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_______ ' W * A RE F I, E X () F F O P U L A R E V E N T S . ! aa a * .'J -" "1 i -J- 1 " "" " ' * " ..... .i . i ...? ?liwww >mm >wuw i mwi m nm ywiww iwk tmtm ? ? ? ?> w i wm?Min.n ? n i LB ? > . Dewoictr to Pvorivcss, ilje Otitis of lljc Scmtlj, one) % Diffusion of .Useful UnouUcor\e amom) all Classes of lUorliing J Won. VOLUME III. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY l.~>, 1837. NUMBER 30. 1?l)t ^ontjjmt (Enttrprist,. IS ISSUED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING, J BY PRICE & McJUNKIN. , W ILLIAM P. 1MIICE, ] EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. <j C . M . M' J U N K 1 N , " P HINT K R . 11 TERMS. r Osk IV?t.i.a? nn<l Fiktv Cemts in advance; Two v Doixaiia if ilelttrrd. o CLUBS of FIVE and upwards, Oxu Doi.i.ais, ? the money in every instance to accompany the ' i order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at i ^ the rntvs of 75 cents per square of 5 3 lines for i o the first insertion, and 374 cents for each snbsc- 0 quent insertion. c Contracts for yearly advertising made reason . able. * J L ? si ' AGENTS. g E. W. Carr, X. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-st, j* Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Walickh, Jr., Columhia, S? C. J1 1'ctkr Stradlky, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. h A. M. Pki?rx, Fairviow 1*. 0., Greenville Di-t. tl Wu.i.iam C. Railey, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. t| Capt. It. Q. Andkksox, Ocilar Falls, Greenville. 3utcrrstmg (Drigttml ftlnttcr.;; Written for iho Southern Enterprise. ( OVER THE MOUNTAINS. !' ll BY JOUXXY GREEN, OK OREENVIU.K. f Concluded. t LEGEND OF TABLE ROCK. !' IM A Tale of the times of old / The deeds of ' days of other years." Many years liavc now glided nwny since c tlie.se oid woods echoed to the tread of the u haughty lied Man. Once, however, ere the r curse of civilization had fallen upon his tie s voted head, these mountains and valleys ,, were his favorilo haunts. Heie, during the j5 long and sunny summer months, hands of ( the Corees and Tusoaroras roamed the , woods by tlay in search of game, and at night gathered around the hhixing camp , tires, and danced the hours away to the wild j, and simple melody of their impassioned t songs. The tawny warrior in these elysian [ retreats hidf forgot his tintivo ferocity, ami the savage war whoop gave place to shouts of , merriment and joy. It was a season, too, for tender thoughts pnd gentle words, and j many a daik-eyed maiden yielded to the untaught eloquenco of her Indian lover, and j' ma le glad his lonely wigwam hy the light of woman's love, the sunlight of woman's J presence. At the period to which our story refers, a large company of Tuftcnrorns were encamped in the vicinity of Table Rock. Warkishon, their aged chief, was regarded l?y nil " his people with love and veneration, ilis 1 locks were whitened by tlio frosts of seventy v winters, his brow and check wore deeply 8 furrowed by the ruthless hand of time, but :l his eye still flashed with all its wonted fire, * nnd his heart was kept fresh and young bv 8 tho tender caresses of a sole remaining child, a the girlish, dark eyed Minnttn. She was '' the light of his cabin, the idol of his soul. '' the charm and solace of his old age. 1 lor ? form was light and graceful as the gazols; her * eye soft and voluptuous as the fawn's; her " face beautiful as the mountain flower in the ruddy light of dewy morn ; her hair " a \ wealth of raven tresses," and her voico melodious as the songs of spring. 11 She loved her father with all the wealth I of a daughter's affection. Sho cheered his 1 loneliness with her gayest songs, templed I his appetite with the choicest delicacies of ' the chase, and spiead the softest furs for his couch. Her merry laugh banished every ' gioomy thought from his miud, her play ful c words brought back again to his heart the 1 pleasant memories of youth, while her sun- ' ny smile tinged with a golden border each c cloud that settled on the brow of the venerable chieftain. 