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two dollars per annum.] "the i?mo33 or* libeutt xs ktskhtaii viohi.ah'oii." [payable in advance KY DAVIS Xi CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1859. VOL. XV NO. 49. P'iuiii the linl White and Hlue. THE TRAITORS CHILD. ItV AISCOt.A. Tlio energies of the American troops jlati'Mn'il al I'ort Washington aft or their evacuation of New York, were fully taxed < (o ivpel tliemanv sorties made by the en- \ eiiiv against them. It required a constant and oarvful watch upon the pan ' of the Commander-in-chief to prevent a surpiUc, and tlie more surely to effect I tlii% a system of observation was maintained along the road, so that in forma- < lion passed from point to point, was miiu to i\ach the camp ere llie J British i could carry out their designs. The majority of persons Hvii-g on the line from uiu ciiy i\uig"?unuge, giamy aided hi | tliis* plan of police, and tluis rendered < service to the cause. One of ! i this number, however, a Mr. Jeunin<;, :it j i last took umbrage Irom some order of Wash- ; ?. ingtoii or lr.s subordinate, and with a 1 icpichen-iblo cunning, lie determined t<> t abandon the American/, and serve the , I interests of the foe. 80 secretly were i 1 tl eso plans concocted and carried out that ^ <r. ..j outside of his ov. u family suspected b;.s di-alV-xtion. , Tho Urilisli general accepted the of- ^ fered scrvioes, and pleJged himself to j pay largely for them, it wag proposed j that a number of his troops should j march as far as his neighbors, who would, j of course communicate their movements j to .I'-n.ning. who in his turn, instead of j passing the warning, was to conceal the forces until reinforcements could anive, and a formi lablo demonstration could be tnade against the fori. An'tl for litis service, in any ^vont j g you shall have a thousand pound*,' said I the loitish general to the traitor.? "Should it eventuate in the entire over- v thvow uf tl:e r?-l>eii?, tlie sum shall be ! trailed, wliile other rewards shall lie c freely heslowid. You are certain that yOu have con tided the matter to no | ?' ti * Not a soul, save thnso of mv own fain- v !V know iif it,i.-nniii? replied. i ' <>1 vv 11 > 111 does your family con- v -ir>t 1 Mv wife, who s an invalid, and an only 1 daughter.' I II. w arc .tin y alV.-cted l y your oliaiitxef' * I know, no', nor do I. care. lint o' c>ui>e I ey wj!l follow my w i-ln-s, which * Ii4?ve ever l>e?..i law to them. My daujjh ter i< the <>iily one who would think of t n^.litipjoncc or opinion, and even slie 1 vrnuld-- never . dare to give it expres s m5U.' ? *' I have heard that the tnaioiitv ? v3jj;r Ani"iir:t? '.ema'es have iml>ibi*d 1 :wrf. H.ot loinaiitic :i t:><-!it t<> ( ?!>! ;? ?; Was!. iiiljton, might. lead (Item j <nr?sympathy willi him, but of murse you v .1T,a sure of your child, and can answer for ?l 2wr.' * t Willi my lit*;t Suppose you allow me to invito her i lj?iv.?' It- would l>(5 a >:>!'? 11. iuir, :m<l at [ the same time remove her from llie sus- 1; ptcioii of collusion should you be discovore* 1 " ' I cannot part with J, or, fir! She li bas aided me lieretufore and can do so l< ^tf'iin. She is very obedient, we need not f&ftr he*.' ' li Lnoiigh ! Manage tbo matter your- li e .'( ? t \T_.? f.... ,J??a n 1U" ' '1 ' * 1""" H To-nifirr6w <it diisir si c.cnpauy of Cft|? 1 tain ^fttyur's coiiiujand will be j?ut in t tnotilkif fiixl arrive abuut midnight at ?*i your house. VouL will conceal them i ami the others. When thev are all g?thef$d yon wijl guide ihem to the at j tack. The rebels being off (heir guard t will fa'.i an easy prey!' I So far as the intentions of ihe British , oflicer was concerned, the meditated plans y were carried out, a number of pick men ( were concealed at I lie house of Jcuning ] uiuJ a p'opcr tinio marched towards , their destination. .Under the cover of the j iMght they liad proceeded to the noyt sta- ^ ^ioy oii.tle road, when their advance was ' suddenly .chocked. ,.