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, d THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1848. NUMBER 37. PUor.r5iii:i> BVE::Y WKIINKSD \Y mou.MNG BY T II O M A S \V. PEGU E s. TKR3IS. Three !) ilhirs per annum inadvance. Three Dollars an.I Fifty Cents within si? months, or Four Dollars at the ex pi ration of the year. Advertisements ins.-rtc 1 at 75 cuts per square, (fourteen ines or less.) for the first and half tliatsuui for each subsection: insertion. The uuiuher of insertions to lie noted oil ail advertisements, or they will he published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordantly. One i>ollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly asd .Monthly advertisements will he charged the same as single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law direc ts three dollars will 1>3 clmrged. Ui Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Cmiiiiuinications recommendingCandidates for public oflires of profit or trust?or pa-Ting Exhibitions will be charged as ad ver- i tisements. Vltll-'ttjrs l?y mail must he post paid to insure a puuclna | aitoninn. TO CLUBS, lit order tu place the Journal within the reach of B all. we oiler the following reduced rates to Clubs of now subscribers?payment to tie made at the iii.liof subscribing. For 4 copies for one year, $10 ('9 For 6 copies for one yea r, 11 00 For 8 copies for one year, 18 00 For 10 copies for one year, 21 00 For 12 copies for one year, 24 00 ! Any one of our present subscribers will be con- ! 1 si lured as o-;e of either of the above clubs, by oh- I I taiainjr a sufficient number of new subscribers to : | niake up with himself, the i, 6, 8, 10, or 12. I : H I Mill I in ii mm I - BATTLES WITH THE INDI ANS, j A correspondent of tint Si. Louis Now Era, w: itinj; from Fori .Mann, on the 28th 1 ull., i?ives a:i account <>l two engagements between the Ju l aus of lit"; i'laiae ami a i>??r. 3 <mi of the Santa Fo Battalon. The first ; party left Fort Mann mi the 7th of Ju !v. Lap! j Gnifin in command, with two subalterns, '' Lieuts.. Eidridgc and Benson. On the 8th, signs of Indians were discov- 1 ered, the coiiitnand being then encamped on the < imarone. On the Dili an advance was ' ttrdered. and a Mexican boy, who had been j' n prisoner w.lh lite Catnanches, was taken. ] He staled where ihe Camanclie lain lies were encamped, some eight or nine miles ' distant, arid volunteered to condiict lite command to I lie spot Capt. Griffin ordered tin* movement of ihe whole body towards the Indian encamp* | ' nient, which they neared about 3 o'clock, : I*. M. The Indians advanced to give bat 1 tie, and a brass six pounder was put in ic ; 1 qnisiliori, and shots fired at the enemy, at ! lite dis'ance ol two utiles, but of course without effect. The Indians then look up a p >si I inn on a (nil in considerable numbers and the two Lieutenants, with soporate com uiands, were sent to disperse them; tiie Cap- 1 lain with the six pounder, and a part of (lie < command, remaining in statu (jtiu. \ The attack was made, ami lite Indians j < fled in every direction, but only one death I was actually ascertained, although it was i j understood that Capt. Griffin has r< ported i twenty-five or thirty killed. The Indians I was afleiwards dislodged from another lull; i \^hen, to the astonishment of a!!, the whole i command was drawn oil", vety much to flu: I chagrin and disappointment of officers mid i I men?the captain saving "I am not going to j < have my command cut up." It was suppos- i ed that there were front eight hundred to a i thousand lodges of Indians, and that fltcv i tii. i, Wild lrt>UI IlllCOU UUUUIUU IU iuu iiria^nu ' animals with litem. :! Afterwards another party was sot:I oul in i the same direction: It consisted of one linn- I dred ineit, under the command of Captain < Jones and JLietits, Eldridge, Haiti and Kuhlcr. I < Thcv had a brass six pounder and provisions i lor twelve days. Nothing remarkable ?