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# A 8EFI. EX OF P.O P U L A R EVENTS ??????mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmtmmmmmmmmm^mmwmmmmmmmm^rnammmmmmmmm 1 Dcoolefc to Progress, tl)c Bights of tl jeSxfttll), anfo the Diffusion of ltseful ftnomlt&ge among all Classes of Working jRfou. 1 ,lJ \m )j, ? It" j^jiTT 'T-V'uf' 7 ii1, 11 " ' I A ' ?i-i i* '' ' ' - ' / ' ' C s i i j..'"". ' * ' ' '??-j r~ i " '.'' J VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22. 1857. "T. '1"." \it ^nutjiern (Citttrpriat it xbsoio arssT tkvr?day acosroro, d?T PBIOE * MoJPKKIK. WILI.IAM P. PRICE, fcDltUft AND PROPRIETOR. C. M. M'JUNKIN, PRINTER. TERNI. baK Itmui and Firrv Cunt in advance; Two Do? ? ??o if dele red. CLUBS of FIVE and npwarda, On Dollar, the money in every inatanoe to aceompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at the rates of 95 cents per square of 18 linee'for the first insertion, and 37i cents for each snbseqnent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising made reason able. W. W. Walk**, Jr., Columbia, 8. C. Prr** 8ra.adt.ev, Esq., Flat Rook, N. C. A. M. Pkpkji, Fairview P. O., Grrenville Dist William C. Bailey, Pleasant Orove, Greenville. C\rr. II Q. Am demo*. Gnore?, Spartanburg. ^tltrttb ^netrq. Contentment BY CHARLF.B D. RTDKST. Tlie brightest gem the world can boa^t Tho poorest man inny wear, And keep it as an amulet To exercise his care. It never mocks at poverty, Nor makes the wearer proud. But sheds soft lustre on his paihv Like sunlight through a cloud. Tis one the noble in his hall. The monarch on his throne, *Mid lofty pomp and pageantry. Can never call their own. It rarely graces stately dames. Although it adds to beauty ; It sheds unknown delight upon Th* least attractive duty. Jt not to bo bought villi gold, Nor high estate can gain it; And yet the humblest in (be land May easily obtain it. It is not found in Orient streams, In deep mines is not hiddon, But answers to fairy call, And ever comes when bidden. Twill make a palace of a hut, A paradise of earth; And though it can lie cheaply bought, It is of prieelut worth. And he is wise who ever wears The jewel in hi$ breast, ' His heart will own tranquility, However much opprest. It keeps the brow from furrows free, The spirits ever young, And teaches more and better truth Than's often said or sung, It checks impatient wanderings, Takea pain from banishment; And, after all, this precious thing Is noshing but (Umtent. Jfiartllatttmtfl 3R robing. ^ Etrr tt , i .j .oT) xne Ualena (III.) Courier publishes a let- , ter from a correspondent in Potosi, V\ iscou in. who uri! ** Tired of this itinerant nod Benedick life, about three years since, the lierr took to himself one of the most intelligent and amiable of the Buckeye daughters, and reraoved to this place, where he had purchased himself a beautiful fhnn, and where he has retired to cultivate the earth, and make for him-ietf a pleasant home. Since that the Lion Tamer his viaited I>ubuque; and the editor of the Express of that city gives the following interesting recognition : " Last evening we, with two companions, walked up street with a worthy farmer from within one mile of Potosi, Wisconsin, who talked about hie ' pigs, geese, snd decks,' and with wfast soccers he tilled his farm. As an inetanee of his successful till, he stated thai b? sold t!ie jfcMfewi from fifty feet aqjuure of his term, of which he kept an acoomat, for forty-three dollars, iieuee, it may ho seen ihst this former, Hert- Driesbaeh, hse some skill ae well as pride about hie farming. Our ebfof object in taking this waift ?M mat the Merr desired im to wu. mm meeting between himaclf ftml ibe old pete of the menagerie, which he bed not aeen for more then ? jeer, end which, of oour?e, we were moat anxiotu to witneM. to eee whether time, travel end change had ob literated from their recollection. their old mrnUr. 