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" A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. i Dewolefc to Progvess, ll)C ftig!)ts of the Soutl), nnfr tl)c Diffusion of Useful Ituoujlcfrge among nil Classes of Working Rfteu. ^VOLUME III. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 12, 1857. NUMBER 44. <Jjie $oatj)ertt dStttrrprisr IS ISSUED EVE BY THURSDAY MORN IN a, 3BY PRICE & Mc JUNKIN. WILLIAM P. PRICE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. C. M. M'JUNKIN, PRINTER. TEU!fI?. 0*? D?>u.ak and Fja-tt Cuts in advance; Two Y>OLt.AM if d#lu??l. CLUBS of FIVE and upwards, Osr Dollar, tka money in every instance lo accompany the ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at ths rate* of 7ft cents per square of JS liner*for the first insertion, mid 37 ^ cunts for uach subsequent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising made reason able. GENTS. 15. W. Cama, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-at, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Walker, Jr., Columbia, R, C. Pcrsa Straolky, Esq., Flat Koch, N. f\ A. Si. PKDt*, Fairview P. O., Greenville Diet. Willi ao C. Bailey, Pleasant Grove, Greenville Csrr. R. Q AwntM'ix, Cedar Falls. Greenville. Jfrlrrtrii ^ortnj.. The American Girlnr riNLKY joiinsok. A beautiful, winsome, gladsome tiling. With eyes of celestial fire ; The joy of lier mother's loving heart The pride of her doting sire ; With golden hair like an angei pure, That is precious every curl; O, Mich are (lie chauns fair to view Of the infant American girl. Month after month, year after year Steals on with a steady pace ; And God, new beauties, by his hand Writes on her delicate faco; There'* music bright in her joyous tone, A darker shade on Iter curl; And mind and genius sit enthrou'd. On the brow of the Aiue'ican girl. Some noble soul with a freeman's throb Hows to her magic sway ; And she at the altar's sacred rail iler heart freely gives away ; Iler eyes are diamonds?wealth untold, Her inn'?cence is the |>enrl; And these are ever the bridal gems That are worn by the American girl. (Drijpnl Department. [for tiik kntrhprisk.] THE PRESS-ITS MISSION. In a country like ours, where the freedom of the Press and of speech is almost an inherent right, much is to be expected of the former in forming and directing public opinion. Some have called the Editors of our country the - manufacturers of public opinion," and the assertion is not without some foundation in truth. The mission of the Press is, therefore, to advance morality while it diffuses intelligence. We now propone to inquire what the Press, an a body, has done, or is doing, for the promotion of virtue and molality. We have n large number of see i tarian papers and magazine*, each devoted to the interests of its own denomination or aect, both Christian and Papal ; next in or I der, a large nund>er devoted to the diffusion of temperance ; then a much larger number devoted to acience, medicine, surgery, the mechanic arta, agriculture, <fee.; wot a few are devoted to treason and fanaticism, as well as a sprinkling of infidelity, and consequent ' ly veil suited to promote the spread of v ice and immorality. Fortunately for us this last-named class is indigenous to, and confined to the North and New England, and does not take whero law and order and the r obligations of oaths are recognized and respected in preference to any " higher law." From these we expect no good thing, and ere not disappointed. During a period of some twelve years the subject of icmperance has engaged the attention of philanthropists everywhere. Societies have been organized, lecturers employed, conventions held, and the evils of intemperanoe presented to the people, in thf hope that self-preservation, as well as the duties we owe to each other, would suggest some remedy and stay the ravages of this blighting curve. What part of this tabor has been performed 5y the Newspaper Preset lis true that whenever one of our great advocates comes among us, and presents the matter for consideration, he draws largo crowds, among which will be frequently found a few, at least, of the " editorial corps," ai?d for a few days the papers teem wttb praises of the lecturer's eloquence, the I - " ?