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\ TPT5TTS A W^T?WTFTf Tfll? T^M x ' 't JL J D IJ m 7n V J Djl o)J m \ / J U t/iJ \n,j I h J & )/n \JIV4 a\\ j fchJ 0\r, \ i??i^?????a?^,?. ? ? . ... ni.Li' .mi.JujijU 'j" . r.i.f.?'.i.i-?.iiv.'ii i . i.i.jir.Tc ..w'.TMimui'itij?.'WW?m'i>ijiuMJ?ii?Lua? ! ??? TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] * * T "*""*" B I? 1%. X C H o U* Xj I 33 JE2 h. T "ST X S3 212 T E 3Tt J. J" jC\. Xi "%7" 31 O X Zj Z^O" CU." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCi BY DAVIS ft, CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1859. VOL, XVI ; fc6. 29, INCIDENTS OF THE BEVQLTTTIOH. | wounded, m tW nnn^.UJ .u-1 I - - - c adventures of col. Hammond. ~ f In passing through the country from the ^ lower part of the District of ttichlattd, to- ^ wards the Savanuah River, Col. Hammond |, heard of n body of Tories, then in the j, lower arid south-western portion of South j, Carolina, who were committing many and (j fearful depredations on whig families and )( property. This hand being large, mini- ( Luring one hundred and fifty, or more, arid |, *v made bold by their numbers, and the ith- i sence, fit that time, of Whig parties, Swept over all i!*e country lying between the Ed (] isto ami Savannah, down thfrotigh liarn- |, well, to the np^ef part of Beaufort District, t| leaving marks of Hi in and desolation in j, their train. To ensuffe the safety of Whig p families, hy tlia destruction of these ma li randem, Ci.'- Ilam.'tiond Rot out. With tj the view to ascertain, iT possible; something tl "their movements, or whereabouts, lie di- j\ ?cted Ins .men to continuo th?'ir march up ii ? .itaw'sCreek, uii'l'' they should s.'rike the ;< iveadlands, and soon tC t'>e Ridge Ri-ad MMing from Columbia to Edgefield.? I Ulienee along this to where the oM l' House Road' intersects it, a few miles to j " the rijdit of Edeefield village, and there to I examine the country around, until lie should | to join them at that place. With these it.- i etructions his men pushed on. ui Col. Hammond, now alone turned im- cr mediately across the country, intending to at visit 'Snow Hill,' the 6eat of Col. Le Roy s:i Hammond, on the Savannah River, a few ; qi miles above where Hamburg now stands, j fo thinking it more liinn probable that if tlie j sl< Torifs had taken that direction, he would j tii either strike upon their trail, or hear some- l>t thing of them. To carry out his intention, ;ir he had traveled a few miles and rca. hed j p| tlio house ofUapt. (Justinian, a brave Whig, lv then with Col. Pickens in the upper ilis- gl ttifits. Here he halted for the double pur- In pose of making inquires of Mrs. C. anil t!i gutting some refreshments. While engagi-d at with Ins dinner, and conversing with litis to lady, who, during tl.e time, Moi d sentinel at in the doorway and watched the road, she ni hearing a noise resembling the tramp of f,, horses stepped out to get a better view^aiid heboid the identical hand of Tories Col. II. Si was pursuing, coming directly up to the il house. Col. Illimmoiiil ?v:i< <uiu*l:ltr l.i celled under a stack of fodder near the e? house. Tlien hastening to liis horse, tied pi to a tree in the back yard, Mrs. C. re- it moved the sndd'e, slipped the bridle, and started him off at a rapid puce by a sharp s< cut with the reins. Tlie saddle and bridle l' were then thrown tnto an old well. This S1 done, Mrs* C. returned to the house and re- ^ Eumod her knitting. In a few minutes, ll the house Was surrounded, every nook and d corner of which, stt well as the entire preni- w ises, underwent a rigid search. t< While engaged i<i this work. Col. II. '* heard threats of vengeance denounced e against hiltisclf and learned some of their ^ plana for his capture; So certain were the 81 Tories that some persah of note was se- ^ cretod therOj that tlrey prowled about (lie place for several days watching, hoping to capture him. During the trying confine- . ment of three days and nights, Col. II. ^ had been fed by Mrs. Cushman. Every night, when all **ris rjuiet, she would steal A softly out t^-tfie Black, conveying food and water, - 'tfns bitter, however, was not with , out its sweet, and was really a fortunate j circumstance, ultimately proving a blessing ,, to all that section of couutry. I it the many (1 visits made by the Tories to the hotfsu o( 0 Mrs. C., for search and