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' a. reflex of popular events. ' 'x . . :::. t . 1 Quoted to progress, the Rights of th$ $outh, and the giftusioit of Useful ^noiriedgc among all glasses of "SSIorfung $fieit. " OLUME yTi. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, TH l; RSPA Y HOR NING, pjcKMBElTla. I860. * MIHIiER . | ?llu ! ===aasaa?? '. fa ^mitjjeru dMcrprisE ... naOtt) m>T TxtmsDAT *t<mvi*a, t>r M^JUNKIN A .. PltoPUUToUB. Jf .-.j'i, X3. M. TtteJtmkte. . . . . jr. cTMaUey W . I*. Pttlt^ Miliar. C. Ilf. nrJmikla, AsslMant. : !> * V'.' TKRMfii., CUE DOLLAR A *BAR, in A4v*nc?. On* Dollar and a Half, If Delayed. AVvERYiaSMtfRTft Tneortod at 75 ctnti pet Bqttaro of 12 linen (ec lea*) f?>r tbe tint foaortioa ; 50 fhr the (aeo?nd; 25 for the third to the thirteenth t 20 for the fourteenth to the (futy-llM) 1ft fbr the tnrenty-nevenih to the thirty-attftb} 10 fbr the fortieth t? the fifty-eeeend. Yearly or half-yearly contract* ir-ade, and a liberal deduction from the ahote rate* riven. ' Advorttacmunta nojtaubjeottoeontractahonld |?are the nttaher of (nuerUnne marked upon i.ney wm do puiiiishcanou charged lor till 4ti:J?ri*(l out. 31 fdrrtrit ftartj. Fr./m the N<-w YoiJc hcdger. THE DETECTED TRAITOB. """ " % BT WH. II if SHY YCCK. J . Tin* proud Hn<1 wealthy JmriM Ap moor, silk and it-hit merchant of U'roadway, New Yotk. was just entering Ills superb tnixanr, as rate of his clerks respectfully sainted him, and started toi pass out." " M>. CUin f shall desiro your presi. ~f ence in my office ere loo if. said the tneriltJwtlf " lhv not len\-e lire store unr';> til I have spoken with year, v There *? an omiitoun sternness in his tone That attracted lh??<p?i??k ear of Thornton Clair, and as he priced after Ilia pompons chief, who strode on wiUi unusual haste, his planco caugh*. tlrat of Uiram Mould, the cashier, peering with unconcealed malice through the innhopnny bars of his desk, Thornton Clair hwi arrived iu New York four months before from sotrre cSiy of the, r... W ..J ai.nli !n< >?...< IHI TV ?tp"? ^rr11 '"R' |W A ? moor, hi* niiio'v and intelligent face Inol bo pleased I hill gentleman that lija ri iH?*? weio immediately accepted, ami lie w?? given the responsible post of Collector. ? H Tbi* wa* by no mean* agreeable to the envious Mould, nor tlW his vexation -diminish an he saw , that James Agmoor daily grew more and mora at* lai/lo-d to the youth. While Qlalr stood awaiting the ex peeled fUiuOBoM, and a? Mr. Agmoor entered I.is private office, the cashier moved from hi* seat, and following hi> 1 principal, carefully closed the green y blaze d?n>r after him. It ww strange to gee proud and pompous air of lh<' hudly merchant change to nfie ?>f ill concealed feat and disgust as tll?,ea?hi4U luuU> Jam g?oddi y and seated himself near foto, (,& ing hint, and listing the bflWlalJe la* tWeen thein. " Yn? liwi considered n\y, prbjKwi tions, Jsmaa Agnttmr." raid lis. in a T smooth, soft roice, .' leek* snd silky nt the akin that gild* the reuoinoua ?*rf pent James Agmoor buried Ilia face in his ^ hands for a moment, and then sweep ing back hi* mow-.while hair, said, has-. kily: " I have 1 Ma riant Mould, I have." V end hi* fee* pale and red by turns, ;?i again sought the cot er of hi* trembling Land*. * i have tali mv daughter that you tinvo thauawUd her fbr a wife, felie told me to tell you that she wotild rather he,* beggar in the streets than the wife of Jliratrt Mould. *'I told her nil.1' burst from the cjniv ? ing* lipa of the me chant. " ( told her . that Uirain Mould was the muster of E her father ; that ere rhe \va>> h*ru Hi ail committed A crhne-?~a crime whose ever, present guilt lis* blanched ttty hair L befoi* I have numbered my forty ninth year." ' " And then she relented ? ' * Sl?ti naked UK* t?? tfll tier of thnt crime." replied Ajfinoor. nod h? lie ,L mm ike, kk >'? grew Uiiglil. and looked IlirHin Mould fall in the face. ** I told \?P her. $lie ?nid the deed we* not ft crime ? iliftj tlx* Mow wfti* d?;iilt in *elf tie* ^ . fence, the? killed Charier Hmper. And HO it whs, Uirntn Mould ; you kmw ii w*\" /<*, ** Were we iri conrt, t '.he only wfinc*? of tlie act, Jfttncr Agmoor. I would Ik . ?we?r <lint it wnfb? preinedilnled murder." r J a roe. Agmoor*. eve* cloned with" a ehudde.r, and ngnin the trembling hand* ft id I fie pallid face. ^ 4t1 eould Hwenr," ro*",Tn*<t ItMm m Mould, tie a'uir^, while teeth bi l-tled KL from ht* ene?ling lip*. " and the jury m would Mieve every word, thai one H #t*ium?0 evening, urn* twenty year* K . ngo, | **w Jaiuea Aglnoor, who had re k: fuwrd to fight in f?ur end open combat mk with Ohnrl#. Warper, -touching nndd P5 the bu*ir??