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VOLUME 2?NO. 44. ' ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1855. _ ' WHOLE NUMBER 96.
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JfOETRY.
And One is Not.
When at eve my children gather
Hound the lowly ingle side,
"Whispering to my spirit?"Father,
In thy love wo each confide,"
While I press them to my bosom,
la an overflow of joy,
3Io\v I miss that stricken blossom?
.Hiin who was the only boy.
'Often-will thov t*Jk of Iirnt.lii>r.?
Even she who knew him not;
Fori think that for another
He should never be forgo!;
And I love to link their feelings
"With the kindred one away,
'Though the thought will oft. be stealing?
That dear form is nought but clay.
' Still I bow in bhuid submission? 1
Even grateful try to heOne
is not?but blest condition 1
I'rovidonec has left tnc three.
So I'll press them to my bosom 1
In an overflow of joy?
ncaven nas gained my clicristiud blossom?
God's is now my only boy. !
MISCELLANY. i
Adulteration of Pood. I
On Thursday evening last, a lecture was
delivered in tlie Town Hall, Cliorlton-nponMedloc.k,
l>y Mr. F. Grace Calvert, lionora- i
rv nrofufsor of olipmisfrv nt. flmlinml M?n- .
Chester Institution, under the auspices of 1
the Manchester and Salt'ord Sanitary Asso- I
ciation, on "The adulteration of food." <
There was a very large attendance. Mr.
Robert Barbour presided; and there were 1
on the platform, Messrs. Jul in Hatton,! <
Thomas Wright, John Fildes, Chas. Allen, ]
<fcc. The Chairman said he was aware that 11
air. uaivert nnu devoted great attention to j i
llio question of the adulteration of food, | <
which was carried on to an alarming ex-, ]
tent; and was a matter well deserving tin* j \
notice of tlie sanitary association. Mr. Cal-!?
vert said his present lecture was to be re- ! t
garded as the sc<|iiel to one which he dcliv-|t
ered last year, on digestion, in which he | ^
pointed out the various kinds of food which j \
man required to sustain life. Tie then sta-jt
ted that five distinct kinds of food were nec-' r
essary, namelj*, a food for respiration, a Mood ; j
food, auotlier kind to maintain the flesh, a )
mineral food, liquids, and air; and he en-j i
deavored to show tliiit each of these foods I
had a specific object to perform which could '
not be dispensed with or supplied l>v any !
other kind of food, llenj-c, the importance j
of pure fooil. lie was now about to show
to what a great extent our food was adul-j
tcratcd; and to urge the importance of*
some kind of control being exercised over |
the sale of impure food, as was done in the)
case of deficient weights and measures.
T-To wmili-1 rrn cei fnrna t?i snv tVinf tl men wlir* ; i
wilfully violated such law of control suppo- j j
sing it to he f^tflblisbed. should be pun-,;
{shed. I'
This course was as nccessary for the pro- J i
tection of the public as in justice to the i i
honest dealer. The public was becoming j i
more and more alive to the importance of the j ]
subject, and when Parliament met, the mem-1
berfrom Brimingham, Mr. Scholefield, had '1
promised to draw the attention of government j:
to it, and ask tor a committee of inquiry, lie ! I
(Mr. Calvert) wished it to be distinctly un- j <
derstood that his object was to expose the j.
system of adulterating food, and not to point ;
out individual offenders, or make invidious 1
reference to any class of trades-people. lie <
should commence with one of the common- I
est articles found on the breakfast tablo 1
1 ?t. ?< ?r.?i ?i.? - .? ,
VFUUI V/l U1U ? 1V>*I <il|U lliV P'JUI J VIlm I
There were two kinds of tea, blnck mid green. '
Black teas were adulterated in two ways, i
There had been, and was still, a vast amount 1
of black tea adulterated in England with <
sloe and hawthorn leaves; and it was a
profitable business when carried on by only
A few persons, but, now it wns so common 1
that there was little pecuniary advantage
resulting to any on.o, and an immense
amount of injury to the public. The process
of turning sloe leaves into tea was too
long to describe. Spent tea, that which had
been once uvd, was also manufactured into
new tea. The process was very simple.