provisions, deem- v ing thems' Ives secure they had talked much { and freely, thus disclosing some of their f plans, and what was of more importance, f their place of rendezvous*, us well as the { mode of reaching it. During these visits, ' Mrs. C. was an attentive listener, treasur- { ing all she heard, and communicating the Barae to'Col. II., who took careful note of the importaut information 60 providential |y furnished him. It was in thin way that he fas made acquainted With the exact locality of the Tory camp, situated on the elevated spot near the margin of the Edisto, And surrounded by a swamp. Freed at last he set out to find his troops. The afternoon of the ?ame day on whicti Jbe loft Mrs. C.s foubd htm jvHfi.bf* men. petailiQg to them'-^at had ocoured, and the |pfora)atton derived therefrom, he im zhpty4U'f\ stared on his returirmarchfor 'WW^ro^y oAmp. Jost ?fter daylight, Col. Hammond perceived a large smoke ascending at some distance from him to his left. ^Thinkingit the ,work of sotne Tory Ijb turned towards it. A smart galioA bfOBfrhVhilil to a icenA of dii?inio(!nn and nttrfder, f)erj>?trated by ? small body, 1 of'fories. They had surrounded tlio bouse of an old wido* My, murduring her two i sona?-mere lads?-dragged everything of I value from th'fe house into llie yard, nnd i w<sre busHy.ongnged trv ,burning it at the I linf??(^loII. artivod, Uugfiing HDsl ranking < - merry over their fi&ndi?n work. So sudden and uneafMotcd was Col. D?s apjHiarance, llirtt^ljsy.bad not time to. reach, their : ,lr' hordes, arid iook'^o^b. liou#c, barricading *vM^,e W** *inl 46W*'rftIt Shis game cost more - (ban ft came to, Tli rea of their compan fens b?d been, shot d#ad, and a forth, btdjy . J _ _t ?_ ...Vj |'^iuuvucu tllU Will"" loW9; 1'hey were ordered to surrender, bdt reused tu do so, and Col. II. to save time, lirected llio house to be fired, which soon irought them into the yard. The two ringeaders were hung; the others, upon prom?e of never again entering npon such husness, and tin- statement that they had been ragged into this against their will, were (lowed to depart. This little episode ended, Jol. II. pursued his course, arriving at and alting to see Mrs. C. in the afternoon.? io wno informed by lier that the Tory and had Plopped al her house tliat day on lieir way to E'listo. Remaining here just ->ng enough to give some rest to the horsesi lic'roops werecet ii: motion again, inaruhig slowly, cautiously, and in detaclied afties?most of the time in the woods unit night fall, when the whole, party uni? ing, proceeded toguthef to the Vicinage of lie camp, there halting until midnight.? ill things being now ready, and necessary istructions given, Col. II. moved forward, caching tho margin oftheawamp between lvo and three o'clock in the morning.? lerc the men were divided into three pares, and moved on the enemy from as i <i??y directions. Arriving at tho camp, each parly wcrb i wait f.otne time to bo certain of the lu-rs, ami tinder no consideration to act util they should receivo the signal?the ack of Col. II.4s pistol?then till to fire ' id rush on and do the balance, with tho ihre. Reaching the fatal spot, all was jiet?Btill as the death that was soon to llow. Most of the Tories lay stretched in . op around the fi.r-cs which had by this ne burned down and Jwindied into emirs, except and occasional bright one ound which a few were Obliged .'lt cards, aying off their ill gotten gains. Sudden a bright momentary Hash dispelled the ....... ~r .1.- 1 - -i . ' win ui iu? njjyi, i?n?i a suarj) rcpori oke 011 the air I Quick as that Hash, e swamp was lit up by hundreds ofotheis id iho deafening roar that followed served ' bring the remnant of the now startled ' id drowsy sleepers to their feet; hut to j eet death iu another and inr terrible < rm. Tl.e chastisement Was awfully complete. :are.ely a third of this powerful hand, late ' ie.scourge and terror of the Whig inliabi- ' iiits, were left, and these made good their ' icape, some through the darkness and im- 1 metrability of the swamp, others by jumpig into the riven John 11 in ton, a Set tollman and braVe hlier, but merciless man, pursued one of ' icse Tories, who sought to savt* himself by 1 >ringing into the water. Hintctij nothing auuted, leaped in after, and caught him, lireatoning to take his life instantly if he id not swim out with him. The frigteticd retell, not