1 Many a youthful warrior sought the peer y less maiden for his bride, but on the eagle- 21 ?vcd bwarno aioue did she turn -no iriaiicc H of love. And lie was well worthy of her " love?bravest of nil in battle, the most daring and successful in the chase, and gayest ji hi the merry gathering* of the tribe. The ? old men and matron* gazed on him with s parental pride, their dusky daughters grew 'I sad end thoughtful when his name was t mentioned, while a richer hue suffused the i cheek of the fair Minatta, and her face grew s mora brightly beautiful at his approach, like t the blushing Orient when she catches the 1 first ardent glances of her coining god. t Unkliegon, a powerful ciiicftain of the < Co fees, had also sued for the hand of the 1 maiden, but she shrunk from his gloomy I presence as a frighted fawn from thu trench- < erons wolf. All the brutal passions of the s grim warrior were nroused. Hi* deeply f sunk evos rollod fiercely beneath his shag- I gy brow, his face grew dark with scorn, and i > he awore that the haughty maiden should | yet light the fires of his wigwam, and his i tinted rival deeply Atone for the indignity he i had suffered. B lit weeks passed away, and i the wily chief had apparently forgotten ),i* i resentment. fit greeted Swarno with a j ricndly smile, familiarly related to liii nany a pleasant story of hi* tribe, ami mad tiin his constant companion in tbo chaw l'o Minattn he assumed a respectful but me incholy air, and the gentle giil pitied hi orrow and feared she had been unjustly sin licious of him, and too cold in her rejectio if his suit. 1 Jut though she strove to mak intends hv kindly treatment, sho could tic ivorcoine that instinctive dislike, and \va lover at ease in his presence. The treacherous Unkhegon read her eve y thought. Ho saw the inward loatliin nth which ho was regarded, and his sot ;row darker with passion and deeper hi im poses of revenge. It was a blight and beautiful day in An itinn. The nhl wn.wlc ?,?ft orgeoua attire, were rejoicing in llio smile fa lovely Indian summer. Swarno had ri> n early and, lured onward by the irresixti le loveliness of the scene, directed his fool tops to the mountain. As ho gained it ummil tho sun was just rising in majest rom behind the distant hills. All th eighboring mountain peaks, as they receive is gracious Habitations, returned it wit' heir brightest smiles, and looked exuitingi own ujwjn tho lowly valleys which grei ad and gloomy at their god's partiality. Tho young warrior had approached to th cry verge of a precipitous cliff, and suppori d by the trunk of a branching cedar, wit lis left hand resting on his low, in though til attitude he gazed long and rapturousl ipon the entrancing scene, while from h icart arose to the. Great Spirit an involuntr y prayer of grat'tude and praise. Hut Unkhegon had marked his footstej Irither, and stealthily puisued him. Wit oixciess tread he had approached, and iio< lis haled rival stood before him all uncon cious of his presence. A malicious sinil elaxed for a moment the grim visage of th hieftain, a look of inexpressible hate and tr nnph was bent upon his victim, and th uthless shaft llew upon ils treacherous mi: ion. One groan of anguish, one backwMr ;lance of sad reproach, and the soul of ill ?ravc owarno was winging its way to tli /rent Spirit, while his body lay a mangle a ass in the deep glen below. With a demoniacal smile upon his fo; tires and a low growl of satisfaction. Unl logon hastened from the spot and reache he encampment before his absence ha eon noted. + The remains of the ill fated Swarno wei liscovered during tho day, but so shocking y mutilated as to conceal tho cause of h loath, but dark suspicions were awakeiic ,nd suppressed whispers interchanged anion he tribe, fixing the bloody deed upon tli [loomy browed chieftain of the Coree hit his power was loo formidable to be it isled, and none dared to charge him wit he crime. With crushing, paralyzing weight, fell tl lews of her lowr's death upon the heart < he devoted Minatta. llor merry son; rore heard no more, her gay laugh no loi ;cr cheered tho lonely cabin of her fathc nd her voice, musical as the carols < ipring, died away in a low, sad moan < ;r;ef. Talc, tearless, joyless, she move mong her companions. Near the place < er lover's death she had discovered th acnnpnt.H of a blond v nrmiv wlii<-l> c 1>? i D "/* u,,v " nco recognized as Unkhegon's, and wel lie knew idin to Iks the murderer. An uw a fierce desire burned within her hen 0 avenge her lover's death. In fitful drean ho palid face of Swarno scented to rise l>< jro her, pointing to his ghastly wounds an irging her on to the fulfillment of Iter pu x>sc. Unkhegon still remained with tli libe, and at length, when many days ha asscd, renewed again his unwelcome sui bit she shrunk, with horror, from h ;loomy presence, and haughtily spumed h (tiers of love. 1 bit her scornful rojectio >nly aroused in bis bosom a fiercer dctc niuation to accomplish his dark design le watched her every movement and liaun si her footsteps like an evil genius. Paler grew tlio face of the lovely maidei note light and etherial her form, more sa md slow her step, but he.