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-?> ju ' r ^ am urnuE TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] 44 TECOEI PHIOD or LIBERTY IS as T aa :E?. INT-A. X* vioix, ANOB," LP AY ABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & HOLLINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1857. VOL. Xlir Ww-r MB. BUCHANAIT8 CAJIKET. The following sketches of the gentlemen composing the Cabinet, are taken from the Baltimore Sun of the 7th inst.: SECRETARY OF 8TATE?GEN'. LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN'. General Cass was bom at Exeter, New - Hampshire. Ilis ancestors were amongst the fir3t settlers in that part of the country, nnd his father bore a commission in the revolutionary army, and was present at the battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Princeton, Trenton, Monmouth and Germantown.? Ilewaj, afterwards a Major m Waynes army, and died near Zanesville, Ohio, in ' 1830, llis son Lewis Cass, was educated .'iRt:t1ie academy of Exeter, and studied law at Marietta, Ohio, under llic late Governor * MeigSi He was admitted to the bar in * 3 . * 1802,' and in 1800, more than fifty years '.. ago, was elected a member of the Ohio V Legislature. "In 1812 he volunteered his [ V^%ervice3. in the force which was called out 1 ipii)'f4thd). army under Gen. Hull, ntul v*v\* ?.'.".!'i'?r$l,.?d to Dayton, where ho was elected , ! * j v Colonel. of thetlitird regiment of Ohio vol'v<^^f'"T\\Unteer8. j'H^.'was the first man, with his X dSftichment, tojnv'ndc Canada. lie suhsey ^ ' ^iju^htiy^ bejng promoted to a Brigadier ' Ge)\ernl, joiped Gen. Harrison, and crossing J?rje with, him after Perry's victory, ; :, > , hWJg present in the pursuit of Proctor, and ^ ^ j,^^^>ticij>ated jn the triumphs of the Mora' '"/VMitowBSr' The Nortliwestern campaign liappd^^erminated, Gen. Cass was | >? .cotnman<f of Michigan and the up4W . ' l^r ,provinces of Canada. His head-quar" - * "tets-tvere at'Detroit, and- he thus became V>.vj^ili;e ipiilitaly guardian of the people over - .*' v'"-ttf1ion> lia^was soon -after (October 9, 1813,) -i".called to-preside as civil Governor. In ?615 ,< after>,thc termination of tbe war, | - yr> ' General Ciiss moved his family to De? troit. ' " " * * ;?. -,'fiiiVing the4-iino-that he was Governor -of tbejTerritory of Michigan, he negotiated i ; \ , x "no less than twenty-one treaties with the ( Indians. In the expeditions necessitated , e by them, be encountered more perils and j had*occasion for the display of more firm- , fe " * uess and intrepidity than any man ever en' gaged in this service. In 1831, G011. Cass "" called to the administration of the War ."Denavtmeni bv Gen. Jackson. In 183T?or I-- &83G, ill consequence of ill health, lie re-dreJ'frohi this position, inuoli to the regret oT Gen. Jackson, jylio tendered liiin the mission, to France, where lie added to his fame in defeating the quintuple treaty, IliVough which England desired to search the vessels of hII nations traversing the ocean. In 1845, af his return from France, . was elected to the United .States Senate from Michigan, and iii 1818, nominated for Jtlie Presidency, hut -dsSuul-yd. lie was one of tlfe leading friends of the compromise of I 1850,,and subsequently ably supported the ! rrA *t i .i ',. iv^sas-xteurasKa measure. me 4Ui just., his term expired in llie United Stales Senate ; and lie was succeed hy a repuMiCan. Although ?evcnty years of age, Gen. Cass is apparently younger than most men nt Bixty, and there is no <hnihi, from his in* w ?. tellectual and hodily vigor, that his ad * ministration of the State Department will fully1 sustain his previous high reputation, SECRETARY OF TI1K TREASURY?HON. HOWr . * j - ELL COBB, OF GEORGIA. The Secretary of tire Treasury aas hoin r ' at Cherry Hill, (ieorgia, in 1815. II<; is tlifc son of?Col. John A. Col?h, who, when quite a hoy, removed from Greenville, North Carolina, with Wis father. His mother. Sarah JU. Coh\>. was the daughter of the tlata Thomas Roots, of Pmliirii'L-.tm v:-_ " -?r f 1 'v - ' M* "V IrVtlie ve#r 1834, when only nine^ .* t?enrMfc pobh graduated at Franklin C??lJcge, Georgia, and in the following year he ?niHiri?