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S ,ittt r " y . l 1 n y 4 , .' ^?, V .ti., 1t li. ~ ' T'p ,. l v7,.. . t v!I 't p 'tif+ t, M tr I r ". . }} .ht'.1 .,y ,7'i: "J +tN } i.j ,r ". r.. ,.tl i ,r.lY+ qtr 1"'f i"S g;: 1 t.;TN...' jikl y,_+YTk':! ;.. .'! !- Ti; t s ' \ I. t ; ; r.; r +t 1.+y ', f .t 1L " C? I tt1 ? i( 'i' f a r I / " .1. _ '. r {,I f+i ," y + A -, I'a, /1t:t1 n ., iti, The Sumter Banner: BlueiS1LD ldEllY WEDYESDAY MDIR NING, BY WILf LAM J. FRANCIS. * 'i'EIIMS: "Tws bollars in advance, Two Dollars and Filftrceuts at tihe ex >iiation of six months, or Tli ee:)ollars ut rhe end of the year. lin pr discontinued until all arrearags 1t1e jut4, unless atthe option of the I'roprietor !rA lvortisenionts inserted at 75 cts. per square, (14 lines or less,) for the first and half tint stmi for each subsequent insertion OlTX'.he number of insertions to be marked bn al Advertisements or they will be publish. 11 tntil ordered to be discontinued, and thirgedi arcirdiingly. O One Dollar per square for a single in seortion. Quarterly and Monthly Adlvertise eionts will bc'charged the mne as a single nsertion, and semiauonthly the same as new onhes.; All' Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, atntt Coamiunications recominen ing Cand dlates for public oflices or trust-or pulling Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertise nmenti. * al3Er1l letters by mail must be paid to ir sure:punctual attendance. Annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute, Fur *he r,'umoionrf 4ris, Akcchanical inge. nuily and Industry. (I> ']'tic FItRST ANNUAL FAIR of the nhovI Istitute will bo helt In Charleston, comn meucingt mm.Tuhsamov 2Jth November next, and cotinuie citpen during the week. Sp! cimeas of A'l', INGENUI'TY, ME. tIJANItAL, SKit1Lulni INDUSTRY of ev, cry description, is solicited for the Exhibition, from all the Sounthrn States, and PiltMll U 1s wilt ba nmnrded to those presenting the best spe, .inmens. As this is tli first eflhbrt made in the South ern Satus to advance the Mechanic Arts, bw means of anl Annual Fair similar to those that have proved so beneficial to the Northern lechanice, the Board of Man;gers earnestly solicit the co-operation of all who feel un in' erest in time prosperity of the South, and np peal toevery Mijechijc, Manufacturer, and all persons engaged inpursuits ofskill and in dusary of whatever description, to send some specimen to this Exhibition, aend they hope that every district in this State and of our sister StM es will be represented at the Fair. All those who intend sendinig articles for exhibitiom, will please give notice to L. M. HATCH, Chairman Committee of Arrange tients, at as early a day as possible, and every Specimen sent will be carefully attended to and returned after the Exhibition. t)FrtCEmS OF TItE INsTITUT.. WV1 (F itt GG, President. VI. lI'RK VOGD, 1st Vice President. WVM. Al. L AN'W'ON, 2d Vice President. I. C. JONES; Set'retary. L1. S. GRIIUGS, Treasurer pro to.m. Ili It EL'TOl S-.I Joseph Walker. . I). Csmrr. G. N. Reynolds, Jr. II. D. Walker. ..II.Tla lor. F .Prhr E. WV. Edgerton. 1.N 111oh \V. G. De'saussure. C.1.Rc-160. L. Ml.Hatch. u.Lby Oct Lb 51 t f BUILDING, 'The sub-ribers resp'r.t fuly infm their fel lov cit'."tns that they havo mssocinted them ilves inl bumesines for thet purpose of underiakiig nod F:X:ce'rNa contrcts for Itnmibbitn- of tny description mid carpemntems work in gentiral. We have made such arrahements as to elna ble us Io hol fur our friendst t employers, completing their work in every d.-partmint. Jputtin them to no inconve iin iac whatever: merely ht.vinc to g:ve us an id a ""f Whiat de. scription of building ihery rerpuire--it it rensonm nble time receive the keys amid fork over timhe edicaul. We poieis' ample means of furi-hing the be.sL Limbe... r, t irickt. , mithwork. 