* '* ? shArp rattle of musket ball* which peouiedto have been designedly fired above their heads; brought them to an immediate iialt. A second discharge gave them to .Understand thal'tVejr further progress would ihtn^flrous.'' Captain Trevor who was , ^tk;Cprriu?aiHlj*iminediatcly gave orders fo't a c#Vn(er march, nnd in less than ten mih. ijio whole body were iu a retrograde JIUd.llUII. , % | WVcafa'Jiardly Venture to describe the | I ><?el?i)^R of?clM?grin, entertained by the or ^jfn^plpUer of tins expedition, when 'informed -by Trevor of the unsatisfactory result, juflbat officer banded liim the gold ' wbich had been promised, be threw it to 1 jlie ground with a violent gesture and wiib ' an oalli sworethat lie would murder the ( itffprrtier, whoever it might be, that had ' thus defeated his hopes. Jn vain tjie ' Ring's officer stroyo to calm him, the darker 1 pluvious of his nature were aroused and ! ' wouk| not bo exercised. While he was ' v. ^h><3 sioiiiituft and invoking maledictions ^ upc^y* of tko culprit, a fair girl en- ' tered the apartment. There was a look of 1 intelligent firmness upon her pale eouute- * imnas her eves met those uf Iter father and nuuilcd not. Come hither, Ilest^r?' ho cried, "Do you know aught of thin matter? Can ' you tell me who sent word to Washington ' respecting this expedition ?' Hester cast an appealing look upon the ' i>flicer, who however did not interfere he- 1 tween them. ' 1 Did you hear my question V roared Jen- f ning. * 'Toll mo do you know aught of s this ?' I' 41 do!' the girl replied, in a low ' '.one. '' ' I thought so! Now tell me the person's lamp.' '' 4 11 was T.' v ' You ! Serpent! You betray me ' v ' Father ! hear me. I did send word to 1 >ur general that the enemy were to make h in all nek upon the fori, hut your name s ,v.is not iiieulioiied as being a party to tlie ? xpedition. No harm can come to you.? Sl knew how arduously and long our c.ouuIT men ha?' struggled against oppression; ' low iiohly I hey contended against superior ! ' oree* ; how true was their devotion to the ; h :ause in which lhay were engaged, and I | onld not quietly look ami see their ! li lestruetion attempted. I sent word o' , I iiis, hut in saving litem I did not hetrav , d on.* J :l ' J*'nough that you have come l.elwepr, ne and my revenge! This be your re- ' v.ird !' b lie drew from his poeket a pistol and s; le.'iberately aimed it at his child. She b noveu not, aid not even tremble, but Trevor e< hocked beyond measure at the horror 01 1> lift meditated deed, sprung towards the a rretch, and raised his arm. The ball ii ;razed her head and was huried deej) in f? lie wainscot. 4 Shame on you man !' cried the officer *1 nih indignation. 4 Would \ou have her ^ ilood on your hand.s? Of what arc you '* oinposed. Is she not your child V 01 4 No!' cried Hester, with startling em- 1,1 thasis. 41 am not or at least, shall not he 'I or the future. I will not own a parent si i ho to lite crime of treason fan add that o' milder. I did expose your villainy and " i*i>uld do it again. \uy, you may frown, xv fear you not? This la?.t l>ase act I' ias frozen the natural current of my H learl.' 51 Then in a calmer and more feeling tone u ,lu* continued : 11 Father?'tis the last time I shall call you " <>?1 hid you farewell forever. Your tual- n diction may he hurled agaiu-t me, hut ^ lever will you a<;aill look m?oii niv face- '' '>< another day li;is passed Washington hall know of your treachery. Your only afetv is in flight. In England you may " 11j. v the fruit of your baseness, hut c' ivii! you cannot remain. Farewell, f??r- Pl svf r" S!h: passed from tin*, room, as tlie loars ^ vhich .site could no cot.trol, coursed rapidly li lown her cheeks. She repaired at once to n lie Ih- 'side of her mother, in whose soul xv lie last lliclceiings of life were fast fall* '' ng. She knelt leside her and even as she " prayed her worn sprint was released from " londage! " Alone! an orphan? God help me!' she n xclaimed as she pressed her trembling ips to those that had so often met hers in s. CVC. ft| Jenning lingered not long soon after ^ t; was on his way to England, where ho' 0 ived, as traitors should, in splendid dis- I H ;ncp. Heater became the wife of a voting | ? Revolutionary officer, anil lived long enough J j. o give to her descendants tlie valuable ex- ^ tutple of the Christian and the patriot s nother. t An Ancient Itible. ?The paj>ers are speak e: ng of an edition and translation (the lal t; or bv Prof. Albert Killiet, of a liihlo a nought from the East in (,h<; sixth century, 0 md found in the arehieves of the V tican w >y the late Cardinal Mai,'the discoverer of u Jicero's Republic. Tlie story given of tin-, hi fjiblo 15 as follows: The Cardinal deter ft nined to publish it, but when it was printed. w Lieo XII ordered it to be destroyed, qn the p ground it contained typographical errors.? it The true cause of its suppression, however, a ,vas this : The septuagint translation ol S1 he Hebrew books.sjmt by tlie-King of Jc;ru n taleio to tho library of Alexandria con fj aincd several errors of translation, which ;s ivero copied into the vtjlgate, and some cer ?moniee and rites of the Romish Church ire