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VOLUMli XIV.
O. F. TOWNE8.
EDITOR.
*. 0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor.
ORIGINAL.
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VOWL TUB lOUTOCmN BNTKKrCIPB.
English Railways, Arrival in London,
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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?.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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|
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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