Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"fivr worser" as the lawyer said to the i ' man what picked his pocket. I wish'twas always New Year's.?Its : the full I* of tiie \ima:iua.?they doesn't know noth'n' wii ?t*s f ?r I , ublic goo I ; it's only a few indiwidu .' sio* storms and t ar- ' 'ryctnes what they rouble t!ie rstlv* si-bout. j *1 \vish I was an Almanic,? I'd soo.i regu.Wt) the Calendar, and have New \ ear's opme once a month. 1 > * it -tint ivj use? :'*s a \v lin ? tFor!?.? ; the fnh sa d what tried te ! > uj? tiie npnu t ee. - - I could keep a ho i-c of 44 77titerui--i ; rit for men and beast?' then I sh n ?' '> .jo to bed hungry! n 1 tlnisty.; aid tt i iuin't got no s xpence, I could live on stock, i's a capita! tiling this s ock. 'i he j :?mc I ift'i a sixpence IM put it in .he . b >nUs, 'n n nobody can t say I a'tit got no i ._?... i ? ........ p. vvii: t'< L*ot a i) ijniw ujH?>r. ? > .-j... ~ - n sixpence don't know noth'n if they doesn't ; put if in the bank. l>;i sixpences doesn't ! grow up like wegabks ; amJ then tkegrounJ is ail friz up, and you can't make noth'n' grow, no !h?.v Sixpences won't grow if yon plant Vm ; ' 't!i> y aint like tatt-rs; you plan*, tutors, and tniy coiner up, and multiplies; hut you plant sixpences, and tliev comes to 1 noth'n,' unless you plant 'em in the bank. Tnese banks is capi a! things for gentlemen , hke me, what's trouhh d with the ,4outs." I L t mi; sii; it I can count 'canal!. (Jut at the pockets?ibat's one; out of credit--) that's two ; out at the ell*)as-?that's thiee ; > ujt at the kn?tes?that's lour ; out at the j muels?that's five ; out at the to< s?that's vsix ; and then i'm out of house and home, makes seven outs. Them's what the doctors culls the seven last plagues,?and notli'u can't cure Vm, no how. Brandeth's pills doesn't cure the oil's? hem only ag graw.ites the disempir. I wish I wasn't a gen'!.-mart ;?i's -i y them wh it's nfflic- ' ? lt d w.: li 0'ifs v? urn s ue m,-??ii ,i u> gentleman ? \V ?y, ? 's a man w.idi's gen. ! tie. iSot'i'u* eotildo't he no plainer no how. G ntle means sof, in Id, pea<*? able. I never mak-s -no no se?rial's so 7; ii never k'oks i p no rows that's mild; I never qu^rreis wiih nobody?\vy*peiceabit; and I must b- u man, or I s'im:!.! wear petticoats'.'? AVeo f 1 a . r a j/'v.li'tm m, it's tiie.r Jail,t wh T srv&tie Jell ' ' >1 I .v,xii i v .s \ i ??i?- r : t.;e:n*s ti,? ones what's tee { ^s! orf. Wiu:*-i - :re";~;ng Kitt? r? W:n, e's w*? -y. pl.u;!?.;s a . : eu; all'. T .t-re's 'a*pr--;h it's .? v. ut .V-.vs the 1 > i ; t ?ere's maker, ?I w's t:.e man win makes the loaf; and ib-^ii ihere's loafer,? hai's the man what tats the loaf. It's wery iiiconwenient to make a loaf without notii'n' to make it of. and the baker what bakts it is wery liabie to bum Irisseif. But the loafer what eats i',?prowided he's got a xxj^ iiee to wash it '! ,wn a:":.? 'in wot no inconwcn eta"-, no :io v. 1 vxis? I whs otilv ad- quated for l ie otfve.?I w.sii I was a L i I r. K. I>. W. "From" the I'rotestaut and Herald. the world before the flood. T:tough we havn not n vestige of history relating :o the world before the flood, e\ cepnng what is een'nmed in the Sacred Volume, yet it is manifi st Horn Reason, as weil Hsfiom Ren lat on, that the earth was far mere beautiful ami fertile, and t e air far more temp ru'o and salubrious, than it is at presem. When God created H e world ?all teas very good?a fit dwellng place lor holy and happy beings and th<?* the ground was early cursed lor man's trans gression, it is evident that the curse did not fully fall upon it till die Flood?after man had fled up the measure of his inquity. Wueu the fountains of the grea ?d? ep were 'broken up, i? is manifest that the earth was shattered by the tremendous concussion ; -and thrown into the discord ante in which we now find it.?Huge, unsightly mountains, and barren wastes, Appeared ; ins'ead of ihe fertile bill, and the delightful dale. Those who examine the earth scientifically. 6nd it in the utmost disorder?its strahs every where broken and d s irranged : and there is the strongest reasons to lelieve h it the ocean has, in a great measure, shifted im bed ; and Mint in'hose places wuich wvr* r>?_e :::j f?i>b.1 ci m-mv va vtonshrs a.'