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itt m ' ' ' --->;" : mm - *. -? __ " PBVOTEP TO LITERATURE, THB ARTS, SCItaWCH, AGRICULTUHa, NSWS, POLITICS, AC., AC. * TEEMS?ONE POLL AH FEE ANNUM,]:. "Lot it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the liberty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. , [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. '* ' I'.7~ \ '" ' . "' ' *- %*. -.'e,-'- ' " ' " >- ' - ' - ' VOLUME 3?NO. 28. ,.t - ' ABBEVILLE C. IL, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1855. W> WHOLE NUMBER 135. ' . THE IIVPEPENDEIVT PRESS, i'L'BLLBUED WEEKLY, AT ABBEVILLE, 8. C., ' h ONE DOLLAR A^ YE Alt, v Jj AS a circulation of nearly one thousnnd jttL ' iu Abbeville District, and is constantly increasing. Its circulation in this State is about fourteen hundred, and its entire list of subscribers numbers over sixteen hundred. It is therefore offered to the mercantile and businets community generally as the best advertising medium in the up-country of South Carolina. KATE8 OK ADVERTISING. 1 art Q A * Art M. O^IHI V v UIUUUIO - -- -- - f 1 UUI 1 square 0 months COO 1 square 12 months - " - - - - - 10 00 .2 squares 3 months 0 00 ,j' 2 squares 0 months 10 00 2 squates 12 months 15 00 3 squares 8 months ...... 8 00 3 squares 6 months - - - - 12 00 3 squares 12 months 20 00 4 squares 3 months ------10 00 4 squares C months .... - -15 00 4 6quares 12 months - - - . - - 25 00 ** 5 squares 3 months ------ 15 00 5 squares 6 months ------ 20 00 5 squares 12 months ------ 30 00 Advertisements inserted for a shorter period thun three months will be charged "75 ceute per square (12 lines or less) for first insertion and Vui per square for each continuance. Any one advertising bv annual or semiannual contract can change his advertisement * monthly, if he desires. Subscribers to the paper who d<> not pa}- their subscriptions witlun the year will be chui'ged ?1 50. [April 20, 1855 MISCELLANY. Property Rights of Married Women. We think there is a growing disposition in tliisStatc to alter the old Cotnmou Law which gives to husbands the absolute control of the property of their wives, and renders that properly subject to their debts and contracts. The great injustice of the law is often experienced, and so palpably has this been manifested, and so extensive lias been.tbe mischief and misery growing out of it in many of the States, particularly in the uew States of the West, that most of them have abolished it, and adopted in its stead the Civil Lhw, which secures to married women their separate property. The present Speaker of the House of Representatives of this State has often introduced a bill in that body to alter the law in relation to the property of married women, but hitherto his efforts have proven unavailing. We look for a different result if he or some one else will persevere to effect the change. Why should a difference be made between.-property in land and properly in negroes and money ? The law now protects the landed estate of a married woman from being sold for tlic debts of the husband, and she cannot bu deprived of the fee without her deliberate consent by joining in a deed of conveyance as prescribed by law. Parenta, who accumulate by industry and often by a life-time of self-denial,'.competence and handsome fortunes for their daughters, in a majority 'of eases, perhaps, only provide for the creditors of a future son-in-law.? llejs tempted to waste and extravagance - by the very possession of that unrestricted control over a wife's- property which the common law gives, or he Decomes the victim of the artful speculator, 6i* perhaps of thcgnmbler, or if riotiu this way may be received by surety debts, and the property ..4??.i ui iiu nimavno wiic, ?va.uolu:uuu iu picuiy, is sacrificed to'bis follies or misfortunes. Some may object that the exemption of the vrifeVproperly would operate unfavorably upon the rightful influence and authority of the husband, mi J tend , to produce that separation of int^cpsts'Vnd fortunes which v ~would endanger the peace and unity of the domestic state. But experience, the best argumefit, has already demonstrated that such is not thofesult in those 6tate3 which have tried it Oo the contrary the laws protecting the property of married women ?j are every where popular and highly approved where they have been tried, and m no single State where they have been adopted is a return toiptbe old.common law ever contemplated as Either profitable or desira me. 10 every senouBiy ,renecung man mis fact would seem to beacon elusive. . The safety .of property is not tlie only 4gdpdio be secured by ^change of the pres enji law. Let it be