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for their flowing US the use of
tMr bero^^&h, In which to ffoJd the
-.7?*#o^^T5jnt tb? thauksof this Oread
fM vision W ^Ido tendered .to the President
and I>jrector* of the Q^cnviile sad Columbia,
and the Charlotte and 8outh Cgrolitm
Kf4! ^5kH ft* their kindness in allowing
delegates to patfe over their roads and return
for _oiic fare.
No farther famines* appearing, (h^Orand
Division was closed fa duo Yornvto meet again
at Columbia ouTliursday tho 3Qth November,
1864, at 11 o'clock A. M. - .
2. J. DslIAY, Grand Scribe.
* , Hows from the Plains.
? Wo late received, news from Fort Laramie,
Nebraska Territory, as late as tho 18tli
?f July. .The corpm^nd of Col. Steptoe, ep
route to Utah and California, consisting of
two companies of artillery amlsomo dragoon
recruits, reached that point 011 the 10th of
thfe month. The trains is very large, consisting
of more tliftn 70 wagons, 500 mules,
ami 300 horses. No animals have been
lbfet/ahd. they are all in fine travelling order.
, Surgeon Wirtz, the chief medical officer of
the command, reports nil the officers and
men in good health. They were attacked
with cholera near Fort Leavenworth, and
some fifty or sixty cases occurred, but the
most active measures being .used to supi;
press it, only seven fatal cases occurred, and
the disease ceased before reaching the Big
Blue.
The troops will start again on the 20th
for Salt Lake, by tlio South Pass of the
Rocky Mountains. They expect to reach
the city of the Mormons by the 1st of Sep'
tember, where they elpect to spend the winter,
and start early flPthc spring for the Pacific
C06t.
Very few Indians were seen before reaching
Laramie; a groat number of Sioux are
there encamped. Buifalo were very numerous
on the Big Platte and South Fork.?
Many return parties from Salt Lake city
were met, composed principally of persons
who were disgusted with the social system
of Brigham Young. Fathers were biinging
away their daughter and husbands their
Wives* to save them from the embraces of the
elders of the church, whoso revelations, advising
them to increase the number of their
spiritual wives, have become very frequent.
It was reported that the news of the anticipated
arrival of a large military force iti
Utah had created much excitement, and
that Brighain Young would regard tho movement
with a jenlous eye.?JV. Y. Herald.
Hook Marriage.
Kkcenttvy a gay party was assembled at
Clifton Springs, N. Y., and in the course of
the evening, gayoty began to Hag. For the
Amusement of the assemblage, a marriage
was proposed; just for "tho fun of the thing."
Up sprang a young Miss, who expressed a
-willingness to be the bride. -.A young gentleman
joyfully consented to be the groom.
A sham parson was soon fonnd who performed
the ceremony, the merry couple making
the usual responses.
But the mock marriage turned out to he
a rather serious affair; not much fun in it.
after all. For the groom gave his bride to
understand, after the ceremonies was over,
that he-considered tho marriage binding.?
She demurred and started for her home at
Buffalo, whither tho groom followed her,
pressing his claim at the house of her father.
lie was sent about his business ?
Thus matters stand ; the gentleman claims
her as his lawful wife, and her friends den)
the claim.
.Now, our opinion is, that whenever a
young lady so far forgets her maiden modesty
and the common sense rules of propriety,
as to make a mock of the solemn ceremonies
of the marriage rite for the amusement of a
crowd, she deserves no better fate than to be
jndissolubly united to the sham bridegroom,
who may inake her his dupe. Marriage is
too sacred an institution, too serious an atiair,
to be made a Just of or to be triHed with in
any shftpe. To prcvert the solemn ceremonies*,
which have been instituted for its celebration,
to tho purpose of fun and frolic, is
very much like making a mock of religion ;
for marriage is a religion, as well as a civil
rite. And those, who make fun of it, are
guilty of gross impiety and deserve to have
the bonds they so flippantly take upon themselves,
made iddissolubly.
Singular Occurrence.?The following
is from the Centerville Times: U nder the
obituary head, in to-day's paper will be
found the death of Mr. Jacob Reese. On
the day of his death Mr. Reese was engaged
in seeding oats, and toward evening was
startled by a voice apparently at his elbow,
saying, "You may sow but shall not reap,"
be looked around and seeing no one, ,conti^ucd
work of seeing, attributing it,
he afterwards stated, to ids imagination.?