The spent tea was put into a strong solution
of logwood, which gave it a nice black up-. :
/pearance. It was easy to detect it. Put ;,
s&ome of-it ioto a glass, pour upou it some H
;acid, and if there was the slightest amount i
of logwood the?te? became red. (Mr. Calvert
Hiustrated'this andiife subsequent.facts .
by cxperifpente.) Of course, the mauufao- ]
turer of tea mixed his renovated tea with a I
larger proportion of good tea; butfrom 20 to
40 per cent of spent tea hod been detected. *
Green tea, when adulterated,, was a more
serious afiait. This^wa^ seldom. donein
.Jtogland, huttbe.Chinw w^^ vary expert )
a / He recommend^d^teein strongly tifti .<
to use greeh tea, not only for theirownsnf#
. ty, bat to giVft* lesson'to the poisoner of. i?
Many green teas were adulterated with the .
most poisonous autetan<#, sudh 8? arsenate
of Q0|^ ^oKjjpiij^k
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hotels in Liverpool, through the green tea
being adulterated with arsenite of copper.
Cocoa when in the bean, was tolerably free
from adulteration; but when ground, thn
extent to which it was adulterated was surprising.
There was cocoa sold in Manchester
to liis knowledge containing 30 per cent,
of clay. At a cocoa manufactory, at a certain
hour in tlie morning, mit;ht. be seen
part lnn.l< ?!.? 'IM.Io -
w. JIIIO ^tuniilllCU llll^ill
not be very injurious to health, hut certainly
it was not very nourishing. Cocoa was often
adulterated with oere, which would
prove highly pernicious to a person of a sanguine
temperament. Coffee and chicory
were well jenown together. It was to be
regretted that government, when legislating
on this subject had not gone a little further,
nnd imitated the example of France, Germany,
and America, in testing the quality
of food of the people. The presence of
chicory in cofteo might be detected by placing
the two substances in a glass of water,
when the chicory fell to the bottom, but the
coffee floated. Hut of Info trmf*1tifwtc 1?"nl
[icon actually made in Birmingham for manufacturing
coffee 1 lorries, from any cheap
stuff that resembled coffee in appearance.
Hutter water worked into it to increase
its weight, salt being used to nssist in the
taking "|? of the water. To detect iliis
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Liu;i\, un-ii ii certain weijjut oi butter, and
weigh it, when it would he found ltow much
water it contained. IT* had known asj
much jis 20 per cent, of water thus improg-'j
nated with butter. Klour was added to i
Initter to give it, a fin* appearance. It might I
be detected by melting the. hut tor, which
would he like clear oil if pure, hut the flour, i
when present, would fall to the bottom : or I
might Ik* detected with a liLtlu iodvne, which
tjivo :i finer blue c<?lor with stare!). Hog's
lard was also mixed with butter. Honey
Evas adulterated with Hour or starch, ami
with what calico printers called "dextrine,"
>r "calcined farina." In Franco and Spain
lionev was adulterated with cheap sugars,
.vhich had the taste and appearance of lion
v. Flour and bread were extensively ad iterated.
It was necessary to know that
ll??cn u/.rn !? /. a. I
??v.v uiouuvt nni?ni.iiirr?> m ilOlir, j
At.: jjlnten ami starch,' which perform??d I
'fry different purposes in (lit* liuman frame :j
he starch l>citJ<j respiring food, necessary to
naiutain the heat <>f theliodr; wliih: the
rlntcii rom-wod the flesh, or Mood of man.
Sow, as the human system was constantly
vasting, it required to be* replenished, and j
iic t.uiisiuiieni pans 01 me too?i were nour-j
shed l>y nature in the exact proportions
equircd for this renovation. It", therefore,!
rom 10 to 75 percent, of starch, rice or!
maize was mixed with the flour, though j
hose substances might not he poisonous, ';
hey were detrimental to health.