*d 1Mal,y Ann, daughter of the late ? Col. JJpchaiiah Lamar, of Milledgevilh-, ' jR&Prfi'aiwhom be'Jhas liad six sous, 5|^reo of whom are dead, the two youngs r " ^ Washingfton .city during the Sr?a . .rateidn of the'thirtief&CoDgress. It may . noti 4nint4Me&tw^ JU> ui?n?io.0 that hw, : '&QMfU CoCt. afler whom he was * ^ Mm^,-:?irf?A6nLed a district of? Georgia in Cor^efa efytlie -UnfteiT Stales during t|l0 li?6t^ar*with Great Ijjrituin, and his v- * .Thomas <3obb; was not, many years X oijpce ? United States SenatyrJroin Ihosame -vs ,y " J .v .v.; , i w. ~ * _ .i, l&jI m. public service lias been exclusively confined to the State, nnd bis appointment to the Cabinet is bis first introduction to the Cabinet councils. Although, owing to the fact of his being Governor of Virginia, Mr. Floyd could take no part in the discussions of the compromise measures of 1850, yet he was known to be an ardent opponent ol them, whilst ho did not concur in the views of the politicians in South Carolina, who advocated secession as a necessary consequence of them During every Presidential campaign since 1830, Mr. Floyd has been an active supporter of the Democratic candidates. TVrsonallv. Gov. Flnvil ovpo.h1 ingly popular iu liis State. lie is a fluent speaker 011 the stump, possesses considerable talent and versatility, and from his experience in various public offices, will no doubt be found fully competent for tho duties of his new position. Governor Floyd is between 45 and 50 years of age, and is 111 the undiminished enjoyment of physical health. SECRETARY OF TIIE NAVY?ISAAC TOCCY, OK CONNECTICUT. The new Secretary of the Navy is well known as the late United States Senator from Connecticut, and as a sound national man. lie was. for a short period, Attorney General of the United StatoR, under President l'ollc, having succeeded Mr. Chffurd, when he was sent as Commissioner to Mexico. Personally, lie is exceedingly popular and accomplished. lie is over f>0 years of age. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR?HON*. JACOB THOMPSON, OF MISSISSIPPI. The Secretary of the Interior has been a member of the House of Representatives lur Mississippi during several Congresses, lie is an able speaker on the floor and quite an industrious member in reference to every measure of practical importance before tbe House. lie is a free trader, a State Rights Southern Democrat, but by 110 means a secessionist. Mr. Thompson was one of the candidates for Congress on the State ticket, in Mississippi in the contest between the compromise and anti-compromise parties of 1850, which.immediately succeeded that agitation. Oi^. that Mr. Thompson was defeated, and has never since been a candidate for public, position. He is a man of some eloquence, good practical abilities, and is between forty and forty-five years of age. POSTMASTER GENF.KAL A A HON VENADLE BROWS, OK TENNESSEE. Tlie Postmaster General was born in liriinswick county, Virginia, in tlie year 1795. His fullier was an old revolutionary soldier, having enlisted at a very early age in the continental army. lie participated in the battle of Trenton, and encountered the hardships of the encampment at Valley Forge. Governor Drown was educated in Noilh Carolina, and graduated at Capcl Hill, in 1814, in the same class with Senator Mangnm and ex Gov. Manly, of that State. II<* sat in tlie Tennessee Legislature until 1830. \ylieu lie was elected to Congress, and held that position until 1845, when lie declined a re-election, and run a successful race for Governor against E. II. Foster, a man of great, popularity. Since 1847, Gov. Drown lias held no public, office, but was a Presidential elector in 1848 and 1852.? He was also chairman of a committee on resolutions in 'lie Baltimore Convention of 1852, ami lie had the honor to report the platfonn then and there adopted. lie is a line stump orator, and a State Rights man of the strict constructionist Bchool. In character, lie is said to resemble Mr. Mason, who was Secretary of the Navy under Mr. Polk. - ire combines suavity of manner with unblemished cha/uctor, great ijudufttry and talent. During tit* last campaign Iwe labored very jseiilously fur the success of the Democratic nominees. It was to Gov. Brown, when a member of Congress, some twelve^or jjiirlcen years ago, tlmt Geni Jackson "addressed hih_ celebrated letfcer ; in iiivor of the annexation of . Texas. ..rGbv. Drown. i?,in hjs 6iM year, but owihg to hi^ active.mid. temperauflMpfa, is generally ta ken to be tetr yeiirs ',. * ATTOJINEY - GENERAL J ERBMIAH 8. BLACK, * .