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" . % - * ? ? j i i hi in in iMi wi ij Origin of Know Knotting. It is tho general appellation of tlio nnti- americans that it was given birth in tho hot bed of Massachusetts abolitionist; but it will be seen by an extract of a letter from Christopher Gadsden to John Adams, dated Charleston, March 11th 1301, that John Uutledgo, in his time, advocated similar doctrine. Ti.-m t.? i . * .1 ?i._ JL UU V|VIVUltlUU lll.liv*., V?ll? Uf IV'UIIU 111 IIHJ | life and correspondence of lulm Adams, com-! ... piled by bis grand-son, vol. ix, page ol'i : | "Many of our new vomers cajoled and im-l posed upon by emissaries from without, } agged on by a numerous, or rather innumor-1 aide tribe of young law-fellows amongst our- i selves,especially in the circuits,have brought! | on a strange reversoineiit in our St?vic. Ou> | old-standards and independent men of ^ long well-tried patriotism, pound under- ^ standing, and good, pioporty, have now' in general very little influence in our public matters, our too easy'admittance of strangers ha* entangled us in this evil, and when or *hero it will end, (lod only knows. ]>ut | here, my dear sir, I most confess my own 1 ] credulity and shortsightedness, who was . amongsthc most zealous in. that over-hasty, and not sufficient}* guarded stop, which we ' now have great reason tp lament as big with ipnumable mischiefs. Ofir worthy deceased friend John Rntledgo, looking further, was for giving thorn every reasonable protection ^ and encouragement, but for admitting only their sons amongst us into such complete ] citizenship as to vote either at State or Con ' Sess Elections; and when unsuccessful in 1 is point was then for extending the time to, ten years at least, llad even this carried, it would have given new comers full time to look so deliberately about them, as greatly to havodetericd and hindered all do- ( signing tampers and deceivers in most of 1 their infernal views and mischievous sugges- ! < tions; and much in all probability, would j j this have, been for the peace, safety, and pul- i itical security of both. It is House-Cleaning Time. Now is the time when tidy wives are liappy, and husbands are half out of their wits. It is the annual season for house-cleaning. Carpets are up, and countenances down; tempers are mi filed, and Doors arc scrubbed; walls are white-washed, and din- | nors served up cold, liappy the man who has-business in New York, or even at California, so that he may escape discomforts of ? this annual Saturnalia. The inroad of the ' Coths and Vandals was a 'mere circuni- t stance,' we suspect, to this rush of feminine i reformers; for surely, with all theiro\ertliming, the ancient Northmen were le.-s radical and relentless ihxn a mod.an house-wife in the house-cleaning season. It is the reign | ' nif liimL-oO mi.! I.i.u-.iii-. I.lo. ......... I por-lmngera and painters. <>ne is compelled to cry, with the ancient mariner, Svator, "water eveiy where, The poor, homeless husband, chase] from dining room to sitting ' (room to parlor, and from parlor to bed- ' chamber, finds it all in vain ; for the enemy ( pursues hiui wherever he flics, and dislodg- . ang him by taking up the carpet from under this very feet, drives hint at last, in despair, iinto the streets. Would that there were societies to give homes to homeless husbands, rnt this season, as well ;ls to bestow, at all ? (Seasons, lauds on the landless ! , Wo be to the poor .sufferer, who, in house . cleaning time, has a library or study ! > Does lie keep liis choicest books on the wri-|' tingtable, ranged ready for reference 1 An jl incursion of the enemy, like the swoop of a hawk, carries them off suddenly, dusts them, i replaces them somewhere else, and effectual- , ily loses them for the next week or two.? Has he his papers arranged in orderly contfusion, so that, though seemingly inextrica-t1 lily mixed up with others, he knows exactly < where to lay his hand on each? J.o, some ( tine morning, when