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' ** * ^ # # f * '' ' -> ? ' 1^' . ' ** . ^ >* " ^ f . 4*' " I * * V ; ** ... ' ' * - . > /5/ - ' '' ? : *' ^ ^ ^ '. . - * * i* % -H-5a-^=5==5H=^^fl^5BS^=HK^?si^asHS" VOLUME XXX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUN^ 29, 1871.. > v < NtJ^jBR X^ ' TERMS. THREE DOLLARS, payable in advance. Advertisements inserted at one dollar and a half per square for the first insertion, at one dollar for the second, seventy-five cents for the third a.id fmy cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal discounts made to half-yearly and yearly advertisers. Transient advertisements to be paid for in advance. The space occupied ny fen lines or less, of this sire tvpe constitute a snnare. DR. E. C. HUCHES Having located in Camden, respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Camden and its vincinage. Office at the Kershaw House. mar. 9. tf ' : ETJ7FORD, House, Sign and Furniture DAIMTCD r niii kiit CAMDEN, S. C. Imitations of all kinds of Wood and Mnrble, Paper Ilanging, China Gloss &e., done in the best st vie. His prices will bo in accordance with the times- Jan. 20?Cm. The Great Medical Discovery! Dr. WAIiKEH'S CAT.TFOKKTA 1 VINEGAR BITTERS, go 3 Hundreds of Thousands fl? . j I Bear testimony to their wonderful1? Cuiatire Electa. g;.0 p g|| WHAT A HE THEY? ||l cfl xOTT ABB NOT A VILS elf *|?FANCY DRINK,111 Blade of Poor Bom. Whiskey, Proof Spirits. and Refuse Liquors. aoctored. spiced, sad sweetened to pleese the teste, celled "Tonics'* .. . .1 i> it Da.rn..M u *, K.k it,?ri the " ApptUKIS, u^aw.v,.., tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a trua Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herb* of California, free from all Aloohollo Stimulants. They ore tho GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and LTFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator t the System, carrying off all poisonous matter, . and restoring the blood to a. healthy condition. * No person can take these Bitters, according to directions, and remain tang unwell. \ $100 will be given for an incurable case, pro* riding the bones are not destroyed by mineral poisons or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. | For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, and Gout. Dyspepsia, or Indiicevtiofi. Bilious, Remittent, and InterSittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, iver, Kidneys, and Bladder, these Bittors have been most successful. 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I PIN, TAPE, and other W0RM3, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. 4 For full directions, read carefully the circular round each bottle, printed in four languages? English, German, French, and Spanish. t J. WALKER, 32 & 54 Commerce 8treet, N. T. Proprietor. B. H. McDONALD ft CO., A J)raggtsta ani^eneral Agents. " Ban Francisco, California, and 32 and 34 Com* meree Street, N. Y. | zf SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND * DXAL8B8. DR. SH ALLEN BERCER'8 Fever and Ague ANTIDOTE Always Stops the Chills. This Medicino has ^ecn before the Public fifteen years, and is still ahead of all other known remedies. It does not purgo, does not sicken the stomach, is perfectly safe in any doso and under all circumstances, and is the only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of Fover and Ague, becauso it is & perfect Anti* dOtC to Dlolaria. Bold by all Hru?gwta. Tfimtirmim mm ^\^TER WHEEL, Mill Gearing,ShaJtinPul leys C^LSEHD FORACIRCUIAIU^ BEMOVAIu On and after March the 1st., tho undersigned e?n be found at his residence, on MONUMENTAL SQUARE. Patients waited upon at their residences at any time if solicited, feb, 28. I. IT/ALEXANDER, tf Dentist ~ Ice-Cold. SODA WATER Drawn from a GLASS FOUNTAIN, by HODGSON 4 DUNLAP. #' m i ? M ; ?? -i * .. . MORAL POWER OF MUSCLE. BY JUDGE CLABK. It is about a dozen years since business? not pleasure?took me to New Jericho, the terminus of civilization and "the Whammelovpr Rail Road. And a " hard road to travei," that was. It had steeper grades, sharper curves, and more of them than, it is to be hoped, ever put in peril the public life and limb before or since. It was Saturday afternoon, and we were to reach- Jericho at some indefinite hour that evening, "time not being the essence of the contract." At a place called Blurin, we stopped fifteen minutes to "liquor." There had been a cock fight, and several other fights; and a big crowd there that day, and everybody was in hisrh dec. The New Jericho delegation returned by our train, and rougher looking samples of rustic rowdydom it would have been difficult to find, even in that favored region, ^mong them was a six-footer, a very Hercules in