1 is , L.ime entct., etc. TVogethmer wimth goodi wiriuneni mmnd ilmany yeairs explerimis asi pmrametu-nl mtecha:imes we urn demtermjivm-i as fr ~s umir hmblmme sphiere tctends Ia wipe oilT mime rep's -chti tiached to' lie nioibie i South Ctarolin m-.1d nmrmmnsm ther Ulip Vant Whikie slumbers, tand ileave Camlifonia to take care of herself. - G. C. JON K0. T.X J. t'OGttJLAN. Aug. 29, 1840. .11 S Plantation for Sale, Them suibscriber ohfur. ior iale h ims l'manta tioni ini Suimter Di strict, I Woi mi les soth of Mtamtesbumrgnh, consuistinig nt a tract of seven hiudred and lifty acres (750),) a larmze pormtion O0tk anmd 11 ickory a mid admira bly udapt ed to thle cuiltivationi of cotton. Th'lere' is ain excel lent livellinig llouse--go.l omit bibllimgs stable amid ba rnus---nd homlus(e ior the aiccm. imodlationm of lmorty or filty negroes. The goodt landimk andu decile:l healthi of the pilace comimini to remuder it a desirable purchase. Fomr termns apply to W. J. RITS'>, Jr. Statetburghm, Sept 19, lIM9. 46 tf Wanted' to Hire 100 Hands, To, wtork on thet Ritml Rtoad; these hmandl will be emoployed onmt in thme l'ine wtoods until 51fter frost, whten tihey' wi!l be p laced i on the tidle ohf time River swaimp, the~ wo'rk is nil high andmo dlry, andI theo hmnds will be supplie~d wimth an abundmance of whiolosome foodi anmd dry tents. WVages good, mand paid in Cash mmonth' Jy, tin as then owner may prefer. Enqutire of C. S. Mellctt otn the wurk noar fManchlester, or of the enibtcriber, ini Smnmter.. *Auig. 20. 1&19. 43 tf * . Notice Is hereby givemn, that application will lie ma~de to the Legislature at its necxt session, for Act of lncorporatiomn form larmnyi) Chhtrchm. G. I'LOWI)lN. * u21, .1819. d3 ;hn Bagging'Rope and Twine. Jmmaf necl-ived ma hirgo supply of IAGG INgj, * 4Ot'I aq4T W.INEI' Fotr 8ulm, hv A. J.& P. MOSE4S. Male and Female Teacers. WANTED, The Board of Truste-e .'the Bradford Springs Female Institute will meet at Sum. terville. on Saturday the 24th November next, for the purpose, electinga'PRINCIPAL, MAL.E and FEMALE ASSISTAN'', two FlAIJEMUSIC TEACHERS and a BIR. SAR. for the ensuing year, commencing 'on the 1st Monday in Februarv, and closing the last Friday in -Novemnber following. The PRINCIPAL, must be{ married gen tiettan, of experience in teching, cmpetent to instruct in Natural and Moral Philosophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, lotany the Lattin and Greek classics--whose wife will be required to have the entire superintendance of the conduct of the Young Ladies, when out of the School Room. A salary, of one thou sand dollars, per annum is offered, with board of himself, wife, rind any children they may. have under seven years of age, free of charge. The MALE Al'SISTANT must be a gen tietnan of irreproachable, character, compe tent to instruct in Algebra, Geometry, Plain Trigonometry, Rhetoric, Logic, the Latin and Greek classics. The Salarv offered is Five hundred dollars, per annun, and board fur ished. Tho FEMALE ASSISTANT must , be conmpetent to instruct in Spelling, Reading, Writing; ^ rithmnetic, English Granmar, Go graphy and History. Salary Three hundred and fily dollars. per annum, with board. A Salary, Four hundred dollars per annum with board, is ofrered for a Lady competent to inst ruct in Music on the Piano, and the French !;fIgU~g3. A Salary, of Four hundred dollars per ati nua with hoard, is offered for another Lady competent to instruct in Mlusic on the Piano, and Guitar, and who understands drawing and l'ainting in Oil and Water colors. For a BURSAR and his Lad}, who w;dl be recquired to d:schargo each and every duty pertaining to that ofice a Salary of, Five hundred dollars, for twelve months commen cing 1st of January, is ofyered with board of theiselves, and their children under se ven years of age. A!)DRESS, 'ost paid, D B. McLAURIN, aSecretary, S6.11TE ltV I.ILE. I IENItL' D. GREEN, President. Oct. 1st, 1849. 