* - - force of lii? argument* and the logic of hi conclusions, and regretting that his sta> i so short. This completes their whole ta>k and in a few days, by way of contract, th same editors-will call public attention to th fact that Messrs. Smith, Jones, Johnson o Brown, have received a fine supply of wind brandies, dec., to the quality of which the, I can bear ample testimony, having been invi ted to test tliem, and found tliem " not bar to take," thus putting up a finger-board for their readers, thai they may be sure t find the pi tee where may be found the vei source of the great evil against which we ar contending?pandering to the appetites c the drunken and vicious, and giving aid am corn fort to a traffic which is supportei through perjury and fraud, and is not though disreputable merely because it has the satu tion of law. The Press of this country may be likenei to '.he servant in the parable who receive< ten talents, but in tho use of i1iok? iul?.ni may be compared t> him who received oiil 0110?the final reckoning must be accord ingly. Another feature of the Press is worthy c some remark?its readiness to herald ever act of opposition which the reform encour ttra. If a prohibitory law is vetoed by som such Governor as Seymour or Burstow, or case at law is decided adversely by Judge who lean more to their cups than to tliei legal and moral obligations, it is a vuluabl item of r.fcws, and is passed around witliou ' comment, or if commented on at all, it i somewhat after this manner : '* We are u much in favor of temperance as any of it advocates, but disposed to doubt the exped ency of any law upon the subject, believin that morni suasion alone should he emplov ed ; nud we fear that the good, if any, ilia has been accomplished, is more than coun I terhalunced by the evil subterfuges whtc I are resorted to in order to evade it. Th ' late case of The State versus Joint Doe is a instance which goes to prove our concln ions." This is a specimen of the faith < (hose who are as much iu favor of tempt: ranee as anv of its advocates. They pit uounce the law unwholesome, because ba< men try 10 evade it. Tm? same class woul< doubtless contend that idolatry, profan swearing, Sabbath breaking, disobedience t< parents, mu der, adultery, theft, false-sweat ing and c<>v< tousness, have nil been the r< suit of their prohibition, as contained in th decalogue, were it not that the previous com mission of these sins called for divine legi.iation to prevent and punish future (rant gressions. The evils and curse of the trnth and use of ardent spirits have long cried fo some remedy ; it had reached the point be yond which it should not go ; hence thene cessity of legal enactments, and the duty ? the press of the country to sustain them, b; enjoining u|H>n the people the propriety <j obeying and sustaining the law, while it i | in force, for it is the duty of all men intpli j cilly to obey (lie laws while in force, n matter what may l>e their peculiar ideas u opinions. If the law is wiotig in principh or unconstitutional, they can appeal to th courts for redress; at the fame time, it i reasonable to suppose that even the court should oft or no harrier to the execution ? the laws passed l?v the State Legislature, bti carry them out in good faith, until repoale by the same power which enacted them, an< then only by the voice of the people. Tli I P?ess has done much, very much, to imped 1 the spread of temperance, not so much b; | overt or manly opposition to the fiieuds an* | a Ivocates of the reform as by their careless nesa and indifference. The mission of the Press is to disseminat intelligence, inculcate virtue, encourage tnc [ rality, and advocAte the claims of religiot; As such, it owes something to the cause n temperance, which Saint Paul classes amonj the Christian virtues " against which ther is no law,'' while in the same Scripture w h am that " no drunkard shall enter th j kingdom of heaven." Temperance in th very opposite of drunkennesa, therefore th director* of public opinion should set up i linger board pointing to knowledge, t which the Scriptures say add temperanc and virtue. This is, in part at least, th tiue tniMion of the Press; if neglected o misdirected, a fearful responsibility is incur red. M Reraemhsr this holy trnth : Th? man who aloof hath stood Wl?*n a heart-brother for succor did crave, Aud he htrtubed not a finger to bless or to save Is verily guilty of blood." J 3l!istfllanrnu0 limbing. [From And?rw>?'? Exploration* in South Western e Africa.] e A Night's Adventures r Notwithstanding my anxious desire to reach the Ngarni?tlie goal of wishes?I determined, before finally leaving K?.bis, to * devote one more day. or rather night, to the destruction of the denizens of the forest. d lint the adventure nearly terminated fatally; - ami the night of the loth July, will evet be remembered by me as one of t he inot-t eventful epochs of my life; for, in the course of it, * t was three several times in lite very jaws of e death, and only escaped destruction by a d miracle. J From the constant persecution to which j the larger game had of late been subjected at Kobis, it had become not only scarce, but wary; and hearing thai elephants and rhinoceioses still continued to resort to Abeghan I forthwith proceeded there on the night in I question. Somewhat incautiously, I took up niv position?alone, as usual?on a narrow neck of land dividing two sma.l pools; s the space on either side of my " skartu " hev ing only sutlicient for a large animal to stand I- between me and the water. I was provided with a blanket, and two or three spare )f guns. It was one of those magnificent tropical l? ... - - : j moonlight night*, when an indescribably > soft and enchanting light is shed over the e slumbering landscape; the moon was so H bright arid clear that I could discern even a small animal at a considerable distance. 