.i yVe I*-.' / k>1 grounds to tKi.evetnai o* fore me flood .he eartii was not washed by hose torrents of rain that it is at present ; but was nigh ly refreshed by soft and g -ntle dews ; otherwise 1 cannot understun > v God would sav, as he did to Noah, ** Be no id I *et my Bow in theCioud " Is it not manifest that this was f?ot a familiar phenomenon to the Patriarch ? ?as it must have been were rain as cornraon as it is now. The mode of watering the earth by mists and dews, woulJ be far more conducive to hcaldi and fertility, than by the present mode of rains. Respecting the p'<pulousness of the world, I cannot think, ns some do, that * was greater than it has ever been since: though this would probu tly have been the case coi s dertng the longevity of i:s inhabitant, had :t not been tor the enormous wickedness?owing in part to this very longevity. But 4* the earth was filled with violence"?and no douht mntfitihIm*; f#?|| t?v eneli other's hands: fllius multiplying ten thousand jold the sin ,oJ Mm who slew his Brother. S. G. W. j SKILL OF THE INDIANS IX TRACKING. ;In the summer of lie year 1755 a most attroc.ous and >l?.?**Uir**j murder wits unex_ j preteJly Commuted 'y a p'?r*v u' Ind'ans, on tour efn whites* t it-is, wi uiu Ave miles ot Shamokin. * The surviving w hites in1 their rage, determined :o take their revenge : by murdering a Delaware Indian, who hap.! pened to be in those parts, and was far from r thjnk'P? himse.t in any danger. H" was a gr?-.:t friend o the whites, was loved and] esteemed by them, and in testimony of | - tbe.r regard had * received trom them the .name of Duke Holland, satisfied that his. na ion was incapable of cc mmiiting such a 1 foul murder, in a time of profound peace. 1 fold the enraged settlers that ho cored not tor^his own life ; but for the honor of his tribe, he if they would immediately send a ; party a!on? with nim. w< uld engage, ere the sun went down, to bring them 0:1 the! n heels of the actual murd< re .s. Tho propo. d< sal was agreed to, and i lie Duke lloilnn', ,,! accompanied t y a jiary ol t it* ?e t its, set 'i oui oa .he pursue. Tfiey soon found tlmni- ' w selves in : ?? mod locky partota 111 mniuin, ju where not one ol those* who ncomp mied i c l.im was ahl-* to discovn r a &:ng!c track, it nor would tlicy believe tnat man had ever o trodden upon tiiat ground, as tl.ev had tr> e jump over a number of rocks, and in some , i; instances to crawl ova r thorn. No v they 1 fi began to expect that he carried them ae- i n cross those rugged mountains in order to give ri the enemy time to escape, and threaten* d a him wi h instant death, the moment they (. should be fully convinced of the fraud. Tint it Indian, rue to his promise, would take piir.s s to ill.ike them perceive tiiat an ei.emv had s passed along t. e ; lac. s through winch be w was leading; hm i.oio lie would snow It hem tiiat ti.u a oss o i ti c roc lv ha i been b tr >di'tti down by tlie weigh; of a human ? fo >t ; there. that it had bet n tern .and drag, il ged orward from il> placefur.her iie n w'.njld point out to thorn, that pebbles on the a rock had hem removed fVom'ti e r beds by g the font hut.ng thetn; lhi^t dry sticks l>y i a b< it.g i roJ ..'en upon, were broken; and , / even tier, k- a pattieuk.r place, an Indian's v bi.Uik'th <i dragged over tie rocks, re. i moved or 'ooseiit-d li e leaves lyi'g iher.-,i i so that diey lay no more 11 t. as i:: other \ places ; ail w!i:c?i tite Indian w. ai l perc ive . \ us he wuikcJ uioug, v\ithuut even stoop ng. I At last, arrived at the foot of the mou itain c on soft ground, where the tracks were deep, i he found out that the enemy w< r<* eight in < number; and from the freshness of the loo:- : j r.nts, be com. lu Jed t tat they must have j } | < n'ufbpcd at no great distance. This t proved to be the exact t nth ; for, afer ' gaining the eminence 0:1 the other side of ; f the valley, the Indians were seen encamped, t j some having aheady laid down to si. ep < whiie others weix: dialing of lift ir loggings, ' ~ OO n for the same purpose, and the scalps they t had taken w< re hanging up to dry. ' See !'J [ 1 said Duke llJhmd, to this astonished co :i- I panions, ' ' litcrc is the enemy ! not of i my nation, but Mtngoes, as I truly toid i 1 yo*. Th?*y are in our power ; in less than 1 half an hour, they will he fust asleep. We i 1 need iu>t fire a gun, hut go up and ;on ah.;\vk :' t'.eni ;?we are nearly two to oil", and need < ppre' en 1 no danger. Come on, and \ou.? ' Will now hive your full revenge!' l>u. * t the wht es. overcome by fear did not choose , : to follow the Indian's advice nnd urged , i I I .1 1 !. ?... .u.. t f.. I . Il-wi iu int'iu imciv uv uiu uciiicm uiuj ' ' bed way. IK; did so accordingly, and'! I when tin y arrived at honu, late at night,!' | ihey reportel the ni mber of Iroquois to I i have been so groat, that li.ey were afraid i i to ..ttack tiiem. Duke Holland onco found a watch w inch ,; j a ! h en sent from Pittsburgh, l?v a nmn , i w iu g t tipsy, and lost it in iho woods, j ' ' about lifty nid s from the place to which ,? I he was earning t. Duke Holhnd went 11 | in search of it, and having discovered the j j tracks of the man to \v; om it had been on- , < trusted he pursued :Vn? un. I I c Coun 1 ti?e j > l lo-t art id.