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^?? ' "i i A REFLEX OF POPULAR^ VENTS'. .- J.' ' - ... UJ -~ - fn n .m I ,li I _ , ??? __A Denoted to progress, lfye tiigljls of tl)f Soutlj, anir tl)t Diffusion of Useful Unoroletige among alt (Classes of .XUovlung Utru. VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18. 1858. NUMBER 41? J, II II 1 ' \ - J !JL-.-I L-i. i ~ I ^Ji Jt . Li Z. ' 1? * " ,J ? T ^anipmt npuRTftnt 18 W8LI8HED WEEKLY IV : ?. P. PRICE & C. M. M'JUNKIN, v,? JPr prlcttr*. WILLIAM P. PRICE, sditoh. TERMS. 2? t Om Dsllar a Tear, la Advaace, H. 81.00, IF DELA YED. , J AGENTS. Vr.rx* Art .voter, K#q., Slut RocV, K. . A. M. l'ttuki, F?lr?lf* P. O., Oreonrllla IXst IIAltar, PleiUMtnt Orore, Greenville. _ A 't. r. q. Andkii?.i5, Knoree, Spartanburg. G. W. Kura, Traveling Agent. ItlertriJ ^ottrij. j . .. . ..^1 - ? , ~ [From Punch. | ^ My FloraA FASHIONADLB P ASTOK At.. . * "JT?H me, Gentles, have you seen, My Worn pass this wnv t That you may know the Miss I mean, Her briefly I'll portray. No bonnet on ber bead, Hut on her neck she wears: An oyster shell 'tis said In sise with it compare*, Its shnpe no ove can brook, Its use is doubtful too; It but imparts a barefaced look. And bring* much cliiek to view. tier dress may please the Swell, For its swollen cxntwrance ; Site looks a monster Helle in such Big lien expanse. Those air-tubes filled with gas *.* Might lift, ber te the moon ; ij- The small boys mark it as they pass. And screech out : " Ah Walloon ! A parasol she bears Kor ornament, not use : For comfort, gloves rlie wears ' Too tight, and slaves loo loose. Behind her hang* a hood w Just level with l?er chin. An Indian K?jin?w might find it good To (nit a hah}- in. Of her hair she shows the roots. Sham fiowers the rest conceal; And she's crippled by her boots With (lie military heel: Streets oft' you hear litem stalk When e'er she ventures out; And she seems to waddle more than walk Her hoops so sway about. ITer figure may be good. But that no eye can tc'.l; A mere lay figure would Show off her dress as well. She may have ankle* neat, Bui Utey'ie concealed by skirt, .h Which chiefly servos to hide her feet. And gather up the dirt. Then, Gentles, have you seen My Flora this way come t She cannot have unnoticed been, She takes up loo tuuch room I I ?LH?1??I I ? ftlisrdlfltttoiui l&toiiing. WK? the Slogan of the Highlanders-"? A Thrilling Moment at Lneknow. - The war in India has been attended with many scenes of thrilling interest, and there have not been wanting pens to picture them with startling effect. The following graphic description of the scene at the moment of ?' the arrival of the relief, so long, so painful|v awaited by the belengued inmates of Laekoo*, written by a lady of the rescued party, equals in dramatic intensity the best f descriptive passages of Sir Walter Scott, . and surpasses anything done by Hussell in -illo Crimea: i y 44 Death stared vt in the face. We were felly persuaded that in twenty-four hoars <4 all would be over. The engineers had said <00, and all knew Ibe wont. We women trove to encourage each other, and to perform the light dutiee which had been assigned lor we, eueh ae conveying order# to 2 *?$ ??d vwwpling the men with *" prorWonn, cupe of eoffee, which we prepar*ed day and night. Utad gone out to try tad make myself useful, in company with f??eele Brown, the wife of a corporal in my 'husband's regiment. Poor Jeeeio had been 'in a state of restlee* excitement all ({trough the se%e, and bad fallen away visibly with, fa the ia*t few day*. A constant fever consented her, and iter mind wandered oeea,4 titonally, especially on the* day when the reeoUeot^m of home teemed powerfully pres. dow^ on tho ground, wrajI^S^p'i'o h7r plaid. I aat beeide her, promising to awe ken ber. when, ae ebe said, her hither should dfKWnvn foot tho ploughing.' She at length fell into a profound slumber, motionless and apparently breathless, her hwrd reeling id ,,,j a iinKu wuiii nu longer rwisl I Ihe inclination to sleep, in spite of tho con- \ tinnal roar of cannon. Suddenly I wan > aroused by it wild, unearthly scream doae ? to my car ; my companion stood upright