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t v. v- might i W* hate w?? jtjimflH heard it remarked, I by timid persons; that they wouUkjf?! : travel by night on the ntgfnxui, their irflfffe- ; (Wt b?iag thai Ui?re*Mtoro danger JI nc- , cident* in the dark tbim during day-light, j Upon first thought, thin would seem' to be t the fact; but a writer in the Haili-oad Ad- | c?ate takes ? different view of' the matter, rod ceitainiy makes out a good case. He ays there are many circumstances which make night running comparatively safe. All work upon the track is stopped. Comparatively few other trains are on the mad. No , drawbridge would ever bo likely to remain opdh in the night Switches ore more likely to be right than at other times, as they are not in use for other trains, and :u% locked. The'signals for night trains, being made by liirlit would Scan-elv fail to lw> observed and obeyed ; and what is important, would be sect} at a greater distance than any other signal in day light. Th(| engineer has less o attract bis attention than iii the day. While, aftor. all, a rock or tree fulling across a bend in the track in broad day, or an intended obstruction, is nearly as much a "hidden danger,' as if -encountered in the night. There are many places in nearly all roads where the range of view is less than the reflection of the headlight at night. So after nit, it would appear that one can take a i night's rest in a railroad car with comparative safety. Qn&no for Insects. A correspondent of the Horticulturist says: ! "Some time- last summer, while budding some young peaches, I found that ants had taken possession of sou|f> ten feet in one row. They very earnestly resisted my attempts to iuiioculate the trees, inflicting many unpleasant wounds on my hands und arms. In order to disperse the wnrlike little nation, I sprinkled near a pint of tine guano along the little ridges. This threw them into immediate consternation. I noticed little collections of winged ants, huddled close together, and seeming to be ipiiet, while those with- j out wings ran about in great agitation. The | following dav not a single insect could be j t i ...i i?l' ; .1 : ,i ? i i'miua wiwre viif uu^ previous iutr\ hpjrrareu [ t? bo innumerable." To which we add the following from an unknown source : "We had a very tine melon patch, which was well-nigh destroyed liv the strij>ed bug. The vinos had commenced running, anil in two or three days the bugs had stripped nearly every leaf. As a desperate remedy we applied a handful of guano on the top of the hill as far as the I vines had ruu, taking cure thai it did not fall on the leaf. In twenty-four hours not a bug was to bo seen ; the vines had assumed * healthy and vigorous growth, and are now . a. led with fruit. The experiment was not one vine only, but hundreds. . [Country Gentlemen. Book your Expenses. There was not a little sound sense and . business discrimination in the merchant who, happening to see his son take from his till three cents to pay for a cigar, exclaimed. { ;? i"... c*: niliiiMMVAi'ivrijt i ?v?uiv ii, if vc< vuvk ll . | Tlio foolish expenditures of almost every man would be very much curtailed if evenrent that passed out of his hands had a place, :? date, and a purpose on the cash book.? The entry of "cigars," "pafcliewing," "plugs," "pipes," "smashers," "eta-ktails," "jidepa," die., with prices annexed, and now and then n dollar for some purpose of perdition, would . furnislt no *iry pleasant tln-me for meditation in a calm review of the past, it is by guarding the avenues to tlie treasurtr-hoiiso, ! that the treasure is preserved. It is hp stop- j ping the streams therefrom, that the water i in a fountain accumulates?and nothingwould be more efficacious in doing this than ' a knowledge of the amount and purpose of every expenditure.? American Apricultu- \ rist. The Gaudixer Claim.?The Circuit ( ouitof the J district of Columbia, on its chancery side, has been engaged in consider- i iflui motion made l>y the Council for the j ififcyjpiverument, 011 Monday hist, to the court, t<>: ^PPtalco up the ease of United States against! ?ainue? Casey, administer of