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_ '-CLUBS of KIVK nn?J upwards tl, the money
?r? every instance to accompany the order.
\1>VRltTISEMENTs inserted conspicuously at
the r?te* <?f 7S cent# per square of 13 line#, nnd
*5 cent# for each subsequent insertion. Co.ntmcts
for yearly advertising made rcftsonnbKj.
AUKS IS.
E. W? GARR* X. Afo cor. of Walnut And Thiisl*#^
VMi*dvlmu?Tle vi*r authorised Agent.
W. W, WAITER, JR., Columbia, 5*. (X
PETER SfftABlEY, EOQ., Flat Rock. N. C.
A. II. Fnirview I', O.. Greenville Do
W A. C. BAILEY, IMclnnnt Orovc, Oreenvillis
CIPr. R. A^ERSdN, !u I-MU. (Jivcuvill..
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dVitjimtl
W ?y? -n ?yi?' wIu'm** I?^ii
'i! i el's ] 0 a\\.
* ' . ov uSTciTCrrRLD. r^r
Olfc I would tlk? to obrthgc my stale
If I could only find
V>no of Key's fair daughters
Ju.st suited to my mind!
J do not ol.j.'ct to beauty.
Hut hIw mint not be very fftty,
"N'.o seek to lead the tudiion;
Fur 5t takes "the dimes" uwAy.
If she owns a few thousand-?
NVhy.J shall not object; . -A
lllil to Imve t}ieio settled on her?
'l b ?t she-must uot expect. f
Slio must l?* mist iess of music,
And w rite u"TWetf?. sonnet;
And inver a'; . ionic tlnio n V
[ ' a ftjyjb-ny a j^onn<jf
Flic ihuMf w iito n first riffo piece of pros>e,
Hoi give t*?c no "hat blue
For then I'd g-t cold dinner^
Ami 'Aa/ would never-do.
I
She ii.list Ikj a first-rate housewife,
And keep .ill things quite neat;
And not o'a fond of scandal,
Nor loVc to gnd the street.
Khr must 1?%- all afteclion,
Ati.l love me as her life :
Just Mich a one, I'm thinking,
IM like t" call?"my witis"
(t tienville, J/uy 1, 1856.
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LIFE IN THE SOUTH AND SflUIH-WEBT.
BY charlies bl'MilKHYIKt.d.
Ibe t g ?diioir of J) lrHaogag.
There never was nn nge ill the annals of
time, or ii country on the face of the globe,
where duelling prevailed to such nn extent
as it did in the early history of Arkupsa*.
Vat one public muu ever attained to any cons?iilu<:<|ble
eminence, either professional or poetical,
in that purple land where law insured
siot life, without first passing through the or
deal of blood and nro on the miscalled held
of honor. Tbe Rectors Conway*, Crltten^
dens, Seviera, Jlohoftonrt and Borland*?evow
ry name of cote that can bo mentioned?all
f furnish so many examples of ibis strange yet
I goneral rnle. liven the learning and eloipienoe
of the mild and merciful lawyer and
Pike, to achieve influence or
distinction, availed not until he had proved
his prowess in mortal combat with a redotib
fable fbc.
In liddiilolt ttttSie usual causes operating
>\ pt? ail frontiers to produce such a rtate of society,
another one existed m the stoimy aca
Indeed, the uuivorsal opinion of the community
regarded bloodless encounters as shameful
in the extreme?worse even than positive
cowardice'; and a# every candidate for
popular favor had prepared himself, well, by
long practice, to use the last great argument,
which closed nil discussion and silenced the
most stubborn objector, very few meetings
occurred where the spectators were not gratified
by witnessing the slaughter of one or
both of the ambitions rivals.