proportions, with a cock-o'-the-walk sort of swagger about him, who took possession Of two seats, depositing his body on one and deadheading his legs on the other. One cheek was puffed out by an underlying quid, while ever and anon, with a back-action jerk, he would send near a gill of tobacco juice over his shoulder, which those in range had the privilege of dodging or taking the consequences of, as they liked. As for his conversation, the curse of Emulphus or the table-talk of a Flandcr's mess-room in Uncle Toby's time* in point of maledictory power, was weak in comparison. At the next station a young lady came on board, as beautiful as Venus and modest as Diana. How so rare a flower came to bloom in such a wild, was a question to puzzle over. But there was 110 time to settle it. The lady was standing and all the seats were occupied. I was on the point of offering mine, when a youthful looking gentleman, of prepossessing manners and appearance, stepped forwurd and addressed the couchant Hcrculos: . "Allow me," he said politely,' "to turn over the back of this seat." "Ilcy ?" the other grunted. The roquest was repeated. "See you dod darned first!" was the gruff response. "But sir," the gentleman began to expostulate. "lookee here, you I" mustered tnc Duuy, "don't you offer for to go to rile ine !?that'" my advice, an' I gives it free gratia, 'cause I feels an intrust in you." "But thi3 lady is entitled to a seat," the stranger persist id. "Give her yourn then, doi drot you! an' stop your chin music, or, by Iloky, you'll rile me 1" ' As a last resort, tffe gentleman appealed to the couductor, who happened .to be,passing. But the latter declined to interfere. Such th|ngs must be left to courtesy. Besides, il wasn't his place to take part in the disputes of passengers. So-saying, he went his way, punching tickets, and taking no further heed. "Dud bkist you, you have riled me!" shouted the bully, springing to his feet and striding up to the young man, who didn't seem quite sensible of his danger. "You've gone and stuck your nose into other people's business, an' I'm goiu' to pull it." An attempt was made to suit the action to the word; but before the. metaphorically offending member had been so much as touched, something?it moved so swiftly I could not be positive it was the gentleman's fist.?tnnlr Heronles dirootlv between the eyes and sent him sprawling to the other ehd of the car. He didn't get up immediately, and when he did, he seemed bewildered as to whether he had been knocked down or the train had run off the track. He had enough, at all events, wherever it came from, as was evident from the subdued air with which be took his departure for the smoking car, whither his compapions soon followed, no doubt secretly chuckling at the result, as usually do the chums of a whipped bully. Tap Kilderkin, the proprietor of the New Jericho Rest, was the most communicative of hosts. Before bedtime that night, I was thoroughly and accurately "up" ?in all the gossip of the place, and its scandalous statistics at my fingers' ends. Among other things, I learned that "stated preaching" had hitherto been among the wants of the community, but that a "supply" had been at length obtained, and the minister was expected to enter on his duties on the morrow. "And a refreshin' season he'll hev of it," said Pap. "Why so ?"J asked. "Oh! Bill Griukey an' t'other chaps is goin to brake him in to-morrow; an' efyou want to see fun, I'd cdwise you to go thar." And *1 did go, not "to see the fun," as Pap Kilderkin suggested, but, I trust, from better motives. Pap went too?by what prompted, I prefer hot judging. When wc reached the church, the minister had not yet made his appearance, though a goodly number of hearers had already assembled. A few minutes later, yesterday's delegation to the Bluruin"cock fight, headed by the vanquished bully, with botlrhis eyes in full mourning, satfntored in, and proceeded noisilv down the aisle. "That's Bill Grinkey," whispered Pap, "and them's t'other chaps." "Make way for the mourners!" sang out Bill, crowding, with hiB companions, into a front seat, where a boisterous conversation was struck, up, mingled with an* incessant cracking of peanuts. r "I kin tell you^thar programmy," Pap. continued j '"a pack of shootin' crackers will be tctched off durin' the fust hyme, and a pair of game chikkens, as a couple of them chaps Jiev got in thar pockets, '11 be sot to fightin' as soon as the tex is gin out, arter which gyn'ral Ned '11 be in-order." A sudden slienco fell upon the congregation' Not a murmur was heard, and the peanuts ceased.to crack. Looking up, I saw the new minister in the pulpit, and guess my suprise at recognizing him at the young man that had struck <Jut so deftly from