perfectly understood ' thaUa 1 adydoes not subject lier money- to tjib sole domhiioif of the husband as, soon as she is married. "Marriage would become - . a matter to be regulated not by a reference to this security of property/ahd the capacity of the husband to take car&of that alone, "but ft m o re sac red and pro per regard would be-paid in reference to the suitableness and, preference of the. parties, .and thg /sort of attachment and congeniality between them that should always exnjC Forced, matchesand ttio . unbappincss ^riatofl;' frbtri them, would prevented/so ftr-^a* ladies of ariy .fortuiSr or ita expectation are concerned. Tlw h?m*? mighfcWaTtf suspected, and the lady is after a time wooed and, her hand without her heart, won by some man who really loves her money more than he docs herself, find who is indifferent to those suspicions that have driven oft' purer and bettet men. If the law protected the property of females from being utterly consumed and wasted by husbands, then all the anxiety on the part of themselves and their friends in relation to it, when marriage was proposed, would cease almost, and the inquiry would be as to the moral, social, and intellectual qualities of the gentleman. A poor young man would not despair of the hand of a lady of fortun6 if he possessed a good character and just pretensions of a moral and intellectual order. The rliiv i? pnmiiinr wn ??"? J ? ?? ? utv VUIUIUCIII) when the barbnrons common law, regulating marital rights over the wife's estate will be abrogated in South Carolina. The sooner the better.?We are in favor of progress in this respect, although, in many other things, we stand opposed to change in the laws of South Carolina where important changes have been suggested. We have not attempted a regular diseusssion of this subject We hope others will take it up and that it will find its way into the Legislature at once. The equity of protecting the wife's estate from the husband is always admitted in England everij and in our own State wherever there is property coming to the wife from a deceased parent or other source, the courts of chancery invariably on application decree a settlement of the wife's estate in such property as has not already conic into the possession of the husband. The expense of such applications, and the uncertainty of their being made, and the exceptional aspect which they present in the community, prevents that ijenetit from tliem which a general law opcrating uniformly in behalf of every married woman would give. Can our Legislature continue to act with a less conscientious regard for the ladies than the Chancellors ? The Legislature has the right to protect the estates of all of tliem, the Chancelors only 6uch as petition. Will the Legislature longer refuse to act Tn this behalf ? Let us hope not. What say our gallant editors to the measure proposed ? Greenville Mountaineer. Getting an Invitation. It haviug been observed that a certain rich man never invited anyone to dine with him?"I'll lay a wager," said a wag, "I get an invitation from him." The wager being accepted, ho went the next day to the rich man's house, about the time he was to dine, and told the servant that "ho must speak with his master immediately, for lift ( nilld cova liim a tlmiwo...! , pounds." Out came llic master. 'What is that sir? Can you save me a thousand pounds ! " "Yes, sir, I can." "Won't you walk in ?" . "Thank you; no, sir. I see you are at dinner, I will go to mine and call again." "Oh, pray, sir, come in and take dinner with me." "I shall bo troublesome." . . "Not at all." The invitation was accepted. As soon as dinner was over, and the family retired, the conversation was resumed : "Well, sir," said the old man, "now to your business. Pray let me, know at once how it is that you can save me a thousand pounds." "Why, sir," said the other, "I have just heard that you have a daughter to dispose of in .marriage" "I have sir." "And you intend to portion her with ten thousand pounds ?" "I do, sir." "Well, then, sir, if you'll jet me have her, I will most gladly tako her at nine thousand.1* The master of the house rose up in awful passion, and kicked him out of the houso-? as he richly deserved. Journeymen Printers. . From high to low they are the same careless, informed, good-natured men? knowingliow to act better tbafl they do? nothing 'rff^iines, yet everything if occasion requites it. We have seen one and > ? ?r. - I uio oouiu itinivluiicii ui' tiio until H iiltfJlBvur in Carolina, a boatman oh the western canal, a lawyer in Missouri, a' sheriff in Ohio, a sailing-master, of a privateer, an auctioneer in'New York, a pressman -in a garret printing office!?Having nothing to loose, jto calairiity can overwh^ttt them, iartd caring to gain noUtiM^Q(^^of> fortune. carries them .upwar<vffi^jt|?