built on thoso very errors. Cardinal Vfar's MSS. had none of these errors. The j. ? aiimuii nun puunail ill^ HI. Vimi1H*Va IS ITUUU; j] 3n ft copy of the MSS. of tho si*tb een y ury, which Cardinal Mai tried in vain to ^ rmblieh.?'Purix Cor>espoiufe>icc.. J jut ton Ttamller. , ^ ? ! ? A Dutchman's Description oj a Ifainy 9' Night.?44 Veil, lasht night vash do vorst 8 is never vash.' I lought to go down tj?e ^ lill to mine house, but no sooner did I valk, len de faster I stand still, for de darkness j, ,vas so tick dat I coot not stir it u>K mine j} joots, and do ra'n? dunder and Wixen, in j. nore than tree minute {nine akin was vet ~ ,hroo to mine clq's. 4 Bui afth^'yofl leetle rile stopped quittin' to rain something; so [ keep feelink uiineself all de Vrty l&n?-; tad ven I comes to mine oy/n house to tfalk { h n, vat you link 1 It betong, J 6 >lso." ' |e SVT LOVENGOODS DOO. When I wer a boy, and iny legs noi longer thiUi J.oli 11 Weiitworlh's, dad fotehed lotne a dad trapped, wuthlos.;, mangy, Hen >itten, gray old f>>x houii, good Tor nutliing nit to swallow up what oiler lined the iowcIs ove ?s brats. Well I naturally ook a distaste to liiin, and had a sorter lankciin alter hurliii his feel ins and disnmfertin ove him every time dad's back ver turned. This sorter kept a big keer alters before his eyes and ail oral yell in his throat reddy to pour out the list monluiti he seed me make. So he unit to sallow things as lie run, and llers kept his laigs well ondor himself, >r he never knowed how soon he mought rant to use em in trotting his trilling earns beyond the reach of a grate Hying oek. lie knowed the whiz of ii roe!: 11 tuoslimi "is well, and lie never stopped to ee who flung hit, hut jist let his head flv pen tu gin a howl?room tu cum?and nt his laigs to gwino the way his nose appeticd to he a pintiii, He'd shy ronn very rock ho seed in the road, for ho died on hit as a calamity lu cum niter im some day. Ef h? left Ik.me sum nalior's dog miied his hide, and ef lie >tade at home was :illet's al ter him tu tan hit; so lie idn't see much more peace ovo mind nur suckit rider du> in a l'aplist nahurhood t a sacrartu nl. time when the river am up i good dippin order. And in all my orti days T never sec him a gwine the line way I wuz; he made that an 011rakahil mil. I think I cot my lust noiJge ove gittin way fruui imaginary tro- I til and common trihulasliun, from him ; ml with the vantage of a Imlesome par of'! tiij.s am) tile power ove usm em, I allers mud his plan In work well. I tell you? l.-nriry, that i'iiiniti am the greatest invon11111 oil the yeartli when used carefullv. \'liarM I lipen liy this time of I hadn't lyed ontu these yare laigs ?. D'ye see] in? I)ont they mind you ove a par ove umpusses made to divide a mile into uarter ? Tliey'll do, I'll he circumstaniiully dad drapped ef they don't. Well, one day, I tuck a pig's bladder i ontu the size of a duck nig and filled it ith powder and korked hit up with a ieee ove spunk, rolled hit tip in a thin ulp ove meat, and s?>t the spunk 011 fire, n>'l, and flung hit out ; ho swallowed hit ill ; he swallowed hit at one jerk, and sot 1 til gilliu away lor doin hit. I liearu a oiso like sumthiu hiislin, and his taii lit lop ovc 111 v lint. II is head were way own the hill utul had tuck doth holt oilL?r u root. His fore laigs were fifty foot up ic road inakin ruiitiiti nioshuns, and his ino ones a straddle ove the fence. His mards w??r hanging in links outu the cahin liiiuley, sept about a vard in main's hus un. As tu 1110 dog hissi'If.as a dog, I ever seed him again. Well, dad tiling vp or six hundred nuder my shurt with ie dried skin often a hull's tail, and gin ie the remeindnr iipx day with a wnggin hip what he harrowed frnui a fellow while e wer a wattcrin his bosses; the waggier got sorry for me and hollered tu turn ly hoggin and trpiealin inlu fust rate run i in, which I innjutly, did, and the last lick lisspd me ubout ten foot. Sinying ? Goldsmith, wc think, ?ys, that ho seldom heard a young man 1 IU nipt to sing in company without ex using himself; and it is too true, that wing to various causes, for few people, if ny, can si" </ a song without grieving their V..? l . i:._t . r j tlj nuil?n illU HID Ul'llglllOl 1111111 ind. Among ruder nations they nre em loyed to animate heroism, or to express iiitiments for which common language is jo poor ; and among people of the great it refinement they often make au impormt part, or, as it weie, the completion ml coiiHuination, of social enjoyment.? >hl gentlemen who used to sing, are al ays delighted to find that vocal