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A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. " - - pp^ypff?i . . , . ,, i _ . Deoolefr to progress, iljc iiigljfs of ll)c Sonil), oni> tljc Diffusion of Useful linomlcfrgc Among oil Classes of XUorhing ilTru, I Volume hi. Greenville, south Carolina, Thursday morning, januaky 29,1857. number 38, 1 - $jlt ^ontljern Cntrrpriar i n 1MUED EVEBT THURSDAY MORMINO, BT PRICE ft MoJUNKIN. < WILLIAM P. PRICE, ] EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. c C. M. M'JUNKIN, PRINTER. TERMS. a One Dollar ftnd Firrr Cents in advance; Two <> Doll*** if delayed. , CLUBS of FIVE and upward*, One Dollar, the money in every instance to accompany the |) order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at " the rates of 75 cents i?cr square of >8 linea for I the first insertion, and 37-J cents for each subsc qnent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising made reason t sbl?- ^ <] ionm. ? W. Car*. N. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-sL Phil* lelpkin, is our Authorised Aircnt. W. W. Walkkr, Jr., Columbia, 8. C. g Pane* Btsadlky, Esq., Flat Rock. N. C. r A. M. Pan**, Fairview P. O., Greenville Dint, j William 0. H.wlkt, Pleasant Grove, Greenville '< Cart. R. <1. Andebsom, Cedar Fall*, Greenville. H 4 , ; (Drigittnl Drprtmtnt. ? Written for the Southern Enterprise. THE HIND. A /? I have chosen sn exalted subject for my 1 theme?ono far too lofty, I fear, for my fee- * ble powers to explore?for who is indeed 11 sufficient to fathom tho depths of the hu- 9 man iutelloct, or to understand the mysteri- e ons workings of das juutd ! Who can trace ? it to lis source, or determine tho utmost limit ? to which its powers may be expanded ! The mightiest intellects of our world, upon whom " the gifts of genius have been most lavishly tastowed, who have traversed the broad fields of science, and traced out many a mystery of nature, Live in the mind?tho wonderful agent by which all these things have been effected?found a subject entirely . beyond their comprehension, whose mystic ^ teahus were too deeply veiled even for their ( hcuIo vision to explore. Indeed, none bnt Deity can comprehend the mind of man? none hut llie Cod who made it can know its destiny. We, however, ia the few thoughts we ^ may offer upon this subject, do not propose to enter into a metaphysical disquisition, hut merely to notice some of the obvious ele ments of the mind divine. And first we notice, it is this which forms the grand disUnction hetweeu man and all other animals ; ( which has raised him from the low, degrad- e ed state of the brute, to sweet intercourse ^ with celestial intelligences and silent com- j. munion with his God. liow wonderful, f| then, must be its powers, to produce such v an infinite distinction! How worthy the (| Divine Architect who created it! u The mind, as it first emanates from the ^ hand ol the Creator, is pure aud unsullied, t| devoid of intelligence or reason, possessing. o however, in embryo, aII the elements of fu- ? lure greatness, the germ from winch shall 1 c spring the majestic tree whose brandies shall (I reach the heavens. It rapidly grows and ^ expands, loarning a lesson from every pass- 0 ing object. The ravishing beauties of the visible world, everywhere so richly displayed, j( first awaken in the mind the idea of the (| lovely and the beautiful, and then for awhile, as in tho sunny days of childhood, we revel ^ amid the pleasures of the ideal, the memory v of in afler years, comes over us like f fairy visions from the land of dreams. Each ^ thought, each feeling, is tinctured with a v /coloring drawn from t^ purest source of j |>eauty; the works of creation, and the impressions first delineated there, are the pro- ^ duodons of Nature's own penoil, designed b find perfected by her inimitable touch. v put gradually the wonder first elicited by j Ike external world partially ceases?though (be Admiration never?and the thoughts are directed to something beyond the visible creation. The intellect,expanded and strength- < ptved by the first glimmerings of reason, be- * gins to seek for the causes of the various j phenomena which in childhood arrested its ( Attention only from the external perfection j portrayed h? their arrangement and organi- < zatiot), And here e vast and infinite field ( is thrown open for its iivestigation. What ' mysterious power wakes to lifts the tiny seed , deposited, in the earth, and eeuses H to pfog fortfc t* lifls, to be Mate the majestic > Inte of the delicate flower f Who ooiloct* an! rtufm (i^he oloods the drops of rain, , and J# th? appointed season pours tbena out i n refreshing showers upon the earth ? In I vliat secret chambers were the lurid lightlings