^evel where they choose to stand, the' happiest ipen in Christendom. Philosophers by -.practice, spendthrifts, by ?nctina(irtfivNV;'Th^complain not when the stomach asks for bread, and tliojr htfvo none to give-^nnd then next hour, if fortuire favors, the meaafc thev expend foe The World for Sale. The world for Bale I hang out the sign, Call every traveller here to me; "Who'll buy this brave estate of mine, And set mo from earth's bondage free ! Tis going! yea I inoan to fling The bubble from my soul away; I'll sell it whatsoe'er it bring; The world at nuetion here to-doj*! It is a glorious thing to see. * Ah I it lifts cheated me so I It is not wlmt it seems to be : For snle!?it shall be mine no more. Come turn it o'er and-view it well, I would not have you purchase dear ; 'Tis going !?going?I must sell! "Who bi Js ? "Who'll buy the splendid tear! II ere'3 wealth in glittering heaps of gold: j Who bids ! But let me tell j-ou fair, _ _ A baser lot was never sold: r Who'll buy the heavy heaps of Care: And here spread out in broad domain, ^ A goodly landscape all may trace, Ilall, cottage, tree, field, hill and plain, Who'll buy himself n burial place? Here's Love, the dreamy potent spell, That beauty flings around the heart; 1 knsw its power alas! too well; 'Tis going. Love and I must part! Must part Wlmt care I more with I.ovnt I'll never court iU smiles again? Who'll buy the plutnclcss dying dove? An hour of bliss?au age of paint And Friendship, rarest gem of earth, Who'cr linth found the jewel his? Frail, fieklo, false, and little worth: Who bids for Friendship'as it is? "Pis going!?going?Hear the call: Onee, twice and thrice 1?Tia very low! 'Twas once my hope, my stay, my, all, Hut now the broken staff must go! Fame! Ilold the brilliant meteor high. How dazzling every gilded name! Ye millions, now'a the time to buy ; IIow much for Fame I How much for Fame! Hear how it thunders ! Would yyu stand On liigh.Olyinpus, far renown'd, Now purchase aud a world command, Ana be with a world's curses crown'd. Sweet star of Hope ! with raj-s to sliine In every s?d foreboding breast, Save this desponding one of mine; Who bids for ninn's last friend and best? AhJ were not mine a bankrupt life, This treasures should my soul sustain ; But Hope and I are now at strife, Nor ever mny unite again. And Song! Foi sale, my tuneless lute, Sweet solace, mine no more to hold; The chords that charmed my soul arc mute, I cannot wake the notes of old! Or e'en were mine a wizard shell, Could chain a woild in raptures high; Yet now a sad farewell! Farewell! Must on its last faint echo die. No more for Life's fitful dream, Bright vision vanishing awav : My bark requires o deeper stream, My sinking soul a surer stay. By Death, stem Sheriff! all borcft, I weep, yet humbly kiss t!ic rod, The best of nil I still have left, My Faith, my Bible, rtTid my Gon. Extraordinary Case of Hydrophobia. Mr. Stephen Leo died near Peekskil), N. Y., on Wednesday, the 10th inst., of hydro[)hobia. It appears he was bittern on the ittle finger, by a small dog, in May last, but thought little of it until the 1st inst_, when his finger became painful. This he attribu ted to rheumatism, until he went to a pail of water for a drink. The moment the water touched <his lips a sudden convulsion and jerking movemeut of his throat and chest threw his hand from his mouth. Surprised at such a strange act he again carried the cup to his mouth, and the name violent throe ensued, lie made the third attempt and with the same result. It then, for the first time, struck him that he had the hydrophobia. lie immediately sent for some of his friends, one of whom writes:? I tried him with water three times, but at each time it produced the most violent spasmodic repelling throes of the throat and chestj and a suspension of his breath, with a sense of suffocation. The trial was so painful to him and his family, that no further attempt to swallow water was made. rr..-- ii.. .