Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ I I 4t ? ? 1 '"'I' ' " ^MMI -y "? ** * *.'*?*. A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. ?. - _ _. gtiioied to ^vugrfisjj, lire Rights 4 ?u?tfi, and the .giftnsiou of Useful ^inotcl^ige among all glasses of 'SSloirlung gjfl^n. " -' / V '* " ""*" " "" - -? ' 1 " " * ' "L"l ^ ^ ?* . .a.^ i, ^?"i iXlijia i >! il ' t '? w'> j ' j > .? i nwi. i * * j ^ >"" ^ _ r" '* ' '**' "**? Vot.lFMK VI. . GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 185ft - - V' ' / ItnMRcn ?_ g^fcgiBa^B'*, ii~n >i ij 'i^ r i_ / i i !,rxur "linn--"* n1 THE8UUXHKliN ENTERPRISE ! B*?rr Tbmitf Mbmlbg bf PRICti A \t',JTUNKIN, * + a - < FBlOPttlETORS. ^ Wm. *. ?rtoo o. Iff.- feoJtanklfa. 11a Tear, i? advfthie j f i50, if delayed _l ' g ??-jg; (Driginnl FOB TUB SOfcrilKHN I VTt:Uf*!?I. . ^ IVmartlnnal Una*. : P \ . * / v. ' ~ " ~T~" ' r oto. lAVion. If vrm a?n 4w woman** tongue , ' Woarjr soulconld cboer, "* .- -y ?'< Tim when thy silr'ry accent* wrong x W Those awc?t words in utlno ear. ? v ' *, > ' <?.V> .V; Dot Fate bar set her changeless seal ; Upon ?njr llfh and heart, J nurse not, though I needs must feel, - Tho glow mich words impart. ? , Still of this wreck one row remains, ' To breathe at friendship's shrineOne sigh to worth and beauty's claims? j.. (, ' .. That cow and *igk are thine. - _ wawlMnWnwaMweMnwauMMsa 3l!isrrtarou8 1\ rolling. rot run soutiibkn jlmtkk? ??*. The Wonder of the Enripus. i t?ANSLATED BT OUWAVCS. Eirrlpti* it W? WKr itf a trait, which it found between th.- continent of Greece, otrtbe cast, and the Island Nesfroponvie, lis ancient imids of which ?n? KuIkja. This strait is so narrow, on the point where the fortilted plaee, Negropont, ' now is situated, tlmt Vessels only of the Manliest -description cjin |Wm throtigh it fn three waters principally Is perceived a most TrnxarkalJo movement, which, to exploro, all ancient and modern writers have assayed in vain. Durktg the first thirteen or nineteen days of enoh month, the Enripna ohserves regularity. to use the expression of Uis inhabitants of the island. TM< ' ultimo mm twice mn xw?iiiy-ro*i- itii-i* U 1 ebb-tide and W/h wafer, nr flutxl, aa\? *!? ??w in 1 the ocean ; but during the reeidne of the month, there ia no or?h-r whatever, so that 4a twenty- 1 fans hours tlu-re is onnthwra eleven, twelve, ' thirteen, and even fourteen tmt--$ ebfeti'e and 1 flood, ll-i? atili inori'retnnrhnlde that, hetween 1 the ri?ie and tnll of lite water, a -certain time 1 elapses in which (he water l? perfectly quiet It ] appearM at a etotld etill,- and thin to such etc tent that ull U-.h?. objeet*. such as feathers, straw. 1 eta. tbro*w on the water, remain immovable ttja>n the auifacw, provided there la no hree*? 1 stirring. -Again, wt other trmea, the waters tA ' tbia strait aire an raging that the largest ships, 1 monad and work 'Abftlw he*crews. nredrfven } Tight into the teeth of llie witxi, to use a nauti- 1 cal phrase, ft ta -?aid that A-rintnteies -meditated 1 for years upon, and Iried to discover th? ctua a of (ma phenomenon of nature, without wtwnil? lag in hia design, and that he. in despair at the failure of all his efforts, dashed himself headlong into fha Euripca, wfDh the exclamation, " Because thou art iiM5on*prclion>ibio to me, thou ' tnayert bow -comprehend tnci" From the Southern Cultivator. ? . ' tree Psddi ?N f*n? t.b? W?e?li ? Kin tor hotrmKt* Cvt-ttvaton?I deem it my > duty to inform yon, and through you the egri- , cultural pntilio, of a groee fraud which a party , of Fruit Trow Pedlhra from the North ore at- t tempting (end Y f?*4* but too anccreafulty) to \ practice upon our people. Tlio whol* country bus b?' f> carefully di*!rictod off. and.then closely , canvassed by these gentry, whow style of ope*, j rations i? ?ora.-thing like lhie? Tlivy' pre|wrc , strong glaaa jars or sans, filled with the tn-at ; j specimens of A'or/AernTiuit, preserved ip slco- j YroL ami exhibit these to the ignorant ami unritft] voting, as enmples of what may he produced hire, from tress which they will furnish. i These fruits (arvn through such a medium) arc , greatly wuiqniJUd in sirs, and well calculated to t deceive and humbug people. t Ntotf, I will lay down a few propositions which j you, in common with all experienced J*ewth?