knowing his captor's inability > swim, obeyed the order, and brought im to the shore, reaching which, Ilinton xclaimed, 'Ye scoundrel, Tory, I would ill ye onny boo,' and was on the point of uiting the action to the word when Col. I. stopped him. The fray over, all was hushed and still nd when the morning's first sunlight fell pon the blood-stained bank of the Edisto Jul. Hammond was far thence on his wny 5 another Geld of caf-nage. DULTERATION IN FOOD AND DKUG8-*INTERESTING REPORT. It ia a Sufficiently, difficult matter for us ) pay for the bread we need. It is almost umiliating and discouraging to think how dUch time and toil and money it cost ur nerely to earn the privilege of remaining >n this earthly footstool. The Utile which 7ft PIlll :i(Toril to lmw '?n nnnrlit - -- - ? ""J ""O"" " C.J IU liive in ?ls genuine state. Bin we are inarmed on llie highest authority, that a urge propotlon of the article? which are urtiiuhed by grocer*, are not at all what te suppose tliem to he. We have become juite accustomed lo drink chicory and peas, ind calling it coffee. It is as harmless a lelusion as we can t-njoy. But it appears .hat many articles of daily consumption in >ur families are adulterated with irigredi:nts that are positively injurious and someirnes dangerous. If wo have recourse to Tiedicme to relieve oftrselvea of the bad 'fleets of this impure food, wd' only aggrarate the evils. For the hand of the adulterator is rjuile na bURy in the rtanufac-^ ,ure of drugs as in the preparation of food. 3o that there seems no recourse left us exjept to " throw physic to the dogs/' and x> limit ourselves to the simple fare which .ravelera choose in the dirty Italian inn?r? boiled eggs and potatoes roasted with the ikin on. Even then-the eggs may be in- | uiuitni) niiu iud jiuiaiuci aw uyjt Willi (118? 1 iase, so that our case Beems pitiable enough. Wfcrare glad to .learn tliftt the honeat Iruggista have resolved to come to oaj aid. A.t a Pharmaceutical Convention,in ceasion * *"* ' "% * & V? ?t Bolton last week, a committee appointed last year to consider this subject of ftdtiliwlitionn, made an-kxpeeding^ a1>^Tiptera?~ ting and valuable report) ed in the Traveler. Tbey, gitfe a'rnoM midable list of adulterations which ore known in the trade, and'manfulfyao knowledged it to be tlieir high to-pmge their profession of the (JiR[?rich ^lj dishoqfcft brethren- bring upon ?$.-J They: mention the following as some of the'^rii-* clea of food which Are mott conrtttdnty ' doctored." by tpanuf?tcU?ririg grocer*-','.. , - ' . :' I uoioreil Uonlectionery, adulterated with brrierald or schiiles green, arsenite of copper. Beer, with coculus indica and nux vomica. Pickles and Bottled Fruits, with verdigris and sitlphateof copper. Custard Powders, with cromate or lead, Tea and snuff, the same. Cayenne and Curry Powder, with red Oxide of lead. Sugar Confectionery, with gamboge, opiment, orsurphuret of arsenic, and chloride of copper. Flour and Bread, with liydrated sulphate of lime, plaster of Paris and alum. Vinegar, with sulpuric acid. Sugar, with sand and Plaster of Paris. Milk, with chalk, sheep's brains, ground tumeric. Chocolate, with nee, flour, potato starch, gmli tragacanth, cinnabar, bals, Peru, red ox, mercury, red lead, carbt, of lime, and the red ochres to britig up the color. Mustard, with ground tumeric, to give it a brilliant color. Butter, with potato starch, mutton tallow, carht. lead and sugar of lead. Tapioca, it appears, is often nothing bnt potato starch. An article was exhibited; which had been brought into the market as yeast powder, but it had to bo withdrawn, because it destroyed the tin cans in which it was sold. The stomachs which received it must have fared well. Dr. Jackson, of Boston, testified that spices and blistering flies are, in one place, ground in the same mill. A long catalogue of drugs is furnished, which has thisyear been taken from shops, and which ?re adulterized i:i every conceivable way. Five different methods of treating the Para Balsam Copaiva are enumerated. Cream of Tartar, which is so largely used, both as a medicine and ati ingredient of food, is a favorite article fur adulteration. The report says : '' Cream of Tartar is adulterated with .annuo or nine, cnaiK, nuely powdered ivhiie marble, sulphate of lime, sand, nitrate jf potassa, alum, sulphate of soda and lutassa, cloride of potassium. It has I .men found to contain, as impurities, iron, :oj>pbr, tend ahd arsenic. " The addition of starch, arrow root, and sther atnylaceou3 6ul?slances, are wed blown, and the specimen under examination is only remarkable fro'.il the fact that it contains C3,33 per cen. of farinaceous I iuhstancesas adulteration. This was sold j is pare cream tartar." The opium which is offered for sale ;>ften contains a large per centage of bisruit or of gum tragacanth. East India rhubarb, worth ninety cents a pound, isgrour.d up and sold fur " true Turkey" at $4 50 a pound. WT . 