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jf ?V .u - .ti, ii' ? VOLUMli XIV. O. F. TOWNE8. EDITOR. *. 0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor. ORIGINAL. _ *i , . ... , , * 1 1' '- J . ' fc" 1 ' ' VOWL TUB lOUTOCmN BNTKKrCIPB. English Railways, Arrival in London, &c The KnjlUh railway! aro built in the Strongest and taoet durable ntahher, with a * ylaw to tbair permanency, and, in tbla and " wrn other particular*, aro far aupcrlor to most American railroads. It would bo considered madness, in England, to build a rail *o*d with a single track. They all have two throughout, and some hero tbroo or fbur, a > part of tbo way. A thick hedge on each aide k quite impervious to sheep and cattje, and baa a math neater appearance than foooes Or stone walls. Walking on, or across the <track, U prohibited by law; carriage-roads pass under and oyer, but do-not intersect a ' rail-way track. Short curves are avoided, and >algnal stations ara numerous. Signal-men and switch-tenders and all employoca are selected for their sobernoes^nd fidelity. The . 'trains, too, are admirably conducted, a great number of guards being employed, wboee duty it ia to look after tbe safety and eonvenionco of travellers, watching them that tbey be not left behind, in refreshment rooms, or other places. Guards and conductors may bo known by their uniform, which they ate required by law to wear. Tho wboels of the Carriages, are never made of cast-iron, as in America, and I Was told bore that some American locomotives, at tho Paris exhibition* - Were greatly admired till the discovory was made that the wheels wore for mod of oast Iron. This fact condemned them in tbe estl - ttttiea of English mechanists. At all the principal stations on these roads tha soundness of the wheels Is tested by a workman Who strikes each ene with a hammer, to see if a flaw, or Imperfection of any kind, exists.? To prevent persons from crossing the track, bridges ore built over, with etatrs on each aide. Those careful arrangements beget in a traveler a feeling of safety, such as one ean. not enjoy on.most of the American railroads, where any ears for Iho lives and convenience of travellers seems to be a sceondary thought, and money-making the paramount concern.? . It is indeed wonderful that American citixons, who are naturally prono to rcsont injustice, ' " ,i- , whether real or fancied, continuo to endure the over bearing meanness of railroad managers, and insolence of vulgar conductors.? But, with all the advantages claimed for Eng. Hah rail-ways, there are many drawbacks.? v The ears, for instance, are quite different, and not half SO comfortable as unon American road*. The second and third clans cars hare uncushtoncd scats, and no upholstery of any kind, neither hare they blinds or ventilators. A person who cares for his lungs must therefore either suffer for want of pare air, or be subjected to sit la.a current, which passes through tho windows. Indoed, theso woodon v .. boxes would be hardly tdlerablo, on a long road with a slow train J but they travel here with a speed that seems frightful, to an American ; and a few hours rido will tako one acroaa the kingdom. The first close carriages are neither so comfortable or elegant as the ordinary cars on the best roads in the United States They . ' are small, having seats for only eight or tsn persons, and are in that respect suitable for families or small parties, who desire to be private, aed ean afford to pay for the luxury, (the price being considerably higher than the second class and mere than double that of the third.) The third class Is called the Parliamentary train, which all roads, by the terms of their charter, are compelled to run at thQ . fined price of one penny per mile; and as, in accommodations, the third class is nearly as Soed as the second, a very respectable part of the population rido in them, saving (hereby the differeneo in price, wliieh is considerable. Mo such convenience as drinking wator, or water closets, which arc found in all American " ears, are over seen in these; nor eould they be made available In them, as the scats run across from sido to aide, tho door opening between, as in a stage coach. Of course, there cam ha ao communication between the different cars as on an American road, in which one may walk from end to end of a train. It may be argued that Englishmen would not drink v water, if R were set before thcqi, and also, that they are too unsocial h> their feelings to wish for general communication. There may be ,** . \ aome troth in both theso thoughts, but not so ' j finch ia the latter as might be supposed. Xo checks aye given for baggage, wbieb fact