51 at iUD Charleston Courier, and Southern Christian Advocate will please Copy twice a week until day of election, and forward their hills to the Secre arv. Land at Bradford Springs FOR SALE. AN ELIGIBLE SUMMER IESIDENCE. ''ho Subscriber ofl1rs his tract of land at Bradford Springs consisting ins all of 206 Acres, situated in a North Easterly dire;ction from the Institute on the public road leading from the Swiimning l'ens to Camidlen, adjoin ing the lands of the Instituie and Mr. F. Brit. ton. On the promises are several very hold Springm, (Sulpher, calyhrmte and excellent drink ing water springs) and from its comn mnanding position would firmh an eligible site for a hotel, as well as private residence. The salubrity of its climate is too well known to need co:nment. And the land foar planting is as gou if not superior to a moaiority around. A .so-The adjoining tract 105 acres, ot which is a dwell ing house and out building's. 'l'ermns Inw. For fur her particulars emiujire of C. I)ELOR ME, or of BROWN, LE1: & CO. Snioterville Atua, 15, 1849. 42 if In Equity-Sumter District, Matthew P'. Mat~ye-, et. al. John G. Siaw, Will he sold at t Ntc:er Court Ilouse on the the first Mouolay in November next, and ii not. then sold will be olered at each sub sequent sale day until sold, the followine hands: A tract. of one hundroJ and twonty wo acres situated near A ligater Branch waters oif Ilocke; 1ilunY, boundled bv lands of 1I. Ihodes, A. Chandlecr, and E.stai of Daniel i1hmw aned 1R. Shmaw. A I.soi, ser :n nigres, property of the (Ie Ipwndant. The termas of swle are' C2 pur chaser paying lfar all papecrs. 1By order of the Court O, t 2 49 tl* Fare Reduced to $20 from Charleston to New-York, CiIARILESTON, S. C, Ll'A YlING the WVhaarl at thme foot of L.au rens-st. <biily at J p. mn. after the .arrival of a lh e SuthIera n ars, via WILIJNGTOl'IN anad WEt .l)ON, N. C. P'ETE RsIll'IIu, lIIlpl I. MON I), to WA~SilIlNGTON, lA l.TI MORE, PllIlAD)EL.PIIA. and N. YOJIK. Th'le p)ublic is res pectful Ily inuformied t hat the steamcers of thais line, fronm Charlestona to WVihnington, are ini first rate conditiont, anwd are naivigated bwy well knowna and experienaced (ouatambdtrs, and the railroadls are iaa fine or. dor, thleru'ohy securing bonthI satfetyi anad dis patch. A TfI IROJU' I l'ICKET haavinwg already becen im opberationa wvill be coin tied on nad after thce first of Oit. 1519, as a pe'rmuanont 'r.. ranlgemenat froum C'haarlestona to New York. Passengers availinag themselves thaereof, will hmave the 01)tion eit her to conatinuec w ithorut delay through thme rouate or otherwise. to stop1 ait any of tieo inatormnodito poinats, renewinag their soats ton the linao ten suit their conve nience. Bly this rotate travellers may reach New York on the third day duarinig busintess haours. Iiggage wall be tdcketedl on board the Steanmer to Weldona, as likewise on the~ change of cars, at the intermaediate poinats fromr thience to N. York. Thl -h TFickets $20 oach, can alone be had front k, WVINS L OW, Agent of the W ihmnig.tun andl Italeigha 11. R. Comipa ny, at the otlice of the C'ompjany foot. of L-aureus.street, to whomn please apply. For other iii'nfmtio inqu 111ire of L. C. DUNCAN, At t he Amerian aIlotel, Charleston H. C. Mial R 49i ay '[From (i Nauonal :neuigencerJ THE I'l iA L RAIL ROAD. The annexed letter from a distinl guishefdentIenan of South-Carolina, on a sttbjeeiich just' now engages a largeo shar:ofpublie attention, has been obligingli communicated to us for pub lications - CuARLSTON Oct. 10 184 . GENTLEMEN.