lie lias gone out fur a , walk, a servant dashes in, arranges them I neatly, as she thinks, and forever after makes them victims to 'confusion worse confoiin- | tied.' But every man, whether he has a room of his own or not, is a victim, (.'old , t dinners, flooded entries, damp chambers, j j crying children, and the whole hotiM-liold in dishabille, put a husband at his wit's ends, j even when lie lias neither books nor papers 1 to become 'a prey to the spoiler.' Vet sen- !? sible men should submit without a word.? i The ladies, dear creatures! could not live' without their annual Saturnalia. It is their | safety-valve. They enjoy it as much as they I ? do tfieir trips to the sea-shore, their last new I ' n a. i " ' ;oonnei, or tiieir lust conung out. Wot 'lords of creation,' however, cannot expect to > i understand this : it is stiflieieiit for us that it | is so; and, thoiefore, wfc'should bow our' .heads, like patient oxou, uncomplainingly to to the yoke, as regularly as the season for), house-cleaning comes around.?-IJ/ii/oiltl j)/tia Built tin. *** vsSS* ' I 1 'Ox Saturday last., the IfStV J'lSN P>ovn, -1 Speaker of the House of UeprfttaenUitivcH, ac- , cowpanicd by his family, and a colored fo- t male servant, stopped at I he St. Charles llo- \ ttol, in Pittsburg, and while they were at , breakfast they were surrounded by a large ( number <>f negroes, who endeavored to take tho servant woman olF by force, but were , prevented by the interference of a number of j y (fptiilonidii ? ....... ...rvii mivr Kir. l>OYl? a IK I Ills | j . family started to godown to the steamboat L for Louisville, and wero followed 1 ,y an exci- j ted crowd. At the l?oat the mob was met I fl by the captain with a revolver, who threat- ,, ened to shoot down the first one that came \ on board. This had a good effect, and Mr. Jfovn and family, and their servant, effected their escape. I'it tabu rg is becoming famous JCox th^se disgraceful exhibitions. -???. Tiik Ifon JoitN M. Hotts has written to ffec Rjchmojod Whig tliat he is not now,! and never lias been, a candidate for the 110m- ' ination of governor of Virginia. Jle says I bo is sick of political life, and shall never i week to till another public station. Ho says i that if lie has a loud call to fill public office, , ho will obey the call, hut the call iBild coine, ' as the K>'iitui;ki in <aid, !?y "spontaneous' ofnbustioii." I . * # r : ? - 1 11 1 "" -' - - " .1 - . SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. I Friday Morning, March 23,1855. AGBNTP. , W. C^RR, N"- W. cor. of Walnut and Third-M. Philadelphia, is our authorised A?r?nt. M, PEOEN, Fair view 1*. (>., Greenville Pi-o A'M. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. FOREIGN NEWS. The news which wc publish this morning Tom thoohl world form* an important itemIt will be seen that the Emperor of Uussia | is reported to be dead, and subsequent news! south in the statement. SNOW. On Wednesday night last we had a slight pall of show. The weather for the present week lias been somewhat colder than the ast, but wo do not believe that any injury las been done to the fruit crop. CQUKT WEEK. As we have a number of subscribers resiling in the District who have not, as yet, paid us their subscriptions, tbey should enleavor to do so during the next week.? Should they comply with this notice, we will not charge them the extra 50 cents. The volmno will close with seven more numbers, and no subscriber should turn over a new leaf without remembering what he has before road. ? -4 <s> - - - THE RASCHE FAMILY. We understand that this family, which lias but recently performed to delighted aulieiicos in (Columbia, and elsewhere, will shortly visit (Jrecuvillo. The troupe consists >f a father, two sons, and two daughters, together with the infant Ole Dull, and Mr. Wm. Pauiiow, the great comic singer and leliueator of character. - . EDITOR OF SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW, A mono the items of State intelligence, ivhich we tind in the Kichmon l (Va.) Dinwitch of Thursday, we notice the following : 'Win. M. Hurwcll, of Dedtbid, has returned to that country, and is t<> take charge hereifter of the Southern Quarterly Review." THE SOLDIERS' LANDS. The Washington S/nr loams that already ioinc fifteen hundred applications have been made for bounty lands under the law passed ; )y Congress only a week ago. Chi Tueslay last three hundred and fifty such appli i nations were received. It is estimated at the Pension Ik-roan hat nhout 300,000 sin-h applieatioiia will be nade under the new law, reouirin<r 3*2.000.