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* # yj;: ? . # HHL 3. . . GREENVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MOfeSIHG. JWE 5.1856.'' NO. 4 11 U I ! III II I ? ! > ? , II! , , <?Jje futttytrtt (gntrrprifif, ', a reflex of popular j^vents i : , wira?!L3&aa a>. ipiaasa, + vo,?K editor and proprietor. i $1 SO, payable in advance ; $2 if delayed. ' Cf.UlW or FIVE and upward* PI. the money in every instance to aoeompany the order. 11 Al>'V ERTWttMKNTS inserted conspicuously at the rotes of 15 cent* per square of IS tinea, and 95 oenta for sach subsequent insertion. Co.v I tracts for yearly advertising made reasonable. ( AOKNTB. j ?. w. carr, 1. w> or. of Walnut nnd TUird-st, ? Philadelphia, is our authorised Ageat. yt, W. WALKER, JR., Columbia. S. C. 1 PETER STRA01EY, ?83.. Flat llock, N. C. t A? Mi PEOEN, Kairview l'. O., GrwvnvilU Di* * 'WM. C. BAILEY, Pleiuani Qrov*. Greenvill* . CAPT. R. Q. ANDERMN, C%Jar Fall* < > i u_j-iu -jmi! J-i.i ?rltrttii |taetnj. Jhc Sftiloir'* Sibie. IT MM. SARAH JARS HALE. The old man paused awhile, *n<l then -j He drew Ins Bible out, | With ihnt he never failed to dear Kaclt mystery or doubt; ( And ?nid to Harry?"In tlii* l>o<>k, ^ Tie written plain and auro, ( That what we do, not what we have, t Will make us rich or poor. There** not a rich man ever reached I Heaven'* high and pure nliode, I There'* not n rich man entering now, The straight and narrow road, i Unless?he makes, ha* made, hi* wealth < A ttaif and Dot a load ; 1 A stuff for other*, mark you well ? The good SamaiitKu, I How rich he grew by what he gave < The li.-lple** wounded man. I And oh, how poor was that rich priest, That Levjte in hi* pride. When in his hard, cold selfishness, lie passed the other side! Tho gospel i* the rock I build My faith And hope upon ; I read the go*j>ol o er and o'er. From Matthew to St. John. 1're told you when I lived in ?in, I did not (now a letter; Hut I can read the Bible now? *...i * ._ ! I. am ww tnu rcitu 11 utriicr. *Twas hard ?l first?tlio love ot Christ Constrained me to proceed ; Hast ever known men vile and poor Who taught themselves to read f The painted cards they'll shuffle oV, And in the dice box look. Or on a lottery ticket pore, But never take a book. \ I've read my Bible thirty years, And every year I find Its previous truths grow more and tuore Instructive to my mind. Take all the books wise tnen have made, They darken while they read; But if you learn the Bible lore, You will be wise indeed. And then, when you hare learned the But one rule need be given, [tight, Do it?and as sure as God is good, You will be wo of Heaven." (Oripnb Cominnturatinn. KForjl 8ii)flti>?fiti?i. ?v jok. k nukr motb. Thb following muihtrn inparpo on eceen tri cities uf lho heart and miml is part ?f wh??t I have mm. Human nature i* a medley L* total and mental etirtoaitiee. A mate, afed, ae a neceeeary ooaeeqaenoe, in , / eefahie offeriaii^ a eorreet idea of sound. Ilea paliHeiieil a lew poem*, ae lie ealle them, ertrich are eotaewbal faulty in measure. Cm eideriog hW deafoeae, however, hie poet'cal efcrte are remarkable experiment*. They akmnel with beeitikl nailimnii. wltieb, If In mem maatar of the ntiee of poetie art, Hm*mf from on* tn aa wlmpmfccl mime ^ ^^--.^1 fMyi. a^fljlll VflflttlImlean SU a ?# u? .rat TlMM uuljr who ? dartre* of the Acuity ^ ^ 1 | if hearing after having learned to articulate, I if gifted with tho ^vision divine,'1) can write .1 MK'iry. It i* impossible to make h poet of I i born iniile, even though his talents be * pk-ndid. 41? * pit** of these facta, the mute i H-fure mentioned, persuades himself that he i an poetize aa well a* a hearing person. Ilia i no** ia ten-fold better than his poetry, alhough it ia liable to excepting iti a grain- t nation! view. Some acini mute* have pub \ ished their poetical effusions, which have ? >eeii universally rend nnd admired. Among ? here poets are kliss Talley of Virginia, i 'ohn li. Burnet, of New Jersey, and James ' S' ack, of New York. The name of Mr. N ace i vas printed in large capitals ax a heading to * he outside of "the Cambridge VemocrxC * veek before last,introductory to two ooluiuu* ' if poetry. ? t A christian woman incited a friend ' ifter the marriage of the hitter, to board ? vith her. Most gladly was the invitation ? loceptvd. nothing doubting that she I vouid enjoy the society of the woman I vho invited; but her superior under standing made an unfavorable impretsion ? ipon the narrow mind of her pious hostess. ' Ihe victim of Iter displeasure was what may >e called "a wurnan of the world." 