makes the American traveler feel souie^ what nervous; but I am assured that losses seldom occur, on account of tho strict watchhln?. # 11.. (.1,1.0.1 1 Tb? IbUnm from Liverpool to London^ ' over the Carat Western railway, is *93 wiles, ssd the express trains make the ran in fonr ' hours end 20 minutes, Stopping only onco on the way. The accommodation trains go at a speed of .15 or 40 miles An hoar. The eost of a trtt class passego it 35s. which is abuut Mjaal to $12.75 of the present U. 8. currency, being little moro than 8 ete. per mile., For a seeondtefass passage, the price is 541. or about 88.40 in Greenbacks, a fraction over 4 cts. per mile. Soma of the best roads in tbs Northern United State# are now runniug for three cents talis. . The Greet Western rail-way terminates a* Haddington, in the west part of London, . .. where I arrived abont 8) o'clock, having left Warwick at two. Hacks and cabs woru plentiful as blackberries lo Juno, hut no insolence or importunity was manifested on the part op their drivers, gkdmve 1- met with tho least ' inoivillty from%N4k-man, Yah- man. shopman. Or servant, since arriving in Xngland. Oa the ^ contrary, the Tory smallest amount of money, whether fa the way of purchase, hire, or grata id . *? W-* - A JA]x +,?-P'- i \**v* cv ijtf* . *? \ V 4 w till- ,,k- tJyii REFLE V' '-^ ' ,-' "?."V/V;- ; it/, hu been received with politeness, and often with aa expreeiion of tfauki. I have before me now a bill for a email amount of good bought in London, on whieh are written after the trader* receipt the words " with thanks." 1 did not take * cab at PadJlngton, because H is four miles distant from the hotel I was going to, and a quicker and eheaper way .was by the Metropolitan (under, sroundl rail wsv. whicll baa ita terminus at Paddington, and continues under the city, to Flmtury, about five miles. I alighted t the Moor-gaU Street Station, having paid elxpebce for myself end luggage. This snbtertanean read ha* not been a lung while In operation, bat it is proving of immense advantage to the great citj, by drawing away much of the ttalflo from the emwdvd streets, snd the investment pays so well that the rails will soon be extended north, cast, and west, under the whole of London. The ears are propelled by steam locomotives, which go wry fast, notwith* standing the tunnels are totally dark ex eept at the stations ; and these, which are about one mile apart, are lighted from the outside by reflecting windows iu the day. time, and at night, with gaa The cars are alto lighted with gat. A hroad statr-waj on etch side leads to the street above. My hotel is oa O'd Fish Street, (no bad odor, though, at y<?u might imagine from Its namo. " A rose hy any other name would smell as tweet,") and so close to St. Fanl's cathedral that I can hear, from my nioe and comfortable bed room, its deeptoned bell give out, with solemn stroke, aeh hour of the night. Mr. and lira Stabb, who keep the house, are good, ploua parsons, who will not "bleed " one to death, as a bad stab might. St. Psnl's Is the hub of London, and distances within the city are reckoned from It, ae a centre?the cardinal points indicating four circuits A board, on the corner hUl. Ik, -l - I... - letter, to show the circuit In which that street Is situated J for instance, ' Bread St., E. 0." would mean Bread Street. Kant Circuit ; " Pudding Tone, '8. C.." would mean rndding Lane, Sotith ( irruit, Ac. The necessity of some such arrangement, in a |>!scc like London, must be obvious to one who considers Its immense extent ; for example, from Hammersmith, on the west* to the water-works, on the east* the distance Is ten miles, and from Newingtou Park, on the north, to County Court, near the South Camherwell road, sbnit seven miles; and these are not the extreuiest points. For the convenience of stage and cabdrivers, post-men and the like, the city is. suh divided into mile squares. The best way for a stranger to see London is to mount to the top of sn omnibus, and ride to the end of its route; theu take another, in a diff-rent direction ; proceeding thus, tor two or three days, he will see more of the city than would be possible in sny other msnncr, for ten times the coat.? The omnibus has seats on top, running the whole length, passengers sitting hack to back, and faelng outwards. The best s?at, though, for a stranger, ia beside 1 lie driver, who Is generally willing to point out the different places, and answer all questions? particularly, if told that yon go to the end of the route, and you hint at a pot of " tout." or a glass of " arf and arf." The omnil us faros diTer according to the distance, front one penny to sixpence. A conductor accompanies each coach, * hai looks out for pas-engere, and takes the fsre. Tha prices for cab# and " booses," is fixed by statute ; the former being six pence per mile, or any fraelion thereof, within the distance of three miles; lieyoal that, one siiillinx per mile; ami for every stoppage of fifteen minutes, six pence, extra. In esse of disagreement, in regard to distance or fare, the passenger, may insist upo* being driven to the nearest police station, where the misunderstanding can be si tiled. A metallic currency is used in England for all small amounts, and when a check is presented at tha Bank of England, gold la tendered for it; but one may have hank notes, if preferred, and rf ho takes pap?