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Hills in Equity he would uiite without moved to LancHSter. Pennsvlvaniat
hlemish or li|<it, nor was there any lie- hut a lonjjinjr for home soon hrjm'rhl
cessity for altering or amending the him hark to the South, where he in-
style. (Hlterwise he eould never have vested his pro|HMtv in various | lanting
e.oudueted such an immeme mass of interests. \\ o should have he.oie stn-
husiness. ted that Mr. Cheves, then i.i the lull
It followed, of course, that Mr.
Cheves soon became one of the most
popular men in Charleston, elected to
the Legislature, he was among the first
there; hut soon, without his seeking it,
was removed to the House of Represen
tatives of the United .Suites. There Mr.
advertising :
Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a
square (fourteen lines or less.) for the first,
and 37! rtf- for each subsequent insertion.
Dusiness Cards, not exceeding ten lines, Cheves formed one of that famous
inserted at $5, a year. mess, called the “ war mess.” This
mess was made up bv Mr. Cav ami
. MISC SLIi&H SOD 3. »''• ti» v . ti.™
practice of the law, manied, in 180(5,
Mi'S M ary Dulles, daughter of Joseph
Dulles, of Cliailestoo, whose parents
having liecome residents of Phihulel-
phia, had fa-en the ptineipal cause of
Mr. Cheves’s eontiniiing to reside at
the North after leaving the United
States hank, when ail bis own impul
ses and partialities were for the South.
\fter the death of his wife, in 1830,
gnrded.’ Il» Ip mid give w illingly when
tlion hast, and think no more of thyself
for it. and if thou hast nothing let thy
haifds lie ready with a diiok of cold
water and esteem thyself for that oo
less. Say not alw ays what thou knowest,
hut know always what thou savest.—
Not the ap|»aruutly devout, l«it ttie t u-
iy devout mail respert, and go on his
wavs. A man who has the fear of (tod
in his heart is like the sun that shines
FLIEN(V IN CONVERSATION.
Roll an empty harnl down hill, and
what a rattling noise it makes! So
witli an empty carnage over the pave
ment. So also with an empty head.
Have yfeu not such an individual in
your mind’s eye! We have. Iih
name may la* Lick nr Jim, Rill or Joe
—hut he is the same everywhere—he
wags the same tongue, shoots forth the
same ideas, lie thii ks he is wise, hut
and warms, though it docs not speak, fvci v hodv • Ise thinks othci w i-c. Had
Mr. Cheves having become one of the
_ j the rcpuhlicuu party, was among Mr. most successful planters of the State,
Cheves’s most intimate friends. He- has devoted himseh' to the interests of
sides these gentlemen, Messrs Lowndes, his children, w ith an unexampled gen
[Frointhe Illustrated Family Friend.]
LANGDON CHEVES.
Mr. Cheves liclnngs to the highest
class of men that Smith Carolina has
ever produced. There is something
about his character and reputation, ! tain', ' ' _ them it was managed in
such as is attached only to those vene- the House.
ruble men who distinguished them-
Calhoun, Hihb. of Kentucky, and erosity and forgetfulness of self. I'or
(Irmidv, eonstiftited the mess, and it years after lie left Congress, lie reeeiv-
was by their influence that the war of ed invitations to accept appointments
1812 was declared against Great Bii- under different ndmini'trations, all of
which he uniformly declined. Re-
|K*atedly, too, his own state invited
It was during this peiiod that Mr.
