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VOLUME 4?NO. 47. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 20# I
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DAVIS <fc IIOLLIXGSWOUTIT, I
I'or Uauner ;
LEE ?fc WILSON, I
For J'ress.
MISCELLANY.
me i^raiy jungineer.
My train left Dantzic in the morning pen- J1
erally about eight o'clock; but once a week ;
we had to wait for the arrival of the steamer I
from Stockholm. Il was ihe morning ot' |
the steamer's arrival that I came down from ;
the hotel and found that my engineer had j
been so seriously injured that he could not j
run. A railway carriage had run over him I
nnd broken one of his legs. I went immediately
to the engine house to procure another
engineer, for 1 knew there were three \'
or four in reserve there, but I was disap- .
pointed. I inquired for Wcstphal, but was
informed that he had gone to Steegen to
see his mother. Gondolpho had been sent
to IConigsberg, on the road. But where
was Mayne ? lie had leave of absenee for
two days and had gone no one kuew wither.
.
Ilere was a fix. I heard the puffing of i 1
of the steamer in the Neufahrwasser, and ji
the passengers would be on hand in lifteen
minutes. I ran to the guards and a?ked
them if they knew were there was an engineer,
but they did not. I tho? went to the 1
firemen and asked them if any one of them | 1
felt competent lo run the engine to Brum- | '
berg. No one'dared to atn-mpt it. The '
distance was nearly one hundred miles. I
What was to be done ? '
The steamer stopped at the w harf, and I
those who were going on by rail came flocking
up to the station. They had eaten s
breakfast on board the boat, and wore all 1
ready for a fresh start. The baggage was 5
checked and registered, the '.ickcts bought,
the dilferent cairiages poin^ec to the various l
classes of passengers themselves seated. The i
train was in readiness in the long station i
bouse, and the engine was steaming and i
puffiugaway impatiently in the distant tiring- i
bouse. :
it was past jiine o'clock. j <
"Coinc, why don't wc"start'" growled j i
an old fat >S\veiie, who bad been watching I
me narrowly for the last fifteen mmutes. I
And upon this was a general ciorus of s
anxious inquiry, which soon settled odown- i
light murmuring. At this juiiutlir; some
one. touched me on the * elbow. I turned
and saw a stranger by iny side. I exacted
that he was going to remonstrate will iiiu
for thy backwardness, in fact, I W-gfti to
bave strong'temptations to pull off my \niforro,
for every anxious eye was fixed Mfoii
the glaring badges which marked me as lie
thief officer of the trjjin.
However, this stranger was a middle-nger.
ipjin, tall and stout, with a face of great
eWgy and' intelligence. Ilia eye was
black and brilliant?so brilliant that I
fednld not for the life of in??gaze steadily ifjte
and his lips, which*.'were very 'tliiil,
lUtahied more like polished marble than
human flesh. His dress was black through'*
out, and not only set with exact nicety but
xmn scrapiiiousiy clean and neaL
You want ao engineer,! understand,"
lie laid; in low, cautious tone, at the saiue
time gazing quietly about him aa though
he wanted no one to hear what ho said.
4*1 <!?," I replied." "My train i? all ready,
add; we have no .engiueer within twenty
voiles 6t Uiia place." . ?
- *W*1I, air, I an? going to ' Broiubere^-rl
tnust^o, and I, will run the epgine for you !"
"Hai" I uttered, "are you (in engineer !*'
JA am, ?r--oae:of t|^ oldest in theooantry
; and am now oo my vvay to make nrxBpgmmh
for a.grent, improvement I fy?ve
i^IftOted.iorjJje ^pUcatioJiof strain I* *
kmrnfi^-. My rfuwne is Mania, Rrojiar.
t tpt fortunate f I <JetAflKoej3 fo
accept the innn'6 offer H crtice, *^d'^6TtoW
liiin. lie received my answer willi a nod
| and a smile. I went with him to the house,
where we found the iron hoise . lliecharge
of the iirctnan, and all ready for the start,
lvroller got upon the platform, and I followed
him. 1 had never seen a man betray
such peculiar aptness amid the machinery
that he did. He let on steam in an instant,
but yet with care and judgement, and he
bucked up to the baggage-carriage with the
most exact nicely. 1 had seen enough to
assure me that he was thoroughly acquainted
with the business, and I fell composed
once more. I gave my engine up to a new
man, and the hastened away to the office.
Word was passed for all passengers to take
their seats, and soon afterwards 1 waved my
hand to the engineer. There was a putt*?a
groaning of the heavy axle-trees?trembling
of the building?and the train was in motion.
I leaned un the nlatforin ot tlmVuanl
l ingo, and in a few minutes more the station
house was tar behind us.
In less than an hour we reached Diisham,
were we took the passengers that had come
on the Konigsberg railway. Here I went
forward, and asked Kroller how lie liked
(lie engine, lie replied that he liked it
very much.
"But," he added, with a strange spark ling
eye, "wait until! I get my improvement,
and then you will see travelling.
By the soil of the Virgin Mother, sir, I
could run an engine of my own construction
to the moon in four and twenty
hours
I smiled at what I thought his faint enthusiasm,
and then went hack to iny stastatioti.