* f.-'v or pennbvlvXkijC?'" V * .f* The Attorney General ah in has fallen .info - .m tr 4 '"-y hands, ^iidge Black is considered to 'amotion? of the- most accomplished tftjd able jurists-in Pennsylvania.- Ho was formerly onfi of the District Judges of th&i State, but ofv tfie la^'requiringfall judges to bo bltctkl tb? pfcople ^oing into efnot yenrygf^j&.and .for-tbapainty, uf iiinrpul>^#fr^,^aSt,rr : 7,^.\ - WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ITt i The Teat of Character,.?We often hear people lamenting that they are not rich, and , saying, " If I had a plenty of money I would , do so and so. I would give to this or that , charity ; I would help this or that deserving , person struggling with poverty ; I would purchase the means of self-culture or of edi ueating my family." Tlie real test of character would he to give such a person money . and see what he would do with it. In nine cases out of ton lie would not do with it as lift SJIV? 111* IVnillil Al? l.~ j .. ,.v .. wmivi) vi |ivi un|fa Liiilitva lit" would. What would lie do with it ? lie would dispose of it just according to his general character. The honest man would take it and without loss of time would go straight and pay his debts, if he had any.? lie would not choose to keep from these their lawful property any longer than ho could help it. The ostentatious man would consider what article of show lie could pur chase which would add to the" respectability," of his appearance. He would buy an equipage and dash up and down street with a pair of bays or dapple browns, or perhaps, if his desire of admiration were vrry intense, he would get a match of milk white, and a coal black. The man of taste would adorn his house with statuary and paintings, partly as a matter of aesthetic gratification and partly of social distinction. If he had a kind heart as well as overflowing, means lie would find pleasure in patronizing modest and deserving genius, and bestow his wealth with a double purpose of crratifvin<? his tnst? and rewarding merit. The man of deep and true affections would first and foremost think of the natural ties and family obligations. Ho would let the sun of his prosperity shine upon those to whom he owed the i earliest debt of gratitude?his father and 1 mother, if any still survived, who had 1 watched over and protected him before lie was capable of appreciating the obligation, who perhaps had straitened their slender I means to make hiin what he has since be- 1 come, lie does what he can to jirrwintlip their declining years. The most precious things about his splendid dwelling are their < aged forms, and the must gratifying fruits i of prosperity is that it gives a grateful chiltl t the means of manifesting the affectionate care which is due to advancing age. The man of pleasure would use his uewly ac- . quired wealth in making larger provisions for the enjoyments of the senses; he would fill his cellars with more costly and delicious wines and load his table with a greater profusion of luxuries and delicacies, lie would extend his acquaintance among the lovers of good living and learn to receive recon dite and precious lore. The miser would find it impossible to conceal his ruling pas- i sion. The unexpected acquisition of wealth, | instead of.opening his heart, would only 1 mm iuci lo the tlame ami make him ten times as penurious as before. His only happiness consists iu hoarding, or rather in reinvesting at the highest rates of interest.? It goes into the vaults of a bank, there to i beget more money to be re invested in the ' same way, till its possessor drops at last in ' to his grave, having had no more use of enjoyment of his enormous wealth than if he 1 had daily dropped his galas into a crevice I in the earth, llis relations to money had becortie morbid, unnatural, distorted.? Money is if means ami not an end. Its on- 1 ly rational purposes is to supply ojtr natural I wants or to procure the materials of innocent enjoyment. These ends are in fact the meaaure of the value of money. In itself it U as valueless as the Bands upon the sea i shore. Hilt, ivlmn snnnrlif fur ifa nmn cotr? it