him to the most honorable stations,
selves in our revolutionary struggles. Cheves gained so much reputation by hut he has chosen a retirement, from
No inau, in so short a course of public his independent and lila*rnl course in which, for many years, nothing hut
life, ever acquired a greater populaiity, the matter of the " Merchants’Bonds,” hut the strongest sense of duty has
not only in his own State, hut through, ami by Ids great speech on that ocea- drawn him for a moment,
out the Union, while none certainly | sinn. We have heard a gentleman, | Long di-satisfied with the course of
ever took less pains to gain or retain l.ite a very dhtingnislivd member of the the General Government, and hopeless
it. Unasked for, it followed him, the United .States Senate, say, that Wash- of its amendment, Mr. Cheves was the
unsought homage of his country to the in<;ton Irving, who was present at the first—as early as 1830—who declared
high merit, distinguished wisdom, and delivery of this sjieech, told him that it his belief in the approaching necessity
unsullied purity of his character. Sell was the first speech he had ever heard of the withdrawal nl the Smith Irnm
which gave him a correct idea of an- the Union, and advised a Southern
eient eloquence—of the manner in Confederacy. On this subject he has
which the great Greeks and Bomniis wiitton within that period, some ol the
spoke. Certaiulv n higher con.nlimcnt most able political pa|>ers that has ever
could not he paid, nor come from a come from the Aniciieaii press. His
higher source. Up< in Mr. t lay’s ap-
poiu^neiit to the Commission at Ghent,
Mr. Cheves, who was his junior in the
llon-e, succeeded him as Speaker, in
which situation he gave universal sat-
cducated and self-sustained, cast from
boyhood upon his own resources, he
has by energy of will, indomitable |R*r-
severence, and commanding intellect,
made himself a name which through
the W’ide extent of the Union is known
and revered; and while all have ac
knowledged the vast powers of hi-
mind, perhaps the higher praise, and
certainly the more uncommon is, that
none, even in the bitterest jealousy of 1 isfaction. Not one of his decisions
party feud, lias ever dared to doubt nr was ever reversed by the House, and
challenge the unbending honesty and he maintained an order and propriety
”’e integrity of hb character, there, w hich presents a st.iiking con-
Mr. Cheves was the son and only trast to the present state ol affairs in
child of Alexander Cheves, a native of. that hotly, Mr. Cheves did not remain
tfcwtland. His mother, Mary Lang- long in Congress; hut no man ever
don, was a Virginian. Laugdon
Cheves, the subject of this short sketch,
was horn in the midst of nnr revolu
tionary struggle, on the 17th of Sep
tember, 177ti, in a small log fort, on
Little River, Abbeville District, South
Carolina, which fort had been erected
to protect the scattered population o*
the neighborhood, from tiie onslaughts
of the Indians, then in great power in
the north-western part of our State;
and near it his aunt, Miss Lnngdou,
was, about the time of his birth, mur
dered. it was supposed, by the Indians.
The death of his mother, almost in his
iiTnncy, and subsequent second mar
riage of bis fattier, left him, at a very
early age, the worl-.l to struggle with
—and tlie boy-man di i not Hindi the
la out o 1 ’ battl *, at which many a strong
man turns pale. Of the further events
of his youth we know hut little, Mr.
Cheves adding to the other character
istic* of greatness a modesty which
seldom allows hiiii to speak of himself.
We have understood that the first el-
forts of his youth were ’n the mercan
tile line, and that at sixteen years of
age he he held a high and confidential
position, as chief clerk in a considera
ble mercantile establishment. At about
“Occasional Reviews*' against sopu-
i rate State action and in favor of co
operation ami a Southern Confedera
cy—his letter to the people of Colum
bia in 1830 on the same subject—his
letter to the |ienp!e of Pendleton—his
Nashv ille speech, and other letters,
; shew a power, vigor and eloquence,
seldom or never surpassed. It would
lie extremely desirable that these should
be re-publislied in a volume, as a text
book for the South. In this connec
tion, we are also tempted to mention
his admirable essays on the subject ol
the Bank, uudei the signature of “Say.”
We have found great difficulty in
leT behind him a more enviable repu
tation in that body. Respected hy all
parties, he dared to do what few men
can do, and that without loss of pnpu-
laiity or pitlueiiw-—he dared to differ . making up this hasty sketch ol Mr.