At every step, however, the warning was repeated,
and at last, unable to bear it, he proceeded
homo to his wife, persuaded by her
that it was only imagin&tion, and unding
that ho had no fever, and did not complain
of any indisposition, she induced him to return
to the neld. There, however, the same
solemn voice attended him at every step?"You
may sow but shall not reap!" and in
a state of extreme agitation, he again censed
work and went home. lie took an early
supper, whs shortly after attacked with a
swelling oflthe throat, and before sunrise
next morning was a corpse.
TH* Knickerbocker tells of a roan who
I tlm ft .1,11 IMI r a.
ntviv* ii?? timittr imii out. iii luamna. His
rounoil Iriod to prove that the note wae not
worth Ave dollar*, it being a dwconnt. The
prosecutor said he know that the tlu>if was
the meanest man in thp State, but lie did not
think he wdjftjMir all-fired mean as not to be
willing to 4tedl Indiana money at par.
Joun Vaw Bvrcn, rtappoanvie becoming
ashamed of hie new associates, for be has *ufht^td
the London Adveftiter to oontradict
the etntemeot thot ho would attend the antislaver)
oonjlhrenee to be held at Man oh ester.
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Friday Mornittg, Aug. 18, 1854.
uttwwbwijwc. .miinrjii > acwwi
ao e nts.
E? W. CARP, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Third si.,
1'hUfd.'lphia, is onr authorized Agent.
A. M. PEOEN, Fairvicw 1*. O., Greenrilla Dist
WM. C. BAILEY, Wallaco'e^Fnctoryi Spartanburg.
rVf.1^. SMITA, MornTsrille. Creen villa District
LE BAS BLEU.
Tlie August No. of this neat and well cdited
little newspaper has 'been placed upon
our table by the enterprising editresses. It
is edited by. a. corps of young ladles of tlie
Johnson Female Institute, at Anderson, at
tl per annum. May no Knight of the Garter,
or of the Quill, ever attempt to atop its
length of days and usefulness.
'SUNNIE SOUTHRON."
Our readers we know will be pleased to
notice that this gifted poetess has become a
contributor to the Enterprise. The piece to
l>e found iu to-day's paper is full of poetry
and sentiment. Wo have another piece of
hers on file, which wo promise our readers
to present them shortly. 1
We have likewise the satisfaction of stating
that our fair friend " Genevieve" has
consented to become an occasional contributor.
An article from her pen will be found
in our next number.
Will not our sweet writer " Ola Sta,m favor
us and the readers of the Enterprise
with a contribution. Wc would be more
than happy to number her in our lists of
contributors.
No effort1} upon our part will be spared to
render tho Enterprise acceptable to the readers
of the USme circle. We have already
enlisted a number of writers of no ordinary
talent, and many others have promised a
helping hand. If our friends will extcud
its circulation during the present volume
we will give them the benefit of a Foreign
Correspondence in 1855. We likewise con
-template uew improvements.
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CHICKS' SPRINGS.
Wk, too, have been to these Springs, and
who has uot ? We do not design making a
very lengthy notice of them. So much has
been said in nraise of thoin tlmt notlm?<y ro.
mains for nr. to speak, unless repeating what
others have saiil?for which we have no liking.
. That the water is excellent, containing
tine medicinal pro]>eities unexcelled in our
country, no one doubts. That tho house is
kept well, affording everything delightful to
the taste of an epicure, the testimony of hun,
dreils who have visited them is sufficient to
assure any one wishing comfortable quarters
and good living that he would want for
nothing, while sojourning at the Springs.?
We found the society of the placo of a gay
and dashing turn?little given to reading or
anything else calculated to improve the
mind. We know, that but few people go
to watering places for the purposes of reading
and meditation. llut we do think that
persons would feel far better, and the water
would have a greater and more beneficial effect,
were they to drink more of it?take
more exercise?and do loss drain-drinking,
and less card-playing, than they apj>ear, for
the most part to bo guilty. To do this we
would suggest to the Messrs. Chick, (we
charge nothing for the suggestion) to furnish
their vi.-itors with a number of good newspapers.