generates insanity. It can no longer be used for its legitimate ends. The irrational | attachment to it is such that no pleasure it ( can purchase will compensate the pain which | tlfd parting, with it occasions. Its possessor i is like Tantalus in tlio aijcjent mythology | ?up to his tips tn water and perishing of , thirst. We know beforehand what the | mere sensualist would do with it. lie would | mnrol tr j uiui?i|?j. mid vmiia iu me nearest haunt'of dissipation, till his physical system wouW,*aink ifnder mere feckless abuse or his newly acquired means of self-indulgence woild ^. exhausted." lie would hecome the common spoil ^of the reckless and , abandoned, who would regard him and his ' new possessions' as-the*, piratical wrccker sees the tfeasure-ship driftjj^ on hi9 dee shore in a storm. And what would the 'wise anit good man do with it1 He wotild , efflploy ir as a thing be used, and not to be boated or thrown awgy.~. Jle will first QppIjT it tci ruo^t and "Satisfy the claims'of justice. Short of .this he cannot be satisfied, { affd in tlfe midst of wSaitlHtamt feel nfl?d'n ' ' and^ bu/p^iated, Next come"the demands p of ffatftral .a&5tylon/ Thtf cannot be repo, di?W *by * ..noble soul. "Next thoa? nw 1 &end?hip;<an4 the I6ng scores of privAte 2 I ob!lgdtwi^> TjMI con&i? temperate and i ftnodeifefci j^dkipnato tfmiwans of comfort 1 ARTESIAN WELLg FOB. ALL SITUATIONS, A province of France called Arlois, is famous for a peculiar construction of well, a liole either slender from ils commencement at the surface, or a well dug in the ordinary manner to a considerable depth, and then continued by a small boring until the water is struck and rises. Slender borings have been made for water from a very early period, but the success of this practice iii that locality has given the name of " Ar tesian" to all deeply bored wells of modern date. Generally such efforts are conducted in valleys where a dense stratum overlays springs which, once penetrated, would rise and flow over freely at the top. In some cases considerable rivulets still continue to flow from the mouths of abandoned wells of this character. Sometimes these wells have been driven to almost incredible depths, passing springs of trifling power at various points 011 the way. The Artesian well completed a few years since at Grenello, near Faris, is 1,800 feet deep, and the imprisoned water, on being tapped, rose with prodigous force, and overflowed the surface in immense quantities. The Chinese have many wells only five or six inches in diameter, and from 1.500 to 1,600 feet. deep. According to Abbe Imbert, a French missionary, some of them must be 3,000 feet deep. Some wells in our own country have been driven to great depths with every variety of success. A hole two or three inches in diameter was bored many years ago to the depth of about 050 feet, 011 or very near the site of the United States Hotel, in this city, and then abandoned as a failure. Borings at and near Now Brunswick, N. J., have b?cn sunk to depths of from 250 to 800 feet, and obtained, on the contrary, liberal overflows of pure water. Probably the deepest well in our country is a boring at Belcher & Brothers, in St. Louis, Mi>., which in 1854 had been carried to a depth of 2,350 feet' or nearly half a mile, without any satisfactory result. Borir.gs of loss than about four inches in Jiameter are now considered inexpedient, us they afford so much less room for the tools. Bock is preferred to loose earth, but the latter is readily worked by enclosing the bore in a cast iron pi pa with flush joints, which is crowded down as the work progresses. Thus whatever the springs on the intermediate levels, the water is all drawn from the bottom alone. Such iron lined wells are usually about twenty inches, or from that to six feet in diameter, and as the metal does not sensibly corrode, such tubes may be considered perforations destined to supply for all coming time a constant stream of pure spring water of the greatest coolness, gushing freely from depths too great to be affected by droughts. The above is doublless familiar to most of our readers, but it may not be so generally known that precisely similar borings are practicable, and are employed with great advantage in connection with pumps, at localities where the