When injured wheal was used, in which
'.lie gluten had lost its property of assisting
in the fermentation, other means had to he j
resorted to. Alum was much used for this
purpose, and also to make tlie brea<l white,
is well as to assist it in absorbing the water.
riic.millcr assisted the baker in adding aljm
to trie four. Tie knew a chcmicul firm
in Manchester, whose pniii.:p!l' source of j
revenue was'in scllingnlum to the miiictn.
hi former times men ground their own
wheat, or sent it to the neighboring miller,
who was well known for an honest man,
ind, therefore, the adulteration of flour was
then not so much practised. But now a
jreat quantity of our wheat was ground it)
America, and how could it be known what:
iduUeration inifdit. l?f. nrru-ltcnd tlmm mi. I
o ? r ? w) u"
ic?s? our tooil was analysed bv those who
;ouid tell of vImt it was composed? lie
bad tested a sample from a quantity of
ivlieat. sent to a Mill in Manchester, and had
found 25 per cent of maize in it. The
k'ast quantity of .alum used in making bread,
must have a very injurious effect upon the
liealth of the community. Mr. Calvert
cautioned his auditors against, the use of
baking powders in making bread, or in any
way experimenting chemically with their
food. Disensed meat was a common article
in the market, notwithstanding tho vigilance
of the inspectors. His attention has
been drawn to tbe fact by the honest butchers
themselves, who naturally enough complained
of their dishonest competitors in1
trade.
The people unfortunately, were tempted
by the cheapness of the meat to run the
risk of. injuring their health, and were not
ablo to detect unspund moat, except when
it appealed to their sense of smell. Bad
meat was brought into Manchester sometimes
iu the milk cans. pointed to
Newton Heath as one of the mosS-. prolific
places for diseased meat. Vinegar.';was
adulterated with sulphuric acid pr vitrioi.
He had purchased ft'-aiimnle that dav in I
Mancliess t e>, winch proved tifcbe nearly, aj)
vitriol. Vitriol was wdr'th about 3-4d. a
pound, and abound of it .would make, many
gallons of vinegar. Many of tins vitriols u*64
in manufactures contained arsenic, and iff
the?o Iptrds we re used in rjiaklog v^neg^r, ibe
/ , Vihegiuy mftfead, of
beijfg jmad^froitt sour .beer, eugar, &p, wai
QbUinedTrqw Wood which had been :cm
million, or mercury. Tickles bought at
the shops were manufactured chiefly from
vitriol, and colored with blue copperas. Of
mustard, there were two kinds, white and
black, which should be mixed in about equal
proportions; instead of which, a small
quantity of each kind of mustard was used,
mixed with a large quantity of potato
starch.
The strength of mustard when used as a
condiment might, not be of much consequence,
but when employed in surgery in
| the form of mustard poultices, the very life
i of a patient might depend upon its strength.
Mr. Calvert next described the adulteration
j of lard with water, potato starch, alum, and
lime; and the coloring of cheese with red
| lead. l\>iter was made of the. general re;
fuse of tlie brewer's vats, sour and ropy beer,
] vitriol, &c. In ten samples of Manchester
! porter, examined a few years ago, be found
j vitriol in six. ''Homebrewed beer" eon|
tallied cocculus indicus, "grain of Paradise,''
and a medley of other strange com-i
j pounds, but very little malt or hops. Spir;
its were ml tilt era ted with vitriol and turpen-|
| tine, nml wines were often compounded of I
| inor<j drug*. Mr. Culvert directed attention ;
I to the injurious substances used in the manufacture
of sweetmeats, ami the poisonous
' minerals with which they were colored, and
1 then spoke of the adulteration of drugs,
j which he said were in a state disgraceful to
j this country, owing in n great measure to
rthe ignorance of those who dispensed them.
(Applause.) Mr. John llatton, F. R. C.
S., propositi a vote of thanks to Mr. Calvert
for his ahle lectures on a subject to which
the public had not c^iven sufficient attention.
'i<i.~ -f - - 1
j. uu rt-jioi t oi me analytical commission j
appointed l?v t lie Lancet revealed an amount j
of adulteration in diet, drugs, and liquors,!
whic.h was perfectly astounding; they were, j
therefore, under great obligations to Pro- |
lessor Calvert for thus publicly stating the j
result of his practical experience on the
subject. (Applause.) Air. Robert Iiensou
seconded the motion which was carried j
with acclamation. Mr. Calvert nidicd tluii !
if ho had exposed an evil in the drug system,
he was doing what lie could to remedy
it, by making some sacrifice in order
to impart to a number of the young chemists
and druggists of Manchester a better
knowledge of this important part of Ui.ar
profession. Mr. Henry Ilrowne, M. 1)., said
lie was satisfied that Professor Calvert would
not make any enemies amongst rightminded
men, by exposing these adulterations
in food and drugs, because his object
was not to injure any individual, but to
benefit the public at hircre.?(AnnlauseA?
