Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Proprietors of the Abbeville fi.uiuir ami Independent J'rrsx, have established 'he following rates of Advertising to be clmrgotl in both fmpers : Every Advertisement inserted for a less time ^han three months, will be charged by the insertion at One Dollar per S.juarv, (11 inch ?the space of 1 '1 solid lines or less) for the It rat "insertion, and filly Cents lor each eiilna1^Hentittrertioii. The Commissioner's, Sheriff's Clerk's Vvn<i Ordinary's Advertisements will l>e inserted $n both papers, eaeh charging half priee. tSJ"" Sheriff's Levies Oil** Dollar . t3T Announcing a Candidate, I'ivt* Dollars. Advertising nn Kstrnv, Two TOollnrft. "to l?e paid by t !? ? Magistrate. Advertisement? inserted for tliree months, or longer, at tlie following rates ; \ square S months $ 5 0<1 \ square G months 8 00 ^ square 9 months 10 oo ^ square Id months ...... 12 mo Xt squares 8 months 8 squares 6 months - 14 00 'fi squares months IS oo squat es 1'2 mf-nths "JO Oo 8 squares R months lo.oo R squares ?? mouths ...... it". Oo S squares 0 months VI oo S squares 12 months - '25 Oo 4 s juares 3 months ..... . 1 _> no ] 4 squares rt months - i!o on . 4 suuares months ...... 1??? ort 4 squares 12 months ...... :;i) qii ; 5 squares R mouths - l.'? Oil | 6 squares 6 months ...... 25 00 1 5 squares 9 month* - "I oo i 5 squares 12 months ">0 no ; f! squares 3 months - tio 00 6 squares ti months ...... HO <??> . 6 squares P months ...... '.w, nit j *i squares 12 months ... - - -Il> oil *? squares I> months 25 lit) | 7 squares fi mouth? - 3A On , *? squares It months - no | 7 squares 12 months -15 00 j 8 squares :) months ...... 3o no ; ' 8 squares it months ...... 40 mi j 8 squares 0 months - - Iti no ; U squares 12 months ...... so on | Fractions of Squares will he charged in pro- j T>ortion to the above rates. Business Cards for the term of one t 3'ear, wll lie charged in proportion to the j *?piiee they occupy, at One Jjolhtr per line ' { pace. 1 V2T For all advertisements set in >htuhlc ml- i nniii, Fifty per Cent, extra will be inldeJ to the above rates. DAVIS & CREWS, 7*'?r Jiatnirr ; j LEE A. WILSON, For J'ri-x.i. i MISCELLANY. ! From the Pnnola [Miss-] Star. Climate of Western Texas. When it was qnr fortune to live up North, we lin<l some strange ideas with regard to the climate of Texas. We supposed that hecnuse fottr or five hundred miles nearer \ the Equater, I lie inhabitants 111:1st necessarily suffer extremely from the heat during some eight months of the year, and remain in doors, on account of the/ain, the other four. What was ?uir surprise and pleasure , ... .1 - > .1 . 11 upwil llll> *'?JUII1I V 119 lilKl llj:U UI j though in mid-summer we could travel or i labor through the day will) per let itnpuui- | ty, and rest far better during the night than \ further Nortl), from tlie fact that, during the night we have a cool'and refreshing breeze ?n?m the salt water; while at the North a ?ultrv day, with the. thermometer standing ?t eighty or ninety degrees, was fidlowed$by ? sultry night; instead of rising in ihe mornring full of life and' energy, we found our-' ?t4ves debilitated and nervous; and here, on Western TeX'ts, the most delicate lady, in the land might for months lie-down to aleep in the open air, sure Jo suffer no ill t-fJfeets from the exposure. Instead of eon stani elo'ids of miasmatic vnpop*, rising froin swamp* and low lands, brjffging with tbem agyes ami malignant fevers, we have* -a pure and bracing atmosphere, bringing lifviltli lifi? iinil i?m>rnrv lnctiiiirl nf It.n I ?; ; .-/ ' ? cold te(Jiu,us winters, ami short summers, we have cool summers and mild winters. Indeed, one who had been accustomed to the severities of -Northern winters, would Jiot think we had an)' winter in Texas.? * Jlich'in mineral resource:-., with a fertile soil, beautiful, rapid flowing streams of pure wa- I tor,and a delightful climate, all that Wes- j jtern Texas requires is a portion of the surplus population of the older States to make I it the richest and most delightful portion! .".of thoTJnion. If the advantages offered <o emigrants here weretmore generally understood this pnrt of our State would sfion ? be filled with a rich Ijappv and prosperous people. * * L. B. W Jr. IT I m tv - . - ~ _ Lt ucienp, iexns, j^ec. isi, JtsoY. Drunkenness and Insanity?Tlie following statistics'show, tli.it insanity exij^s nil countries in the ratio of drunkenness: "In Holland and Belgium, the eonstunp\ of intoxicating drink^, is two gallon^ . '.