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w.y r < .*fc *"* ^ ^vtrSv * , ' H JIMslW) f)Ii)iJ# MVOTfl'lfi'S * w uxauEi d?ad^u^/^?J U i^d?a^wi iSu d?jiius *~ ?? ?I??nnugjL'?u\i>ijM.y:i J'U?i?-ir? -^v^-aai?wJ^r.'w? rf vrrzrza TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] "THE X1*XIICE OP Ijibxizitv X?J 33Ti3xira'^LXj VIG-IIIAWOB." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1857. ~~VOL. XIII . . .1 .NO 53 Frpm the iVeto York Dispatch. CHEROKEE STORIES. THE BEAUTIFUL DAHLIA. Noar tbo close of a charming day, in iho year 1828, a young Indian girl stood on the left bank of tho llimassec, gazing intently towards the other shore. The scone Around her was picturesque in a high degree. Magnificent pine forests, every treo of which sung like an yBilian harp to the touch of tho evening wind, overshadowed thickly tho borders of the crystal river, that chaunted too incessantly a low delicious musid of its own. Tho minstrel birds filled 'tho woods with airs of love, and fishes, sis if they would fly on silver fins, leaped above tho surfacc of the stream, to enjoy tlie crimson ligbt; the wild flowers sweetened the atmosphere with odors of paradise; while .-afar 1in tho cast tho serrated piuacles of a towering mountain were all glowing and flaming in the red fins of the setting fetid. . Nor did tho solitary spectatress of the ' landscape appear at all unworthy of its rich r-omnnce. She was in tho early bloom of v bright fifteen?that mystic point of intersection betwixt tho double dreams of child hood and passion?where tho innocence of the ono Irombles without retiring before tho first burning heart quakes of tho other.? And notwithstanding the immaturity of her years, one could scarcely have wished to behold a taller, a more luxuriant womanly form than hers, a combination at once of queenly grandeur and ethereal grace.? Straight as an arrow, flexible as a spring of ateol, airy .as a bird on tho wing; round, waving, symmetrical, and full of radiant life and health with a delicious bosom, whoso twin cone-like pillows, sharply indenting the snowy linen above them, indicated that no rudo hand had ever yet soiled the virgin purity beneath; with those black eyes of vivid yet dreamy fire, shaded by lashes so long as almost to sweep the cheeks below; with that world of raven hair braided with an art rivalling tho simplicity of nature, but adorned only with forest flowers ?tho native wreaths that bring their own perfume; and with that voluptuous complexion of the golden olive, which suffers rtlie tiuts of tho brilliant blood to bo seen through it, like sunbeam s blushing through an evening cloud. She might have be<*n imagined an Indian Venus, had not the v pure spiritual c;ist of countenance, sculptured as in marble on every feature, made her rathor resemble the chaste huntress of the Olympian woods. Her dress was the most costly fabric, though entirely without ornaments, save one splendid pin that sparJceld in a point of flamo over her bor.om ; for she was the only daughter of the wealthiest chief of the Cherokees, and the sister of the ..greatest. >r--. .For, at that period monttoned, that part ' of Tennessee still romained tho property of the aboriginal possessore, to whom it had descended as a free inheritance from God ?bd nature, through the unbroken succession of ages too distant for record, or oven tho <lim twinklings of pootic tradition. But the onctf wide domain of the martial Cberokoes had been compressed into a mere 6pan hy tho invasions of an enipiro of powerful States.that yet continued to assault it on every-aide. ; There seemed no hope for tho last remnant of the fading tribe, only a forcod exodus iuto the milder forests of the West, .there to find a transient home, and then again-to fly at the bidding of their pitiless persecutors. Thus has it been, and will be, with p. salvage yet noble race. A6 thb dew before the sun, as tho mountain ^no.W before tho singing rains of summer, thwisdt and exhalo awnv at tha torturinc , I " - J W V- ; v o touch ,of civilization, they flit like fairies from the moonlight green, to return no .. more. . **%*? * r * Was that the thought wbictt&addencd ?heJjrqw of tlie beautiful Indian girl as her tlark eyes rested mournfully on the sparkling riverl Perhaps it might bo a feeling jnore personal than patriotic; suddenly her face kindled with the glow like the sunset ps flight, arrow-swift canoe^steered by one ? . ^outhful tower, shot out from th& othpr jpbdte,' if;, took bfirt a minute to cross the ^tjcamof impotnoushasto urged ' vlheSlaahitfg paddle, lie was a'handsome .man of-medium size ; some twonty-throe _* jraars oT age, with a rather ^Kllow complox/?' V|oii,allelevateijl intettpotuaTforehead, and / ,r ethe blackest light, vivid and. pier Pul nng?d *UU ajaamoless expression v ,'pOfc*jU together pleasing, though , no one ^ jooeWfcbill why. lie wore tlio richest cloth>^idtb ? many jewelB as good tasje might f- ,fer!bW a^w.flnd his entire nir betokened ' -** ^oibmJ^?