lie * side me, her arms raised, and her head belli \ forward in the atii'ude of listening. A look c of intense delight broke over her rounte* t nance, she grasped my hand, drew mo to- t wards her, and exclaimed, 4 Dinnn ye hear t it f dinna yc bear it! Ay, Tin no drenmin', t its the slogan of the Highlanders I We're * saved, we're saved !' Then, flinging herself 1 on her knee% she thanked (iod with pas- ( stonate fervor. a 14 1 felt utterly bewild^rd ; my English cars t heard only the roar of artillery, and I thought c my poor Jessie was still raving, but she r darted to the batteries ; and 1 heard her cry r incessantly to the men, 4 Courage 1 liaik to * the slogan?to the Macgregor, the grandest c of them a'l. Here's help at last.' To de- r scribe the effect of these words upon the t soldiers would be impossible. For a mo t i monl ii?a?. ? 1 * , m.vm? %uo^ imwi iiring, unci every soul lis* t | teneil with inlen.se anxiety. Gradually, ? I however, there ft roue a murmur of bitter difc- I appointment, and the wailing of the women f who had docked out began anew as the i Colonel shook his head. Our dull lowland i cars heatd nothing but the rattling of the musketry. s M A few moments more of the deathlike * suspense of this agonising hope, and Jessie, I who had again sunk on tire ground, sprang i to her feet and crird, in a roiec no clear an l > E'ercing that it was heard along the whole t le?' Will ye no believe it noo f The i slogan has ceased, indeed, but the Camp 1 bells are comiti'l D'ye hear f d'ye hear V ? At that monrent we seemed indeed to hear j the voice of God in the distance, when the l bagpipes of the Highlanders brought us t tidings of deliverance; for now there was I no longer any doubt of the fact. That t shrill, penetrating, ceaseloss sound, which ' rose above all other sennds, could come c neither from the advance of the enemy, nor t from the works of the sappers. No, it was s indeed the blast of the Scottish bagpipes, 1 now shrill and harsh, as threatening ven- r geance on the foe, then in softer tor.es, seem ? >nS to Promise succor to their friend* in t need. Never purely was there such a scene c as followed. Not a heart in the Residency of Lucknow, but bowod itself before God.? All. bv one simultaneous impulse, fell upon their knees, and nothing was heard but burst- t ing sobs and the murmured voices of prayer. Then arose, and there rang out from a thousand lips a great sheut of joy, which resounded far and wide, and lent new vigor e to that blessed bagpipe. To our cheer of li ' God save the Queen.' they replied in the e well known strain that moves every Scot to c tears; * Should nuld acquaintance be for- I got,' Ac. After that, nothing else made any t impression on me. I scarcely remember what followed. Jessie was presented to the I General on his entrance into the fort, and at j the officers' banquet her health was drank r by all present, while the pipers marched t round the table, playing ouce moro the familiar air of ' Auld lang Syne.' " I : A Remarkable Magician?TheNecroman~ , is aa 11 ?- 1 coi in ai^eriaEvery one linn seen, or lienrd speak of the . great Kobert Houdin. Besides being the ' prince of conjuror*, he is an able inathema- c tician and mechanician, and his electric v clock, mnde for the Hotel de Ville of his native town of Blois, obtained a medal at f the Paris exhibition. It is not generally c known that he was sent to Algeria by the French Government on a mission connected j with the black art?probably the first time that a conjuror has been called upon to exercise hi? profession in Government employ. J Some details of his exhibition have just been published. It* object was to destroy . the influence exercised among the Arab tribes by the Marabouts?an iufluence often mischievously applied. By a few clumsy [ tricks and impostures, these Marabouts pass ' themselves eff as sorcerers ; no one, it was 6 justly thought, was better able to eclipse . their skill and discredit their science than the man of the inexhaustible bottles. One of the great pretentions of the Mar- 1 about* was to invulnerability. At the moment that a leaded musket was aimed at 1 biro, and the trigger pulled, he pronounced a few cabalastie words, and *he weapon did not go off. Houdin detected the trick, and * _1.?... ...1 tL.t >L. ?L. ?