-very individual, and there is one lunat every 3,000 of the people ; in France, :onsurnp(?on is five gallons to every in.'Jftl, ijnd there is onp lunatic to ever/ f the people ;>in Normandy, threemnd g dlons of intoxicating drinks .'are eon?.'N by <p?ch individual, and there is one j o every 750, of die people; in Ame: ?iV! i Ma.gallons are ^consumed paeli , . id. there is a lunatic. t r\ oi'orir AXA 1 f,;'. ?nle; it) England three .gallons uru << . by each, individual, and there is { v. very ^00 of the people ;Jn Scot'? raHons nre consumed uy each, : h lqrmtio tor every 070 j>f Hie reland, there^ar^ five ami a half med by every njnn. womarf^ least that amount jq propo1 \ tr. i oulation," and there is i'l) 1M?L ":M } . 'intic t(^evory-560 of lh6*peo } ' ', .."$ ' i * *' O... vttoths Doctors.-"?Dr. ??.l;t i yr, ot Kwton, .nieelinpr lyn > t r/d 'Qiuncy, (l?ptli pa^ltugjlitv .*? itf w the wue-Hfllk, acefwtsjL , VI*. jQwocyr bQwAmuclf 'JfH. . \rid JA' 1 ' ^ *1. - '' ': i r. <',; , ' Pr^ * :4t':-VJt ;'--bifti? ,A * '* * T* * >- * \ xt. * ' ' The Capitol Extension and new House of Congress. I Wk gave sonic time si ncc n pieture of the ! ! IIou?e of Representatives, at Washington, I i in the olil hall. We now present our read- 1 ers with two illustrations?one re resenting : the Capitol with the new extensions, awl | the oilier the new Itall of Representatives ' 1 with the memhevs in session. ? j The sensation of the visitor, on approach- j ing the Capitol for the fi:st time, is that ?>f | disappointment, from the fact that ho beholds | it from iht> west or rear, wliicli i* the least attractive point of view. When tlio city was laiil out the Capitol was made the centre. from whieh radiated numerous broad : avenues, extending almost to the confines of \ the "Territory of Columbia;" and as it was 1 presumed that the most thickly-settled portion of the city would be on the hill, the i principal facade of the building was placed so as to be presented to that section. When I i the present and many succeeding genera- ! lions shall have passed away ; when the ! vast extent of territory embraced within the j boundaries of these United States shall have j been fillet I lip with a busy, aetive. ami thiiv- : in?j population; when the citv of Washing- | ton shall have.beeosne, in deed and in truth, | the ee-'re < nijjhtiest nation on earth ,1 ?the no longer be an evil. The \ proph' jf tlie Paler Pairing looking ' ' along the vista of the future, saw the wilder- I ' ness of the \Ve<t, where he had hunted the ! I lied man from his lair, leeming with a popu- j ! l:llinn I.*' ?i*? 115?*?*? i ?' ? v.- iiuiu/in , ?iii'.i in lavmjx out the* capitol of that great nation which 1 hesawnius arise hero, as the r<-sult of five 1 institutions, he was governed l>y the wants ' of such a people, and his plans were co-ex- ' tensive. It was fortunate for that nation I that to hiin was left the iluty of street- 1 ing the site and deMgning the plan; ' that the partisan spirit which, even then, ' had its influence upon the councils of Con- ' gress, ili?l not over-rule the interests of the ' future, and limit that plan by a narrow- 1 tnimlei] policy, which should ever lie a cause ^ for regret and animadversion. Experience 1 Iisis provi'cl already the wisdom of his selec- 1 tion, and it is a notabl?J?.;fact that many, if 1 not most, of the "improvements in and about s lho city, which are* now being carried jjuto eflec.t, had their origin in his mind?a*, for f instance, the supplying the oitv" with pure * and wholesome water from the Potomac at f Little Kalis. This was one of the features which probably recommende3 ^Iie site,,and 1 the aqueduct now being constructed proves 1 the feasibility pf the design i: The Capitol at Washington was com- c menced in 1793; the corner-stone Was laid n on tjie 18th September of that year.by" 1 n *w i .vc.Mcia Him gion. out nine progress was made toward.carrying out the'original i plans. Accommodation was provided for the 1 national legislature; but tlie enribargo ^ud ?. waQfupcrvcnyig, "the work was suspended, * During the wnr, fcs is kng.\vn, the interior t of both wings of,t1ie. Capjlol was destroyed t V>y .tfm liritinh. When Congress met, after *j ry71,..? . ?