-rt it will be new, as bank notes are not issued a seeond time, as at tho banks in America. The gold coins in use are ilie sovereign, pr pound, 20 shillings, (about the same in value as .the American five dollar gold piece,) and half sovereign?the guinea (21 shillings) is nearly obeelete, and seldom seen. The silver coins are. the crown, (ft hillings)?hall crown, 2 shillings, 1 shilling. six-pence, four-pence, three penje, (pronounced thri| p?nee.) The copper coins are two-pence, (pronounced top pencc)~penny, half penny (pronounced hay-penny)*and farthing. bi regard to nrjy vain search in and b?vond London for friends whom I was fated never to find, and my sulerquent (If not consequent) sickneeaof two or three day*,. ( business transactions, Ac., these srs all private matter*, concerning only myself and those for whom I aeted and to whom I be- 1 long. My next eommnnieatlon will contain an ( account of sights io and abont London. MORE AXON. ( or Pon't ask for credit at this .office; i you will be refused?credit has played out I her*.. ,J i Ldl!Lb? SteV'a ' Jb . -- ... f . i ? I 0 :x op pc i iii GREENVILLE, SOUTH C Two Wo?eu< Kate Mt folding her yello* half, . , Whom tho Summer winds swept by, . While Blanche tojtcd oat her ebon locks With many a blush and sigh. For both wore fair, and the world wai wide, Where tbey tought to reap and win A hurrcat of joys, with golden ill rates, With many a heart within. Kate, like a queen, would oonquor and reign, With a kingdom ot men at her feet | But Blanche, like a lily, Would bendwnd away. Where the waters of lore ahould meet. And each had the Wish her thought bad made. But their palha ware wide apart, For one ruled a boat of fools at her back, And the other-ruled only?'a heart. And Time, tho teller, went flitting by, Found Bfapche aa bright and fair As in the days of the Summer winda That wavod Kato'a yellow hair. But tho yellow hair Was thin and gray, And the heart of Knto grown old ; For the heart of woman nuit lore or die, And thoy novcr thrire on gold. The Wife of James Madison. n 1 Jamtai rAtrrox. Dorothy Payne, who wae the wife of rreaident Madtaon, was the daughter nf a Virginia planter, though ehc Woe not lieraelf born in Virginia. It was while her parents ?vera uti a vlrit to some friend in North Carolina, In 1769, that her mother gate birth to the infant who was des'ined ?. ... . v .iim.i >nu iiginsiien II career. Soon after this event, Mr and Mm. Payne, having consclrneious temples with regard to the holding of slaves, set theirs free, joined the Quaker*, gave up their plantation, and fctnoveJ to Philadelphia.-* Their daughter, Dorothy, was brought up in the strict tenets and sober habits of the Prieitds, and when she was twenty years of age, tnariied a young lawyer of that persuasion. named Todd. Three years aftsr, her liushsnd died, leaving her the mot her of a son, with little provision for their iulttre maintenance. At this lime her mother was also n wid" ow, and was living in Philadelphia in atlch narrow oircumstanees that she was compelled to add to her litlie income by taking boarders. Mrs. Todd went to reside ulth her mother, end assisted her in the ctre of Iter house. She was one of the most beautiful young women in Philadelphia. 1 have before me a portrait, of her taken in e<\rly life, which fully justifies her reputation for beauty. Her figure was nuhly proportion, ed, and her face had the robust charms of a fresli and vigorous country girl. A tier her husltand's death, she laid aside the prim garments and the serlons demeanor of the Quakers, and gave free play to the natural gayety of It ?r disposition. Indeed she formally ceased to be a Quakeress, and attended the more fashionable Episcopal churnh. Dolly Todd, as she was then called, had considerable celebrity in Philadelphia, lioth for the charms of her person and the liveli neaa oi nerconversation. Among her mother'* hoarders at. this time were several members of C mgrcs*, to whom, of eouree, the young wi?low made herself ?s agro-able as she eeuk). Aaron Burr, lh?n a Senator of (he United States, waa one of these boarders, and James Mad <??