his shoulders the day before! With a clear, manly voice, ho gave out a hymn , which was sung through without interruption. A prayer was offered up amid profound and decourous silence. Another hymn 'followed, and then a sormon, earnest, plain, practical, without a word of cant in it. From the beginning to the end of the exercises, save a single incipient crow, promptly choked off, from one of the invisible chickens, order was observed. "I say Bill," I overheard from one of "t' other chaps," as they made their way out, "that parson's a trump; he preaches a downright good lick,-and fights fair,without bitin' or gougitr\" It was to see the new minister's status was settled. I have siqce heard that Bill flrinL-eir hna Wrrnio on f>Yf>mnl.arv mfcmher of the church, and the parson the happy husband of the young lady, as whose champion lie first achieved popularity. The Warm Hand op Sympathy.?Till we have reflected on it, we are scarcely aware how much the sum of human happiness in the world is indebted to this one feeling? sympathy, We get cheerfulness and vigor, we scarcely know how or when, from mere association with our fellow men, and from the looks reflected on us of gladness and enjoyment. We catch inspiration and power to go on, from human presence and from cheerful looks. The workman works with' added energy from having others by. The full family circle has a strength and life peculiar to its own. The substantial and the cffectunl relief which men exteud to one is trifling. It is by thpse, but by something far less costly, that the work is done. God has insured it by much mere simple machinery. He has given to" the weakest and poorest the power to contribute largely to the common stock of gladness. The child's ?-i J i t. ? smiie anu mugii are jui^iuj puncio m who world. When bereavement has left you desolate, what substantial benefit is there which makes condolences acceptable? It cannot replace the loved ones you have ltfst. It can bestow upon you nothing permanent. But a warm hand has touched yours, and its thrill told you that there was a living rethere to your emotion. One look, one human sigh, has done more for you than the costliest present could convey. A FytE Poke.?How can a person be attached to a house that has no center of attraction, no soul in it, in the visible form of a glowing fire, and an warm chimney, like the heart in the body ? When you think of the old homestead, if ever you do/ your thoughts go straight to the wide chimney and its burning logs. No wonder that you are ready to move from one fircplacelcss house into another. But you have something just as good, you say. Yes, I have heard of it. This ago, which imitates everything, even to the virtues of our ancestors, has invented a fireplace, with artificial, iron, or composition logs in it, hacked and painted, in which gas is burned so that it has the appearance of a wood fire.?This 1 11 1 T\ - seems to t>e Diaspncmy. uo you uiuik a cat would lie down before it ? Can you poke it ? If you can't poke it, it is a fraud. To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. The crowning human virtue in a man is to let his wife, poke the fire.*' I do not know how any virtue whatever is possible over an imitation gas fog. . What a sense in sincerity the family must have, if they indulge in the hipocrisy of gathering about it. With this center of untruthfulness what must the life in the family be? Perhaps the father will be living at the rate of ten thousand a year on a salary of fou - thousoand : perhaps the mother, more beautiful and younger than her beautified daughters, will rouge; perhaps the young ladies will make wax-work." A cynic might suggest as the motto of.modern life this simple legend?"Just as good as the real." Put I am not a. cynic, and I hope for the rekindling.of wood fires, and a return of the beautiful light from them. If a wood fice is a luxury, it is cheaper than many in which we indulge without thought and cheaper than the visits of a doctor, made necessary by tbo want of ventilation of the house. Not that I have anything against doctora; I only wish,-after they have been to see us in a way that seems so friendly, they had nothing against us. From "Back-Log S/iulirs," by Charles D. Warner; Scribners Monthly. Don't be too Sensitive.?There, are snmp rmrmlp vps m.inv nnnnlfi alwjivs look rwur,w; - ^ i?i j ing out for slights. They cannot carry on the daily intercourse of the family without some offence is designed. They .arc as touchy as hair triggers. If they meet an acquaintance in the street, who happens to be preoccupied with business, they attribute his abstraction in some mode personal to themselves, and take umbrage accordingly.? They lay on others tho fault of their irritability. A