music is ot yet extinct; old ladies, who used to bo nig to, at, or of, are reminded by a skil il voice of the days when they and the orld were young am) happy ; middle aged eopio of lh<! smaHest pretentions to feel ig, both men and women, lyve a song ; nd the young, who lovo pleasure in every lape, never object to iU in this its most bar tortious and seductive shape of all. In ict, there is no country in which singing i not held in estimation. Addressed to the Ni'tger.?Useful nig or! You arc the need lb of our national inn pass, the coloring matter of all our af iir?, the active principal of our agitations, 10 director of our political ceremonies: ou make Presidents, you make Senates, ou raise small men uud kr.ock down great ties. Oh, wonderful nigger! yoa are the lack prince of fusion, diffusion and confu ion! You ought to be broke of yonr of ce, kiufced put or requested to ressign !<? Sierra Citizen. I hope to live to auo'tbe day/ said Lord Irougham, a when every peasant in Eng jnd caa understand Bacon.' ' Wqufdn't , bo beUer that they had a liuld bacon rat ^ iuqtfired po^bett,.. ''r . " , . o* m V* ^ . No uian can toil whether, lie is rich or oor l>y turning to ttis ledger. /It is the earl .thai nqitke# a-, tnan /jcb. - lie is rioh r poor; n<tt(Wdlng;>os 5j0( ording to what he has. A YOUNG AMERICAN AT SEBASTOPOLTli? Submarine 1 \>inpauy have raised six vessels whole, ami the steamers 4 Turk ' and '(ira^neytho 'firasney' lias copper boilers, '.vliieli are worth *25.000 to cut up. They are now breaking her up and culling ! her engines to piee^. Since my arrival I here, tliey raised the 'Danube,' another ! steamer. She is of iron, and came up in j two halves. Tho chain, in attempting to j raise her, cut her entirely through. Her engines are valued at $20,000. They i have also raised a sixteen gun brig and two large schoonvn;. (Jol. < >n wan lias now ! made a contract with the Uussiasn to have all the projc/ty that ho recovered, and he is to Hii-l all the powder and purchase it of i the <ioverninviit at tln ir Tliit ! tract came in vogue last June, V.it was not | signed until November 10th. Tlio first was that the Government rhould have onehalf of the property ami find ail the powder. The price of powder hero of tls? Government is 10 fur r?f? pounds. They have already used eight t-^ns of powdor upon the Constantine, and it will need as much more he-fore she is got up. The appeal ance of the ships upon reaching the surface, is singular enough after their long sojourn in their muddy bed. The rails are all honey comhcd, the decks are covered with mud to the depth uf two feet, coils of riggin?r, spars and ballast are scattered over ' the decks. The hatches, in limit eases, arc open, and the hold half full of mud, and muscles are clinging to every part hut the copper. Many of the ships were burnt before sinking. "The inctlyxl that the company have adopted for rai.-ing the-vessels is by means ! of four lar?r? ?V:iisson? " xvJtt. II ... ... n-. ... j w ivu *JM lid rn.mil engines of fifteen horse power hi>uii cacli. ! Two of these caissons are stationed each side of the sunken ship; large chains are then passed mid or lieu keel leading up lo thedocks or caissons; hy opening a submerged valve those docks are sunk down to the proper depth, and the chain is then hauld taught hy aid of the steam engine. The water is then pumped out and the docks commence rising, and tlie engine at the same time at work produces a draft of no ordinarv kind. I Jut the experience of lr.st summer has convinced lliem that there is not power enough to raise the large ships, so at present, under the direction of Capt? S. IIoil.rook, the company are constructing two other large ones, which will ho coml pleted next spring. With tho aid of these tlicv exiiect to raise lar^e shin* of sn mmc I . i - O i "Before I close, I will say a few things ! about places of note around here, which i are familiar names to all of you. I several I limes v siicd the far-famed Malakofl". To | the sun,mil of the hill il is about 120 feet, j The ground is all dug up with trenches i from base to summit. The remains of the I tower are still standing. Near to the Mal| akoli is the Kedau. which is nothing more j than a broad divp trench ; here and there | are sunken pits that cover the gallant dead ; ; all aroHnd, the ground is strewed with pieces of .skulls, and the other day as I was I walking along upon the edge of 'Victoria 1 lattery,' I saw the place where the jackals had dug out the skeletons of six Englishmen, which had been buried l>v part of the battery sliding upon them. I picked up I the skull of one and intend to send it home j from 'Constantinople, T have also been to Inkcrman and llalakava. There have l>een a great number of accidents here from the bursting of shells; some twenty men r;nd women have been killed the past j'ear. A young Euglit-hinan, belonging to the steamer Brynnt, which put in hero last spring, with some of his shipmates was walking over the Black Bastion, and nu-b<.