-! H)0 of acres to satisfy tliein. The nmeiidnents made in the bill liy the liousc rcdu ed the quantity of lands to he taken up mile i: more than 100,0' 0,000 a i a to ah u? he quantity named nhovo. -< ?>>MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THIS STATE. Wk learn from llicOhaileston papers that i he annual Course of Lectures in the above iiftitutioii clo.-ed on the fia iu-t. One htinhvd and ninety-f>>ur students were in attcnlatice, of this number seventy-seven jircsentd themselves for the Doctorate in Medicine, md received the degree. We aro happy to loticc among the list of those approved by he faculty, the names of It. 1>. Long and T. ii. Williams of our village; the thesis of he former, Dyspepsia, the latter, Typhiod 'ever. "We subjoin an extract from the report of he Dean : The conduct of the class has been such .as o have called forth the entire approbation of I iie faculty. Of so large a number collected together, ve do not know of any disturbance in which luiy J nave been concerned, of any interrupion to that harmony which should characeri/.e those ei.gaged in the useful and lauda dc pursuits of seivneo, of any deportment to heir instructors other wiso than in the highest degree respectful and Lycoming. The intelligence, of the class, we have easoii to think, equals the average of former ears. Some are graduates of literary irjstiutions, and nearly all have received liberal mil r?l1 niln."if 1/M\C Sevoral arc and have boon engaged in the irduous and re*j>oi?sililc duties of instructors, uid there has l?een presented a number of veil prepared dissertations. - GEORGIA. Cmaut.es J. Jrxkixk, William C. Dawson', and -John K. Waiid, are announced as Ami Administration candidates for Governor of Georgia. J'kof. Penninoton, of l'scycological notoriety, is lecturing to the good people of Newberry village, with considerable success. The Smlinrl savs tbo "bis lectures aro not only g'K*l, hut Ids CNperiinents a;c amusing and instructive. i T.^ ro. A- -J. IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE POST MASTERS. The ticVfr postago law will shortly go into operation. The Washington InlcUtyencer gives the following, which will provo of iuterest to the public. In adddition to tho official notice of the Postmaster General on the subject, it may help to disseminate the information if we call special attention to tho law, jtwt passed by Coilgross, modifying the rates of postage, <kc., particularly to those provisions requiting ifiat all letters between places in the United states shall Ikj prepaidJfrotn and after the Is/ of ApriL 1855, by stamps or otherwise and tlicro^/^OMt and after the 1st of January ne.rt postmasters must place postage stamps upon all prepaid letters upon which such stamps may not have been placed by the writers of which may not be enclosed in stamped envelopes. From and after the 1#/ of April, 1855, tho postago to be charged on each singlo letter for any distance in the United ^States not exceeding three thousand miles is three cents, and over three thousand miles ten cents. The law does not change the existing rates or regulations in regard to letters to or from Canada or other foreign countries, nor does it affect the franking privilege. The provisions in regard to tho registration of valuable letters will bo carried into effect, and special instructions issued to Postmasters on the subject as soon as the nccessarv blanks can be prepared