*, wlich delivered !o the owner.? i < j Augusta (Ga.) Free Press. i i TflE EMIGIJAT.'XG C2IEK0XEES. 1 ( ! A "Native of Maine" travelling i:i li.c j | Western c uutry, in a h tt r to the Portland j1 Mirror, thus describes the appearance of,' several large detachments of Cherokee? m;- j 1 grai ts? which he in t eaily iu D eemb t, ( ' in tifC southern part of Kentucky, on his js j way from Lou svillo to Nashville. The | 1 j state-incut which lie makes of the rate of;1 ! mortality among those emigrants is confirm- ' j e.J by accounts fiom other quart* rs. About 1' i 2,000, or enc-eigth part of the whole na ioti, j' I hud died sonic months since ; and as the ,1 I journey was not then I alf finished, it is j * n< t improbable that as nnnv moiu may M p< risli before the remnant arrive in the Ar. . ' kansus country. ;1 On Tu s fay evening we fell in w.u a j1 detachment of the poor Cherokee Indians j1 | ?which meeting lias prompted to the ;1 I wrung of this article. That poor despised ; 1 people are now on their long and tedious (' ! march t>? th.-ir place of destination beyond j ' I the Mississippi River. In the first detach- ,( ' men; winch we me*, were about eleven hun- \ j j dreJ i. duuis?six:y waggons?s\\ hundred j ^ horses, and perhaps forty pairs of oxen.? i * Wo found tlieni m the loiest camped for ( t ie right by iho road side, com'br;abl ' ?if 1 ; comfortable iltey might he in a December 5 ! night, and under a severe fall of rain ac- j ' com pan led with heavy wind. Willi their !( canvass lor a shield from the inclemency of 1 lie weather, and the coM wet ground for;' a resting place, after the fatigue of the day, :; ; they spent the night with probability as little : of the reality as the appearance-of comfort, i We learned from t!r* officers and overseers i of the detichment m the morning, that I | many of the aged Indians wero sufToring : I i extremely from the fa'iguo of the- journey, J and lhei.1 health consequent upon it.?Se- I c ! veral Mere then quite ill, and one aged man f I we wire informed wis then ii the lustj'i struggles of death.?There were about ten . ( j offic ers and overseers in each detachment < | whose business it was to provide supplies ?j , for the journey :in<) attend to the gcncrai I; wants of the company. Tee coit ofthe;c ! journey, is paid t)y the America i (iovorn (t merit as one ol'i.se conditions of the pn ten. i ded treaty which many of t t.j faunas still r call fraudulent. s The officers informed us that lire Indians , t vcro irf-ru nnivilhnrr In <'<? ?m<:c . c/. / SOUK' two lilliK.'r' d Ll III escaped. . : , o:l' Ci- ( ing li.Cin together, and sca tuii d themselves s in liie mountains in Georgia ami the ra e part oi* Tennessee,?and those1 who wore L ou the way wcr.sso unwilling to pursue their a journey, that it was some cl-?\ s quito even- . }. mg before they could g<'t them under way s ?and even ihen they went reluctantly.? t I know th r :t is said that ''only a lew were on wiling to go"? the most go wiiiingly'a and think the remove on the whole, an ad- <? vuntaje to the nation." Tito testimony of ii the officers and obs rvation have ho.It tcti- s ded to confirm the belief, hcnvevei, in my \ is mind that lie gieot majority of She nation b feel that they am wronged?gf.eviousiv c wronged, ?n i no hicg but arH'r:u\ power impels i!:cni loremovr. We met several I ( t;.e intents in .lie southern pari of Ken- j cky 0:1 the 41), 5:u, an i G h of 1). comber.! 'm y hail b cn about two months on their , ay and ha<J not pissed over half their ( itnncy. Tne overseers remarked that they j ; ml I not finish this journey before February, J they pursue their journey without delay, i j n account of winter iveath'T, which, how. i ver. 