concealed, ere they burst to view ? and , vhose arm hurl* tho terrific thunder-bolt ? | rVho spans the heavens witli the beAiitiful i ainbow, nnd yet permits it to display its j :olors only in presence of gloomy storm-' ilouds, like tho bright glimmerings of hope I adiating through the thick gathering clouds ' >f despair ! Who docked thoso prismatic islets with such gorgeous robes? and what ord of affection ever so closely binds them ? Vho spread above us the broad canopy of icaren, and p'tmed it there with those initimerable genrs of light ? These, nnd n | housand other Questions, arise in the immir. I ?1? I ng mind, and as their causes are from time i> time unfolded, the soul is thrilled with leep and unutternble emotions. Every day leaves its impression, every vent transpiring around us, is indelliblv en;ravcn on Memory's register. That divine principle which entered upon life so feeble ? rapidly increasing in power and gathering trength at every step of its progress. It resents us the most worthy and astonish -1 ng example of industry. Now fairly start ' d on its course, its labors are incessant, j Jot n moment's repose is sought, but on, jrever on, the mind is pressing, gathering 1 roru every side, and treasuring up in the I tore-house of Memory. Nothing escapes t?nothing there deposited can ever be riwd. Each and every thought that has ver crossed the mind, every idea there re orded, must be presented, and every event f life recalled, when the soul, freed from liis mortnl encumbrance, shall burst forth' uto the freedom of immortality. "Each fainter trace that memory holds. So darkly, of departed years, In one broad glance the soul beholds. And all that was at once appears." If every act and thought of life is one av to be recalled, as undoubtedly they will, o* vastly important that we mould our leas in the image of purity and beauty, hat when the M countless chambers of the >rain " are thrown open to the gaze of the [Diverse, we, amid the innumerable host of ctions there recorded, njav Hud but little to jar the beauty of the soul, but much to ! dorn it, and fit it for the home of the "pure I heart." Another principle deeply implanted in the ^ i lind, is the desire for an immortal exist-. < nee. It is not my intention to enter upon I n elaborate argument in proof of the im- j tortality of the soul ; and, reasoning from ' lie light of Nature alone, the problem is ; xceeedingly diilicult to demonstrate beyond II possibility of doubt. Hut when to the 1 glit of Nature we add the proofs drawn J rom Revelation, every doubt vanishes, and re are blest with the happy assuranco that liis " longing of the soul after immortality " rill be satisfied, and that wo shall live again. Vhat that state of existence will l>e, or how lie mind will be occupied, can bo known niy by conjecture. Reasoning, however, roin analogy, wo inay rest assured that a onstant development of its powers will there ;o on, and that the mind will continually ecome more deeply versed in the mysteries f Divine intelligence. But time admonishes me to bring my sub ect to a close, though 1 have hardly entered ipon it. Such are some of tho attributes f the mind which an Omnipotent Power las kindly bestowed upon man. It is for ts to implant in it those principles which vill conduce to our present and eternal hap>iuess. But if we neglect its proper culliation, fearful will be our responsibility.1 ?ot us ever bear in mind, then, that whativer seeds are thus implanted will lire and ;row forever, and see that they are such ne Iiuil yield the fruits of perfect happiness rhen we come forth to bloom forever in the Practise of God. JEAN. Greenvillo, Jan. 24, 18ol. Get Married!?Marry, let the risk be vhat it may?it give* dignity to your pro Msion, inspire* confidence, and command* espect. Willi a wife the lawyer* Are inorc rusty, the doctor more esteemed, the meihanio throw* the hammer with inoreascd K>wer, and shove* the plane with a more lexterou* hand { die merchant gets a better iredit?in short, a man without a wjfe, is io man at all! fcbo ni?r?w while *i#k, she vatahea for him in health* Gentlemen, get I wife?a pretty one if you like them best ?a good one if she is to be found?and a rich one if yon can get her. PtJwcH My* it requires an early start iow*adays for a man to get around hit vife, frlcrtrit ^nrtrq. The Flight of TimeUV J AS. O. PKRC1VAL. I Faintly flow, thou falling river, Like a dream that dies away ; Down to ocean gliding ever. Keep thy calm unruffled way ; Time with such a silent motion, hernia along, ou wings of air, To eternity's dark ocean, liurying all its tiensurcs there. Hoses bloom, and then they wither; Checks are bright, then fade and die ; Shapes of light are wafted hither? Then, like visions, hurry by ; Quick as clouds at evening drivon O'er the uiany-colorM west Years are beating us to heaven, i Homo of happiness and rest. BAinitifnl Soiirim??t - MWUVtlUCIIV This little poem is worth reading and | worth keeping : There is a voice within ine, And it has so sweet h voice, That its soft lisping* win me, Till tears start to mine eyo*. Deep from my soul it sprlngath, Like hidden melody ; And evermore it singeth This song of songs to me : This world is full of beauty, ;\s other worlds above ; And if we did our duty. It might he full of love 8H3HBH55i 3Misrrllnnroit5 H railing. j Death Bed of Gromwell. j The following, from Ilendley's Work, is j marked with the usual brilliancy of the pe-' euliar writer. Cromwell appears no longer; as the hvpocrite, but rather as the sincere Covenantor, when called to his last summons. At length the last night drew on that was to usher iu his fortunate day. The 3d of; September, and anniversary of Dunbar and , of Marstou, came amid wind and storm. In j this solemn hour for Kngland, strong hearts} were ever beseeching heaven to hear the j Protector; 1 lit the King of Kings had issued his decree; and the spiiit (hat had endured and toiled so long, was already gathering his pinions for eternity. u It is a fearfill thing to fall into the hands of the living Cod," broke then from his lips in solemn < faith, on the covenant of ttrace. His breath ' ' came difhcult and thick; but amid the! pause of the storm, he was heard murmur-1 iug : ' Truly God is good?indeed he is? he will not"?here his tongue failed him : " hut," says an eye witness, " 1 apprehend it was, ' lie will not leave me.'" Again and again, there escaped from the ever moving lips, the half articulate words: "God is | good?God is good." Once, with sudden j energy, lie {.'(claimed, 'J would U: willing | to live to l>e further serviceable to God ami : his people; but my work is done. Vet God ! will bo with ids people." All night long I he murmured thus to himself of God ; show- j ing how perfect was his trust, how Btrong his faith. Once, as somo drink was offered him, ho said, " ills not niv design to drinkj or sleep, but it is my design to make what haste 1 can to he gone." While this scene was passing in that sob emit chamber, all was wjld and terrible without. Katuro seemed to sympathise with the dying patriot and hero. The wind howled nnd roaied around the phlt'P, houses | were unroofed, chimneys blown up, and the trees that had stood for half a century in the parks, were uptorn and strewn over | the earth. The sea, too, was vexed, tliel waves sjnote it) ungovernable fury the shores ! of England ; and vessel* lav stranded along j the coasts of the Mediterranean. It was a \ night when thero are, " As they ?(iy, LHmciitings heard in the nir; strange screams of dcatii, And pVophesying, with accents terrible, Of dire coininetioii, mid confused events Now hatched to tl.e woeful time. some soy the earth, Was feverous shook " Hut all wan calm and serene around the dying bed of Cromwell. On that more than kingly brow, pence, liko a white winged dove ante ; and that voice which had turned the tide of ho many battles now murmured only prayers. Honanartc. dvimr in the, J I ? - J " O initial of just Aticli n storm, shouted, 41 Tele d'Armce," us his gazing eye fell once more On the head* of hi* mighty column* disappearing in tho smoke ot battle; but Croiu well took a nobler departure. The storm and uproar without brought no din of arms to his dying ear?not in the difirium of battle his soul burst away, but wjtli his eye* fixed steadfastly on the " eternal kingdom," ai'.d his strong heart sweetly stayed on the promise of a faithful God, he moved from the shore of tiine, and sank from sight forr erer. He died at three o'clock, on the vory day which eight year* before saw his sword flashing over the tumultuous field of f?jjn l>?r?tpe stupe which, seven rears previous, Iionnl him shouting on tho ramparts of Worcester. But this wn* the ln<t inosl terrible battle of nil ; yet he cnine otf victorious, and triumphing over his last enemy, clenth. passed into the serene world, where the sound of the bailie never comes, and the hatred and violence of men never disturbs. From the Boston Olive Branch, The Mother's Birdnv MAKY LIT ETTA. " Mamma, when will the little birds come again ? Mamma, when will Uod melt the snow, that the little birds may cotne again P M l'recious darling! in all the wide world boside, there is not to bo found a lovelier, sweeter bird than thou art?" And the fond mother drew the little prattler to her Ini'ina l>,cinA-.il.A.I ...1,1. .. gentle hand the sunny curls front that baby brow, and gaged with a mother's love into the baby eyes. Earnestly, with her little head pillowed against its soft