As soon as the Koiiigsbeig passengers
were all on board, and their baggage
carriage attached, we started on again.
As soon as all matters had been attended
to connected with this new accession of
passengers, L went into the guard-carriage
imd sat down. An early train from Kon
i?/-i>..ror had boon through two hours before
re: ling Breioberg. and that was at
Little Oseue, where we look on board the
western mail.
"llow we go !"' tillered one of the
?uard some lifieen ininntes after we had
left l)ii>han>.
"Tin.* new engineer is Irving the speed,1'
[ re plied, not yet holding any fear.
but ere long I began to be fearful, he
was running a little loo fast. The carriage
Ln-gan to sway to ami fro, and 1 could hear
i-xclamations of fear fromthe passengers.
"Good* heavens !" cried one of the guard
coming in at (lie moment, '-what is the
fellow doing ? Look, sir, and see how we j
a'c going."
1 looked at the window and found that .1
we were dashing along at a speed never be- I
tore travelled on that road Posts, fences, ;
locks and lives, flew by in one uiidi*lin- j
juished mass, and the carriages now swayed
fearfully. I started to my feet, and met a
passenger on the platform, lie was one
uf the chief owners of the road and was
ju>t on his way to Berlin. lie was pale
and excited.
"Sir," he gasped, "is martn Ivrollcr on
lilt! ohgilie?'1 I
"Yes," 1 told liim.
"Holy virgin ! didn't yoi^know liim |
"Know ?" 1 replied, somewhat puzzled. J
"What do you mean? lie told mo -his
name was Krollet, and that he was an en-J
ginecr. Wo had no qne to run oti the en- :
gin<?, and "
You had him I"1 interrupted the man. !
"Good Heavens, s>ir, he is as crazy us n
nan can he ! lie turned his b'aili" over a I
IPiV Tllilll tar ?lli*il\Mlinr t/n?in uaiimc I t.im
--- i "i l".' "'i? J
iiin at the station, but did not tecoghij/c j
lim, as I was in a hurry. Just now one of j
four passengers told me that your engi- '
iters were all gone this morning, and that
roil found one that was a stranger to you.
Then I knew that the man whom I hud
iocn was Martin Kroller. He had escaped
rorn the hospital at Setlin. Yotl must
;et hiin oil'some how."
The whole fearful truth was now opened
o me. The speed of the train was iucreas- !
ii>g every moment, ami I knew that a tew !
Dure miles per hour would launch us nil
nto destruction. L called to the guard
md then made iny way forward as quick
u possible. 1 reached the after platform
n the after tender, and there stood Kruller,
upon the engine hoard, his^ coat off, his
long black liuir floating wildly in the wind,
liis shirt unbuttoned at . tfie. tlirtet, liis
>lcvtis rulW'il mi Willi ti l.wtfil in liia r..uili
, ~1
mid thus glaring upon the iireman, who
lay motionless upon the -fuel. The furnaee
was HUillcd till the very latch of the
door was red hoi, and the whole engine was
quivering and swaying as though#it would
shiver in pieces.
Krolljir! Kroller'.n* I cried at the top of
my voiue. - ?
The crazy engineer started and caaglit
the pistol in hmhand. Oh! how -those
great black "eyea glared, and how ghasily
and frightly iheTHce-'tool&d.
HH? ! ha ! hrfT* he'vellecfdetnoniacally,
rrUirintr linen me lik<* fAou??t linn. -
"They swore thai 1 could nut make it 1
i tut see I, see ! 'Sue my now j>ower ! ?ce
I iU' now engine ! 1 in;uiu it, and they are
1 jealous ot' me! I made it, and when it*
I watdone they stole it from me. But I
hay* l'oun<r it! For years 1 have.-- been
wanlecfrig in Search of. jny grunt engine,
and tiey swore it was not made, but I
have tuimi it! .1 knew U this niorning
when lsaw tt at Dafttiae,' and I was doter-i
mined to have it. And Uve gol itI?: Ho i
ho ! 1>o wo'i^jon jbii ,^'ay the "rtwtwr, 1
say! liyihe ^rgiri^fbtner/ we'll be in
tbp ^nowV in ^ur and: twenty .fours.
Down , dqjvn,' ]?: you move, 1*11
shoot vou.tL '
was spokea^to the. pooV firprflfifti,
?#ho a(Uiai''^to\iwrltVttoi?pterf (o-'ri??, ??d
ths> fVtgfccriW maii fdfQ&fa again, :
Hero'sT.1ttle ?fectt trrgUt ifc Bartxi H
\}tUu\ out one of tie gftal. IJtit eVe*
'be qffcfte tfsfe UMldmj?wei# Atitpuuhrj A
siokfeifth^eniatiou ?*ftd ,fU??rW
fog-p <i%^yo6 JUR
TEA . 4
if the officers b?re b?d tf-oel (ae wiMRMP
usual, we should he hurled into eternity i
' one (earful crash. I saw a flash?it wj
another engine?I closed my eyes ; In
! still we thundered on ! The officers ha
' seen our spued, and knowing that w
: would not head u|> in that distance, the
I had changed the switch, so that wo wei
' on.