fit of indigestion makes-them sec impertinence in everybody they come in contact with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed of offence, are astonished to find some unfortunate word, or somo momentary 1 tncturnity, mistaken for an insult. To say the least, the habit is unfortunate. It is far : wiser to take t?he more charitable'view of our 1 fellow beings, and not suppose a slight is intended unless tho nejilcet is open and its 1 use in a great degree from the color of our mind. If we are frank and generous, the world treats us kindly. If. on the contrary, wo are suspicious, men learn to be cautious tons. Let a person get the reputation of being touchy, aud everybody is under more or less restraint; and in this way the chances of an imaginary evil are vastly increased. ' A schoolmistress asked a pupil to toll 1 what words the letters S double E spelled ? The child was dull, and so the mistress cries, " What is it, ou dune*, I do with my eyes?" " Oh, yes," replied the child, "I know the word now, ma'm, S double E iquint." 1 Important to Dealers in Real Estate.?At the last session of the Legislature rind Act was passed entitled "An Act to Furthor Amend an Act Entitled "An Aot Providing for the Assessment and. Taxation of Property," and in that Act we find the following paragraph, to which we would call the particular attention of parties purchasing lands: . Amend Section 90 by adding: "And provided further, That each county Auditor shall keep a record of all sales or conveyances of real-property made in his county, in which he shall enter, in columns, the names of the purcfeflsw and seller, the quality of land convcycdj^-location and price of the same, and ther^bmTorrectthe county duplicates annually; and for the purpose of carrying out this provision, the Clerks of Courts and Registers of Mesne Conveyance of each county arc ncreDy required to nave tne endorsement of the county Auditor on each and every deed of conveyance for real property, that the same is on record in his office," before the same can be placed on record in the offices of said.Olnrks of Courts or Registers of Mesno Conveyances, and the.said county.' Auditor shall be entitled to col]pct a fee of twenty-five cents, for his own use, for making such entry and endorsement." Tiie Value op Local Governments. ?There are but few, even of the Democracy, who appreciate fully the peril.of this nation. It is admitted on nearly every hand that our Government, under the control of the Republican party, has for the period of that control, been undergoing a" rapid and alarming change; that the strong federal, features 1 originally impressed upon the Constitution are fast fading away, and that we are mov-, ing steadily into the formation of a central- 1 ized despotism. But it has not generally been 1 observed that we are incorporating into our civil policy features which mdst centralized " governments arc free from, and which exist 1 only in the odious tyrannies."' When it is ; remarked that we-are losing our right of local government, few appreciate fully the ex- 1 tont of that loss, and fewer still know that in 1 losing it the most revolting military despot- 1 ism follows as a natufal aud almost inevitable 1 LUUBUtj UULUJO. IUUCUUj uui ttuv/coiuio uiiMuivu this right under the British Constitution, j and when it was assailed, they regarded the < provocation as sufficient to warrant revolu-' tion. if Radical Congress and a drunken Presi- i dent have, in a few short months, deprived us of what our ancestors won through seven < long years of suffering and blood. No more . fitting illustration fcould be suggested than the fool who destroyed the beautiful temple 1 whose construction progressed through ages, whose architecture was the handiwork of ge- i nius and whose altar was the repository of < jewels. These facts are worthy of cool and ! solemn reflection. The people cannot reflect t too deliberately upon the character of their 1 rights, the source from which they spring, i and the fearful price with which they were bought. Peace is always desirable tud should be the wish of cvory good citizen.? ] But there is darger in the delusions of a i safety purchased at tho cxpense-of all that is i worth living for. There was a goherous de- < spair that sprung from the high sentiments < of nnr fntVinra TrtiifOi mnrln flipm tnn nohlfl tr? ' be followed by i ervile children. They presen- i ted human nature in its grandest form.? ] There is something sublime in the record of < their glorious achievements. Kings were I not only their pupils but their suppliants, i and princes were not regarded as targets too i good for their "villainous, saltpetre." Ttyey i had a scorn of danger and a fierce, tiger I spirit, that not only