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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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COURT.
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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.
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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
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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.
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ARRIVAL OF TUB AFRIOA:
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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.
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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. ?
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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.
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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'