But there was sure death idiend if w
did not stop. Only fifteen miles alien
was the town of Schwartz, 011 the Vistulj
yud at the rates we were going we slioul
be there in a few minutes, for each iniuut
j carried us over a mile. The shrieks ?
J the passengers now lose above the crash t
I the rails, and more terrific than all else aros
j the demoniac yell of the mad engineer.
"Merciful heavens!" gasped the guards
man, "Ilier's not a moment to loose, Schwart
is close by. But hold," he added, "let'
shoot him."
At that moment a tall, stout German stu
dent come over the platform where w
stood, and we saw that the mad man Inn
his heavy pistol aimed at us. lie graspc*
a heavy stick of wood, and, with a steadi
ncss of nerve which I could riot have coin
lliainli'rl 111' 1mrl?'/t it will. r.
precision, that he knocked the pistol from tin
maniac's hand. 1 saw the movement, am
on the instant that the pistol fell, I spranj
forward, and the German followed me.
grasped the man l>y the arm, but I shouk
have been nothing in his mad power had
been alone. lie would have bulled mi
from the platform, had not the student a
that moment struck him upon the heai
' with a stick of wood which he caught a;
he came over the tender.
Krollcr settled down like a dead man
and on the next instant I shut oH' the slcau
and opened the valve. As the freed steair
shrieked and howled in its escape the speec
begun to decrease, and in a few minute:
more the danger was passed. As I settlei
back, entirely overcome at the wild emo
lions that had raged within me, we begar
to turn the river, and before I was fairly re
covered, the fireman had stopped the trail
in the station house at Schwartz.
M artin Krollcr still insensible, was taker
from the platform ; and, as we carried hiir
lo the guard room, one of the guard recog
nized Ititn, and told us that he had beer
111n*o about two weeks before.
"He cairn'," .said the guard, "and swon
that an engine which stood near here \va:
his. He s:iid it was one he had made t?.
go to the moon in, ?tnd that it had beet
stolen from him. We sent for inoro bclj
to arrest him, and he fled."
"Well," I replied with a shudder, "I wisl
he bad approached me in the same way
but he was more cautious at Dantzio."
At Schwartz we found an engineer t(
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i mi itiij <ju?innj iu uiuiihhm , auu navinj
taken out the western mail for the next nor
tliern train to take along, wc saw that Krol
ler would be properly attended to, and thcr
started on.
The rest of the trip wc ran in safety
though I could see that the passengers, wer?
not wholly at ease, and would not be unti
they were entirely clear of the railway. A
heavy purse was made up by them for tin
( ' rtnan student, and lie accepted it for tin
current of gratitude to him may have pre
vented a far different current, which might
have poured upon my head, for having en
gaged a madman to run a railroad train.
Hut this is not the end. Martin KroIIpi
remained insensible from the effects of the
blow upon the head nearly two week*, and
when he recovered from that ho was sound
again?his insanity was gon<>. I saw him
hIioiU three weeks nfterwa.ds, hut he 'had
no rerolK-riion of me. lie. remembered no
thing of the past year, not even his mad
freak on my engine.
lint I remembered it, and T remombci
it still ; and the people need never fein
that I shall be imposed upon again by ji
crazy ^ujinccr.
Tfio Wrong Legs.
A gentleman of this city, who lias th<
bad fortune to be troubled with rheuma
tism in the legs, and the good fortune to
have an - excellent wifpyvho is ever prompt
in applying-the usual remedies to arrest the
vexatious pains of this treacherous complaint
went, home one evening last week, suffering
greatly from his old "misery." "His zeal
ous wife immediately rushed to the 6ide
hoard, and taking out the !>ottle of what
she supposed to be Dalleys Pain Extracter
>.,i. i),? i i?
i" vucru^u iuu iijc iiuiiuicu iiunihiuu ?
logs and feet with the magical elixir
With a greatful smile the affectionate hus
band" signified his great relief remarking
also, that a goc*3 wife #as really an esti
timablo blessittg.^ "And, by the by, mj
dear," continued the affectionate spouse
"I sec you have beqn varnishing the leg
of this old furniture ; tbeyhavo needed i
for a long time."
"What put that in yourhead," as]ked &<
good wife,
^"Wliy ^aiTt I smell ; T must cortainlj
have a bad'^old if I oould escape th^. rath
er strong^cx|br'of copal' varnish which .per
vij^es the roqm
. 'J You; are mistaken : I hav'nt opene<
thft vartlish bottl# to-.day,"
At this the husband,.happening to east hi
^A#n 4a hia IfnolI?n? tvifa tulm uiu
w MVfTii tw *1") ?IIVY *"iy " 'Vf wuv T* V
still rubbing ki? caudal extremities, was-as
tor:ished and horrified at lbe?pe?taole tliev
presented. They were trfa beautiful jpaf
ogany coldr, so brightly polished thift-b
could (tee bis own startled countenance n
distirintTy. in thetn as in a looking gU?