<V ?n n 1 ..r .. slielj, with the intention of taking it home with him, hut finding it loo heavy, he threw it down, when it exploded, killing him instantly. A party of Tartars had kindled a fire round the round shot, as they supposed, and hail placed their kettle of rioe npoii them, when ono of them, being a shell, exploded, killing and scalding a number of them. A few days ago, a party of Russians were engaged weighing old bombs, for shipment, when altof a sudden one of them exploded, cutting one man in a frightful manner. This occurred within twenty yards of o?lr machine shop.?Private Letter from Scbmtopol. Cuttle Epidemic in Southiotttem Georaia.?A corr?;8j>onJeiit, wriliittf from Florence, Stewnrt county. Oil., in tlie course of a hueine** letter, 8UIit's Ulcftb lll? CUWrt uu<1 rf(,T*IIU| litieil iukcii with a very lathi epidemic, dying, sometimes, at the rate oi' throe or four in a titty ; fourteen in nil, having died in twelve days. He tliinkn their aickiiPMW \wih caused by the cows eating the peas wltieli giow on what id called clay-galled limelaud#; they seen) to fatten and tlmve on the pcua, and up pear perfectly healthy, but will aud.denly dropdown, and die in u few hours, Haviug never board any remedy prescribed, he.pui them up in a dry lot, and as an experiment, give them nulla on their food and in the water they drank. Some refused to take it mid of thesei several subsequently sickened and died. Olivers took ;t Treaty, ond not ono of these Wore effected. He then caught all that refused, nud drcjrjcJied them with naltr*, giving each quo about a half pontic!, after which he Idst 110 more. A neighbor, whose cuttle began to be ufte^tecj in k similar manner, 'several having ^ied, adopted l^e same remedy, with tli0 inoat complete snccoas. Wo give tjie {acts as slated U? us,, for the bepefit of our plaut iiij? irienu?Augusta unrontcie. i ??? m . Dt?ptrale light toit/i Runaway Xegrms.-^Two fugitivo Blares ware eaptured in-Imiiaim, aorao fifty iniloa from Louiwille, Ky> t last week, arid taken the jail of that (rity.- They esoaped from a South-Carolina planter aotne'months'since.? They mad? a devporate resistance hefbro they Were Secured, ehoottng one ?f tbe pnreuers, and wounding liim'RQ badly ha wUMtordly ff^tcoyar.^. One of the aegro?a w'm ahofc ra'ttHTtftiQUldftf and otherwise injured by Mow*, v ? . V*. V < ' > " ' +* ' ...I . LOTTERY GAMBLING. The recent arrest of Lottery swindlers, in New Hampshire, and thoir ability to find bail to the amount of 320,000, have attracted considerable attention, because the facts show how profitable the 'business' of the j swindlers must bo, even in New England, i where it has no longer legal countenance. ! Most of us can recollect when lottery gatn1 Ming was as lawful as common in our seci lion, and was followed by many reepecta ble men, who made fortunes by it, while ) thousands of persons lived from it. It was i a regular' industrial tree, with numerous ! branches. Clerks, paper-makers, printer?, I and many oilier members of the working classes, were fed, clothed, wariued, edlicaj ted, and buried from the proceeds of salaries and wages paid by managers of lotteries j and dealers in lottery tickets. Lotteries were granted in aid of benevolent object?, j ocbooKi, in an especial manner, were aid1 cd by them. The printing of lottery tick j its was a very lucrative department of the i typographical art, and the printer who coul J get such jobs was deemed especially ! fortunate. The person who superintended the drawings were selected from among the 'best citizens.' Everything was done on the square, and the columns of the newspapers j were filled with advertisements setting forth j 'the chances,' and naming the 'truly lucky ! ofHcos' at which the prizes were sold, and i which left nothing but the blanks to their ' competitors. At one time, half the gro; cerv stores of any given town had lottery i tickets on sale. The business, in brief, as respectable as that of selling flour, or cloth. | or lumber. Some few persons, perhaps, ! won 10, every now and then, point out that j it was nothing more nor less than gambling, ! but their moralizing was not heeded, and | ? 