resting-place, did this birdlike child listen to the soft mtirmurings of her mother's voice, as she told her of that bright land far beyond the blue sky and the twinkling stars?of the land where ito winter comes?where summer always is, aid little birds always sing!?of the blight* robed throng there?of the loving Saviour, who had taken just such little ones as herself, and said, " Of such is my Father's kingdom "?of the great white thymic, am) the Father who sitteth thereon, who ever walchelli over his iittle ones with tenderness and care. The wintry months had not down, noi earth been t.isrobed of her snowy mantle, ere this birdling, wearying of earth, i s storms and tempests, winged her way to that bright land of which her mothei had so often told her, and joined, with rapturous melody, the warbling company that surround the throne of the loving Father. The long, long delay of spring no longer causes her little bosom to heave with sighs; for the brightness of heaven is eternal sunshine. Neither sighs she for the sintrinor of birds: for none in all that warbling throng thiilU forth a sweeter note than she. Fond mother, why sorrowe-t thou that thy bird has flown ? As tliou followcdest her with uplifted and streaming eyes, didst not thou see her enter the glowing portals of heaven, guided by a seraphic host ?? lJiJst not the melody of that gushing song fall upon thine ear, as she was welcomed to the bosom of the Father I Didst not thou kltow that gentler arms than thine, would ambrace her, and a softer bosom pillow her little bead ? She is ever thv guarded angel, mother ! Through the toll a ;d caie of each day, thou art attended hv bar; and when thou repnirest to thy couch, she hovers around, and calms thee to repose. When thou art glad, so, too, is she ; and when thou art sad and sorrowful, she draws near, and fans, with her tiny wing, the favor of thy troubled soul. Thy mission on earth performed, life's battle fought?then will her pure spirit guide thep on high, and with rapturous hosannas, welcome thee to an eternal resting plucc on the bosom of the Father. ? ? Romance of Life The Cincinnati Knquirer, of the 2 1 inst., furnishes the following touching incident: We heard the paitieulars yesterday, of one of those straqge episodes in life, in which the old adage of" truth is stranger than fic tion " was fully illustrated. About six years since, a lady named Kirs. Martha Wood, accompanied by her son, his wife and two children, arrived in this city from New Bedford, Mass. She stated that she waa a widow of some twenty-four years' standing, her husband having been a mate of a whaler, which had been lost at sea. The family have resided for I ho greater portion of the time on Liberty street. Mr. Wood, the son, working at his tra<]c, which is that of a cooper. Yesterday morning a gray-headed, and toil worn man called at the resilience of the family, and seeing Mr. Wood, inquired for the widow, who, being called into the room, while gazing intently at tho stranger, whose eyes were fixed mournfully upon her, rennnitpil to Irnour liia Imcinnu ? ? f*""' " J)o you uot know me, Martha," said lie, and hm i)ia sound of his voice, likb memory of oldeit melody, met her ear, she gave vent to a hysterical cry, and fainted in the anus whtclt were opened t*> receive her. The tale is soon told : The ship in which ho made bis last voyage from New lledford was cast away in the South Sea islands, and he was ono of the few who e*ca|>cd the watery grave. Afb?r epduring almost unheardof privations, he succeeded, after thirty years' absence, in reaching his native city. From a brother of his w ife he learned their present location, and atrived hero to tjnd Iter whom he hail left a young and bloom ing bride, far advanced in the evening ^ life, while the infant, upon who** )jj>s, when 1)0 saw him. b* b*d imprinted a ftttIter's kiss, and who oouJd then scarcely lisp his nam*, was now a stalwart m?u and the head of a family. How many hopes and fears must bnvp agitated the heart of the o!J ' mariner as lie again set foot, after his lot pilgrimage, upon his native soil. Thaddeus Kosciosko. During the American struggle fV>r !ud pendence, Washington was greatly emba rnssed by the arrival of foreign officers, \vl j expected nothing less than highest posts i I the army, and frequently, when aceepte i proved unworthy of the stations assigiu 1 to them. Experience of this kind led Wasl ington to he exceedingly cautious ii: recei' ing foreign officers into the service. At th period Kosciosko presented himself to Was] | ington, fortified bv a letter from Eranklii l The first interviev/ between the gallant an I generous l'ole and no loss generous Wasl | ington, is thus described in tlic third volum j of Washington li ving's Washington, jui i issued from the press : " What do you seek horo?" inquiied tli 1 commander-in-chief. ' To fight for American independence." 