>c- ! I etirred until the 20th, when tlie guide report- j I ed Indians in the direction ol some groves of i timber up the Cimarone river. The com- j; inand was disposed in order of attack; !: Lieuls, Eldridge and Haiti having seperate ; commands, and Lieut. Kuhier in charge of i the brass piece. i On approaching the timber it was foum^ ; to cover an area of more that fifty acres.? i A mounted Indian was at this time percci. < ved on the hills, endeavoring l?v sham to draw the command in liis direction; Lieut. Bain and his command was then ordered to I examine the grove, and mi entering it < was quick y attacked an hotly engaged hand i to hand with a nuuierous body of Indians. I Lieut. Eldridge was then dispatched with . I his roitimand to the head of the grove, where I he met and drove hack th' /ii'liaus, wlio I were then retreating from Lieut. H aiti. The i enemy was now between the panics, wim < were closing towards earli other, thus ilie i destruction of the Indians was soon effect, cd. The number of the Indians seen was 41; of these, twenty-one were found dead bv Capt. Jones personally?wb<? lias report* <i accordingly; but in general the coinniami consider the killed to be nearer thirty; six j escaped unhurt. Trie remainder were n<? doubt wauudud and had, as was supposed, secreted themselves or fallen into the creek- , Lieut. Eldridge and privates Kircblo, Vance. Jdoover, and Williams, were severely woun- i /ded with arrows. The Indians f night bravely and were all i phot in the breast, (some Having several , ( .wounds.) This was suppos d to be a parly j pf Pawnees. Capt. Jones then rcconnoin r- , cd around and came on ilie abandoned camp of (be Indians, winch had been attacked by Lieuts. Eldridge and Reason, under Captain Griffin, on the 9th u't. The village oppear ed to have been abandoned with the greut... b I est precipitation. Jjodges. lodge poles, saddles, bags of salt i and provisions, lieing scattered over the ground in every direction; but after making \ "every effort Capt. Jones was compelled to ! return without finding the fugitives. From various signs and circumstances lie concluded they had proceeded onward towards the lower Canadian or the country between the Canadian and Red rivers. '' * T ? u, itif, Ilurhcst terms ( Hpl. JI'IIO J>|?can3 in ?p of lite conduct and bravery of the officers and men under his cmnmaJd. His only difficulty was in restraining thWr ardor, and though last not least, in the affray was the J young liberated Mexican who (ought with the most heroic braverv. 1 They who would be young when they arc old, must be old when they arc young.. NEWLY DISCOVERED USE OP THE SUNFLOWER. The most exp< rienced ici t'to cultivatio of this plant, arc sangu.no that, with a pn?[ er soil and proper cultivation, it is more pro it able than wheat or corn. The seeds at more oleaginous than those oftlie flax plan at:d e<?ml>ii.e the qualities for table use o|" th best olive oil: for burning, oftlie best sporu without its smoke; and lur painting, it is sai by painters who have used it, to be super or to linseed, and it is more rapid in dryin? equally easy in spreading, and without font, iiii; a much denser c< at. Prepared and cat en as urucuohus, uic > ihiii^ ruw ii*i? jjuxij ate very esculent and pleasing In I he pa!al? the sta l;s are an excellent substitute fo hemp or flax, and lur bee pasturage it is e qual to any plant, yielding Iruin its lusetou and numerous nectaries, an abundance e the best and most palatable honey. A wri ter in one of our agricultural exhangcs, say.'Stat, on suit able s??tl. v. it li proper cullivaliui it will yield on an average, from eighty t' one bundled bushels to the acre. From liv to seven quarts of oil are calculated on, pe bushel. it' this is not over-cstimatm; its productiveness, and it can be raisei as cheaply as wheat or Indian corn, orduui I'llv considered the most expensive crops cu! livated, the sunflower mu<t bo a m iv profit able production. We have iieretof.ro cul ivatcd it on a small scale, usually in vacau spills, by tin- fenci s, and in places where th cultivation ol other vegetables was inehg.bh ami so laro'-r experence noes to corrobo rate the above assertions. Wo fin i ilia die green leaves are very excellent foihle for cows, especially when the f ed in on |)usiutes gels low in seasons of scarcity o irought. We gem rally commence pluck ii" them m July, taking the lower leave !ii?l, and Iced,mi iliem out at inghl.ori a arcily of iced is gicat, in the morning, be fore turning them from their yards. \V< aavc soiueliines given them corn topping? ind the leaves of the sunflower at the sum: line, and have found that the fatter are iu rnnabiy preferred. 