--l- - ' otiuvecu lURI iuo luue-noio wu piuggea.? 11 The Arab wizzard vn*s ferocious, and abused ? bis Franc* rival. "You may revenge yourself/ quforty replied iiuudm , Ukb a piste;, load it yourself, here are bullets, put ono in C the barrel; but l>efore doing so, mark it with your knife." The Arab did as he was I told. M You are quite certain, now," said Hoodin, " that the pistol is loaded and will n Ei off. Tell me, do you feel no remorse in lling me thus, notwithstanding that I au thorite vou ln u Yoa are my enemy," cool p ly replied the Arab; - I will kill you."? o Without replying, iloudin stuck an apple a on the point of a knife, and calmly gave the k word to fire. The pistol was discharged, the apple flew 8 far away, sad there appeared in tu place, A stuck on the point of the knife, the bullet the Marabout had marked. si The spectators remained mute from stu- h pcfaetion ; the Marabout bowed before hist * mtfTT ' wtwv uperlor. 44 Allnh is great !" he said,441 am 'anquiahed." Instead of the Untie from vbicn, in Europe, Robert Hondin pour* an ndleaa at ream of every description of wine itul liquor, he called for an , empty bowl, vhich he kept continually full of boiling offee, but few of the Aralra would taste it, or they made sure that it caine direct from he devil's own coffee pot. ITe then- told hem that it was in hia power to deprive hem of all strength, and restore it to them it will, nnd he produced a small box, so ight that a child could lift it with hia finjer; but it suddenly became so that the trongeat man present could not raive it, and he Arabs, who prise physical strength above iverything, looked with terror at the great nagiclan who, they doubted not. could anlihilate them by the mere exertion of hia a ill. They expreased this belief; lloudin :onfirmed them in it, and promised that, on i day appointed, ho would convert one of hem "into smoke. The day ctunc; the hrong was prodigious; a fanatical Mara>out had agreed to give himself up to the orcorer. Th*iv miut? lit?r. 1 ? - * J > ?* Otaiiu upun 1% Ift' >le and covered him with a transparent jauze; then Iloudin and Another person ifted the table by the two ends, and the Vrab disappeared in a cloiui of smoke. The terror of the spectators was indescribible; they rushed out of the place, and ran \ long distance before some of the boldest bought of returning to look after the Maribout. They found him near the place there he nad been evaporated, but he could ell them nothing, and was like a drunken nan, ignorant of what had happened to lim. Thenceforward Iloudin was venerited, and the Marabouts despised ; the obect of the French Government was completely attained. The fashion of " test i molials" having, it appears, infected even the Vrabs, a number of chiefs presented the Tench conjuror with a piece of Arab writ ng, wonderfully decorated, hyperbolical nnd gotistic, and to which they were so attcnive as to append a French translation, lieides this memorial of his Algerine trip, londin has a rosary which he one day bor owed from an Arab to perform a trick with, ind which the ow ner, persuaded that Shiah in person was before him, refused to reeive back.?London Timtt Pari* Cur. Another Exciting Novel. HE CANMDAL COUNT?On, THE DEMON OF THE LAOKIt DKEIt CELLAR. Chatter I.?"Wot ho, there?lights!" xclaitncd Count Alfonso de iiuinmero, as ? it* * iu wipcu ma gnzzty moustaches onto the dge of the table cloth and stomped the heel if his heavy stogies onto the floor of the sger-beer cellar in his rage?" NVot ho, here ! Lights, I say !" u Yah. mynheer P'exclaimed Carl Schweillead, as he instantly placed before the linnfry Alfonso a big dish of fried lights?the emains of a sheep's haslet, which had been hrowti out from the sausage meat. "Enough, catitl", begone!" yelled the ^onnt, as he stuck his fork into a piece of he savorynes*, and continued his frugal reins t. Chapter II.?Speedily did the Count dis>atch his lights, and then, as a dark scowl >'erspread his swarthy face, he nervously lutclied his knife and again his heavy heel vas buried in the yielding floor. M Schweilhoad ! he cried, and the white oam gathered about his lips, * Schweilhoad! oma er bans!" " Vat iat der matter!" queried the bluff andlord, as he stood before his guest. " Sweitzer kaise und lager P' was the re?lv. anil tli<? Cminf irmiin/l lit* l??it> i...? usly. 44 So! Yah P* returned Carl, and be proluced the required luxuries. Chapter 1IL?44 Wood and thunder!" oared the Count, after having wallered a iuII cheese and a cask of lager, 44 am I nevr to be waited on ! Schweilhead, I say !" 