0* ewforieg thr . d?i?va?e, which wee before the audience began to oollect, Herr deawed a* to eteml befcwe the enge of the Bengaltiger, he remaining at the door, while tiger, from oome old acre, bad day# of yofe^nd'managed to girt e marked jHhfbtnli'Hlini of (be feet Thia cage (i was delected for tbe first test of recognition While we were stationed immediately ii front, Ilerr came sauntering along careless ly, habited in a farmer's costume, and as h< neared the cage the tiger's eyes began t< glisten with great brilliancy as (hey bore di rectly upon him, and at the same time, i low guttural growl began to raise in hit throat, which burst out in a ferocious how as lie leaped at the bars to get at him aa In passed by. This experiment was tried seve ral times with the same result, and wliei at length Ilerr spoke to him, bis tage knev no bounds, leaping at. the bars, he dashec bis paws out to tear him, and only ceasec when bis old master walked out of his sight " The next place we were desired to re mcvo to, was the large cage containing r large lion, two leopards and a lioness. YV< mention them thus as it is the order tbej stand in the cage, it being divided intc apartments. As Ilerr approached this cagf tbe lioness caught sight of liitn, and bet eyes beamed with pleasure, while iter tail wagged in glad recognition. On his com' ing up to her she appeared frantic with joy. and when he spoke to her and presented his .1 -? - ? * - low iu iuc wge, sue ki*s?: mm, and placed her paw in his hand with all the air of an intense affection. " Indeed, while he was in her presence, she did not know how to control herself, but would lick his hands while he attempted to pnl her, roll over, reach oat her paw> to him and press her nose Iwtween the ban as though she would like to have had a closer presence. While Ilerr was talking to the lioness, the old lion in the other end ui the cage began to get jealous and grumbled, for he too had recognised his old friend. Qerr aaid to him 4 Hilly getting jealous I* and then walked up to hiin, when the creature crowded against the bars to get closer to him if it were possible, and kissed bis face and licked his hands witu as great demonstrations of delight as the other. The leop ards, too, in the same cage knew their old master, and watched him as they lay with their noses close to the bars with evident pleasure, and seemed highly pleased as he spoke them. In all our days w o do not recollect any exhibition that gave us so much satisfaction as did this meeting of old friends, and while wc watched them in their congratulations, we could not make up in our mind which was the most delighted. Driesbach, to know that he was not forgotton by these affectionate creatures, or that they were once more in his presence.? While we were watching Herr and his old companions the crowd began to gather in, and our companions and self departed highly gratified at the result." Humbugs. A writer in tlio N. O. Sunday Delta, in discoursing upon tlie subject of humbugs, takes occasion to discuss the merits of that particular species which relates to the examination of teachers of public schools, and relates the following, which came under his own observation: u Paying a visit to a lady friend residing in one of our suburban villages, and who was about applying for a situation in one of their public schools, I was induced to accompany her to the place appointed for examination of teachers. 44 Then and there I witnessed, for the first lime, one of those ludricrous performances which generally came off previous to the opening of our schools. After waiting an hour or two, a bustling little man appeared --I - mmonscd the candidates into an uu ^ joining room. " Our friend asked and obtained permission for me to be admitted also. The ladles (who numbered about twenty, of various ages, and, judging from appearances, of various attainments) were directed to occupy the seats wbicli bad been placed for thein, in tbe fotm of a semi-circle, fronting a kind of desk, which, however, was separated from them by a curtain. MI was favored with a side seat, which greatly enhanced my pleasure, as I could distinctly see all that transpired on both sides of the curtain. The desk was occupied by some half-dozen gentlemen, who seemed anything but happy. They could not determine upon the proper person to open the play. After much altercation, and another hour's