1 he seed ol the sun lower is a most desuuble food for poultry ts highly oleaginous untuiu wlioflv super icding the necessity for uuim .1 food. ACTIVE reItSUITS tim best cna: fou gkief. Grief iu whatever measure it may exist will always be mo?i obstinate and danger ?us in those unengaged in active pursuit> Hid who have consequently leisuie to brooi iver their troubles. JJ >.ifv ami mental ac tivity, and more esp'-c.a 'y when llie ivsul ;f necessity, must, tiy creating fresh train >f association, and diverting the thoughts in to new channels, tend to weaken the poig nancy of affliction. .Nothing, in truth, scr\o more efleeliwly to lighten lue cal.t dies < life, than steady and interesting employment It is. as we conceive, that females are gen ;Tal'v exempt itoui tiic cuics and cxc.le incuts of business, and eon;.tied at lionie '. I heir own relatively tranquil domestic dn lies, that lin y s ? much oftem r pme and sick i.-u under wounded aliectioiis. lii.iu our mor active ami busy sex. Dr. Good observe: that "suicides are frequent in died stress ( sieges, in the first alarm of civil commotion: or where they have siibs.ded into a state < calumir-ss ami the mischiefs tiiev induced as well pondered: i?ut it seldom lakes place i ihe activity of a cm paign, whatever ma I):; the fatigue, tin; privation, or lit: sud'cring endured. On the lad ol the !?oman I**;njitrt mid throughout the i\ \* < 11:11< 11 of ITanet soil-destruction was mi common at a a! last to excite lait little attention: It tier not appear, however, to have stained th retreat of ten thousand under Xcuophoi sml according to A! IVret, was rare in tii French army during its light Iroiu M<>: cotv. Let everv man, woman and child keen little pulverized charcoal in their I red rooini and on retiring ai mght. let them put a much of it as can he laid on a s.xpcnee i their mouths, and work it ahout among th teeth with the tongue; and it wiil not h long before there will he no decayed tee! for the dentist to fill with amalgam or put gold (.'ither. Ilise carlv in the morning, tak exercise enough to make your hreak'aM re I i-ii well, and von w:l' lee! Ir? s!i and \ ig 'ton for lite d.iv's lalror. Upon using in the uion ing extend voiir ar os out and lorec linn hack gentiv. This exercise will expand th r.liesl.strengthen th lungs and operate as guard against puhuonai v dseases. < itanrei; a ins a ci ue f ?k cancch.?W have seen it stated in ?re than once, that tii common rranherrv was efficacious in ill cure o| cancer; hul have nevei, until \er recentlv. In.'Cis an eve-witness to the lac Mr. Middletou Ih.dk. residing within four o live mih-s oft Ins city, who was afflicted wit a cancel* on the nose for the last eight year ?? ;ic iniliKo d in trv cranherries annlied as poiiliec; and, !o ii:s ureal j v and satislai linn, lias experienei tl a perfect and radtc; (-.me. Wo mciiti'iii tins fact at I lie inMuric if Mr. lie k. wlin is desirous dial?it hers, su fcririji under tlie same afflicti??n, may ava themselves ?if tins siinj?h* but valuable rem C(ly.?Tuscaloosa Observer. r*i:vi \ 1.1: Sornrrv.?\\*itli'iiif female socii tv, it lias been ju-stiv said IIta* Iii<* I><;< inni11 of men's lives would be lioficless, llie middl without pleasure, and tli" end witlioul com fort. The elebra ed DWIembert ni'kes reflection that does honor to the female se and to his own feelinjjs:?"We are in :i in euliar manner,"says he, '*in want of the soeie tv of a gentle and amiable woman, wln-u on passions have subsided, to participate in on cares, calm and alleviate our sufferings, an enable lis to support our infirmities, iiapp is the man possessed of such a fiiend!" An exchange says:?We .should liUe I see llic newspaper that would suit even body: it would be a curiosity. Such a thin never did nor never can have a place anion the tilings of the earth, yet thousands are a: ! tonished that the paper to winch they are i subscribers does not contain just such arlii eles as they like tf> read best. One expects ) i mora! essays, another love tales and inisccl lanv, another looks for a sermon, while all _c i wonder that their particular taste is not suitt i ed?never for a moment sup; osir?j that an J j editor caters for the mental appetites of ( I thousands. J.1 j The ''Niggers'* against Cass!?If any , further evidence were wanting of the sound- i f . ; j ness til Uimi. Cass on the slavery question, it I is giver. us in fact, that Fred. Douglass, a ! |( negroabolitionist orator, and ?.cnry Bibb, a ' | fugitive slave, were speakers at the Buffalo : : ('onvention. and villified. with' ut st nt, ihe , great We-lein Statesmen. From all ac-; s j counts, the large uinj rttv of persons assent- ! l l bled on tiiat occasion wen Whips, the late j j alliance which was formed in New York . | between the <Jlav wing of that party, Grin-1 ' j nel at its head, and the Barnburners, having t ' 1 been fullv coiisuunnated. It is also beli.