8he no* tnowledged tlits good qualities of the cbri-r- < inn woiuau without a shade of jealousy ; I chile the latter denied to her the possession I jfeven a grain of common sense?more than < his, she liuted the lady boarder, though she < jave her no cause for displeasure. The 1 oarder bore iusult after Insult, and she was 1 liually obliged to board in another quarter. 1 A gentleman had patronized his friend fm litany years?both worshipping in the same 1 ;hurch. tic married an accomplished lady, who, too, had for a long time been on terms A intimate friendship with his friend. The latter, seeing the newly married lady in her dement on every subject which he presented lor ui*cussion, wu* assaiieu witti jKWQMy, and liaired took the place of tho friendship which Liu had entertained fur both his fiieiid and his wife. A young innn undertook to oj?en a store in a country town. As lit was without means, he had to depend in a large measure fur assistance ujxm Jus older brother, who was a farmer, well to do in the world. The elder brother madu no scruples to de fraud him little by little, until he lost all that he possessed. .lie was thrown upon the charities of a cold world. He had a large family to provide for; but this fact never came into the mind of his older brother. An accomplished lady has just married a gentleman, win*, when they studied in the same school, in the days of their chitdhood. was the object of her bitter hatred. Thev had not seen each other for many veara bofoie they met in a a museum. Each loved the other as soon as they exchanged glances. They were engaged to be married, cones|H?n?lc?l with each other, keeping up tire flame of affection, and were Anally unites) in the bonds of wedlock, never to separate till death them did part. How is it that persons of the most refined education can condescend to make lore to a stripling? I ask this question tliua abrupt ly, because 1 hare just been informed that n wi?low tally, the mother of two children, wHt tunrried lm?t week to u young man only 20 years of age, and an old woman at that. She t* the topic of conversation, and anec dotes of all sorts are circulating about her. Slit is well known in the literary world. Modesty "belongs of right" to the female sex ?it is, in fact, part of tier nature; but modesty in a man of bmiiusM is n rare'meril. We, of the male sea, look upon female modesty as a matter of course, having keen accustomed to it from our.childhood, although it never loses its power to please. A young man, after having served in a provision store for some years, set up for himself. Before be commenced operations, he printed and distributed many copies of the following ciicutar in the place which was to be the field of his labor. The circular, to must be observed, was written impromptu. "A New Pnovisto* Bronx.?The subscriber respect My informs his friends and the public In general, that ha intends ojwn tag a New Provision Store, *n Saturday AfrU If, lfi?sn N/wsrt ttrtet, Mm locnU, cormr of Piitur. Ilaving omwidenpble experience in I be business, be feeU con Adept, by strict attention. that be can give gtasral mirihetian to ell who may favor him *Hh their patronage, lie Intend* keeping on ?gggrmj j - t-t: 'itgw f 'h" T innd a gootfrsupply of all kinds of provisions,] c Yeah and Salt Meats, Poultry, Eggs, Butter, 1 -J?rd, Hams, Dried Beef. Beef TotigitW, ^ Hid Vegetables of all kinds, of the %ery { eat quality, and fresh every day from the narked. All good* sold at reasonable prof- 1 ts, and delivered free of chai ge.M Tlie above is an exact copy, ft was Writ- " en by one who, when a school boy, wan j rrovoibitd for hi* stupidity. In the circular j here in un Aouridi of would, such a* 1* u*u- ? illy tumid in tlie newspaper advertisements ivliicli blaze out in luige masses of type, riie manner in which the idea* of the adveriser are worded, show* that he is a conscientious and tinniest man. Duplicity i? a in couunon ain mg 'he business people, and u nine out of ten case* goes unwhipl of jusice. Modesty is incompatible with this nlic^us vice. The influence of modesty is ipparent throughout in the wording of tho ircular which I have quoted. In conclusion, I put the following piece of advice in the ronn of a newspaper advertisement that it nay the better secure the attention of all . oncemed : Love Troth?do Good?Be just and fair with all. A mute teacher iu a Deaf and Dumb In dilution down 8 >uth, fell in love with a j lady, also deaf, ami married her. Fur this, lie was expelled from the Institution. lie I itnd his wife were reduced to absolute want, attd led a kind of u vagabond life, scarcely j knowing bow to make money. Strauge am { this in, it is the absolute fact. It inuti iftn I escape observation thnt in a similar luslilu- ' lion up Not lit mule teachers are forbidden to marry whom ihey like, on pain of dimi.