delay, they agreed that the oldest slTould apeak first. " The cnrtain roae, and the man arose. Making a step or two forward, he folded hia arum, i?ii.?cd jtib SJC? sr?piorin^iy, ground! painfully, bowed awfuiiv, and spoke. M Oh 1 spirit of Schmidt, surely thou must hare been arouod and about, inspiring the man. lie said : 1 Ladies, I pleve you nil waata to make von school f Veil, den, you mooat yuat dell roe all de ting* vat I axes you, und den I will find von biace for you make de school. Speak out lout aad plain, und pe no frail/ Now. dell roe ven vaa de vita pear tish covert f < > No anawer. Tat la too hart. Veil, ven you goes in de mftrket und puys n dime oof sour krout for a pigune, how tnoosh change you tuount ,,vs J % hA No answer. , ''fat ish too hart, too. Veil, bow yon' i. vould sphell croompsber. mitEnglish readiii 1' i * Potato,' said a little miss of fifteen, who had doubt leas obtained her diploma. p ' Coot, fooehraie. Now, dell ine vat ish > do name of de shtick vat goes troo der mit lie of der vorid to hang him oup on T' ? No answer. ? 4 Von moro und I pe finish. Der haf one I pook, vat makes der becplex talk foosblrat# s und be pruet und say nice tings like der preacher. Vat is der name of dat pook !' j 4 Grammar,' said our lit tie mins. r * Coot; coot an clabber sheese, and per I cause you ish ter ahmartest nnd dar nmii!. I est, und iter nicest trccst, und percause you . iali mine coota fr/ndo ter peer mall a taught er, you may make von scnool; und nil dem i vat den't know nuff, kin j ual co home und ! laarn wtmt* more.' This, of course, put nn end to the per> formnnce, and all left, we. for one, feeling t that we had never witnessed a play better worth the money." Kit Carson. A Santa Fe correspondent of the Wnsh, inglon Union writes as follows: [ * I this day had the pleasure of seeing and conversing with the far-famed Kit Car. son. He is a mild, pleasant man in the expression of his face, and ore would never suspect him of having led the life of daring and adventure, which distinguish him. lie , is refined in his manners, and very polite in t his intercourse; his conversation is marked , by great earnestness, and his language i> , appropriate and well chosen, though not r pronounced with correctness. He has a strong mind, and everything he snvs is pointed and practical, except when indulg ing in a vein of humor, which i* not unfrequent. No one can converse with him an hour without bting favorably impressed ; he has a jovial, honest, open countenance, and a kindness of heart nlmoat feminine. He is universally belovt-d here, and a favorite with all classes. Indians included. He never alludes to his career as an adventurer, unless questioned relative to it. Although he is free and pmv in hi* conversation, everything he ftys in regard to himself partaken of a degree of modesty, almost incrediblo in one whose life has been an unhioken succession of hardships and dangers. You may have seen a small periodical floating about Washington, called * Kit Carann. the Gold Hunter.' I had rvad it, and in the course of , our conversation I asked him if it were true, lie said it was not; every statement inade is false. He is represented in this pamphlet as a colossal figure, when he is not over five feet eight inches in height. He is heavy j framed, and weighs about 170 pounds. He ia forty-eight years old. but does not lo.rk more than thirty five. Ho came to this countiy in 1827, having run off from his employer, near Boouvillo. Missouri, to whom he was apprenticed to learn the saddler's trade. The fact* of his life are now in possession of Washington Irving, and will, doubtless, be thrown into the form of a book during the coming winter, lie ia a strong State-Kights Democrat." The Use of 8nniF. Our Grave friend Bullock, Senator Elect from Barbour, and editor of the Spirit of the 1 Q....L I . it ^viuii, una lurneu n.*8 attention, lor a mo rnent. to the " use of snuflf by the ladies."? 