-ved, [) I i now. lhat so great is the disaffection among j ,| the Whigs of Xew York, that Gene al Cass , lias a reus- nab'e chance of getting a larger: ~ | vote in that Stale than either of his oppo- I " [ nents. The Democrats, at least, arc in high i spirits, and determined to make one grand >trtiggle to put down ail disorganizes and I fanatics? May success attend them. jluscogt c [G'co.] Dt iuueraf, I DitE.vnrrii Tkaokpy.?Under this head ' w< find the following narrative in the Car" j rolltoii (.Miss.) Democrat ol the ii3 l tilt. "It seldom lulls to the lot of a public jour- 1 | nalisl to record a more painful and distress' I mir cVfiil III a II iislii'i'K 11 in 11 occurred at 1 I 11i?i usually peaceful ami quicl village ??r i j Middlcton oil Friday evening last, the IS1I1 j ; niliiih?. J/aj. Joint T. Brown ami Dr. W. j \V. Lidded, both citizens of high character, iiud a rceonlre, which r? suited faially to 'lie rornier. The attack, we learn, was made " by Major Brown. with a double barrelled sh it <iun, w hich he deliberately aimed al Lidded, who was sitting in bis office with j Dr. I.ibscoinb. Tlie design, however was' ' at rested by Mr. U'eissmger, who, by a blow, I lowered the muzzle ofihe piece, an I the con- ' : tents were lodged m the door sill. Dr. Ltdd< !l then fired at Major Brown from Ins of-1 liee?the charge of buck shot taking e lie el > i:i tlu: left side ofihe latter, and causing in?' slant death. "It i> proper to add that Maj. Brown had j given Dr. Liddell notice of an intention to j ' \ kill l.im, which gave linn time for prepara j lion. ' "Dr. Lrddell immediately surrendered to s the eivil authorities; ami, idler examination j - | of'testimony, was discharged. Maj. Blown j | lias alwavs borne llio character of an up-j right, peaceable, and law abiding citizen, j I ami has never before, that we are aware, been guilty <>!' an act which was calculated < to disturb the peace or qu el o| the column- j - ( n ty. The unhappy man is hence believed j !? bv the c<?mumn:iv, to l.ave lAcn partia !v j ' deranged." u I n.in tlx- Si*if::e:!<c American. VALUE or THE MECHANICAL *| CLASSES. T. It is an old saving, that "republics are im1 it?-; ?11 f11iTins is ofieu lo<? true, but no m'ss tr c <>f tepublirs tiian any oilier covem-. j incuts. |)o>|n?iio, monarchical and oli^ar-! j olnoal i???v?r|-iniii'nts have boon far deeper stained with ao!s of ingratitude, than repub/ las. !l is not !?y m<.iiiiinoiits reared in splendor to statesmen and waniors thai we ran oslimnto tin: d-plli ??f a nation's patriot, ism. No, no, it is not by these, hut ratlirr j in l!:? ahsriu o oCnryli-rl, and in ju-licr done j ' j I In; dfsoivin^ obscure, than in the heaped i j np ?!oi irs showered down upon the mom-1 1 ! ory of ?ivat at I distinguished nion. j Tills i-- particularly lino u| tin: inociianlcal ;j j classes of ovrrv comilrv. and especially ^ ! those of Croat J'rilain. 7'lic most enllinsi- j s! astir, admirer "I Ku?land may talk as lie ii I pleases of the ?f!ories and victories o| "old (. I'-tinIanH," and tin: names of Nelson and 1 Wellington mnv In: shouted with the most h biirstini; cnllitisiasm, yet where would have ! (. hern their victories and where their mijjiilv fleets and well provided armies, il Hanl-i | create had not invented tin: spinninif jentivf; s t was the mecli;inie::l genius. nrehaiiieal; i. skill and industry o| the operatives o| (treat | ii fh'iintn t tit made her wealtii, and enahlod c her to ecpiin the armies o| Austria, Russia and Prussia, to meet and vaiu|iusli the i''Croat Captain.*' Only lor tin: wealth winch fl iwed into Htiifhi id's colters hy the ? <al<J oflicr iii.-imtf*at-|tires. sli?i would In: a j , [) Mir ei(iiitrv indeed, lor she has not thenate . lira! rapae tic;?? of agricultural greatness. hill v ' 11<-1" mechanics have made her a great connI. Irv and the men t<? whom she is most indi:l>t- ; ,r ed, (with but very lew exceptions,) sprung ' h | not froin !ier nohles rind ari-loeraiie, classes, 1 hut Irom her industrious humble poor.? a Ilardgreave was a poor operative. Ark weight ! was a harher. and Dr. Carlwright, the iud venior of the power-loom, was hv no means e o| high descent. James Watt, the unuruI". lal improver of the steam engine, was hut a il [)onr mechanic, and Telford the great arch-j i- ichect, and Itemuc the great civil engineer.: were mechanics, and (Jcorge Stevenson, the successful locomotive improver an i en- j gitieer, was hut a working uperiiive. To g her lining