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ET- " *' ' j ' * ' " "' ^ t' * v^'*" * * ' a vggffig?-': ?.^ig^ ^^foy^ thc-^ishta o|) tH^onth, and the #ffuiiion of xalsr^t 3>twfottflf aroon's all glasses ic,^#?g'|flyt. , * VQLP^S|- ' ~ ' "^"^VlLLE, FOtJta.CAUmi,l^mm jtORNlfcaPTEMBEB 20^8CT. " . ,r ?\ i *.':."" NUMBER 20. ^ c. M. Iwwrtod *t 75 ?n.M^w,B4ll??A of 13 lino* (?r H ft* ttte flrrt !trt*rU?.; i.0 for tV *ttkt Cwirt?f*ft? to <*? f#?fty^tx*k j I* IVr Uh> t wontr-oovouUi tMrtj-irfnth f IMt&h* ,?S?Wfc to **? Baf^ieoAnA. . V-( U? r I Vrtrfydii^UflPydriy **?lr?ci# mgik^s^ a AA*?rfiMaM*MMinA||o(Uii?9itt(yi ?wl4 liftv* tie Dombn <f1n*?rtV)M OMurkcjl Opon tt?, Thry wW bo imttMhed aim! ?h?rged fbr - L-i a -tSSK! Qtogm -Wtt& *?, BT C*OBOK C. *Yl?*Vl. tf ? ?: * ijtt yW . . *tf v .'.. , v, i Tlio orlM'Wrflu M-r P "L^tv From tnufc **4 from (?*? * i * # Awd lh? muIU ?rf ?wo?t ?u|i?hiii?,.Vr' tl*j* ' f Thi n rotffa?*tt> ?*, mo Id on, - ? tfhon nalktag VbIoyc, , lio.iullcf ,(T,rti?n . T:m Like yon sunbeam aW?, t ^ <c>r hopa'c gOld?ng?iBUft->- ^ *?? v*? h^mr * 4**. (If V; * To )<*4 (* to Wring ,v.X.;^ v >1 .-t.tr] J TI?4|^?<<Wy: lyfrf < Tfc?n roam -writ* otoc'analiWo t> -V ?,l;"-!J ^ f? an- emM*m ^ v ; , From Mrih to tlio taml*. o? ** J*J' %,; TldWrtWuW ^ * * ?? & .: ? .. Then mine .with mr, maiden, And the harp ontffr n^nin r $3 I ;l _*aii WA. M .j W. Honor M?1 Fame. f Thongh tear tHl glistens "+ ? w ^ jMWfi <? ***? } > ! Thefeanrraw ercep* trxmrnfuliy X' '* 1 tiut Ifepe ?yfwi Affaga tjjL* 1 f- r^.AgCBgB-q- IIli linn?I til II,L- , J , -I JHisrrUntmms Mrag. w"- 1 " ' ?~? ~:r~ ' (The tetteos whteh below, w*r? wrtttn> to friend* In (Wis THMrlct, ami were not intended for poblteat^nj.birt- they have M# kindly turniehed ae, and gkidlj. giro them U? otfr rswdere. Tkey ?My?U relied an a# being lair and tnltfcfgl:?Ei.-v ^Ptaarasat]; - ^.? **ffi v*?*J?CA- t , '*# lOTtEE FEOM TEXAsSt:^ T*OT, FanarowB C<w*TV. Tex** ) } v* ? <Tbe people pi Texas art inten tly united at tkW time, at least In mas^wytiion# of tl?o SUA. Crimes kt the Kdost horrid charnc. ter hare been planned, and in many ptiicea f carried ont, \>yviUai*i0u*cHi throat-Al*Aition- ] l ^ M. ft_ < -M n ll_L - I mk. In? onminii lown 01 irauw i flrat burned. IVenton, in D.aton County, ' and tlendermon, in Urn# Oimty, together rwilb several ?m*U ?U?ir been f bowed. Their efcnw*stpfir?t to exejte the ? ?* Wire? * to Intnrecaiion. (U> which they rnc"Ji wtaw the Xo- | ntenand children on tl.a ^day of ejection, ?s??w?sa6 therretnmod (re d the election, and kill thent. It mnkea the Mood run cold in my ^M.Veim to think that any man, or e?t of men. eouhl contemplate anch horrid wholesale *' ttrtwdei*. Bfct. thaaka be t? Ood, eo Ur w heard frojB, U?*U: plot rnu timely dtecovawdm J^rjaqnantitiea ofatrycihnlna hat beenfound | '' . bMWf tha negroet.- They VtM lN polaon . ** ? ?> ?J><* other, Werlnf j*cw. tjivletualt, dm. I ha ye only hennl of onalnatonee la wrhiah any one got poisoned, and ajyBpfc family Jlelng al>ont twelve or hiril?i1lMttK^lb^?fNt'.aw TOM* Iting and ; none of Ibem died, how a?r. la AndarM Counlf, ??') n?w to h what a I ?m the plot a at only found ont r u ???? o**<* ? h? ?*f?. u.( km wKh^ ',.; U?i tw?l* mouths, i : ; f-J 1 r iaaluding adma Hor*e thieves, and tlm? in h L eonaequawae thereof many of them are tea v- g [ fng. A geod many a+proee, it is ?eid, have s] ! algo been hung in Dalbu County. It? said r1 that under the be4 of one man that Was b hung in <omc of tha tipper conntifs, wyar e found a box of doubt# barrel gnns, and ibnt n 'aoon after hit death a box of ?ix shooters n own* directed to. him, marked Cl<k-l*.-~- ? Theee villains are'sometimes left banging on ?< the Inee*. 1 am told that a man was bnng h at Fort Worth, in Parker County, npnn ? whose back wa^M^^br kind of signboard, tl vijvon which wna written InsfmetJnns for no a man to take-him down in five day*. Tlina ci it ia already "verified that Mr. Hamilton.- of tl Texas, was not mistaken when he said in l< Congress, " The hardy enos of our country u "?III givsthem a cheerful welcome. Pet- tl haps we will spread a collation; but that w feast will be unlike other hssli which hare li been spread in other portions of the land, b iThs broad prairies may lie the festive board, tha mangled bodies of fallen tyrants may- jp form lite rypast, and the wolf and the vul- c< tnre be the invited* guests.