-I should greatlf re gret. the cirouamstanco.which will prp vent my uniting in the Aelilieratioiis of the St. Louis and Mempl1is Conven tions, if I had not withtied' the dep interot manifested tle publio in the nuterot abler repientatives named, and'who Will cary into both of. these asahities the Wisdom and the science ne'cessary to give stccessfil direction, to the action which may behadin aid of theogieat enterpris.: projected. There is no division of opinion in any quarter of this cguntr on the import ance and necessity of opening avenues of easy communication between every part of these United States. The past and extraordinary performances of the Rail Road system, the still greater im provements of which it is susceptible, tiereasmtg the commem ce and develop ing the hidden treasures of Empires and of States; the social and political triumphs it is destined to achieve, have attracted all intellects to it as the most I approved and certain means of :-apid and secure intercommunication between remote and hitherto inaccessible parts of the same continent. It has annihi lated Macadamised and turnpike roads as highways; it is rapidly superseding canals, availing itself of their beds for the graduation of its tracks; and, in the flights of its locomotive, it seems threat ening to rival the lightning of the tdle graph. The Prophet Daniel predict ed the time "when many shall run to an fro, and knowledge shall be increas ed;" and Isaiah seems to have fore shadowed a great Rail Road from the! Atlantic to the Pacific in that sublime exclamation, "Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be axalted, and ever moun tain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain, and the glory of the L-wd shall be reveailed." It will not require, therefore, labored arguments, or estimates and reports on cost of con struction, and on the practicability of routes but imperfectly examined, to sat isfy this cornutunity that if the Union is to continue to be bounded, as it has been extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by those oceans, measures must be adopted to bring nearer to gether the extremes, by those iron highways, which, in stimulating social anl commercial intercourse, constitute the strongest bonds of political harmo ny. The circuit by Cape horn, the transit by steamers from Chagres to Panama, the projected ship channel by the San Juan and Lake Nicaragua. and the rail road across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, may bo used for a time from necessity hby our citizens in communicating with our Pacific shmore-s: but those routes by and thrmough foreign domains, are irreconicilable with thme American policy of tilling up the inter posing wilerness with an enterprsing~ population, and of' ma~king each portion of our extended domain feel its mitual dependence by being brought into initi mate andl daily communicntion with each other. It is not a road to F"r:m cisco, Monterey, or San Diego, on thme Pacific, the importance or necessity of which is alone neknowledged, but it is the interior links ini the chain th ron.;h the intermediate wildlerness, destine~d to be rearcd up into States, which will h~e wanting to brin g those States inito moore intimnate, friendly, and commercial relaL tions with the v'alley of the Mississip1 I, now thme great centre of the Union. Our ralil ways, c!hecring all the A tlantic States, arec ini progress to.wa rds that centre. TIhmose- throngh Virgiiat, the Carolinas, aind Georgia already pre sent, with but one interruption, am con tinuous road from the Potomac to thme waters of the Missisaippi. T1he State work of Georgia has by this time made ai lodgement at one of its termini on the Tennessee; andl that to Nashville is in rapid progress to a navigable point on the Cumbierlandl. The communications b~y rail way to the A tlantic are nearly per-fectedl; and it is of the great Wes tern granary so to direct their action as to render equally certain, secure, and~ easy their communication with the miore western- interior conducted to apud conm nected with the Pacifie. In all these A tlantic enternrises Mcmnid shoul manifest. the deepest interest, as'- their concentration on Memphis would be the stimulatintconsideration for their ex tension further west, through and, by that commercial emporium aud gava station. Rail