I Seizing the bSttle of magical * elixir, whs
bt* tfbrtoy tb diseover IhaU wu It
bled ,^^op^U^Vfl^i^8b'!l, 1,0 a*
- eijffajded ibo o$of, fthtt' e&aMisli
ed an important T&ci In ifo'edfcaT prafctk
:Cbat the best.cure ..{p? jbeumat,i8m ' Hf:
tHfak oo?ting.vf copi i?rnfcb.1, "Wjppn
Iwhi tbe^mpreo^y, *jr)ployed>fp
<^cbol_erA, 1* ***#?{; pei^ir/#op ,^t tfcU
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ii Tho Central American Treaty.
is The London Times concludes an article
it oti llit* repotted rejection l?y the Senate of the
i.l Dallas Treaty, as follows :
e Now, the course of this country ispeifecty
j ly clear. The negotiations which the I3ritit
I ish Government opened in the course of last
I yea revere honestly intended to put an end
e j to difference bet ween two nations which a
d | common interests should naturally unite,
i, | The convention with Honduras wasconcludd
j etl, not at our instigation, but in consequence
e ! of a special mission from that republic. Tho
>f treaty with the United States was the work
>f of an American Minister who had not long
e left his own country, and must have been
acquainted with its feelings and interests,
i- Our course received the approbation of the
z American Government and of the Aineris
can people.
Yet it seems that a party in the Legislai
ture does not hesitate to overthrow all that
u has been done, and to endanger the present
.1 friendly relations between the two countries.
I (>ur hands are therefore, clean. The direct
- interest of England in the whole matter is
- very small. We care nothing about the
J Musquito Protectorate ; wo do not want
B the Hav Islands ; and our whole concern
1 in Honduras is limited to a freo transit
$ across tin; territory, in caso tlie oontemplatI
ed i ail way should ever be constructed. The
1 Americans have so little political connccI
tioti with any nation but England, that a
: diplomatic campaign against us engrosses
t i the attention and interest of the whole peo-.
1 : pie.
3 We, on the other band, regard such differences
as of secondary importance to the
, concerns of European policy. Hence, in all
i these questions the American politician's
? j aim is victory; that of the Englishman is
1 ' to be disciubarasscd of a vexations and
>! unintelligible controversy. In the present
1 case we can very well afford to wait and
- see what arc the precise objections of the
i American Senate, and what new demands
- Mr. Dallas will have to made, after declari
ini; himself satisfied with the settlement
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IUI<vU ntl9 IIKKIU 1'JUl IllUltllld it^u*
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i Anf.cdotk ok Napoleon and the La
dies.?1 Jr. Baud, in a late lecture at St.
i Louis, related an anmscing anecdote of Napoleon
le Grande and the ladies who at
tended his tir~l grand reception ball at the
i Tuillcries. The old nobility had departed,
> and everything was new. The invited
i guests were mostly military officers and
> their wives. Some two thousand ladies
were present. When supper time came,
i they, of course, took precedence of the gen;
tleinen. A question arose who had the
right to go lirst. Tliti great dining-room
} hall was thrown open, admitting them, and
r the doors were then closed, and the officers
' of the palace round it imposible to open
them. The dispute among tlie ladies grew
i warm. One lady said the right was hers,
as her husband was a great General ; but
she soon found that others maintained, on
' one ground or the other, that their claims
' were greater. Meanwhile the officers could
not get the door open, and in consternation
1 one of them hastened to the First Consul,
' and asked him how they should.settle the
! question of precedence. "Oh." says Bonaparte,
"nothing is easier, tell them that the
^ eldest is'to go tirst!'' The officer reported
lo me ladies she first Consul's decision, and
instantly tliey all fell back ! This g.?vo the
r oflicers an opportunity to get the doors
! open, when, lo their astonishment, none of
' tlie ladies were willing to go first. After
' standing in that ridiculous position for a
1 moment they beg in to laugh heartily at
' their own folly, and all inarched into the
' dining hall without delay. This, said Dr.
I Daird, is one of the thousand and one stories
they tell in Pans of the "Great Napoleon,"
to illustrate the readiness of his wit.
i plctuilf. ob Xkoko Freedom.?a Nowburyport
man (apparently abolutionist) go
nig out in tne steamer Illinois and putting
into Kingston, Jam., thus writes home :
' Kingston is but little better tlmu a mass
; of ruins. Walls crumbling away, roofless
dwelling*, gardens filledjwith vestiges of for1
mer beauties, broken pavements and gullied
streets, silunce, indolence and poverty?aye,
' retributio nsitting gloomily upon her ancient
t seats of opulence, aud pointing her despairing
finger at the wreck of material power.*
" Now, as ever, the history here taught w, that"
" man cannot build upon a false foundation?
there cannot be a safe disregard of the eter?
nal purposes yf Justice. Yet,, itcannot be
; doubted, that once more, and upon abetter,
reirard Lo tho laws of morality and riwhL a
prosperous people shall here arise. Alheady
> as i6 said, are the germinating seeds of im
proveinenf?the rorigdrelayed turn has come,
p and better hopes cnliVen the hour."