* t. i.i -I - j&veu uip. u^Tuwr urougub on lUO same feeling of repulsion and suffocation; and on "WednesdayMitftold me that even tbe thought of water suffocated him. mHo could drink hot fluids, however, when brought to his mouth 4$om below his chin, out of his'sight, yetf^eyen these produced spasms in ft leas degree : buV^wfifen he directed Ins eyes to some distnftt object abvo the fluid, hff could swallowby a suden backward jerk at the close. . ' 2 For thraerdays or so he often experienced sudden sDfcmodic throes of his whole body Tjackwaf^aa he was sitting or .walking, and he expressed his. fears that he should ; s^oti fil^e general convulsions;- but-heriiV much of his bitten finger and lmnd paining hiii), mid on Thursday morning his wholeleft ntm was palsied. On Friday his right arm failed and was soon completely paralyzed, and on Saturday the paralysis was universal and complete, except in the respiratory muscles. These maintained their integrity, for inbreathed easily until the last moments of his life. Ilis mind was clear and calin. IIo was pieasnnt, courteous and affectionate to all, giving no one a short word. lie suffered no paiti after Wednesday, but lie felt a constant and extremely strange and horrible sensation alt aver him. This was much worse at night, so that lie slept nono the first "three dAys and nights, and but little the remaining nights, except thelnst two. Some nights nis agony was so great that he was out and in bed every ten minutes the whole time. On Saturday morning, after a uight of horrOt", and constant rising and lying down, he went into a deep sleep. On Sunday morning his mind began to wander, yet ho could always rccoguize countenances, llis reason declined until Wednesday morning, when ho become insensible; and at 8 o'clock, A. M., he quietly and without a struggle resigucd his. spirit into the hands of his Maker. I ? ? * For the South Carolinian. Anderson, Nov. 7, 1855. | Dr. Gidbes?Dear Sir : I enclose you herewith letters from Messrs. Barnwell, Colcock and McQueen, which vou will please publish. They were written during the Secession campaign of 1851, in reply to letters ^addressed them by me, and'were intended'iio' refute the charge, then made againat. pie, that I had favored tho separate Secessioni&fcSouth Carolina after the passage of trie Compromise in.. 1850.-."The letters were read at one pnblio meeting, a week before the election, in October, 1851, but were never published, bccausc I presumed that no partisan feeling remained, after the election, which could prompt a further misrepresentation of my position?uniform opposition to tho separate secession of this State ou account of the Compromise measures. | During the past summer and fall, however, the old charge of inconsistency in opposing Secession lias been re-vamped and so often reiterated that even just nnd fair men, I am informed, have given it credence. Ilence tho propriety and necessity of now publishing tlio letters. They will vindicate my consistency to all men whose good opinion I desire to enjoy. They will disarm the professional libeller of the power to do me further wrong. They will show with what reckless mendacity I have been pursued and misrepresented by unscrupulous opponents. I am, very respectfully, yours, <fcc., James L. Our. September 0, 1851. My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 31st ult., did not reach mo until Friday last. I return an answer by the oarliest opportunity which I.have had since receiving it. I very well remember the meeting of the South Carolina Delegation in Washington, to which you refer,* and distinctly recollect that your opinion was decidedly adverse to South Carolina's seceding without the co-opcralion of other States. I remain, dear sir, respectfully and truly yours, It. \V. Baknweix. Hon. J. L. Oiir, Anderson. _____ > ~i The meeting was in September, 1850, a few days after the COinpromi&e measures passed Congress. ^ ^ MARLnono District, Sept. 10,1851. DkauSiii: I am m recc??t otyour favor of the 31st ult., tind would JiAva answered it a day or two soonej-, fyst that it found rae in bed withf&er. I recollect weujfrio meeting of the Delegation from our ' State, some time in the latter part,of last summer, and, I think, after the Compromise V passed Congress. I cannot give your langurge on that Occasion, but l. know that fi>\\ were opposed to sep araie. estate secession, we had many conversations on the subject about that time, and you iuvariably expressed yourself as opposed to such action. 1 remember well a conversation between Mr. Barnwell, yoursolf and^aystilf, sitting at >Gen. Chase's portico,;WBgKMrV Barnwell said he had never f>tten?OTs owli consent to advise the peoe to secede alone, in. case all others failed, ou'went further, ar^j|?- expressed your decided opposition tjjMiL and I was lefl alone in my determfdatioS) I|emember thi4 conversation more distinctly, because it was the first time I%fcd heard Mr. Barwnwell gravely express, fyltfiself-'on tliat particular subject. I never heard you express yourself in anv.other tfinr^'tlmn n? aWn very troly, . ? JoftH MCQueex. Hon. Anderson. - ? / "1 ' GllAHA)t'B?l/LBT Sept. 10, 1851. _ y'- ~"L. by South Carolina was touched upon, though not fully debated, and I distinctly remember your expressing your opposition to that measure. I am confident in the correctness of my recollection of your views, because I have frequently said -since that time that it was due to candor to state that your present opinions were in accordance with those indicated at that time I refer to. i I am, very truly, your friend, \V. F. Colcock. lion, J. L. Ouu, Anderson, S. C. !