-bS^^Vastisod and unobtrusive Q ' up^lho batfk' and grasping the trenTulous hand of the young Indi'ar ' rjfoJ, carried it *espc?tfqlly to his lips, ox ^aimii}g*in half feminine tones:\ ' Byroet Dahlfa, forgivo m$ fol I wMfdjring to sep you, but de ^ cHtnson, she murmured I #V ' i " Touch mo not again, or I leave you forever !" "Pardon, divine crealuro, the unconscious imprudence of love," he entreated sadly ; i "you know how gladly I would perish sooner than harm you, even in thought. And I do perish hourly with tho fires of this chaste yet comsuming passion. Oh ! Dahlia, your heart is not hewildored with tho fondness like mine, or you would forsake all to livo and love with me." "Unjust and crucl!" she faltered, with quivering lips ; " would yon have me begin tho duties of a wife by base ingratitude ! and wicked disobedience to tho best of parents ?" " Hut suppose they should never consent," was tho incipient remonstrance. She cut it short with mingled tenderness ntKi inrliornnfi<Mi " TIiht liovn ! ?!? & ? * ? "VJ Hit.I promise tliat llio union shall take place so soon as you are admitted to practice at the bar, and that will bo withiu the year, as you have told me so often." "Alas! I can make no progress in the dry study," he replied mournfully; " the imago of too beautiful a face haunts each printed page, and I can discover but six letters?thy dearest name ray Dahlia." " Be a man George," she answored, with lofty earnestness; " for there can be no manhood, no virtue, or real greatness, without the hard exercise of a powerful will." " Love has no will save that of tho beloved one," he sighed, with a glance of fiery passion. "And love will do and endure all things for the happiucss of the heart's idol," she murmured, in accents of unspeakable tenderness. Agaiu tho enamored youth implored: " Let us be wedded at once, and then your kind father will forgive us!" " You know not Major Ridge," sho cried, with iudiscribablo solemnity ; " his life, from infanov. Iias lioim frnn fmm o ci.ir.-ln j, falsehood, and ho never pardoned one falsehood in another. The word, when uttered by his tongue, is eternal as tho iron mountains ; his irrevocable will would let the globe break into atoms, rather than relent in tho performance of its purpose." " And is there no hope ?" He shuddered as if in despair. " There is every hope in keeping our voluntary vows, but none in their violation," was tho firm response. As she spoke, a rustling was heard in tho leafy undergrowth behind them, aud a str.111''ii Tnilinn niimrrrinr* fi-nni i?o o- 1 fc>""fc3 " w?wi, presenting tho young man a letter instantly disappeared. George tore off tho envelopo, and, glancing at tho contents, gave a shout of joy. M llere, Dahlia, is my liconso ; the judge says lie is satisfied with my last examination ; it must be tho work of your affectionate father." She cast herself into his arras, sobbing as if her heart would break in its wild paroxysm of love and pleasure. " Lot us hasten liorao and be weddod at once," tho young man suggested fondly. She drew back, and gazing into his eyes, as if she would search out tho darkest socvcts in tho abyss of his soul, gasped, through hor tears: " And will you never grow weary or ashamed of vour dusfcv Tmlinn 2? Shall I always sliaro your momenta of prido as well as your Lours of gloom and sorrow ?" " I swear it by the God that made us both," ho exclaimed, fervently; " aud if I ever love you less, may that God forget mo in my greatest need I" 44 It is well!" she murmured ; 44 for I could novor boar the semblance of a slight from you!" 