. But all a dream, however,vis in EFayti!
' "We.afe taking in here-some 4 or BOO
1 ton* 6f coaK Some. 50 women and half as
many men are empleoyed. The women
a forming in line, singing as** they go, carry
upon tneir heads, in tubs, from 80- to 90
? pounds of coat each. What says feeble
- woman to that 9"
Government Cui isr Washtnotow.
?A l<j?ter from Washington to New Yorfc
f Tribtine says :'
T)if? ruin rtnnhrfhwd hr lifnrla Af rlmtort.
s merits to^subordm&tea is that rempvjd - will
s not be'made without caoae. IjhSm or bftrears
were notified to coratnittTfeate this
' determination, lo relievo clerks from aozi
i&*.~ ' *'''."
e MWCobb has added to thfrpreaent bauw
* of drtrfmssl that of dealirtg'in Jo&gfy ticket*
i. fcftd freqaenting ganilng<-hoA?8.- Hdbwa
it. also required life board of exit minora ?itti?g
l? oh- applfbatiotf for clerkship* to'triula* fchalr
investigations rigid and not nominal.
' Secretary- Brown bas^totigod?the Jjft?tat*
aM.^tnlastCTtgoneral tbntthiy roil
talmsd; fe'tbr?h*ef,ofer*a tf the 0eparV
d "* !<''' '' - J:y
Sh^,'Sfr ftotbiuj.v about ro^r
V wftttfj* ??'? 4jL>jf3$N
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Loud Napier.?Some of tho cockney
presses of the J'Jortli are going in ecstacies
over the "live lord," who lias just landed
on our shores. IIo is suuh a "democratic
lord," and is content to sit at the same table
as common republican people, and he
gives every man, introduced to him, a hearty
shake of the hand, and say?"I am happy
to see you, sir." And then, Lady Napier
is winning all hearts ; she is "not only
amiable but affable." Well this is most
delightful and exhilirating news. That a
British nobleman should condescend to reside
at the capital of this land of sovereigns,
and should even shake hands with the Upper
Ten of New York, is a social luxury, as
well as a practical blessing, which nobody
could have anticipated, and which miserable
democrats and publicans, that we all are,
ought to have received with uncovered heads,
and our lips in the dust. Of all the flunkeys
and. man?worshippers on the face of
the globe, outside of the little islands of
Great Britian, commend to us to the "free
and equal, toadies of New York Cockney
ism. Jjoiu iNapicr, is no doubt, a worthy
and estimable gentleman, deserves respect
on his own account, and especial honor as
the Ambassador of a great and friendly
country ; obsequiousness and servility, such
as have been manifested by a portion of the
press of the Empire City, must inspire him
with any sentiments but those which we
should wish bim to entertain for America
and which the manliness, independence and
good sense of the vast majority of our countrymen
undoubtedly deserve.
jRichmond Dispatch.
The Testimony of an Opponent.?
The Washington correspondence of the
New York Commercial Advertiser, alludto
the late decision of the Supreme Court
of tho United States in the Dred Scott
case, says :
"Words cannot adequately represent the
debt of gratitude which both the departing
and incoming administrations feel towards
the Supreme Court for their decision in the
Missouri slave case. It supports the prin
I cipie upon wuuui mo laio auminisunuons
! acted, and the present one proposes; in the
inaugural address, to act upon. Attorney
General Cushing is particularly well pleased,
because he had occasion to ejivea similar
decision upon a case submitted to him by
the President a j'ear or two ago. Attorney
General Black is also gratified; for
the reason that he is supported, by tliis opinion
of the Supremo Court, in the decision
which he not long ago given in the Passmoro
Williamson case. Thisdecision settles
the questions involved in it beyond future
dispute, so far as the legal and constitutional
points in the same are concerned.
The political agitation of the question mav
be kept up, but with rather diminished zeal."
New York upper-tendom is again in a
hubbub the current of Fith avenue is violently
agitated; the old story is again to be
told; the daughter of the great man has
married her father's favorite coachmnn. Mr.
J. G. B. is a prominent importer of wines,
and -has a fine villa out of town, where he
spends his fine weather months. Mr. J. G.
B. has an only daughter?"my charming
Mary Ann"?just two-and-twenty. Mr. J.
n hoc qIqa o f?nn/?1>rr?ort raiir?/l_
headed, and with the sweetest brogue nlive.
He wnj| very modest, too, for a Milesian;
hut "oh, wasn't he the devil.for the girls!"
Well, the sequel is soon told. "John" and
"my Mary Ann" got married. Old gentleman
very naturally gets in a towering rage
when he hears it. Wants "John" to go to
California, and shuts "Mary* Ann" up at
home, although she was a wedded wife and
twenty-two nt that. "John" applies to Ju?tice
Spencer for redress on Saturday. "John"
was assured that his wife should be restored
liim. Mr. Spencer at once drew up a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus, and before
to-morrow's sun the romantic bfrido
will doubtless be restored to her study hus.;
band.