_ 1 ?ne J^gfe, it Assembled in a private building j plot iled by the citizens of Washington. \ Congress made an * appropria- J i tion. for-rebuilding tfte Capitol. The work j i was done under th? superintendence, first of i MrJLatrobe, and subsequently of Mi-. Hull- j finch; ifowas completed in 1825j- and cost t a su ni o f|3,000,600. The ol'd Capitol?as it mult now beYal- ( iea?stunted the AJetnbers'of Congress for ! ' * > twenty-five years. But before this period i c.fine to an end. there was a general outcry t for more ropm. After much outside debate, Senator IJunter, in 1850, took the initiative ? in proposing that measures be actively taken' ^ for the-enlargement of th? Chpitol. On liis Tnotion the Committee of Public Buildings was authorized to advertise for plans for the ' work. Some thirty to forty designs were 1 accordingly submitted. Among these, the ! one which was preferred"by President Fill- ' more was one from Mr C. -I? An.l-.Km. -%(* J New York, which| obtained the strenuous ' support of the late Daniel Webster. Strange to say, after .accenting Mr. An- ' derson's design tJVe_ President intrusted the duty of o'arrving it into effect to anodic gentleman, Mr. Whiter. The corner-stone of the extension was laid on the 4tli July. 1851, the orator of the day being Daniel Webster, whose oration still lingers in ninny, memories, Jii 1853 the work was transferred from th^loteriJr to the War Department, nnd Captain Meigs, of the fyigiueers, was,placed in ctintrol, Mr. Walter, the arch iteut, continuing ttfnasist liiirf willnhft coijn- j sel*. The number of pni'sons iVho hii^e iWis j \ 1iad ttfe matter ui liand^bas n$t, aa'may. be i { imagined, t!<jnd|ic$d to uflity* of p^jpose in carrying out l\?c nfork.; many changes Imve be^yfiHde, and^cxp^iiftenta 'atteinptcd, at ^ .nQ,??gHfcoStS wlmtlior the* result will be < satisfactory t^Jthe publi^ftfid to the Hvoral ' i/ivi^aaiuiifii vt*ii wuw^ave ill oo ( tfTe Jp^ldih^renraio#u>.06 scepi . Tlja e^ensfo'ns consist, of 1 in^ at Oje north'wd wutli of s 1 lie old Cfp^^d ^onn^^l' 5 with magnificent rows o t columns and fine j slnlu.-trv. The pediments arc to lie adorned i with statues designed by Crawford, some of ; which are now being cut in marble under i tiie direction of tlie Superintendent of the works. We shall take occasion to refer to , these extensions again as the work progrcs- t scs. The new Hall of Representatives, which has heen the subject of so much discussion j of late in the press, is in the centre of the | first stoiy of the new extension, soUJ.li. It is i a room lflO I wet long, DM wide, and :)0 feel , high. The members' desks, which number! .>uv nimp'i iicr, nve nrran^'Mi in a semieuelc; j tlie reporters have seals behind the Speaker, ami spectators are accommoilatcd in a large i gallery nimiinjj round the room, and eapa- i hie, it is said, of staling 1200 persons. The i desks and chairs of members have heet) got i up ' regardless ot exppnse." Tito former ate of plain oak, with carvings 011 the bade ; tlio fliairs arc antique, high-backed affairs, covet oil with red Morocco. .Two object ions have been taken lo lliis now Hall. The first is, that it lias no communication with the, fret; air of day. It lias ! no whtdows. Light penetrates through a i itaineil glass square in the rciling; over! which, at night, gas burners are lit. The | iilea of the architect is, that they win venti- j late tin; llall bv pumping fresh air in, and providing an escape for the impure atmosphere which has been breathed bv iiu>mli?rc ... , ~J I Hut ibis civinjj-bcil arrangement does noli meet with general approval. It is uracil J lliat until fresh air, pure from tlio vault of j lienven, ean begot into the hall without the- | intervention of pumps an<l tubes, oases of : paralysis must occur very frequently among i nenbers who are attentive to their duties. J Inference is made to the similar experiment | which was made in the new Parliament j Houses in'London, where the pumping sys- j em was quickly abandoned, and the old j ilan oHelting i? fresh air l?v (lie windows icajly adopted* It would seem as though he contrivers of tin? new Hall I.ad given so nueli attention to the subj-ct of acoustics hat they .overlooked the minor matter of : sanitary arrangement. Some critics have caviled at the profuse md gaudy decorations of the new II ill. It viII be perceived, on glancing at the picture. >n the preceding page, that the wall is laid ?ut in panels?each panel being intended I o receive a- historical painting in fresco ' riie mouldings are painted in the brightest I :olors ; awl the stained glass.in the ceiling, in'thii same plan; represents, in panels, the iruis, of the various States of (he Union, riie general effect, says one of the Washingon correspondents, is