A vote of thanks to t!icc!r.iirm:in, terminated
the proceedings.
Advice to Consumptives.
In some good advice to consumptives, Dr.
II.-ill says:
Eat all von ran digest, and exercise a
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^?v?.v uvm *?? me aii, 10 uu inert wuai:
you cnt into pure healthful blood. l)o not
be afraid of out-door air, da)'or night. Do
not be afraid of sudden changes of weather;
let no change, hot or cold, keep you in
doors. If it is rainy weather, the more need
for your going out, because you eat as much
on a rainy da)' as upon a clear day, and if
yon exercis'.' 1cj?s, that much more remains |
in the system of what ought to be thrown
off by exercise, and some ill result, some
consequent symptom, or ill feeling in the certain
issue.
If it is cold out of doors, do not muffle
your eyes, mouth and nose in furs veils
woolen comforter*, and the like: nature has
supplied you with the hast mutilor. with tho
beat inhaling regulators, that i.% two lips;
shut them before you step out of a warm
room into the cold air, and keep them shut
until you have walked briskly a few rods and
quickened tho circulation a little; walk
tast enough to keep oft' a feeling of chilliness,
and taking cold will be impossible.
What are the facts of the case; look at
railroad conductors, going out of a hot air
into the piercing cold of winter, and in again
j every five or ten minutes, and yet they do
j not take cold oftcner than others ; you will
j scarcely find a consumptive man in a tliouI
sand pf them. , It
fa wondeiful how nfrnid rv?n<tntnnfiir*?
' people are of fresh air, the very thing that
would cure them, the only obstacle to a cure
being that tbey <lo not get enough of it; and
yet what infinite pains they take to avoid
breathing it, especially if it is cold X~when it
is known that colder the air the purer it
must be; yel if people cannot get to a hot
climate, they, will make an artificial one, and
imprison themselves for a whole winter in a
i VT'anp room with a temperature not varying
tea ?D *ix months; all such people
die, and yC!- we follow in.their foot steps. If
T wflrA RnrinmU/ ill of consuniDtion. I would
live out. of jdoore i!*V and - night, except;it
wa?r?iuing or. mid winter, tlien-I ^otildfle^
in an unplastered log-room. . .
My consumptive friends, yon want wivnot
pftymo f yon walit pure nit, not !nwjp?j$Oj
*?ir; ,yo?;wan^nbtriUptT, twpb Aplenty; tf
>?eatand brcJw}. w?H give you, and tbey alone;
physic bsi no fo* ai r
Prom Nebraska Territory.
Omaha Citv, N. T., Feb. 0, 1855.
Much excitement prevails here how concerning
an anticipated descent of the Sioux
I Indians upon the whites in this vicyiity.
| But a Jew miles above this a runner has just
informed us a band of ttOOor more warriors
! were encamped, who state their intention
I to make peace with the Omaha Indians,
j with whom they have long been at war.
! For some time past it has been their desire
j to aveltffethe death of Old Hear, onoof their
j prominent chiefs, killed at the Fort Laramie
! massacre. They furthermore state their
! desire to band with all the Indians on the
j frontier sweep the whites from their huu|
ting grounds. They are strong enough of
I themselves to drive all the settlers of the
' Territory across the Missouri. I do not ap
prebend much danger, yet I would not mind
!., i? i
I.? ngiii vy uayugni. I lie Sioux Indians
arc opposed to our government, though
they have tor some time been friendly with
the whites. They are the largest and most
warlike race upon tlie frontier, and can muster
their warriors by thousands upon the j
war path. A few nights since the Caw In- 1
dians form Kansas made a descent upon the 1
Omaha Indian village, a short distance be- '
low here, killed one brave, and stole some
elevn horses, lioth have agreed to take 1
immediate steps to organize two companies i
of inoiiuted rangers of frontiersmen, well >
armed, to liujlit the Indians, if needs be. '
???!. f il- c i
ajvi-u uiiiuciii?) 01 inu oeuaioriai ie?*isisi- i
ture proceed quite slowly with their business.