made them brave but terrible. They knew their rights and main- j tained them. They .were not appalled at i impossibilities. They plucked victory from the very jaws of despair, and won the right ! to live as freemen.?N. Hampshire Patriot. ' A Model Legislator.?A correspond- ( ent, M., in a long communication to the Chesterfield Democrat, charges R. James i Donaldson with being the instigator , if not the actual perpetrator, of all the so-called Ku ; klux outrages in the county, includig then ] murder of Melton. Ho gets forth the rca- , sons for his belief at length. Donaldson, it will be recollected, is one of the very worst of the carpet-baggers that were stranded on this shore by the receding tide of war, and has j been a thorn in the flesh of the people of the 1 Pee Dec country from '65 to this day. J ike ; Whiltcmore, Donaldson is a Northern Meth- j oiiint preacner. ne nas neen cngagea in politics, gold mines, the lnnd commission and general merchandise. JIc is now. or lately has been internal revenue collector, and in all these several widely different employments has somehow managed to get the ill-will of all honest men with whom he came in contact. One of the most proininct Republican officials is our authority for his goneral character. Daily Ncia. Tin: ^Situation in Nortii Carolina. An address to the people of North Carolina appears in the Raleigh Sentinel, signed by W. II. Battle, B. F. Moore, T. Bragg, G. V. Strong, L. H. Rogers, and men recognized as conservative leaders, which is in avowed response to one put forth not long ago* by Gov. Caldwell, in which that funcdona- 1 ry lamented a lawlessness which he assert- 1 ed prevailed in a number of localities, and j threatened the people that if it was not put down ho would call for tnoops to put it down. The present address reminds the i people that tho lawless bands are confined i to a very few localities and have no political j affiliation whatever. But the conservative i nartv is held responsible for all violence of i this'sort. Tho signers call, therefore, upon < all good men of the State to assist the officers < of the law in ferreting out secret offenders, in bringing them to punishment, and establishing order and law, everywhere. ] Especially are all illicit organisations de- 1 nounced. . - j , ' ( At Hartford, Conn., Frederick C. Hall, < (colored,) convicted of murder, has been sen- i teneed to be hanged oa the 3d of July, 1372, ] 0 * . . V ' ? CAptotte Qjr A Wild MAH.-7Somptime before the ITul: o?last"month, jhe attention of persons living near the nae of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and in the neighborhood of Backbone Cut, had been directed to a colored man, who seemed to be dodging about the woods and unwilling to be seen. On Oednesday week he approached too near the hands of Mr- Mason, who were at work on the railrosd, who, to their astonishment found the man to be as naked as when he came into the world. He was arrested by them, but failed to answer a single question, he being cither unable or unwilling. Every motion and gesture and even the expression of the fellow's eyes, proved conclusively that he was not only an A xl_ MJ TT _ _ iuiol uut pcnecuy wiia. xie was enuny unable to give an account of himself, and did not even know bis name. The only sound be could make resembled tbo jabbor of monkeys. He was taken in charge, and rbe proper authorities will probaly send him to a lunatic asylum.?Richmond Cispaich. Now that the war between Frano# and Prussia is over, the German heroes wko carried away from the occupied French districts such war "trophies" as clocks, bronzes, clothing, gold and silver wartchesr jewelry and other handy relics, whereby to remember the dayff^f conflict^ will be compelled, by official decree, to surrender these articles, to the German authorities. Rigorous'search will be made* where it is suspected that articles are concealed. Only articles taken on the battfe-hcld or in arsenals will be permit-: ted to remain in private possession -as souenirs of the. campaign, and even- these will have to he paid for at a valuation io be fixed by the authorities. It is not stated, however, that these eaptured spoils are to. he.restored? to their FrenchcOwhers. r The Charlottesville (Va.) InteUigenctr jays: A few dayB ago, twedty or thirty persons, who had joined a bojored church near Charlottsuijln,' were baptized.After the baptismal reroce, the membersnll jyithdrow to -the meeting house,- tcpretake of sacrament It was then made known that several of the newly baptised had, voted the Conservative ticket during the recent election, whereupon"they were not permitted to! commune with the rest. - 7 " a f ^ A despatch from London annonrfces that a marriage has been negotiated