-t sal, while hearing ones are allowed to inurry. Shame on the directors of such luetilu (iuM! Philadelphia, Pa. 51 Iflfrtfk ?tarij. GOlDi ok, BJlriql of dU6ft)99'* Izbc. Mr. Adau Flidok, of Muddy brook. U. 8. returned from California, after an absence of I wo years, bringing home wiilt him seven thousand dollars in gold. This snug surtt was considered a fortune in Muddybrook ; and Muddy brook accordingly extended its arms to receive the amiable Adam ; although ? I am sol ry to say?the Flidge family being poor, the young adventurer had never been appreciated by his townspeople, until the news tlist he had made foitune in California ouened their ovea to hie extraordinai v I ? " menu. All black, and liearded, and uncouth in IiU manners, ho Adatn wr.*, lie ww caressed by the first |>eop*c in MoJdybrook?people gay ami proud, who lind formerly noticed Attain no more than if he hail been H dog. Hut Attain, fre*li from the society of barbarians, and altogether unaccustomed to the smiles of the temlur sex. was Haltered, bewildered, dazzled by the bright eye* which now *> fomliy beamed on liitn. Woman's stnile* to him were fondly as the breath of vpiing to the bleak hills and tempest-tender etl trees. With a heart hungry for love. It ia no wonder that he betrayed the moat amiable of human weaknesses; n<> wondei that even the not very beautiful Matilda Moore led him a willing captive; the cold ami Coquettish Matilda, to whom Adam offered himself in the davv of his poverty, and been Hatly, contemptuously reject eu. Seen through gold l?ouud glasses, however, Mr. Flidge appeared no more the worthless! wretch Matilda formerly considered him. As the youngest of the five unmarried daughters, in whose maiden footsie])* she was following fast, the proud Matilda wan pretty well qualified to judge of Adam'* newly discovered merits. Site Judged, indeed ; and when the stupid follow, believing every woman Luc, once more offered his hand, she graciously accepted it. Adam al iim?I bnnt will j<if aiut pride, lie dimly Mieving himself Ike mw.t fortunate fellow in (h? world. Itttt while Adam wm m> happy. Homebody wwc very miserable. To every laugh of kits aomebody echoed a eigh. While the balance of bin happiue? was full, that of another kicked the beam. That other w?* hi* (ftarshter?the fair Rose, who had loved him ever, from hie youth upward, with an unaltered affection. ' She was a gentle, winning creature, and it is oue of the wond?r? of Cupid, that Adaiu hud never fallen in love with her. 8he was feintr than Matilda, ami it ?im have beau a ably pride whiek cutis ed Adam to prefer lite petition of the hater to the charuelrr of Hose. Adam, ia effect did not appreciate Rnse He did not understand her. Could he have kuown how well eke loved him. the startling truth might hare brought him to his sauces, but hu was owe of Cupids bote; ho J* ART-AI..UUP III - -t~ , ould not see the light. Often, hA?t his reurn, he discovered tears in lite soft eves of lose. "My dear sister," lie would say, "what is lie matter J* Fool. not tp seel fool not to discover, in ler evasive answers, the giief which was leaking her heart! Blind; indeed I?lie ipjK*nml to see nothing except lite clmim* >t' Miittlda, and the glitter of his gold, which > kept locked tip in a st ?ut oaken chest, irevioudy to investing it iu a favm for "self md wife. Now. Adam had many old friends, who ft i L... If .Jl ? I ...I nun wjjhhim mhiiiuh, hiiu w uo^ m ikc (otni.-e! was despised. llis fft'lier and elvler UtHher l?eggetl liim tu make a different iltOK'C, endeavoring to convince liim that it van only hi* money that Matilda loved. *"1 >?? you think I'm a bahv ?" cried Adam >nce in Rose'* presence. Can't 1 read a wo nan's heart ? If Matilda didn't love me lo you aupfXMtf I should la* fool enough not o see it ? She'd have tne if I hadn't a penif in the world." "She wouldn't look at you !"' exclaimed da father. I'poti which both left the house! it different directions ; Rose, trembling and keeping. remained ahate. It is a rather sin pilar coincidence, that on the very next noraing Adam opened h? eye* considerably aider than usual, on first getting up, at the tf eitnit^k ut uetlitiiv I lint