-m ( hortieultnils^M, know to be correct; and then if | AtlP a .i.ouls arn otiSllusli I?? ?t?t?AS? ?* 1?r? ? " nion?y in worthless stuff, let tium suffer the consequences: "* 1st. Knee of the leading varieties of Northern fail <?r wlMer a p|?-s are worth planting any-, where south' of Virginia. Our seasons are so long ai d warm thai they rlpeh prematurely in inly or August, and fall off the tfc*, rotten and worth)***, 14. The only lata keeping apples of any valuo whatever for tho South, are Southern SerJJinge, raised here. Of these, our Southern Nuro-ry men hare now at least fifty varieties, that cannot be obtained from the North, and the beet of wbiet are superior to any grown there. I fuel ode in this Ibt she Jdanyum, (or Carter.) the Qh^cicisy, Efjrnineteby, tttrpheneon, Oconee Green im?, R*lpk, Nickojock, Green Crank, Limberlteig, aad many ethers?elk ef Southern origin, and better, In ev.Hry respect, than the. Newton Pip and SpitseniieTga of the , North. A few of the earlg Northern apple# do ?*j oatt>*r?t but. In procuring Uroe, tUtnay* \ gtt tvtf? grow i? >h4 BovtK. M. iW N^karn twrihtg IVa ?]? #, la thfir p?aa?A* aroalao b*ft*r adapt#* to ?nr HUnoto i ??4 Kxlw, to tli# Kortlifrn 11 $rn) >'m6p?on rarUrtlco. Thfa ta tka proper ?-H- '< paitrf tlirfoactk ?l><? our tr??a art. Car more I flgmrwaa awl hralibj tMn tfcbaa of (U X*rU?. |f too *aM *bo Noofbaro rarfetUa, gat ?!*?? < |hat hatra b?*a grata* or Ih>4W ? Houtbcrn I 4th. The Mini) caution will hold good in regard to nil other earieties of fruit tree*, snch ?e Pear, Plnm. Aprieot Ifeefarlne, QhlnCe, Ac., Ac. And in planting a vineyard. get NHilhero Oi np<* cutting* and root* whenever it U possible. 8th. t)o not be. fooled out of yOui tnottey hy fancy colored picture* of Currants, GoeM-ljtrlin, Ae. Three fruits are not adapted to otir climate' ?they have been tri. d a thousand times and always Allied. We hj^re a better Curfanl than ny fehltimted at the North !*: Ihe Anfrlaneliier or J Currant Tree," [A malanch'ir Ctfadm?i?, or Bclraf/pimr.] *ometfmea culled *'Bhad Flower "wJ May t'heny." This deMeiou* fruit ] can ho raised ?ti hliy snit, and l>ears prufu*elv. It may' l?e propagated readily front sutkore, and 1 hope t?uh Bottihel h Nttrteryttv-n Will, hereafter, i .. i-* .i *A . -- .. i*r* j. mrsrr nurn W piKHII Oil fllh. (Southern Nitieeryltiep rtoSV (ulty prepared t? supply all desirable Varieties of Fruit an.) Ornamoittal Trees, Vines, Hose*. rite.-^-gruvrn with especial reforetifec to onlr OWn climate ; ami the Southerner who send* Or give* Si* order to Northern Kuravriea or |i?<l(]lrrf (while he is, per M|a> politically advocating disunion hud nnh-lntercourrc!) can hardly be bOuaidercd a ctmsfsfittf now or a <rw patriot. 7th. The cause of Southern TTorticnlture a*d Pentalogy has hern sadly dnmng-d hy our failures with Northern traits; so much en that many of our people are afraid to plant trees at all; not knowing the difference Vet ween those which are and which are hot adapted to otir cliinntc. This retarding of thO natural progress of our eonutry in fruit culture has already cost us lhonra*d* if not miUUmt of dollar*, and still we nro sending-our inoncy to the North for tiash not worth half the coat of freight! Was there *v?r such " mooa-etmek " folly an?] inconsistency 7 8tk To succeed iu growing Fruit in the South, get from Southern Nurseries, trees of Southern varieties which are known by experiei.ee to euit eur climate, and let the Itinerating venders of Northern trees |d?nt their ' scions" iu "tree tuU."* ray you, .Mr. Editor T Mruo Acid. Ftoasa rtsan June Ifl.VO -?We nay that mir correspondent is al j together right. Til-re ??t-i any sense or ne e.fsity in aefuiiug to a distanoa for that which imii l>? better ol^muoj n&Juitne, atrd the particular evHpt' which lie qgtnplaii.s i* really getting to fie serious. We * imM rather have one Southern rajw-d ires ilinn fixe Not them tree* t?f ifie nunc ftlf" ni'd variety ; and Ilierewta'Ysof " MaL to Aotii," rc*|>eeriiia the ?u|?eriority of our8uothivu Winter Apples, do.. are literally trnc. In n private opto. our rorrc-pondent disclaims nn\ il liberal or sectional prejnlioe, and We nre sure he ifoee not cherish any ittih feeling, lie ia, in nil nicli matter*, like nut selves, only actuated 1 ?y n iosiru that the truth ?lmuhl l>e knovn, and that i?ur pwo|<le may lie nwnk K<*d to their own