between the Duke of'Edinburg and the Prinoesa Thyra, of Denmark, sister to the Princess of Wales. If the announcement is true, the Duke must be congratulated, as the -Princess is said to be a very pretty and aimiable girl. The King of Denmark is the best matchmaker in Europe. One of his daughters will be Queen of Great Britian, another will be Empress of Russia, and now we have a third to bo the Duchess of Edinburg. As is well known, the present King of Greece is his 3on. A Chinese Will.?A Chinaman died, leaving his property by will to his three sons as follows: To Fum-Hum, his eldest, me-half thereof; Nu.Pin, his. second son, Dno-third thereof, and Ding-Bat, his youngjst, one-ninth thereof. When the property ivas inventoried it was found to consist of nothing more nor less than seventeen elephants, and it puzzled these throe heirs to decide how to divide the property according to the terms of the will withodtrchopping up the- seventeen elephants, and thereby impair their value. Finally they applied t& i wise neighboi, Slum-Punk, for advice. Sum-Punk had an elephant of his own. He drove it into thdyard with the seventeen, and said: "Now we will'Buppose that your father left these eighteen elephants. FunHum, take your half and depart."" So FunHum took nine elephants and went his way. "Now, Nu-Pin, said the wise man, 'take your third and git." So Nu-Pin took six elephants and traveUed. "Now, DingBat," said the wise man, "take yonr ninth and begoue." So Ding-Bat took two elephants and absquatulated. Then SumPunk took his own elephant and drove him homo again. Query?Was the property divided according to the terms of tne will ? Exchange. Thfl ChieflW* Trilmnp. miowatu in ti'pw nf ? (**ow "do ? * *v " w* the conviction of the Hon. Mr. Bowen for bieamy, that it would be well, since the Bowens and Whittemores are developing so plentifully in the Palmetto State, for the electors of that commonwealth to choose one or two alternates at each election, to tako the seats in the House as fast as they are vacated by the expulsion of members, or their conviction of felonies. Bowen was not, to be sure, sent to prison until after his term expired; but then he was, as one might say, eligible to that institution during his entire term. Drinking in the Dark.?People should aever drink in the dark, Louis Lorelli, rending at 352 East 'street, If. Y., feeling thirsty last Thursday night, rose from his bod and drank what he supposed to be water, there being no light in the room. He immediately experienced a dreadful sensation [n the throat, and he soon discovered that he korl koon 1 nivilkino llmo n* urtttmnl tl/? 1UU MWII imi/lMllig ilLUVj VI TT UibVTTUCU? . JLUC poor man (llod in great agony before daybreak. " What are you disturbing|thc whole house with your yells in this way for? do:landed \ New Jersey landlord of a guest whom k? Found late at night in seeming pursuit of inrisible foes, and yelling at the top of his iroice. " I'm shouting the battle cry of fleaiom," answered the guest, as he went ahead with his search and his yells. A library in the museum at Cassel, Germany, is made from. 500 European trees. -The jack of each volume is formed of the bark of i tree, the sides of the porfetft wood, the top )f young wood and the bottom of old. When jpened, the book is found to be a box, containing the flower, seed; fruit, and leaves of tie tree, githqc dried or imprinted on wax. Tbi Aurora ft -^n "of Storm. .From'tHS Nether-Locbftber Correspond once of .V A meteorological- fact wbrtb chronicling is that ovary 'storm "of Spy violence that has occurred within the. l^fc;j?veh- W>bths;Tuu? In . ^ every instance without exception, been heralded by f an auroral, display, of more dofclees brillianoy, the storm generally proving yiobrill.ancy of^tbe^auroril!li|^^'^^^^5ag to our meteorological notofnlicL icQ find' tbat the storm and &urom were generally operated by an in terval of from ten to fifteen hours four and twenty hours elapsing * only in,Wo v instances, and m these cases the storm, even if severe, was hut of short duration,' as if its force had been well-nigh1! expended'and its energies exhausted ere it reached, in*: So marked, indeed, and constant was the connection thus observabled>etween the aurora and storms toward the end: of Jast;!*?Uubn and winter and spring months, that it perforce fastened itself on the attention,"of the meet careless, and unobservant of 'such .phenomena, so that^it became ^qtiifea .common thing latterly id hear it remarked among the people, "We \shall. have* .storm soon4the merry, daooersr were very brightdast, pight" We had occasion'tobe riding homewaphs at a late hoar on the night of the 2d inst., under a clear starlit 8kyf !whenitowafd midnight the north and' northwestern heavens suddenly, stared up-, VJth bright ' aurora light, which spread out. .in - Inroad sheets through;which^wa^e after-*{jve, iast apd furious as the fluttering of a banner In-a gale of wind, flashed and flickered with astonishing rapidity, and .