and distributed. \V e beg to suggest that editors generally throughout, the United States would render an essential services to their readers l>y calling attention to this subject. THE BLUE RIDGE RAIL ROAD. The Tickcus Courier of the 17 th inst. says t "The alfairs of this Road are in about the satuc condition as when wo penned our last article. From a friend who arrived on Monday last, from Charleston, we learn that Mr. (.iourdin, the President of the Road, still continues to refuse to pay the contractor;; and, unless the difficulty is adjusted in a short time, a law suit and vexatious delays will be the result. The work, in the meantime, is progressing slowly, there being between three and four hundred hands at work in Anderson and l'ickens. "Mr (iourdin, we. understand, expresses his determination to prosecute the work vigorously, when he shall have been relieved from the present difficulty, and we have great coutideiiee in his integrity and ability. Many I are'nnxious to take contracts at the former) rates, and would do so, were there no difli cullies iu the way." ? - -u?>- - NEWBERRY COURT. 'i*.... x". if ..r .1. . oa,i. . i lllj i? lC(rt *?I < / 4 ?// Ul till* III Ill^t NIVS . Court for this term commenced its session on vo-?tonl:i)% .1 udgc O'Neall presiding. His Honor made n brief, l>ut pointed charge to the (iraiul Jury, pointing, thein to their duty. Our i?i.-tiict would he too happy, could Humbling, Howie knives, Revolvers, and whiskey be banished. She would be in tar better condition than Ireland after St. Patrick had banished the snakes. Wo fear the Judge will charge many Juries before the Legislature will ever he induced to enact oUectivo laws against those evils?and titev are growing evils. There is no business of importance before the court at this term and it will probably close its sittings before the end of the week. We see some members of the bar present from Columbia and Laurens.?lYi ws Mirror. The JVcirbiri'!/ Sentinel ofiiee has been sold to J.S. Kkid, of the jYcics Mirror, and subscribers to the former paper will hereafter bo furnished with the Mirror. ' TinatK was quite a sprinkling of snow in l oi ida recently,a thing which hut few of the natives have ever seen. it if" J amks ILvkeh w ho was tried at Abbeville Court, for the killing of Thomas Clay, was acquitted by the Jury. jC^'Tiiomas H. Coi.i.ia, a highly respectable citizens of Spartanburg District, died on Wednesday, 14th inst., Ptei'Thc United States Journal, published by J. M. EnTkuson ?fc Co., New-York, Ls the cheapest paper wo know of. It contains CI columns of reading matter monthly, at the exceeding low price of Jo cents per annum. ( en. Scott's Hrcvet Rank of Lieutenant (ii'liortll lllkA* nnt i?r/oitn n OB/??OA.. 1? *1 ? ..w. v.v.fcw iii luc place lie formerly held. Ho is Mill Major General, Commanding in Cliief. .Next to him on the Army lloll is Gen. Wool, who has the actual rank of Major General. Next to him is Ocncral Twiggs, who lias tho same titles, though his commission is of n later date. ^ A Nk\v AcQt'hitioy?ul'ttbian America. ?A singular piece of diplomatic news Hppern in tlic London papers, received by the Pacific, under lho head of telegraphic advice from Vienna, rospecting tho Russian Possessions in North America. It is to this effect. Vienna, Saturday, 9 A. M.?According to the local papers, tho Russian General Mansurolf, who lias recently arrived at llrussels, is the hearer of the cession of the Russian Possessions in North America to the United St a Us for 4(30,000,000. Tiie Hon Ill'fr'us Ciioate, whose illness has been made public through the newepai pcrs, still remains at Pedliain. J lis fhluty was caused by accidentally striking his (tfee against, a pieco of furniture. It Is thought he will m? n recover the free tlsO ofhis limbs. \ ?u . ' - 1 A J 6oHre3poi)0doce vf fyc Eoicfpiw.