George A. Gar-; diner, deceased, and others which ease had ; Teen set for hearing at September rule*.? ; The object of the suit is t.? obtain the rc>to-' ration to the treasury of about $90,000 ; the ! same being u part, in the .form of stocks, of the proceeds of Geo. A Gardiner's claim under llie,Mexican treaty of 1848, on which' claim the Commissioners had awarded to him j $128,7^0, which was paid to him out of the ! treasury of ihe United States. The stocks; were held on deposit by Corcoran <fc liiggs, i and were claimed by the governments us tlie J jwoperty of the United States, on the ground I that the award had been obtained by false j *\*earing and forgery. The case is still in J wr?vrresa. \Vidow6.?Widows are much healthier] than married women. There is our friend.* Mrs. j one* ; a year ago she was so "ner-! yous she could not drag one ft>ot after the; Other1/ A few months since, Mr. Jones "up and died" one day, Since then, Mrs. J. has! Iioeoina as ruddy and robust as a frod-CJurri-1 er. I.ast. season Mrs. J. could not support! ' her own weight." This seuson she not only supports herself, but six children and a brindle dog. These facts will do to dwell on. For curing nervous, complaints, a little ad'eraity does more good than all the medicine that was ever invented. Mascvlixe Independent.?Masculine independence of mind I bold to be in reality the hr*t feutiMMte tor the lurniation ot a char acteroffant manly worth. The man who uil'en himself to be tletx-ived and carried away by hi* own woakncsH, may bo a very i.unable person in other respects, but cannot be culled ugtxjd jntoi. Such being* should , not find favor in the eye* of womanfor a truly beautiful and purely -femiite nature should be attarcted only by what i* highest and nobieet in the character of man.?Hum. M> % ' * . ; \ ' jV v *?- ?K'^SF ""5*^ ^irnk^M hi HI n> wes^^rnm#** SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. :r^-- ** ~* ^ ?aSEteaS?ffiiSSS 9- 51 Friday Morning, March 2,1856. AGENT*. E. W. CARR, X. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-et. Philadelphia, ie our authorixod Agent. A. M. PEOEN, Fwirview P. O., Greenville Die* WM. C. 8AHET, I'ld^yt Grove, Greenville KtlUKN DAY. It will l>e remembered that to-morrow ono week (Saturday 10th) is Keturn day for Greenville DLtriet. We nre under re newed obligations to our immediate Representative, Hon. J. L. Oun, for continued favors. The Congressional i i . 1 Globe and Appendex, in three volumes well I bound has been placed, through his attention, upon our table, togother with many intonating and valuable Public Documents. These kindnesses are highly appreciated. We have been favored by the author, J.' Ahnkv, Esq, with n copy of "nn Address J delivered lx*foro Hurler Lodge, No. fi7. A. i F. M., Edgefield C. IT., on the anniversary of St. John the Ihiptist," It is very elaborate, concise?containing much that is interesting and instructive concerning the Order of Free Masonry. PRODIGIES UjJRAORDiNARY. l>v reference to advertising columns! it will bo seen that the Infant Drummer, and the American Mocking Bird arc to entertain ; our citizens to-night with a Concert. Front the | many verv flattering notices which they have i received from the j?iess thmighout the coun try wliere the have exhihited, we may expect for tJiem a crowded room. THE MILITARY MEETING , Was well attended on Saturday evening last. J and, from the spirit manifested, we judge that J the project of organizing .a volunteer company will he carried out successfully hy our; citizens. Two committees were appointed ! by the meeting: one to draft a Constitution ( and By-Laws, the other to propose a suitable uniform. A meeting will be held again on tomorrow (Saturday) evening, at whieh time; the said committees are to report. The eit. V i/.ens generally, and niouo specially those desirous of joining said company are respect-1 fully invited to come up'uud it is to be hop-, ed that many will attend I Court Calender, Western Circuit, Spring Term. 1855. RKTl'KX n A VS. Abbeville, Saturday, February 17. Anderson. Saturday. February 24. Pickens. Saturday. March -t. (rreenville, SaUmlay, March 10. Spartanburg, Sutuiday, March 17. Laurens, Saturday, March '24. SiniXliS ot COl'UTH. Abbeville, Monday Msgeh 5. Anderson, Monday March 1*2. Pickens, Monday, March 10. trieenville, Monday March 29. Spartanburg, Monday, April 2. Laurens, Monday, April 0. Wk sincerely regret to learn, says the Aslivillc N.tJ. .Vew*, that the Ilev. John M.' Carlisle [a native of Chester District, S. 