While there wo only saw one, which
an old gentleman had completely inonoiwv
lised, and only too books, which were Congressional
documents, containing the 1'ro.Mdent's
Messages, <fec., which we considered a
little too uninteresting for the time and place.
The number of visitors, we were informed.
numbered about one hundred nnd fifty. We
saw a number of acquaintances, nnd made
the acquaintance, and we trust the friendship,
of others. We must admit that the
time was pleasantly nnd agreeably spent in
drinking the water, eating the good things
of the dinner table, and enjoying the company
of oiir fair protege. We always make
it a point to enjoy ourself, whether at Chicks'
Springs, or any other place.
A nkw packr is soon to bo started at
Hamburg by J. M. Robinson, to be called
the " Valley Pioneer."
Cjiari.eh Dic kens, the celebrated English
author, has become a bankrupt So says reports.
Senator Clayton, of compromise notori
ety will shortly publish a letter advocating
the principles of the Know Nothings.
Prescott, the American historian is engaged
in writing the life of Phillip the Second
of Spain.
John Dillon, who waa engaged in the
Irish Uevolntion of '48, bat now a resident
lawyer of New-York, it is said has received
permission to visit his own eoantry.
A large Are occurred in 8t Louis on the
8th iqat., destroying 4,600 bales of hemp,
1,000 barrels of pork, and 150 hfcda. of su
gar, the^jjp?'&rtiountingpfc> $160,000.
is
A REMINlSENCE.
Hkminibknobs ar* not always pleieiog.?
Tia tn^io setirohjpg through an aljouaiulation
of old and diiaty rehes we sometime*
come across a little memento which affords
a pleaftani thought Perchance it is a ringlet
of hair?we immediately associate it with
the one whose head it oucc contributed CO
tuuoh to decorate And adorn. Tie then we
think more vividly how much we may have
otieo luycd them. Should it be a WMUature
of a friend long siuce left us?perhaps dead
?it seems to bring them more closely nnd
intimately near ua ; making lia to fqel that
there is a strange and inydtcrions sympathy
existing between friends " who have loved."
If it be the h?st gift of ah affectionate parent
we bedew it in silence with tlie tears of affection,
nnd breathe a prayer full of gratitude
to the source of comfort and joy.' But there
are others again which bring no such feel- .
ings, emotions and results. There ar? those
which we wouhl ever endeavor to ke^p hid,
not only from our eye, but the miitd ? willing
to prevent their remembrance, bringing
as they do, feelings cak'ulated to fill the heart
with strange foreboding.-*, which, instead of
making us look to a bright nnd happy fuI
ture, full of anticipation, wraps the soiil in
i a gloomy pall, nnd leaves it revelling in disi
mnl scenes of Despair.
"We have just been thinking. Our thoughts
' have not been dwelling a great deal Upon
! any one particular object?permitting ourself
to wander for a little while over scenes
of happy days, stopping here and there to
; think of pleasant times and sweet by-gones.
Again, a moment is lost in a sad reflection of
' sadder events. Leaving old friends and asso-j
j oiations we sped away in our mind's flight, j
1 stopping to muse over a somewhat strange ,
j co-Incidence, which with your permission,!
! wc relate:
I A summer or two since it was our good |
or evil fortune to visit for the first time the j
great commercial city of the South, lteing
' anxious to seo everything, and enquiring af- i
' tor the many, to us, strange and peculiar
j beings whom we saw, it is not to be wondered
i that we found ourself sometimes peering in
1 the windows of the curiosity shops, and at
other times wondering why it was that the1
vast multitude wnlkin^iiitLisr and thither as
j if there were no such things as friendship and
I' love, and that every one seemed to live
within himself and only for himself,
Twas Saturday night. Wc were returnj
ing from an evening's entertainment. It
j was yet early, ami hearing the elnmors of an
I auctioneer and the clattering* of his hammer
j upon the huge empty pine box before him,
| we entered his apartment. We said it was
' not late, but becoming interested in the sales
j of the auction?bidding occasionally?we
were unconscious of the lateness of the hour;
until St. Michael's bell tolled the hour ofl
1 ,... . , , .... - .. I
iwcivy, ijuu iruni mc silliness ox all without
i wo wore led to believe " nil riglit.'1 Hut
' the auction r??om nor the auctioneer either
has anything to do with the incident in qu<?
tlon. Mention would not have been made
( of them just here, but they serve a point.?