* / * , ai There eecm# to 1>? tint one sentiment In d reference to this matter, so far as I can learn, and that is, to hang the lart one nf t< Aeta. This, I confess, ia a desperate reinc- T dy, but the disease it dreadful one, and s< perhaps no other remedy would have ths ei "desired dfXect. Think, ku moment, of men 11 "ridttijfto and fro throufprtho eonutry ineit- H Ing the negroes to rspins and murder of the most Imu rid kind, aud nt the enmc time Jr furnishing tlwm with most virulent poison, (r t h c ol'.V pistol#, and oilirr w eajx>i.* c of destruct m?. Such crimes have not lw?* ,* tutore been found of record ntnpsig civilised at nations. UntorUmately, Jbe northern l?r- f> Unn of this State has a good mnuy Aboli- it tioaiala, who kawasettled in if; they eaaid *ri from JUilKiis, aud other free States. I leoro that in Foonln County they hsva tnk#U a n< 1?Moim) open stand In favor of AI <>li< i *|*n^ furl I guess they will get eirk and n tkard of it before U*?y ar? done s(itii it. 1 M loss penes, Ut * adf-prssa# vatiou ,ia t|ie a< first law Of nature* Our own County is A quiet as yet. so far as I know. .Would tp b (/?d that all the Houtheru States had been k jdoiug a*. South Carolina bag for years? | if " preparing fur; war lu thna of in-ac." 1 I feel to fear that we will need all the arms < ri and ammunition* uf war that %ve can pa- ?i rade before n great while. May the Lord M .deliver us from pestilence and swoid. + J * We have had on extremely dry year. Ir tr hasnflfeclod Taxasnsbad oatheyenr 1H4J dhl South Carolina. 1 only gnthrred SIX) btu>li- w el# corn?Imlf crop?will not ?nak? ?ii?-tl?ir<l i crop ybttttti, but "w# are well aft to w hat soma of th?.counties cast of n# arc?we have bread a plenty. B? 1*. 1J. H - 1ETTEB FBOK AJELKANSA8. X? LitwuVKt& Aaa^ July 22, ISflO. p, We art- wow having eoma- of the dryCst ri and hotteA w en I her 1 ever 1 .. where. W? Imvt not had rain enough to in do tint ?n>p nnj good since the first of June, ni and I mw the thermometer standing 104<? T in a* conJ ? place a* could bo found in town, w 8om? persons say they sow it M high 110 o' ?pretty hot times, don't you think T w Our corn hi burning up very t?adly { the rt ,erop will bo-very short, but 1 think there *> will be plenty made to breed j>eople. Men mi who heve iieeu here for a number of J ten. rt My they never mw co dry a season, nnd g< such bad prospect* for a ervp, liefore. Our etton in not suffering so much, but is now or beginning to need rein very much, end if y< we do not have rein soon, the Cotton crop pi will be short I would not ndviee yon to hi bring any negroes out this fall, a*there will ni be a good deal of emigration, and there in wi)i not be eorn to spare ; hut come and see jr the country?you will see it In its worst n| tote. " jj-r. M 'I will now take, np your questions ns they come, and answer them as nearly eo.-rcetly l? 'as 1 can. 1 will not exaggerate or add one (?. iptt| of prnisa when it la not deecrved. " My u knowledge of the country 1" from observe- gi (Ion, and information gained trom men who | havefhred here from five to thirty years fj Your first qncation?What ean a hand j? make I The average crop, fVom year to h< year, varies a good <b;?l from about six to c, I ten hags to the hand, the bags Weighing ?| from -4f>A to fiOO pounds. 8oma of theplaut- t) era have made more than that?11 and 12 |, bag*. I aih speaking entirely of the river g, Inii'i. The expenses of a hand arc about n the seme that they arc in South Carolina, di Meat and Corn cost about the same? the w c-itdiiing may be n. trlfi? more. The apmbar -of acres planted to the head, is from ]ft to t, 20?10 U cotton and ft in- corn, or !2 in w cotton abd ft in c<*n. The rlvW lands will, ri soy .for ft years, make an Average of from b IftOQ to lfiQO pounds seed cotton, and fnem v 40 to BO bushels of CoH?. <that I srot from I MB to tf ffMed ttpo#.V k do ttoi know t] ytwttb?dv?r lend# will do In wheat, aa f p | lutt'o MMt'none town oil themt it la town r, on the hUl land, aad produces pretty well, f, hot 1 do not know what io the avmf*, lH?t a