'At the instant, a small skiff was seen rapidly descending tho river, carrying thrco persons visible in the fading light, and a clear, ringing voice called out: 44 Dahlia, stay, it is I!w 44 I^Jy father 1" falterod tho young girl; 4,what can have brought you back so soon f' In a minute, the father, brother, and a stranger in the clerical garb, landed and sa> luted the lovers kindly, but with an aspect of unncnniintATilA mnlnnclmln -- VMVV " What has hnpponod, dear fathor, that you return so Bad!" inquired the terrified maidon kissing the old chiefs hand. 41 We have a country no more," Baid the tall, magnificent man, in his cold, motallic voice, and with features rigid as mar. ble. Who has dared to soil it?" she ejacula1 ted fiercely, and her dark eyes flash od light> ning. 44 11" roturned the young hero of a hun' dred Bhttles, witli proud in)payability ; "I 1 am the glorious traitor !w "You!" slio cried, reeling as if treading upon an earth quake. [ w Curse mo, daughter!" responded the * chieftain, mournfully, "curse mo as ten thousand tongues will curse me to-morrow, " ?bough I have sacrificed my life for them all, as the only moans of salvation. Yoo - Know now tao States of Goorgia, Tennes9 see, and Alabama, Knpgjry as wolves for laI dian land, bav? long iuyaded (bo Territory ' of our tribe. You rexneiSber bow .we ap* pealed for juatico to the Supronje cjourtflf t the United States, and the three Wdied Governors have defied tW righteous dccia ion in our favor. Thero was left but ono hope, tho clomcncy of our great father at Washington, to protect our rights with that arm strong as thunder. I saw him?I laid our case at his feet?I urged tho faith of treaties?T. reminded him of tho unforgotten days when wo too marched side by sido through whirlwinds of liroy hail against the murderous Creeks. Ho grew pale, trembled, shed tears like a woman, but said ho dared not plunge his own people in a civil war for us. Then I knew all was over. I came back and signed the salo of New Knchola?that is tho hateful word. It was dono yesterday, and there remains but one thing moro to do?to seal tho act with 1113' ! blood !" "Ob, iny noblo father, surely thoy will not kill you for that deed of necessity," sobbed tho beautiful girl, clinging to tho iron chieftain's breast. "Think you so mildly of tho revengeful Ross, and of the bloody handed Foremans?" replied tho parent, with bitter sarcasm; "did I not slay their ancestors for selling land to secure the fortunes of iheso haughty sons, then why should thoy not slay mo for performing the same to save my tribe from tho bayonets of tho brigands of Georgia 3" Tho maiden threw herself on tho ground and prayed: " Fly, my father! fly to the darkest woodB of l.hp Wftsf nnrl wn TVlll nil nn,l ? ? M w * 1*1 uti iv/uV IT UUU OUcUU your exile!" "I filial! go!" he answered, and his face beamed with prophetic Instre, "but tho journey will he in vain ; the hounds of hell will trail my footsteps, and never pause till they drink my blood. In tho meantime, I wish to sec you married, if the young man there docs not already repeat his unfortunate choice." " Never!" interposed George, with the purpose of a florid protestation. But the old worrier comuiandod sternly: " Sir lawyer, spare your promises ; one act is worth a thousand words. Take my child's hand, if you wish, and tho parson will say the ceremony, for I can no more enter my own door." And so their bridal lovo was plighted there beneath the purple shadows of the evening, under the darkening leaves of tho forest, bv the silver singing river, as one sweetly twinkling star, the first to walk out on tho azure battlements of the western hcaveus, looked down with its diamond evo of flame as a celestial witness. Major llidge and his son John hurried oft* to the settlement of the Cberokccs, beyond the Mississippi; and in a short lime George, with his young wifo, her mother, and tho family of tho junior chieftain, with sovoral hundred slaves followed after. Tho lawyer and his accomplished companion made their home on tho American side of the Cherokee lino. Stimulated by her energetic and lofty spirit, he ongaged ardently in tho practice of his profession, achieved fame and riches, and finally reached the distinguished honor of Justice on tho Supreme bench of Arkansas ; while half a dozen of lovely children camo to make music around their hearthstone. But after tho murder of Dahlia's kindred, as will bo related in another story, tho Judgo and his still beautiful wifo, feeling unsafe as near tho Iudian nation, emigrated to the city of Galveston in Texas. The once indigent and friendless student of Blackstono, was now wealthy aud famous with a still more brilliant career opouing