>n a Member of the lions* of Represent* Uvea from Virginia, was another. Mr. Mudiron was considered by the Indies as a confirmed old bachelor,-aitree he had attained the age of forty three without having yielded ti tho allurements of tlie wx, lie was the last, man in the world, as his friends thought., to be captivated by a dashing young widow. Of all the public men who have figured in public life in the United Stales he was the tnoct studious and fTfonghtful. The c!d? at son of a rich Vhr ginio planter, he was yet so devoted to the acquisition of knowledge that, for months togothcr At Princeton College, he allowed ?.! ?? I .1 - * - * miiiKi'ii iiiii niree nours Sleep OUT. OI llie tw?nt>y-four?-an exoese which injured Id* health for nil the rest of hi# life, lie np pvrwe J to Hve wholly in the world of id^eaa. Daniel Wehpter reckoned hftn the efileel expounder of the constitution, nnd Thorn ia J.ffereon pronounced him the beet heed in Virginia. Without being a brilliant orator he waa an excellent argument alive speaker,and always conciliated the feelings of hie opponents l?y the gentleness of his demeanor and the courtesy of his language.? His heating.and address were remarkably simple and" modest He was always dress ed in a suit of biaek, and looked more like a quiet student, busy only with his thought* and hia books, than a statesman of a young Republic. One trait of character alone seemed to fit him for the companionship of Dolly Todd. He was a merry man, with a keen relish for every kind of innocent fun, and told a story extremely well. Aaron Burr in his old age, (so one of hia friends told me,)msed to boaat that it was ! its who " mad* the match " between James i Madison and Mra Told. However that | may l<e, they were married in P79I,- wln-n I Mr. Madison was forty three, and Mra; *Fodd twenty five. Her little son, aged five years, sever Had a rival In Ida mother's affections, < ilnca no children blessed their union. A ( rew years after the marriage, when Thomas t lefleeson casus la Liu Presidency^ Mn M?d^ 1 I I ?I I I ? >r?TJ JLu^R, AROLINA, NOVEMBER 27 Uon wee appointed Secretary of State, on j office which he continued to hold for eight J"cere, during which Mre. Madison wee the 1 centre of a brilliant circle of society in Washington. The goeeipe of tlie day were i of tl?e opinion that her influence oeer her I hutbnnd wee greater than it should have < been, and that it Was sometimes her voice which decided appointments and influenced 1 mea?ure*. i In 1800, Mr. Mndlson became the Presi- t dent of Uie United States, and hie vivacious 1 and beautiful wifs enjoyed, for the next I eight years, a rplendfd theatre fur the ex. 1 Ititiii ion of her charms. ' It ?ft? during tier liathiind'i iwnnd term 1 that the interesting event, of her life occur j red. In August, 1814, the news came to 1 Washington that a British army had landed 1 of! the coast within a hundred miles of the 1 Capital. A few de.ya later, the President and his ctbinet were flying towards Virginia, While Mrs. Madison sat at a window I of tho Presidential mansion, listening to the distant thunder of cannon on the disastrous 1 field of llladensbnrg. She held a telescope in.Iter hands, With widen she looked an* lonely down the rond by tvhtch her husband was evpected to return ; hnt slie could see nothing but squads of militia wandering about without purpose or command. At the door of the house a carriage stood, filled, with plate and papers, ready to leave at an Instant's warning. The Mayor of Washington visited her in the course of that terrible afternoon, and advised her to leave the city ; hut ?ho calmly refused, anil said she would not leave her abode without the President's oidrrs. A messenger from him at length arrived, bearing n note written littrrlsdly with a lead pencil, telling her to fly. Among the precious articles in the While House was the fine portrait of Washington taken by Stewart from life. She seized a carving knife from the table, eut the picture out of its frame, rolled It up, hurried with it into the carriage, and .drove away. At Georgetown, two miles from the city, she m-'t the President and the cabinet, who were assembled on tho hnnka of the Potomac, nhoftt to cross. There war hut one little boat oil llie thafr. In which nnlv tl.een perrons at a time could Iru-t thcm?clve*.? The President iwignrd to Mis. Madison nine enva'ryinnn, and direeto-1 her to meet j him on tlie following day at a certain tavern, sitteen miles from Georgetown. In the dusk of tha evening she l<r|^in lier mnrcli accompanied