roads aro the perfection of igh ways. In security, rapidityl and cer taint/y of performance they have nover been equalled. In ipeed there has yet boon found no. limit; sixty and seventy miles per hour have been accomplished, and one hundred miles is equally as at. tainable; bringing Memphis within sev en hours of Charlcsson. Among all the inventions of uman .ingenuity, however, so slow has been the. progress of rail ways, and "so divided the merit of engineers to whom we owe them, that no individual has been boki enough to claim it for himself," while all unite in the tribute that it came, as it were, like an inspiration from the head of Medusa, which may, in the progress of similar inspirations, be perfected, but can never be supcrse'ded. Truly and eloquently says an able re viewer of the railroad system, "The poetry of mechanism is one of. the most interesting departments of the poetry of science, and that of railway's cunnot fail to be regarded as the Iliad of its pro ductions; embracing the accounts of works the most expensive and gigantic, the description of engines the most in. genious and complex, and the history of social rneliorations which are now al tering the very condition of man, vir tually extending the very term of bis existence, and opening new .and exten. sive fields for te exercise of holiest and noblest affections. The projected road from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific will be the Iliad of the American railway sy ten; and the responsibility for the pre sent of postponing or of consummating the noble enterprise rests with the two Convention to bo held at St. Louis and at Memphis. If local interests, unim. agined rival routes, or sectional jealou sies are not permitted to mar ;the pro ject; if harmony of action, on a common design, is bad among the wiser heads who will confer on those occasions; if the projected rail roads from Lake Mi. chigan to OUegon, from St. Louis; :to Men.phis, or Natchez to San Franciso or San Diego, (whatever just divisions of opinion may exist as to the relative mcits of each route,) are permitted te be absorbed in the more harmonious ap proval of a rail way from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific; you may approach the asembiled wisdom at Washington withe a memorial strongly influencing their action on the initiatory sters which may lead to consuinnatiou. The project is too grand, its designs too important to the varied interests of the whole Union, to be frittered away in sectional and local conflicts on routes, each party more emulous of the i*n provemeit of their State or city, than in accomplish ing the greater olbj+.ct of ex teindin,, the social, commercial, and po litical relations of the Atlantic with the Pacific States or thei Union. Thew only action, it seems to me, thteref re, fruitful of favorable results, which can he hlau at vonr respective Conveniitionus, wouhl he a joinmt memorial to Congress for a througI: seientie ex ploration of all the p racticail routes of rail ronads fromu 31'ssissippi to thie a eifie. Scienitific reconnoisaince, the thieodlolite, the level, and the chain,ecan alonae shed light ona the compuarative va Ie and puroductiv'eness of the country through which the road is to pass, of the incequalities of~ the groaund, and the mounta in ehevatiois which interpose ob.' staicles to cheaP ycoast rueotioni, andi~, of the distanace which will have to he over comei imiipartial comparison, after care foi ex\aminatio~n andl survey, can alone decide theo merits of e'ach route. Anid, whether thamt uiecision he the most favo rahale to the /aa- the middle or the south ern, so let scienace anid knowledge be the ariters2 to C e-meiliate conalicting' in teriests ini unitedl action oni the direction of~ a r'ai! way which will most certainlyv accompilish uhf thie objects of a lunion be tweeni the oceanj frontiers of the Atlan tic and Pacific. Recspectfibily, JA MES G AL SDEN. To J. TP. Tm~arrAN, Esq. And Committeej of the Memphisa C'on vention. CoPANNOT.