appeawtwdevf think a boot Ilka Green' f, ill# District 1 do not think the country 7 a? well adapted to the ewMare #f wheat m 0 froptjloil *?4 pom. Oata grow very Well? p hnve Men. eome very fine on the river, well beetle*) and heavy. "Die land* on the river 0 ?ke #11 lW? (immediately on lite river they am light and sandy, #eay ef cultivation, and q tbakad eoiton land. Aa yon go beck fmn> T the |4ver t# th? hifla, lh# land becomes more t UK, * groat deal of H Something like the Meek lewd# <4 UUrn# and MUsteeippi; \ UM ft la pn rfclU-thw bottom ia pretty wUia. 1 I do wot know the average, Wat It embrace# c '# lange (ytioa of the country, The Mil 1 L * * ' ? a?wn?m i 'u wda-nea*f and adjoining the hot tutu, are enerally high pine and oak hllla, inter-, [>eraed hy tineam* making their way to the fear, ill it which hare aoma ??n]? and ottom land on them. It reaemhUa the < onntry of Greenville and Lauretta eery ( meh, with Ui? exccptiop that g great many i f the email streams dry np in mmmer. ^ lie Red River cotton land* would l>* all j i>n?idered bottom lands, aotne aeeond b<4- ' >n?, and a large portion of It subject'to I veiflnw nt tjines of Very high wntc*. But 1 tint i* conaidor.cd an advantage, nr It nefer,. r rriy rarely 7 edmca at a time to injure the I ropa, and iL always lenvca a rich erdrtnent ' tat maker land, that line been worked nny ?ngth of time, lika new land. The water { ed on the river is cistern and wall water; 1 ie cistern water ia vary good; the well ._A__ i.-- i:t-- .L.?i ? A? ?. mn imi-, nnr in? rivrr vitirr, nML.Iirr II Mlne ( ??t*>. lint is good after one get* neeuaomed |o It. J ' As to reptile* and inject*?we have a J nod many snake, a few tarantulas and ?ntl|>sde?. and in the spring plenty of gnat* nd mnsquitoc*. lint not much troublesome nring summer and winter. For game, we have anything from a bear j ? n squirrel, and from a swan to a apartow. ( here are, during the winter season, thouinds of wild geese, and ducks on tho river ; ( ?n kill a deer whenever we w ill take the , onhls to hunt him-?and have some g!o- | ions " bar JfrffU*" in the eane hreak*. , Of fish, tee have all kinds, caught. Imth ( I the river and the small streams and "lakes \ I tho Itoltmn?caught mostly with ti<Sok'*. j aught a cat?nt my plnga,aveigliing 1.1 .> minds, with a hook, this spring, and killed i nllgnthr gar measuring" seven ami a half et long. There are a great many align tor t i i the hikes hack a stVorl distance front Hie Ver, also a good ninn/l# tile''VI vW** TliS I egrots had fish this tpring until thyy would ;.t. rat Uiem. j. ft, There pre u good n.any tributary *t??am?,;. inning iuto the river, but no ' wptyrhill for J inning mills. Tire country ip loo level, ad all mills, Ae., are run her* hy .sWom. ( good many are running their cotton gins 1 y steam Oris*, ami w* mills pay well ' rre, rnu hf Aram, nml tlieV Post hnt. little. ! ... 1 aqy more, Ihan a water power - mill. think wool enrd* would jiny weH, and , mid l?e run \>y the same maeJiine'ry the'grist ' ml saw mills are run. with little other expert's. llorees, mules pud eatllo do well here, j hose yon do not uae, need no feeding, win- ( r or summer. There is fioo grass rnnge in j immer, and eane in winter. Mteepalsodo eli?a good ninny raised. ITqgs will raise j ell. There is very near enough raised to f ipply the market. When there is good , list, no one fattens on eorn. . ' < < There is a good deal of swampy land in | ime portion* of the country. We have t >od sandy roads in ths hills, l?ut In tlint ?rtiun of the river bottom out front the ver next the hill* is Very had in winter | id spring. Some of the roads are nlmost t ipassnble, hut they are burning them, and !