1 they had their labor for their pains, as is often the case with gentlemen who got a little ahead of their times, by making too good time. But a change came over public opinion. A very strong feeling was excited against lotteries, and finally they were put down, so far as open dealing in them was concernnrl TliA liAU'avai* trnc rotl.nr cn_ perficial than solid. It was an external reform. Skin deep >t was, and nothing more. All beneath the skin was pretty much tli e same as it had been before the nominal change had been effected. The 'business' was transacted clandestinely.? Tickets were sold, if not as numerously as in earlier days, yet in great numbers. In the principal cities and towns ticket dealers wore as well known as IcgU'matc dealers in any other merchandise. Occasionally one of them was arrested, and even severely punished; but it was found nearly as hard to stop the sales of tickets issued by South erti lottery managers as it would be for Massachusetts to stop the circulation within her borders of Rhode Island or New Hampshire bank-bills. During the last two or three years we have heard much of lotteries got up in New England, those engaged in them having all succeeded, we be lievc not only a getting money, but in becoming rich. They differ greatly from the old. fashioned lotteries, and 'lie difference is entirely fur the worse. The legitimate lot terics, bad as they were, under the regulai . < I 1 .! I lion oi law, anu meir managers were governed by opinion. If men then rushed into lottery gambling, tliey did so with certain safeguards. The evil that then prevailed was this : the law sanctioned a great wrong, and in various ways encouraged it, '.bus degrading both itself and tens of thousands of individuals,?for the practice of buying tickets was very common, and must have been in order to make the " busi ness" so profitable as it was. As things now are, and with overy thing done iu secret, there is little but swindling on the side of the dealers, who are almost iuvaria I bly sharpers that*never.meau to afford their I victims the ghost of a chance to get back their money. The wonder is, thatf under such a state of things, men shoulJ bo found willing, and even eager, to send their money to persons engaged in uulawful callings, in the expectation of getting more by it when they could not collect a prize should th~-p be one, and should it be really " drawn from the wheel,M as used to be the saying. We rnnst attribute their conduct to that love of gambling which is so common, and which sends rich men to the Hougc-et-Noir tabhs of Europe, or to race courses. The foolish fellowB who send their dollar or two to sonqe sharper in New Hampshire* or elsewhere, are actuated by precisely the same feelings that Bend the Russian noble to the gaming tables 6f Baden. Excitement and hope of gain are too much for sense and morality ; and so tho cunning few are enabled to pillage the foolish many, and to grpv/ rich ftt-theii e^ pause. When will it l>0 otherwise 1r~~0Iiv?< Branch. * * <i ?? mi * j.JImo to-Ruin a Son.'?lAl hffn lte^e hte. owa. way, Aljpw, ? bin) ^be frep u?a of money. - Buffer him -%o' roam where be pleases qa the Sabbath, jQireliiin frgo access to wiefcfed companions. aH him to no account for. his eve&ings. ""Furnish him with no stated eqaptc^WanL Pursue either of these ways mid yon wiH experience a moat liiarveffifctyf, ^ellVi^Sce" or you frill have to mours ov^r a debased and ruined ahild, ttoi^nU^f Kiy^ . THE CIRCASSIANS. Physicians arc not wanting in tlie country ; there are I Oth 'lurks and Circassians ; the first, ignorant as tliey are everywhere, combine the grossest superstition and unslcilfulness they have no otlier remedies than tlic verses of the Koran to apply to tho diseased. The Circassians pursue a more reasonable plan ; they u^e herbs, butter, wax, honey and bleeding. Tliey employ the latter, especially, f'>r auctions of the head; they make an incision with a cutting-iron in the painful par'.,, and stop the bleeding with nettles or cotton. They are oarticulnrlv ;>? a j viii mil; ^uuiius, lor which tliey only nso vegetable substances ; but the ceremonial which accompanies the treatment of tlie wounded, is somewhat cuiious. The patient is laid iti a separate room; they placo at the foot of his bed a plough shcarc, a hammer, and a cup of water, in which lie places a new laid egg. The peo pie who come to visit him, when entering strike throe blows of U19 hammer on the ploughshare, and dipping their lingers in the water, they sprinkle liini with it, at the same time praying that tiod will speedily rostoro him to health; they