in prospect, when in an evil hour, he made a winter visit to tho gay capital of tho South, Jn attendance on a lady friend of tho trusting Dahlia, and with the entire approbation of tho latter. In New Orleans, he mot with a vory celebrated hello from Washington, one who might boast of crazing moro heads and hearts than any other bewildorod woman since Ilelen of classic memory ; she smiled uii iuu vhiii xuxan juoge, ana no instantly lost his senses. Then followed interviews, boxes in the theatre, drafts on tho banker, drives by moonlight on the shell road, and endless perfumery of sigh broatliing notes, besides I know not what othor forms of folly. Tho lady friend of Dahlia said nothing, yet managed somehow to get possession of tho sweet correspondence betwoen the unlawful lovers ; and with this she steamed off to Galveston. Tho next day after Lor arrival, tbe Judge's wife instituted a suit for divorco. As soon as tho false husband hoard of tho proceeding he h^sLonpd home in an ago" liy of terror and despair, to heal, if possible, the wound ho had inflicted ; but tho indignant woman be had wrongod, rofused utterly even to boo hits', and roturood all lijs letters unopened. The day of trial came, the amatory notes were read to tho infinite dolight of tho Gal* voston quidnuncs, tbe lady friend testified through her Iters, and the divorce was for mally decreed. The dosolate Judge, however, consoled himself with the quite natural roflectiop, that though hflh&cl lost One wife by the operation, he bad^rtually more the right to?nother; And hp immodiatoly communicatcd to hi* charming hollo at Washington : '0 joy, my angelr-I am free;:aet^he iirop for ' our union, and I will rush W thQ?o fond arm* of flu. ' ' At lein^th a rej^^^ftmo. Tho Judgo trembled to break tho seal, fearing lo run mad with puro cxcoss of rapture. H? tears the lotter open in desperntion, and uttore n ( howl of rago wild enough to havo appalled 1 the wolvos. Tho ioy nnswor meets his ' gaze : 'I am sorry for your sake that you :' havo so strangely misinterpreted my feellings ; I never either experienced or proten- j' ded any emotion towards you but poetic 1 and platonic friendship, and that remains ' yours still, as ever.' 1 4 l'ialonie h?1!' he roared, rending his ' lierfllllicrl hstir? ? flm <i.? i ! Messalina, the witch of all the she devils!? c I'll pierce lier heart!' I'll tear her in pieces ' with my teeth ! I'll blow out ray own ' brains or?murder llio first woman that ' looks at mo ! A musical laugh rung through the sti ' (ling atmosphere of the ofiicc, and the lady { friend, who had mado all the mischief, gli- 1 I ded into a seat besido him. "What trans- 1 piled I know not, nor can even faintly ima- 1 ' gine?only one thing is ccrtaiu at the re- 1 suit of the infoi-vimv llmt cIia nnrenmln/l ' - ? - I'V?""'-" . liiin not to murder, but to niary her, which 1 perhaps might be quite as cruel; and the ' next week, to the astonishment of all Toxiw the nuptials were duly celebrated, in a pomp and splendor becoming the high rank of tlio parties, and tho beauty of their precious antecedents, lleneo, after all the amorous judicial get another wife, and boundless notoriety togother! CHARLES SUMMERFIELD. VEOTILATED *CHAMBER3. The importance of well ventilated rooms cannot bo too strongly urged upon tho attendants of the sick?who too oftcu regard the prcscnco of a little fresh air as not of the most beneficial tendency, and close the windows and doors with inn?li as if the deadly Simoon was raging with- J out! A free circulation of air is not only beneficial to persons laboring under severe attacks of illness, but is absolutely nccessnry for the preservation of the health of j those who linger b}* the bedside of a diseased friend. It is said by medical men that thero is no kind of malaria more per- ' nicious and fatal in its effects, than the ' ] poisonous atmosphere of an unventilated . chamber, when a person is suffering from tho violent, attack of an acute disease.? . Here often lies the mystery of what is called tho contayiousnvss of disease. A celebrated English physician, (Dr. j Smith, on fever,) says that the room of a fever-patient in a small and heated apartment, in a populous city, with 110 circula- ' tion of fresh air, is perfectly analagous to a stagnant pool in Ethiopia, full of the bodies of dead locusts. Nature, with her y burning sun, her stilled, and pent un wind. h<*r stagnant and