-- WhateVor he your condition--inwardly or outwardly -let not a comuplauint fall fr-om our ip. You may he poor and be obliged to work hard dlay byv day; but this world is a place of' toil. Millions have to fled be fio you are now at rest in the lkingdom above- Ar ,.'ou ase? a was e , most perfect ma;.ie world ovei saw. Abuse wpill notftirJe a sterling charac tor. .Hlreli 'wrs rebound. to the speaker's of thurt, re ,You c1 eted? So is ev.erytion,ct man:,, f ocorp plain, at e ishap-ind every 8l)ri dler-,-at dog at your. heel--ou dill pssu life of miseryy The .best courso is toez ffer. without complniiiiug tand todislitrgo 'll your duties faith. fullyjas intthe fear of God. Tfie man who inds it snarl alwas on his brow -a scorn on his lip and a 'mountain on his back-not one of which ho can muster .courage to remove-is of all :inetn the most miserable. If you complain at kth :trifles now, before you dieyoug'ill em bittci every hour o1f cuistencc, by= yotr i unhappy disposition. WuT,;AT I ntvz No-iTCR.-1 have noticed that all men speak well of all men's virture1 when they are lead; and tiiht tonath stones are marked with epitaphs of "good and yir~ut.' ts there any particular enctry whlere the. bad nien are buried I I have noticed that the prnyer of ever;' sellish man is 'forgive us our debt:," but makes every body pay who owes him to the uttermost farthiting. I have noticed that Death is a mercifui Judge, though not irpartiaul. Every ron owes a dsel-t.-D;:th summons thi) djeb!or, and h leye down his dust in the currcy of muortaly. I have noticedl that he who thinks everv man a rouge is certain to r-ee one when he shaves himself, and he ought, in mercy to his neighbors, surrender the rascal tojuittice. 1 have noticed that money is the fool's wis.. dowe, the kna .o's reputation, the wise man's jewel, the rich man's trouble, the poor man's ambition, and the idol o'all. I have noticed that whatever is, is right with few exceptions-the left eve, the left leg, and the left side of a plum pudding. I have noticed that mierit is always neac ured in the world by its success. I have noticed tlh:ut in order to be a reason able creature, it is necessary at times to he l downright mar!. . I have noticed that ru we are always wisht ing instead of working for fortunes, we are disapgpointed, and call Darne Fortune "blind," but it is the very best evidence that the lady hIs most capital eyesight, and is no "granny" with spectacles. I have noticed that purses will held pe:i nies as well as pouunds I havn noticed that to:nlstones say "1lere lie lies," whieh no dloubts hi uften the truth, and it mnen could see the epit aohs their friends 'seinetiues write, they would surely teieve they had got into the wrong grave.-Ae -'. -Sirit of the Times. . CONTAGIOUS EFFECT OF A MOTi.ICs FEA.--First itmpressiois tmade on the ffears of a child are as at to be endu ring as first inpressions of any ot her Hence the mischief of frighttul nurse ry tales. Wir, in his recolluectins, of his first ten years, thus deserihes the lasting effort of his childish sympathy with his mother's fear: r "On the evening that I am speaking of, there was one of the most violent thunder storus I have ever witnessed. My aunt got down her Bible, and began to read aloud. As the storm increas ed, she read louder and louder. My mother was exceedingly frightened. She was one of the most tender and at fctioinat of beings; but she had the timidity of her sex in an extreme de gre,--and, indeed, this, storm was enoughl to appal the stoutest heart. )ne thash of lightning struck a t ree in the vardl and ripped (off a large spIitntei which it drove towards us. My moth and shriked aloud, flew behzind' the door an inokm with her. Mr aunt re mained firm in her seat, and noticed the p~eal in no other way thtan by thue increased enrg of her voice. This was the first thuinderstorm I remembuler. I naever got over my mother'scoti ous terror until I beeane a man. Ex-. en then, and even yet, I am rendeed inuch more uneasy by a thunderstormi than, I believe I should have been if my mnother hadl, ont thatt occason, di phliyed the ttrumness of tmy aunt. I could tnt havo been moreW than liv or. f six yeatrs old wiien this hai eited. 