44 What can you do I" | 44 Try me." | Washington was pleased with the cur (yet comprehensive reply, ami with his clih | alrous air ntul spirit, and at once receive ' hi in into hi* family as an aid-de-camp. II (subsequent noble and gallant career as a officer in the American service, is we i known, nnd tins inseparably joined his nair ' with that noble struggle to which we ow 'our present exalted rank as a nation. For a number of years a suit has been i I progress iu the courts of the District of C | lunibia, prosecuted by his collateral heirs, I recover the property left by him at his d | cense in this country, which now autotin 1 to upwards of $50,000. We believe that t final decision lias been rendered, establisl j iug the relationship of the claimants, an I validity of their claim, i Tiik Gkkat Comkt Rk aim-kared.?T1 ] great comet that made its first appearan ; and so greatly excited the whole world i 1550, and which it was predicted wou appear again this year, really seen | to have wended its way along, el?e it ii ' sent a substitute. .Mr. Taft, of Granite, fir I report*d seeing it, and the San Francis* Ihilletin, of Monday, contains t|je following We are assured by a gentleman who b: (seen the wonder, that the long expect* ! comet is visible in tlie heavens from lb 1 point at about 4 o'clock, A. M. ljo rh; 1 lie saw the illustrious stranger at that hoi ! this morning. ill commenting tinon the sinnruhir -a o i o * "i |h).nance of this phenomena, it says : j This comet appeared in looG, and the j still exists a medal, which was struck j commemoration of tho remarkable plien { ntcija. Upon this medal is represented cyprus* true, because it was thought that tl ! deaths of a remarkably largo number < 1 ciowned heads in that year were occasionc ! by or had some connection with tho a ' jwarance of the comet. In that year di< the Emperor Charles A'.; throe Kings, fo Queens, among whom was Mary Tudor, j England ; one l'ope, ten Cardinals, and ti I Crown Princes. It is rcmaikable that tl comet appeared at the peijod when t j great revolution ushered in by tbc reform ; lion and tbe art of printing began ; ai I now again it is about to appear at the co elusion of that period and at the comment mont of a new otio, when the gigantic d I velopinents of freedom in America is lea , ing the human race into new paths and new revolution beg'ns, in comparison wi which tho European one of three hundri years sinks into insignificance. [ Sacramento (C'?/.) American. East Indian Jigomcky.?Madame l'fe 1 fcr, in her 4* Second Journey Hound t ' World," gives tlie following description ! certain unexplainahle feats of j'igglery w | nessed l>v licr while sojourning through t! I * ? O ; hast Indies : " At the close of the enlertainment, t performance of Hercules was really curio I in its way. l[e appeared with nothing < I but a pair of drawers, ar.d a cord was pa; ed around his neck, and with this his han i and arips we;? so firmly tied behind hi 1 that lie could not make the smallest mo\ ; ment. He came to lis to have the kne I examined, and tlil'ii ho crept under a hi/ covered basket, beneath which various gj I ments were placed ; and after the lapse ol few minut?*, the basket was lifted up, ai the Hercules made his appearance complcl ly clothed in them. Then ho crept aga j under the basket and camo out witbo I tliem. but holding the cord with all its knt fast in his hands, <fcc. All this would, course, have been nothing in a thcati where assistance might have been giv< liiin, but this was in a meadow, where i assistance was possible. One of the gentl ! men present offered him twenty-five rnpe for his mystery, but he declined the ofter.1 I A Compliment.?The London Star, , l>eeeml>cr 10th, says: "The Yankees a eminently a practical people; they do n dream of quarreling ninqpg themselves with tie ; and no people do a generous s more gracefully, Whep Ireland was misery, tho American people sent to th unhappy country, something more tin ?y m path v.n *8 1 nckkasf. of Iksanitt.?The rapid fn-. crease of infinity is a significant corumen-* tarv on tlio times; when we consider tlio habits, physical and mental, of the present e- generation, we almost feel that we shall, ere r long. l>e obliged to subscribe to the geoeral 10 ; truth of Shakspoare's aphorism ; in "We have all eaten of the insane root," d* The eagerness with wlilvh ail seem to ei*? '<! gngc in the race for wealth, for pre eiuinenco in social position, in the professions, and in ^ all those conditions requiting intense ruenw tal activity ; the total and entire neglect of " the laws of physical being; tlie denial of in-. 