* tlint b?rd*?d the highway ^^Hkfbrough Jerwey wood*; mid a* Uharkr* LtfBkg. Mnrper we. riding umo-peetiugly by. I JMW -Jwnw* Aghloor ,*pring from hi* WF* woven end .tribe hirajto ih? ?.nb with [ n club?T would Mtrewi that Junto Ag p mooe'tben eud there murdered Oherle* f- W**prfr. end bttrned the body where I k could find it. bone*; etc, een the wetch I. ibet should identify tbo body." 1 ?t "All * fa!*? V cned the merchant, at-otv-iug himself for a mcmn-nt. "Twas Aj??>!?>?>r who \%*S digged from I fit* hWr*e by Oharles Harper ! 'Tw?* Tlifttrti Mould who prompted the as i; i ri?iitt,ifof put-pose* of hi* own?-l?ecuu*e f he Kitted eaeh with a deadly hate.-? * Yon. Hiram Mould, first made u*, who V -were tilPHreo-bonom friends, Utter ene A mitw. He struck me; I returned the Mow ; ho drow his knife end stubbed n me, but before T fbll woseleM. 1 wrestled c the weajwin front liiin end dealt liiin a ( fuial thrust that prostrated him also. I We fell together?alike ttneonwhm*?I k in a swoon, lie dead. When aenso and and feeling relumed (<> me I wiw in T your house. Yon. Hiram Mould, hid n the body where you can find it* re- J mains to convict me. The public be- a lieved that Chaile* IImi per was u?ur- si dered ; you created that belief; but to c< use nve all mr life you took successful ii caie that the buffer of suspicion should n not point at me, lest the law might kill *< thegonst that lays the golden egg. h While the tortured' man was saying h iJI lhi*, far morn incoheiently than w e u i have written it, the unmoved c<>n-piiit <?l 01 bad rapidly sketched a picture of a hi gtbta-u-d fvhui, and ah the met chant pi coiiclinb-d', lliiain Mould placed the *' aiguiticaiu ske'eh before bun. h *" Such shall be your fate if Rachel ?r AgirtoOr refj*es to become mv wife,** m said be, poi-niiiig at 'he Iiideoua picture c! wiih his long, lean f??re finger. Again tiro merchant yielded before or thin'terrible threat, and his head sank tr upon his bosom. * w ' TiTow, eall in Thornton Clair, and l'' dismiss him at onoc," said llirnrn, steini Iv. u He loves your daughter?she 1 pet haps loves him. You have foolishly !'! allowed him to \tail at your house. It 11 shall l?o iny care that Thornton Clair | shall not find nr.o'her employer in thi< ' " [city." H " I ntn in your power," groaned the lo unhappy tnnu, rising and opening the |,; d?n?r ; but'as liti did so. his daughter wj Rachel stepped quickly from the side of m TJui|)\ton Ciair, with whom she was |(, eageily er?nversiiig, and said: j, " I wish to see Hiram Mould immedi- le ately, dear father,1' and gliding by her 00 'saonisbed parent, she entered tbe pri ,|, vnte oflic j. <j, The merchant closed the door and m turned to address his child. Tali and queenly in person, n lovely brunette of eighteen summers, with -j large black eyes usually full of softness, us became her amiable and affectionate nature, but then flashing scornful fire* ftr, m liar red lips, curled with scathing fM contempt, Rachel Aginoor motioned to ^;| Irer father to pauee for n moment, and {(,t bent her gaze upon Hiram Mould. ?te He aeomed ill nt ca*? as those superb (|H 'eyes slowly canned biin from bend to t|1( foot, bathing him. as it w? re, in wordless tj|( -corn. lie n?? to his feet, and rccoving hie nrtowl eootnes*. said : vo " I 7*1*1lp we lliHt Miss Raclu-f Agtnoor conddois so humble a ,|? (wmsoii h* Ilirxin Mould worthy of ro |ar cwiiiiciued a gaze." Itll ' This is the thing that dares to hope rei to call me-? wife 1" ?ahl Rachel, nud mi though the words were culling, the tone tei and manner penetrated to the marrow in of the rascal's hones, and flashed hitler go word" to his white lips. ?w 44 The iking is honored in being so fui called, my haughty damsel. You are evi proud now, Rachel Agmoor, but the id* hue shall come when you shall ho as bo humble before me as (he trembling is man near yoti.n sel M If I reject and defy you, you will eh attack the life and reputation of my fa c'( thcr," said Rachel. " Vou must be '?i very confident of your power to send such u mesfltgo to the woinnn whom ab yon wi?h to make your wife." lh " I hiii fortreiooa of my strength. ?v Do you dwirc to see a proof cf ill" I') jimmhI IlihMi' thi ll*chel hem her head contempt onus n<s Iv. Hiram Mould wm it a lo*s to *ai comprehend this unexpected (Ufunco, w" hut hints ??f litw ground. lie mid I ',u * There it ? young man in your fa- kn liter's employ, whom he lovcn a* hi* aai own *on. Rather than harm a hair of l>? that voting man'* head,J nine* Agmoor lie would gladly Inp off his right hand, t 01 verily believe, if the sacrifice could avail tic either. Mr. Agtuoor, call in Thornton q?' Clair.'