then range themselves round the chamber. lie who accidentally seats himself in the placo of the physician, pays him a forfeit! and tliese little presents are the principal emoluments of the sons of yKsculapius.? It is usual to pass the whole night in the apartment of the invalid the relations and friends take their supper with them, which, among other things, often consists of a sheep or a goat. Towards evening, the young pcoplo of both sexes repair to this assembly with a (lute, and an instrument much, resembling a flute. The boys place themselves on one side of the chamber, and the girls 011 the other; they commence with a war like song, of which the accompanying words are in praise cf valor; the girls tlien dance around. The instrumentalists tlien play for some time; and they conclude, before supper, with the recital of some fable. As uoon aa supper is moved, they play at different trifling games; and the last is that of fastening a packthread to the ceiling, and tying to tlie end cf it a kind of flat cake or biscuit, which the young people throw to one another, and try to catch it with their teeth ; so that, frequently the game does not end without some of them being broken. Thus tho first night is spent without one venturing to sleep. The sick person does not appear to be at all incommoded by the noise; whether he fears to expose his weakness, whether the war-like sonrp reanimate hi:, courage, or whether, in sli&rf, the scene of gaiety before hiin acts as a soother of his pain ; certain it is, that lie appears1 insensible to it, and that the show of hardiness which ho makes does not in the least prejudice Jus recovery. Graf liny and Trimming.?A cultivator in Dutchess County, N. Y., writes thus:? " Scions for grafting should be cut ill February, which is the right season to insure their living and doinrj well; they should then be housed in a cellar until thn time for inserting them arrives, which,.with 3*011, might be by the last week of -April or the first of May, and during the latter month. They should be put only into healthy, vigorous branccS, such as you would not care to remove from the tree* and thus you will have an artificial tree that will be ready for bearing iu about three years. Uy removing too ninny branches from a tree injury may bo done. Careful attends.. I : ' -? * - " i.v^u OUUMI14 uw yivuu 10 mis point in lopping tlio branches preparatory to grafting, in crdcr that tlie sap.may pass into tlie remaining branches and keep the tree healthy and growing. I give you these ideas, knowing that fruit trees hlb often injured by those who go about the country making it their business to set grafts in April and May, setting as many seions as they can, and getting pay fot those that live, thus doing great damage to the trees. Many farmers iri our comity have, T think, a wrong idea as to the time of pruning their apple trees, saying it is of litlle consequencQ when tho tree is prunod, if it only needs pruning. This, I am ready to say, is a sad mistake, for at all season8 when the sap is down it is entirely wrong. The first or second ifreek in June is the only fitreason for pruning the apple tree, 'i'heh the sap is iu full flow, and the wound made by cutting off, a bough'begins to heSl and grow over immediately." sThe OhinaJiona Tree.?A letter from C. R. Btickelew, of the United''Shltte'Legation *t EauDtftiT4, to Dr. Leidy, or Phi faciei phi?, calls attention to the.expoilUiiicy of growiuj; the. Cliiu .ohona tree iu this country. He hat no doubt that it would flourish lh' many paHs 6f "tfye "putted Staj>s. YtgjVowa pt ale'vaJtlqng oC six to eightJhoiUM?<1 fecV iyijoundojr, at ft tempera ture of sixty to sixty-six; but ITumboldt daolnred that-.a c^inpac^u ?of .tfa^cllgs^te ttioao - regjaua .Willi.. qthervvWM. WisaUaf?<)tory4 The Bfl^s.aro small and mpy bo pent,by Utter. - Tho English are endaaroiuiig, to.. Uwouplant it to India. TU? seeds -ewit'-to Sugland -Jiave. been propagated there, Mid the plan In .forwarded to India in glasa-coveftd.boxev with what snooMti is not yet kq^wR^. jfft ft-. Jv.8r?wne, of the P#tfi^ Office who?? P*ywff W?H Attentipp to niters relating to tnajut^duo^oa^'glaBbB afld aajws from abroad, has aotopuln'eaM> nalte Jpyoduo? the. ChincqWft joto jihu ?Icichmond Despatch. TRUE DUNCAN AND THE OAT. Once there was"a !:tt'e bey named Dun* can. The boys vised to call him True Dun can, because he never would lie. One day lie was playing with an axe in the yard of the school and whila ho was chopping a stick the teacher's cat,- Tabby, came along.. Duncan let the are fall right on poor Tabby's head, and killed her. "What to do ha did not know. She was a pet of the master, and lined to sit on a cushion at his side while he wan hearing-the lessons. "Now, fellows," said one of the boys, " we shall see if Duncan can't make up a fib as well an the rest of us.1' llig Jones stopped up, and taking thecal (>y the tail, snid : " 1 kere, boy:-, I will 71st fling her into the alley, and we can tell Mr. Cole that the hmdicr'a dog killed her; you know ho worried her hist week." Several of them thought this wen Id do* very well. But Duncan Looked quite augry 41 No!" aaid lie, "110! Do you think T, would lie for such a creature as that ? It would be a lie. a lie * nv"" A.