- eye Hashed wit 1 strange unearthly light, inspiring a supc; titiou* awe in the hearts of her peop!o, an iwakening sad forebodings of the future. Oue day she had wandered, melanchol ind alone, to the summit of the mouutaii f _ _1 n * - uecuaiucHiiy ner footsteps turned to tli pot where her hapless lover had fallci I'he memory of all her sorrows arose in b< ioul, and life seemed so sad, so dreary, s itterly cheerless, that she longed to rid he elf of its weary burden by a voluntar loath. One purpose nlone restrained her;{evengo! A slight noise arrested her a ention. She turned, and the dark destroy sr of all her happiness stood by her sid" [ly a powerful etlort she concealed her al lorronce, and greeted him with a tnelai :holy smile. She listened with respectfi alence to his words of endearment, and su erod her cold hand to rest for a moment i lis grasp. Hut suddenly, when the unw y chief was thrown completely oft' h guard, she sprung behind hlin, and wty,h ihout of triumph thrust him hcndlong froi ho beetling cliff. A wild, unearthly slirie i dull, heavy echo from below, and tl nnidon was foaifully avenged, ami I,'nth jou had deeply atoned for his crime. n ( Willi slow and trembling steps, Miuattn o turned nwav and sought tins grave of Swar e. no, and then, for the fust time since hit I- death, her deep grief found utterance in tears is Long and bitterly she wept and fervently s- prayed for death, lint gradually her sob* n j were hushed, her voice ceised to be heard, c \ and when her maidens found her, Iter form it j was lifeless and cold as the clod which her a tears had moistened, and her gentle spiiit had heen reunited to Swnrno's ill the llnpj try Islands of the blest. In a recess of the g : mountain, by the side of her lover, her lifeil less foiin was laid, while a dismal cave re i ceived the unsightly remains of Unkhcgon, which to this day retains the name of 1 The i- j Devil's I >en." ,t j The death of the gentle Minutta fell like >s a dark shadow upon the hearts of her pcos pie. For three days they celebrated her i- mournful obsequies upon the mountain with I- dancing, singing, feasting and all their wontis ed demonstrations of grief. The richest y products of the chase were spread in lavish o abundance upon the smooth rook, which tl furnished a rustic table around which the h tribe gathered at the funeral feast, and the v white man, when lie first listened to the tra v ditionary tale, in commemoration of the event, gave to ihc mountain the name ol e Table ltock. L- A part of the aged Cedar, which witness h cd the tragical scenes of our story, yet re t- mains, and strangers still visit the spot and y inscribe their names upon its decaying is trunk, while a feeling of superstitious uw< i- steals over them as they gaze far down inl< the fearful depths where perished the rivn is chieftains. '* Such was the talc of olden times to whiol ,v I listened from the lips of the good old lady As she ceased speaking her brow grew sa< f | and thoughtful, dim visions of tho shnd ? owy past were dreamily flitting across hei | memory, but gradually her bead sunk lowei e| upon her breast, her eyelids gentlv closed ** | her work slid noiselessly from her bands i and all her cares were forgotten in pcaccfu 10' sleep. I stole silenllv from the room ami imrno " diate'y sought repose, and in ten minute had rejoined my aged companion in (In mystic Laud of Dreams. v Eight o'clock the next day morning fount 11 our little company gatheicd around one c j thoso rare ami epictuean breakfasts wit I I which the generous landlord of the Moun re I tain House knows so well how to tempt tin ?- ! appetites of his guests. The food was abun S* I .1. 1 i i ? - J > , nam, tutu t iiec-u iiol ;iu<i cioganuy prenaret J | and daintily seasoned. No wonder swarm H of Hies hoverod over the table, and were s< anxious to join us in our luxurious repast s. and if one did occasionally light upon oui s- i plate, or bathe his tiny limbs in our codec, i n j certainly was not the landlord's fault. \Y* j did ample justice to the variedelicacies of th ie : table, eating a little extra, in anticipation e of ibe tiresome march before ns. In half ai hour our merry party were again assemble* 11- on the piazza, all dressed and prepared t r, commence the toilsome ascent of the moun of | tain. r?f | The morning was the loveliest of all th id season. Everything in nature had donnc* of