from his ow n par^. This he did, both l Cheves’s life, owing to a peculiar dis-
in the questiuii regarding thu charter- . like on hi* part to coinmunicate juiy
i ig of the United States Bank, and in facts, even dates, or to
the matter of the Merchants’ Bonds toward the accomplishment of any
He, by his casting vote, while Speaker, purposes hy which he is to he ghuitied
defeated the charter then proposed for or applauded. W it!i a giant intellect
the Bank. It was rechartered after he he has always combined the modest
left Congress. simplicity almost of a child, and di-
After the peace between the United rectly in tiie teeth of wonderful sue-
States and Great Britain, Mr. Cheves cess, will in public a (fairs undervalue
bis own exertions, even to a fault, fo
lie thus, in our humble opinion, fails to
jierceive, in its full extent, the power
which, would he use it, eould Ik* ex
ercised bv the immense iiinral lever
which his character and intellect give
him over the hearts and heads ot his
fellow-citi/.ons.
declined a re election to Congress, and
returning to Charleston to the practice
of the 1 iw, he was eleeteil one of the
So[icrinr Judges of the Courts of Law
in tin* State of South Carolina, where
he di-tiugnished himself, as in every
sphere h which lie had been placed. ,
His opinions may he found in Nntt
and McCo d’s Reports.
About this time, the affairs of the
Bank of the United States, which had j
been again t bis judgment, began to,
be tenihly involved under the manage- ;
inent ot Mr, Jones, and by the iuiDor-
tuuity of fi iends, and niuc’i through
the influence of Mr. John Poit t, late |
Do that which is w orthy of recompense,
and usk mine. Reflect daily ii|hiii death.
Mild seek the file which is beyond w itli
a cheerful courage; and, further, go
not out of the wo, Id without having tes
tified by some good deed thy love and
resjiect for the Author of Cluistianity.
Bi’sinkss Nki kssary.—The experi
ence of all, demonstrates that a regular
systematic business is essential to tiie
health, hapimvs, contentment, and use
fulness of man. M ilhout it, he is un
easy, unsettled, miserable and wretched.
His desires have no fixed aim, hi- ambi
tion no high and noble ends. He is
the spoit of visionary dreams and idle
fancies—a looker-on where all are busy,
a drone in the hive of industry; a mo-
per in the field of enterprise mid labor.
If such were the lot of the feeble and
hcl| less only, it were less to be iteplor
ed; but il is o'tencr the doom and curse
of those wlio have the power to do with
out the w ill to act, and who need that
quality which makes so many others,
hut the want of which niimnkcs them—
the quality of vigor and resolution.—
Bu.-incss is the grand regulator of life.
The prominent charaetcii-tic of the
female mind is afiection; and that of
tin 1 male mind is th night; but di.-pniitv
does not imply infetioi ity. Tin* sexes
! are ititcndcd for different spheres of life.
| The prominent charaetoii-tic of the
female mind is afleetimi; and that of,
the male mind is thought; hut disparily
does not imply infoiioiit v. '1 he sexes
are intended for different spheres of life,
and are created in conformity to tin ir
destination hy Him who bids the oak
brave tin* fury of the tenqiest, and the
Alpine flower lean on the bosom of
eternal snow,
j I f in the truth the is a good, or a good
end is in view, or can be attained by it.
it is wholesome (nod to the man, and
his life; provided he believes it to be
t tie from the heart.
. . | Mi-foitoues are moral bitters, w’ ieli
( m ,m\ nu' j j| Ki healthy tone of the mind
a'ter it, has been cloyed and sickened
by the sweets of prosjieiity.
lie that goes to the tavern first for
love of company, will at last go there
for the loveol liquor. Remember that,
young man.
Evil spi.its exist, and dwell in exit
men. They desire in them, urge to
action, and both plot and cnnUive all
the means to the cnmniivinn of evil.
Tu he as nothing, is an exalted
state; the omnipotence of the heaven*
exists in the trill v Inimhlcd heart.
he real knowledge he would t.dk less
and say more. Generally, a man n:'
sterling talents talks hut litllc, but ev-
cry word ti ll-. Addi-on was a man
of this desciiptinn. He was always
embarrassed in company. Some o'
our best fixing authors—men of geni
us and talent—have la-cu noticed lot
their paucity of xxords in common con
versation.