1 lie says: "This most disgusting and ruinous practice has become alarmingly prevalent. The quantity sold in this county exceedfive thousand pounds, ftnu no JouU the oon- i sumntion is ^nHiiy great in othei counties. The snuff bottle passes round not less frequently than the whiskey bottle among topers? j and the one form of dissipation is about as i offensive and ruinous as the other?in fact whiskey has the advantage. What can be more revolting to good taste than to see a lady comforting herself with a huge mop, ponderous with maccaboy?grinding the villainous mass, mop and all, until it becomes tasteless anil juieeles*. Young ladies and old, married and single, 1 indulge, and what is passing strange, but , few conceal it. There is a painful amount of ignorance as to the deadly ravages it makes upon the health. It finds a bearin nitig in occasional dipping to cleanse tlio teeth, and such supposed harmless use lie gets a fondness for it as a stimulant, and nothing can he more certain than that, in the end, you become possessed of an irresistible craving for it, which must be gratified at all hazznrds?nervous system wrecked, di- , gestion and appetite de.-trove J?gums and Jipa hardened. bh.odless and" juiceless?skin rough anrl colorless?the shun dipper stand* before you a skeleton, eating nothing, enjoy , ing nothing, nil the lime crying for more snuff. La.lies, let us beseech you to avoid it as you would the most deadly poison.? Never use it for any purpose. Substitute charcoal in cleaning the teeth?it is far pre farable, not only as a cleanser, but it keeps ; the breath pure, and should any escape into the stomach it acts admirably an a disinfect ing agent and benefits digestion. Out ban- ( iili snuri at all events, and you will never i>- , gret the resolution." I It was Dr. WatU who first sung of a harp of a thousand strings, as follows: " Our lives soutaia a thousand springs. And dies If ohd be grtw { T 1 Strange that a harp or e thousand strings 1 SbonM keep in tune so long."' 'I Indication or Gkkips.?I'm chock full1 of genius, and running over; for I hate all sorts of work myself, and all aorta of people | mean enough to do it. 1 hate going to bed, and I hate getting up. My conduct is very eccentric and singular. I have the miserable melancholies all the time, and I'm pretty nearly always as cross as thunder, which is a aure sign. Genius is as tender as a skinned cat, and flies into a passion wheqevcr you touch it. When I condescend to unhuzzum myself, for a little aympathj, to folks of ornery intellect?and eompnrisoned to me, I know very few people that arn't ornery as to brnins?and pour forth the feelings indigginus to a poetic soul, which is always bilin, they ludricate tny situation, and say they don't know what the dense I'm driving at. Isn't genius always! O* lllis f?isliir?n in #ln? ??-il- ? II...?1-. > 1 - ... HIV ?<? ill, ftl.-IIIHUI, ine boy after my own heart, say* T And when the .light)* of the world, and of the printers set me in a fine frenzy, and my soul swells, and swells till il almost tears the shirt off my buzzum, and even fractures my dicky? when it expansuates and elevates me above the common heard, they laugh again, and tell me not to be pompious. Tho poor plebinians, and worse than Russian scurfs 1 It i? the fate of genius?it is his'n, or rather I should say her'n?to go through life with little sympathizntinn, and less cadi. Life's a field of blackberry and raspberry bushes. Mean people squat down ami pick the fruit; no matter bow thev black their fingers, while genius, proud and perpendicular strides fiercely on, and gets nothing but scratches and holes tore in its trowsers. [Charcwtl Sketches. A Working Christian.?A quarter of a century ago. there was a man in New York, who hnd what Pavson calls " a passion for souls." Although a layman, (a book keeper,) he felt it alike his duly and his pleasure to bring impenitent sinners to Christ. Two things in particular characterized him. lie was a man of prayer. He spent hours every day in bis closets; and often, when in the crowded street, it was evident to them that knew him that he was even then and there wrestling for souls. The other trait was his self denial for others. lie obtained from his employer tho use of two half days every week to himself, at a drawback from his salary of more than a hundred dollars.! TLU (illlP lio luo/l in fi-ilinn* '"v? ~ * 1 .... %.. v? ' a i viii IIVII.