irittilo liltit I r*?ut > """""K " Ide and grow faiut. -The lid of the oak chest was lifted. Tlio gold was gone! And in it* place lay hit> Ixiuie knife and revolver, which he always placed under his pillow, oti gating t?? bed, no security against thieve*. S|?eeehletis and pale ns death, Adam stood gazing with a look f despair ami rage Ml the rilled client. It whs evident that the r<dd?er* on entering the room, had first taken possession of his weapons, and finally left them in place of the gold. At all c vents, \he gold was g?t?e: Adam was |ienniless ! The fruit of many mouths of pain ful toil had vanished in a night-time. The truth was too terrible to la) realised, the mi-fortune was too great to bear. I11 a hoarse voice, Adam called his father, and communicated to liiin the feaiftil iutelli gciiee. It is hard to aav which was the tuoel angry of the two. They discovered how fhe robber might have entered and left the house; and they mi-cd the alarm at once. In an hour hII Muddy brook rang with the report of the rohlierv, and officers were in pursuit of llie thieves. Iii vain ! ? No gold ? to bo recovered?mo thieve* were caught. The fever of excitement, into which Adam wrwi thrown by liiii misfortune, caused him a fit of sickness. For u week ho lay groaning on a bed of despair. All this time his nfiianeed, the false Matilda, never visited him ; but Koae was always by his bide to soothe and console him. Immediately on his rocovery, Adam botook himself to Mr. Moore's house. Still unwilling to believe Matilda faithleM he went to pouf out hie sormw in her syinjKith'biug ear. and to assure her of hi* unchanging affection. Matilda's tori.idding aspect chilled his heart; she regarded him an if he had l?een aome unfortunate person, whom she had seen somewhere, and of whom she retained enmrkably disagreeable recollections. Adam's eves were now opened to his follv. and he reproached Iter billetly. "Not another word sir J" ciied Matilda, haughtily, interrupting hia complaint." "If you have I teen deceived in me?/ have been deceived in you it is best for us never to meet again. Good-bye." Adam staggered home. He threw him self groaning upon hi* seat. Poor R? #*;? ??rc?lv less afflicted than liim-olf?knelt down f>y his side, and begged him to tell his "sister" what had happened. .dam pressed her head to his boaom, and hi* tears fell on her g)oe?y tresses, while to that ay in Eutilising heart he offerer) his own, and laid are all hi* grief Meantime, poor itose wept, but she amid not speak, and withdrawing from hi* embrace aha hastened to her chandier. That night Adam slept soundly, and awoke in the morning, more nearly reconciled to liie lot than lie bad I wen before. lie ruhlied Ida eye*; he smiled, a* recalling a dream he had had, he made a resolution to regret his gold "no moro, to forget Matilda, ami, moreover to lie a man again lie ruhhed hie eye*, we we ; hut as soon a* he got them fairly open, ill* etuile vanished from his lips, ami h?- stared in astonishment at some object on the lid of the chest. Eager, t rem Whig, he sprang forward ; he seized it ?die pressed it?lie laughed hysterically? hie countenance gleamed with wild joy?for his gold was in his grasp t And pinned to the precious Img was a slip of paper, on which, in a well known hand, were written the following wools: 'Forgive me, dear Adam?tuy dear brother! I am the cause of your sorrow?/took the gold. 1 thought i was acting solely f<>? your good. Note if you wi?h to marry Ma iilda, vou can, f tr she will accept von. 1 foot# I bare acted unwisely, ami, indeed eerv wrongfully?but forgive your poor sisear, whom you will never see again J" Arias* waa (no nrnvk ocorjoyedtn read more titan half of the note. , * "forgive you?you darling !" ft# cried al? Mat ma of hi* wwn "Forgive you?my : - 1 : , > .'j. guardian angel! Yea, ami blew you too!" ; he muttered rushing from the room.? i "Where is Rose?" lie demanded of the old ; housekeeper. Rose had not yet appeared. Burning i with impatience, Adam cent the old lady to call her. In a minute she came back, pale a ilh conaternalion, declaring thai Rose wax i gone! Adam, recovering front the shock i this intelligence occasion d him. Hew buck \ to hi* mom, locked up the gold. and set out ' immediately tu pursuit of Rose, who lie felt | suie, had taken refuge with some friends if j the family in lfaplegrove. On the way, also, Adam had plenty of time to reflect; and upon arriving at Maplegro\e his mind wa<r fully made up with regard to what he ought ' to do. Rose's fiends could not deny