tor?if ypo <*h, !/ a to ki* )oUl wlv let ll^litra* Mi<m? " . ; ;^|