^O l?? house for religion* conversation. Of course, such a man would leave his mark. And he did. Ilia Sunday school class of twenty-five young ladies all became h<?j>eful converts; and it was a regular thing at each communion sens m of the church to which he belonged to find from one to five applicant* for admission, brought there through his instrumentality. And. indeed, when the sacramental season occurred without there being any such seal of God's blessing upon bis labors, he was sadly distressed and disappointed. Were there but one such a man now, in each church of our city, what a blessed re suK would follow ? But why should there not be f Is not every (reliever bound to toil for the conversion of souls f Should I .n? ?i a 1- I ,,v" F tuatv wr Minnie, oiu nna young, make litis one especial, nay, prominent object in life??Intelligencer. Prkachehs iias Riz.?Tlte Nashville Whig says the following good thing conveys ? practical lesson : IIAWKK6VI1.LE, Kr., September 2. Mr8sk8. Editors : The following amusing incident occurred in our town a few weeks since. It will apply to other localities as well as this : A short lime sinco it became necessary to adopt measures to procure the sen ices of a minister at the African church in this plsce. Accordingly a committee was appointed to wait upon " Brudder Pcarce," (who was generally acknowledged to be the most suitable personage to fill that high and honorable station.) and solicit him to accept the pastorship of theirchurch. They were informed that In? would undertake the laborious task for the very moderate sum of forty-five dollars ner Annum : hut insiirnificant ns ilia price might seem, his flock thought it exorbitant, and peremptorily refused to give it. Two or three week* paused, and, being unable to gel another preacher, it was finally agreed to pay the sti|>end, and on the ensuing Sabbath the following took place : ** Hi uddftr Pearee, we'd Voided to gin you f?.i l v-five dollars to preach for its," said a be nevoI?-nt colored individual, whereupon our clerical friend arose and responded : M Ureddereu, I can't preach for that price." a Why, you only axed forty-five," cried half a doxen voices. M Shoie nuff I dfdf, hredderen, but dat you know was tree weeks ago, and preach- 1 ers has Hz." 0CENB?The crowded deck of an American packet from California; Califbrnian to the skipper: M f slioutd like a sleeping ' berth, neow, if you please." Skipper.? ' Why, where have you been sleeping-for the lest two weeks since we left poi t ? J Dalifornian.?" Wall, I've been eleeping on he top of a tuck manbut he's got tatter, teoW, and be any* I've got to rrtovo my idols." i IIow to Avoid dkino Pkiibonal.?Sl>e< idan Knowles, being advised by Sir K. Bui wer Lvtton to read Gibbon's Decline am Fall, in order to get a good plot for a net play he had engaged to write, went, in hi usual impulsive manner, and immediutel; subscribed to Saunders d: Otley's public li brnty. Paying down his subscription fo three months, he walked away. Being oi the eve of going into the country, he di< not take any books then ; but en his returi to London, nearly four months afterward: he called and asked for the work in ques tion. The clerk looked over the names, ant said, M Your subscription has expired, sir; ] cannot let you have any more books unti you have paid another quarter in advance.* The wrath of the Irish dramatist was arous cd, so he soundly rated the clerk, declaring that M Saunders ?fe Otley wero a couple o swindlers !" One of the partners hearing this, came forward, and reproached Mr Knowles for his personal insult. "Person al, my dear sir," said the wit, " not a bit o it, if you are Mr. 8aunders, damn Mr. Ot ley, damn Mr. Saunders; will not be per sonal for the worldThe partner snuled at the felicitous retort, and put Knowles on tll#> fr^A lia* Last Fond Looks.? When a lady (w< are talking: of a lady in the full height ant breadth of fashion) has got her bonnet nnc gloves on, and is perfectly ready with he parasol in hand, she always goes hack l< the looking glass to lake a last fond look Upon our asking "a dear