A general disposition seems to pre- ?
vail the body to protract it in order to gain '
an extra session. We need Governor Izard I
here very much. The acting Governor, tearing
he might not sanction his idc;is in regard
to the eapitol location, has assisted to hurry '
the question forward, and both Houses a 1
few days since located it upon a marshy 1
piece of ground some three miles to the i
northward of this. '
By a majority of three, to-day, resolutions
commendatory of the course of Acting-Gov- t
ernor Cnmming passed the llouse. I
Embryo town sites are springing up all over I
the country. Amongst the most prominent s
upon the docket, however, are Nebraska
city, riatlsmoutii, Sullivan, this place, St. <
Cal:-j?m, I eakmuh and_Fontonelle. Lots i
ii: ;.'l these places are selling rapidly.
The legislative body here, although pos- i
sessing nearly all the requisites for a good
and eiiieient bod)' of men, are stringly found
of interesting displays of linncoinb. Nineteuths
of the resolutions, acts, &e., offered 1
and read,(pertain directly thitherward. '
During the past month, large speculations 1
out ot claims have been inndu around this
point. A few days since one of about three
hundred and twenty acres, sold for ?5000; !
another for ?4000, &c.
The first session of the Supreme Court 1
of Nebraska meets here on next Monday. '
There is, however, nothing to do but admit ;
a tew attorneys, and by the way, the country 1
is full of them. The Judges, with the ex- '
ception of Judge Bradley, of Indiana, are '
all here.
Ilisv. Dit. Mason.?The great Dr. Ma- I
soli, in his day the most eloquent of preach- *
ers in the city of New York, was in the hah- I
it of walking evety morning down the i
street to Washington Market. A certain <
lawyer, of no less* celebrity in his line, was <
wont, to take the same walk, but being ear- <
lier than the Doctor, usually cainc up the <
street as the parson went down. One morn- I
ing a deep snow was on the ground, and a i
single path only was beaten by the few who
had been out before them. The t?ro gentlemen
harl oft{?n mot in wnll-s Kiif novnr
in private, and had not even a speaking ac- 1
qmuntance. Now they met face to face, !
and the morning being cold, and neither of them
in good humor, they stood waiting '
the one for (lie other to give way by step- '
ping out into the snow. Presently the Mai- 1
wart divine moved a step toward the wall;
the lawyer came up.td pass ; the Doctor re- J
turned too suddenly, and bringing his shoul- '
dor into contact with tho lawyers'*, tipped 1
nun into the gutter. The discomfited Jftw- 1
ycr picked thimself up, and, as lie brushed 1
off the snow, very coldly remarked :
"You belong to tbo Church militanti I 1
should think." - . 1
"Ay," said the Doctor, as he strode on- '
ward, "aud to the Church triumphant tdo." '
This was not rery amiable' in the fuvcr
end gentleman, certainly; and he was not !
so well reputed for the softer graces as for 1
pulpit eloquence,..iih .which he *as without
. A . _ fi jcir l - t - A I jL i . - I
a peer, vna ot ins iwtr iiib cnurcn
and became attached to one ofihe oilier
congregations in thiacity. - Ho had been absent
more tlinn a yew, when lie chanced '
to meet the Doctor in tlieetreot, and attempt- <
edto mako an apologyfor having left-8aid !
be:
"I suppose yon have -missed me (roiri y6ur
Ohorch tho.yearpaat?" - ;
' "No, I hikVe not? relied the Doctor, very' \
"Yea. 1 have found an easierroad to heav
<^thi& the one ytfo preach," , : r&M i
, ^fcteieriroaa. is it?.,but yotiMl We a hell
of 4 toll ?aid tho Doctor, iti he
The Rotina.
This is n tliin coat on which everything
we look at is painted by the" light with a
wonderful clearness and accuracy. It is
connected with the optic nerve, which is the
messenger between tlio world outside and
the brain inside. Besides many other parts
which make up the machinery of the eye,
there are muscles which arc so placed, and i
are so obedient, that as quick as thought,
you can pull one cord and the eye will turn
to the right, or pull another and the eye will
turn to the left, or tip or down or round,
while one steadies and regulates the motion
of the rest.
l?ut the retina is the strangest picture gallery
in the world. All the great galleries,
and all the splendid paintings that have ever
been seen, are nothing to it. It' you
stand on top of a high mountain and can
look around you thirty, or forty, or fifty
miles, all that great pceturc is painted by
the light on the retina, which all the colors,
Mid shapes, and sizes, more correctly than
could even he done l>y any art of man. This
i;iu;it picture is painted with a liner pencil
limn any painter ever used. All the landscape,
with hills, valleys, towns, rivers and
sky, is painted on this delicate canvas only
half an inch in diameter. There was in
the Crystal Palace a gold dollar, upon which
the Lord's Prayer was engraved on one side,
and another curiosity of engraving in the
shape of a merchant's business card consisting
of several lines of writing, all in a space
which the head of a irood sized pin would
sovcr. Hut this is nothing in comparison
with painting such a picture as may be scon
from the spire of Trinity Church, NewYork,
in a space only as large as a sixpence.