> dine mm! road* that are liar/1 ?nd nn/J f 9 fc ? lie process of burning is thi?: l'ile up drv I ood an you would to burn coal, cover it < ft an<1 wt it. on fire. It will burn nil tbe < ood out, nnd the rich. black dirt will turn < d like buck, and so hard it will not dio- 1 Ire by standing In water. It ia burned in ' imnter, when It is drj* and hard. The ' tad near and on the bank of the river ia < >od all the year. .' We can safely calculate on nn average ' op every year. The crop of the present par ia inferior to any for a number of yoarr ( let, or nt leaat the present prospect. The I nil worm, grasshopper and other insects 1 e not so destructive to the crops here as i some ether porliont of the cotton growig States, yet they sometimes make their [ipeamnee, but have never yet, that I now of, entirely destroyed a crop. The majority of persons coming here will 0 subject to bilious fever nnd chills and ver tbe first year, but it. is not universally ?a great tunny escnpe. Some of my norocs Itnvs never had n chill or fever since have been in the State. Other* have been t etc a good deal. Almost all sickness here brought on persona, when they first come ere, by carelessness of themselves. They >me to tmiA-s money, and do not think it nt 1 incumbent npon them to take care of icmselves?never think of the change they itve made in climate, Ac, nnd when they rt sick, attribute it all to the unliealthfulsss of the conntrv. when, if lliev hn<l eon ncte<l themselves prof??rly, pcrliitpt they onld I * a v o had good health. Tlie growth of the lull land* Is nlHufl ilie tmo ?s Greenville?pine, red, post and liite onk, hickory, dog wood, Ac.; of the ver lni?d*?Cottonwood, gnn?, nsh, huckerry, lynn^ pycnmore, eednr, cypres*, and arious other kind*. ' There are some'good tract* of land on be river for sale, both improved ami tinlmroved. For improved lands, the price* ?ng? from >20 per acre tip; unimproved, WW! about $8 up to $25 per acre. There is fine place near mine that can he bought *r $25 or >30 per acre. There la between 0Q or 800 acre* of it, with about 500 under ultivation, and now good traeu of uuiruroved lend. ^ 1 Hack smiths and Carpenter* (that U good n't) hlrr from >H0 to >51) per month, 1 believe I have now answered all your jiu-atione a* well a* 1 can ; J would ad* lac no one to move h ere before th?y tee be couutry., V* \t ta n plonannt thing to *e? rnaoa tnd lilies growing upon a young lady'* ;heek, hut * had sign to see n j oung nan'* (a:e \)i^ak out iu T| * ' e ^ * 4 1 11 ..JJ- - lul' 1 A Rettosptct. Our "friend unci,'btolJiern of HennettseilletSon ol?T?mj>er*ncp, whom e wo knen*fourteen y*s#s ago, in hi* y 14 loved and loat'ifrrthbtHin home," as one of, the plea?rtrtf&?l fellows alive. re- f member* h* 1tin<Hv, w* iir? ple*?-tM to ??e, anil, alludes jfV^rolnUy to the happy time when, the.happy pa?r of ?? h * used to prai.-e the budding beauties of o Greenville, and carry apvdes to the ?chocl girl#." ., n NVeH, Judge, old comrhdc.^we nre h t?!ad yon haven't forgotten ns and don't 1 heliero that we'ro 14 had tempered."? ?' We must confer*, however, that four- i< leen years' experience of the world at it hr, lias spoil.-d our temper somewhat.? a We nre not (it make* 'us sad to say it) l as hopeful, or as gentle as we was four- i h Icon years ago, when " you and I" | loved the sweet maiden* on the moon- l< lain*, and dreamed delightful drenms of happiness to eomo. I o Judge, do you remember tbe gloriotts ' fi (rip (o Cre-*nr\t Head and Table Rock ? | li Tlie time wlien the yellow jacket tun tig tour wearied brother on die eve, ami ? he di ln't mind the pain, by the side of I live blue-eyed llcmictta! We think.; at that time, yen had no particular d iweetheart, btit like a bunnning-bird in ! u a garden of flowers. flew from blossom i ? lo blosaom. Those were charming claya J. Mtd nights, Judge.* <Ak the Fail* by I ' moonlight; or on die mountains, .our ?' life wm a hanutiftjbdrenm. tlia eariji ?. naradinc, aud its atmosphere was love. < ^JUxWUdt "tn.be wur hyjet* with au.cli.niein- '1 jlk,e tlic^Vase ih wliu li rn?os have once Item i r?u amy lirrnb, jeif may fruin tlie vase, if , ,e>^ . " 3ut the scent of the iomjs will hn:.g round ]{ it. miit:- r clip tlu% above frrtfn the Pee d C>pe Time**, n paper presided over, ctl tonally. br our M fl ieml and brother." > iViMijifji Teftftts'Capers, who though ? mtnjutratimely a ynnng "man, can re- ?, netnlior Events which tntnspirH four cen ycuirs ng?x. Those were pleasant ' ,, dines William, whpn vou ami 1 were ' ] boys, and dreamed of some Wauliful j K\e that lutd never sinned, and some ' n Eden over w Itose flowers the trail of the j lerpent had never pn-^ed. I ? ' Ah, ye-?, well do I romemWr the ! ?, [rip to (Toon's Head and Table Rock, j o.