teoining marsh, manufac- 1 tures plaguo on a largo and fearful scalo; * poverty in her hut, covered with rags, sur- 1 rounded with filtb, striving with all her might * to keep out tho puro air, and to incroaso ^ tho heat, imitates nature but too succoefully. ^ Tho process and the pu>duct are same * ?the only difference is the magnitude of tho result. Penury and ignoranco can thus at any time, in any place, create a mortal plague.? Olive Branch. Health of Animals.?To keep animals in health, is moro important than to euro sick ones, and for this purpose a fow leading rules should bo always observod, and which cannot bo out of placo hero. 1. Always food regularly as to ti/no and quautity. Many animals aro mado sick by starving at ono time, stuffing at auother.? Especially never overfeed. 2. Tho sarao rulo must bo observod with watering?and lot the water bo pure. 3. Never overwork an animal?regular | and moderate exercise will enable a workj ing animal to do moro tho year through, I by all odds, than any hurried driving at ono time, and resting and ovorfuoding at | another?and bo infinitely less liable to dis ease. 4. Allow a regular supply of salt?it is ' useful; but an obscrvanco of tbo prcccd- . ing rules without salt will bo incomparativoly better tban their infraction with it. 5. Never feed musty or bad food. If 1 musty fodder must be used; pass it through a rapid cutter, and moisten, salt aud moal ' it. ' G. Avoid unwholesome and poisonous plants in pastures and in hay, 7. Ail changes of food must bo gradual. ' If from hay to grass, lot tho grazing bo but ' ono hour tho first day, two hours the next, three bours tho next, ?kc. The same cau- i j,ion mnst be carefully observed in begin- i nin/v IA n ivunin * vu iVUU TT 1WU <WIO| glCIIU UbU( 3 8. Bo careful that animals always have \ sufficient exorciso, and plenty of pure, frculj j air. Stables roust bo well ventilated. 9, Lastly, and by no menus least, let | strict cleanliness be obsorved. All animals, j even pigs, kept clean and c^riod, are found ] to maiutain their flesh better, or fatten fas* ter, than when dirtjt and neglected?and cleanliness is more important to health than for flosh.?Homestead, * , Theodore Hook and 3 friend in a stroll togethojrcaineto a toll-bridge. "Do you know #o built this brjdgo?" said jtho gen- ! tleman^HqwIu. "No," replied (1m, wit ^b^^^^^over' you will be toll^" ALPHABET OF SELF-MADE MEN. Tho following from Household Word jivea in a brief space, tho names and clia icteristics of eminent living characters, wl: iave raised themselves by their own oxo lions. To begin with tho letter A, and daa 'instily and skippingly on through tho a [ihabet we find that Anderson, the popuh Danish novelist, was the son of a cobble md educated at a charity school, and tin 10 tried for years to gain a living by ham craft trades, being frequently on tho brin )f starvation. Bel anger, the celobratc L'Vunch lyric poet, lived with hi3 gran< 'ather, .1 poor tailor, and was a gaming c ho streets at Paris until promoted for ,imo a potboy. Klihu Hurritt, as wo 11 mow, was a blacksmith's, apprentico.Jarlcton, the Irish novelist, who enjoys no 1 pension of two hundred pounds a yea s the son of a peasant, and bogged li ,vay to knowledge. llafrel, Carrera, Pre: lent of (inatcmala, began life iis a drun ner boy and a cattle-driver. Mr. Cobde s the son of a small farmer, and entered ivarehouso in London when a boy, ro Jirough its various grades of service. S \v iiimin uuuit was a working miller tin \ joiner, ami Ihon a millwright. Dutn :he great French novelist and dramatist, the illegitimate son of a ncgress, and w n all but a state of starvation, in priso ;ill bo hit upon the way to distinction.Karradav, the eminent chemist, is the son \ poor blacksmith, and began his career ; the apprentice to a bookbinder. Millni Fillmore, lato President of tho Unit* States, was first a ploughboy, then trie llio trade of clothier, and was then appro Liced to a wool-carder. Herring tho ati mal painter, began tho profession of tl :irt with sigu-bords and coach paincs. Jo ininc, the BuruH of tho South of Franco, ,ho son of a tailor, and the grandson of loinmon beggar. Mr. Lindsay, M. P., tl *rcat shipowner, left his home with 3s. G. II lli.S nofikot- to 111* (ViWminc ..O I J -- I - ? ?hip bov ; lie worked his pissage to Livei K>ol by assisting in the coal hole of a stcan 5r; and for a part of the timo after lie a ived, he