that she hatl that day arrived at their house. Adam ilttmuttiloil In won liar Ultil Itiu rnnline# IWiia , nol to be refused. And poor Heme, with swollen eye*, and a face that whs deathly pale, at length made her appearance trem bling wiili apprehetifion. "Say you are not angry with me." she [ faltered, raining her eye* timidlv to Adam's ! face?"say you are not angry P "Angrv with you. my go:id angel, no indeed P cried Adam folding her in his arms. "And yet it is niv duty to make you a prisoner?now don't tremlde ? a prisoner fori life. I mean [ Not for stealing my gold, you j rogue, but for stealing your alupid Adam's I 1-- a r? ncnri . And Row?poor *illy, blushing Row? yielded herself without a struggle, and Ad! am took her home in tiiuinph. And not long after lie took her to another home, puichased with hi* gold, and piepnred for the dcarewl Hide wife in the world, a happv home, which was the envy of nII Muddyhrook. and an eye sore to Mies Matilda forever utul ever. JlHsrcllnutotts trailing. Ihe Sappiest 5i)otn30 ii) the di) orld. "I believe Eugenie de Montijo is the hap piest woman m the world!" said a f>iend to us the other day ; "Gifted with youth, lieautv, and accomplishment*; sharing the throne of u poweiful empire; with a child, latrn to a hrilliaut destiny, and a husband. who. they say. i* devotedly attached to her; with all France, b ?wing in homage at her shrine, and shouting lustily, " Vive'l lmpera trice with every wish gratified. nay, anticipated? what can she a--k more? Certainly she must ta> the happiest woman in the wido world !" Do you believe it, dear reader? Tell us, fair lady of the cloudless brow, on whose cheek blush the roses of dawning womanhood, in whoso soft blue eyes shines the light : of joy, in whose clear and silvery laugh we hear the echo of the pleasant thoughts within?do you believe this ! To-day, ns you laisy yourself about the preparations for your bridal on the morrow, now (lilting into the pantrr to lift the spot \ iiui.LMtw anil niwin hI lliAkH'Mliliniy <>iiL'a " , I'' * I' "" ""W ""t I ho temptingly arranged beneath; now picking up litre and there sotne trifle of your own, and laving it in your already closely packed trunk-"; now stealing into the garden to see if the white flowers will blostom for your bridal Imquet; now "trying on" the snowy robe and veil, and smiling oh you mark the crimson that breaks over your cheek, neck and forehead, while gazing at yourself in the old mirror ; and now looking over the neat cards, ami halftimidly repeating the new name, that will t?e yomv?do you Mieve that Eugenie of France j* the happiest woman in the world 1 We fancy we hear the "no." ho firmly spoken by your sweet lips ami the wools breathed in a softer tone perhaps, "Surely I am happier !M Young mother, whom we saw not long ago, moving no clieeifuly around your quiet, rural cottage, we ask you the same question Your home ha? not the magnificence of Versailles. St. Cloud, or the Tuilleries ; it can boast of no fretted dome; no long vistas of splendor, opening on every hand, till the ere is wetuy of gazing; no brond palace-gar dens, whose glories rival tho*e of Babylon, the fallen. You have but alowlv cot, with vines weaving their green drajiory over its walls in summer, and trees rising tall and graceful around it. Your garden is only a small enclosure, where there are plenty* of useful vegetables, and a few beds, rich in bright luted flowers. Your husband has no proud heritage, no royal robes, no jeweled orown. lie coiues in from hw toil ;n lit* oonne giirimni*, mm i hi* sleeve* rollvd up. and his straw hat net | jauntily on hi* damp lock*. To him you ' might fill** apply thi* de*oiiption of Long ffllow** "Villnsfi" Blrk-'roitli"-*"Hi# hair u cri?p and dark, and long, Ilia rhaek la like tk? tan; Ilia brow to wet with h on eat aweat, lie aarna whst'er he oan; And looks the whole world in the facei_ I Phr ho owaa not any man." w lie never raised you to a seat on a mon> arch's tl>rone, hut bo ait* with you ?t eventide, in the cooUhadows which gather about - -hi in i j-our cottage door, and tnlks to: you so tonilerlv, that you forget your weakness add your cares. He fovea you with all the d?