44 Yah 1" and the trembling landlord stood iefore him. 44 Sausages and preitzel*!" almost shrieked lie Count, 44 quick, or die !" 44Oh, mine cot-a-ruighteys, rah P* replied be host, and the articles were brought. Chapter IV.?-44 Another bout and I shall e nerved to the task I" hissed the grim ?ottnl between his set teeth, aa he awallered is last morsel of preitzel, 44 Schweilhead, onae hither!" 44 Yah, mynheer ! Vat you vanta, now !" 44 to eat !" roared the en raped Junta. 44 Oh, mine Cot I" ejaculated the roisera1c landlord, 44 vot I shall do T* 44 Do, catiff!" shrieked the Count, M haul o beef steak, mutton-chop, or veal-cutlet!" 44 Nein I" returned Ike host. ' " Then fetch me tomo fried liver, som* ig's kidneys, a couple o' frit d eggs turned ver, a couple o' fish balls, some sour kraut nd half a doaen pickled ing uu! D'ye ear. monster 1 jump 1" 14 Oh, yali !** exclaimed the unhappy eh wellhead, ** Cot in llimmel, vot a man*!" ini the articles were produced. CnarTBR V.?Again an awful summons mote upon the ear of Sohweilbead, and be astened to obey ft. jM,: j.. " Dcteatiblc traitor P roared lite Count, I " hast anything in thy vile alxsle to keep H fiiniifhing traveler from starvation! llnst anything to eat f* " Nein, mine Col P exclaimed the landlord, ** noting* at all I you eat tip everyting* 1" " Liar P roared the Count, glaring aavagelv upon the affrighud landlord, "you have a beautiful daughter!" " Oh, mine grashua P exclaimed the miserable man, " you ton't vants to eat her, too r - 44 Itenst P yelled the Count, M nod hither the fair Katrina !" And he sent her. [The remainder of this sanguinary and exciting story will appear soma time between now and the ve?r 1900. in the I7?? vrr*al Wttkhj Kerjtummux, (not the New York Ledger.) the publication of which tremendous journal has just been commenced. Have patience!] [Washington Cor. of the Cincinnati Enquirer.) Interesting Sketoh of Oen. Quitman. General John A. Quitman is one of the most remarkable men in Congress. The son of a Lutheran clergyman, born in the State of New York, he, at nn early nge, wandered to the South, which has ever since been his home. Possessed of great bodily vigor, an active mind, and a daring spirit, be was early in the field as a soldier of fortune, and raised a regiment for the Texas revolutionary struggle. lie is an old man. His hair, beard and moustaches are almost entirely white, but bis eye is yet lustrous and clear, his arm muscular, nnd his spirit as high strung as in the days of his prime. Ilia has been an eventful career. In Mexico he was greatly distinguished for his skill as a general, his dauntless bravery and bis kindness of heart. No general was more beloved by his soldiers. To General Quitman, more than ony other man. belong* the credit of the capture of the city of Mexico, and the salvation of the American army. At the battle of Chcpullapec, General Scott invested him with discretionary power to move upon the city or not, as he saw fit, after the hill of Cliapultepec was won. No sooner was the American flag hoisted over tlie rampart*, than the command, u Quitman's Division to the City" wan passed along the line, and after receiving new supplies of ammunition, the tired, blood-stained and shattered troops moved cheeifully upon the Garita Helen. It was this prompt movement which decided the Mexican war. Let lite honor rest where it is due. For one, I am happy to add my testimony to the fact. On the causeway, tha column was foremost, and then the decisive charge took place. There was the gallant Shields wounded ; there Major Loring, of the Rifles, fell. It was a desperate