its gayest attire, and greeted us with smil e ing assurances of a delightful day. A pa it triarchal descendant of Ham, who Lore th II suggestive name of Noah, led the wav a d pilot, ucxt in order followed Susie, Corr i t | I>avis and myself, while Michael and Mow is cher, .1 r.. brought up the rear ; " and therein 8- hangs a tale.'' d Susie and Corn were in high spirits, an* r- in their simple but tasty attire looked frcsl ie I and beautiful as the morning, the eves c d* Mowcher twinkled with unusual satisfaction t. a saturnine smile was faintly shadowei is I forth even upon the petrified features o is j Michael ; Davis, as escort of the amiable 8u a ; sie, was a fair representation of happines r- personified, while I will hasten oi s. with mv stoiy. f* The road was sleep and tiresome, but w< rested often, and half forgot the toilsomcnos of the way in the lively chit-chat of our f.ii I t companion*. Mowcher, it is true, gnvo on i ere we had gone a hundred yards from tin r- liotisc, and declared she nover should live t< '-1 [ reach the ctid of the journey, but as the rer. i of us began to grow really fatigued in jus y the same proportion she seemed to becomi j rested, and before we bad gained the sum ie mil of the mountain, had lost all thought a. of weariness, and. much to our amusement ?r waddled along in advance of us all. tr_ir .1 - ? I iinn ww y up iiiu iiiouiiuuri, h pur p. sprinj r- bubbles up from the side of the solid rock y llero wo seated ourselves a while, and luxu ? riated uj?ou its cool and delicious waters t- It Is a godsend to the weary and thirst] y- traveller, who kneels l>y its sido gratcfulb o. ami reverently, with something of the sauv t>- emotions as did the perishing Israelites b; a- the gushing waters of tho smitten rock, ul A little farther on wo cnn.e to tho wood if- en stejm which have been generously placet in theio for tho relief of tho weary trav lloi a- These wo cheerrily ascended in time to " Buel is a getting up stairs you never did see," dr< a And now all tho difficulties of the way wor m surmounted, and ere many minutes wo wor k, standing upon the broad summit of Tabl le Uoek. The beautiful nnd magnificent seen e- which unfolded itself to our viow amply rt paid us for all the weary steps wo had t;i i ken. Far nwnv to (lie south stretched nj broad and extensive tract, rich in all the vn- 1 i ried and umivaled loveliness which cliarac : . teriz.es tlie mountain regions of the " Sunny | South." 'J lie rough irregularities ot the i country were softened hy the distance into , graceful undulations. The deep Idue of the heavens imparted to the scone something ot its own celestial hue, and as wo gazed upon it loin; and steadily, tho whole landscape seemed gradually transformed, and instead i of ijuiet fields, fertile vales and boundless forests, the vast expanse of ocean rolled helow ns, while the maize-covered plantations, dotting its billowy surface, appeared like peaceful islands reposing upon the bosom of the deep. The view to the north is more broken and less extensive, but abounds in wild and picturesque scenes which would well repay tho traveler for the labor of visiting tliein. A little farther to the right the Imperial C;e<ar raises his bald head and generous front to view. We turned a friendly glance of re-1 cognition towards liiin. and he, in rclutn, i looked nurd at us, but w ith a puzzled air. as 11 though our countenances were familiar but I he could not tell when or where he had seen ! I us. M is majesty is evidently growing for-j 1*1 gctful in his old age. In tho course of our rambles we came toI the famous Cedar tiee, which no traveler I - fails to visit. It stands there alone, a incl-1 I ancholy relic of former times; and, as. 1 ; gazed upon its scathed and wasting trunk, I ? the memory of the Past cainc over me, and ill thought of tiic gentle Minatter and the 1 i lintilov^ wlwt nnoo l.A../. ..11.1 , i..vv >ix/ vnvv> ilv?jt|CIMV?l IIIC^U j retreats. The having of hounds awoke the stillness of the distant forest?the sharp re-; port of a rifle was heard. Still does the I " pnlo face " pursue the exciting sports it. I which the untaught red man once rejoiced, nor thinks of the ill fated Indian who then I roamed these fair hunting grounds as proud and free as himself. Hut this was not the time nor place fot ! I' gloomy reflections. 