begged during the day, and sloj n the sheds and streets at night, Lougl lie distinguished sculptor, began the wor! ti the capacity of a plough-boy. Minni ho inventor of the well-known rifle, was private soldier. Robert Owen was a sho joy to a <?rocer aiul tlranAr. .Inlimini looge, the lender of the German Cathol novoment, tonded sheep when a boy.itanfidd, tlio distinguished landscape paii or, w;ia a cabin boy, and the shipmasU vas bis first patron. Theirs, tho wel cnown historian and ex-minis tor of Franc s the son of a blacksmith, and was cduc; ated gratutiously at the public school < Marseilles. Taomas Wright, the Manche; er prison philanthropist, was a weekl vorker in an iron foundry for forty-sevc fears, till a large sum of money wag raise >y subscription to onablo hinj to carry o lis philaj)thrftpical labors. There is encouragemont hore, wo fane; or tlio poor and down-hearted ; and lik< vise rebuke for those who aro continuall larping on the wrongs of the indigen ind impassible barriers between high an ow. A I'tiie Thought.?"I would not [sai >nc who was not himsolf pious] marry an voman who was not a Chris tain. I shoul eel it such an houor to share a heart i vhich God dwelt. It was a fine though 0md desorves to bo specially remembered. You want a friend in whom you ca lavo entire and uuliuiitcd confldoijce; ou ivbo can bo your counsellor in all circuit stances of difficulty or trial; one who is t jo identified with you through life, in hof u?d fear, in joy and sorrow. She is to L i sort of presiding divinty at thy fainil joard, and her countcuancc the mirror i which must be rofiectod the faithful imng >f thy domestic bliss or woe; oue who wi bo discreet, affectionate, and firm in goven ng her children ; in short, who will lov you for your own sake, bo happy with you i i cabin, and who will cleave tho closer t pou when tlio storm of adversity or pcrs< jution shall have swept away or withore jvery vestige of earthly comfort from aboi pti. Now bear all those things in mind *nd tlien to your prayers and the exorcit jf a becoming prudonco, and you will m [>e likely to fail.?Diahfip Andrew. Scene in Court.?Lawyer?You sa you're acquainted with the Defendan Johnson, and call him an u evon tempore man." Now, in fact, isn't he an ill m Lured, violent man ? one who is often ar 2jry for little or no reason ? Witness?Why, yos, that's his dispos Lion. I have known him intimatoly fc jcycjral years, and I call him " an oven-ten pered man," because ho is always in ixission: never saw him yet when 1 wasn't a atormin' about suthin\ Lawyer?That'll do. Tho gentleman o tho other sido can hate tlio witness, . A lady, a disbeliever in thosoionoo, astcc a JeawMxl phponolpgist, with a view Qf4>u cling him, "What kindofj^opla are tho< syho have deatructivenes and - benovolen< equally and large!jr developed Jn f Th& kffl kindness Sampson ItaWea, a^rncm^^'Congrri frortt kWtimn. is tfefid, ": " " -*1? - . V?# " > '. - V . v.. <- * v. Ww" ? ' * ?y . * - v f ~ ,V/ V THE CAMEL EXPERIMENT. 8, The camels in Texas have boon heard r- from up to tho 17 th March. Thoy are do- U 10 ing well, and tlioso first brought over nro si r- in uso for tho transportation of supplies be- f< tween San Antonio and Camp Verde.? / h Three little ones wcro born i:i March and s, 1- arc thriving, and live or six moro births aro ir expected. From tho reports of the condi- a r, tion of the animals at present, and through I it tho eleven months that the first importation c 1- havo boon on tho continent, wo may regard li k all doubts as to their acclimation dissipated j fi id and that so much of the experiment is a 1- fixed <V The only remaining indetermi- p in nate p ' ractcrof tho stock that j fi a may ' := time will be ' I) ill rr ' 'm.w- j tl is Kiiowiuj* . ii- and the uses to win*.. n- tho immense trade there e:u. n, means of it?the only question now pi*, a sented to our minds is?what advantage se will bo derived from tho introduction of <1 lir tho animal among us ? A comparison of 11 n the interior of the groat American and 1 us Asiatic continents will holp us to a conelu- ? is sion. In both are vast extents of country i ;is without navigable streams or practicable n, roads and cut up by deep ravines, uninhab- 'J ? ited aud interrupted by deserts of sand, vol- t of canic debris and salt. Through the one, 1 ns trado and communication are carried on \ u expensively ami siowiy i>y wagons, noises I; . J and