11 - ?? e navo not tlio space to follow the report further in detail. Tint the public may well be greatful that the pharmaceutists themselves have taken the matter in hand. They alone can successfully detect these frauds. The loss of the money, out of which tlje public are cheated, is of itself a very serious affair. But it is as nothing compared with the danger to which the shameless adulteration of medicines expose human life. Physicians should aid in the atterhpt to put down the abominable practices which have been exposed ?n this report. We trust that the convention will not content themselves With this expose, but will suggest the means which.? ' n|>l>cui iu iii?3iii iiiusi iiKL'iy 10 guard litem aud all of us against llio impositions which have so long been in vogira.-Prov. Jotif? rial. The death of an old man's wife, says Lamarline, is like cutting dovn an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its care and vicissitudes, falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of faisfortune. It is as if his right hand was withered, a3 if one wii:g of an old eagle was broken, and every movement that he rtiade brought Trim to the ground. Ilia eyes are dim and glassy, and when the dim of death falls over him, bo misses thos? __ ^.W.MVU tVIIUO ITIIIU11 might havd smoothed bis passage to th* grave. <? ? * The Female Heart.?The female heart m^y be compared to a gn'rde'n, which, when well cultivated, present* a continued succession of fruits aud flowers, to regale the ?ottl rind delight the eye; but, when neglected, producing rf crop of the most noxious weeds ; large and flourishing, becausc their growth 19 in proportion id the warmth and richness of (ltd soil froifr which the; spring. Then let this ground be faith full \ cultivated ; let the mind of the young and lovely female be stored with useful knowledge, aud the ipflueoee of woman, thongl undiminished in power, willbe Jiko " th< diainood^of the desarfc^sparJtlinirnnd'tJurc .whether surrounded by. the.Bonds of ligpolatfcm, foi^fOlten-ftnd unknown, or pOWtijE jH jre Wafting air earn B tKrough every avanui of the soeial Afl&toorftt fsbrife -*P 1 Vt&t ptnycti, VfofPt&W 'find them ,onkto&b?<b?m vpMfatiS jugtmmd "%. 'm RAME3 OF DAYS-THE1U OIUGII?. The days of the ivcck tleiive their names from the idols which our Saxon ancestors worshipped : The Idol of the Sun.?This idol, which represented the glorious luminary of I ho day, was the chief object of their worship, It is described like the luist of a man, set upon a pillar, holding, with outstretched arms, a burning wheel before his breast.? The first day of the week was especially dedicated to its adoration, whii'li tln.v tlic Sun's Dacy\ bunco id derived the word Sunday. The Idol of the Moon.?Tlio next was the Idol of the Moon, which they worshipped on the second day of tlio week, called hy them Moon's JJner/, and since, hy us, Monday. The form of this idol is intruded to represent a woman habited in a ! short coat, and a hcop, a?u! two long ears. I The moon which she holds in her hand designates the duality. The Idol oj Tuisco.?Tui-eo wr.s at first, deified as tlu father and ruler of the Tuetonic race, hut in course of time lie was worshipped ;:n tlic son of the earth. From this eaine the Saxon words, 7'uiseo's I).try which we call Tuesday. lie is represented standing on a perietal, ohl and venerable sago,clothed in the skin of an animal, and holding a sceptre in the ri^ht hand. The Idol 11'or/cm, or Odin.?Wmlen, or Odin, was one of tho supreme divinity of the northern nations. This hero is .suppo>eri iu nuve emigruteil Iroin tlie east, but from what country, or at what time, is not known. Ilis exploits form the fjrentot part of tlio mythological creed of the northen nations, ami his achievements ;?r?? magnificent beyond all credibility. Tins name of the fourth day of the week, called by the Saxons Woden Due;/, and by us \Vii?nksday, is derived from this personage.? Woden is represented in a hold attitude, clad in armour, with a broad sword uplifted ill his right hand. The Idol T/ior.?Thor, tho eldest and bravest ol the sons of Woden and Friga, was, after his parents, cou>Me ed as the greatest g'id among tho Sax?