1 had just completed my arrangements, 1 j when a noise, that I can liken only to the e , passage of a train of artillery, broke theslilll i ties* of '.lie air ; it evidently came fiom the s direction of one of the nutnerons stonv pat s or rather tracks leading to the water, and 1 imagined it was caused hv some wagons tliat might have crossed the Kalahari. Kais1 'nJ? myself partially from my recumbent posir tare, 1 fixed my eyes steadily on the pan of r. the bush whence the strange sounds proeeeded ; but for some time I was unable to j make out the cause. All at oiu-a, however, '* the mystery was explained by the appearh , ance of an immense elephant, immediately followed by others, ainoiinting to eighteen. n J Their lowering forms told me at a glance ! thai they were all males. It was a splendid sight to see so many huge creatures np ' ; preaching with a five, sweeping, unsuspect> ing and stately step. The somewhat elevut; ?d ground whence they emerged, and which j ' gradually sloped towards the water, together, . j with tlte inisi.y night air, gave an increased ; appearance of bulk ami mightiness to their naturally giant stiuclnres. ?: Oioucliing down a* low as possible in tin* >, " skarni," I waited with healing heart and I ready ride in the approach of tlie leading ! male, who, unconscious o'peiil, was making e ; straight for my hiding place. The position i- of his bodv, however, was unfavorable for a i shot ; an I. knowing from experience that i i. had little chance of obtaining more than a single good one. I wait d for an opportunity to tire at his shoulder, which, as ln*for? *Mi?l r is preferaMe to any ?>tIter part when shoot 'ling at night. lint this chance, unfortunate ?- Iv, was not afforded till hi- enormous hulk ,f towered above my head. The consequence was, tha'. while in the act of taiaing tlie muzzle of my ritie over the " skann," tin body caught his eye, ami before I could * place the piece to my shoulder, he swung i- himself round, and, w t'i trunk elevated and 0 ears spread, desperately charged me. k was now too late to think of (light, much less of slaving the savage bea-t. My own life was - in imminent jeopardy ; and seeing that, if I e remained partially creel, lie would inevitably is seize me with his prolsMcis, I threw myself H on my back with some violence, in which position, and witliout shouldering the rifle, I fired upward* at random towards his clmst, 1 uttering, tit the same time, the mo?t piercing d shouts and ciies. The change of position, J in all human probability, saved my life ; for, e at the same instant, the trunk of the enraged animal descended precisely on the spot where 1 had been pteviouslv crouched. J* | sweeping away the stones (many of a large ! size) that formed the fore part of my > * skarin," like so many pebbles. In another moment his broad fore feet passed directly over my face. I now expected nothing short of being crushed lo death. But imagine my relief, alien, instead of renewing the charge, lie >f swerved to the left, and moved off with con? siderable rapidity?inost happily without ^ my liaving received other injuries than a low bruises, occasioned by the falling of the e stones. Under l'rovidwnce, 1 attribute my ? extraordinary escat?e to the confusion of the e animal caused by the wound I bud indicted e on him, mid to the crie* elicited from me h when in my utmost need. Immediately after the elephant had left " me I was on my leg*, and snatching up a t* spare riHe lying at hand, I (minted at him. e Ha he was retreating, ami polled tho nigger; r lait, to my iuten*e mortification, the piece inis?ed fire. It was a mutter of thankfulness to me. however, that a similar mishap had not occurred when the animal uhaigeu : for had my gnn not then exploded, nothing, as I conceive, could have saved me from des^ miction. 1 hiring this incident, the reet of the ele plumls retreated iino the bush ; but, by ll?e | time I IimiI repaired iny " Hkarm," tliey re- j appeared with stealthy and cautious steps on ; the opposite side of the pool, though so dis-1 taut that 1 could not tire with any prospect i of success. As they did not approach nearer,, I attempted to stalk them but they would I not allow me to come to close quarters ; and i after a while moved off altogether. Whilst pondering over mv late wonderful escape, 1 observed at a little distance, a huge 1 white rhinoceros protiude hi* ponderous and misshaped head through the bushes, and j presently afterwards lie approached to with t in a dozen paces of my ambuscade. Hisl broadside was li en fullv exposed to view, i and, notwithstanding I still felt a little tier , vows from my co Hiot with the