dazzling and meretii:ions; one is reminded of a fashionable saoon in a g:?v capital, rather than tlie place ?f meeting of national legislators. Onr< ighs for something more in keeping with hegravity of the interests to be adjusted in hat room, and the sober air which ought to f , 0 ?ervade the debates of an American Conjress., Time, however, will do much tovard softening the defects which theSe critics deplore. A few years will wonderfully nellow the bright colors of the panels and madding : the gilding-will wear away, and 1 solemn dun hue will gradually overspread' he chamber. Let lis hope that the debates which slial nice place in that Hall shall put to shame my meremeious adornment. which may now provoke the sarcasms of critics ; and Jiat I lie new Chamber m;iy never ho displaced by any deeper stain than a few illndged daubs of b{jght paint. ? Loud Macaci.ay?-^V1 a breakfast ree'eft*ly given^it- the house of a distinguished authoress, Lord Carlisle and Lord Maeaulay ivere present. The conversation happened lo-turn on the Catastrophe which occurred, tome months ago, in Tottenham Court II . i j '.I f ?* * ? itoau, oy me tailing down of tlireo houses, ivhicli burned the inmates jo the ruins. The ady, who in her youth professed deism, but who in lier senility lias degenerated into a sort of atheist, took occasion to talk in a nost repieheffsiblos#train jvitli reference to litis particular eveAt, to the great discomfort, f not disgust, of thtfliistorian^Ile endured .ne liinicuon tor n while; .but nt la^t, turnng lo Lord Carlisle, with a ludicrously pite>us expressiou of countenance, he repented j :he lines? * fc. V'llore WTJinxr 1i^iti!>os thunder cm your bead. And ifere o fomule'Hthei#> tnlka you dend." Jt'lie lind&flp.* in Jajinsdn's now attaost forjotlen poeui of "Londtjjj." , I j * ' : r < AijT Afcp" exrucGsb.-?A young, man iliouM ,wnl|c in*'the open nir^ix; miles ^rery day, A young woman,'tyree.or four. atiH^pe iisp nve hundred cuhin incite* jf ai^in a iijiiflite :ifVwo.waflc at tlieVfltft of ne mile an hoi#, eight hundred; two m in e'thousand aiic hundred* four milea-anf Anocdoto of Wm. 0. Preston. Savannah is the southern city from which | the Mime correspondent who setldn the fof- I lowing sketch has often dated, but he has j never furnished anything more graphic than j t tliis capital incident in the experience ot' ^ the accomplished Preston. Those that ^ knew that splendid orator and gentleman j j pan appro iate the scene. Our correspon- j ( iler.t says : I , "Many of voitr renders remember the j , stately presence, I lie dignified hearing and | imposing manner of Col. Win. C. J'reston, j | of South .Carolina. It was then all these \ ( pialities were Sn their prime, and Preston , represented his State in the Senate of the ; " I'nileil tales, that business or pleasure L called him to the West, and to take pas- ! sage down the Mi sissippi river. In those "lltisli times" the steamers swarmed with j | lioosier*, green horns and gamblers, the , latter politely designated "sporting gentle- ! j men," tli term "gambler" or "blaekleg" j | entailing on the speaker a pUttol shot or a \ . wipe from a bowie-knife. ! , "The hunt was on the eve of departure, ' and our Senator, standing on deck holding ' | a small mahogany hox, was observing with ' ( great interest and pleasure the bu?y seene j on the wharf, when nn individual, luxuriating i in a rather ornate stvlc of dress, aooroaeli- i i ed him, and in subdued tones demanded : "I say old f?*ller, when are you agoing to < commence ?" ! ; "Commence what, sir ?" asked the aston- I i>hcd Senator. "Pshaw, none of that gamm on with me. ; The fact is, a few of us boys on hoard want a little fun, and we wont pile it on too I stronrr fur vnil sn f'liinn nnrt oi "Kujilly, Sir," replied Prcslon,"I am totally at a loss to guess vonr meaning. Open what ?" "Open what?" Wliv the hank of course! Way-he you think our pile isn't large enough to make it. an ohjuot. Hut We're not so poor as all that, anyhow !'' The Senator meditated gloomily, hut all j was dark to him he was plunged in a sea j ,.f - ?* ? .