>ns ami D.uips j To him tin; fifth ?Iny of the wed;, called by them 7'hor's Due7, and by us Turns? day, was consecrated. Thor is represented as bitting on ii throne, with a crown ol gob: on his head, adorned with a circle in front, wherein were hit twelve bright luirnisheJ gold stars, and with a regal sept r<in his riglit lutml. The Idol Frija or Frcya.?Fii^a, or Fiogii, was the wife of Woden, or O lin, and next to him the most reverend ditiiiity among tlie hen then Saxonn, Danes, and other northern nations. In the nio?t ai:i*ient times. Friga, or Froga, was the same witli the goddess Ilertha, or Earth. To her the sixth day of the week was consecrated, which, by tlie Saxnnr., was written Frtj't'r, Duty, corresponding with our Fisiday.? Friga is represented with a drawn sword in iter right lianci, and a buw in her left. The Idol Seator.?The idol Seator is represented on a pedestal, whereon is placed a perch, on the sharp, prickled hack of which he stood, his head uncovered and his visage lean. In his left hand ha held up a wheel, and in his right hand was a pail of water, wherein were flowers and fruits, and his dress consisted of a long coat, gortcd with linen. The application given to the day of his celebration is still retained. The Saxons named it Scutvr $ Dueg, which we call Satuhday. Dr. Johnson once dined with a Scottish lady who had botch for dinner. Alter the Doctor tasted it she asked him if it was good. It is good for hogs, madam,' said the doctor. 4 Then pray,' 6aid tlio lady, ' let me help you to souio more. Tiicro nro nearly 28,000 miles of railway finished in tlio United States, and . about 10,000 miles cither under construction or projected, requiring $400,000,000 for their construction. The reason why ?i great man tnfe'els with So little sympathy iu adversity is, that hi* 1 friends were made l>y his fortunes, his enemies by himself; and revenge is a mticli more punctual paymaster than gratitude. Jo. Cose defines the exact height of f i youhg lady's ambition' to bo two little fed , When . Eriskino wad in the full tide o , " * - - -- . ouuceaa ns h uarnsicr, ROIIIO 01 llIS follow . lawyers, wishing to'annoy liim; hired aboj , to ask him, as he was going into court i with his green bag stuffcd >Tith briefs, if I < r had arty old clothes T6r sale. ' No, yoi r yotYrtg rascal,' said Er&kine, * those are a! L new suits,' " . 'g*' t - * Barking of Dbgs^?Tho Australian doj ^ never harksi ;* indeed, Qartjiner, in hit Music of' Nature, slaUw that ' d<>?ra in i afhle 9f nature nevqr bark; tliey sin)pij wliina, ho*laf\d growl; Urn explo?iv< ^ noise found among those which ar< domesticated/ '4Sonnini speaks of the shop ? Jterds'dog* in thfr 'wildt of^JSgypt as no * Wiving tbia faculty; and Columbus fount f had preriousfy^irij^ $ A?ei?W&J>aT? Joat <Mr propensity t< ft a. qu tad A RELIC 0? TKJ? REVOLUTION-COL. TA2LKTON'8 LEXTJtK'-TiiHiIa OF CtrilOLATIOF. Wo have before us a letter ?'.;itcd May j, 2Glh, 1780, iti vl?o Ji'iiitl icriling of Col. j Tarleton of the liritisli Legion, nn officer, ! S( at the mention of whose name the wlii^s j H( of Carolina trembled. It was handed to ! ? ?s hy Mr. Ildierl C. For*yth, of (Inhnn- ! Sl bu?, a grand .xon of C-.?l. M?'ii?* ?.f th-j Rev- j x, olntion, and a soli of the late John Forsyth, j a Secretary of State under (.i.-neral Jack-on. i |, II contains the terms of capiudation olfcred i i l>v T.irleton to (J >1. 1 >nfoul, im presume, j j, | jie*l before tliu defeat of the latter near tlie j ," ! Waxhaw settlements, in South Carolina. I ? f . Col. IV.iiord lia.l lii'i'ii sent with four linn- ? i died troops of the Continental Aruiv from ^ I Viigii.ia, to ansi:*t the whig* in their tic- j (j I lento of Ciiurieston. ileaehing Camden, I i ho ascertained that Charleston had (alien, j j ! and heat a retreat. Tarleton was dispatched w ' hy E.ul Cornwall!