When a man thinks he has (wen in
sulted, and challenges the nccn»cd,
anil besides the insult gets a bullrt
through his nerves, srteiies, or brains,
thi- is a kind of action called Snti-lae-
tion. When a man's pocket-hook i-
oot in a plethmie condition at host, and
he is compelled by an inexorable dun.
to hand over the little that remains,
■ that is the kind of action called Sub-
traction. When a tea-sipping, gossip-
ping gatheting, each in turn, lets ofl
the pent up stream of scotf, sneer, and
i scandal that hits been hissing after de-
livery for weeks and months, that is
the kimf of action called Detraction.
When a man smites another, in the fol
ly and madness of Ids sudden wrath,
and gets in return a hloxv, or missile,
that loosens a tooth, or blackens an
eye, ami sends him xxounded, ashamed
and conscience smitten to his home,
that is xxhat xve call Reaction.
Largk Newspapers.— \ cotempo
rary who knows xx hat he’s about, t' its
lots oil’ about these “ lied-blankct”
ncxv8|mpers: “ Some folks think the
biggest newspaper is always the best.
W ise men these—about as sensible a-
tbe felloxv x\ bo turned up Ins nose at
your commoii-si/.ed women, and brag
ged that he meant to have a bigger
w ife than any other man within two
homlicd miles,”—-/Yori'/enff Mirror.
AGHICULTURfi.
HINTS Til YOI NG FARMERS.
Our country is a country of busy
men. What ever gives facility and ex
pansion to labor, benefits every class
of the community. Unlike the Euro-
j pcan States, xve have no piles of hoar
ded xvealth to la* transmitted in muss to
our posteiity. Opulence, among us, is
a gilded pyramid that stands upon a
pedestal or ice, and its foundations arc
perpetually melting in the sun:—the
stream that (lows from them mav feiti-
when enily removed, and accustomed
to de|H*nd upon its own toots for nour
ishment and support. Observation i.i
h'e has induced ns to Inlieve that
Frank's rule i- not far fiom (K ing true.
Habits o youth, he they good or ho
they bad, alnio-t hivniiahly retain an
influence thiougii lie. The young
mmd is like a sheet of xxhite paper on
which eveiy one xx ites I is oxvn char
acter, xxInch it is extremity dilficult in
a ter times to obliterate. It is the ae-
qui i ion ol knoxx lcdgi», and the use fit I
application of time, that elevate* tin*
eixilli/ed above the sax age state; .muI
the further we would la* fiom the latter,
the greater shoul.l be nnr exertion- to
In* wise and virtuous. The public are
ever most disposed to help those who
evince an ability to hi Ip themselves.
HITHER iTtHE MIN! HE.
If yon have not done it before, lose
no time now, in earefi.lly raking up j<||
the vegetable matter for manure. Make
|N*ns, and put it all carefully up, that
it ni.iv not In* scattered, to he washed
by flu* tains and cbied by the sun. We
haul a great deal of impnvciishcJ trash
to (he tic M, costing just as much labor,
! nr the want of a little tinti Iv pains
taking. 'I herefore, xvlienevi r you put
yoiuiM.1. to the trout.h* to make and
scrape up your manure, secure the lull
profits of your labor, by putting up in
|H'ii-, and coveting over the tops w ith
strnxv or leaves. ’I his operation ought
to he made a part ol' the business of
i every | I'tiitation, at least twice a year.
No time is to he lo-t imxv, in putting
I up all that which is to be used for the
next crop. Forgi t not al-o to use t ie
showery, damp days now oeeiining,
when you want to keep near home, to
; replenish your sup) lies of straw, stalks,
I and all these tilings at the command,
I to make new ami large supplies of tna-
titire. 'I his should constitute a promi
nent object in the | lantaliou regula
tion*, *1011 all good managers, wlo
want to he getieious to the soil, and
reap n good harvest, should look will
to it, and propci Iv improve all these
convenient lillle oppm tuniticn ; imd if
j they do not come pretty frequently,
lay aside everything «lse, ami till up
| the horse lot, the hog and cow pens,
the stables, and ev-u-y nook and coiner,
where a hnsliel of manure can be
made. We have befoie told you soiik 1 -
thine of the manner of comporting,
j and do not now propose to do more
than to lemind von that now i- the
time to goto xvoik.—Soil of the Sou h.