by lw > or tlirer indies, while tlie Prrriibnl ntnl hi# companions were rowed srf.oa the river. When the British ofTicrn entered llie Pr.ai.Unt's house that, evening, tlicy found the dinner table rfrrcttd for forty guests, the t'reeid-nt fisting in t iled a large dinner party fof that day. The w ine wns cooling on the aide hoard; the p'a'ea were warming hy the tire; tlie knives, fork# and spoons were arranged upon the snowy lahle cloth. In tlie kitchen, joints of meat were roasting on apita before the fire saucepans full of vegetables wefa steaming upon the range, and everything was in a stnta of forward- 1 tiess for n substantial bnr.cpiet. Tlie officers 1 it iWwn to the tathle, devoured the dinnor, and.concluded the entertainment hy setting (ire to the house. It was a terrible night. The eapitol was burned, the treasury building, thi President's house, all the principal public buildings, and the Navy ' Yard. It was not until tbe evening of the f-d 1 lowing day that Mm. Madison, in the midst ' of a violent storm of thunder, wind and ' rain,- approached the tavern to which the 1 President had directed her. lie had not yet arrived, and the landlady, terrified by the even's around In-r, had l>arred the doors, and refitted to mkirit the drenched and ex 1 hauttei ladies. The troopers were'obliged ( to force an entrance. Two hottfs- later, the ' President of the United Slates reached the ' house, wet, hungry and fatigued. The 1 landlady could provide them with nothing but aome hrrnd and cold meat.;: after partaking of which' lh>y retired to a miserable bed, not without tears that the next morning would find them prisoners of the British 1 general. It happened, however, that the English troops' retired efen more rapidly ' than they had advanced, and in a few days ' the President and his wife returned to ' Washington, which was still smoking from * the recent conflagration. They found the ' host lodgings they could, and the government was soon performing its accustomed duties. Wfl )mfP A nlfiiiino ffl'ininiA r?f \fra M?.1. iron, in i?n olJ number ?f the National In- ( telligeacer, in which th? editor describe* l the seen* at the Irri,iiJ*nt'r liousn on the 1 evening when the news of peace arrived, ti in February 1815. a "Late in the afternoon," he wrote, 0 "came thundering down Pennsylvania Avenue a? conch and' four foaming steed#, in a which was the hearer of the good newa? tl Cheer# followed ilia carriage a# it eped it* n Way to the residence of the President ? tl !toon after nightfall, meml>ors of Congress H kud others deeply interested in the event, presented themselves at the President's ^ house, the doors of whieli stood open.? When the writer of this entered the drawng room al shout eight o'clock, it was B| rowdad to its full capacity, Mrs Madison C ilia President being with the cabinet) doing ac he honors of the occasion. And what a in lappy soeac it was!' Among the member# it p;% vv-Tjs . n / ; " . ? 7. . E-VEINTTB. , 1867. .' g-""- -'- LL-'- . .J _ .' ' .'_! ... present *?r? gentlemen of opposite politic*, | bat lately arrayed against ona anothsr in 1 1 eontinoal conflict and Acres debate, bow 11 wtlh elated spirits thanking God, and with softened hearts cordially felicitating one another upon the joyful intelligence which lillftuM iKa tarma a# ?Ka. I ? k ?. ? VI Wiv wcm j prvvo ?? ceptable) re-establish peace. But the most conspicuous object in the room, the observed of all the observers, wee Mr*. Madl ion heravlf, then in the imrldlio of life and i|u*wily beauty. She wee in her person, for the moment, the representative of the reelings of him who was in grave consultation with his official advisers. No One i could doubt, who beheld the radlanoe Of j |<>y which lighted up her countenance and diffused its beams around, that ail uncertainty was at an end, and that the government of the country had, in very truth, (to i use an expression of Mr. Adems, on a very different occasion,) 'parsed from gloom to glory.' With a graee all her own, to her visitors she reciprocated heartfelt congratulations upon the gloriouiand happy change in the aspect of public affairsdispensing with liberal tinnd to evety Individual in the large assembly the proverbial hospitalities of that house." From 1817 to 1880, when her lmshand died, she lived In retirement at Mr. Mndlison'e seat in Virginia, dispensing a liberal hospitality, and cheering Iter husband's life by her gnyety and humor. Her lest years were spent in the city of Washington. She retained much of her beauty and vivacious grace to her eightieth year, and wae much courted by the frequenters of the capital.? She died in the year 1849, aged eighty two. According to the