~ ...?i ;?1_? - ? ?. ' ..m me i?-uvvr jjtrww, aim ftinrv ntwt *i Kate nod llielilne rt wl Henrietta," nnd si )tlter datk ew<l maidens and ncidents connected willi that trip. Yw ve had " h bright particular star " too, ft ?ad that star was " leader of tlio hosts p ?f heaven," but it set to rise no more for iid. It has gone to bless other climes v md gladden other eye*. Twas bright, a iWMs beautiful, but 'li* gone. And llie Fall*, ah, the Falls by moon- 0 ight, and the mill, and the foot bridge, <; md the lover's leap, and the lover's p eat, and the big r??ek, and the beauti- e< 'id grove, nnd the starry heavens and lie " Magic Circle," nil, the Magic Cir- |j del where are the happy spi'its that u SoWpeted that happy circle! What L'hargea time lias wrought 1 and the a raven locks <?f that day are now silvered o'er with the frost of age, and the ? oright eve i! dim/and the blooming Keek is pnlo, and the hectic flush of i outh has paled it* ineffectual lires beore the wasting march of years. 0( The hi rude of melancholy conies over >ur 'spitit a? we contemplate those pleasing scenes of other days. The) f] are gone, and we. know they can never c return, but they live, bright and fresh. on memory's page, lhit why should 1 p sigh f.ir the loved nnd lost 1 others dear p ns lifo itself, have come to take their s place, and fill the vacant chambers of ? the heart, and we now how at other j n shrines ms holy, B"? bright ami as Iienu i liful its those we have lost. lint still I van never forget my inoutitain homo, I t " the loveliest village of the plain," and i those dear friends the light of whoso ' smiles was tho sun to the night of my i gloom and sorrow, nnd which u-hered ' in (ho dawn of lifts'* young morning. My Mountain Home 1 My Mountain Home I My thoughts still tnrn to thee, Like the lover to liis mistress, Or the miilor to the sen. [ Von of Tntiprrance. ? - - -,-*? s - Tiib Temptkk axd tub Tkmptkd.? A gentleman stepped info a tavern and saw a filthy drunkard, once a res peel a- j kit* man, .waiting for hi* drum, lie I lllifti ooorvc !< <) Ititn ' 44 Why do you mako yourself tho vil f * c?t of inen !" 441 ain't ili? vilest," said llie drunk ' ard. 44 Von are 1'* said tlie gendomnn,? 44 See how you look 1 1 > ink thai glass. 1 and you are in die gutter." , J 44 I deny your poz iition," anid the I ' drunkard. 44 Who is the vilest, the \ 1 tempted or tho tempter." i I 44 Why, the tempter,* said the gen- 1 tlemnn. 1 44 Well, (hie,) well, heltold th? tempt 1 er P said n?, pointing to the har. Toft landlord, not liking such an alluvion Id his calling, turned tho man out of hi* h??u?e without his dram. A* exchnsga makes the following quaint compaiiaon : ^ ^ 44 Cartful observation and calculation from reliable autistic* show that more wiv?% ol Northern men, in proportion to the number, annually run away from their husband*, than thera are slaves . who tie? (row thtfr ffftycqti," ^ * J 1 1 . i .... L Dte&tb of English Kings. W tlliMtn the Conqueror died from lire normou* f;it, from drink, and from tl?e ip'ohco of Ma pardons. WiMtiiin Rnftis died the dentil of the ?oor stag* (list lie hunted. l|enry tfie First died of gluttony. Ileffry tln< Second died of a broken i??nrf,' oernsloned by the bad conduct f liis children.' '** 'Richard Crenr da Ijon like tbe nninnl from tfhich hi* heart was named, >y Yin areov)"of nn nrcber. John dieri nobody knows bow, lint it i Mid of chagrin, which, wo suppose, l another tcini for a dose of lielleliorc. Henry the Third ia said to have died natural death. ) Edward the First in likewise said to iave died of a u natural sickness,'* a iokness which il would puzzle all colppo physician* lo denominate. Kd.ward the Second wn* most bnrbariiisly and indecently murdered hy ruf inn* employed by his own mother and ier paraiuour. . ? .. , Edward I lie Third died of dotnoo ; ml Ui. liuid ilte Second of starvation ; ha very reverse of Geo ge lite Fourth. Henry llie Fourth is said to have iied of " lit* caused l<y uneasiness " unci mealiness in place* in Uio*e limes was very cim.jm.n ,<x.inp}.?in?; Henry ilie Sixth died in prison, T?v Qoiini, known llien voji!y to liis jailor, |lid known only'to Heaven. Est warn the* Fifth ?iis strangled "fli lie tower l?v bis uncle, llichnrd tlie 'bird. llklnnd llie Third wn.4 killed in a utile. ITinry tbe Seventh wasted awav as a user ought to do; and Ifenry tbe ligluli died of carbuncles, fat and fuy ; while Fdwnrd tbe Sixth died of a ecline". Queen Mary is said to have died of a broken heart," whereas she died of surfeit, from eating too intictrof black lidding*. Old Queen Hess is said to have died f melancholy, from having siwrittcod !ssex to bis enemies. lames tbe First died of diinking. nd of live effect* of a nanielv-s vice. Charles tbe Firs' died on tbe scaffold, ud Cliniles tbe Second suddenly, it is aid.