1 soon banished them,' and turned from the mournful memories of j I the Past to the bright realities of the Pre- j s sent. A beautiful valley lav far below us, I L. | presenting one of those charming rural' scenes, of which Nature seems so chary that I j j she would fain enjoy them all l>v herself. ,1' concealing them in the most inaccessible j ( glens and farthest from the haunts of ch ili-1 . zation. Here was, indeed, one of the love-1 K| liest of her chosen retreats?the very home! . j of Tranquility?a Paradise of peaceful enI 'joyment. A quiet stream murmured gently 4 I through its fresh and verdant fields, while , I huge mountains, rising on every side, comj pletelv walled it in from the great, cold r j world without. No wonder that our theme I l ' was " love in a cottage." or that we conjured I L,! up bright vi-iotis of domestic bliss, as woj ,,I ga/.e?l upon those lowly dwellings which re|j-' posed there so sti'l and quiet in the noiseless! n I vallev. We each chose the cottage which, j 1 in alter times, wc agreed to make our home, I .,,..1 il...r.. .. I...... tl'.. I i t- -.1....?:-i ? * Q. , ? I?V II iUM II'HIUMU VllMUill'KT OI ,. these linos, wearied witli tho sirito ami turmoil of a heart loss world, shall have betaken c himself, lie will he happy to entertain all his I friends who may honor his simple story with . a perusal. Before leaving the old Cedar, _ i C<>ra and Susie accomplished the lurid feat c. j of walking around it, and then having con s signed our names to its keeping, wo turned ' k away and slowly rettaeed our stops to the . j foot of the mountain. Here we turned aside j y. i for awhile, t<> take an upward view of tliel scenes we had just left. A huge, pcapeudi-1 ,] euiar wall of rock rose, grand and massy. I, hundreds of feet ahove our heads, an eternal j ,f monument of sublimity and power with j ! | which the Infinite seeks to awe and Immhlej I j'die piido of presumptuous mortals. The warring of elements, the assaults of time, . i it has alike encountered, hut there il stands, I s and will stand, "unchanged, unchanging," , I till " the elements shall melt with fervent j I heat," and " time sliall I e no longer." I There is but a step,'tis said, from the sub-1 ! lime to the rediculous, and so availing our-j ' I selves of an author's privilcdgo, we proceede . I deliberately to take it. j Neither the grandeur nor sublimity of > >1 the scene before 114 had at all alfected the I . t if 1 si ... iv.-; 1 e if tt'i -? t mp'v now <>i inwi* mie liiej t,l rest of ms wore satisfied with looking at the r>! mountain nothing would do for hiiu but to' -1 climb it. IIo had discovered a dizzy path1 s1 which led to a notch in the precipice some j hundred feet above, and though a glance at it would have frightened a less daring adr venturer, he at once prepared to take posses. sion of it. The first indication wo had of! his absence was a crashing, thumlcring noise, as though half the mountain was tumbling down about our beads, and wo had just , time to gain the shelter of a projecting cl fi", e when a huge rock rolled over our heads, v while a shower of fragments, which it had dislodged in its crazy tall was soailered all , around us. Kivo minutes after, Davis ap] peared looking as innocent as though he \ had had no designs upon our lives. Ii llis next adventure liked to have proved >. more disastrous, lie had ascended the c slippery rock, some six or eight feet in quest c of a little flower, when ho lost his footing o and foil backv/ard* with sufficient force to o have killerl anything but a wild Irishman or ?. raw Yankee. To being a member of the > latter fraternity he undoubtedly owed hj& escape. Susie and Cora screamed with af (tight, nin! ! sprung forward to his assis lance, hut in a moment lie was on his feet again, and ! have no tlouht would willingly have repeated the experiment could he have been a-surcd of the same manifestations from the ladies. I tut (lie shadows of the mountain were now rapidly lengthening, and the declining day reminded u< that we had still a weary distance to travel. We made our best bow to 'fable lb?ek, hastily said otw adieux, and in. hour after were standing upon the piazza of the Mountain House, Michael and Mowcher, Jr., we had not seen for the last liiree hours, hut a little after sunset they appeared trudging slowly along, ho as fixed and immutable as the bills, and she with her hair tlying and her face drawn into a ipierulous pucker, as though she considered fable Hock ilie veriest humbug, and the ndventuics of the day a complete failure. The rest of us had forgotten everything of tlio excursion but its pleasures, and unanimously voted tlio day a delightful one. Tl in ni'iliint nmvn nf I lir. cim lv.i-1 with a rosier liuc the cheeks of Susie ami Cora, and