mechanics Kuglaud is slii! indohte . ed as she is still strong and energetic, and so i is Ihiin, the greatest of Mngland's living eleea i trical engineers, and he too is a mechaiec. i x \ow, what we waul to exhibit, in calling : 1 attention to these things, is, the neglect, the ! oversight displayed hv governments in their r readiness to honor other classes who are not r so deserving. We know that a llersehellj d and a Ifeiinie have been knighted, hut where y in the whole history of Duglaud can we (iud a man made a i'eer ol the realm, unless he ' ,,i , I... (> rli'i nu'itl house, or i Mils I li 11 ii 11; i ?;\i in uiv 4 .. . o j thundered on tIk: battle-field? Wood and * j eloquence have been passports to the dignig i l v of the peerage, while the mechanic might g invent (an I has invented) and raise loiglan I s- iVem the' dirt lu the deity," in the uiunuluc luiiii^ greatness, still lie is not considered e(|iiai to the rich and idle droncish class of exclusive tilleagc. The offices, too, of emolument and distinction, are exclusively the rich incifs patrimony, and is the crushing weight that is driving so many excellent mechanics to this country, and which will; bo the means, in the course of twenty years j more, of destroying the cotton manufacture j of Britain, and making the mules and the i looms of Manchester and Glasgow to 'whirl j and whisk on the banks of many of the now lonely streams of Georgia and Alabama, instead of the banks of the Clyde and the Irwell. In calling attention to the ingratitude of another government, we do not say that this is a governmental question, but it is evidence ol the indwciiiiig (<i a wrong unjust and hnnghty feeling in those classes, who hv inheritance, arc managers ol government. This is just as true of all oilier governments, even our own, as it is of Britain, although that country presents the greatest, contrast. If we look to the many offices and the persons who lill them at our own fireside (if we may use the expression) we will find that we can point the finger to that management which necessarily belongs to ail j oliti- j eal organizations, and say as said the proph-: 1 el to David."ihoii ait the man." Let these I' reflections lie wcigheo well by all those who j ' wisli well for iheir country, and lei there be i more encouragement to the worthy of'our j producing classes irrespective of anv thing i hut real worth. There is no doubt bin our: mechanical classes are more comfortable i than those under any government, and lliey \ : meet with more encouragement, siill no one i 1 can doubt but there is sliil room lor improve- i meet. Let us then prove to the world as a nation, that towards all deserving c.la>ses of our citizens lite Great American Republic is the most grateful of nations. From Urn Knickerbocker Magazine for July. A CHARGE OF IXFANTUY. Betsey's got another bahy! D.uling, precious I it I in Ivke! Grandma?sayr?and slio knows surely? That you never saw its like. I i Isn't il a beaming beauty, Lying there so sweet am: snug? j i Mrs Jones, pray slop your scandal, Darling's nose is not a ,?ug! Soinc o.ie says 'tis 'IV all over. Whereat 'Fa* turns ratl er rid, And lo scan his features, quickly To the b olting glass li:.< fled; But recovering his composure When lie hears tlm nurse's story, Who admits tti.it of all liuhics, This indecd's the crowning glory! Aunt Belinda says kIic guesses? Says indeed, s!?e know it. 'po/? That 'twill prove to lie a gie.tlur .Man than e'er its father was; i i'roving thus the modern thesis, Held hy reverend doctors sage, That in babies, as in wisdom, 'J'ius is a "progressive ago " Unc'o Tom looks on and wonders At so gicat a predigv; Close .'lid closer still be presses, Thinking something brave to see. Up they hold the babe before him, While they gather in a ring, But al s! the staggered uncla Vainly tries its praise losing. As he stares, the lovely infant, Nest I i g hy its mother's side, Opes its little inoiitli, and smiling, Curdles forth a milky tide. U'.cle tiies to hide his lilu-lus, Looks about to I'm.I his hat, Stunihe.