* to meet litiioni with J seven hundred men. Coming up with i him, Col. Tarleton adduced Col. Buford j, : the following letter, which, not being ro- s. 1 sponded t??, the former ? ive battle to the t| i latter, routing Id.; whole force, showing his J,( i men no quarter*, culling down the Ameii- (,j t can ll.ig with his (TaiktoiiV) own mvorit j and playing sad havoc with the Aineiiean ? ; soldiers. Thin letter U written on a piece i| i ..? r. .i ? - > - ' i i.iiw,ij? tnm? mcuc* i>y fi^iii, and in j (_ I a buM hand. It toads thus : lv May 20:h, 1730. y, Sir: ? U"dstanco I (:in<{ in vain, to j??**;? |j, vt-iit liic KiVu^ion of Iiiou-1, I t.iaku oll'jis xv which tK'Vcr t an 1 n; repeated. ..j Volt sirH now ?neoinpaw t 1?y :i G"i|? c(>ii>i-.lir,^ of ArliiVry mi l f*?vott hundivd tj j 1-i.Jit troops on !i<>r.-.o!i:i<'!;; ludt of \\}i: -11 iiinnl'iT :iro Cavalry, susd Karl CV-:mva!lis {ri j i.; wi1111:i a sh it march will* some lJ.Ulalions of Ihilis'n. w I tv:un you ?.f tl;o Tc-meiity of furtlisr if inimical prorct'ilin;*-*, e-p.!'/m!!y, when I U| lioiil out ihe f?>!! ?w*i**_t conditions, which vv ai?s t.early t'..o same adopted hy Ciir.rlos Town. C( li.it if any Person of any Dor.osninaiion n!!c:n|its t.? leave your Anny after tliis w Flag is wavr-.J, r<Mt nssurot!, that he the fugitives of any 1! ink or Dignity, they ;l, shall t\"j vriynre h'-.sti!?! t re .iment. jt 1st Art. All oliihvrn to he Prisone/a of ^ War, hut aduiittol to Parole and allowed a, to return to their habitations Mil ex- j, changed. 2*1 Ait. All Continental Soldiers to <*r> to Lar.ijK'i'.H Point or any neighhoiinj; j0 Post am! ll-tnain there Prisoners of War v; "till exchanged. To he allowed Provisions jp as good as 1 ?rit:-h Soldiers. j); 3d. All Militi.i Soldiers to h? permitted (|] to Return to their Habitations upon Parole. ct 4th. All .".rin.-, Ariillerv. Ammimiti.." - - le Provision*, Wagons, Hor?es, &e., to ^ bo fi.illiftiiiv delivered. j 5;ii. All Onii-crs to bo allowed tlioir ^ Private JJsgvjag'i ;m<1 Iior.se, and to hsivo (j their side-arms Returned. la I expect an answer to these propositions in bait' Kit hour; if they aro Excepted, you 'j' will order every Person under your eoin- (j maud to Pile bis Arms in one hour ; if .. u you do not receive these ierms, the liloud j I be upon your head. I have the Honor . i h to bo . Sir, Wifh Proper Respect, Your obt Servt, C BAN. TAKL.ETON, L C.?ri Comd't Brit. Leg'n. j1 This remarkable document has never, perhaps, heeu published before.? Columbus * Time:. A little girl, nine years old, hr.vihg at tended u soiree, being n?kod by her mother 1> 11 returning, how she enjoyed herself, a answered, 11 am full of happiness; I n ,l.l..'? 1 - ? vwui.iii b ug Uil|>piur llll lO^S 1 COUIll 1 grow. >' H Tlio Siato of Virginia Contains more |, Baptists than any other State in the Union ; r their number is 115,120 t 1 . 1 Common senso can accomplish much without groat talents, hut alt the talents in 1 i the world can accomplish very littlo without * , common senBe. c t Describing singleness of aim and tie- ,1 1 cial jii of character, in a recent College address, Rev. J. Wilson thus illustrated his theme : 1 'The Roman ships basked in pleasant 1 sunshine, but when,by means of his mirror, miles off, Archimedes gathered up the I" harmless rays, and threw them in A focus , " upon the ship*, they burned them up. We ' are not to trouble ourselves about the IrUt': * of this story, or-to carefully inquiro whether i 1 Archimedes really burnt the Roman fleet i 1 or not, No ono, I believe, denies tbnt it is theoretically possible, nt nil ..events, 80 it is with' the iAlelleclnal powers. Scat * lered over a hundred objects, tbey are im- ( ' becile. Conceutrato them Jon one, and t j ... ,<$> t- ^ . - < tbev are almost omnipotent. : The rays .'of ^ tbo sun at Svracpso ,.werd. not hottgf \ "j eisowucre. ? woa not owing to. anything pecuhar in tho individual rays, butW tbiir i* concentration. Goums1 is notsth? excik l t ieuce of 'any one.qvilay bf'tfcgrfnd, but j <" *' coricenti'aGon of ?!!.' . s:'- " i I - /S>:. VjSfSl y "> 444??Pi'^H1 , v***'' X'rlK GOOD OLD TIMK3. Wo all think our neighbor's garden )uks so beautiful ; that his house is so cat and convenient, and that iifn slips on u smoothly with him. But then we don't l'o his backyird. llo doesn't come to see s when ho has a headache, and if ho is ci'hlin^ his children or quarreling with his -ife when wo call upon him, he becomes t oncu as bland and sweet as sunshine and , oncy. It is precisely in tho same way lliat i?npl?j of filty luok at young people, , ml