given rather a suspicious coloring to the prominent nose of Davis, while mine, whatever might have been its complexion, fit decided I)' twil. Otherwise we escaped without accident. After supper Michael and his lesser half soon retired, while we gathered around the table for a quiet game of whist, lhit hardly had we commenced playing, when a tall, razor-faced man drew up his chair and opened upon us a battery of small talk, which soon effectually silenced mo and broke up all interest in tho game. lie was one of those peculiar specimens of the genus homo, of which every village has its representative, who possess the rare faculty of hcing familiar with all the ladies, but intimate with none; and though ho would have you sup pose he was the merriest, happiest fellow jii creation, I knew, by his looks, that he had been at least half a dozen times in love, and as often rejected, and, whet: alone, was s hopeless victim of tho " blues." Hut, on the whole, he was ically a gix>d fellow, and I freely forgive hint for the offence he gave me, though at that time I heartily wished him astride the North Hole. ri : - i-.-? ' * ? l ins w;iw our liisi lllglll at I a I) 111 liock, ami at an early hour the next morning \v? were on our way to < roenville. Again thai antiquated hack led the way, hut :io iongci the ugly deformity of four days ago. Tin many pleasant associations connected with il had invested it with a generous, home likt appearance, which, as strangers, we hail fail ed to detect. Davis, indeed, pronounced il beautiful, and declared lie meant tohaveom of precisely the same model, though I no ticed, all the time ho was speaking, his eyes were dreamily bent on Cora,and not the carriage. Our return home was pleasant, and j much sooner accomplished than we wished ( With many regrets we bade our fair fiieud? adieu, and even in parting with Michael am j Mowcher, Jr.. felt we were losing some ran {curiosities. The study of their little cecen tricities and whimsicalities afforded me mucl j genuine amusement, for which 1 beg then I to accept my grateful acknowledgments. And now, with many apologies to tin | reader, for having so long wearied him, am | a thousand pleasant recollections of the in imitahle 1 ?.i\is, the amiable Susie and tin fascinating Cora, wc dismiss our humbh story. Loose HabitsIt will he seen from the following what n New Cranadian's ideas are of delicacy : 1 went once to Chmpieral on purpose foi a swim with the ladies. There is a deer spot?chareo?in a stream that is so long that it is called el Credo?the Creed. The Creed, I believe, is the longest ofiice in tin. rosarv, niul (lie extraordinary length of this deep, still water, gave it the name. It is, in fact, a dozen rods long, with an average depth of three feet, ami an almost uniform width of live or six. It is embowered in deep woods, and bathed with the coolest ait of perpetual summer. Were man born only to swim, his Kden would have been here. To our party for the Credo, besides Senora Cabal, Isabel, ami Virginia, was added I >on Justo, and a lady who w as first married about three years since, and her daughter, a simple, not very captivating girl ol about sixteen. As wo were riding there, Isabel asks if my horse can tot pace. I think so, though now on an easy trot. She advises me to draw in the reigns and whip him lip. A pace resuits, but she decides that it is not spontaneous, but learned. Afterwards she askme if I did not speak last night of having come in a horse. Doubtless I did, sineo 1 rodo neither inulo, donkey, nor bull. She informs me that it is a mare, and that she is with foal. I mentally conclude that I never would try to cheat her in a horse trade. Our horses are at length tied to trees neat the Credo. Justo has brought with him nc bathing-dress hilt a handkerchief. As Ik sees me differently provided, he decides not to go in at all. The mothers likewise di< not go in. The senoritas appear in lonj robes, open a liltlo on the bark, but quite a; I appropriate as anything nolH Woomer " cai ' be. The stranger girl cannot swim. Justi , and the mothers, seated on the lock, chn mini wmU'Ii iis. "We spattcicd thcin a little. I was dressed befoto tlic others left the water. I was talking with Vi gil ia as she was combing her hair preparatory to tiro-sing. At length .lusto calls me to him, while 1 ntn sitting thete with my lank to her. He kindly tells nic that it is not pleasant to a lady to have a gentleman so near her when dressing. So we stand there, talking with our fates towards her, and not four rods off, till she and the otheiB are ready to ride. Ttuly clitpiette is mystery. Col- Benton on Dissip&tionA few evenings ago Col. llenton delivered a lecture in lloston, before the Apprentices' Library Association. A letter to the New York Tribune says : lie opened it by giving, in a kindly characteristic style, some very good advice to voting men in general, and appientiees in L..i... 