inter ?ta We feci"it to lie our outy to publirft hi* timely and vigorous eautiot, and could ?dd Much mora on the subject, <uur*elres, were itnec ssary.?lid. Southern Cuff ica for. Bow to Hake Liquor, BT C. MttjtTAN. A dealer in strong drink, once Vesting in Al tinny. assured ine that wh-n he purchased imported liquors in New York, o? ehip imard, he laW no security in receiving the imported article, jnless ha watched it fruni the ship to the Alha?y vee-fl himself. A large number of pipes of mported brandy, purchased of tho importer while on the dock, were removed the following light, the oarks emptied, and fictitious lirnndy luhstituted. the cftrks replaced in their old poai- . .ion before morning, and the whole sold at Auoion the next day, as pure Imported brandy. A deahr once said to me, " If yoa purchase ny stpek of Wine at eoat, (which he rained at }5.<K)0,) I will give up the trade." I replied, " I sill purchase every gallon you will warrant j wit#." After some hesitation, he answered, "I lave not one." . rat r.rmcr or MADt uotmn. Medical men, advanced in life, have a*-\lt-rd ne that the effvet of using intoxicating liquors low. is' much mora fatai to hralih ftnd life than liirty years since. The liquor" were compareivcly pnra. The alcohol in tkein was nsnal'y he only Ingredient that the contiiiution had t" Kintcnd with, and then an habitual drinker, if ?a lived so long, did not liecotne alcnown drunk ird under twenty years; but now it frequently Hietira that llie same amount of habitual drink- j ng produce* disease and intomj?eranee in three ,-cara. This change, these modivul gettlb men at- , nouie to Mr preeencc of oilirr |>oi?o than the oiaon of alcohol In tin* intoxicating liquor* ua si by the people in stivh quantities. I euiild til) i volume with facts going lo ?how that aa to vine, it ia next to impossible to Dud any in this :oitotry, pure?I mean pure, fermented, tweiif?re>d wine; and I believe the wm? in regard to lUtilled spirit* Drug* are uaed In the manu* aeture of most, if not all kind* ' fbr the VeOaOh < hat with drug*, common whiskey can he turned J it to rum, brandy, or gin. 1 have been awured , hat arsenic ia uied in trbiakey to reetoru the ?ead, after having Iwen diluted with water. 80 . ban malt, to increase the intoxicating po*?r, J ind money is to b* tnadv by it. This is often loae, i>f which I hairs pr. of potitto*: also that ^he moot fiUky mator has bean, and still b, nsco in malting. dim* roa tisvrts A larga drnggirt in N>t* York. who mads no poet of the fact that ha void tons of |*>?*ono<]s trngr to l?r#wvrs, opened his ledgar to a Mend f mine, and gave blm the hreweia' i aine* who atrrbased them in iarg.- quantities Their natm-s soul,I haVe hetn.lorthcnming. hnd nrtnln proreadings Mr daerd -tat.?rhv Senate of thl- State >y lirawera, with regard to the use of drags used a strong beer, been tnftrad to pro on. I _ TW? Wt*? or COCUftOACHtft. The late P. T. Hunt, of Wyoming, penn.. wrote i ? While I lectured In Philadelphia, I Iwcume nc quaiiitvd with a man who *n? engaged extensively in tnakihp wines, brandies, Ac. Through my influence he abandoned (he horrid traffic. II- informed me, that, in order to produce the " nutty jfavor " for which Madeira was so much admired, he put a bag of cockroaches Into the liquor and let it remain there Until the cockroaches were dissolved. 1 have been informed hy several thnt 'hie Is no uncommon practice, tf any wine-drinker doubts it, he can eoon settle the question b> art experiment. Coekrnnches ' are pb-nty, and mifnv nttich more nauseous nnd ' poisonous substances ntv known to be rmplm od l>y the makers and renders of intoxicating ' drinks, 1 would give yaw the ham- of the p? r? sou who gav<? it in confidchev, and is now ? ecupyiug a much more m?ml ami useful station than thut of twlinillno t'l? ** - -- j B vwnvilirir. 8T1 YCUVtKS. IK WMIBKr. 