How to Si rdue a Yhtols IIok-e.
—A eorrespoiident of t!ie New York
Commerci.il gives the follow ingaccount
of the method adopted lix an olfieer of
the United Mates service hit ly relmti
ed from Mexico, to subdue a horse who
would not allow his feet to Ik* handled
for the purpose of shoeing.
He took a cord about t’te si*.e of a
common bed cord, put il in the mouth
A FATHER’S ADVICE TO HIS SON.
IIV GOKTIIF..
The time draws nigh, dear John,
that I must go the way from which none
A SHORT STORY WITH A MORAL. A
young Yankee had formed an attach-'
meiit for a dauglitci of a ticli old far
mer, and alter agreeing with the *bon-
nie lassie,’ went to the old fi How to
ask consent, and du ing the ceremony
liie the land, and may spread bloom | „f the horse like a bit, and tied it lightly
and beauty over barren (laces; but the on the top of the animal’s head, pass-
pyramid itself falLin itsap|inhited time, ing his left ear under the suing, not
to In built up again by other hands,
Jonathan—he whittled away at a slick
The old man watched the movement
eighteen he commenced the study nl of lYnicctou, New Jersey, hut then a |
the law, contrary to the advice ol the eiti'eii ol Charleston, and an nldtrieud
few friends the boy had made for him- and client of Mr. Cheves, he was in-
seK, and who shook their heads, lament- duced to resign the otfice of Judge, a
ing that a lad “ cut out” to Ik* a mer- 1 positio i which he liked, and to accept
chant should thus throw himself away. | the Presidency of the Bank. 'I he
When and how, in this life of labor, firmness, wi dom, i ’ ’cnee and sa-
withniit money and without schooling, I gacity with which he managed the
he conquered an education which has very difficult affairs of that institution,, cxiierjenc**: Attacti no
placed him hv the highest in the land, then tottering upon the verge of ruin, «».V transito y tuttig.
can best he gne**od at by tbe poor are yet familiar to the public mind.— not to us, dear son; we
student who, like him, has hungered Unfortunately for the public good.! it. Hiat winch you see sen,tun-.eeHie-
letiiiiis. I cannot take tliee w ith me, and —w hich xvas an awkward one xx ith
have tliee, in irwotM xvheiegood coun
sel is not sii|ieraliundaiit. No one is
horn xx ise. 'I ime and experience teach
us to separate the grain from t’lt* chaff.
I have seen more of the xvo I.I than
thou. It is not all gol.l dear son, that
glitters. I have seen many a star from
heaven fall, and many a slatf on which
men have leaned break. Therefore I
give thee this advice, the result of my
Attach not thy heart to
and to adorn other sites. Our laxvs,
xvhich foihid the accumulation of here
ditary treasure, have reiterated to the
Ameticau citireii, that “sad sentence
of an ancient date”—that “ like an
Emmet, he nin-t ever toil”—and they
1 lie out man waicneo me moxemeni . ...
, . .. . . . have proniiced to laliorlulnessoi honors,
ot the km.e, :tt toe same time continued , ' . .. .. .-
In iirox eli ig, therefon*, for the industry
to t.dk on the prospects ol his luture ,• 1 . i . i , <•
, 1 , .| , ol posteiity, we hut liexv out for our-
and thirsteil for the forbidden fruit of coul.l be Ik* induced to remain in this
education, and stolen at last what fate situation only so long as was necessa-
bad denied him. We only know that | ry for him to. place tiie
the strong will conquered, and tiie edu
affairs of the
Bank in a prosjierous conditioa and in
the highest credit. The Augean stable
xvas cleansed. ’Hie Bank xvas saved;
and as Mr. Harrison, a gentleman thou
well knnxvn in Philadelphia, used to
say, “ Mr.
fully; mid xxith regard to things unseen
and eternal, rely o*i Uie xvord of God.