handsome duch ess " if this was not the truth, she had the charming candor to state : " Yes, mv deai Punch, it is the truth, hut not aii the truth, No woman, take my word for it, is satisfied with one look. At least I know that I am not, for (and here our duchess laughed, at though she was pleased with herself and all the world) I don't mind telling you, I inva riably take four, four good ones. The first look in the glass is for myself, that's fair i the second is for my husband, that's nothing but just; the third is for my friends, that's only generous; and the last is for mv rivals, that's human nature. If the last look satisfies me, then I know all is right, and I assure you I never take any more." [London Punch. Book-Kkkpikg in Doublk Entry.?On the examination of Stephen Ifronson, Jr., charged with defrauding a bank in Chicago, of which he was cashier, Judge Wilson, one of the victims, was a witness, and gave the following important piece of evidence : *' Have never examined the books to ascertain in regard to the accounts; witness would not attempt any such thing. He legaided the plan of keeping l>ooks by double entry as a scheme for swindling. False entries could be made, mm tin* Innit rS K.vr.lr keepers could not detect them. Witness would .19 60on undertake to work the difficult problem in fluxions or conic sections as to unravel the mysteries of double entry book keeping. If the books show a balance for Uronson, they are wrong, that's all, and if the people can he swindled in this way, the double entry system should be abolished by statute." Beautiful Illustration.?The widow's inite was beautifully illustrated at a'meeting of the Bible Society, recently hold in Manchester, New Hampshire. A poor woman on her death bed, had given a cage, with two beautiful birds, the only available thing she owned, to the Biblo Society. The birds had been kept by the clergyman, and at the anniversary meeting at Manchester, they were brought forward and the interesting eircum stances of the gift stated. They were then uncovered, and the sudden gush of light roused them up, and the little warblers burst into the most rapturous soner. The effect upon the audience was magical, and, under its influence, they were sold at Auction.? Over one hundred dollars, including some voluntary additions, were thus secured for the Society by this poor dying woman's bequest. A i.aijy in Kansas writes to the Boston Traveler : 44 The third finger of my right hand was bitten by a rattlesnake two weeks ago today. As you |>erceive, it has not proved fatal, thanks to a pint and a half of raw whiskov, salt and egg poultices, besides the charging and doctring of 4 Big Medicine,' the Kansas Indian Esculapiua, who stayed with me night and day through the worst of it. soothing me with his wild and pleasing Indian lullabies, and keeping oil the flies with his magic wand?a wild gooso's winp. Does it not seem romautic to be tended like a baby by a great six-foot Indian, bends, ear-rings amulets, and all 1 But I am over the wor*\ now, though I have a bad -s v i . _1 a nnger, rendering my rigm arm auuui useless." ^ Tnouoif wc eeem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we nre wishing every jteriod of it at an end. 1'lte minor longs to be of age; And (lien to bo a man of business ; (ben to take up an c*tatti; to arrive at honors; then to rotire.?Addison. SKOOtta'a wife lovis to make bread,because it cleans Iter bands beautifully. INiiMBER 24. i ij r "L " IICMPHHRY MARfllfALL dcf'Cril<ea the I American party as " a broad And quiet river, J that takes its noiseless way through tbo v plain, diffusing fertility a?d be*u ly on all s sides, and losing itself only in tlie expanded p oceau of the nationV weal !n An ex-Know - Nothing friend of the Louisville Democrat r says that, according to his experience, it is t like a country road he once traveled, wbicli^ ] at tiro start, wae brOad and plain, straight i and smooth, promising a pleasant journey i, and speedy arrival at the dew'tnl goal, but - soon began to twiftt around fences and wind ] through the woods, becoming less distinct I at every step, until at last it ended in a I