1 have not known until lately of the ttae of | that deadly poison, strychnine, In the manufac ure of whisky. This Is described as |?oaeeasIng a greater atanunt of destructive chetvv thati ' any other poison csocpt prntd" acid. The object of living it is to obtnin the greatest nnioui.t of into.sieutiiig liquor out of the least quantity of grain, Whether this liquor kills men hogs oV fishes, tnnkes no difference with the distiller, provided lie can accumulate a fortune hv its sale. 1 quote from an nrtlcle recently pnblbhed in the Tri'>Un<ri " Tlie nan of strychnine in tlie manufacture of whisky, henceforth to be punished as a felony in Ohio, By means of this drug, used In connection with tobacco, sharp distillers were mnkicg five gallons of wld ky from one bushel of grain, tvhercas the quantity ? ' mined by the fwitncr old process was but half at much." j An Eminent Minister'# first Sermon. The lo'lowing anecdote, in relation to Mr. Jay's early preaching, I" bad fVom bis own li| a. Mr. Winter being iinalds, through ill .health, to comply with an engagement to preach a few mile* in tlie country on the following day, (Sunday.) requested me to offieirts for him. I tuld my tutor that though he had given me bul little time tor preparation, (It then being late in the evening.) vet I would do the'best I could to n?- j quit myself "f the duty. On reaching tin vll Inge where th* service wmtn be pet-formed. quite fatigued, having traveled on foot, I inquired"(bilbo residence of Wiiittl-'i Mend. n wealthy far nice. who ?:i<> the head of the rslivioua iuHwt of ihe place and suiroudtng neighborhood. On arriving tio-ce. I guve a timorous rap m the do?-r, and on tlslwdi.g op-ned, informed the female servant that I wished to see the gentlmnu of tl e house. The domestic asked nie what 1 wanted ol her master at so lrfte an hour. My reply win, I that Mr. Winter hud sent un- in his place u? sup- ' ply the chnpcl on the Sunday, and desired me j personally to see her master.on the snl jeet. The 1 servant, after bidding me to go into the kitchen, j sni'i she would deliver my melange, which eh? did with n >rt.ile on her countenance, telling her master that Mr. Whiter had sent a fanner's lx>y, with hohnial shoes And worsted stoekii.gs to preach in his stead. Upon the gentleman farmer nniking his appearance in the kitchen, he, after . eyeing me from head to foot, *aid: ' >*>, my young friend. Mr. Whiter has sent yon to preach here; i* it so?" " Yes, sir," wa> my reply. The gentleman, without entering into further conversation with n>e, sni-l in a low torn* of votes to Ids Servant, wldeh I overhear!, "Who will Winter | setnl Here next T" and then, after Kidding lite eeV vnnt give nie rome supper, and get a bed Vead'y j for me In the t??p room of the hour?, abruptly j took his tlepartorc. The next morning, whilst I wan on the road on foot to the ?Impel t?? perforin my dutiea th? re, n carriage paaa<-d br me containing the ri< h former and hit lady, tfrho, although they ssw.iet would not recognize mc, litis alight did not tntich diaeotnpoM nte, far my mind wu intent upon the preparation of my discourse, from a ! text ? Inch hud occurred t<? me whi'at in lad. as being appropriate to the rhcum-nanccs of my reception, tm iippeatni Cenatn dree-, andnty youth. The text wan ft?>rn the sixth chapter of John, ninth Verve, " Th?-re in a lad here who hath five barley loaves and two small fi-h?-a?" In the onurae of my exit ntporaneoUM discourse, whh-h soon ri vetted the <ie- p attenthm of the mrnl an dienee. I exclaimed: " 1 rid God despise a lad who supplied the Son of Man with food for the great multitude, in number ah<>nt five thousand? No. Was il r.ot n lad?a ruddy faced lad?*wh? slew Goliath the giant, and afterwards cut off his ' head with Uie great aw<>rd of that Philistine. J uirrrny giving <|-liv?-ran<-e to Israel I Ye*. And j an* it not A lad by whore lips Cud reproved the aged and hUAty-beaded Ell? Yea V\ liy, then, de*j ise a ind I" W hen I retired to the vestry, the Wealthy farmer, who Was Uiere waiting for me, shook me heartily by the hand, thanked me in the m?*t ( flattering terms for what he was pit-need to style my excellent discourse, and made m- his guest nntll my departure on the following day. , i need hardly mention that instead of returning from the chapel to I be gentleman's residence on foot, I was invited into the earring-, and treated With the greatest hospitality.?