'hey thought impossible. There were ! j ail, eleven detachments nv? r "ging .about been hunched each. The last de aeh- 1 lent winch wo passed on the 7.h. embraced ' ising two thousand Indians with horses : n l mules in proportion. Tnc forward par: f die train we foun 1 just pitching tiieir :nts lor t!ic nigh:, and notwithstanding nmc thirty or forty v\ ago:is were already tatioucd, we found the road literally fillie I hlli lite procession for about three miles in ' mgth. The s ckand teebio were catr.ed ia j i wauons?about as comfortable for as a w'i'-.v Ivi'd m i o>C cart with a etiverimr aver : v?groat m u y ride <?;i iu)r*o-back and liul.itudes go on foot?even aged Ionia.'s, pp.atcntly, nearly ready to drop into the ; jravo?wore travelling with heavy burdens i inched :o the back?on the sometimes fro. a n ground, and sometimes inuddy streets, i villi no cohering for the foot except what j l.ture liad given them. We were some I lours making our way through the crowd, t china brought us in close contact with the vngoris an 1 the mult tude, so much that felt . bitu itita to find ourselves freed from the now J without leaving any part of our oariage. We learned from tiie inhabitants ;n the road win r<j the In..Mans passed that I ley bono i lo jr:c ti to fifteen at every stop- | i.ig place?and tiiey ur ko a journey of < n rn:!cs per ?1 ?y onlv on an average. One . I ? ^ at vvlncli to my own nun J srenied a lesion indeed lo the American nation, is. that 1 hey wdl not travel on theS.ibba h. If cir- | :umstances could jus.iiy tiavelling an the 3abbu'h, it would seem that the Indians j night be excused torso do ng?with a: ong journey before lln ni, and coiJ winti r . usi upon them, &c. Hut not when the 3 ibbath came tlicy must s'op, and not n( rely slop?they must worship the Great! Spirit, too lor they bad divine service on J the Sabbath?a camp-meeting in truth.? One aged Indiar, who was commander ; afthe friendly Creaks ar.d Seminolcs :n n very important eng-g"ir.ont i:i company i with General Jackson, was accosted on ar- ; living in a ii tie village in Kentucky by an; aged man residing there, and who was one j i f Jackson's men in the engagement refer- j r< d to, an j asked if he (ilio Indian) recolloc- ' ted h in ! Ti e ag( d Cliieft in look'd him in < Lite face and recognised him, and with i a down cast look and heavy sigh, referring i to the cngagetn. nt, he s.?iJ, "Ah ! my life and the Jives of my people were then at; stake for you and your country. I th. n j bought J lckson my best friend. Bu% aii! I Jackson no serve me riglr. \our country j no do me justice no .v." The Indians as a whole carry in their! countenances every thing but the appear nice of happiness. Some carry a down- ' ;;ast, deject', d look bordering upon the ap_ ! ;>< arai.ee- of do?pnir oihor^ :* wild fi Julie ; appearance as if about to burst the chains ; if nature and pounce l.ke tiger upon their j ;nomi< s. Others ogam seemed to speak n lor f n ? rr t silent ntirnnsp nf revenue .. - - ! "" I r>~ urkii g i i their hearts. And some of them ' Jid occasionally tell what they intended to Jo to the white men when they should get ' settle J and organ zed beyond the western vctcr^. Many of litem siemcd intelligent j ind refined. Mr; Mushy head son of nn ? igcd man of the same name, is a very in. ! cliigent and in eresting Baptist clergyman. ! Several mission; ries were accompanying i hem to their destination. Some of the j ifherokocs are wealthy and travel in styhe. ! Dae lady passed on in her hack in company with her husband, apparently with as much ; ciinemont and equipage as any of the nothers of New England ; and she was ; nothertooanJ her youngest chilJ about { hrce years old was sick in her arms, and j ill she cou!J do was to make it as comfor, . i ible as circumstances woulJ permit. Ti c ; ast I heard of her she called at a store to : jbtain some articles for the comfort of her ; nuclj loved bah**, when sheexhibited all the j eelings of a mother, and a fond mother loo ! ?but yet 10 liuinan view she coJd only :arry her dying chill in her arms a few. "inles fanh. r, and then she must stop in a itrnngi r-Iand and consign her much loved * ' *.*?!>?"? f/? l!u> f'ftl.t <rtvuirt'l -in.! itml Inn Willi. ? ? *v~ " ! )ut pomp or ceremony, an I puss 0:1 with ; lie multitude?and ilius many oflhcni have j l id to do?some children?sonic parents ind lricnds. RESULT OF EMANCIPATION IN JAMAICA. j Thcslrp Easily, 17 days from Kings'on wings papers to the 21st January. The vmgston papers corroborate iho account 1 I ven b low, in the let:cr of our correspon-: lent. Tlui disinclination of ihe manumitted 1 iripulaiion to work was rapidly increasing. ; [Nicy have generally refused :o work since Jirtstmns. Tnc account from ad par's of the Island wo most disastrous. At St. James' tho a borers It ive I ecu oT red live shillings per lay !o Iro ler-mcn, and lialf a dollar to cornno:) lab-rers during ihe crop. Tnesc , dl.-rs, though rumousiy extruvagan\ were, it'iseii. Tie lieM laborers demand live, killings per day, and rather than pay at hat rate, the planters, it is said, wi 1 let the :ron rot on t ground. ? On t a c< den T.iautatio: i : .ngs, if j>?s !>V, are wor.