water will not rise to the surface. The well water of this city, for example, is decidedly bad, we mean that from common wells ; but borings sunk to the rock in any of the lower wards gives water at a uniform temperature of 52<? Fab., and so far preferable to Croton for drinking purposes, that one lias been sunk to supply the International Hotel and Saloon, this city, an establishment which under the more familiar name of Taylor," is known ns the most expensively furnished in America. Our metropolis like the house in the parable, stands on a rock, a great formation, which appears in ledges at Ilurl Gate and Diamond Reef, and crops out plentifully in the upper part of the city, but is in most of the settled portions covered with loose earth. The thickness of these latter deposits is from 70 to 150 feet, and in the gravelly beds immediately o-verlieing this rock, water is sometimos not only excellent l..i _i .ie-y L>Ul piUIIUIlll. Some sugar refitteries and breweries in this city are supplied from Artesian wells with quantities of water which would cost, if drawn from the Crolon pipes, nearly 15,000 each per year, or twice the cost of a single well, if the Croton were capable of furnishing them, which it is not without robbing the citizens. The boring and tubing complete is contracted for at about $00 per foot, making the eost of a well 80 feet deep $2,400^. ' ' * Jft bliould be remarked that the water, although received from a gravelly bed at a great depth, does not necessarily have to l - .1 k. J iL. ?1- -f- -!?-? uv eievnueu iu? wuww uiswoce itierefrom by pmnpfftjf. On. the contrary, k may, as Pe Save seen, rise anil flow over, and al? byf ripe* a greal&i ot 1ms dintuoc? toward the surface according to the elevation of the place, dip.o^ the at rata, etcr. At Aiessrt. Harria & Coon's sugftr refinery, Jjftonaid atrtet, fliis city, there are two of-tbese wella only fifteen fWt apart, an& each twenty inches iosfde dinroetdffr The aFater daring the night staede at only ab^nt lO feeVhekrW tk# cellar floor, hat while be ing/J>qmp?tftffc viprreoe U redJced aotne 8rm. - FoWr wells must b? about 46 cubicfe^ in 3?o #>VjL,*> . . / *>-.' V"'> " ' 'ifc gallons per minute. Tliero aro comparatively few situations where overflowing wells can bo established, but it would seem that deep borings to bo , pumped from might be made with advan- j tage in a far greater, if not iu every variety of situations. Unforseen circumstances, however, may defeat the success of an enterprise of this nature in a section of almost any geological character.? Scicntijic Amcri- j can. WHOLESALE POISONING. I , Tlie following account of a poisoning case ', in Washington, which occurred a short lime i . - I before the inauguration of President Ihic- j hanan, is taken from the Lancaster (Pa.) I Express: " About the time Mr. Buchanan returned i from his late visit to Washington, we heard , whispers of a singular and mysterious na- I. ture in regard to his illness and sudden re- j turn home. In prosecuting our inquiries,1 : we ascertained lluit Mr. Humes lWter, of! this city, came home from Washington with ^ Mr. Buchanan, also sick, and was obliged j to take his bed, where he has been ever ' i since. I "At the same time we were satisfied of i the truth of the statements which we give 1 below, but .as extraordinary efforts were j made here as well as at Washington to | keep the matter hushed up, we yielded to | the solicitations of friends, and withheld the j facts in our possession. As they arc now coining out through other channels, it is due to our readers to give them a history j of this extraordinary case of a narrow escape from wholesale poisoning. " When Mr. Buchanan went to Washington, he put up at the National House, , where J. Clancy Jones, John L. Dawson j and others were stopping. It appears that i this hotel lias been terribly infested with rats ' of late, and one of the boarders?as the 'orv goes?conceived the idea that they ought to be disposed of effectually before the day of inauguration. Accordingly, ho procured extra large doses of arsenic, which he disposed of in the most tempting manner about the house. The rats ate the poison. It is well known that when rats nar take of arsenic they put directly for water, j There is a large tank of water in the tipper j