-! ] LBTTRH PROM KOKrWS. Fickkks U. 11., March 20. W. P. l*wcr, Ui>tro? or me Sntkui-icwk : Dear Sir :?Tlio Court of Common t'lcna ami .Serious. uto lioing held here this week, by this Honor Judge "Wardlaw. There is not hgreat deal of business on j iiie v^ivu side ox thouotirt, hut on the tJnmintil our Solicitor *vi!l likely have as tpucli* if not more, tlmn at any otlier Court House on the Western Circuit. , llis Honor, on yesterday; jn making his t charge to the Grand Jury, when au indict j ment for an Assault and Battery was hand' od thom, remarked that he supposed thev ^ all knew very well what constituted such an ofi'enco; whoroupon tho foreman a mah of c no small dimensions, and distinguished as a wit and humorist, replied that "those of- ^ fences were too frequently com in it tod not to ( l?e understood by the mountaineers of Pick- ] ens." There is a case of Grand Larceny to be s tried, oil to-niorrow,of rather an aggravated I character. Tho accused succeeded in bring- . ing the prosecutor ( whose name T have for { gotten) under the influenco of cloroforin be Tore lie committed tuc tliett. \v lien he, was ' arraigned at llio i??r on yesterday lie sat . ereet and held up his head as if ho ttitimph ed in tho eonciousness of his innocence. After . the indictment was read over.ho put in his I plea "Not Guilty," nnd was remanded back 1 j to prison to be brought forth and tried on | j to-morrow. There can be 'no doubt of his' guilt from his own confessions,! made after lie was taken into custody by the shcrilV. I In nenso of grand larceny of such an ag: gravated charac ter as this, it would seem hut ijiistand right that the offender should be ' j punished capitally. The arcusod is said to * ; be a young man of education, and claims to have graduated at the University of Cambridge in England. 1 On yosterday evening by invitation I ne- 1 | companiod my young friends Messrs. Simms, Sloan, Kick, Mouk, aadothors to tho Kco; wee rivcrsT to take a ride in a ouuoc on its cluystal] bosom. This beautiful stream, and the wild and ^ romantic scenery around, is unsurpassed in ( loveliness by the most vivid imagining* and paintings, drawn by the most celebrated vvri- ' ' tors of fiction, it is much to be regretted | that it cannot lie made navigable for boats, I as was thought at the lime the Commission| crs laid off the District, and selected' this place for the erection of the Court House. Col. On a. is here practicing law, and mingling with his constituents. Col. Asn| moke Comptroller General of the Slate, and j many years a member to the Legislature i from oiicof the lower Districts is also here. | Court will likely adjourn to-morrow and j 1 lis Honor Judge Waiiulaw will leave for , your village in company with Maj. 1'kuily and others members of tho Grccnvil'o bar. \imru iniwt l.'^nn/.tl'iilli. I BENNINGTON. For tho Southern EntorprUe. Tribute of Respect. At a meeting of tho students of the Kurj man University held for the purpose ofgiv> ing an expression of their foolintFs in rcf. r| O 1 o J once to the death ofT. .1. Tiri'icuKw, the J following Preamble and Resolutions wore I tuinnimiou.slv adopted : Whereas, it has pleased Almiglitly God remove from Earth,onr young friend and follow-student, T. J. ihvnioiiKW, who by upright conduct and amiable <puilitics had won for himself the regard of his companions. Therefore, Resolved, 1. That, While wc mourn his death, wo humbly submit to the will of (<<*1, and enI deuvor to make the evcnl profitable to ourselves. 2. That, We tender to the parents and ' fiends of the deceased our sympathy, and in j their behalf implore the sustaining graeo of ! tho Most High. 3. That, Wo wear the usual badge of . ! mourning, thirty days. I 4. That, A c(?py of these resolutions bo j sent to the parents of ?