elephant, 1 ' lost iio time in firing. The beast did not at once fall to the ground, but from appearance I had every reason to believe lie would not i live long. Scarcely had I reloaded when a black rlii- | noceros of the species Keitloa (a female as it ' proved) stood drinking at the water ; hut | her position, as with the elephant in the first instance, was unfavorable for a good shot. As, however, she was very near ine, I thought : 1 was pretty sure of breaking her leg and thereby disabling her; and in this I succeed | led. My tire seemed to madden her ; she I rushed wildly forward on three legs, when j I gave her a second shot, though apparentj Iv witli little or no effect I felt sorry at j not being able to end her sufferings at once, j hnt as I was too well acquainted with the) ' habits of the rhinoceros to venture on pur-j I suing her under the circumstances, I Jeter-1 I mined to wait patiently lor daylight, and ' then destroy her with the aid of my dogs, j ltut it was not to he. As no more elephants or other large game j appealed, 1 thought aficr a lime it might he l as well to go in search of the white rhinoc eros, previously wounded; and 1 was not | long in finding his carcass ; for my hall, as ! I supposed, had caused his almost inlinet diate death. In heading hack to my " skarm," I acci ] dentally took a turn in the direction ptimted , by the black ihinoecros, and by ill-luck, as the event proved, at once encountered her. She i was still on her legs, hut her podlion as l>? j fore, was unfavorable. Hoping, however, to make her change it for a better, and thus j enable lite to destroy lier at once, I took up j a stone and hurled it at her with all my | force ; when snorting horribly, creeling her j tail, keeping Iter head close to the ground. ' and raising clouds of dust bv her feet, she | rushed at me with a fearful fury. 1 had j oiilv just time to level mv tille and fire he i tore she was upon me?and the next instant, while instinctively turning round for the i purpose of retreating, she liti*I me prostrate I The slmck was so violent as to sen.I my ri | Me, powder Ma~k. ami I?:iil pouch, a- also my I cap. spinning in 'lie air ; tin* gun, indeed. ?? , afterwards ascertained, to a distance of fully ten feet. On the beast charging me, it crossed my j mind, that, unless go?ed at once by her hoin , her impetus would he such (after knocking mo down, which I took for granted would | Ik; /lie ease) as to carry her la-youd me. and ; I might thus he athuded a clia tec of escape. So, indeed, it happened ; for, having tumbled me ov er (in doing which Iter head, and 1 the fore part of her hody. owing to the violence of the charge, was half tuiried in the sand,) and trampled on tile with great vio ! lence, her fore ouarter passed over my body. ! Slrnjfjcluivj for life, I seized my opportunity. , and as site was recovering herself for a re : nevval of a clia'ge, 1 scrambled out froiu beI tweeii her bind legs. lint the enraged boast had not yet done i with me! Scarcely had I regained my feet j la-foie she struck me down a second time, and with Iter horn lipped tip my right thigh ! /fluillirli lint t'Arr iLoitlf\ ^\i*v "o... '! -? \ (- ' ,,v"" l"1' ; knee to the hip; with her forefeet, moreover, she hit me a terrific blow on the left shoulder near the back of the neck. My ribs bent uiulor the enormous weight nnd pressure, and for n moment, I must, as I believe,, have lost consciousness?I have at least very indistinct notions of what afterwards took place. All I remember is, that when I rais . ed my head, 1 heard a furious snorting and plunging among the neighboring bushes. I now arose, though with great dilficulty, I and made my way, in the best manner I was able, towards a large tree near at hand, for I shelter; but this precaution was needless ; 1 the beast, for the time at least, showed no inclination fuither to molest me. Either in the tnelee, or owing to the confusion caused bv her wounds, she had lost sight of me, or she felt satisfied willi tho revenge she had taken. Be thai a? it mac. I escaneit wiili i my life, though sadly wounded and severely bruised, in which disabled state I had great difficulty in gatting buck to inv " skarm." During the greater part of the conflict I preserved my presence of mind ; hut after the danger was over, and when I had leisure to collect niy scattered and confused sen ses, I was seized with a nervous affection, causing a violent trembling, i have since killed, many rhinoceroses, as well for spoil as food ; hut several Weeks elapsed before I could again attack those animals with any Coolness. About sunrise, Kamapyu, my half caste boy, whom I hitd left on the preceding even ing, about half a mile away, emne to the' r " skarm " to convey my guns and other I things to our encampment. In a few word* i j I related to liim the mishap that had befal- , len me. He listened with seemingly incred- c nlity ; hut the sight of my gashed thigh