I Among the many little thing* we purchased
j was a blank book, which from having, at the
i present, cast our eyo upon it, has made us
i remember the scenes of that hour, from the
fact that shortly after our leaving the place,
wo recorded them in its pages.
Hastening froin the noise of the aitctionl
eer's hammer, we found ourself wending t<v
] wards our lodgings. The light from the
hitherto bright gas lani|>s was waring and
flickering. The watchmen were growing
weary in the discharge of their monotonous
duties. Wo had not proceeded far when
our ears were arrested l?y the cries of a female
voice, which seemed to roach us from
n dark alley we were then passing. ITnwilling
to ri>k ourselves in such a daik, un.
known, nnd to us, apparently subterranean
precinct, we proceeded to wait until her cries
were heard by others. Shortly there appeared
at the opening space a man,whom v e discovered,
from seeing underneath his cloak the (
ensigns of office, to bo one able to render as- '
sistance, and who quickly drew around him
.1 ? * -
I ineinemuers of ina guard. TLo wnninti also
I found iier wny into ilio street, seeking aid.
From Iter we learned that ouc of her children
who dead, another was dying, and the third,
a dear little babe, waft vory sick, whilst the
father and husband was reeling^ from the
frightful effects of intoxication, and her own
life in danger of death at tho hand* of her
mad and crtiel husband. We listened hut a
moment to her story of distressed following
her footsteps through the dark alley, which
grew darker at every step, we at length
found ourself at the abode of misery.?
Whilst the enraged husband was being fettered
we had an opportunity of witnessing
one of the moat deplorable and wretched
sights wc have ever been called upon to witness.
Looking through a low window wa
saw the Kttle dead child, which but a short
while before was struggling with pain,laying
upon a bed of straw. There waa an angelic
smile playing over its now cold and lifeless
thee. By >ta ?4e lay anoUter Httlaereefcn*
dying, and a third &*?; <*
Its mother, while, the w? Siting at the
bedside bf hei*dead aftiTufrteg ehiWren,' fm-'
t .
1 111 1 -lUi-L ' ' I I'M , 11 III' I?
ploring the prelection ?C heaven upon her
wretched home. We turned from the uckening
se^ne?the wicked husband vn taken <
away, and the poor mother left to woep over
the dead treasures'of her household.
How long, oh 1 lovers of humanity shall
we be called to mourn tho existence of such
a vlee as drunkenness ! Is there no balm in
Qilead, whereby to heal this pestilence, winch,
vhilo its dries up tho fountain and source of
domestic happiness; and whose touoh is more
cankerous than the sores of the leper, drags
the miserable creatures of its influence to the
porta}* ofrDeath, Hell aud Impair?. .
How long, oh ! levers of liberty and country
will you suffer the galling chains of a
servitude* wotueth an tyranny to be (
IllWVt TVtUttiAniiai?uiMAn /vwa anIUB>a<
j v#w? %v/\?iivtji iiiru nivitvuv vun
effort to release them from their oppression ?
The appeals of orphanage?tho team of
widowhood, nnd the better feelings of our
nature ask you, uIlow loxo f
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD, AND THE
BLACKSMITH AT HOME.
Our Own District is not without a few of
either pf tlio above characters, but we must
admit that the latter has more of a "local
habitation," for on more thau one occasion
wc have known tho schoolmaster to be absent
when called upon. Travelling through
our district not long since, our eye wo* attracted
by a piece of paper tacked to a pine
piunk, and the whole nailed to a tree. Of
course we stopped to read it, amt was so
much pleased with its orthography,and style
of diction, that we copied it, and propose
giving it an insertion in our paper?entire:
*'Snoi> Nons."?wi the Undersigned has
/ocatod tniself tieer the old post offis for tho
purpos of sirving the publick I ceeps shoos
and miles airedy made to despatch a hors
well shod in n few juinits i would like to inherit
a ful slier of the work such as lize in
my line of business to wit shooing Horses
rcpareing wagens carages and buges ?fc so on
i ceops thee best iron the world nfords altogether
sweade V? L?