* yc Ho looked to sec Rachel palo and J?t (reml?liiig. But she was calm and col- I I looted, lh " Tka limtA talk*.. I'mijl lU, i.. oa?hlcr alone?-obeyed, ami Thornton dc Glair stood with life parly : l>ul his w< blue eyes were biasing with a menace Tl *o profound and doailly that Haoliel *? Jerd her soft hand upon the strong right *v< arm that wna awelling na .if /or a ?u.I- ao den blow to bo dealt at the aeipont hko ol ?yew of 4he sneering cashier, and wbu- an pored t + dt * Wait I?.foe my sake." ti< " Mr. Agiftoor," *aid Hiram, but recoiling somewhat frein the at retell of to tint anu, " a* thia young man has dar- |h ed to make love to one ao jutmiwsely above him, M *our daughter, end as 1 y< propone myself ? Iter husband, his or presence in ovr establishment ie an in th suit. Dircharge biua at once." at< The wretched merchant paused in hi torturing suspense. and the cashier e?: pointed at the sketch that lay upon the ?? t table. < Mr. Thornton?" begun the father. -My If no DHlne is nut Clair/', said ho voting man, rjtiicklv. unwilling to ee the lather of In* Rachel so bmnilut'.d. " I nni the son of (Jinnies llarier who liven in Oregon, nnd who a*uitierf the name of Clair been use lie a-lieved he hnd slain James Agmoor. ly name is, in fact. Thornton Harper/' " Voting man 1" cried James Ag noor, almost gasping. " Do not do eive a most wretched man. Does /liurles Harper, who married my cousin Iolen Agmoor, still lire ??was ho not tiled f " On my honor, Mr. Agmoor," said hornton, that Charles Harper is live, and still thinks that he killed nines Vginoor, L'ntil this morning I ns of the Faille belief, for ntv father, tire that unfortunate combat lias eontnled hitn>elf under an assumed name i the wilds of the West, while my lother followed him. lias often told me irrowfnlly of all that transpired. ]?ut e never told me the name of the man e deemed be bad slain nor that of the ian.who. when be u?e after a moment f nnconscioioness, pointed lit your lecding body, said you wero dead, and r? vailed upon him to seek safety in innnt flight, upon tlio very horse von ad i id Jen. Your daughter related o ifi what Von told ircr la>?t night, a few tiiiiiles ago. and we immediately colluded upon the tryih." " Out of my light! Hiram Mould!'' ied tjie onrag. d merchant. ** Double nitor, begone I or I slinll make myself bat you have forced me for years to ink myself?a murderer 1" While Thornton was speaking, the lilty cashier had sunk into a chair and sled his head upon the table, biding s face, as he for years delighted in rturing his victim to do; but when lines Agutoor, no longer a ciitiie houm! if, thus uddiesscd him, bo staggered bis feet, groped blindly for the door, tiered feebly through the bazaar to s desk, when be lntd so-long ruled illi the magic rod of gold, and press ? i.:* i i- i- - - i i ^ no iinui|? in iiis iit'tiu, sjroanou, ejed. caught himself erect, opened hi* ivate drawer, placed a pistol to hi* mple, and fell dead ere his finger hi hi press the tiigger, smitten?raid e Coioncr '.hut day?by ihe hand ?.f k i i ! - 1 - j? aiaa _ JMisrtllnntotn Tunimig. To the Young Farmers. Young Men of the Farm : These B fast times, and they are prolific of >t men. Most young men seem to vc a proclivity to fa*'ne*ft. They of 1 carry more bail than ballast : more nil than breakage" The fast line is s popular one. The fa?t hoito win* e prize. The fast merchant draws a customer*; the fast man secures the ze of the eager public. And the ung farmer imagine* he must- catch e spirit of the times ?nd he fast as B flistfcat. ffe tW??