philosophers, this was a very ill-assorted marriage, since she was a peculiarly physical woman and he a slngu* larly intellectual man ) and this difference wns aggravated by the disparity in tlieif ages?the husband being eighteen years older than the wife. Nature accorded with the philosophers, and they had no children. Nevertheless, the excellent ternp-r of Mr. Madison and the good sehse of his wife appear to have prevailed over their discordant constitutions ? they ere thought lo have lived vffy happily together, end both died past four-score. Mr. Madison wa< jocular t<> the last. Some friends having come to see him, a short time before Ids death, he apologized for falling back upefn the pillow of his bed by saying, with his old smile *' 1 always talk more easily wben I lie." Old men, who have lived fttr forty years unhappily at home, are hot likely to joke upon tlu-ir dying hed. They get eittirely out ol the habit of j -king by that lime. W'? arc grabbed to observe that some at least, of our farmers are profiting by the experience of other counties where froe labor is not a novelty, mid hiring (he bulk of thrir labor by the day. Tliis is the dawn of a brighter day for our agriculture' for all the fanners will soon see by the dif Terence in re*nlt?, the advantages of this system. They will find that they cannot afford to keep a lot of laborers esthig Mle bread at their expense when they Cannot be employed, or what is next to the same thing, fooling away the time during halt I he year, when their labor doe* not pny.? We know of one (thWef id a neighboring eeunty who will make this year a thousand barrels of corn and other things in proporlion who- rtlles almost wholly on labor hired by the day, for the cultivation of his erop, and we are assured that he has never round any difficulty in getting hands. The cmly thing needed to secure hands is t > pay litem good wsgca and pay cash. The freedmen will quit their own crops to work for anybody who will pay them eaah for work and give a literal price. We have seen them do it time and again. H our farmer* roiild only be induced to c&reulate the coat of their business, and compare the coat and the profits of the system of hiring by the day for money wages with the ,r profit and |.>ae," especially the lou, of the other sya lem?, and to look at the results of the former system ns shown by the experience of the brat managers, we are sure they would not hesitate to quit experimenting, but would at unce adopt the system which the experience f all the world has demonstrated to be the jnly profitable mode of employing free la- 1 l?or.? Virginia Advertiser. A Xatioxai. Cuansxcr.?The government an givo us all the currency we want. Evcry?>dy is willing to take greenbacks issued by 1 he United States Trewury. Why should a 1 ot of national bauks that are constantly treating and victimising fbeir depositors, >o anthorixed to force their own circulation ipon us and tnakc us pay them thirty millions ] , year bonus for the privilege of keeping their t wn paper afloat ?? Recorder and Democrat. [ Aaonr rns Was.?The Louisville Journal " roU'aaya that " had the Radical party before ( lie war been as earnest to avoid war as it j ow is to uso tho war for kocping in power, lere would have bean no war at all and no ationul debt." ^ An English merchant was dining with * Chinese mandarin, rtbon if struck hiui that orhnps tho dish which he had oaten of so eartily and liked so much might hare been ewed oats, for he heard they eat cats in ti hina. The Chinaman didn't know English, o > his gnest anxiously pointing to the dish, e quired?"miow? miow ?" "No, un," said n is mandarin, " bow-wow." q| > * . . NO. 27. DiYrtw* of tis Dimitt.?Tk? Ml*wk| petition, We are reqnestsd to in/, WMI be iir< Deleted nod signed, for presootsUea to thw 8t?to Convention, wbleh, it to expected, wUI noon aeaemble i TV tl? J/onorabU tk* iftmbotro ?/ (A. Afcale Contention ?/ Sumlk Carolina t The bumble Petition of the undersigned oitlsens of the District of Pfekens, roepectftdly showeth to yonr Honorable body t That the District of Piokons comprises, us is well known to font Honorable bddy, nk a ten attending from the Saluda to the Tngnioo River, ? distance of sixty mms, end from the Anderson line to the North Carolina llnef a distance of ronrr nuns; ?n?f eontains a population, aceordlug to the last State oensus, exceeding 20,666, loss thin 6000 of whom afS blacks? fhsi the body of this population resides on the Tngnioo and Saluda, and the streams flowing respectively into those Rlfere j end that, to reach the Court Hutteej the mkse nf the eitisehs mfcst trstel ftoat fifteen to thirty miles, crossing for the greater length of tholr way, a continued succession of hills . That tba village of Pkskerti contains crtily thirteen families, with ne prospect of peruidoent improvement: That the country aurrounding the Court Ilouse for many mllea being extremely broken and barren and iec?