As may be easily imagined, the poet of
an editor w as most perilous of all otbers ;
and hence the opposing factions respectively
selected the entire coips to innnage their
journals from the n&st desperate adventurers
that could he mustered, and paid them sc
cording 10 Jo their own fighting and thr.t of
all their anonymous correspondents. In
some instances, thousands of dollars were
expeuded as mere premiums, besides the offer
of eiioinunis salaries, to secure the pen
and pistol of the most notorious duelists in
the Bouth-west. I would specify one man,
An ex-Senator, who owed his rise to this
very circumstance.
llowever. leaving these vague generalities,
the tollovy ing brief sketch of striking and reel
particulars will afford h tolerable conception
of the stern tiials of editorial life :
Early in lite month of Jytly, 1830, Isrenl
Woods, the proprietor of the Arkansas Dctn
ocrat was tented in his sanctum busily em
ployed in the manufacture of written slander
for his weekly paper. A single glance
at his person was truly enough to make an
ordinary beholder tremble with appreben
sion ; for you might search the world over
without finding his superior in physics! power
and agility. In the pride of youth and
robust health, he seemed a mighty mass of
iron bone* nn<l elastic fiuewg?strong as the
mythic Milo when he rent the r.u-ient oak*.
His hands looked like sledge hummers, and
his ceunlcnnnco bore the impress of reckless
bravery?? sort of mulo defiance and
challenge to all the heroes of the human
race. II is eyes were of a peculiar tint?that
tierce, reddish-yellow which resembles the
iris of the eagle?of all colors considered the
sign of the tuo-l dangerous character.
indeed, ho ; had acquired his title to be
"tj^fbtptnoMt in the highest class of the
fighting cliTvalry by daring feats performed
in all the principa. cities of tbe South, fiom
Charleston to New Orleans, Nevertheless,
bo had more sense than to rely for impunity
on the terror which his name so irresistiby
inspired. Ilinollice was an armory. A huge
and double barrelled shot gun bung at a shoit
distance above his head, and half a dozen
loaded pistols lay beside Iiiin on the table,
whilst the silver hilt of a dag#?r po*po<j
from beneath his vdst. He waa xosdy for
immediate battle, whoever might be the assailant.
Suddenly footsteps rcsouuded on
the ttoor ImliinH film unit a
turcd man, of middle age, with long flowing
hair of raven hue, aud flashing black eyea,
rushed into (he mimh in a elate of wild and
almost frenzied excitement, and threw himself
into a sent.
> Tho editor, at first anticipating a hostile
visit, cocked n revolver, but instantly perceiving
bis mistake, deposited the weapon
at his elbow, exclaiming as .lie did so, "what
now, Ellis Wharton? Is thero a new tempest
brewing iu the political atmosphere f"
"Just look here !: ejaculated the other
with an infuriate gesture, pointing to a column
of tha Aikan.-as Whig, which he leld
up, with the ink cot yet diy on the paper.
Woods snatched the article from the fingers
of his fiiend, and devouring the contents
with a rapid glance, uttered a malediction
too horrible to record, while bit. very
lip* turned white .vnith rage and disappointment.
"Is not that loo bad !" vociferated Wharton,
clinching the interrogatory with a still
mere dreadful oath. "Who could have expected,-in
the meridian of Little Kock, to
toe a philfipic against duelling ?"
"And an appeal to the religious prejudices
of the, people!" added the editor, frowniug
till hie brows met in a frightful arch,
"Yes, and tlier.unuing scoundrel has managed
to lay nil the blame of such otmbals
on ?J?* n^iiHK'rais, from the first
of the country !" nfliimed the other.
"And he line given the history of all my
encounter*, fioii. my stabbing a sophomore
at the UuiveiMty < ( V irginia, till my rifle
battle with Dr. Wilson!** complained
Woods, j
" itnl that tirade alone will do more in
jury to <mr party than anything that has
happened tor year*," remarked Wharton.
"Who can the writer be?" asked the editor
in a musing tone,
"I cannot so much aa imagine," relumed
the friend. "It is not the learned and lugu
brious style of Pike, nor the abowy declamation
of Absoiom Fowler. It must be aotpe
new baud in the prolific field of Whiggery."
"What shall we do|to a pike this fiesh gun
In the battery I for unless that be accomplishedjfwe
shtii loss the election," said the editor,
with a look of soro a nbai raiment*
"You must demand the author, and proyoke
bin* tc an inurv?ew.'>uggested Wbar
At the moment William, the elder brother
ofEliae Wharton, entered the sanctum, exclaiming,
aI have discovered the writer of the
article signed Vindex."
"Who is bet who is be I" indeed the political
comrades in the same eagerly impetuous
breath.
"You would never conjecture in a thousand
guesses," replied the other.
uLet us know at once, do not keep us in
suspense."
' Levi Coleman, the young Methodist
preacher."