*< &* ? * fWVrn as ge cut hi* father had in hia old age; jst live hi a l?etter honro than Iris pa it* evor thought they nueded ; he jst drive a better hon?e; ride in a bel carriage; spOrt a liner watch ; live n mote fashionable style; play the ntlentan at more expense; cut larg?r elk; sj?cak louder, and be known aher lh*n hi* old fogy ancestors ?r dared to dream of. lie ha* no ift of getting licit by (lie little ; be is und to have n pile nil at once. Ho qot going to bring up iambs by bund, 1 luinips at a bit a btubel, carry ickeii* to maiket. wear homo made >th??, wagon cord-wood through the ad, and cart potatoes round like a inkt-e peddler. Mot be. Talk to him out ii quiitter section I lie wants a oum-uid acres. Intimate that be is er goin? to fail. Why be can prove, actual experiment and mathematics, at an acre will produco live dollars t profit?a thousand acre-, live thou nd dollars. Lie can afford to be fas; that. JIo don't understand bis sines* 1 Why lie is sure that he tows a thousand tilings that would lonish bis father. Expeiience! To sure lie has not hud it himself, but i knows who has, and what it is.-*f course ho is safe?hns a through ket to Fortune on the express, double lick lime. This is the feeling of many umg men. They want to start, not ibo bottom, but at the top of tho bill. >ia slow olimhino> iliv nlcn hv sten! I I. o I * ?I / ?f ey ilon t believe in that! This workg anil wailing I They nre going to > none of that. They are willing to ork, but they aro not going to wait, iey want to revorno the order of the aeons nnd roup in the spring. They otd'U like to reap just before they row, a* (? ?o\v money ibMMd of seed. The d way,pf beginning with a sinnlt farm id a few tools, and .working up hv slow green, it not consistent wiili their no>n? of the dignity of agriculture. Thin ai ling in a cabin, nnd building one om at a time, as the family, farm, nnd iiwe enlarge*. ** nil gammon to themNow thU is juat ihe point we beliew rung men hav?j ne^l to ha net right i. Inn tea J of twinning with much, ey ought to ls>gtn with little. In? e .d of a large farm, (hey ought to tve only a nmall onA. Their experiice i? nmall; their judgment i? weak ; id their wan'* ought to be few. And ?ginning with * few acres, they mill A Queer Carriage. Senator Latham, of C*??Iift?t"r?in, in ! (end* to return to Wellington in n nov el way. He lots bud constructed a cari riage at Snn Kranciwo. for the special convenience of himself and lady. It is of the general extsrior nppeurnnee of a heavy Concord wagon, set on spring*, and thorough braced. Two seats, with spring hack* and cushions, aiu placed within it*; but. by an ingenious arrangement, they both can be mo di?po*ed out of the way, that a ma it res* nee it pin* the whole body of tho wagon, whereon ihe titier may sleep as comfortably a* in his own house, with only a gentle earthquake shock rolling below. Ho hind the driver's rent, which can he ontiielv shut oir bv a curtain from the in.tetior, when desirable, is a seiica of drawers; above are the strap* frotn the shooting jrons. A* f??r the apparent convenience of the cairiago, an invithl might cro-a '.lie continent on it without, once setting fltOt ft!? tlir* mr.nn.l f"?' ?*?? ? soon 'earn how lo proceed Id intvrQ tins beet result. "L*rj{? -ams from little fountains fnw; Tall oaki from little acntni grow." Soroo educators try to make us believe (bare h some roys! road to learning, by which dnnoos can tnko n short eut to the old college honor*. But this is nil false ; it is h sliain, pot up to cheat fools. There is but one road to learn ing, nnd that is tl:e hard old, up hill way of severe study, end long, ch?e Application. True, tltero are niMiy appliances now thnt the old scholars did not bare, tunny helps and short methods to particular -thing*. But the old way, beaten by ten thousand weat v feet, is tbo only war after all. Much the same way is it with the lite of the farmer.? lio inn I begin in youth with acres bearing some proper relation to his ex per icnee and his actual knowledge.? Let liiui buy a few acres, build a small bouse, secuiy a I^tjt 1? stock and such implements as be must have, altd begin in a small way. Let liirn raise Lis own seed, plant bis own nursery, increase his herds nr.d cat !e by natural generation, ami uol by p uchase. Let bis own skill and industry supply bis own wants as far as ps ssible. As he adds ncics to his f:uin, ami rooms lo his house, and length and breadth to his bun. and numbers t > bis cattle, horses, and licnJs. and Coir folia to Ilia home, and weight to bis character and purse, lio will feel a just pride