Muton vs Pork.?Physicians recommended
mutton as the mostwKelesome moat
?the easiest digested, arid hest suited to.
invalids, while pork' as cvWy body kiiows, is
the most unwholesome fteslu^ert.' In England
mutton is a favorite d$t, - and wc apprehend
it is in this, ratluir' tbaij ,vto Voast
beef, that the Englishman owes bis robust
..health and rosy complexion. 4 Ow'r peoplo
eat too ranch pork and too little mutton.
Aod yet, a* a cotempofary well remarks
mutfori oan ho produced pougd for ^pounds
at lesa than half the price of pork ; yield
more nourishment when eaten, and keeping
sheep does not exhaust a farm to the-extent
.feeding bogs doe*. Sheep (Jan be kept during
the winter on bay aud tumps, o/ mangel
wurtzel, or augar beet, while bogs will
not do without al least some corn. We
.1 j t. ?L_ V'
wuuiu ii**3 iai owj iu tut; {inuoro wwcr aucuu*
nts of big pigs and more fat sjieep.
> Portland Trcujjtcript.'
Lookino Abbad.?r^ffe understand that
our Greensboro' friend*, had a jolly time of
it o? Saturday, 28lht the fimo after which
the sale of liquors wm prohibited by the
$ct incorporating the Southern University.
Thejovere of the fcrfUef bought on that
day iheif yeair'a^appt^'sli^ wd bear^nftAtly
??L i"JL 1
tuunucicu iiwv 3WV/R uu <u?uu 111 iih? vjrwcrjf
Rtorea. The tow# war clothed t^jaaprofog
by banglrig across - the street Ry^wng'^j
bfack bottles, all of which were eqjf>ty^*<!<Spt
onV which w?? full of ihe be^t article the
town could afford, Tbw one waa/>mptjed
?4*fn sileerce- and wKhtetfrsn to the memory o(
'kisy* tmt imd gone" vrhen 4he thirsty m?|
cotlM irobifc^to.W'fatt mpA?ty'ftisU!^uetVch
.tliMt wkfoh ?W4 ooMufiiiigt hga> >a%?rBr?
When Wl^ra tnrtb;^
'; JSutoQ V
. ~-j '? iH **<!> /< rfi'jZ I
I^rjrfy
<
ifi. ?> ?< ffc^tittfrtftii tic r ' ? jjdtf&L
Hi'. iWifi nTti ftrfVMfclilii' 111 itflHfcftH i*
Spring*
i The bud is in the bough,
" And the leaf is ill the bud, f
; And earth's beginning now ci
In her veins to feel the flood ftl
i Which moved by summer's sun ol
In the alembic of the vine,
From the founts shall overrun p
i., ? ?...u .1. ?r
* ? u * UUUJ \JI W 111 (J v"
The perfume and the blooni,
"Which shnll decorate the flower,
Quickening in the gloom f
Of their subterranean power;
And the juices meant to feed ]j,
Trees, vegetables, fruits,
Unerringly proceed p
To their preappointed roots. tl
llow awful is the thought, nOf
the wonders under ground, "J
Of the mystic changes wrought
In the silent dark profound;
How each thing upward tone)*, j
IJy necessity decreed, ^ g'
And a world's support depends,
L'pon the shooting of a seed.
The summer is in licr ark, q
An/1 tliid flunntr-nlitinnft/l A
J |/MIIVIIVU
Is commissioned to remark 1:
Whether winter holds her sway : ,J ir
Go back thou dove of pence Vi
f With tlio myrtle on thy wing, t'
Say tlmt floods and tempests cease tl
And the world is ripe for Spring. |t
ji
Thou hast fanned the sleeping enrtli *
Till her dreamt are oil of ilowers, ^
And the waters look in mirth c,
From the overhanging bower3;
The summer tribes that creep,
Or in air expand the wing, c,
Have started from their sleep r(
At the summons of the Spring. fj
" The cnttlc lift tlicir voices c
To the vnlleys and the hills, "
And the fentliered tribe rejoices 1'
In n gush of tuneful bills; "? *"{
And if tl>e cloudless nrcli * {
Fill the poet's heart with glee, J
Ah, thou sunny First of March,
Be it dedicated to thee. ai
Attend to -'Yocit Sight.?Sir David
Brewster, iu the North British Review says
that no opinion is more common, and ccr- t
tainly none is more incorrect, than it is prudent
to avoid the nsc of artificial help to j
the eve so lonnr ?? tlw?v nrn
- V - -- -:o J ^ wMJ.jr st
indispensible. The human eye is too-* deli- j
cate a structure to bear continued strain
without injury ;-and the true rule is to tj
commence the use of glares as soon as we ^
can see. better with them than without
them, and always employ such as will ren- tj
der vision most comfortable and pleasant.