"The devil !'* shouted the astonished edi
tor.
"The devil!" ft-hoed l.ia sympathising
friend. 4,iIow did vou leaiti so strnnge u
fact r
"From the fori man of the Whig office?
in the strictest confidence, however, so that
you must not hint nt the source of the information."
"And now what is to he done?" they nil
inquired together.
"The caso is complicated with seiious difficulties,"
observed Elian Wharton, "for if
we let the matter pans in silence, the rascally?hypocrite
will become holder in his attack,
and if wo punish his insolence an it decern a,
every Methodist in the State will probabh
be cast against us."
After reflecting a few minutes, tho jouinalist
sprung to bis feet crying out furiously,
"I will fix the base wretcb, so ihat the members
of his own sect will disown him !" And
he hastily buckled on his belt, and filling it
with pistols, rushed forth into the streets
As chance would have it, tho youthful
minister was at that instant walking by the
door. Ue was a slender, pale faced man,
with a fair complexion, biiflrhf blue eve*, and
ft countenance of profound and even poetic
thought apparently incapable of resisting a
shadow of aggression, or so much us banning
a fly
"Aie you the author of Vindex,in the recent
number of the Arkai sus Whig I' demanded
Woods, advancing so near to bis intended
victim that tlmr heads almost touch ed.
**I am," anawend Coleman, in his clear
silver voice, without betraying the faintest
alarm.
''Then thus I chastise your impudence and
falsehood !" shouted the enraged editor, seizing
the clergyman's no*e with a gitop of
iron, and spitting scornfully in his mouth.
"If I did not onto to have the foul stains
of your polluted blood on the now pure record
of rny conscience, I would teach you a
lesson never lobe forgotten until your dying
day " remarket] Coleman, as calinly as ifiu I
a prayer meeting.
"Away with you, pnltroon and liar!" or- ;
dercd Woods, administering several con
temptuous kicks as tire other retreated slow
ly from the inglorious field.
Tiro rumor of the affair circulated with in
conceivable rapidity, and immediately be- :
i came the subject of general conversation ;!
j but singular as it inay seem, everybody tie- }
nounced the juvenile preacher, so that hi ,
sunk down at once from the pinnacle of pop- i
ulsrity to the lowest abyss of shame and <te I
gradation; and on the subsequent Sunday,
when he ascended the pulpit, not half u do* '
en hearers attended the service. His chosen
Church deserted him as a .coward?'lor that '
was the real cause of utfcuce,although runny '
disguised the fact under tire flimsy pretax! i
that they disapproved of his conduct intmd |
dling with questions of politics.
It is impossible to pnrint the emotions of
the young minister when he witnessed tiiis
result, and saw himself entirely abandoned
by bis spiritual flock. Even the negroes and
boys taunted him as a coward w henever he
appeared in the streets, and Iris affianced
bride, a lady of great beauty and intelligence,
gave him a cola and cruel dismissal. Had
he been proved guilty of burglary or theft,
his disgrace could not have been snore.
No one, therefore, wondered when he w ithdrew
from tho fellowship of the Methodist <
denomination, and shut himself up ir. the
eolttude of his private apartment, as many
supposed in a condition bordering on men
tal derangement. The following week, how, ;
ever, regaled the fruits c/ Ids meditations in 1
su unexpected manner that startled the w hole i
city. Another article came out in the Ar- i
kansas Whig, and this over Lovi Coleman's j
own signature, which oxcelb-d any satire ov- 1
er before seen in the South w est for aw fid, {
boundless, bitter denunciation. Every wnf i
ture of the cx preacher's pen seemed like the I
flash of an internal sword?every word pie# i
ced like the thrust of a poisoned dagger. <
The editor of the Heroeerat and ail his friends
?indeed his whole party,and even his fain* I
iiy, were subjected to the penalty of summary
massacre. Lie dragged into the light ail <
their private as well as political sins, and I
accused them of imaginary crimes, that I
eaused every reader to tgrp whito with hor*
ror. (
Then, m soon tu tiie ncwepaper was Ueued,
he left hie rooin end promenaded the <
publip thoroughfare witlt the proved n.?>U lofty ?
tread of a hero, accompanied by lYut No
r, mile above Little K.ok; Xti.l never cHd a t
greater concourse of spectators awui In to be* I
hold h similar scene. I
At the appointed hour, the second*, Ellas c
Whnrton foi Woods, end Kent Noland for l
Coleniah, stationed their piitteipals in posi- t
lion, and the anxious throng aetnally trem- I
bled, in fearful expectancy of the brutal f
signal. Indeed, the proximity of foes was so i
close that the escajm of either with life, <
seemed altogether hopeless.