We think he will get as much as lie can
do. Any man who desires work and knows
the benefit of advertising for it?will most
gfl. El.
anatTve."
A rofNTttTMAN brought into our village
a few a real live inhabitant of our section
in the shape of a huge rattling rattlesnake.
It was securely caged in a wooden
box, and afforded infinite delight to a number
of little children who gathered around
to sec it.
Speaking of snakes reminds us of some
tiling we reeeutly heard concerning a little
girl of our acquaintance. Whilst ujioit n j
visit to <'{tsar's Head in her wanderings aiuid
the rooks and dill's of the mountain she i
came across what she supposed to lie birds1,
eggs. She picked them up, ami after car-1
rying them for some time in her hands, and ;
occasionally placing themjn her mouth, as j
children are often seen to do with such things,
she deposited thorn in her little basket, or
l?ooket, and upon returning home brought,
them with her. Soon after her arrival she
was showing her mother the pretties she had i
found in her travels, when her mother dis-!
covered the eggs to be those of a snake, and
carrying them into the yard, broke them
open and found to contain live nud kicking!
snakes of three and four inches length.
"FOR SAlToR RENT."
Not long since we saw the above written
on a plank about two inches wide and about
two feet long, aud tacked over a window of
a house not a hundred miles froin Greenville.
When we first saw the notice we (
supposed Rome rude boy had placed it there j
to annoy the proprietor, and thinking that
if the owner of such property was really
anxious to sell, he certainly would advertise it
in the papers where jiersons in quest of such
things are most apt too look. Upon enqui- j
rv wc found that he was anxious to sell? I
desired a large price?and yet refused to j
place the uotice where it might bo seen,for,
fear of having to pay Beventy-fivo cents or,
perhaps a dollar to have it known by thou-'
sands, and which Would most probably bring!
1'lin ? purchaser in a few days. We care
noi Slow long the board remain over ihu |
window?ot is our candid opinion lie will
acnrceiy nnu ft buyer until ho give* it ft more
public notice thnn the on? be has adopted.
We know tho property might be sold or
rented. It is quite desirable, but when a
man wilfully keeps hiiuself from making
money l?y the giving of a small pittance to
have his wishes generally known, we do wish
he may never succeed in doing it.
A8SAU1T OA THE PHESIDEHT.
Pbkaidkxt Fierce was attacked by a man
named James M.?JfcrrAEtoa of Charleston
shortly after the adjournment of Congress
on Friday.4 As the President was leaving
the Capitol, ho was followed by Jkffardh,
who threw an egg at him, hitting hiui upon
the back of the head, knocking las hat off.
Jbvtaros was arretted, but subsequently, at
Si?. SCf rp!r?l?
Trie ftsfc&iut wftft made npon the Fresidei t
from hM*?*ing 'TtM* to *n mritKHoti'M
dtfnkWfri Ttrtrt&i thin he "Mfnt tf?
tht "kind." We h?r? iftt
learned ths^fC+1* a fcrffW. ^ *
CoLeMBlA^ Aug. 10, 1854.
Mr. Editor:?W? ere really "in* fix"
this week. No important or interesting
news to report-?rd> thought* fresh from the
mint of,the mind to give?-po romantiQ^or
heart-thrilling events to recount So we
must put in a special pica?as (he lawyers
nay?for our biitf letter at this time.
Tlie Senatorial election in October next
is to be the hardest struggle ever recorded
in the annals of Richland District lloth
:>nrtifH are working day and night Rut
we must stop lterc, loot our warn" ??i|?po??
of one of the candidates should iend us into
political remarks.
An accident occurred here on Monday by
which nil individual named Wright was
badly injured. While engaged in pulling
down n brick building of Mr. John KinsLEit'a,
a part of the wall fell in and he was
partly covered by the falling brick and timbcr.
He Is now considered out of danger.''
Floating on the tide of passing events, a
little barque containing news of sadness
reached us a few days ago. N. P. "Wilms
the pcot e<litor is gently and slowly passing
away from earth. Consumption has seized
upou hiiu and will soon hurry him to "flint
bourne whence no traveller returned!,"?
May the stream of life l?ear him gently down
to eternity's ocean, tu?d there may he find a
harbor where storim never come 1
We arc now enjoying pleasant weather.