in llin thought that nil (hi* is the result of his own -kill mid industry. I lo will learn bow to keep and improve what lie gets, ami to add more and still tnorc to his posses-ions. lie will feel that lio is himself n lining power capable of prod no1 ing the means of comfort and wealth, j lie will be counted as n grown man.? I And a growing man is a man always in the favor of bis fellows. When a man is going up, everybody i- glad to lend liiin a helping hand. All who know him volunteer to do him service irtsi t when be. is going down, nil step 1 forward to kick him along ; every one 1 accelerates his downward course. It i- I id ways best, therefore, lo stait at llie bottom of the bill and work steadily tip. Belter be Hit all and lising a little, (ban great and falling a little. The j true course for every young man, in | cverv business, is to begin at the alpha bet of Lis business, unl.tiao as fast as be can safely and honorably. ( Valley Farmer. ? Sigma' Away One's Liberties. " Will you sign the total abstinence pledge f" " No," said old Mose A mint, the most inveterate toper on the hill. " No ; it would be Mgniii' away our liberty. Our forefullieis (out, hied and died for liberty, ami wo won't sign it away." " No," says the poor drunkmd ; " i', ?.??t.i k- 1:1 ' ??m.m w ? ***n\ "ur imh'hv j Our liberty! And what liberty basilic poor, besotted. (uoxkrn, <lv>w n Uod?!c|), desDicahle creature? Wliy, he has lib?rty (oaing-gsM- front ona?uie of ibe road to (lie other; he ha* liberty to fall diuwii mid wallow in the mire like a brute; he ha* iitierty to array himself in dirty rag*. Mtid to starve his wife and children; lie has litter!y to gut a broken head, a bruised eye, battered limbs, a bloody face,and very tad nnine; heedless, mad, infatuated, to land in perdition itself; ho has liberty to be kicked out of doors by the man who sold him tho stuff that made him so gloiiously independent, tnd pocketed his last dime for tho Mime. A diunkard have liberty ? He who is tho slave of appetite have freedom ! He who ha9 struggled often to break the chains of r. destructive habit?who has j promised himself, promised his wife, j promised his God, promised his friend*, hat he would never touch another drop. mikI then rushed with the impetuosity of relentless craving into the vortex of drunkenness?such a ono enjoy independence! It is worse than ludicrous, it is a folly of tho most stupendous mag nitudo. Is litis the liberty wliicli your Revolutionary fathers fotight, hied and died to secure ? Heaven deliver us from the galling yoke of such freedom ! Give Uj? king, emperor, autocrat, miIihii, pope, anything short of the despotism of hell itself, rather than the Rwav of alcohol. O, ye enslaved minions of whisky, turn, and to day assert your noble freedom. Declare your independence of that vil? monster who flatters but to btttrny and bln-U you forever. You will not sign away your liberty ! And liavo you not done it } Have you not signed away yotu liberty to rob, steal and murder 1 to commit peijurv, and treason, and aison i Look at the cinstitution and the laws 1 do you not stand pledge 1 to support them? Do you notstand pledged to pay your taxes, aiul to perform your military, road, apd patrol duties? l>i?l you never pledge yourself in a bond as principal or secur itV, in a promissory note or oilier el* >1 obligation ? Did you never pledge yourself at Hymen's altar, or muko a vow, form, in the secret xh amber* of you: souls, a high and noble resolve to be just and good and true to Clod and mati! Well, ?. hat ward all those but signing away your liberty to do evil, and pledging yourselves to do what is right! Some persons say it is exceedingly ?ssy to u?t a wife. We never kuaw j 11 oy to get one without tro^le, ?... . - ?. ?.<v ?W1 nnv JMII [MIM',? AwHrtfJfs me out rigged on both rides, mill cure hue been taken to !?rOiire n. good ventilation, nt all times. A tent, lined to ke raised on jointed poles, in ill afford a temporary laljomarle when it. i? deemed desirable to "stretch," nrnl j for n dav to be free front (lie monotone f of (ho e'niffngp, The tent is packed I away under lli? driver's writ when not I needed. The company nill consist of six ? the Senator and his lady, two servant*, 'conductor and a driver. The route determined on is by the lintterftfld route to I\l l'a?o, thence by the tsan Mingo ami San Antonio loute to San Antonio, and thence to New Oilcans. 