-e. i ho ci tli e was l.ist rip? li ng, arid some of it beginning to drop, nu tiie blacks, though paid the wages they iskrd, would nut work more than a third art of the day. ll this course was purued, a large portion of the crc-p would be j r. Tho failure ol'iho corn crop in nearly *1 .u. _ t... i ? t in-; j'niiaius u i i occasiouetJ mi cxna urinary rise in the price. Foreign or infer* >r quality was selling at eleven shillings ; toning|kt bushel, and thai grown on the! il.tnu brought sixteen, wit'i Hie prosprel of, t'ing h'gher, unless speedy supply should j c:nc !Vem seme ofiliin iynboting islands. V. I '.rprras. :ORKiisroxDi:xcc of the new vor:c exp res | Kingston, Jamaica, J ax. 21, 1S3'). | 'I'm; Island of Jamaica, I am sorry to sav, is in a very poor state, but a few prop- ! it,ics at work, arid as the crop time is now 5 at hand, the proprietors are at a loss to know ; ,.ow to take it otf. The price demanded ; hy the negroes is more linn what the sti-J tars and ruin will soli for. so u is iinpossi- * hie to jet t'l m to come to apy final ar- j rangemont. I he Governor issued a pro-? claniation a tew days ago, but that can do no good with thorn. A planter 'old me j this morning that, last year at this time, he! made 50 hluis. of sugar, and now I. is mill is not yet at work 0:1 account of tin; negroes not being willing to work under $ I per day, which itjs impossible to give. II?* further. s ivs that J tunica is going fast to s Von cannot imagine; for full pin! :i:l's pay a grwat attention to the papeis yon w:li. i receive. I am told that it is not Jamaica ! n'one that sutlers, but the other Windward ; Islands. The House of Assembly vill i meet on the 5th proximo, and I must sny j that, unless the Governor gives >va\* to the j members, nothing will be done. You vviil. lino in the papers particulars of a meeting j of the Commissioners of Correspondence, j and also public meetings being calk.J for the , purpose of making a report oft .e distressed state of this once nourishing island. Alas!; j Jamaica is not what she once was, no evt r will lie. The time is past, and il is too late to u'o any good. As long as the stipendiary magistrate give bad advices to the negro' s, they will :u>t come to t> Tins. \Y hat w th them and the (joveruo , enough nvs- j fhii-f is ein.e e?. 1 am souv 1 am obliged j, to give \ou such an account of mv native o m place. Kingston, Jan. 17.?In our last, we! b' lieve we sufficiently exposed thedeploru-: bit) state of the Windward District of this ; island ; but even that td:d not convey w ii it appears to be even more serious in re- : gard to the occurrences of the present week. j It appears that thy laborers are now pos- j essed with the idea that, a* the honorable j House of Assembly went into no business, (litre is no law which can oblige them to! work, and therefore they intend to be idle j tiJ law comes from EnglandA Practical Answer.?A. D. while i attending medical lectures, ut Fairfield j College in lids State, and mow noted for dev !try, than a knowledge of his books, j was asked one morning while professor White was examining a class of two hundred students, what are the principle arter- , cs, to bo taken up during an amputation of i thp tl.hrh ' \ fh'r hoQitntmir snmn mnmmifs. : ' fy , , and keeping the whole classs in suspense,; lie answered promptly l>y saying, all that bleed. That is currcc', replied the lion. Professor, with a smile. A Farmer's Notion of the Opposition*, i ?A farmer in the neighborhood of (TrL ; aiming Surrey, dining wiih one of the inhabitants of that town, a short time since, an i J politics being introduced, the conduct of the opposition was commented on by soma ol I'lC pUJIjr j when lit,} r.tdic, ul)j?rvoJ, ' ' Why, now, gentlemen, I can compare ] their general conduct to nothing better than to that of some of my pigs ! 1 feed them ; with peas in my farm yard ; those who hap- J pen to be within the gate eat the pcaj very I orderly and quietly?you hear no grum.. j bbng amongst them, but presently comes a : parcel of other pigs from the field, and be.; ihg without the gale, they run to tlis side j and then to that, push the gate with their' noses, squeak, hollo, and kick up a sad, d;sturbance ; hut the moment I open the j gale, and introduce them to the peas, they * become as nuiet as so many mice in a full; barn."