Mornings and evenings arc cool, but in the
middle of thadny, when "Sol shines bright,"
oh I 'tis hot. We soon ahull welcome that
delightful season of the year, the Indian
Summer, when nil nature is adorned in red
and varigjited hues, and tho flowers wither
and the fruits ripen. 0
Hoping you will make nil possible allowances
for this epistle, penned liastilv in dull
time*. We nre, yours trulv.
BAYARD. .*
Romantio Marriage.
A few evenings ago, n? the ears of the Carrolton
Railroad were approaching the cit^*,
a little girl, about three yoare old, ran in
front of the engine ami stopped on the centre
of the track. The brnkeman attempted
to stop the engine as soon as the child was
perceived, but 011 and on hurried the iron
monster, and just as it was about to crush
into the earth the beauteous victim which
thus so innocently braved its coming, the
strong arm of an athletic young man wa^
stretched forth, and at the liuanrd of another
life the child was saved.
Loud was the shout of applause from the
few who witnessed the daring deed, and in
triumph the young man bore the child away,
nnd delivered it to its mother. Any attempt I
to descril?e a mother'1* feolitiotton 1
0- ?v..
casiou would be more than vain. Sbe felt
an a mother alone enn fool, whon the darling
of her heart?her only child?U rescued
from the very jaws of death; and with an eloquence
which no words can convey, she
looked and apoke her thanks. That mother
was a widow, young and fair as tho incarnation
of a poet's dream; and withal ahe was
blessed with no little of this worlds goods.?
Of course she was grateful to tho preserver
of her child's life, and as ho was poor, ahe
offered to hestow upon him a goodly largess,
lie, however, refused to accept any reward
for doing what he considered to bo his duty,
ami so tho matter for tho time rested.
Since then nil intimacy has sprung up between
tho young man and the grateful widow,
and the result was, that they wont together
to Mobile, where the widow's name
is at tho hymcmnl alter to bo changed, and
the youug man is to become not only the
protector, but the atep-futlier of the child he
saved.
May tho joys of the twain increase, and
their days be many.?N. O. True Delta.
Xatvral Soda Foi'ntain.?Sodasprinsra
have been discovered about fifty ruiles east
of San Felipe, Calaforoia, by Pool and his
party, engaged in the survey of the public
lands. The spring is in a mound of snnmetrienl
shape, tapering like a sugar-loaf^, in the
centre of the top of which is a hofo, unfathomable,
containing the carbonated beverage
fresh from some natural labority below.?
Some of the mounds are six feet high, and
clothed with n green and luxuriant coat of
grass, while others are shaped like an inverted
how! and fringod by a crrowth of cane,?
The water is deacrit>ed' as having the same
sparkling and eflfervescont property as that
ordinarily sold by apothecaries, and drunk
with avidity by both the men and animals
belonging to the party. When impregnated
with acid of any kind, it produced instant
effervescence, and in that form is peculiarly
refreshing as a drink.
Ooto m Oreoon.?Considerable excitement
has been created in California?particularly
in Brd Francisco? by the report of
the discovery of gold at Port Orford, Oregon,
in such quantities that the miners were realising
no lees tnan fifty dollars per day. Parties
had already organised in Han krancisoo
to start for the new diggins. If it should
turn out that gold exist* in any considerable
quantities in Oregon, Calaforoia will be greatly
benefited by the withdrawal of the numbers
of person* who now wander about there
in searcn of employmont, and who, in consequence
of the desperate state of their circumstances,
it is said, sis ready to commit any
atMxftty. The conviction df thc cxuftenoe of
alSSjdhy coy
bark' iscuU it^aboat the consistent
milk, nnd but for a slight peculiar taste could
*is?d5y from the genuine
product of thtPeow. Mr. Leavens vru*rvu.?
man to tnjp Mme logs that had lain in the
yard nearly a month. He cut several notches
in the bark with an axe, and in a minute
the rich sap was running ont in abundance.
It was Collected in a bnaon diluted with Water,
strained and brought up fit tea tijn) and
at breakfast next morning. The peculiar tin
rich cream; hi cdffee it is equally aa gooa.?
The inilk is also used as glue, and it said to
be a? durable as that -made use of by carpenters.