-a vis tipa that seemed thoroughly to -pendente, ito-every particle, and to excite them infO ihe. .liveliest possible action; : It.contioued thus for-upward of an t houi'V3^hefl it suddenly ifesoWeif itself into a pale-green .flush on toe face of the heavens and soon after finally' disappeared. Next morng was one of- bright Junshine,. with a gentle breesedromthe^iflhj,andyojn would lave said that any ene^femarklug "that it iras.a fine day, . and likely- to- continue so, could hardly 1m--mistaken;' Remembering the previous night; tfowefejr, we observed to a plowman on his waj with his horses to a field; that be would probably h^ve to unyoke before the usual hour' in thisevening, for that antorm of wind and lain was imminent, for all so fine a morning aa it seemed^. RuantiTAts^ hie AWAA J-WOTAM AUA UVUf DWCUd UID C)CO UVUI IUC UpttVCUOj llittlk* ed its, Bright, unclouded circumference, and looked atus with astonishment, .bo impressed was he with the ttnlihelihoodness of our prediction being verified ' on this- occasion ; at all events, though, as a rule, he professed no small faith at the value of our meteorological vaticination. Verified, however, it was, and to the letter, for before dinner one of the severest gales of the season suddenly Sprang up from the south, with deluges of cold, sleety rain, that in less than one hour's time filled the rivers to overflowing, and sent each mountain rivulet a red and roaring torrent to the sea. We speak, of course, of our own West Highlands only, when we affirm that it may he taken as a rulo which an occasional.exception will only.tend to establish the moVe firmly, that a bright auroral display js always and invariably followed by a heavy rainfall:' The. second annual coined of the Indian Tribes inhabiting the Indian Territory is in session at Ocmulgee for.the purpose.-of forming ? rnrififc-t.ntihn^frtr a np>miirw?nt. merit During the"first day's session speeches w^jre made, to the Indians by Qens. . .8her- man and Marcy.. -The delegates are mostly educated men, and are exceedingly anxious c. ttf bring the tribes together under a civilized form of government. *-" -:J ' y ,.-. tfi * CtJttlOUS PUTREFACTION.?A Western K exchange vouches for the following: ... A few days ago, about a dozen men were * engaged in clearing a large spring from . which the people obtain water for irrigation, . they found, standing erect in the spring, what had been a two year, old heifer in,an advanced stage of petrefaotion. Xhe ani mal is so complete unit even the ear marks are plainly visible. The work of pefrefah i J..1 r it. o it* wuu uap pruceeueu so jar in me cage ai hub heifer that it is quite hard, and if left in tbo spring sometime longer, it would, doubtless be completed. We think that it would be advisable to let it remain until the full result is obtained, as a petrefied animal entire, would be a great curiosity, and would be a valuable acquisition to the growing and. interesting specimens at the Deserct Museum. ? Saining Knowledge.?Learning will: accumulate wonderfully if you add a little every day. Do not wait for a long period of' leisure. Pick up the book and gain one new idea, if no more. Save that one, and add' another as soon as you can. Says an old;. Sootch adage: Many a little makes a mickl&, ? i % i The sweet potato has a great future, lb has been discovered that from it can bq extracted a syrup that far surpasses that of the beet, and even the sorghum, in delicacy of' flavor, while the yield is more abundant.. The average produot of a bushel of sweet potatoes of the yam variety is alleged to be over two gallons, which would give from 3CK> to. OCA 11 in A/, . ?/, *V. ? '.Lit OkJ\J gttUUUS UI Djriup w IUV awcj ao uir ftflT". rage production on poor and sandy soil ik from 150 to 180 bushels per acre'. iAnd even after the svrup has been extracted tho residue is pronounced a valuable edible for both man and beast. It thus seems that the sweet potato is- to play the same role in eer-* ^arts of our countrv. where it is rata#*! in gre^t abundance, as the bread-fruit in the South Sea Islands; as it.can be used in ita various forms as an esculent in making bread, in the brewing of beer, as a substitute far ooffee for the production of syrup, and far fattening pigs and other farm animals. The Postoffice Department ia congratulating itself on the increased prospect of ma. king the postal service self-sustaining. It is found that the revenue thereof for the present year is $1,000,000 more than it was hat year. . a