< >iuiiv>, iiiiu mu ii>iu ui;?ur iiiul wiy pro- I , blem, not even a political otic, so hard to < solve. i ' Perhaps," l?rol;e in his pertinacious i friend again, after a considerable pause, : "perhaps you will say directly that you're not a sporting man." < "1 certainly ain nothing of the kind. Sir," re- 1 joined Preston, rather angrily ; ami I can't 1 iinngin what put such an idea into your 1 head." ' i "Not a sporting man? Whcw-w ! I j ' never heard of such apiece of imprudence. J ' Well, if you're not a sporting man, will j { you please^ell ine why you carry the tools ; 1 about with you?" and hei pointed to the ma- j ' hogany box which the Colonel still carried. ! ( A'ligjit broke on Preston's mind. The i * mahogany box !" lie cried. "Ah, yes! ha, j 1 ha ! Very natural mistake, indeed, my 1 Cfood Sir : verv natural, iiwli>i?l t W..1I T i ! ' v " ' "* v"*' * ! * will show von the contents of the box." j 1 And, laughing heartily, he opened the hox j ' in question, which was in faot his dressing- ! 1 rase, and displayed the usual parade of ' brushes, coin hi), razors, soap etc., which us- s ually fill that article of travelling comfort. ' Our friend looked at tlfc case ; then at 1 Preston ; tlien at tho rase, and then at ;AJ Preston again. Then he heaved a Ion"; ' ' sigh, and then ho pondered. " ' "Well," lie broke out at length, "I did > 1 take you for a sporting gentkhnan?-I did ; j 5 hut now I see you are nothing but a bar- | ' her, and if I'd known it, hang me if I'd j 1 spoke to you !" and staying, he "vjjmosed." j ' i'anev Jhe feelings of our honorable Sen- J 1 ator as lie assumed these various charac-, ' tera in'the ere* of an anxious stranger. 1 ' 1 Harpers .Weekly. 1 * b V ' \ * * Tiir Neouo Race.?I'ayard Taylor, < writing from Nubia, Uppfr Ejyfpt, says : j ' ft'i.r.cr. ~r#i.~ AT..:?' -? -i - ? ..WV iMEiitia Ul ilic /VI 111".Ill lilCO WIIO ? point to Egypt- a<? n proof-of \vlmt that race i has accomplished are wholly mistaken. 1 The. only flegro* features* represented in i Explain sculpture are those of slaves and 1 captives taken in the Ethiopian Wars of the l'liaroas."?The templesand^ pyramid^ ,r throughout Nubia, as far as the Uaref and j Abyssinia, all'hear the hierogl^phy of mon- ^ arc.lis, and there is no.evidence'-in the Valley of tho Nile that... the negco Vace'ever at' j tained a higher degree,of civilization than is at present exhibited,'in Congo and A shall' ) tee. I mehtion this,not from any feeling, j, hostile to that race, but simply to controvert inn opinion very prcvalent'in some pnilEs of 1 'the United States" * -* 8 1 COXFIDKNOB ^IlK8TO|?ED.-?-When thd re- 1 cent-panic had tJrok$p oot roqtid the dpor* 1 of one pftthe batiking-housea at' OfovWand, f \he contagion reached the clerks and teller*, " and eaeh*<^ was Been wilh a blatjlf ohook, * r^ady to.vdnf^jifct Uur HalHijc^.* Wovp$1ie I\ gjd tray clpaed$on theroi1 .Qn^of iliem } phered rf^ny at his account with Arf?at?Mil$. .i Tho Trials of a Fat Man. The Buffalo Kepnhlican lias a fat rorres- I >oiiili-ut who writes that paper frankly i lius; As t intimated to vo'.i, .having conic to > .he conclusion that thefts Is nothing lit to | :at in Buffalo, I started for New York, on Friday last,on the Cenlral Kail road. I had no j ilea thai a matt with a respectable quantity 1 >f flesh was looked upon with any di-jjrceof' iitrprise outside of your city limits, t only i iveigh two hundred ami tliiltv one pounds,; uid if I am said to be an broad an, 1 am ong, it certainly was no reason for the tiefc>t agent at the loill'.ilo depot imptiring, "do roll wish to go as. freight or as a passenger." I told him with considerable asperity, "as i passenger, of course," when he charged mo for tickets for two! and upon my expostulating with him, lie very impudent* y inquired if 1 supposed that any one else ould sit in the same seat I oecupied. Being aware that it was a matter of some doubt [ Kaitl no more, but heard him mutter something to himself about hogs always *oing as freight, as I walked otT, which remarks was mailt:, I presume, to an omnibus driver, standing near. It certainly ouId have had no reference to me. Do you think it could ? I got on the cars, somewhat milled in Lemptvr, and after crushing two or three women from a diameter of ten feet into about >ix inches, and flattering out an apple boy md pop corn vender,so that their imlentity becomes a matter of considerable research, [ finally obtained a seat opposite an old, scraggy lady and her unmarried daughter. Fliey screamed as I sat down, and I was .empled to expand my hint;* in tlio same nanner, for the whole seat gave way with ue and deposited me with my wig in a [tool of tobacco juice, and mv feet in the l?ony, unmarried girl's lap. Upon extricating myself from the wreck, I discovered to my horror that I had split the hack of my coat, had utterly crushed out of existence three hand-boxes, and obtained the eternal