'I lie o\orhind companies furnish Seam*, nnd the party will tak* tliei* o?n time, probnbly from eight lo twelve weeks lo accomplish the'trip. [.Sun Franchco Herald. The Giiginof "Hail Columbia" In the " lo'collections of Washing ton,"' jn*t published, occurs the following anecdote : % ' The snug of Ilail Columbia. adopted in measure to the President's March. w?s written by Joseph lb>|km?o?, of PhihidieJpliia. 1798. At that time war with France wv? expected, and a patriotic feeling pervaded the community. Mr. Fox, ft young singer and actor, called upon Sir. Hopkinson one morn ?ng. nnd said', k To-morrow evening is Nit pointed-for my benefit at the theatre. Not a single box has lu;?-n taken, and I fear there will l>*? a thin house. If von will retitc mo some patriotic verses on tho tune of the ' President's March.* I feel assured of a fn'l lu?uso. Several people alrout the theatie have attempted it, but they have come lo the conclusion that it cannot he done. Yet 1 think you many ruccooU.' Mr. Ilopkinson iviired to his study, wrote the first verse and chorus, anil submitted llicm lo Mrs. Hopkinson, who sung them to a harps rct?o??\ Hc-ooiupaniiiu'iit. The time atul words harmonized. The song was swu I finieluul ott<) - 1 ???? ? v mv Meter received* it. The next morning the placards announced that Mr. Fox would give a new pHltlolic song. The hou*c was crow ded? the song w as sung ?the audience was delighted?eight times it was called for and repeated, and when sung the ninth t'nie, the w hole audience stood tip and joined in the clients. Night af.er it?gilt Hail Columbia' was applauded in the lln-a Ire ; and in n few days it was tho universal song of the boys in our streets. Such was the origin of our national bong ' Ilail Columbia.'" Kkkvino Swkkt Potatoes.?A writer in the Osknloosa Herald gives , this method of pie-vtMi g sweet potatoes through thcwiuici. Lint plan is as follows: " 1 use dry sand to put them up in ? it don't matter hoiv the sand was dried, in a kiln, a log heap, or in the sun, so it is dry, that is all that is requited. I prefer drying it in a log heap, as it costs at lea-t four times le-**, au.d is just as good. And a family that has a lit tie room with a stove tit it, may keep a linv hi- lu'n mull i.iiv'it lit* lui. 1,11.1 ...I., i in them. without any iricouveuiencs ol'j consequence. 1 lie boxes must bo rahed a few incite* from lite floor, and they ! must not he nearer Ihnn four inches from the wall. Kill the boxes with po tatoes, an.I then put in sand until they uro covered. There is a good deal said about kiln dried sand, hill it is ail fudge. ] have also known them kept well in btu-k* wheat ehiitf. In nrtlar to keep potatoes wiilt success, there must be a Uterinum* j cter kepi in the mom. The mercury must not sink ludow 40o ; if it doe*, tliq,potatoes will ehiil and rot; it mn?t also not rise above 00?, or they will grow ?- i ai| ? rUtvcoTtoN or Soutiikrm OuDKna rou Gooi?a.-j-A aorro-pondjml of the Haiti more Sun write-.: " The orders fioin the South upon New V ork for nivichiiinliz.? aic so much reduced from tint usltal demand, that a very large portion of importation* are warehouse.!. Ttii* makes the receipt* from customs ao siuail, that it is anticipated that payments of salaries to pub lie officer* uiwsi Ma>a be Mi*|*?ndad, un less Congress shall early Mdopi sortie mcaaure.it fur tha n?l?vf yt thy treasury Thoughts. One man marries h woman because sho looks well when she dance*?she never dunces afterwards. A .mlher mnn marrivs because the lad)' lift* a handsome foot and ankle, which, after marringe, he never lakes the I rouble to admire. A third ninnies for love, which wanes with llie honey-moon. A fourth marries for money, and Hilda that hi < wife doss not choose to die, to complete : hi* satisfaction. A fifth, beinir old in I wisdom, a* in year*, marries a young woman who soon become* a soil able match for liiin, bv. growing old with giicf. Thousands do wrong because , oilier* have done wrong before them, upon the grand principle* thai " many blacks make a white." Many embrace a principle different from those commonly received, in order to show that they have a mind hKIo to think for it*elf, and snperinr to what they call " vulgar prejudice*." Without considering whether erroneous prejudices are belter than those they have abandoned. All