-of apoplexy. " iJt William ibe Third ified from con iiTTJ|#?ive habits of body and from the oMibiing of bis iiorse. Queen Ann died from tbe attachment > "strong water," or, in other words, am drunkenness which the physician* olitely calhd the dropsy. George the First died of drunkenness, hicli the physicians us jiolitcly called 11 apoplectic tit. Gcoige the Second died of a rupture f the heart, which the peiiodicals of lat day tettned n. visitation of G? d.? I is the only instance in which God cor touched hi* heart. 1 />corge Ilie Third died as he had ved, a madman. Throughout lift', ho as\Ht least a consistent tuonaii-h. George the Fourth died of glutonny nd diunkenncss. William the Fourth died amidst the vntpafhiea of hit* suljeets. [Exchange. As Indian frxicitai..?A Fort Riley arrespondent of the I'ittslmrg IHspntcii ives a description of an Indian funeral: There was a procession of wagons, rawn mostly by small Indian horses, ailed ponies. The first wagon contain d a rough coffin and six old squaws. Iiree on eneh side of the enflin, all neeling with head* bowed in mournful ih-nce; the horses, also, walked slowly long, with their heads near the ground, s if conscious that the last sad duties rerc being pet formed for another of he native sons of the soil. The second, Itird and fourth wagons contained hildren, (the youngest in front.) all sien t, some with downcast eyes, and 'titers gazing at the scene in wonder.? Tien followed quite a number of the ndians, on foot, tottering along as if he v. too. had nearly blossomed for the ;nive. They Come to the entrance of he graveyard ; tho coffin was canied to he grave, a ring was formed around it. ill kneeling, ami as it descended, a low noaning chant was commenced which eeined to swell until it became sweet Mil mournful to the ear, then it died iway in tlie same low sound* with vliich it began ; nil arose, and nno l>y >ne left, n few of the near relatives of bo deceased remaining to ponder over lis untimely dentil. 7* ? - What a Man.? A correspondent of lie Lynn Lay State, uniting from Kast Saugu-, states tlial a lady of that village tssurcs liiin tlial during a conrtsliip of \ year, and a wended life of forty years, [including tba lionet moon.) she was never kissed by her husband! I his couple have half a-do7.cn children, not one of whom wm ever kissed hy the hmhnud and father! lie is n kiiul, plenum I men. nn<l never was known t?> s-ltiko one of his children. Send liim lo Uhrnutn. O.-JK op tiir Hots.? A man in stopping his paper recently, wrote: "I think fokea rloant i?rt spurn) there mininy on papnrs, my farther never did ami every hoddy aed lie wo* the smartest man in tkn konntrec, and has got tin intellygcniUt family of bonys that evu dujj latin*,1* ^?7^i Vi%* * V . < t Alt II I?? Sirk Nkvbu Kcolds.?Mother, I goes* you'll he vt-ry norry when too know how hud I've lorn mv drea?." little An?l* Walqa, wheu die cama from rrliool one day, *'hut the lonelier pinned il orer bo nicely, you cannot boo 1 it now; it rnngh^ against some board* when I wn* miming.'*1 '* " ^ " 11 i* almost too had to mend," said j the mother, a* che shook out pin after pin, riinl exf mined i l,o rent, " hut 1 hope yon thanked your teacher for pinning s il ao nicely. ' . 1 ' 1 didn't, mother, for when f told ? her about it. she'aoaldcd ?o it made me ! r cry, and I forgot all about thanking ; j u and then said I Vna aSHy locy for so Id- I innr nn/1 *% ?<* if T ' -"?? " ? ...V .. . .....O mv mother scolded. and I was thinking " Hbont thai and forgot." "And did you nor tell her that I frequently complain of your ciying so '' easily!" ' '' "' "v> " h 44 I tohl her that you paid I cried nt nothing sometimes, hut I never cried h when vnu scolded, 'cause you never * scolded.