'C.J has resigned the Presidency of the lI<?lston Conference Female College, his resignation to lake effect at the close of the present session. Mr. Carlisle ha* shown himself equal u> the, arduous and responsible duties of his position --is deseveredly popular with ull classes, not only as a Teacher, hut also as a high ; minded christian gentleman. The institution has prospered under hi? Tnnnngeinet.and the; selection of his successor is a delicate and' responsible duty. Tiik Funvrri Srou.vno.v Hill.?A des-, natch from Wnfthinffton ?av*: I C* It is an error t<> Hupj?o*e that the French Spoliation claim* an- effectually smothered, bv the veto. It' the House should pa*a the! Senate bill for the establishment of a Court for the adjudication of claims upon tho Governmcnt, the claimant* under vetoed hill can move l?efore this Court de noon. If a legal i tribunal, such, ns the one proposed, should j decide in favor of the claimants, no further | interposition new! be anticipated fruin the Ex-; ecutive, J ? it 4 ' t | The Okeoow Pk\.?According to the j flichmond J-Jrt(juirtr, a single Oregon I Va j was planted the 28th Jnne lost, which yU?l- j ded six thousand six hundred ]>eas nefectly umturod and fit for planting. 11 i? calculated that if planted in May it would have yielded fifteen thousand, as morn than huff did not ripen on occount of the frost. - JraP Circulate Him.?A man named J. AV. Holbrook i* under arrest in Vdtk, charged with extensive swindling of newspapers, in procuring the insertion of advertisement* all over the country of a so-called "American Artists' Union, no such society Hating rri?t*nfn. ^ ? , 4 s * J * " ' ? ' i 1 Jt- v-' % ' * W.'' ; V# s The Turkish Navy. Thic Turkish Navy has met with many* misfortunes, ami inlay be almost mid to Save ceased to exist. No less tliau seventeen ships of war haVe !?csr or taken ' since the commencement of the war; about j half of them on the fatal day of Siuope. Of; the vessels lost four arc ships of the line and two steamers. What remains of the Turkish fleet is now'<n the Golden Horn. Most of the vessels are damaged, and, there is no St- , tempt b> repair them, nil the slrprights being 1 , engaged on the British and French vessels j which have sutFercd in the late gales. Men j with some knowledge of it, expected , nrticli j of the Turkish fleyt, and when the Ottoman j left the Boepborns in May last with twenty | one vessels under hi* command we ail jopV" j ed for some results. The atteution of the ] world was then inuch turned to Circasaia, a ' i - .?i.,.i........ .i.n fm vcill(IM V wimii liuiov <?i n f?j n : to ilie Czar if roused to renew its old gueri! la warfare. Ar tlier^ was no chance of another disaster like Sinoj>e, since Sevastopol was blockaded or supposed to be so, the Turkish fleet might have produced a good effect by appearing on the Circassin co/ist, and eneouraging the tril?es to something like active revolt. A community of religion and oM as-' sociations unite tlieso races to the Turkish! Empire, although they hnvo long learned to I believe that the Sultan was no efficient pro-1 tector against the power of the Czar. Hut! the sight of a Turkish fleet on the coast' abandoned by the liussiatis, and of the Turkish troops stationed in the forts lately held by Muscovito regiments, would have been a surprise, and the news would in n few weeks have jH'netratod into every region of the Oau- i casus; but the Tuiks were cotnpelled to remain inactive tu Halt-schik-bay, where they died of scurvy and bad food during the entire summer. Whether private jealousies, as is stated, influenced the conduct of the-allied Admirals, it is difliculL to sav, but the result wiis that the naval forces or the two nations did nnfliinrr nml inn- TniLi-.li utl!?a unru nminl. ? en ? -...? ? ? ! Iv