grumble at the unsubstantial naturo of worldly enjoyment*, and yet many purchase them at the expense of th*ir soul*. Hypocrite* have a strange tnsie, j neither to enjoy this Jifu nor the next. Many noire for religion, speak for it, quarrel for it, but few live for it. It is not uncommonly remarked lhat sttch a one is religion* bv way of reproach, and that too |?v a Christian, at a tea party of Christians. Million* of people are most anxious about what they least require, and after testing themselves and others for many a weary day they die ? leave their cadi to those who have j no need of it. and are. for the first time. , eulogised, wln-ir the piaite of men can avail them nothing. . ? ? ?An Exqi'isitk'b Piikmatcrk Old A ok.?" And are you. Lady Porltnore," he said, giving the cushion that supported his back a languid push. " are \ou still going i n with that old bum bug of being j'hul to see people, and of having something to say to them !? Una not evert.thing been said forty times over ; and is not any one individual h* good as another?" *' Now thai is so like yon, Ernest. How odd your theoiies me; and yet how true'. '1 -aid myself, ihe other dnv, that one never hear* anything now till it i- old ; | and Ciaycioft, the poet, who was sitting with tne, laughed tnuft'i at the originality of the idea. You and I think so exactly alike. Earnest." "Per- 1 haps, then, Lndv Port more, you are thinking of picking tip that supple nient of tlio Times which I have had (lie tni.?f.?rine to drop. In the similar- < ity of our tli-|K)f.itioii? we are probably , of opinion that it ought to he picked | up by one of us." " Now that is loo j i ad. Oh. Miss Douglas," she said, as | Kliza stooped for it, *' you ate spoiling i that wieteh !" 44 Mivs Douglas, the ( wretch thanks you ; your attention* to | ine in my old age do von infinite cred it. When I was as young as you, a period which niv enfeebled numorv will scarcely recall. I doiiht wlietlier I was equally luindful of the infirmities of the old " " And what may he yotir age?" said Lady I'oriinore. ** It is n painful subject. Voir- have probably ' observed this morning that I am tin ' usually grave and meditative. To day is one of those eternal birth-davit of 1 mine, which are always coming round, and with shame I avow, that for six 1 and twenty years I have now existed in litis very liicsotiio wot Id, bored and boring. Now don't all begin to wish me many happy birthday*. I am tired 1 of good wishes. If you like to make me any presents, you may ; but I am ' tired of tbing". ton?so do not give 1 yoitrst Ives any trouble. I am twenty- ' i>ix, and chiiT help myself!" \The Semi-Attached Couple. A Nkw Otto anization.?The Nor* ioik ijhv i took notices a new orgnniza lion, calied ilie * Ready Men," as fol lows: " There are over three hundred " Ron dy Mrtt" in this city, who are regularly organized hihI readv Ht ft moment'* no lice to stand by the State. Their motto is ' Union,' if it can la* hnd with honor to the South ; if not. they go in for Vir giiiiii fimtfilif Sotttli next. The Ready Men hre having daily noes**ion* to their irtiks and propose to hold a public meeting in n few days, at shich they will avow their sentiments and admit all who wish to sign. They have made application for aim* and accoultenon ts, which thr-v expect to deceive a* soon as they ftre hilly orgnniz.ed into companies alui have selected their officer*. Their uniform i* to he black pnnt\ red shiit, (after tho style worn hy the Lexington cadet* at Harper's Ferry.) glaze caps a la mititaire and white glows, ice., <ko. They are working warmly and systematically, under the law passed by the Inst Legislature, and so quietly, that it was by the merest accident even we, who si? ever on the f/vi vive for news, found out the tenor of ihwir ?u??