This is proved by actual experiment with
the eye of some large animal, say an ox.
By taking the two outsicle coats off from the
back part of the eye, so as to leave the retina
exposed, you have an opportunity of
seeing any object which is reflected upon it.
Now close the shutters of the room, and set
llie eye in a hole prepared for the purpose,
looking out, and the light will paint every
Lhiug in reach of the eye, on the retina, the
=ame ns though the animal were alive.
Houses, trees, men walking, and everythinirl
outside, will lie painted in tlic small space :
iiin.1 upside down. The optic nevre sots i
them right airaiu by the time they get toj
the brain.? IVm. OUtnd Bourne.
Niagara Falls in Winter Costgme.?
rhose who wish to see Niagara Falls in
their niajeatie winter robe, nnd in terrific
sublimity, should now improve the opporlunity.
Probably thero is no sight in the
whole world so impressively grand as the
Kails present at this time. The unprceeJented
duration of extreme cold weather
lias allowed the spray, which winter and summer
falls in an unceasing shower, gradually
'o accumulate in huge cones upon the rocks
it the foot and in front of the Falls, to an
immense size and height. The trees on Goat
Island and on the Canada sido present an
ispect of being chisseled from alabaster or j
L'arian marble; everything within the influ
/? if " 1
:iieu 01 me spray irom uie cataract, presents
Jiis singularly beautiful appbarancc?indeed,
so immense has been tlie accumulation of
lie frozen spray upon the trees, as in some
nstances to break down trees with trunks
iver a foot in diameter. The strenms which
ivor percolate through over-hanging rocks
in each side of tho Falls are gradunlly concealed
into the semblance of immense staactiets;
and in some instances present'the
ippearance of regular eolonades.
Buffalo Com.
IIiNTfe to Married MEN.-Pcppergrasssays
that if he stays out Into at night, and wishes
io avoid a scolding or curtaiu lectaro from
Mrs. P., lie generally waits out till tho "wee
sina' hours ayotit the twal," when the anijer
r>f his better-half subsides into fears for his
personal safety, lie goes out "on business,"
with a promise to be home at nine.?Halfpast
nine, Mrs. P. uneasy ; ten, aggravated;
lialt-pjist ten, positively enraged, and rehea?fees
to herself an address for Peppergrass'
aspeeial edification, filled with cutting reproaches
; eleven, vaguo uneasiness, accompanied
by an indefinite fear that "something
must have - happened baif-pnst eleven,
nervous apprehensions?tenratake tbe place
a.C withering glanccs; twelve o'clock, unenjnrablo
suspense?-if she only knew the
worst; one o'clock, is completely worked
l.JL_ <1..'11 ?? --*? ! -.* -i
up, imc lUu uuiiuipuungf ana u* uuout going
off the handle, wbenPeppergrasa arrives;
throws herself into his'arms, overjoyed to
see htm, as she "was- so afraid that soine
nccidcnt must bave happened to him." : *
rAnoos^D.-^PatorvGroeneH, who was
condemned to bo hanged at the last.term of
Spartanburg. Co n r t,'Tor. tho tnurder of J.
Home, lias, wo learn, been- pardoned by hia
Excellency iSbr.' AdaniB. , .The fbllowikg
recommendation from Solicitor
getber:With tborciitsuitfcrtanaM in which he
ia ;plaOe^ -w?nf^*'io obtain ft final pardbh
firbtrtth^Qov^rnM : ' V ? , ;
. now. prepatod to go' further iban I
did to hiaExoellertky,. and to fiajr nanhesita(ioftijf.'iluit'I
regard Peter 'Qesfjall, - y^ho; rt
TlrtiV ih nrirtOh at rvfvWtwrm^r
Squatters in Kansas.?The Lexington
(Mo.) Express publishes an account of a riot
between a number ot' squatters in Kansas.