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SlDtXH* CtnctTUSffWO# W* nn>1aM<>t>.l
that a man died In treat Troy last Thursday
evening, with a disease strongly resembling
cholera, and his body; deposited in a coflm
and Anally prepared for burial. The remains
were kept until Saturday evening,
and then while the friends of the deceased
were engaged in holding a wake over him,
the supposed dead uian slowly recovered
from the state in which be had so long lain,
and actually arose from the coffin, walked
across the floor, and requested a drink of wa
ter, saying that lie was very thirsty. This
cornea to lis from one of the parties present,
and we see no reason to doubt her statement.
We further understand that the man ia
convnlesent and will recover.?TVoy TVmr*t
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Silver in Warkkx Coukky.?-We have
beforo us a letter from a gentleman now residing
in Alabama, in which he states, that
about forty years ago, his father, living at
that time in Warren county, about tlnrtvtive
uiilcs from Augusta, in erecting a mill
on one of the branches of tlricr Creek, discovered
in a species of slate rock, particles
resembling metal. As the particles wore
abundant inn particular locality, he thought
there might be a vein of silver there, and
intended to have it tested. He did not do
so, howover, and it lias remained until recently,
when the discoveries of meUft in
various parts of the State induced one of
his heirs to have the rock tested by a'competent
person, who gave, as his opinion,
that the rock contains si Ivor in sufficient
quantities to be valuable. It is the intention
of tlio present propiietor to have it
thoroughly explored aw soon as possible.-?
Conttitutwnalist, 0th, iuti.
Southern Em.vncipadoijs.?'A. Georgia
planter, who died a year ago, leaving a very
large estate, embracing, besides, lands and
money, one hundred and fifty fine healthy
negro (.I.iree, htji no nearer heirs thnft
nephews and nieces, directed by his will |
that the negroes, should bo crannicipated
and settled in Indiana or Illinois, and left a
a large portion of his projierty to buy thein
farms and farming implement* and stock.
But the laws of Indiana and Illinois forbid
the settlement of such population within tho?
borders of those States, and in this dilemma,
it being evident the will cannot be implicity
obeyed, the executors are desirous of Sending
the negroes to Liberia, whither a part of
theiu, who aro very intelligent, are nnxiou*
to go. The cause has becu brought to the
notice of the American Colonization Society,
and will be thrown into the Georgia courts
for adjustment.
Taken In.?One of the Philadelphia paBjrs
states that a South Carolinian named
I urges was swindled out of two hundred dollars
by the "patent safe game" in that city
last week, lie walked with a newly-made
acquaintance towards the Fairmount Water
\v?.u.?? . ....
inn s* imru pnriy \vno bad beautiful
little box that he would bet any amount
of money could not be opened; Burgos' new
friend took up the bnnter, and not having
the neceesarv amount cf fv.'.'.da with him,
H urges lent him two hundred dollars; the box
could not be opened and the mouey was lost.
Our Relations WItr Spain.?The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times
says that the latest dispatches from Spain to
the State Department bore are to the effect
that for the moment nothing whatever can
be done by the American agents in Spain,
and that the only course to be pursued is to
wait quietly for affairs again to assume a setlied
aspect Then the settlement of our difficulties
aud tho acquisition of Cuba can be
brought up again. This is probably the
truth, and is moreover in itsetf so obvk?s,
that it might be safely asserted even by these
who know nothing of the latest dispatches.
Pillar Dollars.?We loam from the
London Economist that the Cluueee bans erccted
a mint in Canton for coining Spanish
pillar dollars of "Charles liio Fourth,
This coin is the standard of th?Cl?5*w?
mm**
the scarcity of it has induced them to coin it,
wliic.h is rather a novelty in minting, thus
reproducing old dated coins. The pillar do)- I
lars have always commanded a premium I
with the Chinese, though intrinsically worth
Ices than the Mexican dollar.
Compromised.?It is said that, up to this
time there are but two Huitaimucd ngainst I
the ltaltimoro and SusqumPnt Railroad
Company, for damages inCWred by the accident
oa the fourth of July. The suit instituted
by Mrs. Johnson, for the loss of her
husband, baa been withdrawn voluntarily I
by that lady. A large number of sufferers
have compromised on liberal term*, and tb%
same disposition sevins to prevail generally
among those who have not yet finally adjudicated
^their r'Aims.
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