t soon convinced him that 1 was not in joke. ( I afterwards directed him to take one of ( tlie guns and proceed in search of the t wounded rhinoceros, cautioning him to he > careful in approaching the beast, which I s had teason to believe was not yet dead. lie | had only been absent a few minutes, when ? I beard a cry of distress. Striking my hand < ngaiut my forehead, I exclaimed? I " Good God ! lire brute has attacked the i lad, also !" , Seizing hold of mv rifle, I scrambled ( lli rough the bushes as fast as my crippled '| oondition would permit; ami, wiien I had j proceeded two or three hundred yards, a t scene suddenly presented itself that I shall i vividlv remember to the last days of my ex-1 i istence Among some bushes, and within a * couple of yards of each other, stood the rlii- < noceros and the voting savage: the former i supporting herself on three legs, covered with I blood and froth, and snorting in the most t turious manner ; the latter petrified with fear < ?spell bound, as it were?and rivetted to ? the spot. Creeping, therefore, to the side of I the rhinoceros, opposite to that on which the boy was standing, so as to draw her attention from him, 1 leveled and fired, on ' which the boast charged wildly to.and-fro without any distinct object. Whilst she was thus occupied, I poured in shot after shot, but thought sin would never fall. At length, however, she sank slowly to the ground ; and, imagining that she was in her death agonies, and that all danger was over. I walked unhesitatingly close up to her, and was on the point of placing the muzzle of my gun to her oar to give her the coup de grace, when to my horror, she once more rose on her legs. Taking n huriied aim, 1 pulled the trigger, and instantly retreated with the beast in full pursuit. The tace, however, was a short one; for, just as 1 threw myself into a bu.>l? for safety, she fell dead at my feet, so near me, indeed, that I could have touched her with the muzzle of mv title ! Another moment, and 1 should probably have been impaled on her murder ous horn, which, though short, was sharp a.a razor. When reflecting on the wonderful and providential e?ca|>e.s 1 recently experienced, I could not help thinking that I hud been spared for some good purjHMe, and inv heart was lifted in humble gratitude*to the Almighty, who had thus extended over tne 11 is protecting hand. The Dog vs. Georgia B-nks. The New Yoik l'icayune is responsible i for the following dog story, and is willing to take an oath for the truthfulness of tin>ame. It is rather a damper on some of our neighbors' Banks, especially those ol the " Wild Cat " stiipe : " A broker had a water spaniel, a very in tellectual annual, kept ns much for compan ionsliip as for service in shooting. Being a bachelor : the dog was fed at a butchery instead of getting bones and stray tidbits from a family table. IJis habit was to go regit larly every day to the before mentioned butcher's, and at the end of the week he had been taught to carry a dollar bill to his feeder. This he seemed to take great pleasure in?always walking away with his hill with great pomposity, as if thoroughly appreciating the ability to pay bis board, and in general behaving like a dog of respectability. One Saturday, however, bis master bad through press of business, forgotten to put the dollar note into bis mouth nt the accustomed period of the afternoon. Fidelo Itecame impatient. Ilis master remarked it, and hastily putting his hand into his pocket, drew out a dollar hill and threw it down to him, being too husy to adjust the note in the dog's mouth. The broker went on with his labors, it being then nearly thiee o'clock. Hut happening to look around him about ten minutes later, he perceived the dog standing before the note, looking up into his eyes in a half appealing and half-amused sort of way, as if to say, " now don't try that on a poor dog," and giving at intervals four sharp Larks in rapid succession. This excited great surprise in the broker. W hat could he the matter ? Was it possible pel haps that the dog sinelled contagion in the hill?yellow and typhus fever, and small-pox. the broker had heard, were sometimes communicated in that way. He looked down at it?cautiously picked it up. and saw that it was a good hill, hut upon a (Georgia bank, and quotni at four per cent ' discount id New York. 1 lie dogs obiec tion Miiil hi* four barks weie at once dear lo liiin. He bud ik> current money, but lie wrapped four cents in the bill and placed tliein in Fidelo's mouth. Tbo animal was overjoyed, and trotted off with grout satisfaclion. Wo submit that this case has hardly any parallel in natural history, and that it argues a higher degree of intelligence in (he brute crealiou than we have been in the habit ofhdmiiting. Catawba Uramdy, made at Cincinnati, Ohio, has recently been purchased, it is said, at $5 per gallon, for ex|K>rtiklion to Franco, for the pur|*?se of