It occurred in the town of Fremont, and tho
following are said to be the facts:
"The mob, without provocation, entirely
destroyed the premises of the Rev. Mr. Hummer,
and after having beat and stoned his
person to such a degree that all resonablo
iiope of his life was lost, they carried him
off by force, together with his suffering
wife, who was still clinging to his mangled
body, and conveyed them away some five
miles, aud set them down nn Mia nnon im"?;.
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no, there to perish. The mob then returned,
with yells of triumph, to the residence of A.
A. Ward, where they organized, and from
whence they started, which is the immediate
vicinity of tho demolished premises.
They held a mock auction, and sold off what
remained of building materials," which were,
bid in by the instigators of tho mob. They
stole the potatoes, onions, chickens, &c., of
the still bleeding and supposed dead sufferer."
Newspapers.?Judure LoncrstreeL whoso
views on nil subjects are practical, and worth
treasuring up, thus sets forth the value of a
newspaper:
"Small is the sum that is required to.
patronize a newspaper, and mo3t amply remunerated
is the patron. I caro not ho\y.
humble and unpretending the gazette
which lie takes, it is next to impossible-to
fill a sheet fifty-two times a year without putting
into it something that is worth the
subset iption price. Every parent whoso son
is oil" from him at school should supply him
wiiii h paper. i wen remember what a difference
there was between those of my
schoolmates who had, and those who had
not access to newspapers. Other things being
equal, tho first were always decidedly
superior to the last in debate and composition
at least. The reason is plain, they had
command of more facts: Youth will peruse
a newspaper with delight, wlion they will
Siiootixo Affair.?The village ofUnionville
was tlio scene of a tragical shooting
affair, on bust Thursday night, the 1st inst.,
the particulars of which are as follow*, communicated
to us by Mr. W. R. D. Thompson,
the telegraph agent at Chcstervillo: A
man by the name of Mayor, a" carriage
trimmer by trade, discharged a pistol at
Mr. J. Edwards Sims, the ball taking effect
just above the left eye, and passing in to
wiiru mo uncK oi tue Head. Mr. K. G.
Fowler, who saw the pistol discharged, took
hold of Mr. Sims, as he was in tho act of.,
falling, discovered he was in a dying condition,
laid him down and immediately started
in pursuit of Mayor. Tho pistol used
was a six barrel revolver, which the homicide
took with hiin. We aro not informed
whether Mr. Sims died from the effects of
the wound, or whether Mayor had been apprehended.?
Carolina Times,
Printers.?If there bo any class of men
among whom tho love of fellow men exist?
where there if} pure disinterested friendship,
where one is even willing to help and befriend
his companion, it is among printers. If;-..-"
there be any class of men among whom one
is willilinr to f.nnfiflo in tlii'ntlioi.
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solicits the eonfidenco of the other, knowing
lie will grnnt his request, it is among
printers. If there be any class of menj
among whom a spirit of benevolence exists,
where the unfortunate individual applies for
alius and without a refusal, it is among
printers. And if there be anyclaae of> meu
who work for a livelihood;, and deserve
remuneration for their services, they bra
printers.
ir. - ? . ltV
A Costly Bouquet.?Tire New -Xprk
Mirror says: "A fifth avenue young lady,
well known in fashionable socifely, J waa^t^e
recipient, on "New Year's day, of the. .moat,; ;
elegant flower-gift we have over seen itftiaML
country. It was made in the1 shape "
elaborately wrought table,- with an octagonal
base; enclosing a canary bird suspended
under the central basket, in.a; beautiful cpge.
The flower* were of the -riclj^a^ rarest,
native and exotic?andwe are told that the
cost of this piece of supreme folly was nearly
$200. The party wkb/?eot it fe reputed
to be a financier of decided ability atid large
lAndpfl. lnfrtroafia" ' '
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&htcounts from llarobnrff of ttie 8Qth y
January, mentioh the arrival of Jenny LinA "
Goldsehmidt, who with her husband, gave"
a 'cojhcort, the olglit before 'atO tbo Apollo
SaloooV, which ;W03 #oVded to;aafl&cation.
A marked djffeiSow in.h6r Voiw, w^Jiow1- ,
e'vei-',, perceptible, be ton .now aW thoa^ painty
-^hielf thy
intended' ona^ o]F
WhJcb it was iiMtf&tioi?vLik*