mules. Through the oilier, iu ad- 1 id (lition to tlio same means, tliey are laigely i n- facilitated by tho use of the camel?a pow- j ii- erful animal, transporting on long journeys jo five hundred pounds and more, sure footed* e s- independent of water, and to a certain t is extent of food, costing no more to keep t a than a mule. Of the two countries Asia o iC is much more difticult to travel over. Some o J. idea of the value of tlio animal as a trans- p a porler may be formed from tho fact, that r- ill 1853 the valno of mmvbnmlUn. ?mn?nni<. m i- tod through Central Asia, to and from 11 r- Orangeburg 011 the confines of European y Russia, on the backs of camels, was csti- v li mated at five millions of dollars, h (1 Bui, it may bo said, in the progressive n ef spirit that marks the age. and especially d a our country, wo shall soon cover the intorior c p of America with a network of railroads!? s< >s Looking at its vast extent, and measuring t< ic the future by tho past, wo may ask?how a _ soon? Iu one, two, or threo centuries? ^ j. and in tho meantime may not tho camels ci ;r prove of groat utility to trade, and even o 1- contribute to tho building up of the very ft roads in qucBtion ? These aro matters for P x. serious consideration, and should bo ex- n >f amined without prejudice, and intelligently. C At any rate, sustained as tho experiment h y has been by gentlemen of known ability P ? and undoubted patriotism, whoso only in- u d njrcsi in its success is tlio welfare of our u common country, lot us accord to it an impartial support. Fair play, gentleman, for j tlio camel experiment! Tlio opinions of ^ Humboldt, Marsh and Secretary Davis arc ^ y ontUlod to somo weight.? Washington t Evening Slur. ' >(, __ _ T< ^ The only Wag.?The only way for an li editor to got along, and preservo his own n j self-respect, is to please himself, and lot tlio t( y rest of mankind take caro of thomsolvcs. n d ?Exchange. n 11 In course it is. As to tlio idea of pleas- d t ing everybody, wliy its just the way to dis- u pleaso everybody, which, of course, includes ai n the editor himself. There arc a great many u 10 people who are very coulidont tliey could sj j. conduct nil editor's paper for liiin much bot- tc 0 ter than he can do it for himself. A trial cl 10 would convince them that they could do it it ,0 at least for fifteen minutes, if not longer, al y to their own entire satisfaction. One wholo al ? day would, almost to a certainty, give thcra di r0 reasons for thinking some relaxation abso11 lutoly essential to their heallh and happi- , ness. ^ tl 0 Pretty Near the Mark.?" I was in com- u pany tlio other night, a numhor of ladies ai being present, when a young man proposod ai j a conundrum, which he said ho had read ?< in the papers. It was this:?'"When is a lady not a lady ?' There was a pause? u ' ' Give it up,' said all around, when, to tlio 8t ^ infinito horror of tlio whole party, the nquerist oxclaimcd, 'when sho's a little buggy! w Nobody laughed?somo wcro demure, sorao ^ y indignaut, and some no doubt incliued ^ t, to scratch querest's face a littlo. llowasdisd appointed. Fumbling in his pocket ho i- pulled out a paper, which consulting for a 81 i- moment, ho ejaculated, 4 O, I beg your pardon, ladies, I made a mistake. The answer ? i- is, when she is a littlo sulky / I know jt w >r was somo sort of a carriago." w - c a An honost grazier, onco saw Richard tho 1Q Third performed at an English theatre, and _ th? next morning waited on the manager g _ to say that if tho gentleman who called so J, n . ?. .. " mmuy lur n norap qi} mo provioua evening y still hold l|ia mind, ho had n number in,M& id meadow,'iffod ho thought ho coitl? fpij; ^ z- hi tm " it r- ' ^ A /Special Plea,?A young thio?j*ho ^ was cb^ged tho other dny .^^^mg n t> pock^ d?jnwcd to tho indictment, "for p - that; wftoreaa j&udjjtttor pkfetd pooketo, as ihem *Juti m thfey * *' CRme "r '^ r> ?& **& : -^v ' ' v * v". r . ueinwrjwj< CIIL jurrrc'ji'xrvm c~j TILE NEW USE 0"C CJTION SEED. ? In n recent number of tho Now New Orjans Creole, wo find a vory interesting dosription of an establishment in that city >r tho innnufacturo of oil from cotton seed. if tor describing tho pioccs9, the Creole ays; Cotton seed has heretofore been regarded a useful only for tho purpose of manure. t has added nothing to tho value of South rn production ; but it is now t>!iown to bo ttlo inferior in intrinsic value to tho silky bre in which it is enclosed. The cstahlismont, to which we allude, 1 1 1 * ** uvu uuiKiruu u.'