flavoring foreign hquorw. An Anbcdotk of Washington.?Not n liis Lifk.?While the American Army, indcr llie command of Washington, lay en* :amped at Morristown, N. J., it occurred liat tlie service of (lie Communion (then ibserved semi annually only) was to he adninDtered in the Presbyterian Church of hat village. One morning, in the previotie veck. the General, after his accustomed in.pection of the camp, visited the house of ttcv. Dr. Jotios, then pastor of the Church, tnd, after the usual prelimitia.ics, thus ac!o>ted him. " Doctor, I understand that the [.oid's Supper is to he celebrated with you text Sunday ; I would learn if it accord* vitli the canon of your Church to admit ommunicanls of another denomination ?" Ihe Doctor replied, " Most certainly; our* s not the Piesbyteriau table, General, hut he Loid's table; and we hence give ihe uvitation to his followers, of whatsoever tame." The General icplied, " I am glad >f it; I thought I would ascertain it from yourself, as I propose to join with you on t.?. 'ci -i - > -- * mil ijwiiiiiii. i iMHiyn h incomer <>i iiia Jliurch of England I have no exclusive partialities." 'lhc Doctor re-ns?ured liiin of a amlial welcome, and the General was found ?eated with the communicants the next Sabbath. A New Key.?" Aunty," said a little girl, 141 believe 1 have found a new key to unlock people's hearts, and make them so willing ; for you know, aunty, God took my father and mother, and they want people to be kind to their poor little daughter." 44 What is the k?y ?" a>ked aunty. 41 It is only one little word ? guess what." But aunty was no guesser. 44 It is please." said the child; nunty it is please. If 1 avk one of the great girls ir. school,44 I'lease show me mv parsing lesson 1" she says, 44 0, yes," and helps me. If I ask 44 Sarah, p!ea*e do this for me?" no matter what, she'll take her hands out of the suds. If I ask uncle, 4* Phrase," he says 44 Yes, puss, if I can and if I say '* Please, aunty "? 44 What does auntv do?"asked aunty herself. 4" 0, you look and smile just like mother, and that is the best of all," ctied the littie girl throwing her arms around aunty's neck, with a tear in her eye. Perhaps olher children would like to know about tins key, and I hope they will use it also, for there is great power in the small kind courtesies of life. Fatal Affkat in Washington?Its r> rv...: -i - v/Aiar.o.? fining me immense pressure at lie President's levee Inst evening. Col. Lee, a member of our City Council and a clerk in the Pension Office, seized a gentleman by the collar, and charged him with picking his pocket. The gmtteman charged was Mr, David Hume, of Alexandria, a highly respectable merchant. This morning, Mr. tlume, accompanied by Col. James Walker, reading clerk in the House of Representatives, proceeded to the Pension Office to explain and satisfy Col. Lee that he was mistaken in supposing him a pickpocket. Lee, however, was fixed in his opinion that Ilume had attempted to steal bis pocket-book, whereupon Ilume struck him with a stick, and in return was shot by Lee. The whole aflair transpired in a moment, and bet'oie any one bad supposed there would be a serious difficulty. Distressing Casualty.?Laet night, on the arrival of the Macon and Western train at the passenger Depot in this city, at halfpast 8 o'clock, a li'tle hoy about ten or twelve years of age, son of a Mr. Ferrell, attempted to jump on the cars, but missing the step fell upon llie track, and was literally mangled to death The seme presented after the cars parsed was a most borrowing one?the lifeless and mutilated body lay upon llie track in a pool of Mood, and a little brother who had accompanied the deceased screaming w ith agony over the corpse. 'IIris dreadful occurrence ought to he another warning to parents and children. Little laiys aie allowed to mmhle about the passenger .depot and railroad track, after night, to too great an extent, and we iuo only astonished that more of them do not meet the fate of this poor little fellow. [,-ltfaufa Iulellitjtncer, 2G/A ult. A Novei.tv ix Jul iin ai.ism.? A weekly newspaper, entitled IJ i Mugid, edited by a Jewish rahhi. and piintcd with Hebrew characters, is published at J oh an ni-berg, in Eastern Piuasia. Hebrew printing establishments wete at one time rpiite miinerL?us in Jiussia and Poland, but were snppresred bv an edict of the Emperor Nicho as, on the ground that literature in their >wn language tended to perpetuate the naionality of the Jew ish race, and interfered viiii ins ])i;ui 01 iuo-iamzuig Mil Hie iiHial>tants of his dominions. 'J'his edict bas, io waver, been revoked by Alexander II., nd Ha Magid now enjoys an extensive circulation among the Jews of liusxia and Poland. It is said that many prayer books are now sold in London, with a looking-gla*i inserted in the inner side of the cover, in ?rder that ladies may arrange their hair or admire themselves while using fhe books at -hnrch.