* rotion of his nohle heart, and you know that if sorrow should come, his strong right arm would he raised for your support. The boy who lies in yonder cradle, has no pillow of down, no cloud of Valenciennes sweeping against his brow, no velvet drapery folded over him. He hna no high sounding title, no sceptre bjit tho rattle, which pleases his ehHdiah fancy. There wore t?i pompous ceremonies at iris christening. I ut the old pastor said with solemn eerr.o UI baptize tliee in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost," and loving hearts reverently re*i?onded 'Amen !' to tho simple end t< uching prayer for OodV blew sing. which followed the rite. The World doe* not know that there is such u child ns yonr little pet. and wise men have nut yet begun to prophesy about his future. Hut if by some magic, you could exchange places with Eugenie, would von give up your h?t and take hers! ire think yn\i answer with strong empha^i*, Mnd we nre not at a losa to "gtitW why. You like voiir humhle home better than the palaces of France, your simple pleasures I otter than roval pageant*. We will venti. ? to say llint you would not barter your Hud, honest husband for Ix?uis Napoleon, lifvky man a* he seems to be, nor your baby for the Impetial infant, who.-e birlli has set nil France crazy with delight. Perhaps you remember reading in some' by-gone hour, as you sat rocking' your boy to sleep. about the beautiful but ill-fated Malie Atitoinette, whoso hair bleached in one night, from intense agony, whose children were torn from her, and w hose graceful head was doomed to the "busy guillotine." It may be that you nlao remember how Josephine, the divorced wife of Napoleon, tho conqueror, sorrowed in her later years, and low Louis Phillippe ami his family tied to save thetusebes from the infuriated popu lace. Thinking of these things, you cannot believe Kugenie the happiest woman in the world, however, brilliant her lot may seem You too declare, "/am happier than she." To you, good, old mother in Israel far on your pHgiiinuge to a better land, we would now turn. l>o you believe the Empress of France happier than anybody else in the world ! You have few outward joys; those whom you once loved and trusted are widely scattered, and many of the nnnn-s you used to speak so fondly, are chiselled now on gray tombstones in the church-yard.-4? The buoyancy of youth, the strength and ?^pirage of middle life, are goue forever : you are feeble and infirm ;a your earthly riches have taken to themselves wings, and you ate poor?do you not sigh for Eugenie's youth, and beauty, and wealth and honor 7 4*No,"-wc hear you reply ; "I have drank of the fountain of eternal youth, and havo only to put off this worn-out frame to 1 e young again, I have a house not made with hands* in yonder sky ; a promise of 'peace like a river,* where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest! "I urn I happier than Eugenie." Ah ! from many northern flreskfo* ; from the pioneer's hut iu the far West; frotn pleasant southern homes, where the Olive Branch is a weekly visitor, we hear this re niy to our question?"No! Eugenie of France is by no means (be happiest woman in the work!."?Olive Lratuh, Difference of Fortune.? Our Iloporter met a friend this morning on the wharf, who with two other n en taken .passage fur thn Ea*t on the Goldcti Age. The three Relived in California in 1840, over the plains, but had pursued different avocations since their ariival. One was going home to live there comfortably 011 a fortune of $35,000 which he had nmassed by mining. An titer, having been successful in trade, had purchased a tine ranch and was going for hfe fx.oily. The third had been living jn San Francisco and Sacramento, sometimes acting as cleik and sometimes as a tarrter, hut most of tho time being idle, was going hotno b cause he '? uld get nothing to do in Oalif ruin." lii? more fortunate friend* provided him with a cabin ticket, and money to U-ar his expenses.? San Francitco Sulletin. Cumattc Phenomena ?A correspondent of the Smithsonian Institution lit Fort Chuke, Alachua county, Florida, v/rltes that it is a remarkable feature of tire climate of that place that it is entirely exempt from storm* or high wind?none having been known for 30 years. The storm which caused so much destruction in 1854 on the coast of South Carolina anil Georgia was there only still hrocze. Doth north ami south of Fort Clarke, high winds are common. I Tbreo companies are actively engaged in railroad building in Floirda. Onesr/lsssw roads streets from the Atlantic ornf itftis south to seek a Gulf outlet. Another <s>mmcnces at Jacksonville, 011 St. Johns river, a tributary of the Atlantic, and runs westward sixty miles to Alligator, Columbiana county, whero tiro line is taken up by another coinjmny, and carried further westward to Tallahassee, eventually & bo extended it PcnxiOola