In the meantime a wondeifnl change had a
been wrotfght in the aspect of the fonnerly *
mild ami merciful minister. His blue eves '
arounu t^eipic, witn uio cnv mm tue ttver
EltiiT lying ><* tlio rear?awaiting the on>el
of the immense host I lint ?n* moving to the
attack. At 0 o'clock, the brittle opened, and
neatly half it miltmir of mm engaged in mortal
cumlnt. The scone at this moment was!
indescribably awful?the whole plain was
hliu-k witli the moving masses, sine whew
the myriad* of glittering helmets nioso and
fell in the sunlight, while eight hundred
cannon, in otie huge semi circle, opened their
united thunder on the French.
Cloud* of duwt tjlletl the nir, and ninitl the
roar of artillery, the stiaius of martial music,
(ho shrill neighing of tens of thousands of
horses moving to battle, and all deafening,
clamor and solemn mm mum of a mighty
Htiny, the shock eatne. Nearly two thousand
cntif|pn opened with terrific explosions;
on tho living masses, and the fiightful carnage
began. I'oniatowski on the right was
first engaged. Made Marshal of Fiance
the daj before by the Emperor, he burned
to dic'inguish himself, and though, nt fiist
forced by the heavy charge he iiinily held
his position ngf.'ust tho uiiitcd onset* of artilleiv.
cavalry aud infantry, that from morning
till night thundered in overwhelming
numbers and power on hi.-diminished troops.
A wilder day than thle, e?rth never saw.
when darkness sepaiated the combatants,
both nrnticn sank down exhausted ; and silence,
solemn and awful, fell over lite bloodv
field. T
Napoleon was beaten, and soon gave or '
dots to retreat. All night long, tho weary !
thousands went poring over tho bridge, and
when daylight daw tied the nlHes beheld with '
joy, the retreating masses of tho enemy. A
general movement on Leipsvc immediately 1
followed, and the victorious columns went !
rushing with shouts to its attack. Attillery, 1
infantry, ami cavalry, ammunition and bag- '
gage wagons, and chariots, wore crowded
aud tolled together, and went streaming over !
the only remaining btidge A rear-guard
under M??douald, Laun - , and l'otim- J
towski, wit* formed to cover this disoulorlv !
rctuuvL As Napoleon gave his directions to ,
each, he enid to Poniatowski :
'Tiince, you will defend the suburbs of
ike south."
'Sire, he replied, *1 have but few follow- 1
?rt li ft M /tin liuil Kill itfit ilvoi*KA>,.l '
# ? IV a?v ??HM ?'? v it?v 1MUU9KIIU WWII
mud red left out of nil the brave Pole* he
od two day* before into battle.")
"Wlmt then," added Napoleon, "rou will 1
lefend it with what you have!"
"Ah, aim," replied the exhausted, but still *
inpenquered chieftain, "we are all ready to c,
lie for your majesty."
1 hate already spoken In my sketch of '
llncdunakl, of the defence those two leaders '
nada aqd the consternation and woe that
ollowed the premature blowing up of the
iridge. Pouiaiowtki struggled bravely to
ureet the victorious allies until be heard the
ttpbelon that, sent it iftto (fie air ; and then ii
It drew hi* sword, saving to hi- officer* a- fl
looked luminous as tire balls nnd the. thought- t
ful sadness of his countenance had been ro- '
placed* by a peipctiwil smilo?but such a
smile, fierce, scorching, murderous, as appealed
to have the power of Masting the
KileiS sight, like the flash of lightning from '
e thunder cloud.
As Fent Nohind left his friend, he whis- I
pored in his car, Ml>e sure and aim at the enemy's
head, and fire at the word?it i? your
only chance.
At length the signal sounded, nnd both weapons
roared apparently together,.yet, in fact,
Coleman's had the precedence by some half
a second, nnd thai diminutive Augment of
duration made all the difference of an entire
eternity in the result.