^ " I.ever lell? of h iippwarj poa*ant mkctl lo pay fUr ! i>* eon, wl?o hurt con 10 |? gri< I, leftn-ed, faying, " Wf l?u\ . wlo?n. nlit#, li?k? not of every jail in Mi n-??r, and lie won't slay long iu PnigiiUry.'l iivfE \m lL? Vl ii??W wvvtl. ? LL Tiib Wat op tub Would.?lieu may swear, gamble, prof mo the Sabbath, l?e olwceno in speech, and licentious conduct?lh?r may absent -themsolves from home and spend whole tugbU in lasciviousnesa, lust, oxcoyvof wino," reirelitig*, banqueting, and ab >miuahlo idolatries?and yet not lose their place in society, but l>e recognized as honorable men. lbit let a woman follow their example, and she is driven, like Eve, ' from tb'e social paradise. If uvy.n the breath of suspicion blow upon Iter vostul robo, it is soiled. If she 1 ipsa but once froin the path of virtue, *bo " f.pls like Lucifer." No penitence, lioweror protracted, enn replace lier on ibe |>edestal from which she fell. N'o tears can wash nwav ihe stain upop bor fair name. You might as well attempt to reconstruct a broken vase, or to restoro liie lints and fragrauce of it f.idod llowler. " Tlie white snow lay UII Um narrow pathway \Vh?n the lord of the valley crosaad over the moor, . And many a deep print In the white snow's tint Showed the tracks of his footstep* to Evolt-en'* door. The next Sun's raj-, Soon melted away Evnry trnec on the petit where the false lord en lite 1 Hot none shall see the dev. When the stain shall pnssnwar?- JJ The stain upon the snow ol fair Evoleen'a faino. And vet (Tint proud lord will lift 1 head in society, as if he were as as an angel, while the victim of his ht-llidi arts is, like Cain, a vagabond upon earth. And even the virtuous woman, who would shrink from her presence n< from a pestilence, will give liiin her hand and heart, as if he had r.oter sinned.? Philip Slaughter. Compensation of ocn Nation at, Ukprksbktativks Abkoad.?Joseph R. Chandler, of Philadelphia, our Minister at the Court of Naples, was, at last accounts, about to leave for home, his duties having ceased. His salary has hern $8,000, hut he gives testimony, for the aspirants for European places, that it has cost him $4,000 a year above that 10 live, and only moderately well (coniideiinghis posi ion) at that. Alexander llaminett, the Consul at N-.vles, has lich I that post fifty one years, at a salary >f $1500, and. being a singlo man, has nunaged to gel along and save somehing. ProiusTic.?The llonecia P.oy lias uilhoritnl tl>? ?? ?r r": ? ! me v>iij>per 10 Mate tliat lie would fight Iluiht, the Ntaleyhridge Infant, for from $ 1,000 to M0,000, and that he would give the alter $1,000 to fight in thU country.? Hurst was anxious to punch the llenociu I toy direcclv after his interview with Savers. As champion of the English ting he is obliged to fight all comers. In.I not compelled to leave England.? There is a rumor ninong lleenan's friends that if Hurst will not coine here, lleenan will go there, and again contest for the championship. 11a RnKn OfS. ?- Thcntjr-four barber* ind hair dren-er.s of New Orlean# reremly leagued together in auagucmnt lo raise the price at which they would pursue their calling. Their customers rebelled; and either shaved themselves >r went with full beards and flowing locks. The hair dreaders were driven to operate on each other's hende, through pure en?ut. Tim not being sufficiently rcmuneiaiivo to support life, some of them begun to turn traitor*, and give clandestine shave at old price*. The staunch ones heard of the perfidv and racked the shops of the recreant*, after which tho movement stopped, and easy having is now done at reasonable piicoa in the Orescent City. ? *>>? The T5oy of Nkrvk.?Some years ago, a naval officer wishing to cross fi'om Star.ten Island to liergin, could find no person willing to undertake the job save n bare footed boy, who, despite the rough lies* of the sea, bravely rowc?i him to the place of destination. The officer was so pleased Willi his pluck that he go| 1*3in a situation on a teanier, and that boy was Cornelius Var.deihilt, who is now worth' over $13,000,000. Rtranof. Ri?rci:i.ATinj?.? A ccrrerpondent of the Philadelphia Pre*;?, writ ing from Washington, indulges in she following tperulavious, suggested by the visit of (lie Prince: "lie i? (lie fir^l Princo that over ?l< f ? in die White House, (lie habiimion of | our elective, not hereditary, lVsidsnw. : \V1| liolethe Inst one 1 And w.ll (here e\er be a (iine thai a Pilncj? ai.'l not be a more guest, but a con-tent inhabitant of iliat Ilouae ?" -? ? ? rOrULATION OK AfOIt8TA, JrH. Major Thompson, the United Mnt,.* census lakei for tliis county, ra\? .(|r t his report of the m.udKr of inbuhifante of ibis city i* sixteen ih.mui.T eight haiidiwf and ?ijcty-one? xcUm? ol the suburban populatnm. ft* v sidera die actual population, wt <n ja?l our ciiixem are at home, at lhour?lot ; and, including the 4 !..?>; , Iio uiuitu?u thousand t * 1 (_C o?at?/M/?en"/ j " . 4