part of the hotel referred to, and into this | the host of rats plunged, drank, bursted and died. From this tank the houses is sup-1 plied with water for drinking and cooking purposes. "Twenty or thirty of the guests were suddenly and some of tliem severely affected, from the use of water thus impregnated with the poison. Mr. Ihiehanan left suddenly for Wheatland, where he arrived s-uffering severely from diarrhoea. lie wr.s, however, less severely affected than the others, and in a short time recovered sufficiently to receive visitors?but the fatigue incident to entertaining two or three hundred persons, made it absolutely necessary for him to husband his strength, by refusing to see any but his most intimate personal friends ?a rule wliicli was rigidly observed up to ' tlie hour of liis departure this morning. ,l Dr. Jones, of Berks, was m?re severely affected, and has been lying in a critical condition ever since?and a doubt about his recovery, lias left his appointment to a pj;>ce j in the Cabinet an open question up to the present time. Among the others most severely affected was lion. John L. Dawson, and it was rumored this morning iliat he ' has since died. The report, however, nee-ls ( confirmation. Mr. Porter, of this city, was also severely affected, and though confined to his room ever since, we believe lie is out of danger. The Psalms of David.?Amongst all ( compositions, these alone deserve the mime of sacred lyricks. These alone contain a ' poetry that meets the spiritual nature in all its moods and all its wants, which stren<?thf ens virtue with glorious exhortations, gives angclic eloquence to prayer, and almost rises to the seraph's joy in praise. In distress and fear, they breathe a low mur- ] mur of complaint; in ponitence, they groan , wilh the agony ot a troubled 6oul. They j have a gentle music for the peace of. faith ; in adoration, they ascend to the glory of era- | ation, and the majesty of God. For assemblies or for solitude, for all that^ladens and all that grieves, for ow heaviness and , despair, for our remorso and otir redeftip tion, wo find in these di vino harmonies tbe , loud or the low expression. Great has been ( their power in the world. They resounded amidst the court? of the tabernacle; they , floated though the'lofty and-solemn spaces of tbe temple. They were sung with glory Wifl.of Zion; they were sung with sorrow* #pwe streams of Babel. And ( when fijrael had passed awfty, ther harp of , David was still awakened id the church of ( Christ. In all the eras and ages of that pkamfr, from tho hymn which was-first &3y?pfcred in the upper chamber, until its i jflHnjns filled the earth, the inspiration of < prophet: ha? enraptured its dero- i Oirnmy, aria your &>&* all well f ^ ^ but Sally Ann.'1 0 ^alVthe (ijatt^fwijjj her V1 J * m fiat o(juijr ?ccoSt now, l)?t ?!ie has th** hoop He'^UVfo," ' ':V v . fir- \ '' jl" ' * "' A COURT SCENE IN KANSAS. Some two years ago, says our informant, quite an amusing and novel scene transpired in the presence of his honor, a Probate Judge of Kansas, while he was holding court. Wo shall not give the real names of the parties, and hope no one will take olleiice. The date of this scene was some time in February, 1854?the locale in some county. The court room was a little log hut, ten by twelve, with a dirty chimney and floor! chairs were very scarce, and his honor had several chunks of wood rolled in for scats. Upon one of the said chunks his honor sat, with all his judicial diirnity. 1 ieforo him was arraigned some poor fellow, for borrowing bis neighbor's chickens without permission, confronted by his accuser. Upon the opposite side of the place sat the sheriff and one of his friend*, engaged in a pleasant game of "old sledge;" we will call thcin Smith and Drown. The Judge, after adjusting his ipiiil and brushing back his hair several times, that his legal blimps might be thoroughly exhibited, and looking the prisoner full in the face, propounded an interrogatory like this: Judge?Sir, what have you to say for yourself i Drown?Smith, I beg. Smith?I'll see you d d first. Judge?Sheriff*, keep silence in the court. Well, sir, what have you to say about these chickens ? Drown (aside)?liun the kinds, Smith. Prisoner?I intended to pay Mr. Wig gins lor uiem ciucKcus. Judge?AVIi}- didn't Drown?Smith, you don't come that new kick over me; follow suit, d?n you; none of your reuiguoing. Judge?Sheriff, tlie court finds it impossible to proceed, unless you have order in the court house. Smith?In .1 moment, Judge. Count your game, Drown. Judge?Did you cat or sell those chickens? Prisoner?I sold tltein. Judge?How much did you make on ? Smith?High, low, jack, gift and game. Urown?Who gave you one ? Smith?I hog your pardon. 