-s blindly o'er a cradle. And upsets the startled cat. Why, oh! alio s .c!i awkward blunders? Better far have stayed away. Not have tliiusl yourself tvlicru women iiohl an undisputed sway. l)o you lliitik that now tin )'!! name it, As they meant to, a lor you, Wretched mortal, let me answer, r'n'ii/lnrl it v'nii flu! / ! Round attoiil the n<ii>y women Pass the In-!ji!c~h stranger now. Raptured with each nascent fe.itnrr, Chin and mouth and eyes :iml lirow; And for litis young hud of promise All neglect the roso in bloom, Eldest horn, who, quite forgotten. Pouts within her lonely room, Sound the stage hornl ring the cow lie!!! Tleit the waiting world imy know; Puhlisii it through all oar baider.s, E /en unto .Mexico, Seize your pen, oh! dreaming pout. Ami in iiU'ohnrs smooth is may bo, Spread ulaf ilia joylnl tidings, llotsev's got auotliur baby, too much roit a wife. Our sanctum was 111r?>vv11 into jonsiderlde j confusion on !:tst Saturday. Iiv the entrance of a very pretty Dutch ??irl aurl Iter'bachelor.1 who nriu'iiinrcd ilia! thov had c-itnc 4lo on I married." Esquire llmijih was mi hand in! Ii-?lf n miiiiitrvand immedialelv hen! Ids wav ! with tin*. love stricken swain, to the Clark's iillim tor a * I Mans was as ugly as tin; king of clulis, and a!>*>tit as graceful as a j hear. Marv, on the other hand, was dark i as India, and as warm?with large, languish-1 inn black eves, and had a voice and smile ol delicious sweetness. Don't laugh, reader it's as trite as preaching. Neither need you ask why it is, that so prctlv a uirl would fall in love with so uncouth a subject. It is passing strange, but it is nevertheless true. Marv endeavored to exp'ain, while Hans was gone, but it was all Dutch to us, and our readers must excuse us for not throwing more light on this vexed philosophical question. In half an hour Ilaus returned without the certificate, saying 'lie didn't want 111 r?if cost too much!" Did \'oit ever! Marv then agreed in furnish one-half. Hans ; still objected that a 'vile' cost too much. Tlic Squire agreed to perform the ceremonies without charges. Hans however, by I this time had all the propensities of"the hear ' aroused,and was utterly incorrigible. 'Mary was a iM'nd enough vile,' he said,'but she j ' couldn't vurL 1 Mary denied the charge and vented her feeling in a Hood of tears. Hans stood immovable as the rock of Gibraltar. It seems from the testimony of Mary that the "mifaithful one,' had made love to her in Quiiicv, promising to take her 'for better nor for worse,' and got the consent of'fader and loader' came to Keokuk to get married, and after giving her 'bed and board' for one ' week, come to the conclusion that 'eight quarter dollar' was too much to pay for a fiouc. The .sluttic matllf, returned to Quiiicv and will forthwith commence suit. Keokuk Register* j A Fheak of Natuke.? A severe than- J der storm passed over this city night before i last, and several places was struck by light- j ning. A very singular occurrence look [ place at IMr Holicri s store "ti water street. v r. It. was sleeping in the front pan of his store, and, dining the storm, was suddenly awakened, feeling a tremendous pressure upon his head arid want of breath. The room was filled with fire or lightning, flash-' in? in all direetions, exactly resembling the j flashes of lightning from the clouds. Pre- ! setiliy a loud explosion took place In the j room, apparantly as loud as a six-pouud cannon, Imrsting all the windows over the rloor in the I runt end of lite building, and filled the room with strong sulphurous smell. It was discovered in ihe morning that the lightning came through the roof, shivering a heavy plank standing in a partition. The room was lull of splinters flying in the air when Mr. R first awoke, and what is very singular, was the explosion some tune after the bolt entered the roof. No marks of lite j lightning leaving the room, in the same shape i in which it entered could be found. Detroit Advertiser. "A Fi ll Head Ox"?The Temperance people of Carbondale. Pa., celebrated the Fourth of July last by giving a dinner. Among the volunteer toasts we copy the following; The Kail llaad to Ruin:?Surveyed bv Avarice, Him lured by County Courts, freighted with drunkards with Grog-shops for Depots, RumseMers for Ei giuecis, Bar Tontiers for Conductors, and Landlords for Stock holders. I'trcd up with ^ichohol and boiling with Delirium Tremens. The groans of the dying are the thunders of the trains, and the shrieks of the women and children are the whistles of the Engines. By the help of God we will reverse the steam,put out the lite, annul the Charter and save the freight. A gentleman having a remarkably long visage, overhead a lad observe to another as lie passed them, ''that gentleman's lace is longer than Ins life." Struck with the singularity of the uh-crvation. he returned and requested an explanation. "Sir," said the buy, "I read at school that a man's life is bill a