???g. Paper. FH03I THE THENTOX (x. *. ') STATE GAZETTE, j A Series of Disasters.?A few weeks j ago, a boy of Gideon limit, near Alien- j town, fell into his father's mill pond, while ; sl.dmg on the ice. One of his brothers was near, and went to his ussis'ance, but broke through the ice himself. A third an J fourth brother, and then the father, attracted b} the cries of the drow ning boys, ran, one aft?t another, to save them ; but they, too, t feii through the icc. The father and one i of the boys ex'ricated themselves, but were j enable to rescue the three others. At the funeral of these bovs, the carriage ; of their uncle was dashed to pieces, the. horses becoming restive, and the uncle's 1 collar bone broken or dislocated. Those i who had been in this carriage got into anoth. j er, which was also over:urned and broken ; | and the horses ran against the vehicle of another uncle, ppsnt it, and threw out those who were inside, without, kowever, injuring them seriously. It was reported, also, says our informant, that the father of the ' boys, on returning rrom tho luncrai, !ou:i J his house on fire. N. York Feb. 7. j Death from laudanum or its antidote ? , Tho coroner held an inquest at No. 1 Gou-; vorneur St., on t!:o body ol Sarah, daughter ; ofThontas and Sarah Lecount, aged three months, who came to her death under t; c : following circumstances : It appears t.'iat the mother of;lie dece-sed 'v's been in tho habit of nightly administering to her and twin sister, a teaspoonful of patrguric elicit, to prevent their d sturbing Iter j j during the night, as thev were very fretful.: i Lr.st evening her stock b i::g out ;.f:-r ! I .i.Irni: istcring to one f the c'til Iron, so' -en' her sou, a lad of ltd years of age, to the j ; apothecary's store of Dr. K. M. Guion, at i lite corner of Division and Grand streets to ? purchase a fresh supply. On his ntnrn, i s' o administered the accustomed qtian'ity ; i oi lite liquid to the deceased, who in a short < time after appeared to act v-uy strangely | . i? ? . * /*. :ind finally was thrown into spasms. u:i i exam'nip;; ttic phial it was ciis< overe I tliot I ins'uail of paregoric it contained laudanum, i i The father of lite chdd immediately ran I to the st^ru and told the clerk, whose name I tvas floio es, of the fatal mistake, f le sta? J led t iia 11 he la J had askeJ lor laudanum,;! and he pave it him and entered it so on the i honks. II'* ilK-Ji gnvu Mr Loon-anr t-hour i five grams of tar;rato of antimony, which he j d.reeled h:nj to dissolve in warm water nnd > ! give the child a U-nspoonful of tli* same! < every cn'mute. This was done, but the | < child only grew worse. The father thou re-1 < turned, wlien-Holmes mixed a quantity of 11 the tar.rate of antimony and the sulphate of > j zine together, how he did not know ; hut i < supposed the proportion of the mixture was j < about two grains of the tartrate of antimony I ; to one of zinc, which he directed to be t prepared an 1 given to the child in thesnmo < manner as the former dose, and t'.cn sent ! ' fur Dr. Knight. On the arr.vnl of the doc- < tor the little sufferer could not swallow, and I < was black in the face, lie ordered the M child to I).' jdacd tn a warm hath, &c.,bul j | it was of no avn !, os it died early :1ns morn. I 'eg. , , . , I ih s. I).. e i : vr"i Khs'.iuia post mor- ; i tun c.viMiii t en "he ho ly, hir maid not !; < ,. t% . i 'Pi I . discover any smell 01 lauuumun. j ne smalt i intestines had a dark nppearanee and looked r ulher inf? uiied, and the lungs were con. 1 gest'd. They found some slglit effusion in the brain, but could not decide as to wlut ; caus'il 11 to death of the child. They were j < of opinion that the medicine given .10 eject he poison vv. s a proper one, but thought,; the close adinimstered too large. They likewise sta.ed tint* the ?]uan i;y represented I to ha e hern adminis ere J was sufficient o; cans* e ?t!i. T ;: pin a I was not labelled, and Ilolrnos ; 'ti e* J ds o:.:h that he was not aware j hat hit law re.j j j-.-J iiici to place a label do;:'.rati ig i s currents ori every phial eon- ! 'ai .' g I and he i ! j AN0TH2R GREAT RAILROADFrom the contents of a letter addressed 11 io the able and distinguished tS nator from Mississippi, Robert J. Walker, to a gen'l i man at Jackson. It appears that a scdiem", : is on foot to connect Yicksburg and Natch- j 1 ez widi New York t.y a lino o! Railroads, h The fir ft sa p towards this grand prejecf, ! was to obt do lite aid of the General Gov- ! ernmenf. To gain tlmt succor, Mr. Walk* 1 cr introd iced and carried through the Lrni. ' 1 ted Stales Senate a hill granting llio two j< per cent fund 011 $089,000, (or the niakingofa r lilroad from Brandon in .Mississippi to the Ai mama Line. At er me comp etion i o! this link, the chain would soon bo carried j i on to meet the Geotgia railroads and thus j the communication bo perfected. Of the ultima c effects of the enterprise Mr. Walk. 11 t r observes. " it is r.o: going too far to say j that the completion of ihis road will probably add twenty five per con', to the value i of property in Nilchezand Vieksburg, aid j greatly increase the population and business i: of both cities." When it is considered ;< that upon the completion of tins road anJ those now in progress in connexion width, ! New York can be readied in six clay s j from Natchez, sonic idea ofthe importance j of the woik*may be acquired. N. Orleans Bulletin, j Public Health ?There seems to he a , strong impression prevailing with many in- j telligent and observing persons, that the health ?