_* rom mo Anderson tinzotte.] The Greenvilla and Columbia Railroad Mr. Editor: In reading your remarks in reference to the high rates of freights and fare upon the Greenville and Columbia. Jlailroad, I think you have inadvertently fallen into error, in some of your statements and conclusions, and I feel confident that you would promptly correct the same, if satisfied they were calculated to mislead or deceive. In your first article, October the 10th, you state that "merchants can get their goods transported on wagons at a cheaper rate than they can on the Railroad." If this is really the case, then the Greenville and Columbia Railroad may be charged with increasing tho rate of freights to the detri- ' ment of their own company and the public. < But let us examine the subject, and see 1 how it will result. Formerly, freights by 1 wagon from Hamburg to Anderson, a distance of 100 miles, averaged from ?1 50 I per 100 lbs., to 62 1-2 per i00 lbs.,?usual- < lv nV.m.1 T: -.!? 1 ? - *?-- " .j iv uio. pci iuu ius, j>y 11 an road ' ?from Columbia to Anderson, a distance I of 130 miles, few articles are charged as I liigli as *75 cts. per 100 lbs. Sugar, Iron, and a large class of goods, pay but 50 cts. i per 100 lbs; while the great staples of the 1 country are charged as follows: Cotton ' 31 1-4* per 100 lbs. Wheat 10 cts. per < bushel?about 1G cts. per 100 lbs. Corn 10 cts. per bushel?not 20 cts. per 100 1 lbs. Flour 40 cts. per barrel?not 20 cts. < per 100 lbs. In sack, 25 cts. per lbs. Ar: ! tides of prime necessity pay as follows: i Salt, (4 bushels,) 50 cts. pur sack. Bacon, i 40 cts. per 100 lbs. Molasses, 30 cts. per 100 lbs.?And by reference to the whole schedule of freights, it will probably appear that tho whole average will not exceed 35 cts. per 100 lbs. Tho wacron transnnrtniimi will hardly equal these rates in cheapness. Now coinparo the cost of transportation to the traveller with former modes of stag- 1 ing and private conveyance, and you will i find the difference greatly in favor of the J Railroad, with a saving of one or two days i time, acconding to the mode used. Again, in your last article yon state, that "they, (the Directors,) pay neither freight or jmssagc, and hence have no idea of the weight of their new tariff, but our merchants who do pay feel it, and their customers l feel it." Now, Mr. Editor, where did you get such information ? That the Directors pay no fare i is conceded, but if vou 'will ennnirn into Mm < truth of this staRment, you will doubtless I find that they pay the samo freights with the I great public. But suppose the Directors did receive this additional favor from the i Company, would it be an adequate compon- I sation for their services and devotion to the i interest of the Company? In these particu- < lars I think your remarks erroneous, and i calculated to do injury both to the Company, t and the trade of the Town of Anderson, i That there should always in every commu- ! nity bo 6omc disposed to cavil and complain, is by no means surprising; but is it exactly ..-J -V I i * 1 1 1 * ~ /?!/ uuu ri'/riiy tHUL mo siocKtioidcrs ot tins Company should bo deprived forever, of any 1 return of their Stock. Tlioso who have no ] stock in such Companies, should at least, be 1 silent, and if they can haul their goods to ' and fronr-Hjimburg on wagons chcaper than ' by Railroad from Columbia, do so, without f abuso of the Greenville nnd Columbia Rail- J road Company. If the stockholders of this < Company should disapprove, of the present * policy?it is their province to correct it. ! Others who are not profited yet enough by * it, should at once take Stock in .the Savan- j nah Vallejr J^ailroad, and by completing this work, be, nBle to compete on moro equal 1 *1.-? k.. ..... ' ** * lui iii9f lunii uy niigvuit. J), 1 Kansas and the South. > Tlie last Columbus (Ga.) Times lias a very interesting reccord of ^meetings in that 1 State and Alabama,. called to promote tho 1 Southern cause in Kansas. A meeting in ' Barbour County, (Ala.,) ono of {hejpcalthtcst Counties in the State, adopted f-csolutiona in favor of a direct contribution by ' the Stato (by .a tax on slaves) forme pro- ' motion of Southern settlement.in Kansas; and also made provision for private contrib'u t i ons to tho same qnd.,.