restrained from active measure*. The subsequent loaves at *ea have diminished the rivet and discouraged the seamen ; and the navy, liko the army, is painfully changed from the force which, accumulated during years of pence, riinde nuck u display at the commencement of the war. Only three vessels are building for the Tuilcish Government. and these make little progress. There is a line-of-lmttla ship at Isinid, another at the Arsenal, and a frigate at Sinope. Prevention Better than Cure. Tilt?is a true maxim worthy of universal | adoption. Sighing and wishing halt in vain j when the die is east. The prudent man | forsceth the evil, and hidetli himself. Tlieve j is a time for every event. There is an op- ( portune moment in the affairs of men. which, if embraced, secure the grand r?>sult. The , farmer must plough, and sow?the early and latter rain and sunshine usher in tlie; full brown harvest. Kite insurance, HoiiHlis* pensable in enterprises of business, must re-J oeive due attention, or all may be lost.? i Thus is ft with Life Insurance. A large! proportion of the community are ineligible;! insidious disease, unsuspected, may raukle*iu ' the sTrtem, disqualifying the applicant for | Life lii-urane# Ilenc the imperative tie-1 ccssitv of prompt action. Would it he re-! garde*I as a prudent measure to put the loek ! oil the stable w hen the Imrso is stolen, or I for a nation to defer preparation for war, iin-i til bombs and red-hot balls were pouring in j upon them, or for the property holder to de-' for lire insurance Until the rianie was aitual-' Iv encircling the cornice, or defer Life liianranee until disease invades, mid all is in jeop-1 ?irdy i Awav with those fallacious excuses! which ye business men are ]>roiie to tolerate, j and act with that decision of yharaecler which your every day transactions indicate. 1 , | Insurance /{f/mrtrr. | linger Marks. A mason was employed to thin-wliiten the , walls of a chamber. The fluid used was coj-! oiToss till dried. Hoi ng alone in the room, j lie o j toned a drawer, examined a pocket book and handled the papers, hut. finding no fnun ev, placed all things as they were, forgetting thai twelve hours drying would show the marks of his wet fingers. Hut these tell- : tale linger marks, which lie little thought any ' one would ever see, exposed his guilt. < 'hildrcn, hewarc of evil thoughts and evil 1 deeds ! They have finger marks which will! lie revealed at some future time. If you dis- j oliey your parent* or toil a falsehood, to lake what is nut your own, you make finger; marks on your character. And so it is with ; any and all sin. It defiloa the character. ' It betrays those who engage in it by the , marks it makes on them. The marks may he almost if not unite colorless at first. Hut' even if they should not he seen during any I of your days on earth which is not at all j likely yet there is a day coming, in whLh : all linger marks or stains on the character will lie made manifest. Neversuppo.se that you can do what is j wrong without having a stain on your cknr-1 actor. It is impossible. If you injure an-' other, you, by that, very deed injure your own 1 self. If you disregard the Jawr of God, the ; injury is sadly your own. Think of it., ever bear it in mind, children, that every sin you j commit leaves a mark upon yourselves. Your character should be a coaling of i truth. Let truthfulness ever be manifest. I 11 i t- - - 1 ui mil?? unu i>? mire your sin will I find Toil out ;M for it make* finger mark* widen, cveij should thgy not hfljefn bv those j uroiipd you on earth, wii! vet l>e eceti to your condemnation nt the bar <rf Gtxl. Tiie Fashion.- "ThntV tlio t?M&ion. hey ?" said a stout canal bdy,thi?? morning, :? he was examining a pair of giey>rcfttdblf>* at a Jew slop shop. The Jew nodded in tlio affirmative. "Whnt with that big, dirty pyipe clpnn down tl.'O side of 'em ?" Another nn<l. "Well, I'm blamed If it w fln't be hard teb . in' ? piled elodufrom the pew, blm? %, they re gettin' to imaiertadn' it ??!" >;'Tr V ^.v. . V. * !' A- ' - u ., ; . .. Telegr^th for the Carolina Tiroes. LATES^NKWS. AVariii nutox, February 2V, 1853. 