liate of the scrngjjy woman and her bony 11.1* T . - jauguier iorever. i ineil to make inv apologies, but think J failed. My failure is easily explained, for whoever hoard of any man making a decent apology in a fractured coat, and a head saturated with tobacco juieo. I then went intojinolher car, in consequence of the indignation of the passengers having been aroused bv the woni<;n alluded to, andjcspcci.d y as I heard ag- ntletnan with ihort hair and not very placid face, inquiring if he hadn't better puncli him. Having no doubt that the him referred to meant no I made myself as seldom as possible, and ? .1 . . mm .. ui. uiiu hhj mwi i-;ir. # i lie seats in ine ear iveie nil weak, trail tilings, as four of thctn Ml to pieces as I sat down on them. Upjii making my complaint to the conductor ?who asked if there was*morn llian one of ne?he suggested that I had better go into lie burgage car, and sit on one of the exirgss trunks. They being iron-bound, lie bought they'd stand it, if nothing eise vould. I did go in there. The baggngenan, who was noL very polite, asked me ,vhat I wanted. I told him L wanted to itay in there. Jle said it couldn't l?e did; i?s, if I game in, he would have logo out; here wasn't room "for them two trunks ?tid both of us in that there baggage ear" i accommodated matters with him l>y givng him a dollar, (one of twenty I liaii bdr owed,) and lie agreed to ride oti the outride of the far, while I occupied the inside, j [ got upon two express trunks, and was i cry comfortable. Indeed, I should have jeen perfectly so, if the baggage-man hadn't iept annoying me. He kept diving his lead into the car, and asking if I was going o New York, and upon my replying that f u'nu 1,ft ? ?,, 1-1 ...? I." I ' ...j ^ .1/ ...V ; jreakinan, who evidently ha J been talking )f.me all the way from Rochester. Finaly, the baggage-1han drove his head in again is it to end some argument, and asked if I ntended to go to liarnum's Museum when [ got to New York. I told him I should ; vhicli information lie conveyed to the jrefikman, who ejaculated. "Thought so?it's him." *1 couldn't imagine what tlioy meant. Hiey chuckled considerably, and said :"St*eh liirr for nothin." Twould a cost two shiN in'&?in New York"?when Pabrujkfy put in end to theiKconverantion, by putting my lead out of the car door,and inquiring vyho vas "hirfl" what "would cost two ohilling? ii New York," and what they had ''Heen or nothing."* The brakem$n- wits somevhat startled, La.it recovered sufficiently to ay, "fat boy." This answer afforded-me \r% 1 n f/"\ nnuj'iAn T .x# MMMMHiibivii uiinwToi. x IIIIU ; * * he oar again, much puzzlecj a? to vyhatthify neant. Dreaming that I was beihg broiled >n an immenaegridironrfct' the porposurpf 'frying"" me out, and tWitthe ./?<t was runting from me yi innumwraMerivuJets, which;, vas bel ijg caught Tn I i tte tin crips, and sold tradesmen of.'a 11 deyriptfop'a, I arrived n f\ tk/iia fi rtK f t s\ I II P^I{li;UROfnilU o frvn^j ?W iodihat I retained BtiJ '. accustomed 0*j&, lethal an??$er{fcWndio? viatic anL?f)H * rite,yon ffiiigr w *??* ?<$*. ;^FAt CONTIflWW^R.. " * - % .* '- *'? ? . *' ' . ^ ;. * iff/'Zlar&Ayj** .*, *; *L The True Style ot Hoops?A Lady's J Opinion. j A lady in tlio Newlnirvpolt, Herald ,]0. nivs t ric So, wo will say a few words on hoops. f Don't call lis a bear, fair readers, nor tlirow j)rj nway*!his paper in disga?.t, fur we are not ,(ll iiliout In join olir brother knights of the j {| iplill in I here ci nsade Hgainst crinoline J ca) hut Don (Quixote like, we will espultse the Q fiiiue of distressed damsels, thoinrh we "fiieo ! ... ^ * , <111 a frowning world" We hereby add .'in ar- > tielu to our confession of faith. We believe j)V i in hoops. Mind, we say hoops,plural ntun- I . ta-r. Deliver us from that abominable, ! " I " | single, hogs head hoop, which many Indies I wear about knee high, showing intireahape 1 j(j through a single flimsy skirt, dragging down : ^ by it* weight, the dress to the shape of a : j ( ; cone, while the part of the skirt below the ! ; hoops flaps, winds ands reefs around it in ! ^ 1 .1. .. i i ... v . . i 1 cvvi \ hum i nun iuows. .^1 mecn improve- . ^ inent is tin? addition of one or two others c i i , hoops, unless they arc graduated in size nc- |n cording 1o 11 it; height of tlio wearer and , ! eovcrd l>v skirls of si-fliuient thickness to ! , ' " . 