'I h. incident and its etfuet on me showt the necessity of commnaniding onr fe.s b forc our chiflren." TilE F.\LLiS -FI .g(o TE KRE) IIIVER, OtR THEl CAvE OF DiH So TO -D~o Soto, at gallant noblo'of Spain, I left his lovely and childless wife, in his biaronial cnstle, and sect sail for the N~ew World with a band of religious and. military adventurers, Hie landed in Florida, and was there hospitably enter. taitned by a beautiful Indian Prirees or Queen, Putrsuting his cousre WVest. ward, he traversed the regi.)n now form inzg tho States of' Georgia, Alabama, and ultimately crowded his expoetation with the discovery of theo father of lIivers, the Miss'issippi. Tradlitiont recportstat, on his way in o)rder to escapIo an atack of hostile Indians, he ogtreuoi a remarkable Rock.House or Cav e, ou rhe Look Ont Muutntin - itn INeallb biirk the"tl prY i , , doistt llt e rfril S$tee'Jceo) llivrikh w, 'w innt t' s 9 in hi&sis asciilin seine. filan grip, nfi ar graceui1:eap .of' abou1t FIXt Y, fet~ 1 t } cli~cui'j pol"b low. .1 L. e4trm ,eijfoa t aec 'to tbis' eavo is so irnri b atid po iluwli on 'the edge of the preeiipie, fhM ' n sin gb sokiler'.cauid Jctn it ngrnintsa,- - ' myv')i(if of~ ni.s1iwts, :It' 1vCtIout i@ 4 .', ;. aruin, by hurling-then1lt oneby' vise, ;i}i .,r; to the awiling gulf, Qt tlt " qr 1i j l:Cent rock, a fUn'ti':' of tw.Q Y:1Li11N '" - -r ~ crc~cent forn, eovc-rinig'tin area G 'tf;t or till cc acres. "The renli ins or~ gir Visible, .,iongthteir (-nti ro *oxet: '1It s further r(rpc:tQ(l t') lvt-ilso iit mInt te~lipirriI wiork~ed (~ .silver ,ai " ' )it .or nelar' the 1%i" of the Inri1untij Shi"r tl} after hi ; t 'ouo s 'bscovery;ot' hi. Fathier of Rivers, lie dim('t on r necar . , ;co bais anti his "remanu -i tncloscd Ai " a leaden coffin, were coirnttetd to its , t r' Ciii1IL"'r ._.iz a Iettc1i n the t Lott~ s. Rejpuhlicann, Written by aiL knd.!ng, r VIorinon from Great .Stilt Litho City, July 16s, 1S49, alter giviuigan acecoutt' _, 171 thegat htiilclii-g ofi Iwilses, mak.ing (t &Ce., the following; occiurs Th le crickets, have not troubled us any this Year. Ilundec~lh and thious.. atis of, guts ra'le their appocaaimce carl v inthe spriung, q~~lud o : war on them and they-swept thema cleat), so thtat" that there is scarce a cricket to lbe ffunO. ill the Valley. 'No look upon .this act za one of' tl~o manifestations of' the favor of the Af-. :. mighty, for the Mountaineer sny 'that theiever Ibund~ gulls hero until the Morten ns caine. It was truly cheer'ing to .see the flocks of. these saviors, exten igsev"eral-mriles *in length, comingv ti-em the lake early Fitt the mornitng,' and catiturg crickets .111 day, then at sutidown r~i11in a mass, and wing thecir way to the l:mkts3, foxI ai night's. rest: ; Oecrsi' autti s?ithydon't a : the (;Pickets :merely' to live, but after ( :cdin' tlieumselvesthcy would vomit tlhem -up atnd' Co to eating again, 11111 thu~s COnttinut ravine and vonmitinig ihci-ou"hutt the ectwc~ d~ni; Tis Is a~iI nmiriacle in heh:fof this'co ="ee. 'Ilc, as tlie st'ading' of the qjuails inl the .an 4fz: thn~ofde Thraclites; -and ii hat' makes .'y '.t iciOre a nlilet is the fl act, thiut, cii-"' .hought there were plenty of crickets in esuruinvalyheeeeaeio crops. the gulls creme by them to 01 the farims, and staved tlhere. till they cr tail clearedl thonit utI, although mien V'-; c at work droul:[ them at the time. ['hecre has heent no (hmumtgc dlone b nlickeis t~his xc. Oit. Snel.1IN t1 ('J;1c! ~twfy NATIox. -A h(tte- fui-a Skittv t 1a' To