>ur departed friend, j and for publication, to tho Greenville papers, Darlington Flop and Southern Baptist, J. C.r.JKTER, ) 1. K. U. SEYMOUR, V Committee. J. G. WILLIAMS, * ) W. ii. 1'aht.at, Secretary, A Shot in Mashachecsk'ith wiikuk there is no Crime/?The rum traffic on Martha's Vineyard lias been outlawed for more than eighteen years. Rum selling is not known !? *1. i tiri_ -- i i iii iiu%i. vv nai nan t?een the result? I Crime 1ms not only diminished, hut it seem* to have almoat entirely left the Vineyard.? We are informed that no case of crime has ooino before the Courts for something like sixteen years, The Judges go down in one boat and back in the next. While the traffic in lienor continued, tho Courts were in session for about two weeks each term. Civil cases have been greatly diminished, and there are now "very few that come up for l trikl. Here is a fact of iminenso importance. Crime and ^ho grog-shop* always go togcth er .Stop rum selling and nearly all kiird* of misdemeanor and otl'cnces against the law will instantly tease. This fart furnishes nn argument in ftivor of prohibiting., tho rum traffic, against which no man ean say a Word.?Jioiion T< It'f/roiih. ? ' * ' LATER FROM EUROPE. . J ARRIVAL OF TUB AFRIOA: * . THREE DAYS LATER ADVIQ^. 111 (JUL Y IM P Oil TA N T. . . . .. Doath of tlio Czar of Russia. His AsKtiMKiiintiou Rumored. HAuvax, March, 13. The steamer Africa ani|g|l here this foremen from Liverpool, with nates to Saturday he 3rd inst. Her news i.> intensely itnporant. Tllc Oznr of Uussia is dead. It was telegraphed from London to Liver >ool early on Saturday morning that tin ?nipcror Nicholas was dead.x It was prcviou-ly known that his physilians had given him up. There is no mistake ahout the malter. Hie important and startling fftet was iinlounccd in the House of LonU by Lord Chir union, and tho House of Coinmous by Lord 'jdniorston. No details with-regard to the cause of his ii kness, or the manner ol' his death are mown. It is surmised by some, that his loath was by assassination, but it was most nobably from pulmonic aploplcxv, to which ic whs oonstittuionally. liable. The death of the Czar happened at 1 /clock on Friday morning. The nnnooncenent has caused the most intense excitement n England and Franco. The Peace Conference was to open on the 5th, and expectations of a favorable result liere strengthen. Prussia seems favorably inclined toward the allies. The announcement of the Czar's illness liad previously caused the funds to advance. The Africa's advices arc four days later. ? <??' Arrival of the Black Warrior. New Oiu.kajjs, March 20. Tin: steamer Black Warrior has nrrive<I with Havana dated of the i7t.li inst. The it-ate of siege continued. It was believed that ho sentence of Pinto to death would be renittcd. Mr. Thompson, United .States Consul at L-igua bad been arrested and brought to Havana. Arrival of the Cahawba. - New Youk, March 10. The steatner Cahawba hits arrived with Havana dates of March 14th. l'into, Cadelzo and Pinoio lmd been sen-, ten ceil to death. Concha had refused to receive the Consul's application for clemency. [From llallou's Prictorinl.J Remarkable Fountain in Florida. Taking. a narrow path, T passed through a dense nudeiwood, and all at once I stood on the hanks of Wakulla Spring. There was a basin of water 11)0 yard* in diameter, almost circular. The thick bushes wore growing to the water's edge, and bowing their heads beneath the unrippled surface. 1 stepped into a skill', and pushed oil". Some immense lidics attracted my attention, ami 1 seized a spear to strike them. The boatman laughed, and asked mc" how far below the suifaeo I supposed they were. I answered, "about four feet." lie assured mo that they were at least twenty feet from mc ; and so it was. The water is of the most marvellous transparency. I dropped an ordinary pin in water forty feet deep, and saw its head with perfect distinctness as it lay on the bottom. As w o approached the centre, I noticed a jagged grayish limestone rock beneath us, pierced with holes. Through those holes, otic seemed !o I. ml: in I r? 11 libit 1: <iiumI >le del >t !i? 1 ho l.unt moves slowly on, hi el now wo hang trembling over the edge of tho sunken ciiti, and far, ihr hclow it, lies a dark, yawning, natal homed .abyss. 1* loin its g.