Woods ft'li iv the earth like a stone dropped
fro.i. the hand, w itli a bullet bole through
his light 4 inple, while hi? own ball whistled
the fourth of an inch above "his adversary's
I lead.
From that day the fame and fortune of
Levi Coleman %might he considered firmly
established, lie was install"! forthwith in
the ediloiial chair of the Aikansas Whig,
and wielded pen and pistol with the same
triumphant success, until suddenly the angel
of pestilence cut short his brief and brilliant
career.
tp-- jimi*---mjia - w u- .-jn- i 11 ?a?
I
t I?I?AI 1
jiUBuuiiiuuiuj xxiuuiuy.
VqpoleorTs Wffir j5i)ql$;
Last Struggle and I >eul!i of Marshal Ponin
allies (nought to .lie oticourier
n'-Ltfipvic, nearly three hundred thousand
men ami thirteen hundred cannon, while
Bonaparte had but one htimhcd arid twenty-five
thousand, and seven hundred and fifty
cannon. The hitter were drawn un
I r 3. ! ?.l .1 - V 1
olind him :?It now behove*
is to die with honor." With hi* little band
irotind him, he dMsbed oti h column t?f the
tretny tliMt phwwl hi* path, mid though j
evntk wounded, fought lilt #?y through!
o the Pleiwo, h small stream ho must ciuwt!
H'fore he reached the Elater. dismounting i
rotn hi? horse, he paused it on foot, but find -1
ng lie wan fainting through fatigue and loa*;
>f blood, he attempted to mount another.? 1
With difficulty vaulting into the saddle he i
urged boldly into the Elstrr. Jits good1
teed bore him safely actoiw, hut as he was;
itrugglit g up the Ofpoaite bank the emth
jnvo way under his feet, nnd he fell I ack on 1
;fe lider nnd Ponintowski disappeared in;
he water and never lose again. Weary,
rounded and bleeding, thi* Jswt calnmnity j
va* tt>o much for hi* strength?and he had
... ??-, ?nu mc urjirnniWU HgQI,
hearing and speech. She lib* oh fivr hack
end is moved once in four or five wt*ek?.?
She is Very sprightly ntid }4fo"ftih Whenever
she is moved she gore info a fit. She
a cms to have been instructed by her own
family,
I think her one of tbfe Wo'ruloiV 'of the
ngn. She is dcnf, dumb afid blind, aVrd ha*
no use of Iter ri^ht limbs, yet ?4i'e V.lfi converse
fluently wtth the trupe atydiabtf, write* v
very legibly With tbo left Land, reifds eotu- '
nn-n writing, on a paper or slate,*?! print,
(if the book lib hot too mtlfch Worti,} t?y passing
her fingers or cr t)?0 words. Sho will
also distinguish the different colors 'of a v?riegat?d
dress ih thfe witne way. She has
w i ought sever id piecCx of 'criiet Vrttfk |hSt
would be a credit t?? any girl of her age, se- lecling
and an tinging all the colors by feeling.
and using only her left hand. She
plays d i aft and liackgaminon expertly. Sho
known when any one come* info tfte room,
by the jar of the Led, (?m WMlb, *bo COUI
statu I v lies) and can in this way "dhAniguishrite
different members of thbfaftilR\\n
<?K.
Cttuots combinations arc ofienriiOc*
found in lite ad vet thing o funis of uhr nowftpnper*.
The following, which w'e htay, under
the cireiiiffslaiiccs, vendue to tttvle the
mile cum tlu/cc, is the antiouhtchH-fit made
by a lately bereaved wife ;
l)ied, on the 111It iiist., at his shop, Xo.
20 tircenwich street, Mr. Edward Jones,
much inspected by all who tfftbw and dealt
with him. As a man. tie was amiable, as a
batter, upright and fnoderhtb. Ili* virtue*
were beyond all price; atid Ids beaver-hat*
I were only three dullav* 'earn. lie lias left a
widow to deplore Ids l?'WW, ana a large stock
to be sold for the beta fit of Lii f-.milo ItfcriK
wa? shah-bid to the other ftoffj in thcpiiine
of life, just a-, he had m-HUhd an evtomdVo
purchase of felt, which.!"; got so cheap that
the wkldw can supply iiafa at a more reasonable
rate than any house in the city, Hi*
disconsolate family will carry on bu?inc.s?
with punctuality.' 'Tmomv.'j '
[Spirit of the Aye,
J)r. Kalaruiu, do you think my di rtcr will' ;o
gel \\ eh !