The spectacles habitually used for ordinary [,
purposes may not be adequate to certain oc- g
cnsional demands, such as reading very fine q
ppnt, examining maps, ?fec. To meet
these ensos a hand-reading glass, two and a]
a half inches in diameter, to be used in conjunction
with the spectacles and nt#vor
without them. IS Sl.ronnrltr
e,v - , 0|
A similar use of the reading-glasses is nl- n,
so recommended to short-sighted persons, <j<
in conjunction with the-<Joncave spectacles, ^
when exnming minute ot>jecW. ^
y,
A Pastor Wei.l Provided for.?The hi
First Baptist Cliurch in Philadelphia, 1c
seems to be model one it) noble and gfcner- ju
ous feeling. , Their paster, Mr. Cu,thburt, di
though a young man,- receives salary of Ji
$2,5000 per annum, whiob wo aro inform- o'
ed, is paid monthly in advance. But this tl
is not nil. On lii* e'nlllii'iiionf ? ???? ?
------- - utv7"."!""1 ,*"? jvp" iji
ago, ho was presented with a pair of mag- d<
nificent and .very costly mirrors ; aud on w
?the first day of ilia present y?ar, -'rt puree tc
was sunt him, of $550, and a 'piano was- 01
presented to his wife costing $450, Sttfeh lii
acts should Jx*-mentioned. In a-^-pecun^- m
ary vietyjjjiey manifest a high and _B??g- m
nanimoiis spirit. -Bnt that is a small mat- tii
tcr. It-is as tokens of rtft'ection and . appre- ta
ciation,*tfftt'such things are abweall to a In
pastor's "hJifVrt, * r Jt
# * > * > tf
The correspondent of thd Battimoro
American says : OT
It is somewhat curious fact tha^, tbe entii'e
Congressional delegation ?rom South
Carolina art opposed to the princij5W of "ro-? A!
tation in officers" when it is borne in nimfl
'that.the present Federal officer* hi th? tv
State have held their positions fojf many ?J
yenT9.*and*th&t th* present Postmaster of ?
Charleston is ttjo second since the formation
of the government. t ?. '
Queer RgLATionsmp.?It is paid there tv
is a widower in Camden, N. J., who rfr- [*
cently married a.young girl, and soon after '?
his son ^y a former .wife, married bia father's K<
wife's mothetfr In cdtftequeuce.ofthetfd.Lwo 'n
- connection*^ father $fcame the son-in-law f?
of his son, and lho wife Bot pnl.^ thodaugh: nt
tor-in-law of her own. son-in-law _ but .still ^
more, the mother-in-law of herown daugh- "
. ter; while the husband of the latter U the or
father-in-law of his own mother-in-law to hia atl
vowQ'farher. . Singular confafion may arjsp, ra
- if ehildren should spring from^bOM peculiar j
marriages, . ... )<
/CoLoiukD Citizens in .Hroje>|
Th^ popsiiUi'tiou oUihaffe Inland lirnfa tbe
right of suffrage to cuTzena of the United .
Stalest As such colored 51
considered in thnt State and attbwed to
' ToteL y4<,tiowevevth9 Unil^?Ut? Stf
preme Court h?s tn\i9 decided wit- they ar? ?
; 'not ci'tlnen?,tt, i< supposed tli#* rfUl b^neaf'
tirboflenleddhe rignt unlassj ?r
V *4?i? Q(*ttk nti/\n t? . - ?Wl
Hiv vw.iovi??i..v/u ?
v ^BPARTSrf *OR* rife - fSSWrntAw o? et
VKfisKLe.-Tfi* Porflgkl ^tateqf Main ti
- fittfe* t!Mt -foftfcoftM 4^<$w*rfe for ?
V the rtmittrttotlf kattttRip 6hM'vjmke*?' *$ >B
? ttfcffly *" totetantiiri, p
* ;^ov^yy uwy with^Atft tWr- ii
. . A '.M.V*v 'Sl */.'! >1-^ ** rx. ' - ' i;'"' "
K . >j\l... r &sJi .rs&tVl^Aj' ?w^-'--. - '
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Presentation tc ex-President Pierce.
A presentation of plate to ex-President
'ierce by Senator Toombs, On the part
Itizens of Savanliah, Georgia, took place. j
L 11 o'clock this morning at the residence
f ex-Secretary Marcy, on Fifteenth street,-/
The plate (silver) consists of six heavy
ieces (dinner service,) richly chased and
rnamented, and each bearing this insertion
;
"The Democracy ofSavannah to Franka
Pierce, President of the United Statee i
om 1853 to 1857." ''
, . ... -<
rue plate is trorn the well known estab- j
aliment of liaily of Philadelphia. .
Senator Toombs in addressing Gen.
ierce asked his acceptance of tjiis gift on
10 part of citizens of Savannah, Georgia,
s a slight testimonial of their appreciation
' him as a man and-his a public servant.- he
time at which it was made showed *'
at it was untainted by any unworthy moves,
but it was a simple contribution of ?
onest freemen testifying that while in of- '
uc he had been faithful to the constitu- .
on.
Mr. Toombs passed in concise but olo-uent
review the memorable acts of the lata
idniinistration, and congratulated Mr.