>-1 lime lie said the word his voice mew louder ^ i = and loudor. Then he picked up the poov thing in bin arms nnd carried it into the Bchool-rooin, and the boys followed to sec what would happen. The mi'.ster looked ;ip and said : " What is this*'' My faithful mouser dead ! Who could have done me such an injury ?'* All were silent for a little. Aa soon as Duncan could get hia voice, ho said : " Mr. Cole, I am very sory?but hero is the truth. I can't lie, air; I killed Tabbj1-,but am very sorry for it. I ought to have been more careful, for 1 saw her continually rubbing her side against the log. I am very sorry,-indeed, sir." Every one expected Mr. Cole to take down bis long rattan. On tho (Johtfrary, he put oii a pleasant snrilo, and said : " Duncan you nre a bravo boy. I saw and heard all that passed from my window ahnvp. T wnnl<l ~ 1 1 ? .......v. ...turi iuso ?? nuuuTeu cais than miss sach an example of truth and honor in my school. Your hest reward is what you foci in yonrowrt cofiscienco ; but I hog you to axcept this handsome penknife as a token of my approbation." Duncan took out his little handkerchief and wiped his eyes. The boys could no longer restrain themselves, and when Tom I'ooly cried, " Three chees for True Dui}can !" all joined in a hearty hurrah. The Life of u Newspaper Editor in Culifvmia.?He rises at ten o'clock 111 the morning; dresses himself, takes his hat, already piorccd with three er fonr bullets, and goes to a restaurant to get his breakfast. After breakfast he returns to hia office to read the morning papers. He finds that he is called a wretch in one, in another a liar, and iu a third a villain.?r lie smiles at tho thought of having cromo thing to do, and signs bin name to three challenges, which he always carries about him to be ready for emergencies. TlieBO he dispatches and sits down to write an riv tide, when he is suddenly interrupted by some interloper whom at last he is ctfrfl pelled to throw out of the window. At noon he learns tlirtt His ch'allcges have been accepted for the nejctd^y. At tliree o'clock he goes to fight a duel which had been nr ranged the day befoJe, kills hia mail and returns to dinnch 0n his way from dinner lie gets mixed up with a riot, and gets some bruises and wounds. When he reaches his sanctum he finds an infernal mnchino on his table. Without manifesting th'o slightest surprise ho throws it out of (hp window. He then writes a leader on moral reform?tins done, he goes to the theatre. On his way lie is attacked ' by three rootf*. ho kills two and takes the third to the nearest Btrition house. When roturtiin&'to his oflleo :it three o'clock at nigLt, lie beats a man who tries to rob him.} kills a dog with a slone ; is almost rua oyer, by a hack ncy coach, ahd on the threshold of door receives two more bullets .in his hat, then congratulates himielf on hating passed a quiet day, writes till 2 o'clock in ttie morning"; retires to bed d ileeps quilly.' ... , Bomba.?The naitle Homba is often rtiis interpreted as having some . allu^ou ...,lo bombardments;- It is not so. In Italy f "when you tell a man a' thing- wl^ch Ue know# to b?'false, or when' he wishei to convert# you the idoaof tho ulter,,wortfi leswiess of anything or person,<he puffrdtft liis cheek like a bag pjpptY ln\fhtl. blo&> oivt!>A0 ?? *!? -^ ? * 1' 1 ?.U>K?H nuu ? lure-Hnger/ imci' 8110WS the per^fcre&thli# thefjj&clfttnatiotv" Boiuba.'j. 1 liave \ritneftetd- the gesture and heard ^b^Aotfnd. . Ilenc^7!!^!^ 1849;\wbeff?M'al t?eth? &-tlta ftaffitoff^he Tid ISS* 'worthless a* a beg^nVVvitt-;the'-nfcAfe jjef ' Bacchas oT^ie M^no*, wU? F?r<lip?ud . was' perotfffcfrio bfe * w6ftbt?sa ^Ws quick lilted'peopfe wlmpefe3 h]?. pfl'jyf, r H?wm halted Ifoftg Bowl*/ Ktag 'Tuff ch^ lSig IjarV^ng.KnJijfe find his character were then'*? rmfcfc harmony that it spread -widely, and llaTo' he.has retained it until aowr*ad j;vilL?tt nnhonoreu grave.?Note*, ^ 1 " ' f*