11 diligence in invigorating sports, and the pq? rilanic rigidity with which we abstain from * innocent pleas nice, all tell severely upon th ft ,e delicate poition of our organism, the ner9' vous system. With neglect of the obser<?f tl?o **J 1 .....vv v. %uv ni.il I/IV IU n o vi nniuic AUU >e to the causes tlml bring on hasty decay, ccr* tain artificial habits which rapidly facilitate tho destruction of that susceptible instrument of the mind, the brain. Alcoholic and narcotic stimulants are resorted to, which rap* h idly reduce the vital forpp, and leavo us ip a condition but illy fit to support us }n any d sudden reverse of circumstances. Our (fig-1 is inal stock of vitality is sufficiently small n without subjecting it to the vitiation that II non-observance of nature's lawst j? sure te bring on.?Pittsburg Chronicle. jn| IIouRini.u Muudeb.?The Staiksville ( | (Miss.) Advocate, contains the particulars of | the horrible murder of Itobert Burus, pro* (i piietor of the Cottage Hotel in that place, ^ bv I >r. W. I>. Stovall, with whom he ha<i j had a fight the day before. It sayat j" Going near Burnes* stable, t*r. 8. stop* j I ped the buggy, and walked within about v twenty-five paces of Burnes, who was eng<v> ged in harnessing a horse ; he beckoned to a negro who was slauding near, to get out of ie tho way, at tba sanie inoniep.t mi-sing tb^ gun and fil ing. At the instant of his firings j" Burnes looked around and received the con* tents of the gun full in the facp. JJp rajse<l 1,8 his hands to his eyes and sunk ta the earth, liS exclaiming, *' iny God !" Upon this,Stovai( 8t advanced within ten paces and fired the ;o second time, the whole charge taking effect > ' in his back, and Burups then cr|o<l out, 44 f 18 am a dead man I" 8til), not satisfied. Stq* . vail coolly approached him and drawing ,s pistol put it close to his head and I'8 again, bursting his eye-ball from its socket t III then pulling tlie pistol to his breast, he fir* ed a fourth tjmp into the already dead man. 1' i Mrs. Humes and her children rushed from I the house so earning, w})i(p Dr. Stovall coo)t !"e | ly walked off, got iota his buggy, ?ad 4r9Y<i 1,1 | h\v?)\ ? A Mouej, "Dun."?We heard in Mo* bile that an account, not long ago, was placed of in the hands of a collector, in that city, against a merchant who was generally utt? p- dcrstood to be a hard case. It was agreed ad | that the collector should reserve for his ser. vice a largo per ceut. in the event of success of in getting the money. Oft lio goos to tho store of the debtor, but "couldn't come it." 'is lie goes tlio second, third and fourth days, he with nq better luck- Nothing daunted, ho went the fitIi day, and still Itot getting the ad money, lie politely informed old Yardstick n that he believed he would " trait until a 56* customer came in and bought something /" le- So saving he seated himself by a cozy fire, d- drew a newspaper, and in short "made him? self at. home." Jn an hour or two n ct|sth turner came in and made a purchase. It ?d did not amount to quite enough to pay tho collector's bill, but under pretence of bop* rowing tlio balance, the merchant went otj|, and soon returned with the sum due! if. [Montgomery Mail, of Kiciies ok the SjKiKf t Nevada,?In ad? it i dilion to the discovery of gold in Walker he Valley, it seems that Hope Valley, far up in the &icf-ra Nevada, and embosomed in the bahe sin of 41 two summits," contains iron, S^>ld, us copper and lead. A copper vein has been on : opened there by a man named ]lodgers, who ? i 11ha sunk a shaft, built a house, and employ, ds j ed five men in running a tunnel into the hill m from tha side. The ore thus obtained it c said to be of a rich quality. T|jjt Oiilip j? >'.s directly on the great highway of travel lip, ih tween California and Carson Valley. On ir- the sides of either range hemming in Hope * a Valley, and near the shores of Trnckee Lake, id gold has been found in considerable ftbwv te- dance. In fact, everything seems to prom, in ise that the Sierra Nevada will, before inanw ut years, become the scat of important tpinin^ >ts interests. of * re, Nsono Tbstimosv,-^" A bill has been in introduced in the legislature of North Curio olina to admit negro testimony in cases e- where person* are tried fur exciting ips^f, es rcetion." ' Thjk it a very judicious proceeding, as the tfij>(.jmony can only be fully procure^ uf from tbo putties who are ojierated upon, j-p They should go farther 4nd have suph lllisot creams, who place themselves on a lovel with or slaves, tried by a jury of their peers. in Fhii.o80piikih? say tlpU shutting thp oya* at makes tire sense of hearing more acute.?; tin This may account for the many closed evg| ' that are seen ip Qt'.r church C?.