'"Well, if ?1 e don't git no wuw, and doe*'
git Mini U-t cr, she u ny, posaibly git c\'9f
it. ?You st( she's uffikVed witli a concntena-'
tion of siir diagUoinAofthe Kb Mdnipbd flutU-'
mux. which ?xo iWjh t^hn the ttotldflci* tMd
iufviior lol e ot^YW* i dt&ihr n'volirtiou of ike
ocesput. No;hin' kin he'p her bat calomel
ami pcis H.iio ji? t; kin jhillv both together
?t *f?i ont'ul more or k<*A atruidin' t<? tko
-ynit*?iis, ot'i v tii. r day, ?-#! and en. Th?m.
\sill 4,vi ntoc h.y put her out of pain into a'
sweat and p store a healthy action of the
iniiios }<? th.k-*i d rrdtne the civcyVlonedlk
of fh? iictmilgio dhtplmgniii, huinedwloly
tnuhr the left side of the light e\e.'
'l^ir' a ?infc\ , such hntdfi WhoVl it*
ihuii ??r< '
f \- ?r?-s . -*
June as lit) sad, "U'.cu \vni? honor.
The nllicn celebrated hi* ft n;r?l w'tli grit
iiagnif cence, ami those kings who hud driv ii
l.is family from the throne, hiir'ed hi*
. npitd in nshea, plundered and (lit ided hi*
country. as if it were common booty, now
gathered in silent pomp around his coffin.?
L'onntless bannois drooped mournfully ovfcr
Lite then fallen chief?mighty a:mies framed
liiw funeral procession, nnd cligeac rtrains
from a thousand trumpets were breatlred |
t?ver hi* grave. Hut amid all this imposing
mockery. the noble-hearted Pole was not
without sincere mourners. I lis few remaining
followers who had battled by Iiir side to
the last, preesed in silence around his coffin,
and with tears streaming down their faces,
reached out their hands to touch the pall.?
There lay (lie Prince tlicv loved?tlie leader
11 ley had' followed?the fast of the royal line
Mid the only hope of Poland?cold and stilt
ii death?the tears of those warriors were
worth more than all the pomp and magnificence
imperial pride had gMhcred round
that bier, and honored the patriot for wholn
they were elied, more than royal eulogies or
splendid pageants.
fi iffQsoi)is S'lNql qi Se^.
I tr no t'ie recent tiip of the steamer
Empire City fr cm Havana *o this poit, nti
ineideyt occurred which lefi m diepand permanent
impression upon the minds oi all
who were on board. Death-is at nil times
n fcaiful thing ; but when the King of Terrors
claims his own tijvon the sen, and rudely
severs the associations which invariably
connect those who journey together upon
the gnat deep, a peculiar ficling is expui
enced that lingers upon the mind, and causes
one to remember vividly for years, which
would, under other circiiinstunts, pass away
like th.o summer breeze, leaving little or no
trace upon the ntetmry.
The wttne day the s entner left Havana.
Apiil lltli, it was reported to Capt. Windl*
that one of the cabin passengers, Mr. Jos
Wateiman, foimurlv of Galveston, Texas,
had died at three o'clock, of tonsuntplioN^
and in accordance with the customary tisa
gos observed at sea, the remains were placed
in n haiutuock and laid upon the quarterdeck,
in older to l>e buried at sunset. The
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iHvvn.M'ii ii aiinni nu n iniruii, iu: fill r*
Iv attached to a Lodge and Chapter of tlie
Fraternity in tlie city of C?alve? t->11; and
there were several of the mintic tie on board
the idcamer, it was resolved thai the diCeased
should be inteiicd with the Masonic hon
ors peculiar to the Order.
A formal demand was made ii|k>ii -Ca|>t.
\Y indie for the remains, who promptly acre
ded to the request, with that uibanitv which
i? so marked a trait to hin character as a
gentleman ; as the sun was about sinking
beneath the wave, the)1 were placed in charge
of such of the-Fraternity as were on b >ard.
to-lar buried by them with the last sad rites
peculiar to the institution.