\f m?r ymin^ people, jfOUIlg m'H and young woman, is much less perfect than formerly ; they are more feeble; there prevails a general debili'y ; they are moie jmbiect to disease? and them art- more* dentlis among the young than formerly ; and <specially the capacity for labor is grcaly reduced. The younger part of the community arc not only less disposed, but much j less ablo for physiciui exertion thin for- ! merly. We do not state this as a deter- j mined fact , but as a s'rong, and, to a con- i siJerablo extent, a general impiession. j j Others can judge as well as ourselves how ; far it is confirmed by theirown observation. I For ourselves we believe the fact; and that in muscular, activity, and power, the race 1' is degenerating. We arc aware ihst it is j1 a fad of rather difficult proof; and that the , < judgment may be fairly made up it would ; require sxch a variety of statistical returns ; '> as arc not easily obtained: But wo not I j ? I only have come to the melancholy convic- ,? lion of the fact in the case, but wo think i' we sec many reasons, why such a result should be ceitujniy expect* d. What these j: reasons are v.c cannot enter upon at prcs- j < sent: but we may do it hereafter if oppo?* i5 (unity should admit ; and if the discussion i ; -be likely to prove useful. From the num- | bor of patent nostrums, the advertisement! M ol w lien crowd the columns of ourncwspi- ' pers, tlitre would seem to bo no necessity * that mankind should ever be sick, much < less that iliey should ever dr. It may be j4 that this wholesale quackery is one of the j principal reasons of the evil, which wode- j pi ore. We have nothing farther, however I to adv! outhis subject than to re mark that ' there e.xis's an in imatc and inviolable ; sympathy between the min i and the body ; ; that any general decline of the latter must be followed by ;t corresponding imbecility of the former ; tint considering the subjeet in a genera! view, in eilecttial In altli and energy must essen ially depend on physicial . ealfi and energy; and that any attempt o purchase the former at too sicsifice ot j the latter is common'}' i lie and vain ; and i c at cases of the most brdiiant success is hut j ( a miserable bargain.?Xho England Far? ; t mcr. . t IIumam: ax j Sensible Rkco.mmexdatiox. ; t The law permitting the killing of certain ! t Ljnmc in New Jersey, expiring Jan. 1st, ; I [he Morristowu Jersey man 111 di< s llie fol. | < low og r. u a- ks : '} * s !':r ;ji >:i m'-i.v. :i. i <- i /round ;s cov< r<"J v\i;.? sn?;w end .he quaii t driven near the habitation of man in search , it' fond, it would b'i a humane act for far. t ncia occasion;.liy to throw a sheaf of oais : into a chimp of bushes for their benefit. The !' consciousness that he has saved even one a pair ofihose pretty and harmlees birds in 1 u [his manner, will fully, repay any man of' Iceling for his trouble. A gentleman of our i r acquaintance about three miles from litis, and ; s true sportsman, has fifty in one flock which he has thus preserved during the winter, x Any man who would kill birds under such a circumstances, ought to have their feathers ; li attached to his mean carcaso with an nhun. j ilance of ^ Premature Srculture.?It is impossible for any one to read a file of newspapers without being struck with the fact of frequent announcements of burials before death. Some of the most thrilling narraliveswo have ever read were on this suljec*. Many of those narra tvet relate to stents that orcuted in Kngland, where it is * :usiom;try to keep the body for many days, md often for several weeks. In this counry ill corpse has scarcely time to bo :ol?l, b. fore :t fs hurried into the grave. Verdy, w.e ihiuk good morals.no less than :on;inen huinaniiy. indicate the propriety n'a change on this whole subject " Pertaps .Ito most horrible (eelirig this side of !V_T(l.t'i?tl i? ihr.t wli:i?K n r'l^ncr'iAiio Kninir I - . ?? ?f IMV? ?? WIIOVIUU0 wing ?as, when, in a swoon, ho expects to be and bur < <'." Tints testifies one who iino-as by ? xperienct* tne agony of that suite. bouhrics ihnusands