'w hide the skeleton, t lian which nothing could i ^ h<? mole hideous, unless, it were a vertahle I .. i Ik skeleton from the graveyard. J j The only skirt that looks uniformly grace- j ! f?l is that made of a series of rattan, whalej lione or brass hoops, extending from the j ^ I waist to the feet, gradually increasing in j ^ ' size with lli.-it trruci.fnl c?v..ll it.of 1 | 114*11, giwa lv' j ^ ; the div?s tlie airy contour of ;i blue bell : , ". preserving that golden mean in regard I | to circumference, that modesty and good j ^ | taste will ever dictate. The hoops in this \ l" ! skirt should be so near together that they ' ~ ! ? Sll i will lose their individuality, and '"make no I j sign" underneath the thinesl summer dress J; j j for herein lies the advantage and whole ! ^ | philosophy of the hoop movement, inasmuch . ' I as it allows one skirt to give that fulness and ; ^ I grace which lias hitherto been attainable " | only by half a dozen. I Aiiur an, tlie genuine crinolinc is the j j thing, which, as its name * imports, is a | P : kind ofltnir cloth which l>v its own innate | j virturc without the aid of hoops, will pre- V1 | swerve its elasticity and inflated character, ! j., j without the awkwardness thai at times is !-v< ; inseparable from its humble imitator. The j ' I expense is the only objection to its general j jn I ailoption, which, for tlio ladies" sake, we I |y ; hope may be soon removed. ? -,n A Stupendous Project. I" | "We extract the following from the Par- J d< is correspondent of lite New York Times : i g< You will see by tlie late French journals J hi full details of the plan for a submarine rail- I n: road across the channel between France | 'te and England?a plan which is now serious- j w ; ly talked ofoH~:bath sides of the chann 1. ; vv , The projector is a Frenchman, and his i d? plan?which is perhaps the twentieth fur the ; lo same object?is regarded worthy of serious >?' attention. The distant is twenty-two, to miles. A bridge is impossible on account uc ofobstruction to navigation, and the Thames ai tunnel seems to'have condemned all enter- j I |>i inu.-i ui niiuiiiir uunnivivr. it is proposed | I to build a triple archway in stone for three ^ railway tracks, under water, .commencing the construction simultaneously at both vi ends, and meeting in the centre of'tlie ohan- fi' net. At this point, where thcro is now a slight elevation of the noil, the projector gr proposes to build a station, or halfway in house, and as the middle will be a sort of ('summit level, higher than the two ends no the ears at this point will Approach the ov surface. An island will hero l>e const in 6- th ted, and a large circular shaft will serve the double purpose of lighthouse and stairway th to ascend and descend from and to the ox railway. The middle is elevated principal- m lvf because, in ease of a burst of water, it is *bt better that the current should run toward* the land ; happily the bottom ot tho sea bere favors this design. Other shafts, ca however,are to be constructed in the course j tin of toe submerged aqueduct, for cases of em- j sa urgency. This is!unci, it is thought, will he a useful addition to the channel in ordi- | nary cases of shipwreck. Tho estimated- ^ cost I have forgotten, but it is not nn im- * possible figure.'-' * . ( Seeing Nothing.?Mr. Lnyard and Lorc^ or Palmerston were talking, lately, of the won- bit ders whir.h the former hud seen in his trav- sp< els. "You have been on'Mont dancf'i said ha pHhnerston.?"Certainly," rupHed the other, kn .?"And what did you aeo thero ?"?"Why, wli really," saiil Layard, "it is always s? wrap- JTuI ped up in a^donhje-inilled' fog, that there is no nothing to be seen from it."-V'Nbtbini! I no jieverknew. till"now, why.it was. called it Mount Blank!" .jjHm lordship is - troubled no with t|io Indian difficulty,so Wo forgivahim a i Ilia Ifn nrAnnriillu rlnao KaMam .l . uip jvav. uuw vOiigii > 9(11 W rti> Pro eons V i rgin* i a A cor/wpondent of the Lynchburg Virginian, 'Writing'. froiwHat Creelf, Cambell coUntyreay*,ltbe "? Pigeon Koost^ is the tfreatest' ?i\bjeet of in- of i teri-st lliftl part of ? tfifl country. It is r supposed tbUfcu^firlyl 00,060 of tlteIjirtJv h/ivq Wn kilhwlV tA'e'.wai^^agW. ngaiiwt lb0m by the people <?' tbRt B?etk>n. .The pft c^^'lVaro, '** * r" ? v To Propagate Window Plants. J Almost all put. plahts jidopted for \vlii- JB w culture, saVs Kmcry's Journal of ' till tire, are easily increased l>v" cutting and properly net about. Thd ncipal diffii'tilly is, to counteract t!i<* dry nosphere of the room which robs tlio ves of their moisture before I'retdt roots i form to