hour. No drums or bugles cheered on that band of heroes as they swept to the storming charge. No banners waved, but tlie Sax?u cheer rose above tlie loar of tlie battle, the proud slogan of victory. There, in the front rank, was the gallant, gray-haired old chief, on foot, in a greatly exposed situation, coolly smoking his segar, and waving a rifle, tc which bis white handkerchief was attached. Like the w hite plume of Prince lienry at the battle of Navarre, it was seen in the thickest of the tight. General Quitman was one of the first men who leaped the ditch. nnd, turning to General Smith, asked him the time of dny. It was twenty minutes past one o'clock. M Let whoever survives this day remember that," said tho General, nnd at the same instant he announced that they were the first Americans who had passed the ramparts. 1 have not space to dwell longer upon the incidents of that memorable occasion?bow General Quitman led his column into the Grand Plaza, and formed it in front of the Palace ; and there was the American flag saluted by the little bloody and powder-bogrimmed soldiers, who thus formed the advance corps of the army. General Quitman has seen much civil nnd political service. An able lawyer?he has a tine reputation at the bar throughout Mississippi and Louisiana, lie has served in Legislatures, in State Senates, in Constitu tional Conventions, and for four years was Governor of Mississippi. He is a man of large fortune, liberal, nnd respected by all who have business relations with him. He is a good speaker, but lacks the power of | voice necessary to a popular orator. A mam has been committed to jail atStafi ford for various cases of imposture. On one occasion he represented himself to a woman aa iter iiunvntid, who bad beta iraeapovted nineteen years before?and she, though married again, waa ao completely convinced that the prisoner was her long lost partner, that alio I-A I It A man ttknit, ? 1 I .?.* ? ? ? ?nv?n ?aiv unu nmi i inj nilU ' went to live with the prisoner. He played 1 a similar deception on another woman. Iloora.?At Senator Donglas* late ball | in Washington, several of the exclusive*, it t is said, bad small hoops in the bottom o< , the legs of their pantaloons They were made of steel, and gave the panla a very pretty set around the boot. Pro*. Bach* calculated that the waves n| the sea travel at the rale of six ami a hall miles a minute. Gen Jackson'* Toilet. The genial temper of President Buchnnan, his eesv, pleasant manners ami racy conversation, have always rendered liiin a great favorite in society, abroad as well as at home, i and few of our public men have laid up such a stock of amusing and valuable reminiscen- I ces. There i* no anecdote which he tells of i Gen. Jackton, which is so characteristic of < the old hero that is worth preserving. i The President relates that once, during I the administration of Old Hickory, he went < to the White I louse to ask admission topre < sent to him the celebrated Miss Betsy Caton. I Gen. Jackson readily assented, and named I the next day for the interview. At the ap- I pointed hour Mr. Buchanan repaired with | his fair charge to the Presidential mansion, I and leaving the lady in one of the drawing- t rooms, he mounted to the private cabinet of I the President. To his great surprise and disappointment, he found the General huri- i _.i i -? en 111 um u*.hjk? una paper*, nnd attired in * I plain morning drew, liia chin unshaved and < his favorite pipe in his inouth. The Sena ! tor from Pennsylvania was grievously em- < barrassed. lie wis apprehensive thai if he I announced Miss Caton's presence, the gal i lant veteran would descend all in neglige as I ue was. i Mr. Buchanan did not like to expose the renowned belle to such a shock as that, and, | on the other hand, he equally dreaded offer- i iug a suggestion on the subject to the ffery < oUl hero. There was no alternative, how ever, and he had to state that Miss Caton j was waiting the General's presence in the green drawing-room. Up jumped Old < llickorv At the first word and laid down his I pipe. There was not a moment to be lost, i so Mr. Buchanan, in a timid and apologetic 1 manner, ventured to observe that " the lady I could very well wait till the President had i shaved himself." The General saw what he was driving at, and shook his frizzled head at him like the mane of an enraged linn. 44 Buchanan," thundered out the iinpetu- i I o?