^rge comes pouring forth with immense velocity a living river. I'lishing on just beyond its mouth, T dropped n ten cent piece into the water, which Is there one hundred and ninety feet in depth, and I saw it clearly shining on tho bottom. This seem; incredible. 1 think the water must possess a magnifying power. 1 nm confident that the piece of money could not be so plainly seen from the top of a tower one hundred and ninety feet in height. We rowed on towards the north side and suddenly wo perceived the water, the. fish, which were darting hither and thither, the long flexible roots, and the wide luxuriant grasses on the bottom, all arrayed in the most brilliant prismatic hues. The gentle swell occasioned by tho boat gave to the whole an unnulatiug motion. Death-like stilincs* reigned around and a more fairy-scene I never beheld. So great is the quantity of water here poured forth that it forms a river of itself, large enough to float flat boats laden with cotton. The planter who livos hero has just trail'poited his cotton to >it. Marks.? Near the fountain we saw some of the remains of a mastodon which has been taken from it. The triangular bono below the kuec measured six inches oi\ each side. Tho Indian namo for tho fountain is beautifully significant. Wakulla means. "The Mystery." It is said that the Spanish discoverers plunged into it with an almost frantic joy, supposing that they had discovered the long sought "Fons Jnventulis," or "Fountain of \outh," which should rejuvenate them after all Uioir"exhausting marches and hat tics. Bcahcitv or Food.?The I'runtytown (Vn.) Gazette says that tho settlement of that county there has not been such a scarcity of food for man and beast; and thU l'arkeraburg Gazette savs that on Monday and Tues day last that town was almost entirely destitute of breadstuff*, and that tlour and cori^ nyal could not be obtained at any price. Many of the families have been compelled to do without bread < (any kind. ? III inII I ?# ' " ??? .-.> J!'* Fall of Moot BUM. Tim KclnVtln Mont Blanc, i>tibli?liC8 (tic IOUA?. f At?> ? 11 vui a vjui i At'aix ?14lock <)x\ t}?o evening of tlio 20th ult-j-tlio summit/ of tlio mouut?>in between tlio village rtf gland itttd I>A l'efricragave way, ana fell with a frightful crash. Th? commotion ctwsOi) all tho houses of tho village to shake for more than two minutes; we all thought wo woroabout to bo swallow ed up by im enrclnpinke. When things became somewhat calm, I saw a mass of stone, nmd and* earth, surmounted by a cloud* of dust, filling? all the valley; and stone, and and earth continued to fall for seven minutes. From time to time the fall recommenced, but with lots noise. The first fall -hook all the houses on tho oilier side of the \r-vO, but it appears that no one-was injured. Nearly all the tiers in si wihhI have been broken down,, The. rond and tho marsh which are botween the river'and tho nionrrtain are covered for a length of upwards of 100 yards, and a width or about 20, with" >loues of all sizes, and with,-earth to a debth >f more, than 1(1 feet. It is calculated thafcthe fall look plaoo from near the village of Fcrnabs," aFa heigh* of about 507 yurd*?There isa probability that a further faHAyiHf takes place,-hut it is not likely to endanger the village of Maglnnd. Curious Facts Concerning Dyspepsia. 'p.... ~c 1 1 * -a jiiir, vin;vi. ui mviiuii uisquieurue in prouncing this prevalent complaint is far greater than is supposed. It is well known that poisons in good health, of sound digestive I organs, who take plojr'ty of exercise and are free from anxiety, may eat almost nurtiiinp, and in quantities which would kill those m dilferetrt oircunistauces. In reference to this point l>r. lJrigham, an English medical writer, observes: "Wo do not find dy-pqi.