span, and I am sure your face is double that length." Sklbct Maxims.? If the doctor cures, the sua sees it: but if he k;l!s the earth hales it. One h air's sleep before midnight, is worth two after. Temperance, employment, and a cheerful spirit are the great preservers of health. I hat is not always good in the maw which is sweet in the month. The difference between the poor man and the rich is, that the poor walks to get meat forms stomach, the licit a stomach for his meat. The full stomach loatheth the honeycomb. but to the hungrv ever) tiling is sweet. The morning to the mountain, the evening to the fountain. Tim clidlcrif. drink's, the melancholic CUtS. tiiu phlegmatic sleeps. Tin; head ami lucl keep warm, the rest will take no harm. 'Tis go ?l t<? walk till the blond appears on tiie cheek, hut not the sweat on the brow. We are usually the best when in the worst health. "I like to see the dear creatures amuse themselves, said Mrs. Drown, when her oldest hoy took a visiter's new bonnet and nlliv.d it to the tail ol'his kilo, \Ne\rr fear,' said the good lady to her visiter, when .-lie saw her bonnet in the air, *assoon as the kite comes down he will give it back to you.' (Jot No Fkiknd.?We were t rate ling throng Canada, sav.s a eoteinporary, in the winter ul'H:!!). ami altera loiigdav s ride, .stepped at tin1 Lion Inn; and tin; contents of tin; stage numbering alnitit ninn persons. soon gathered found the cheeilul lire. Among the occupants of the room, we observed an ill looking eur, \v|;o had shown his wit bv taking up his quar. ters in so comfortable au apparlmeiit. Altera |t'\v minutes, the landlord entered, and, observing the specimen of the canine species, remarkc I? ' Fine dog. that! Is he yours, sir?" appeal ing to one of the passengers. 'No. Mr." "Beautiful dog! Yours sir?" addressing himsell to a second. ".No!" was the b!unt reply. ' Come here pup! I'ctltaps he is yours, sir?" "No," was the reply. "\ ery sagacious animal! Belongs to you, I suppose sir." "No he doesn't " was the answer. " Then lie is voiirs, and you have atieasure,' (throwing the animal a cracker.) "Nothing of the kind." "Oh! (with a smile,) lie belongs to you as a uiaMer of course?" addressing hiuisell to the hist "Wouldn't own liitn as a gift." "Then you infernal, ditty.mean. enntempti l.le whelp, gel out!" mi l with that, the In the poor doe such a kick, as sent the animal yelling into the street, amid tlso roars of of the company. 'V. ile! why in I lie name of goodness did yon not make the washerwoman put starch in my shirt collar?' 'Why my dea>\' said the wife. M thought it useless waste of the article, lor I can get your choler so easily up without it." * (INDEPENDENCE. Messrs. Kditors.?I was rejoiced to see that our sex had at last thrown ofT the shacklet which have bound us for centuries, and issued* in Convention at Seneca Falls, N. Y., a Declaration of Independence. The glorious achievements of both fore-futliers and fore-rooi thcrs will hereafter be celebrated by the American people; the former having relieved us from the liriiish, and the latter from the Male Yoke. From some cause, which I cannot at present understand, the following grievances imposed upon us by the other sex, were not embraced in the list published, as emanating from the 'jWoman's Rights Convention." Will you do me the favor to supply the deficiency,hy pub* lishing them in your interesting paper? 1. Ridiculing us, without measure, when we are independent enough to do what they claim the right of doing themselves,viz: "wear the breeches." *" 2. Assuming to their own sex the exclusive privilege of riding on horseback in an easy and graceful position. 3. Excluding from the public bar-rooms those of our sex who, as well as their own. should en* jov the privilege, when thirsty, of "taking a drink." 4. Pretending that we cannot with pwpriety ^ participate in the noise and bustle of popular1 assemblages, when, in truth, we are more ac* customed to bustle than they are themselves. 5. Absurdly imagining that we are not adapted to the pulpit, when they should be aware that there are few of our sex who are not skilled in the management of bishops. 1 could extend the catalogue indefinitely, but time will not permit me to enlarge. Can you not, Messrs. Editors, help us by saying a good word for us? By doing so, you will greatly oblige many sutferers, and particularly your faithiul friend. NABBY. Drfni'ion of Nothing.?At the Donegal as* sizes, the following hmnurous-crnss examination of a witness occasioned much merriment in the. court:? "Mr. Dohcrly?'What business do you fbl* low?" 