* old man, "did you over hear of the man in Kentucky who got rich by minding his own business f" Without stopping to say whether he was i acquainted with the remarkable individual i in question, the experienced senator fled | from the storm, and took refuge with his i lovely companion down-stabs. In a few i minutes afterwards the hero of New Oilcans entered the r>>oin with that dignity of manner which no man knew better how to as--.1 ?- ? - , miu gicni ww .*ir. Diicnanan s renel to find that not only wax his face quite vir ginal in its smoothness, but that he was got up in his best black suit, with boots of fault less radiance. "Let Me Alone." MARK 1 : 24. " Let me alone," said an undutiful son, in ! reply *o the expostulations of his father: 44 let me alone, 1 will do as I plense, and I your talk is of no use." In a few days this J tipler, gamester, and debauchee finished hi* 1 race in the grave. ' " Let me alone, I am my own guardian," ' said one, in reply to his beseeching wife, who was kneeling At his feet, imploring him, in plaintive strains, not to go again to the tavern and the card table : u let me alone," he said, and, leaving her in tears, he went to j the place of rendezvous, and in a few hours I his work was finished?he whs in eternity? j h self-murderer! and his wife and little ones ! were beggars. M Let me alone," said a poor creature, as he came reeling to the grogshop, to complete his debauch : " let me alone ; I know what I am about; I drink no inore than I need; I can govern myself; I despise a drunkard." lie went on his way, and the , next morning he was found a stiffened corpse upon the frozen ground. " Let me alone," said a man, who was taking his morning dram, to his wife, who inildly expostulated with him, and tenderly hinted her fears that he was becoming too fond of morning drinks : " let mo alone ; I drink no more than I need ; I can.drink or let it alone." A few months after, the same , man staggered home from a militia muster, nud for his abuse to bis family, received in prison a righteous punishment. " Let me alone," said a manufacturer of ardent spirit*, as a friend presented him the Tract called M An Alarm to Distillers M let me alone ; I am in a free country ; my business is honest ; I must support my family In a few months his son was turned out of the church for intemperance, his eldest daughter married a miserable drunkard, his own distiller, and lie himself became endorser for one of his best customers, who ran hwh) ; and in one year, ruin, beggary and shame came upon the whole family. " Let me alone," said the tavern-keeper : " let me alone ; 1 do not sell to drunkards; if I do not sell, some one el>e w ill; and I only sell to support my family." A year or two made it manifest that his bar bad at : least one good customer, and he coded his days a drunkard and in prison. Ok the Oth of last month, the doors of the Ecclesiantioal Courts throughout the f Kingdom of Oreat Britain were dosed, not f to be opened again. The Court has been in ex'steuce for eight hundred years. Notioe! Young Man. We heard of nn accident, the other day, which we li uten to make public for the benefit of all young men who may feel interested in the matter of matrimony : At a certain church, after the services for the Sabbath were concluded, a certain young inan named John, Mep|>ed up to the side of one of the snost handsome girls in the parish, to whom he had been paying 44 beautiful attentions " of late, and politely requestad the pleasure of seeing her home. Like a good affectionate girl, she granted the boon, atid they alnrled. Filled with rapture by the pleasant circumstance# surrounding lliin. the VOIinnr toon ? ?? ,l?? ? ....... ..on iuivwii uq q1s jfunrd, and being desirous of saying soroe.Iring particularly fine and impressive, (it may have been a lay of love,) he turned hi* face towards his paitner, (very close, as it loth often