1'iik Scnnto passed ?he postage bill, which provides that letters going under three thousand miles shall pay three cents, and over three thousand iniles jive cents. The bilh for the relief of owners of swamp lands > was ?p, discussed,, and passed; It will probably Ihj rceonsiderfcd. The tnitil steamer bill brung up, it was moved that the Government give notice to terminnto the Collins contract, which proposition was under discussion. The House agreed to the .umendincntu of Senate to the naval appropriation bill, and it was passed. Also the fortification bill and' California court bill. The Senate amendment to construct (bur reveuue cutters w as agreed to. The appropriations for Savannah river were negatived. The bill to grant bounty luuds to revolutionary pensioners was ]>ostponcd until to-morrow. Tho Committee of tlie Whole are engaged upon the Senate amendment* to the Indian appro]>riution bill. The Senate, after being engaged for eight hours on the Collins steamer question, adjourned without action. In the House, during the evening session, < Jen. IiufHn innde a speech against tho Know Nothings. House still in session. Fire in Washington. JxJiiHtor nenton 4 nouse or tj, Rear 4? ' streets, was burnt down this afternoon.' The houses adjoining were also on Hre, but were subsequently extinguished. One is owned by Rev. \V. McLain, secretary of'the American Colonization Society; A Inter despatch j says that Senator Benton's house only was! burnt. His furniture was saved. ?? ? - The Gardiner Case. "\V \ tmxoTON, February 2-4. It fats been decided in the Circuit Court tliat the Government shall administer on the estnte of Dr. Cardinor, and have decreed that the Stocks and Securities in the hands of Messrs. Corcoran dfc ltiggs, amounting to frUO.OOO be placed in the hands of a special auditor. A Thrilling Incident. The first settlers in Maine found, besides its red-faced owners, other and abundant sources of annoyance and danger. The ma- < jetitic forests which then waved whore now is heard the hum of business, and where a tlmnsaud villages stand, were the homes of' iiitumierable wild and savage animals. Often at night whs the farmer's family aroused from sleep |.?y the noise without, which told . thai bruin wa? storming the sheep-pen or pigsty, or was laving violent paws upon some uultiekv calf; and often,on a cold win ter evening did they mil a larger log against ! the iloor, ami with Inciting hearts <liaw closer around the tiro as the dismal howl ot'thc wolf echoed through the woods. The wolf was the most ferocious, blo?xly-thirsty, hut cowardly of all. rarely attacking man unless ! driv?'ii by severe hunger, and seeking his victim the utmost pertinacity. The incident w hich 1 am about to relate occurred in the early history of lhddeford. i A matt who then 1?v<sl on the farm now ; occupied by Mr. 11 , was one autumn: engaged in felling trees at some distance, j from his house, llis little son, eight years! old. was in the hahit. while his mother was \ busy with househotijd euros, of running out) into the held and woods around the house, j and often going where tho father was at t work. One day after tin: frost hail ri>b!?od the trees of titer foliage, the father lit his j wo: k sooner than usual, and started homy.. J union the edge of t tic forest lie saw a con- ! otis pile of leaves. Witho'ut stopping to think what had done it, lie cautiously removed , the leaven, when what was his astonishment I to find his own darling lx>y lying there; sound oslcep ! 'Twos but the work of a moment to take tip the little sleeper, put in his place a small log. carefully rejilaced the leaves, and concealed himself among the nearest bushes, there to watch the result.1 After waiting there a short time, he heard a wolfs distant howl, quickly followed by another, till the woods seemed alive with the ' fearful sounds. The howls came nearer, and i in a few minutes a large gaunt, savngo-look- . iug wolf leaped into the opening,closely fob ( lowed bv the whole pack. The leader sprang i i: .1.." :V. l ' uirvvviv u|h?u iiiu pnc ui iciiTr?f hihi in 2111 instant scatters 1 them in every direction. Soon as ho saw the deception, his look of fierceness changed to that of the mast abject ft-ar. lie shrank back,cowered to the ground, and passively awaited his fate ; for the rest, enraged bv the supposed cheat,fell upon him, tore him in pieces, ami devoured him on the spot. When they had finished their comrade they whft '.vU around and plunged into the iuruAL, aiui (iiNtpjin'iiru j Wititiii iii'ti iliiiiutea from their first appearance not a wolf waa in sight. 