Tho remains, which had 'ocen coveted by
tbe United States flag, were laid upon a
pLtik nt the stern of the steamer, anu as the
diip'a hell began to toll the intervals, the
Irretlitcn formed a circle around the corpse,
when the Masonie burial service was beautifully
dcliveied by Fast Master J- K. Elliott,
:>f New York, who presided as Master upon
ihe occasion. The ceremony, 1 cautiiuily
mpres.-ive at all times, was remarkably ?o
ipm this occasion ; and when the \Yoi>hiprul
brother pronounced the woids: u\\ e
hercfore, conunil the body of our departed
irother to the great deep, his memory shall
cm sin engraven upon the tablets of our
leartM, while his spirit shall return unto
Jod who gnve it," n single plunge was
reard, and the deceased had g. ne to his Inst
ong home, accompanied by the last fond
?oru* <>i "iiias, my brother I" tiom those of]
be Fraternity who foimed tho broken chain !
ipon the q uaiter-dcck of the stenincr.
It ia of very rare occurrence that any
nember of the craft is buried with the hon
is of the Fraternity while at ?ea ; but tbc
:haracter of the deceased waaso well known
\? "a jtisl and upright Mason," that it was
sonsidercd but a just tribute to his memory.
I was a scene marked with more than un
rdinary degree of solemnity, ntul will not
endily be forgotten by those who j-et ficif a
ed in the obsequies of ,
{&<*> Orim*$ rieafune.
Trine a mackerel to your coat tail aaut
maginiug youra^fa whale, ia tee of rt#r
rat totems in cwdfUh ariaJocraojr.
flint* \ o I q fr fr C, fr&J
To A tm nrc the tot tnotectiufi uf cfrtluitftf ' * ' * -
ligntost hVe, ~
Pinfff.1*.?; VtfviVobpitg, i?ro revived by ft
few grains of ea/?pfi6r.
1'onr* we getifernMy by grafting
on the mountain ." -h.
Sulphur is valuable ?i'i firPsdrtibg grapW;
Ac., from in-ect*.
Lard never spoils in warm woattfcr- if it
is Cooked enough in frying out;
In fe ding with cord, sixty politriU ground
goe# a* filr as 6tl?? iihftffrW {-bund* in the
keriiftl.
Corn m> .-tl should never be grouhd fiue,
ii injure* wie riciiiiww-oi ?.
Tutttijw of viiihII size Pare double the UU- -,X
tritiou* matter that laige otie? hate.
0 Kuta IJaga is ilit biily vbbt that increases
in nntiitiou* (jimlitiiK as it ihCrCasCS lb size.
Sweet olive oil is a certain cure for the
bite of a rattlesnake. Aj?|?ly it internally
:nn) exti-ihaliy:
hat* atul otiicr Cerium are kept away
fiotti gniiti by n sprinkling cf garlic wheal
wnt-litfcg rfifc L!:t'iicce. ***?'
Iti.nH skillfully Cxpened ih dry It. g land
by draining br btliCf^be, will be returned
, Mtfi ample interest.
j To euro Maatche* bu h Itbrst1'; (vaMi tlio
leg-. with wmill sbnpnii'dit, iiflu then whhboef
blli.c; TtVo uppHeatibhs will cure (iiC itOtti
casfc::
TilnWr, a In n out in the spring and exjk?s??1
to tht) Weather with the bark on. <\*1
cays much sbbh'er llnih if cm in the fall.
Expeiinieiita sli'ovr. applet ttt bfe' equal tot
I potatoes to improve bogs, ahd decidedly superior
for feeding eitttle.
Wild onions may tie destroyed by cultivating
corh. jdotigliing atid leaving the field
in its ploughed state tul the wittier.
8ncii)fi- Juirn Sfiigitiqi}.
A corrrpobMil of the I)etroii Doily
Advocutc relate* tl?e following curiobs cifemn?tanet?
of a young lady 'who U deaf,
duftib and blind. Iter tu.ihe in Abby A.,
(laughter of Ma *C. O. OiHinghnto) of Fall
Ri.-er, Massachusetts :
She possessed tlie usual Ixsly fn'cbhfce till
un ?im i-ijjiiv ymra m ?iun a severe
fall brought on <li*eA?e ot the s)nmj Ultimatnnr
in 4?f*.? oMil 11, a _ ? L .