-ia prevalent in countries whore tlio people do eat enormously. Travellers in Liberia say ' that the people there often oat forty pounds of food in one day. Admiral Soripcln ff -nw a Siberian cat diiectlv after breakfast twenty-fivo pounds of boiled rice, with three : pounds of butter, lint dyspepsia is riot ft , common disease in Siberia. We do. not j learn from Captain Tarry or Captain Lyon, ; the Arctic travellers, that their friends the Esquimaux arc very Yieivou* and dyspeptic, though they individuallv eat ten pounds of solid food per day, washing it down with ft gallon or so of train oil. Captain Lyons was to be sure, a little concerned fur a deli caie.young lady f-squnnaux, who ate liop Candles, wicks and all, vet he doc* not allude to her inability to digest them. . - - ' ? Protection of Hotol Keepers. .V bill forh to protection of hotel keepers -41 is before the Pennsylvania Legislature. It provides that guests at hotels shall deliver their money, goods, jewelry And otfier vulifahlos into t he actual custody of the proprietor jor his projx-r aj^enf, and < n leaving their ] rooms nrri to ih j?o it their ko}& at the olhco, 4 j <> hold the proprietor liable for money or clothing stolen, il further declares that persons becoming guests at hotels, without t means U> pay du n bills, accruing from any ^ time not longer than a week, and not giving notice of any such-in inability, arc vagrants, and as such'shall bo snljoct to conviction ? before an aldciman or justice of the peaco for any peiiod not longer than thirty days aud authoii/.os the proprietor to detain shell r> delinquent until the propor olTh:er be obtained. The l>i!l also gives to hotel keepers a lien upon the baggage of guests for accrued debt for a |?or iud of not longer than one week. ( A Visit to the B \tti.i>FiclT)s.?A oorj respondent of t! 10 Xew Orleans JPicayunf, at | Brownsville, writes; t e. I <-l have just returned from n visit to the J battle grounds of l'alo Alto and Kcaaen dc j la I'uhna, but scarcely a vestige remains to. i denote these fields whic h rMoiuid ho much. 1 to the gallantry of our regular army. 0m the former la Id a cannon ball is occasionally j picked lip, which is tho only indication thnta it was over used except for tho peaceful. pnrpose of grazing the large herds of outdowhich at present ronin over it. "At the ltesuca de hi I*nhmi,tho fuintout linos of the redoubt which the Mexicans occupied on the west hank of the llesacjv art!* still visible, l>nt so overgrown with bund* j and undergrowth, that they can scareely be 4i' i j followed. One or two trees still show marks of the strife, and a few shreds of old- shoesand an occasionally battered canteen are al- t so to be found in the chanpnrel; but there * is enough elao to sliow that here was the scene of one of the most closely contested. fights of the war, where bayonets wero crossed, and where hAnjHo-hand fights wero frequent, as tho scattered combatants met bci Tie ath the shade of the sweet-scented mimosa, or anrn^st tho tangled brushwood." ? A Fair Okfeh.?Mako a fair csiimate?of ? all you owe, and of all that k owing po you., Keduce tho same to note. As t as you collect, pay over to those you on.. ' if you can't collect,'rcucw your notes every year,, and got the best security you can. t?o to business diligently, and industriously ; lose -# no time, waste no idle moments?bo vory prudent and economical in nil things discard all pride hut the pride of acting justly and well?ho faithful in your duty to'God byregular and hearty prayer, morning night?attend church and meeting regularlyevery Sunday, 'do unto all men as you would ho done by.' If you aro too ntfedy in your circumstances to give to the poor, do whatever olso ypu have in your powor to do j for thorn vbe^ifulty?hut if you caii, always help the woithy poor and unfortunate.? Pursue this course diligently and sincOrily"' for seven years, and, if you aio not happy, comfortable and independent in your circm# stances, como to uin and I 'will pay yt>ur debts.? Dr. I'Vaitklin. mak.smi, ok ntima8ka.-?jiiq i'icltenn Courier says: Wo are plotocd u> see that our friend and form* f?'liow-citi/on, Col. B. 11. 1 )ov lk, Iras been appointed by ^'resident I 1'icroa Maishal of Nebraska, in jdMiiJofMj?rk 4 i \V. l^rd, npp >Mt< (I Governor. COLL>MV?? i-> member oMhc hoginlatuff of NcVr;w,V.t'