'Hie excited father pressed his child to his bosom, and thanked the kind I'rovidenge which led hiin there to save his' dear boy. The boy, after playing till he was I weary, had lain down and failen asleep, and | in that situation had the wolf found him.' and covered hiin witl^. leaves unti! he' Could bring his to the feast, j but Jnniseil tuniiNhCil tne rejwwt. BUide/ord Journal. f~ Tim'Chattanoogn (Tenn.) Adecrtiner inyi that a family?two men, two women, one child, one gutg/'jind one chair?passed through that town ar>u Monday en route to the Went, without wagon or hca?>t Wonder how many do^ the party had : Not lftfetlia,ii>4iihf<!c, we ore certain. "A jxxir man M?-aud fat gounls,'' you know it> ^TaK^>cgi^tnTwpP6cliig;tii has j>n*Hod a law wliicU^uaHHOrthc iri.11 !.v jury to afty*Iavj^HHV^prohihit* the use ofj^U to rVtain^HHpj^&iul reqairu* thnt#i^roe> ecutiug atflRPty of each county ?ball, iipojn Sequent, #re Sitd and coujteel to any. eudcj fhgitire elate. W 1 ' * - L '" * W V '* - ' & .. * ? " Advice to ConsumpittvriL' . 1* Koino good advice to otwiumpHv??;?>r. Hull wivs : "Eat" till you can digest, ajidf exercise a great deal in the ocen air, to convert: wllut vou eat in^o puro healthful blood,.~t>o"11ot be afraid of out-door air, day or night. Do not be afraid of sudden' change* of weather; let no change, hot or cold, keep you in doors. If it is rainy weather, mote need tor you gfd'ig out, bceauso you ent aft miich on a rainy day as upon a clear day, and if vt>u e\t ercise loss, that much more remains in the system of what ought to be thrown off by exercise, und Rome ill result, Rome consequent symptom, or ill feeling is the certain issue. If it is cold, out of doors, do not muffle your eyes, mouth and nose in fur*, veil* '; woollen comforter*, and tire like; nature -ha* supplied you with the be*t muffler, with the best iuhnling regulator, that is two lips; shut them before you step out of a wavn room into cold air, and keep thcin slmt until you have walked .briskly a few rods and quicken-, ed the circulation a little ; walk fast enough to keep off a feeling of oh illness, and taking cold will be impossible. "What are the facts of the ease; look, at railroad conductors, going out of a hot air into the piercing cold of winter and in again ever}* live or ten minutes, and vot thev do not take cold oftencj* tbnm others ; yon will! scarcely find a consumptive man in a thousand of thelii. It is wonderful how afraid consumptive people are of fresh air, the very thing that would cure them, the only oltstaclc to a cure being that they do not get enough of it: nnd vet what infinite pains they take to avoid breathing it, especially if it is cold ; when it is known that the colder the air the purer it must bo; y<5t if people cannot get to, a hot climate, they will make an artificial one,and imprison themselves for a wholo winter in a warm room with* a temperature not varying ten degrees in six months ; all such people die, and yet we follow in their footsteps, if I were seriously ill of consumption, T would live out of doors day and night, except it was raining or mid winter, then I would sleep in an un plastered log house. My consumptive friends, you want air, not physic ; you wnnt pure air, not medicated air, you want nutrition, such as plenty of meat and bread will giv%, and they alone; physic has no nutriment, gasping*, for air -aniiot cure Ton: monknv eairois in wvinna ? ' v ?' \ "r 0; ** simn cannot euro you, ami stimulants cannot cure you. If you want to get well, go iu for l?ecf and out door air, ami not bo dchiiled into the grave by l.ewspnper advertiseincuts, and uutinduLle ccrtitiefe. Ohancr forFambmin Nkw Mexico.? The Santa Fe paper Jiulds out inducements to emigrants to go to Mexico. Cattlo, Kor ] scs and mules are raised with facility, and with little expense and trouble. Agricultural produce of all kinds command** a fair price, and find a ready sale. Corn is rarely. if ever, lower than ?1 per bushel, tuul very often double tlipt price. Butter sells at fifty cents per pound, ami scarce at that ; potatoes arc eagerly purchased at five dollars |>er bushel, and but few in the market; and all other; vegetables are scare?' and high. Those are remunerating prices, Mud pay a farmer well for bis labor. A otiBAT many happy hits aro made at editors account of their piofessional jenliMWy. It is reported that the following appeared in the Foxtown Fusillrr: 'Postscript' We stop '<? press with pleasure, to announce the decease of our Cotenmorarv. Mr.Snairsrs. alitor of the F??* 1 town lie lias now gone to another | and bettor worW. Success to him', l'or | ?ons who have taken the Flush will find the! FussMrr a'good paper.' Pat's Spkrcii.?'Oche, .latuie, did younever hear uv niy great speech afore the Hibernian Society f' 'No, Pat; how should I,? for sure T was not on the ground.' . I Well, Jamie, you see I was called upon by j the Hibernian Society for a speech ; nnd, he; j ibers, I r<*c with tho enthusiastic cheers of thousands, with my heart overflowing with grattitude, and ntv eyes filled with tears, and devil a word did 1 spake. A lawyer, the^ther day, went into one of our bat her's shops to procuro a wig. In taking the demetisior.s of tho lawyer head, tho hoy exclaimed : 'Why, how long your head is sir!' 'Yes,' replied our worthy friend ; 'we 1aw--i vers must have long heads." The boy proceeded to his vocation, hut at length exclaimed : 1 'Lord, sir ; your hoad is as thick as it is long !' Blackstone mizzled. Pkiiiiapb tho oldest tree on record is tho cypress of SotnmR, in Lon>bj?rdy: It is supposed to have Itoeu planted in the year of the birth of Christ, and on'that account is looked on with reverence by the inhabitants; but an ancient chronicle at MiUu is said to prove tliiit it u-na it Imi) in lliA r\f Juliiu Hme. ar, B. C. 42. It i? 123 foot high, and 20 feet in circumference; nt one foot front die ground. Napoleon, Avium laving down the plan for the great road ovei'Sjmulon, diverged from n atruight iiae to avoid injuring thin tree. ?? 111 i v The ncamt a fcortain man in fliia city ever npproae led to luck was to Had a counterfeit ten dollar bill on a broken 'bank. II i think# that If anybody else bail fou id it, it would have Ireen a gold piece. The name man once found a pocket-b< ok, and all bo got frrom it wiw the itch! That's being "considerably in luck'a way." ? tlii* } ? of Jamv? Gordom Uksxhtt in Mnotjto imkn itfc appearance. The biot eataMidunytrt.? *r ; 'fmfdwyi* of'post |^|jnc1?w Ttrto fata ;!?&} -" ing avrnv j^abd although the epifttnodiouA y aud oftefttiiaON. hiktuiduslv furnished $nrs drawn curor tmfc iron tail. and snewdliir fciih the**tfrmsle^yiTyhig bird'otfor Inducemenu to the traveller which the old fashioned ooauh&ud /our, never Jjfld opt?for. qui* may lounge on the velvet Ovuhuincd seat an.! 'read thq last novel without tear of a jolt or * an overturning from the wheel coming in contact with aoiuo unmannerly stump on tht|^? the road'" .<nia?give me yet the old stage coach and four spirited bleeds with a prno- % tised hand to manage them. web as are now only to bo met with in secluded districts, where the railway is yet. niioon*tM<ttedJ f These reflections, dear reader werrfvniado while sitting gn oup ofjhusc comfortable care, and proceeding at a rapftf rate tuiSfftKl*" the motmpnhs of ouV State. < re ,. J *. We had,' perhaps'pefforfnett hafftlm jonrpey. when the singular, monotonous jarring of the cars was iu u second changed to ah'o> low rutqbling sound, by. which sopiq# tin j thinking passengers were not a little mnlvd. i The train was passing oVer the Aqueduct at Kocky Hill. Mingled cmoliops of thriMj in^ fears nml joys, vanished in thc*dim vista \ o! time, came bnck quiet place, and its dark; | frowning rocks. | Mcthinks 1 Rtill see the old mill which I stood by the rond side, its ponderous black > water wheel rolling around, and the spark- , I li niv /I vi ??