.rreis ot oil per .Jny, om the dry cotton seed. A novel and cautiful piece of machinc-iy hulls it with lui utmost precision and tho greatest r;v' ''l v, leaving tho oily meat free from sjubstnnco. Kxposed to :i .. ' ? Mooted to pressure, , shcniicak" I . . r- .vS.tCS " { . 1:1. < \}>rJ, ?r io-\?. . > i. runny if our citizens, >r;.?i in ho Kohir and astral lamps ?u ! ra.? t is used on machinery as a lubricator, and tnswers every other purpose for which fine lativo or foreign oil is uootlod. Tho establishment is self-sustaining.?L'hc refuse hulls furnish the fuel to drivo V "" " no engines. iN'ot :v singlo stick of wood ins boon purchased sinco the machinery vas fm:t put ia motion. As an experiment, i portion of the accumulation of the wusto ias been shipped to the North to bo worked lp into bookbinders' boards, for which purioso this material is believed to be a<haira>ly :<rlaptcd. Bix months havo not yet lapsodsinco the machinery was sot in moion, ajul now the oil is finding its way into ho country in proforenco to lard or sperm il, and is lor s::io in many establishments f this city. Tho salo is quite equal to tho ossibility of production. Tho effect of this favorable experiment rith cotton seed upon our domestic eeotioiv, is likely to be most favorable. For cars tho price of pork has steadily adancod; "We arc burning up so many ogs, in the shape of oil, that tho price of iiiuuna ? new source oi oil had been iscovercd, must have proved a serious inonvcniencc. Let, however, the cotton jotl, which now rot in millions of Mia on our plantations, bo pressed into oi), nd tho South will be independent of lorthern fishermen and instead of being Dusumers, will soon become oxportors of ils that arc superior to and cheaper than ny other now used. The cotton fields will rove richer mines of wealth than tho lost productive gold-bearing States of lalifornia. Pork, no longer wanted for ght, or manufactured into table oil, or into erfiunery for tho toilet, can again bo furhihed for five or ten dollars per barrel. Tea Best in the Ju voting.?Ton, as tho lorijiug beverage, when breakfast forms u ood substantial meal, upon which tho owers for the day of meeting the various liauces and changes of life depend, proided it bo not too strong, is much to bo ^commended; but whou individuals cat ttlo, coftee certainly supports them in a lore decided manner; and, besides this, ja, without a certain quantity of solid allien t, is much moro likely to inilucnce the ervuus systems. Some persons, if they rink tea in the morning and coll'oe at iglit, suller much in tho animal spirits ml in power of enjoyment of tho pleasros of society; but it' they reverse th* raieiu, ana mice cotfoe in tho morning and ia at night, tlioy reap benefit from the lange; for tho colVoo, which to them in tho lorning i.s nutritious, becomes a Btimulua L night; and tho tea, which acts a dilutont t, night, gives nothing to support oxortiona iiriug tlio day. A Fronobmau liaving mado a portfoliu ito an umbrella, an Amorican, in order int ho might not bo behind in ingenuity, ' iado a snulY-box in tho shape of a pistol, iid by means of a slight spring firod tho iuiY up his noso, At least we heard ). ? C" An unloving woman is an impossibility ^ ulcss wo can imagine a pillar of ioo to and out a/rainsfc a .Tnlv mm "Hi.* ?" ? 0 ? - ?j wumi j/ut ait >yuton lovo, and ,<that passionatoly. Those lio profeaa they <lo not, aro only seeking ? hide n bitter disappointment behind the anap'aront mask of affectation. Infinite toil would not enable ycito to ,voep away a mist;, but by ascending "a ttlo, you may often look ovorit altogether, o it is with our moral improvement; wo restlo fiercely with a vicious habit, which ould have no hold upon us if we asanded into a higher moral atmosphere. A western editor, whose subscribers comlainod very loudly tliat be did not givo iem now? enough for their monoy, told th?t if tlioy did not And enough in ie paper, thoy had bettor road tho Bible, 'hid;, ho had no doubt, would bo news tq itet of them. j'A'.. - . . . ?;? ???" i Inflamafccry rheumatism, it ia said can bo need in a short time by tho folloing simple ivuiuuf which we extract trora a modioal uWication:?-Half an ounce of ptilverizad altpatro put itt. '$ {iint of swoet oil.? Initio tlio parts nflfcctod, ami"n sound euro rill speedily follow.