arc buri d before i.ay are dead.? Watchman of the Suutk, Sour Tiiiuut.?I saw in your paper some time sham a rccomiuondation of a da ly use of cold water applied to the neck, as.? security {'gainst sore throat. My ex? perieneo concurs with yours on tin's point. I was inar y years subject to this ailment, and was udrjst d to tiy this remedy by one who ha ' proved it. I did so, and have had no return of the complain'. As the season has co . c when there is considerable exposure from the contrast between the tempera nrc of the day an 1 evening, ?t may be well to remind your readers of this method of protving themselves. Below I Jgive you the testimony of S r v/alter Scott oo the same point, wliieh I transcribe from ono of his hitters published in Lockhari's Life. * When 1 was subject a little to sore throats. 1 cured niyst It" of that tendency by sponging my throat, hi east and shoulders every morning, with the coldest water I should get."?Boston Mer. Jour. A Sudden Fortune.?TUg New Orleans Picayune tells a story of a man, who arr.ved in that city recently after being absent several years. When he went away ho. was the owner ofa lot on which was u small, tenement which he had left in charge of an' old woman. lie started in search of hia hous", and after traversing a considerable part of the ci y which had been vacant lots when he h-ft,he can;c to where he thought ought to be the iocality of his old house.? He K.oked about, but every where tall and magnificient buildings met his eye; his diminutive edifice was no where to be foundr but tiie sp< t wile re t formerly s'ood was the s;te cf or. j of the most splendid establishents. O.i an inquiry, it was discovered that the'present owner had no right to the soil and further examination showed the indisputable title of the returned absentee. An offer of $35,000 was made to him for the lot, which he rclused, and i; is supposed to bo worth eight liinc^that amount. Thus the real owner finds himself suddenly a man of weal h, after wandering about the world entirely unacquainted with his good fortune. A FjL Ck:U-?'Vi\is% Lowel, Massachusetts, Couticr, describes a girl five years of age, who has arrived there from Marlow, N. II. on her way to Boston. She is said to be 4 feet in hciglr, 4 12 foot round the wuisf, and to weigh 165 lbs. She is moreover " quite playful ond sprigbdy." Indiana.?The estimated cost of the In* ternal Improvements authorized by the laws of Indiana is twenty-one millions of dollars. Sf.RENADS, AND SERENADERS, A NO Serenading.?Let us give you a little advice, young men, about theso?malters. If you have any young lady in tow, or in view, to whom you would appear interesting, the very best way in which you can do so, is to give her a serenade once or twice a week, especially whc:i the evenings are fine. Nothing so much pleases a foolish girl? and they are all rather * soft/ you know, tjood reader?as a fino serenade, on a fine evening, by a fir.c young man. All you lave gel to do, is to g^t one or two fiddlers ?hive your poetry by heart?and at the accustomed l our, let her hear the soft notes jf your soft henrf, as fhey issue from your soli head, and fioul melodious through the air, ' Oft in the stilly night.1 Jr if you don't like company, go alone-rvithout fiddlers?and sing your lady-love istave or two,' on your own hook.' You ;an marry her in a week after. Here's a itanz i for sou: Oi, lady arise, And open your eyes, For hy true love is unto thee cal ing; While the dog* of night Birk with all the r aught, And the cat> are cater *a ling. I sing to thee, On maiden fair, That I soon may be W here now you are." AXHCDOTE OF THE QUEEN. We have been favored by a corresponlent with the following interesting* aneclote, which we believe to be strictly authenic During the first days after Queen Vienna's aencssij i to fho tlirone, some 6enences of Courts' martial were presented or her signature. One was of death for Insertion?a soldier to be. shot. The ruling sovereign r?-a?I it?-paused?looked ij> at the official person who had laid it be? "ore her? " Have von nrlhing to say in behalf of his man?" mm %.r .1 t I t ...1 il,.nn fimflC." * lxormng?ne nas ueser,i.*u uubb i?<?.. Think again, my lord," was her reply? i reply deiiei vin^ gratitude and love from i'I posterity. " And," sa d the gallant veteran, as he elated the circumstance to his friends, I ecing her Majesty so earnest about if, said ?'' He is certainly ? bad soldier ; but there vas somebody spoke as to his character; md lie may be a good man, for aught I mow to the contrary,' " "U, thank you for that, a thousand times;" vrlrmed the Queen, nnd hastily writing 4