{fha Times, says: i | "This is the fourth K*o#? meettog W D have noticed in the Southe^StafeJj, The? .< finst whs hold in Henry r<k>wjtty, (Ga.;) tho pid: in Spauldiug county,^eu;) tho third pB :M uscogewcounty, (Ga,j[. :Barbouri?.in ? * * only way that is left to us. And we talce "r, < pride and pleasure in chronicling the gener- ^ oils exertions of the Georgians and Ala- * bamiaus, in succoring their brethren of Missouri in the moment of their dire necoif sity. .The feeling is growing, that the cause^ ",/1 nf l^onaoc to ?* ? ? ?" I'uiunjai movement, but a social exigency, that demands the faithful *' r adhesion of all true Southern "men. As things stand, the fate of this Ternary in- >. volves far inoro than . appears at the first view. It has become the battle ground ^ v between the North and South. Wo are to conquer our independence there, or be for- ,? ?, ever subjugated and inferior. Missouri as well as Kansas hangs in the balance, and . f the people of the South aro to decide. The meetings in Georgia have all been marked by great spirit. Wo havo iu the Times a pretty full report of that of Mus- : cogeo County. Senators Toombs and Ivor- c. son addressed the meeting, and at the con- ' , P elusion a largo subscription was made by individual gentlemen. The spirit is just beginning to move, but #;. ? the first impulse is full of promiso.?Mercury. m ' * Equality of the States. Under this head we copy from the Washington Union an opinion of the Attorney _.'r: vGeneral, embodying the public law .of this- "^> KOllIltrv ill to.riua cn nl?"? 5 ? " J ... ... .... wv VH OI, HilOC ??IIU UUHTia; 4,' ? cing, that, wo can hardly imagine the grounds . on which it could bo called ,;m question. ^ Mr. Cushing'a legal opinions have putjin -'f form and probably settled moro disputed ' ipiestioiis of international and domestic law, , i than those of any man who li^.heretofore , 1 lield the high position that^ho so honorably j * tills.? C/tas. Mercury. ' & Equality of the States.?1. It has been ' " / ' adjudged by a long series, pf decisions of v ' [he Supremo Court that the United States ?' never held any municipal sovereignty, juriB- ^ iliction, or right "of soiHiv the territory of . , " . which any of the new:States are formed,^ $??v*' M i-xccpt for tcmporaryipurposes, namely: to csxecute the trusts created by deeds of ces- -% sion of Virginia, Massachusetts,. Georgia, * ./ ^ and other States in the original common , territories of the Union, or by treaties with ? \ France, Spain, and the Mf>vir>nn wnnWi in the territories of Louisana, tho Florida#, . " New Mexico, and California. * 2. It has been adjudged by tbe same &eries of decisions*ibat the provisions of the 'J ordinance for the organization of the North -jj West Territory were extinguished by the > Constitution ; or if any of them retain con- " tinning validity, it is only so far as they < inay have authority derived from some other source, either the compacts of cession or acts of Congress under tho Constitution. {?> " ".V"? 3. This doctrine has been applied in lead- * -f. ing cases to questions touching the property in public lands, the relation of master ^ find slave, religion navigable waters/,and the eminent domain, and may bo taken as ,u; j. the established legal truth. ?'vss5 4. In obedience'to the same principle, , ; and proceeding in the same line of adjudinations, it must have been held, if the queS**?^lion h'as come up for judicial determination,^^ ?that the provision of the act of March 1820, which undertakes to determine in ldvance a perpetual rule of municipal law 'or all that portion of the province of < sana which lies Nor.th ofc^the parallel of 36 ^ leg., 30 min., Nor&" latitude, was null-and * M r-oiu au tncepio, oecause incompatible with *v ?T- b .lie organic fact of equality of interna? right, ^ 11 all respects, between the old and the new, ' States.? Washington Union. Oatnips. J/r. Editor: This valuable little berb>ia ^^ ^j| much overlooked by tanners. Every o6e' ^& a' ho plants a foot of ground? should cueraft ' } t; were it more genoraUy' used, deaths ' would be less frequglii,,aad sickness much mitigated. The cat perhapsVwea iia Ion*evity or pluiality of lives to this plant.?' Every body knows how fond that atrimal is >f it; no doubt the name thus originated. -. Datnip is readily propagated fronVtUQ ?eed ^ > ind thrives in almost any soil. Earty in the , .** . _*g|y lummer the leaves should bo dried'and;^Bpt for winter In Colds, Pneumonias, and?^ <\ [iiflmrimntnrv (?v?*iu if. i? inoolimKU ?; - jr ? ?? uirHiuavfOi JLSVMT ..'\? .? lore mrtv Jaugh nnd cftji us ^granny" but *' L^bis^ \vill n6?deter; ly, and never allpW- ^tftpi^Oaeb of'thfc lifo* aod^