'i*i - i * - iv ? . j iit j saw ni'iore mem, lie icmarkcd, a person who Intel attained an age past tlio limit which the Psalmist assigns to tlie time of life, and now upon these years, which the same Psalmist associates with sorrows and weakness, thus f,.r he was exempt from those infirmities, llow came it that~ at this advanced age ho wan blessed with the absence of those infirmities which are supposed to belong to it ? He owed it to the course of his early life. Franklin (whom he warmly eulogized) was once nicknamed tho American Aquatic, because he drank nothing but water. In that respect he had imitated Franklin, lie totally abstained for the first half of his life, and was temperate the other half. He had not only totally abstained from spirituous liquors, vinous liquors, and even thing of the kind, but lia had kept himself free from every kind of dissipation. [Applause.} lie knew no game, w hatever, and to this moment could not tell, when looking at a party playing cards, which was the loser and which the winner, i lie had often set up all night watching the I sick, on military duty, and a book?a book I ?had of.en kept him awake; but ho had i never spent one night of dissipation. French Tiiikves.? We have often rend of tho cunning of French thieves, but the following as detailed in a recent number of Gnlignani, cape the climax : 44 A well-dressed i gentleman, sauuteiiug about with a valua' ble gold-headed cane in his hand, was stopt ped bv a wietched looking man who dragr gcd himself painfully along on crutches, and ' pitcouslv implored charity. The geutleinan, ' moved by compassion, generously gave the 1 beggar a piece of silver. " How can you be so foolish, said a iivmi standing by, that fel1 low is an impostor, and no more lame than : you aic. .lust lend nie your cane for a minute, and l>y means of a sound thrashing 1 I will conviec you of the truth of what I say.' The gentleman mechanically let the ' , man take ihe cane, and the beggar, th.-ow I ing down his crutches, ran oil as fast as he M could. The othei, amidst roars of laughter 1 ( from the hv-staiidcrs, ran after him menusjciug him with the cane, and so they ran a 'considerable distance, when they turned 1 aside into the town, and were seen no more. 1 The gentleman waited for some time, expect* ing to see the man return with the cane, but 5 the expectation was in vain. It was then ' clear that the whole scene had been an af" fair concerted between a pair of adroit rogues, ^ The gentleman had nothing for it but to 3 walk home, feeling foolish at having allowed hinuelf to bo so victimized." yw f i Ma. Huciianan, in a recent lecture bef >re the Mechanics' Institut-at Cincinnati!, said thai in the latter part of the sixteenth t century one half of all who were born died . under live years of age ; the average longev> ity of whole population was but 18 years.? . In the seventeenth century one half of tho population lived over 27 years. In tho lati! tor forty years one half exceeded 32 years j of age. At the beginning of the present 11 ivuiiu) onu 11;i:i cxcceuetl 40 years ; and i from 1838 lo 1813 one half exceeded 43. Tho average loiigevity at the.se successive j periods has been increased from 18 years in j the sixteenth century up to 43 7 by the last I reports. Is the town of Liberty, Texas, a lino of $95 is imposed upon every man who utter* f an oath in the pretence of a woman. \Vt> are in favor of loinovin^ that Southern Institution a little farther North. ? ' i A mrmdek of the Lazy Club lias just l?een expelled for going at a faster gait than a : walk. The recii?alil offered, in mitigation > of sentence, the fact that tho sheriff was ?f:j tor him, but the society was inexorable. Atoi sta, Jan. 4. I>i:hnei) to Death.?Tlio wife of Judge Daniels of the Supreme Court, was burnt to death last night, In consequence of lier clothes taking tiro, wliilc retiring to bed, L A ukaitifi l thought Iliia, that we find j in one of onr exchange* : r u If there is a man i*ho can eat his broad s in i>eace with fh <1 ami man, It Is the nutii i who has brought that hi end out of tlie eaitl), , It is cankered bv no fraud, it is wet by no t tear?, it i* stained W.tli Ho bliKa!."