*' The mother was silent. She felt that her child had unconsciously couimend- v ed the right and reproved the wrong. * and hoped the reproof might he taken ' kindly. And ii was so, lor whenever! the reprover was tempted to speak harsh j ' and unkind words to a littlo child, the r ecji^ cf the words, "she never scolJs," \ would prevent their utterance. ? ? ?? G n ADlr ATION8 OF A FrKNCII NKWI j t'acku.? When Napoleon escaped from v Elba, ai:d returned to Franco, the Mon itenr announced the event as follows : First announcement, March, 1815? 11 The monster has escaped from the fl place of banishment; he has gone away 44 from Elhn, Secynd?The Corsican dragon (Po- a gre) has 'anded at Cape Juan. a Third?The tiger has shown himself a at Gap. The troops are advancing on all sides to arrest his progress, lie will conclude his miserable adventure by be N coining a wanderer among the mouti ? tains ; be cannot possibly escape. Fouith?The monster has really ad , v a need as far as Grenoble', wo knownot to what tieachcrv to ascribe it. Fifth?The tyrant is actually at Lv- i ons. Fear and terror seized all at his " approach. |i Sixth?The usurper has ventured to t approach the capital to within sixty n hours' march. ~ Sevpntli ? llonnparle is advancing ly forced marches ; but it is impossible lie 1 can reach Paris. I' Eighth?Napoleon will arrive under the w alls of Paris to moriovv. Ninth?The Kmpeior Napoleon at n Foniaintbleau. Tentli ? Yesterday eveninrr his M.-iioc. -j _ - ? ^ Jv" tv, the Einpeior, made li:-* public entry, li mill mlived mi the Tuileriea?uothing u can exceed the universal joy. p ? ? ? If An Important Distinction.?The n Kev. \V. McMnhon, a venerable Methodist minister, is writing reminiscence* . of hisieailv life, lie founded the first Methodist Church in lluntsvillc, Ala. , The scene of the following anecdote, we ^ believe, is located somewhere in thnt ( section of the State: I had preached this year to a hardened congregation of wealthy sinners, where there was no society ; and, I sup '< pose, they thought themselves "free c< from the dead," so far ns pay wns con- c corned. When 1 whs preaching my S last sermon to litem, I returnked that 1 t? 11ad been preaching to them for some' li time the best I could, and thnt if I had d not preached as sell ns others, I had preached as cheap a gospel as any olli- j( er man ever did; that for nil my labor among them, I had not received as v much as would wrap mv little finger % with crocus. As I was taking my leave , of them, there was some feeling tnani tested, when a large, fat old mnn came . up to the pulpit, hluhhetiug and wiping his eyes, said " (?od bless you, sir ; if we poor cititers don't pay you, the Lotd s will." " I understand," said I, " that the Lord is very good for his own c< n- f 11act, hut 1 never heard tlir.t ho was " bound to pay your debts." One IIappi* Ukaht.? Ilnve yon M made one happy heart io day ! Envied 1 privilege ! How calmly you can seek f' yoar pillow, how sweetly sleep I In all v i this world there is nothing so sweet as 'j giving comfort to the distressed, as get- | h mm ray mio h gloomy mart. | Children of sorrow m< et us wherever , we turn ; there is no tnoinenl that tears ( lire not shod and highs uttered. ?Yet ( how many of those tears, those sighs, t are caused hy mere thoughtlessness ! , Nkw York Nf.wshapeh Chanofs. i In the daily Times, the well known Htm < of " Raymond, Wesley dr Co." has given | place to thnt of II. J. Raymond <fc Co., Mr. Wesley having retired. Tite proprietors of the Tribune have also assumed a new disguise of late, the familiar ' sign of II. Cireely ?fc Co.," having dis- | s]>pearea^C|gfn the hetd of that paper, the announcement of its publication by j the M Tribune Association" tak'pw its 1 place. Ai'T'" *Tiib Saturday Review speaks of a , story that the ladies of the congregai lion of a fashionable preacher iu Lon* tdon are subscribing a fund to procure him a divo.ce, * / *. ?, j * '1. ' I jjggAdversity is the refiner's fur nee* Not to hear conscience is the vaj to ilenee it. Wr rnrely like those virtues wUr* re do not possess. Ik your way is tire right one, )*. > night not to care how many people g ; u youc way. FaTitNnsmp is tho sunlight of oul, l?y which the (lowers of affecsi. r> re nourished into life. A max that enn^Le flattered leccssaiily n fonldfliPyou can alwa} * nake ono of ldin. Avoid tedious ciro imloculion in Jot ;ua?je.'