replace it, hence tltev will wi111 t some provision, wither and dit*. That Acuity is overcome l>y mpplying them tli an atmcsnhcrc of thoir own. fnn??i.it Covering ji small box with ft pnnc of *ss. This effect is to furnish them with a irdi'tn cusp, in which almost anything ill grow.?For exaple, let those' who havor therlo found difficulty in striking cuttings, ovide a box, six inches deep, one foot ncr. and nine inches wide,horea few holes ith a quarter inch hit in the bottom, to aw oil' t!i<! surplus water, and fill three inles of the hox with sharp sand, placing :i vv pieces of broken put over the holes to ake the drainage perfect. Select pieces ' the plants von wi>h to cultivate, from o to three inches long, cut tliein with'a sen edged knife clo>e under a joint, not ol - juclv, as i-1 oil en done, but even, cut olV e leaves half ils length and insert into tin? ml, which should he pressed down. leavgabout half the length of the cutting ? >ove the sand, give a good soaking of war, and place over your glass. Hen/ then * >u have propagating house, incrcasable in w at pleasure, that is self regulating, or & ailv so, in point of watering, as the inoisre arises from the sand condenses on tho % ass, falls down re-moi.?t(?n tliesand again, (Iirient only heing required to be added replace that lost by evaporation through ic sides of a the box, and a litlIA_peripsthat escapes Under (he glass. Placed a warm window, cut tings will root in ,>in three to sis' week*, according to tlio ill of plants, when tln-v may be taken out id potted into small pots, forming perfect jiiits of their various kinds. "Xkvf.r SruPTO Am i: winf a L\\yr.is."?The Marshall (Texas) 'Republican ys down ibis maxim, adding,"** if you,do nt'ro lost; and "illustrating1' a* follows : We have in Marshal), ns'in most towns Texas, ,".n ordinance forbiding persons om hitching a horse to a shade tree with- * w i the corporate limits, and affixing as a ?nldv for its infrincrt'inont a tine of ono :>llar. Our constable, who is a vorv dili; at and preserving man in (ho discharge o( is official duties, has enforced this rtrdimce in a manner that has rendered him a rror to offenders. Recently a lawyer, hose ofiice is on or dtear the sqnarq/and ho has a heaiitiful*- ghpde tree before hi* or. rode up hastily and hitcheddiis liurso .; . . . s it. i lie consume Happened to ne passg l?y, shortly afterwards, and .proceeded unhitch him and take him off." 'Fnc ow>r witnessing t!ie act, and - perhaps liavjng i idea of what it meant, came out, ami id: * r'* "Hollo, Mr. P?. what are you nfterr. 'hat are yon going to do with my horse !'' "Why," said the constable, "Von have olated the city (finance, aftd must pay ji le of one dollar," "Bless my Fonl,"..?aul the lawyer, with .,1 V. t n|ilnIA/t iF Cfik f 111 <11 r? MIJ 111 v J i I'liuiivu ?U - ; '"Can't, help that, said 15." the law makes distinctions, and* says nothing about fucrship. It embraces ;<11 xftiide trees in* e towru" ? . .4 * "Pun mv word. Pshaw!' I *]>lan1ed at tree, as I tolil yon myself,* and foc'the . : press purpose of having a plaoj? .to bitch y horse. Haven't I a right plartt a^tosfc f * furemr door?" ; . ' "Of course you have," said* the, constable, "Well, then, sir," said the lawyer,"jlisj II it a.pnstytas f-planted it fono.ne, andjf is sfuide is any objection, I-arn willihg to to the iop of it off"* ^ . V +* SKi,F-KN"a\n,ta?oE.-rVriiiiiJt" llow*sbamc- * il is to g<*t .nil knowledge, ^ 10w <^rsefvcs },and bow miserablevJio,i? v . r?t encompasses all tbd woflt^, hnt^&earebcs .o aU things, only-nogleclB hjs$wn,pen<je; *eek^it among* the oecftsioTis oMnntroy?. Disclihrgc^lbysey, therefot^jvith^ll ed from thy passifcns, of rashness ar^d sly ihQiights.,. Learn tby duty ;, do it mv God, arid tbvself, imd'the world ;"{'ap,d iftn tliou art once l^rtmhje, prudent, thank* .. * , ^nd heavenly-minded, tbefii' tljfcp wilt t bo displeased At^wliat?(jlod ?r"moo do"; * llnog will trouble orj'jr.anythlngdo, . ? will" bn this, tbnt tlion doe?t th?Oi tiling* better. Dut this is the happiness of such 7 nnn'? romlili^n, tT>?V^io(?e, w|i% ipourn. . , % til be comforted, ^and Una^jSe^sure"U> " ^ sp'nggr-it'veiK No joy 4 hoirfi rHbe tho*e an iiJgenuJus sorrow. *Notji^pf btgsainjf RWeet ?8 t|iat-which w mingled witis tears ~ It-ue con tri t ion for our i/igratitnd% Why xlon- t,yoti fiaid a Pfiici-in' (a on 1 iti/AifMHlu ' -. .vtv..^v.^V JAJIOVII, BKt t> *x?n iitafy tliatj-Joa"tfttl-'&J i^ftr *pd no <**? fSoT ' ,ii?6.f?orth?ii '4?s^np%c?t^ % ' '* ^ 1 ' '/^