*fl*coll4ctioru of Mr. Jay. . , > Tns progress of a private conversation betwixt two persons of different sexes is often dc oisivs of their fate, and gives it a turn very die . tinct, perhaps, from What they themselves antie- | lotted. OaTlnntPy becomes tningb d with conversation and affection end passion com- gradually to mix with gallantry. Nobles, ns w?ll a* j sh-| herd*' sw^ina will, in stieh a trying moment, sav more than they Intended { ar.d querns, like village Maiden*, will listen longer than they should ? Walltr Utttt. ^ m * >' e m - *% * Sensible Talk. Hie following article. from the Wisconsin Chbr, contains so many valuable suggestions, and such fdtliy advice to our young men, that, we pnl.lifli it, and hope that etcry peraon, both old and young?male and female?will carefully rend It, and then cut It out to re-read the aext time they are afflicted with a fit of the bluea Everv word of It is true ; and, by remembering and practicing Its injunction*, you will be greatly benefitted : "That never'll do, young man! No use to stand on the sidewalk and whine about hard pick, and say that everybody got-a against you. i You ore not of half the consequence (hot yonr talk would lead ua to. bell?ve. The world hasn't declared war against you. You arc like all the rest of us?a mere spook u|>on the earth's surface. Wrra you tills moment to go down in the llvli g tide, but a blubber would linger for a moment upon lbs surface, n>.d even that would vanuh unnoticed. The heart is full of hope and ambition, but.is not missed when it ceases to best.? One such as you would not leave a ripple. " You are a coward?a coward in the battle. There is no fight in you. You have sum ndercd wunoui a struggle, and now whine because beaten I You are not worthy of n triumph, for you have not earned it. In irnrret, hot and dripping cellar, are ten thousand hvroea who Would put you to shame. They must toll or starve.? The strife is a de?perate one with them, for they wfet>llo with want, While ragged and despairing ones watch," at the lone hearth, tho fenrfui contest. Strong men look death in tiie eye when their sinews are an ting by the wail of hungry childhood, Shemo on youl In the Toll vigor of henlth and manhood, no mouth but your own to fill, no baek hut your own to cover, and yet yon grumble and call this the scourging of adverse fortune. You know no*hing of the storm, for yon have seen hut the summer. One cloud has frightened I you. and you lliink you are hardly dealt with. You will l?e lucky if you find no darker shadows pa your path. Stand tip, voting sir, pull jour own hands front your pocket, throw off your coat and take fortune hy the throat. You uiay he thrown again and a nin, but hang on. Put twit}' the nonsense that the world is all against you. *Tnlnt so. Your destiny is tn your own strong arm. Wh Id it. like a man ( With art unbending will, and honor and truth for a guide, the day is your own. ? "K? capital,' eli ? Yon have capital. God haa givett you perfpct health. Tlmt is an immense capital to atari on. You have youth nnd strength, all available. Add a will to do, put sinow In Motion, and yott Win. A Man In full health should never whine or doejwir because fortune do?>* wot pottr a stream of gold eagles Into his pocket If yon hare no Money, work and get it. Industry, economy, integrity will do wonders. From such beginning* fortunes have been reared. They can twgin. WIU you try it! | Or will you wait lor the streattt to run l>y so that you may walk dry-sho.i into the K1 Dorado of wenlth ? Or will you meet the wavesalefiantl;, and he the archit-ct of your own fortune! Try-?it it glorious to conquer in the strife." Good. Vert Goon.?In the last issne of the Colleton and Beaufoi t thin, we find the following communication, and since it has a point, wc hope it may he felt, by those to whom it may very properly apply, ar a rebuke. We have seen the paper* of the day teeming With clral1 engea, Irfintelpa, (Fc, froM Ih* ^'Champion of Chess," the "Victor of Pigeon Shooting," the hnfeatikficd " Knii ht Of llonrdnv Khtinir," and now the veritable v* Captain of the Peg" announces his del/lit, and. With Juek Knife en garde, ?halleogos the world for a gWrtie. A most udmirnhlo burlesque, and We wish liirn success in sticking his knife in the heart of all vulgar championship*, j Tiro challenger commence*. s " 1, Coptain Porgy, ? Lieutenant of one of the ' spirited volunteer corps of our t?