'I am a shool-master.' 'Did you turn off your scholars, or did they turn you oft!'? (Laughter.) 'Are you a great favorite with your pupils?' 'Aye! truth am I; a much greater favorite than you are with the public.' 'Where were you this night?'?'This night!' said the witness; 'there is a learned man fur you?this night has not corne yet?' 'I suppose you mean th t night: (Here the witness looked at the judge and winked his eye, as if in triumph.) *1 presume the 'schoolmaster was abroad that night doing nothing?' inquired the attorney. 'Define nothing.'said witness. Mr. Doherly did not comply. 'Well,' said the learned schoolmaster, 'I will define it?it is a footless stocking without a leg.' (Roars of laughter in which the judge joined.) -You may go down, sir*' 'Faith, I well believe vou'ie tired enough of me but it is tnv profession to enlighten the public, and if you have any more questions, loasK,rwiu an. swer them. The summer is no time to try theatrenglh of affection," said Mrs. Fartingtonj-.'^lhough it is pretty well to sing love songs beneath a window at midnight in a rain storm, or staffd lolling and cooing on the door-step till two o'clock iu the morning. The winter season is the time. Main's the lime my poor Pautmiles to see me, the coldest weather; and often the deai cretur has been lound in the morning fast asleep io the middle of the oow.yard, with the saddle on his own shoulders, from fatigue of courting me and riding a hard trotting horse. The e was devotion.' I never see a cow with, out thinking of poor Paul;" and saying which the old lady hobbled to bed. The British won't like Gen. Cass.?Gen. fas has tinf>rlunately, says the New Yrok Truo Sun encountered the decided hostility of the British press? The Canadian papers are down on his nomination with a maligniiy ot feeling quite equal to that of the Whig press and its coadjutors, and the miserable remnant of the factious Barnburner press. It cannot be for. gotten by those in the interest of British power, that Cass was the fir?t man to land in arms, upon British soil, in the last war. The brilliant :illiiir at ilie Canards still occurs to their unwii. 'i"n rnemoiy! And, above all. thoy cannot for. gel lhat when iMini>ter to Franee, he bearded the British lion?braving (he combined inter* est ot I he allied powers?and stood before the astonidled world, the proud and triumphant champion of the freedom of the seas! Well may the Hamilton, (Canada West, Spectator) j mourn over the selection of a candidate, to use its own words, "so notorious by his hostility to Great Britain and this colony." IIow is it.?The Southern Whigs try to persiiade u> that the South should vote for General Taylor to secure a Southern President and the salelyof our institutions. We should like to know how Southern rights ! are to be protect'd by a man who docs not believe that the President's opinions should influence Cong!ess, and who declares against the Veto power against any bills for domestic measures! J General Taylor is to sit still and let any measuro--no matter of what character?pass, I which g"ts the majority of Congress. "Could I Webster, or Corwin, or Hale, or Birney him. self, do more than this? General Taylor vol. uniary surrendeis all his powers to protect tbo .South, were he inclined, when he gives up the j Veto power. And, in fact, lho only strength the whig nomination will have for good or ill in office, will be the casting votes of Filmore as Vice President in the Senate. And who doubts i .1.., .licciiili' (if John Quincv Adams, tho ||l#\% nil. - _ _ ultra Provisoit, and th? advocate of abolition petitions would cast these voles? Can it hk Tkuk ?Tl.o correspondent of the Mobile Tribune writing from Pascagoula where General 'I'ayior now is, repeats a conversation which lie alleges was held by General Taylor, which makes him oppopsed to the extension of "'Livery and favorable to the Wilmot Proviso. We will wait a few days to see whether it is not contradicted, for we would he most loth to believe that any Southern man of influence held such views and opinions. Wo feel bound . to say that the letter seems to he a genuina^^fe?? hoi iho charge is too serious to he circulat^^^^F~3dfc j til some lit'le time is given lor confradictionflF^fc^ these are General Taylor's views, his supporters at the South will not numle r a corporal's guard. Columbia Telegraph. 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