happen.) ana whispered his thought. Alas ! it was an unlucky whisper ; for the same breath that oonvayed that confidential message, also carried to the olfactories of the young lady the fumes of whiskey ! Quietly withdrawing Iter arm from that of lier gallant, she stopped in the path and ?aid : u Sir, you have been drinking whiskey, and that of the meanest sort?you, nor no other Demi John, can go home with m?." And she tripped on hor way, leaving the poor whiskey-lover standing with his thumb in his mouth, completely " dumbfounded" at the sudden reversion of bis prospects, while the jeers, the taunts and groans of the spectators fairly roared around him. There aro many young walking DemiJohns ; and as the ladies everywhere are becoming fast friends of temperance, and adopting the motto of * sober men or no husbands," we give the above publicity, that many may see the danger they incur by loving liquor better than their chosen lassie. [Spirit of the Aye. Tuitx of Fortune's Wiief.l?Rich today and Poor to morrow.?One day two negroes in California, named Van and William Livingston, caine along with their picks and shovels, and a>ked the white men if they could inform them where they could ?et in. One of the latter rather huffily replied, "Yes, pitch in there," taking up a stone and throwing it on the spot designated, which was to all appearances the very Inst place that a reasonable Christian tnan would have thought of working; and the dir< ction was given more with the ideu of getting rid of the importunities of the negroes than anvtliinw w J O The hitter, however, took the matter in good part, and went zealously to work.? They toiled in season and out of season, in diggings the like of which they never had seen before for adamantine hardness. Their picks soon gave out. ?nd they were obliged to resort to gunpowder. But on they worked until they had attained to a depth of some fifteen or twenty feet, w hen they reached the clay and gravel that rested on the l?ed rock. Here they " struck it " indeed. Lumps of gold were as plenty as blackberries, and our African friends were in ecstacios. It was never exactly known how much they took out of that claim, but the best natlieniicated accounts state that the sum amounted to some $00,000 or $70,000. Afler gitting their pile. Van and Bill went to San Francisco, and. in nbout one fortnight the whole amount disappeared through title quiet operation of gambling, and other kindred amuse inents. In process of time they went back to their old stamping ground penniless, but not discouraged. They tiied it again, but Dame Fortune never prospered them as formerly, and they were forced to labor on hire. Stop Now!?Young man, if yon are just commencing or practicing any vice or Karl KaKi* tin* ?? ...v. iiiiid n' ?i?'p i.i now. Ion have arrived at a stopping place, and you may atop now if you please, but if you suffer yourself to be whirled on by appetites and passions, you may go so far that when you desire to atop it may be out of your power to do so. If you swear, or drink, or break the Sabbath, " stop now." If you think evil thoughts, or tell tilings not quite true, or sometimes tell a little more than truth, " stop now." If you are going to dance, or play, or any place where you may meet bail companv, "stop now." If you are in the habit of jesting about religion, or ministers, or preaching, "slop now." If you think theie is time enough to become religious byand by, and that you will pursue the way you are going awhile longer, " stop now ;** for the course you are going leads to death. riia? Recorder. When the President's message was re ceived by the Kree State Legislature of Kansas, some witty member introduced the following resolution, which was passed amid deafening cheers : * Resolved. That James Buchanan, President of the United States, be entitled to the name of Muggins, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to him." A ma ir in Paw tucket lately made application for insurance on a building aituated in a village where there was no lite engine. In answer to the question, " What are the faciliti'-s for extinguishing ftroe lH he wrote, * l?. rains aotnetimce.** %. - W