\vn. tnke this ; method "of bnntotirtg any man, or set of men, here and rouiida* out, to a game of ' Minolta the Peg.' The victor to lie crowned Champion , Knight of the Rueful Countenance, and to re- ! ceive a purse. ' The game to be ptayttd with medium sired Jack Knives, with of without handler, and hating at Ua*t one blade, and the peg of wood two inches siioft, and not to l?'e dHren into the earth more than three inches deep. The f-ur#c to con-slst of the stnkes, which is nothing up all around, a like sum to lie added hy our chess club, and which the winner is to appropriate, be the sntno more or lesa. " < 'r, to suit the lasts of snch as cannot take a hand because this game smacks too strongly of i gnmiiiing, and not savoury enough of 'smiles without mirth, and pastime without pleasure,' lb l?e a| proVed by the orthodox, then I propose the folio wing: "That I can, In a short time, talk more scandal. thlnd mV own business less, and hod mnra pri?la: or, will sit longer and do nothing nhd 1 think lot*?end stand the falltruc superior to any. Of conrte, iu thit hitter game it only to aoconinrio dot* other*. I aspect to have the odds given nie, ae 'tis one 1 do not hrag largely on. OAFT. rORGY." Scamml prominent drtnrgiet of Cincinnati, Mr E. S. Wayne, pronounce* tli* assertion *o widely made, that strychnine is used in the distillation of whisky, to be " Without a ray of truth." lie aavat * tHryahnfhe Can lie Of nlo possible nre to the distiller; it witl not aid him in the fermentation of his mesh. nor ban he. from the elements of the luUtanct, produee alcohol; and to be of any pra<dtea) i>enc(it to him It mnet l>* in one or the other of the ways mentioned." Mr. W. pmanmt s diatiliem are satisfied w( h . the potency <f tlwtr 1 ( a, fed eye and life j < whhky, (said to kill at forty yards,) without the j I aid of strychnine. .[ 1 i * A CUBKH'U 1.TIII*.ST.?A gentleman of fortune and station, in Ireland, w?i one day walking 1 along the*road, when he met a very old man, ap- i parently a peasant, though well drtsacd. and looking as if he had on hia Sunday hahilutnenta- t Ilia great nge attracted the gentleman's attention < the more, that he could nut help ?cindering nt I the alertness with which ho ascended the hill.? t He consequently accosted him, inquiring his 1 name and residence; and was answered that his | name was Kit kput rick, nnd that he lived at a ( cottage, which lie pointed out. Whereupon the r gi'iitleman expressed hi* surprise that he fthuiild i be unknown to Iiirr?. since he fancied he had been t acquainted with every man on hie estate- " It i is odd you hare never acen ine before," returned I i ine om man, "Tor I wnlked Jo-re every dny." Mllow old /ire yont" usked tlie gentleman. " I am one hundred and five," answered tlie other, and have heett here nil toy life. . After a few more words they parted ; and the gentleman, proceeding toward souic laborers in a neighboring field, inquired if they knew an old man by the name of Kirkpatrick. They did not; hut on addressing the question to some older inhabitants, they said, "Oh, yes;" they hud known him, and hmi been at his funeral; he had lived at the cottage on the hill, hut had heen dead twenty years " How old was he when he died?" inquired the gctillcman. much amazed. " lie was eighty five," said they; so that the old mnn gave the age he would have reached . had he survived <o the period of thia reflconlrc. This curious incident is furnished hy tits gen tleman himself, and all lie etui say is, that it certainly occurred, and that he is quite unable to explain it. lie whs itt perfect health at the time, and had never heard of this tiiau in his life, who had been dead several years before the estate ciuoe into his possesion. [TheKighl Suit of Nature. Mixi.vo Uj oF Tun Hawks.?The Weaverville (Cat.) Journal gives the following account of an affnir which, however it may move the laughter of our renders \vc fancy to have made some of the o?rtic? concerned " laugh on llic wrong aide of their month#: " "Kotne time ago there was n dur.oing party given 'up North;' most of the Indies present had little ho hie#, whose noisy perversity requir- 1< cd too niiU'H attention to permit the mothers a to enjoy the dirce. A number of gallant t yonng men Volunteered to wnteh the yuting 1 ones while the pnrvnls Indulged in n 4 break- u down.' No sooner had the women let the ha t hies in charge of the misvlitevou* devils, than d they otripjwd t lm infant's changed their clothes, v giving to rme the apparel of another. The dunce ii over, it was time to go home, and the mothers f hurriedly took each a