wonder if boys ami girls enjoy theinlives as much aa they used to. Many an { !d bachelor hangs round tho ball room at , nratoga and Newport, shaking I,is head , ulefiillv, and informing yoil that the days j hen tbi! lovely Smith and tho celebrated , uiies dancc.l tho old f.ishiotied quadrille , ere tho days. Then Saratoga was Sara- . >ga. Saratoga is a spectre now. ( The old bachelor forgets tho other old ( :tchciori of an carlior date, who used to t iy thu sune thing to him. If wo lake le people's word for it, the golden ago was , dure tlie memory of the oldest inhabitants , F tho globe. There is no author who mentions the , latter at all, who does not complaiu of j 10 decline and degeneracy oT the ttge. | ;ijy!e docs so now, and Milton did so t vo ceiituiies a?ro, and Luther a hundred , O ? I jars before, and Philip Sidney still ear- | jr. Yes, and in tho oldest book do ( ? not l't'Ilil of v.'itiilv nml vnvnlimi . >irit ? Doubtless llio world is had enough all 10 time, lnit the comfort is that it is con dually growing butter. Time are always reat wtoils in the garden, and it is every inn's <Ii.ty who is sent into tlie gulden to oik, to he busily pulling them out. But ho lose heart, and think that they spring |> taster than be can pull thoin down, he ill not be a very useful worker. Ho will gii and groan and lament, until ho beiiiH'S the worst weed of all. lint to suppose that the great Gardener ill allow the weeds to choke the flowers, id that when he has hiid out a garden, .y infernal or supernal power can make a waste of weeds, is to belveve that he, (.?, is a servant, and a servant not of beauty nl grace and joy, but of mockery and . sol iiion. Nobody who reads history with his mind ; well as his eyes, will have a very pround lailh in the <;ood old limes. When ere the good old times of England, of ranee, of Italy, or of Spain e\*en, coinured with the prevjnt ? The most despotic lonarch in Europe, Louis Napoleon, is .11...I 1-.:- I- If 'in|?viitu iu iiiuiaeu cuiihuiuuy > the Even the Emperor of c iiitria issued ft manifest to his empire f idiuating a vague sense of responsibility. 1 o king in Europe feels that ho reigns by l ivine ri^ht, except as everything that ex ( ts is l>y divine permission. 1 This is hut one point, yet it shows much. ? he leaven of liberty is always working in 1 ie world, and tho history of progressive ' berly is but another .word for the story of e uman development. Who will deny that t lore men have more, know more, and avo a greater freedom, politically and re- I yivuslv, and make a better use of it than ' ver before. In these days wo look forwafd to the rogress of tho race. But when the race as advanced five more centuries, tho poets | nil recur to the times Id which wo live as ho good old times. CS ? >"#>> inl ttliii'h nrA ' mown liere as Turkish and Persian carpets, 1 ire woven by hand, mostly by poor peas- J nit women ; the loom is the simplest and j lulost that can be imagined. The carpet ( i woven tire whole size it is intended to be, t ind the raised p:?rt or f>ile is formed by < molting in tufts of flne soft woolen y?ra, a ' ow of tufts boing fastened to the warp be- 1 ween each throwing of the shuttle. The ? < ?ersinn women fill np the time with work- ( ng at their carpet-looms, tastefully forming | ho pattern as they proceed, from designs )f their own, which are generally gay nosaicB, where the colours are beautifully tended. . . Tho gifts that circumstances make in >ur character we are apt to regard as its riaIiia 4Vt??f ? ull. Peace is the evening staf of the souVm rirture is its sun, and the two are netfer .. m*Those who are formed to'win general ad' niration, are sclJony calculated to BmIotV ndividual happiness, t : 1 v &* ? * jS^ r, : ' - Si; , , ? , . ; Put off repentarico till to-rtiorrotf, ami ou have a day more to repent of, and a lay leas to repent ft). \ v ' * ryt' Liu! e,drops of rain brighten the mead Utile actfr'of lc'indnA? ^Tighten iJgV te> a wreJofe^d ai^ ircfi^Vereliad^wjog' a' jjtott->'., ;.. 54 ; I : ...... The Matter uf-Fuct Alan.?\I hoi wl,at the old woman call tin * Old Fisii.' I do nothing undor Ilonven without.!