'Twns you that hogged. Judge?Silence in the court. Everything was quiet again for a few moments; the cards were shuffled and dealt, and in the meantime his honor pioceedod with the examination. In the height of some other questions being propounded by the Judge, Smith bogged and Hrowu gave one, hallooing out, " Xow rip ahead, old lioss?five and five." The Judge, indignant and angry, arose from the bench and crossed to the players. ISefore he could speak, he espied Smith's hand holding the jack ami ten of trumps, at the same time glancing at a big stone lying between the two, he saw two half dollars. "Drown," says the Judge, "I'il l?et you five dollars Smith beats the game." 41 Done," says 13rowii, and up went tlio urc. Smith led oft', and won tlie tridc; led again, and won ; led the third time and won, but no game yet; commenced whistling and scratching his head. Judge (leaning on Smith, and with one fve shut)?Smith, play 'em judiciously. Smith led a little heart, nnd lost the trick. Brown played the queen at him, and won ihe ten. " Hold !" said the Judge, " let ine see." Brown?"What's the matter, Judge? Smith (impatient)?Lead on, Drown. Brown?Piny to the acc. Judge (raving) ? This was a made up thing ? you have defrauded me ? I fine you both twenty five dollars for contempt :>f court. Drown pocketed the money, the prisoner iloned. and so the couil ndioiifiw.il ivitlmnt ' - ?J " *'% ?# any formal process. " JVc uint got Anything Else"?An honest backwoodsman, unacquainted with the slang terms of the day, recently went toto a store at Columbia, S. C., to purchase & bill of groceries. Stepping lip' to the keeper of the store, he began with? "Have you got any sugar ?" "We ain't got anything else/' was the reply/ " Well, put me op 150 pounds, and make aut your bill. I'll call and1 settle, and get the sugar in an hour or so." *** In an hour cr two after thfo, ihc gentleman called, paid his bill, and got the sugar. A.? usual, the sliop-kceper said? " Want anything else ?" " I did want tome ihrce or four bags ofi soffce, some rice, spices, oil, Ac., but I got Lhem at another store. Vou told me you Jidn't Lave anything else.* " : " iY,?tt-? " Shalt T help you to some of the tomat asses," inquired a young exquisite of a venerable physician, as be aati opposite to him it 0?9 0f#ft hotel Ublfo "*o, sir, I LbanlU4JK>U.,r rop-fltel the trectoT, " but I'll Ironble^ y^ fou^some of the potirtussea if youftyo* _ ' t\ :.. " , " . ' > -b'AiMd? "Dennis, inrlint; oob, Der.nis, wlgt is il dfling F u Whist, 13iddy,.P? tiding Bif^par%pent.w 44Murder! wMTis itF h? nreoni mais giving hot wftyitr tolbo Lctis so tli'VI! lur btf-l niy* /" i 17. -1 I I - A GREENHORN ON THE LOCOMOTIVE. | Mr. junior, has been 'scottiug ! nrouu<l' sit the West, ami ns some of his ' experiences are rather ainttsiiijr, we copy an ' extract, as follows :? j 44 When wegotto the th'po, I went around . to git a look at the iron lioss. ThunderaI lion it wasn't no more like a hoss than a ! meetiu house. If I was goiu to desenhe the auiiuuh*, I'd say it looked like?well, it 1 i _ i , -? ioijkuu iike?uarneu it 1 know ic/ml it looked like, unless it was a regular he devil, ' snorting fire au brimstone out of liis ?os; trils, and puffing out Mack smoke all round, and pautin, and lievin, and swellin, and ! ehawin tin red hot coals like they was good. ; A fellow btood in a lilt lo house like, feed in ! him all the time; hut the mofe he blowed | and snorted. After .1 spell,- the feller cntched him l>y the tail, and great Jerico! he set ! up a yell I hat split the ground for more'n a 1 mile nud a half, and the next iniiiut I felt j mv legs a waggin, and found myself at t'other end of the string o' vehicles. I wasn't skcercJ, hut I had three ehilis and a stroko : of palr-y in less than five minutes, njid my ' face had a euiious browuUh-yaller-greciiblueUh color iii it, which was perfectly un! accountable. ' Well,' savs I. 