rabbit track and ran into the ground. Tiieuk is, pei haps, not a morh odious j character in the world than that of the gof between?by which we mean the crear tore who carries to the eara of one # J" T J . every injurious observation tbat happefm trf drop from another. Such a person is the f slanderer's herald, and is altogether more odious than the sland6r6r himself. By his vile officiousneas he makes that poison offecI tive which else were inert, (or ihree-fotirths i of the slanderers in the world would \ever injure their object, except by malice of gobetweens, who, under the mask of double' | friendship, aet the part of double traitors. ' Tnr. maxim that evftrv great calamity r brings blessings to somebody, is troe in the > ?ase of the Central America. A friend1 6f ours who, a year or two ago, bought two life policies from passengere who were about go1 ing to California, and who found this the only means of paying their passage, will soon come into possession of $4,500 by virtue of these policies, which did not cost him above $500. The parties whose lives the 1 policies covered were on board the Central ' America on her recent trip to New York, ' and are ?m6ng the lost. [Journal of Commerce: Good News.?No poverty there ! Millions' > of good men iiave left the earth poor ; but never has one entered Heaven poor. Lazarus the moment before lie .died, was a begfar at tho gate, but in a few moments after is death his estate had grown so vast, that, the haughty worldling, still surviving in all his influence, in comparison with him was a penniless pauper. O, poor believer! rejoice in prospect of your grnnd inheritance ! It is " incorruptible, undefiled, and fadetb not* nwnv " Tt ronllw **'" I - * - . .? imaiciiaU} iuv9kllliauii."t unspeakable. ? SitcrtKT RiuraioS.?God is often lost in prayers and ordinances. ** Enter into thy chamber," snid lie, " and shut thv doori about thee." "Shut thy door about thee," means much'it means?shut out, not only frivolity, but business, not only the company abroad, but the company at home ; it raeana?let thy poor sold have a little rest and refreshment, and God have opportunity to speak to thee in a still small votce, or lie > will speak in thunder. I am pmuaded the 1 Lord would often speak more softly if we1 , would shut the door."?Cecil. Co8ti.t I'hesents.?The Hartford Times states that the Emperor of Russia has presented to Ilori. Thomas II. Seymour, the American Minister at his Court, a beautiful tabic, made from a peculiar stone or marble,' takeu from the Siberian mines. The entire cost of the article was seven thousand five hundred dollars. It has arrived at New York. The Grand Duke Constantino has ordered a vase for Gov. Seymour, the cost, of which will be five thousand five hundred dollars. Uov. Seymour is very popular at the Em,>eror's Court, " Madam," said a very polite traveler to a tastv old landlady, " if I see proper to help myself to this milk, is there any impropriety in it." 441 don't know what you mean ; but if you mean to insinuate that thar is anything nasty in that milk, I'll give you to under-, stand that.you've btruck the wrong house! There ain't a fust hair in it, for as soon as Darthy Ann told me the cat was drowned in the milk, I went right straight an' strained it over." Tho young man fainted. ? Is some parts of Germany,' choice eppto and other fruit trees arc planted by the roadside, from which every one is welcome to pluck and eat. In some plsces every alternate tree fa marked, that the fruit may i s Al A . I < I. I. ft i I t>e leu for ino planter, which wish is generally honest iy regarded'. Calse and Et'kkcth.?Since the stoppage of cotton mills in Amherst, N. II, tlie jail there has been filled to overflowing with j>ci sons dhnrged with petty, thefts?a melancholy illustration of the old stingo that * idhlies# is the mother of crime." ,Tnii Hi out Man in the liroin Fi.ack The mayor of Charleston offers a icwnrd of one thousand dollars fur the discovery, and proof to conviction, of the person or pcraortk' wlio sot fire to MV. Johnson's stable on Sonday morning last. He not hasty to believe flying reports,, l<y tbe disparagem^ut of ony 6mv