\j /) si rvtKi ? > <<* fx. v?i? I .? ?-? ?%? j uav|FO lit tivin IV- , ; the village churoh, nnd tho old homestead of Fafhfrr Wilks, wrtlritsvinachul.purciw;. the . venerable oak tree, beneath wlinfe shade his dark-eyed Jessie Tiac! often sat, and ?ung her gay songs in the BiuAiner'* eve. But all is now changed. The mill and the homestead are gone; Jessie and her father are not here; the old oak lias been shivered by the lightning, and tho stream flowing calmly iooks darker than in days past. Vet those daik. frowning rocks wear the same gloomy aspect .-us on that fatal day when the event occurred. Jessie, was sittiug on the porch beside her father. Sho had been rending to him the weekly pajrer, and arose to view tho heavy, dark mass of clouds looming up in the west, j Au unsual stillness prevailed the atnms! phere as often proceeds the violence of a | thunderstorm; at that moment a sharp re i port of tho discharge of tire amis rang upon | the stillness of tho scene ; this was so immediately followed by a peal of thunder and vivid lightening, that the report seemed to be but one aud tho same. A noble hcirse, trembling in every nerve, gal lopp-wl widely up the road to the door where Jessie and her father stood. Jle was at once recognized by the d.-iugli! ter as oi>e usually ridden by V?AO?g Mortis, | her accepted lover, to whom she Was etig.i| gcd soon to be married. 1 was staying for it few Jays at the homo stead, having professional business in the vi' ciliity. \vhcn this event happened. Morris [ had been shot from his horse and was found .. . i ?.1: t i <1 an'M t uiawtiicr irum iiih roc'itn. | Wo c?rriu|: liim to the lioiiieiitti^, wl?er? ! at the hour of midnight, with the haiv! of i his Jessie clasped in tm own, the sjnrk of lift? tied forever froin his manly flnni; [ The assassin was found struck lifeless l>y the electric stroke, in the mbinviit of nis ; crime. The veil of mystery hn* hung over tho event from the moment of its occurence.? The motive which prompted the deed?the revenge of the dark vbaged homiodc?tvill only be reveiled in the day when the 11111 rderot and the victim Uhntl stand face to before tho Judge of the I.' uiver.-e. - . A The Cokpoual.?During tlie American 1 devolution, an officer, not habited ; in the military costume, was passing by where a small company of Soldiers were at work making some repairs on a small redoubt. The commander ot a little s<juad was giving orders to those who were under hirn, relative to a stick of timber which they were endeavoring: to faise to the top of the works. The timber went up hard, and on this account the voice, of the little great man wasotteu heard in his regular vociferations of uHeave away * there she gOes ! heave ho V The officer before spoken of stepped his'horso when he arrived at the place, [ and seeing the timber scarcely moved, asked the commander why he did not take hold and render a little aid. The . latter appeared to be somewhat aston ished, and turning torthe otliccr with the authority of an emperor said ; ? "Sir, lam a Corporal." "Von are not, though, are you t't said the officer. "I was not aware of it," and taking off his hat anil lunvrrtg, "I askjyour pardon Mr. Corporal." ' ' Upon this ho din mounted front his e^gant steed, flung the bridal over ^ post, and lifted till tlio sweat stood in drone upon his forafiead. WhenTht* timber was elevated to its pro|?er station, tnming totlie man clothed in brief authority : 4.11- 1 !> ? mi. vTTrpnrjn \/<>ininamitM\," no said, when von have another ircIi job, rind have' not inert enough, *?ud for your "CointnaiKler-iiV-cHi'ef, and I will come and lielp you a second time.*r The Corpojrpl wad tirtmder-strifck. It was Washington. . r , , | . . Any man or woman may ctnmco to tumble intb a gutter, but it in only a . drunkard <>r idiot who make* no ravit to get out of it again. * ' 'h|^- i ?? >' > -Wf \VJfAT. KRxi-Son?? genius ? drniuntfSr ing the "tif? n'lreolev.^ Queer idea, Unit. We ehnuld w *pon think of druinfttfetag ? ' ?T *uA*Oge ihent or n (Krcll of pop-Cfl*i>. ' We tohstt the u<s$t wiinUf wty b#l ,0n? of opr soup hou*<w, probably, set trf tee. * ^ '4 J-? L^A. - ' - ? eSPy l Ml''