'commoni i? hupet fluou*/ And I look a scat in tliu < nearest waggin, or car as they call it?a consumed long steamboat loukin thing, ! with a dicing of pews clown each side, big enough to hold about a lnnn-and-a-hall'.? i Just as 1 s:\t down the lioss hollered twice, | and still ted oil' like a streak, pitchen me head fiist iit the stomach of a big Irish woIinan, and ^lu* gave a tremenjous grunt then ketch'd me by the head and crammed mo UlldiM' tlll> *in.l 1./.,. f 1 -- * j ?? ? u\;il 1 yUl UUl JlIKl , I staggered to another seal, the cars was a jiiui|iin and tearin along at nigh onto forty thousand miles an hour, ami everybody wu* a bobbin up and down like a mill saw, and every wretch <?f 'em had his mouth wide open and looked like lalliin, but f couldn't hear nothin, the cars kept such a lackij.?^ Hitnehy they stopped all at once, and then such another la IF busted out o' them passengers as I never hearn before. Lafiiu at me, too, that's what made me mad, and I was mad as thunder too. 1 ris up, and shakin my fist at 'em, says I, 'Ladies and gentleI.K.I. .. i ' " ? . .1 m:iu. i 111 a peaceable stranger ' niiil away the d^rn train wont likti small p??x was in town, jerking inc ! down in tlie seat with a whack like l*ii been ! thrown from tlie moon, and their cussed months flnppi-d open and the fellers went to bobbin up and down again, i put on an air of magnanimous contempt like, and took no more notice of 'em and vcrj? naturally went to bobbin up and down niyj self." J The Tin ins i if Citi'tfwf/e.?Accounts from I Tunis nnnoum-n that M>* ~ - "? " | man who a tow months ago obtained from the May of Tunis the concussion of the right, of exploring the ruim of Carthago under certain conditions, and who has been eng:iged, during the last two or tliree months, , excavating in that interesting locality, under j the auspices of the Britisji government and , the Museum, has made some most imporj taut and valuable discoveries. An Aral* , having fouhd in a certain locality apiece of elegant mosaic, Mr. Davis was induced to push' his excavations in that spot, and his labors were rewarded by the discovery, at a considerable depth beneath the surface, of the remains of uu ancient temple, which Mr. Vftivis behoves to have been the famous ! temple of I rldo. After cutting through Wo layers of flooring, which must have been laid down at lengthened intervals, he came upon a most splendid piece of mosaic work* inanship of uvu.y square yards in area, upon j which were delineated in beautiful marbles | of various Colors, and in excellent preservation, two heads, each about three feet in dimension, supposed to represent those of Dido and Juno, besides several most graceful Eastern figures, and a number of highly elegant costume and devices, oil being of j exquisite workmanship?nerharn. it U ?>t. I A 1 ? " "" "' > legftd, tlie most beautiful ancient productions of ibid art hitherto brought to light. Great, exertions are being mado by Mr. Davia to plate his ncwly-discovcred mosaic floor- . iug Under cover as soon as possible, in order to' preserve it from the action of th'o elor inents. It is supposed the British Governmerit will despatch a vessel especialy to vey it to England. Mr. Davis had-j^pvft ously found some enormous garble cQ^inns, ^ 6 ft. in diameter, as well as sevoral pthep objects of minor value and interest, and lie " 4 is, we hoar, vujry sanguine of makiog^&iit more vfttttable discoveries.?Molt* Times. tSharpers in Utah.?If Utdjij-'Jias saints, it also has .ha &H^Mti|ii|&roti>er Brigham Young, bigb priest ^president of the Mormon Council tit Lauer Day Saiutsat Great Salt Late Ci?j,--arfd actincr Gove?or of Utah Territory, thus denounce* canjflfoninded of the brethren "We can pick out elders in Isroal right, here who ?a| beat the world at gambling who can hnndle the cards, can out an<$; sbufflo theit?3l4th the smartest rog^e on Qotf* Jtcan produoe eldcifbure whoTOsn shave their smartest shavers,' ao<J tske theirmoney from them. We can ' a the world st Hiiy game. That will do.? We give iii lo the Saints of Utah. ** Among all my boys,*1 said an old mim, ITneVer iiifil but on? boy who took after / . bis father, and that was my son Aaron ; lt? t took aftu iuc \vilh H ?JuL," ^ /