'ierce upon its successes already attained ;
i its settlement of ficrco sectional cohtroersies;
in its presentation of the public
easures by the interposition of tbeConstiitional
veto ; in its management of our
ireign relations, rtud maintainaneo of our
ist rights abroad ; iri having- enlarged*
ur commerce, and added dttr^ national
omain. lie concluded witlta beautiful
xpressed wish for the future health and
appiness of Mr. Pierce.
tien. Pierce, in reply, expressed the sin- ? ;
ere and earnest gratitude with which ho
2ceived those articles of bev.uty aud taste
om the citizens of Savannah, and he
berished them as tokens of friendship, havlga
value in this respect entirely beyond
ieir intrinsic worth, rich and 6plendid as
ley were. He was aware of but one thing
lat would have enhanced their value, and iat
would have been to bate received
lem under the bright skies of Georgia
nd from the generous hands of the given..
In allusion to the remark of Mr. Toombs
i regard to the acts of the late Ad minis-/
ation he expressed the opinion that
lough we had passed through a fearftil
jjil, better days were before lis, nnd that
bond of national Union, will prove to
ave been strengthened and perfected, inead
of weakened ; by the series of acts
naugurated by that Administration.
1 n conclusion, he again expressed his
lanks to the people of Georgia for their
eautiful gift.
Quite an assemblage of ladies and ge'nemen
of prominence were present at the
reservation, among whom were ex-Secreiries
Marey and Guthrie, Secretary Cobb,
enator Butler and IJon. Mr. ICeitf, of S.
U Colonel Green, the veteran editor of the
loston Post, Col Buchanan, Major Brooks'
nd ether army officer*. j
"Dreads it Like a Doo."?In the Court
f Special Sessions this morning, a man
amed Smith was arraigned for stealing a
emijohn containing tlireo gallons of wbisey.
"Are yon guilty,or nut guilty 1" as--,
scl tho clcrk. "Wall, you can call it what
511 likes ; I tukthe whiskey, that I admit,
id drinked it too." "You took it vvitho.ut .
ave, did you not ?" "I never wait to "be,
>ked when that article's round." "You T
link all you can get !" "Try mo and see,
Lidge, I reckon I'm experienced in timeline
trade." "I think frSin your app^aranco
iat no or\je will doubt your word off that,
tfnt." I can prove a character, if anybody,
snbte it." "Nobody doubts that, and it
ill be neccssary to send you to*'the 3'en'isntiary
three months to get the whiskey
it of you." "Can't stan' it Judge! IV.
irnrl /4in flift nriftoi* rnf fiflnon m/ii-e ? it'o
'?.?? w*. ?>tVVI*H?VI ?WI "1 VVVU > O UCCU
y meat and drink, nod you'd belter hang.
e and done with itv ' ''It's "a pity, but "
ere'3 uo help for you ; it will do you pood ?
i gdt sober." "Wall, if I must I must ;
?t?.l'll tell you what "lis, Judge?I dreads.
tike a dog /"?New York Post. ?
A Lucky-?mi'.?An enterprising shipvner
of Boatonfdisspalched one of his veals,
the clippw.tfhip Shooting Stir, hist Ju,
with'an rftBflrted cargo hence to ShnUg- ^
c, China. Site arrived there in Reason'?o~
' r i. k-J-?*?.? ui?. ...
u? IIQI uciuio 1.1 J(7 iiuuuiwa uu*
.eCn tho.. British and the Celesliiils^becaipe
) open' rupture at.Canton ; but too late to
itmn a return cargo of tea. When the .
fljrp Of aciive. .hostilities reached here,. tjia*
vj&fof 0i? Shooting Star concluded that'
would provq n losing business to bim, and
vo weeks since bo would gladly bavo diswed
of bis vessel for $25,000.. By - tho
t mail, he received the gratifying uftdQ)-',
inco.tfjat hid captain bad soKl the Slioot- ..
g fjlar io an opium trader, irf tlipse, j>qrts,
r $40,000, cash down,?sujja equivalent. <
J4?? Avi.ql.iarr rata fttr.ltRnrrA ^ fr?
fcooo here. When it is stated that mSb .
;ni'? veastjl bad Awioet previously cleared ber
igioai^bos^ (hbout $45,000) this last
realfof good fortune will be oonrftfcggu
ore remarkable. , "
"
Mr. Partington j?iiot 'alono .diecovqjed
petticoats. A gentleman describing a
rvftnt he bad bire^jaaul he didjit have .
in niore'n week befbrfe he profaned sick!8B.
Ho fin bith sortie lodtatn, anc] .whenv
? found bim^owrintfyHDarae^ he oent for a
ictor, who inscribed Ar him. The doc*
r asked hioi V^hat the "map bad Aodk.'
' tdfd liitti h^ too If ^orae^od 1 q n*,' Q, #a*rd
*e doctorr you'Jjn'dV^etfer h&* :gjn* him.'
iat,yo'u /mould~ha'*gin1nm sntin- spring*.
.Z,, wi 7m
^|r.*Gobb hwaddod tt?*the present caps*)
i of dismissal, that of dealing' in lottery
ckeU arid frearenting gaming housea,
tebM alao MqUirqd the board of exattVH
Bitting'on: application for clerfcabij*. t?
iak? ti?4f4ay^tigations rigid wifcV \
!<?-.*j - j rt !' ' i- ...? h ; !vli?!w
Secretary Brown bfc ^ifcd}*w -vl
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