* mptive? never. I attempt nothing iin)es9 I think there is a probability of niy succeeding.? I ask no favors when I think tliey are not deserved ; and,, finally, I don't wait upon the girls when I think my attentions would he disagreeable. I am( a matter-of-fact man?I am. I once ofiftred to attend ri young lad}' homo ; I did Berioiialv tl?o? r-y , wf I meant to wait on her home if slie wanted ine. She accepted my offer. I went homo with her; and it has ever since been an jnigtna to mc whether 6ha wanted me or not. I bado her ' good night,' and sho ?:?id not a word. I met her next day, and [ said not a word. I met her again and ind she gave mo two hours' talk. It truck nio as curious. She feared I was* jffi'iidvd, she said, and couldn't for tho life )f her conceive why. Sho begged me to ;xplain, but did not givo me rt chance to lo so. She said she hoped I woiuld'nt be jffended ; asked iho to call, and it has over .inco been a mystery to me whether bIiq eally wanted me lo call or not. I once saw a lady at her window. 1 bought I would call. I did. I inquired 'or the lady, and was told sho was not at iome. I expect sho was. I went away Linking so. I rather think so still. I net her again. She was offended?said 1 lad not been ' neiHilinrlv ' Ri ? j - M1IU IC|'IUBUU* >d me for my negligence; eaid sho thought [ had been unkind. And I've ever since vondered whether sho thought so or not. A lady once said to me that she should ike to be married if she could get a good :ongeni:il husband who would make her lappy, or at least try to. She was not dificult to please, she said. I 6aid 11 should ike to get married too, if I could find, a vifo that would try to make me happy.'? slie said, 4 Uuph !' and looked as if sho neant what she said. She did. For vhen I asked her if she thought sho :ould not b'e perauaded to marry me; he said sho would rather be excused. I excused her. I havo often wondered wlir} excused her. A good many things of this kind have mppcned to me that dre doubtful; wond'erul, mysterious. tVhat is it then, tliat sauses doubt and mystery to attend th^ ?:vys of man ? It is the want of Jact.~ riiis is a rfiatter-of-frtfct world, and in ordef o act well in it, Wo ttiust deal in a matter if fact way. m < > ? .. ' * * v. . i Cctton Losses.?The New Orleans Crescenf >f the 22<1, in its article " on chttnge" has tha ollowfiig : We made some allusion to the return# of salsa >r cotton in Liverpool at 4^d:, which cost or itood la warehouse in LiTerpool $Jd. Wo learn hat Komo account sales are being returned, shich exhibits a loss of uot only teu dollars p?r tale, but fifteen and eighteen dollars j5er bale.? 3f course, there will be some large reclamations r iut there isauother ferture in this low quality of tottou. There are kiahv iIwmmikIi nt !- '? Liverpool so dirty and saudy that ii will not ael^ or 3d. per lb.: then,.again, we are informed hat there are thousands of bales that cannot be (old at any price, and that it wll be altogethpj brown back on the consignee or ahipper. fa neuutime, the talk is, who is to Buffer ou these irodigious losses, or on whom ara the reclamations to be made? They who are closely insisted will, or course, kifcow who is to stand tho deficiency. If oh Intervention?llow it Works.?The liarpar's Ferry emeute seems to hare invigorated, with iedoubled zeal ihe frfcnds of protection to slavery in the States and Territories. When the confederacy, as at present governed, subjects Southern States io pillage and plunder, and murder, the unprotected slaveholder in the Territories woufrf ffiire badly if left to court* of Juslice. The conservatives of the North must see* in the rfarper'a Ferry affair that the only settlement of tho disturbing and dangerona quel. .ion of slavery is in the acknowledgment of ita constitutional rights and their protection. Thia s necessary to preserve the SouthernState* from the consequences of "irrepressible con'. flicta" like that a*t Utarper'a Ferry, which enjanger the confederacy,' and, unleaa apeedily md effectually prevented, must disrupt the Un'? ion.?Riciitnond Enquirer. ?? i 'I know every rock on the coait'* cried an Irish pilot. At that moment the ship struck, when lie exclaimed," and' that's one* of them.' The Jews in America number tSOfibc) who still adhere to the foith of Abra-' ham. . ? - " - ' r | . ^ Life roa^ be flterry as well at useful? every person that owns' a mouth has' always a good opening for a laugh. Aq aged bachelor ^intf ask^d if be had* ever witnessed a publio execution, jfe^li&d f I I.mS -T * ? - - wv, uui t udcb ww nurnag^*' in mimLmk per first cotoM'^otdhjo' EngftmiJ;TheCde* of $$$?j?#. "15^ -y