-ble of aopporting a village population Of U feW hundred, the town can never pro*per of afford to the people of the District the advantage* of a central place of trade : That, In the opinion of your Petitioner* were the Dif* trict divided by the line separating fhk two Militia fccgimcnU, into two Judioial District'; a flourishing town in the midst of a fertile and populous region would spring up in each, which would give new impetas to the enterprise, and greatly promote the eonvenieooe, prosperity and happiness of the people. Therefore, your Petitioners respectfully pray, that your Honorable body will consider their interest, and divide the sold District into two Judicial and Election District*. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, and so torth^Pickcn* Conritr. fio# to TnxAT Balxt fionaxs.?Tt you have balky horees, it is your own fault, an# not the horses, for if they do not pull truo, there is soino cause for It, and if you Will re'.* move the cause,- the effect will tttttu When your horse balks he is excited, and dots hoi know what yon went him to do. When ho' gets a little excited, stop him live or ten minutes ; let him calm ; go to the balky horse, pat him, and speak gently to him ; and as soon as he is orer his excitement, he Will, in nWe cksel out of ten pull at the word. Whipping and slashing and swearing only makes th* matter worse. After you have goo (led him awhile, and his excitement bos cooled down, take hrnt by the hits; turh hirt each' way, a few uHri' tiles, as far as you can ; pull out th* tongue' gentle him a little; unrein him; then step before the balky horse, and let the other start first; then you can take them anywhere you wish. A balky horsa Is always high spirited and starts quick ; half the pull is out before tho other starts ; by standing befoft hiW the other starts ffrst. Ify dot* application to this rule, you can make any balky horse pull. If a horse has been badly spoiled you snouiu niton mm to an empty wagon, and pull it around awhile on level ground ; then put on a little load, and increase it gradually, caressing asbeforo, and in a short time you oart hnYo a good werk horse.?4 .American Farmer t Curb for Conxs.?The following reeipe is vouched for as a sure euro for corns : " Pitt the feet fbr half an hour, for two or throe successive nights, in a strong solution1 61 soda. The alkali dissolves the indurated cuticle, and tho corn falls out spontaneously ; leaving a small caVity, which soon fills." An exchange says" We have tried it, and (bund it acts litre magic. But ste do not fMfilfc a strong solution is desirable. We know a friend who tried the remedy on our recommendation, but bo made the solution so strong that, with tho corns, it took off a portion of the skin on the foot. Front-one tfo t#o table spoonsful of soda in a small fOot-tnb of hot water is sufficient to remove the corns, by letting tho afflicted members- remain ita it ten or fifteen minutes."? Prairie Farmrr. Kklioioc*.?We are gratified to hear more good nows from the Churchos. On the 30th uit., Iter. J. G. Landrum baptised 64 converts^ who connected themselves with the Bethlehem Baptist Church during the meeting recently held there. In the four churches (New Prorpect, 5ft. Zion, Wolf Cfeelf and Bertil'sbeihy minor mo pastoral caro or mis earnest ana efficient divine, 177 haVe beeh converted and" baptised within tho last t wftjffrgtim.- What a' glorious reward of the UllWHlr the' ktorYanta" of flod. A Series of iiiOetiny(f Commenced in the Itaptist ChuYrh at tlifir plafeo on Sunday evening last, in which all'the Christians of fti'4' town are deeply intorvslud.-?Sfrartaburg Spar 'an, 7th tMst.' tit calculatihg rtid* .'Av/fWetf (of til* rtfi Presidential election, the Tribune says, " We lo not tbink much oomfort remains for any wlitical party that cannot carry New YotV ind' Pennsylvania." Very true. What hopti 5k there". t'dltn, for lie Radical* ?' Their Congressional policy o^ teconrtruction and ndgro suffrage baa been epuiliatcd' not only iif New York and Pennylvania, but it* nearly e/ery other State.? rbo people haVe only eommcnoed the work if onovatioo. Next fkll It will be Crtrttploted . [Mte'ordsr and Dnkitrat'. Missouri ia purged of owe of (he nhaiihfii ies of its war legislation. The snpreire court f the State haa reversed the decisions of revral of tha lower eourta, and declared the ten nth prescribed to preachers to be unconslitulocal