# Words, like cannen ballhould go straight to their mark. Docs are said to speak with their %:le. Would it be proper to cnil a hort tail dog a "stump orator!" SrKLL mvrdcr backward, and y<>?? rttt/k -it n.c wiiioh, open us cause in tfi* nine manner, and you see its effect*. Wb are in doubt a* to whether A onng woman would fmoke well. bit re'd like to try one in a loose llavam v rapper. TIk calm ?>nd qtiiot in your life.? Ton arc not net-wearily serviceable " >tliera when you are troublesome to ourself. * 1 . Cunning is the only mimigofdiecn-. ion, ami may pa** upon weak men nst as pertncM is often mistaken lor tit, and gravity for wisdom. Tt is about as hopeless a tn*k to g< l rich woman to live a life of common enso. as it is to got a rich man into tin ;ingdoni of Heaven. The itost pleasant things in the worM ,re pleasant thoughts, and the greate t rt in life is to Lave as many of the n s possible. " MAnntKn well," means, now-n daw oking two fools together with a plein? f land and money, or " nigger* ni nnies," to justify the folly. IIeart?. irnin* and worth liave gone out <. f late. A YOUNG lady playing at cards, p.-.t lown the ace of hearts, observing. ' That's my heart." Upon which tlo [entlcman with whom she was j? laying, romped tt, rejoining, "Yon see, it r* nine now, for I own no other." "There is no peace on this side 'f lie grave," said a clergyman whei reaching at the grave of a friend. " Well, old chap," said a jolly jack ir, you can come over this side, we re quio cnonght here." When the Unman poet, was told V? phlegmatic fiiend to mind his o?? u.siness, and not meddle with other ion's atl'airs, he maid the immortal rt ly : " I nin a man, and whatever reites to my fellow creatures, also touches te." Samahitans.?The rect of theRamsItsns Klill ovinia tinnnl . 1... .... .. .I - ? - - . .... ?..... .... iivmi vicov.v.1 iviniun 01 hose to whom Christ spake. 1% all th* forlil there are only oris hundred nn<l hirtv-three of limn, nnd nil but two or hree live still at the foot of Mount ierizim, in the lloly Land. A conbksi'ONDICNT of tllO New Or. ?nns Picayune gives discouraging a<? mints in reference to the sugar mn.s rop in most of the parishes in thai tnte. St. Mary Papides and the upprr art of St. .I nines are the only escey i >ns '.o this remark. The drought ha? one much injury. Tub Christian's TTomk.?While it. j true that the Christian is a pilgrim nd a strung*r all the way through this roi hi, and that ho will ho at home then he reaches heaven, it is just as rue that even here, on earth, he is neasurably at home among God's peo>lc. Valcable Invention.?-The Anderon Gazette says : u We yesterday had the pleasure of eeing the new cotton gin in operntu t . uvented hv our worthy townsrnni , olin Wilson, K-q. The crin is intei d U for the long lint or sea island cotton, ,nd works admirably. It is warianwd 0 gin between two and three hah* laiiy. All success attend its worthy in enlor." An Ancient Seaport Brought to .,10 ht,?Siguor Visconti, assisted lv lis roti, is restoring to the light of dec he ancient gate of Rome, the famou * ">Ali?, and has already uncovered the lock-yards ; the mart* where still ate t<? >e seen the earthen pots, with weights ; a Ireatrc, beautiful temple, baths, a gym lasum square, gate of the city, an , ibove all a roost interesting " mitre*. we of the most peifect which Italy, ?,r perhaps the world posestea. A Cure ros Scratches in lloftnt-*, 1 send you the following recipe, whii h T ?AaH ,AAn Iriut u 111, iK? ? ? i ?'"?? v??v?? kivu ?iiu *.ii . w ^rtiislaclory re*ulo. Procure some lamp oil, ndd wl.l** It-ad, and mix both together tin'il t o oil assume* a light straw color, Wl iii? how C5?2?i in ?t night, Irs J' ?? should be washed perfectly clean, a I rul<l>txl perfectly dry. Then apply il * mixture, jobbing it well (o the akir.- Tw ? o? tliree npp'ictripns are suffic.. . jo ?licet a perfect euro, no matter 1. w l>id the ease tuny be. * \