The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, March 31, 1859, Image 1
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*, ^
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