Imby, in the dress of her n own, nrtd started, some to their homos, ton or fit- 1 teen miles off, and were far on their way before j daylight, lint the day following tliero wna a | prodigious row in that settlement; mothers die u covered that a single day had cliahged the sex of j their babes; observation disclosed startling phys- t iologlcal phenomena, and then commenced some I of the tallest, temnlc pedestrianiem ; living miles apart, it required two days to unmix the babies, .......j .owumio w icBioie me women to their naturally To tints day c it is tineafe for any of the baby mixers to vcuturc " within the territory." ' Sna*:!! so At Straws.?Standing ita n idn p ' di?or with a friend the other morning, lie wish- * ed to wngcr na that tho three next men thnt f passed would bear Straws in their hands. " I? 1 there A bale of straw lying upon the side wallc 4 up the street f" we asked. toughing, he rc ( plied, "there is." True enough, of t{ie six per- 1 son* who eftme along, five lmd etraws in their hands which they were toyihg with or nibbling y between their teeth. The sixth. Occupied wi h ^ hie own thoughts, pushed gravity on, | ayinu no heed to such trifle* a? wisps or Bp. sis of str w tlhr -, th?n, was a deehled display of ch?.ac er. '1 he first straw hearers wmh til?.r - ?? ' iu mind and body, ok they art easily diver tod ^ fmni their CottrA, by any <-han<-e idlurenn nt tin t proaee* thi-ir path. Nutnber six is tours si te to I "ik at number oh^, and hiore likely to succeed in loudness ami affairs of tbo world than either of the others, but he may not be bo happy at In-Bit lie is intent upon some enduring; pursuit, lie has r.o tltought ?f pleasure or the by-pi ay of life, and is looking strictly mid straight forward sf-er the main chance, btraws, it is said, show which way the wind blowa, and the same little indexes may point as clearly the bias and coureo of huioati character. This is one morality ly the sliop dour. staonoaat Mam ik to* World.?The Boston Atlas has the following concerning one I>r. (leorgi B. Winshop. of that city: l>r. W. has for several yeara given much attention to the subject of physical education. Ho istwertty-flve years of age, five ffpet seven inches in height, and weighs one hundred and forty-three pound*.? He graduated at Cambridge five years ago, lie oan raise a barrel of flour from ths floor to hi* shoulders; can raise himself with either lilt)* finger, till his chin is half a foot, above it; can raise '200 pounds with either little finger; can put up a dumb bell of 141 pounds; exercises daily with two duuib bells weighing Son pounds each, which lie can raise alternately ahovs his head ; can mi wim ma tisnla DM ponnris aead weight, without the aid of strap* or betu of anv hind.? Topham, tha strongest man of England, oonld , raise pnljr B<>0 pound* In the wnw way ; and the , S-leUatcd Bflgian giant oould lift onlj 80?? pound* KHpiotmeM, which Unlcn onlla " natnre'ep'y I dcian." is so essential to hu nan liappijp a* ?! g ' Indolence it justly considered as lb ' y , misery ' I ) t Waknino [m tub 1>1kmi eratb.?CbaUi lamb eils hi* sad experience, a* a wamhg to young n'-n, iu the 'o lowing lungunge: "Tli* water* have gone over me; bw| wit of he blm-k depths, c?>uld.I be heard, 1 would cry >ut to all those who act a foot in the neVilona lood. Could the youth, to whom the flavor of he first wine is delicious as the open soelioa of tfe. or the entering upon some newly discovered mradise, look into niy desolation, and be made o understand what a drenry thing it is when ho 'hall feel himself going down a precipice with ipen eyes and pussavc will? to see his destruo" ion, and have no power to stop it, nnd yet feel t nil the way emanating front himself?to see dl godliness empii d out of him, and yet not ?ble to forgot a time whou it was otherwise?to bear ai>out tlic j i eou* spectacle of bis own ruin. Could he see my fevered eye, feverish with the Inst night's drinking. And feverish looking for tonight's repetition of the folly ; could I o hut feel Lite Lode of tli? ?t."i?n ' * , ? ?v..iu uui ui wiiieo i cry Hourly wilh feebler outcry to ho delivered, It were Itintigh to moke liiin dnsh the sparkling bevcrigo to the earth in nil the pride if its mantling .cm ptntion."? " What aok Ihiuis Good For!"?-Die American Agriculturist for December, in answer to tills injulrv, relates the following anecdote; "In connection with this subject, wc will give in anecdote related to us last winter by Gov. liken, of South Carolina, of the rice birds. I'hese little creatures gather around the rice itlilt at harvest time iu countless myriads, and, A course, consume considerable grain. Some years ago it was determined to moke war upon Lliem and drive thcni out of the country, and the measure wss. in some degree, successful, so far is getting rid of the birds. 'What are birds ;?od for!' Die rice planter soon found ont ; Tor, with the decrease of the birds, the worms ncrcased s> rapidly that, instead of a few (cat .t-ring seeds to feed the birds, the whole crop vas d< mauded to fill the insatiable maw of tho rmy that cnine to consume every young shoot fust as tliej- sprung from the ground. Most indoubtvdly the birds were invited bock again villi a hearty welcome. Hico canuot be culli* awa wiuiout their assistance." Ax Aasu Woji*s.?l*t the i^?d wotnan bo no ongvr an object of contempt. She Is no helpless is a child ; but a* n child, she may he learning he lust uwful lesson fi-otn her Heavenly Father, ier feeble step is treading on the blink of the ;rave; but her hopes tnny he firmly planted on lie better shore which is lieyoiid, Her eye is Ihn with suffering and tears; but her spiritual Won may he contemplating the gradual utifoldng of tlie gates of eternal bliss. Beauty has faded rem her form; but nngcU In the world of licht nay lie weaving a wreath of glory for her hrow. icr lii is bilvnt; l>ul it tnay only bo waiting to >our forth celestial strains of gratitude and irnisc. Lowly, and fallen, and sad^ ahe va? itnoug the living', but exalted, purified and hap?y she may arise from the dend. Tit en turn, if lion will, but retuetubcr she is not forgotten by icr Uud. ExmtJciATtSTB.?A voung gentleman?just from ollvge- while sitting with a yunng lady ono roning, had occasion to use the caudle snuffers;, n asking Iter to hand thetn to him, he did so in he following refined and polished language: " Thou ?m?st beaU'ifvil, charming, and accomdi?hed MLa. will your lady6jiip, by an unmerit d condescension, hand to your most obscquioua md devoted friend, that pair of igni(>otent digit*, n order that I may exterminate the exervsanco if this nocturnal cylindi'lo luminary, that it* reulgent resplendency may dazzle the oewJUr. op?ie* of our vision." Tire editor of on* of our exchangee get* liigh. y excited and pile* on the Lighfalutiu iu thia vise: " A groin of carmine will tinge a gallon of, vater, ho tliot io every drop the color will bo>*rceptil>le. and a grain of musk will scent a Com twenty yearn. Just so if a nun cheat* he printer, tb? stain will be fbrever visible on. be minute atoms of bis minute soul, and wllki cave s scout of rascality about ad individual trong enough to make an honest man turn up. lie nnxe in disgust and kick him out of bis prt-a* nee if be ent? get rid of him in no other way," lie a relighm* excitement, recently, in Boston, t person met a Christian neighbor, who took bun >y the hand, and suid: "I have become a Christian," "Yon are * Christian, then, all at once," said the other. " you ;irofce? to act strictly on Christian principles. I im glad of It 1 congratulate yon. $nppoae wo iow have a settlement of our little accounts between us. l'ay me what thou owest" ' No," u?!?l the new-born child of grace, turning on hia led j "religion is religion, and business is busiicss." . , About So.?-A bachelor neye: ''A woman will tling to tli? chosen object of her heart like a poamm to n gum tree, and you can't separate her ivithont snapping strings no art can mend, and caving a portion of her soul on the upper leathr of your afi'oction. She will aouictimet see oim thing to love where others see nothing to I'ltniro ; end when fondness ie once fastened on i fellow, It aticks like glue and niohtaaea is % jushy head of hair." ?? $ m ? ? VlntD Yocn raoxoctrs.?Tlio Boston Post la lothiog if not giam natical. Th# following parigt aph. in Uie Syracuse Journal, doe# not miena lo be constructed to euit the Co)oavl'? ht-Wdicao d#n? ot | roprfoty : VA .W man ?"> ? ? ?f ^ - and pay for In# n?w?pnpe$.* The Post think# a w??? man in?;y, no<i>.i?tently enough, jxty for hi# DO ghlnir'e newspaper, lq? jtjecta to hi# kiviug his neighbor's wrifo!