Search no one so closely as thyself.—
Within us dwells the judge who never
deceives, and whose voice is more to
cation was attained
Mr. Cheves read Inxv in the office of
Judge Marshall, and soon after com
menced the practice xxith Mr. Joseph
Peace. He soon acquired an im
mense husiness—xve believe the most
laborious and profitable that was ever
obtained in South Carolina. M e
know, from excellent authority, the in
come from it amounted, some year*, .... j. , . _ .. . .
to twenty thousand dollars: and this, j during some of that time spent Ins win- tongue and sjs aks more distnctly.
accompanied by an unusual modern- > W,.J.i„«t,.o »,» Chief Conuois-1 Despise not nnv religion: it is i
son-i i-laxv, as he supposed, until the
stick was dwindled down to naught.—
He then spoke as follows:
“ You have line projierty, you have
steady habits; good enough looking,
I,ut you can’t have my daughter! Had
you made something, no matter xvhat,
I he troth comes of the stick you have xvhittled away,
must seek for von Cl ,iild have had her; as it i*. you
cannot, your pro|H*rty will go as the
stick did, little by little, until all i< gone,
and your fan.ily reduced to want. 1
have read your true character, you have
my answer.”
Jonathan conxevcd the uuha(>|>y
Stllllg,
painfully tight, but tight cno'igh (o keep
the ear down, and the cord n its 11 ice.
ITiis done he patted the horse genllv
on the side of the head, and eonimaiid-
ed him to fnlloxv, and inrtantly the
horse olawed. (icrfeelly subdue I, mid
ns gentle ns a well trained dog, suffer
ing his feet to In* li led with entire im
punity, mid nctihg in all respects like
an old stager. The simple sti nig thus
selves and nnr posteiity, a better and , tied made bim at once as docile and
more nmq ieinns^lestiny. obedient as any one could desire. The
Frank Stcxcns xvas the youngest of gentleman xxho thus furnishes this ex-
seven sons, xx hose common father was ceedingly simple means of subduing a
a man of some fortune, and lie lielnngcd very dangerou* propensity, intimated
withal to one of the learned professions, that it is practiced in Mexico and Fouth
The eldest Imys, left pretty much to America in tiie nianagemeiit of xxil.l
theti* own guidance, grew up in habits ; horses,
of indolence and failed to raise u|nmi a :
good farm the necessary provisions for Pickling Meat.—Prof. Refiensoue
the family. Frank, finding himscl; tax- denounees the use of salpetre in hiiue
ed xxith most of the labor, resolved, to intended for the preservation of flesh to
take care of himself. With this vh xv he kept for food. That part of (he
he applied, at fourteen, to In* put to a ! snlt|N*tre which is absorbed by tbe meat,
us than the applause of the woild, and m . W8 Ut \ )W anxious fair one, who alter »'*'•»*; mid although rather hunuliatmg he says, is nitne. and or aquafortis, a
more flian all the wisdom of the Kgyp he aiing the sUnv, burst out a crying, “> ^"lily pride, be sueceeded in obtain, deadly |N««on. Animal flesh, prewous to
tians and Greeks. Resolve, my son, to •• why didn’t vou say you’d made a lit- '"g parents' ronsent. I mm that the mWition of pickle, consists of gel.:-
*,v •• xir C stuff'd the saddle for do nothing to which his voice is oppos , cr ou’t, if nothing more! Git out! I’ll moment, Frank almndoned all hopes ol I us and fibrous suhsfanees, the (or-
Ni *k ” who succeeded him and rode ed. When you think and project, strike tnarrv ,| ie fir8t MWr that (mints his eve <«'oily »i' 5 mid residutely d, ten,mm mer only possessing a onfritious x.rtu.;
tiie saddle to rags on your forehead and ask for his conn- ! at m ;_| will sn-lmo-o-o-o.” ' »o de|H.„d or, his industry and good | the gelatine ,s destroyed by the chen.i-
A'ter resigning Ids position in the
(!hev
years
H* oft
ters at Wasldngtoii, as Chief Conuois
sel.
He speaks at first low, tyid lisps
Bank, Mr. Cheves continued to reside as an innocent child; hut if you honor
for some 'y ears in Philadelphia; and his innocence he gradually loosens hD
Despise not nnv religion: it is easy
tint, and liberality with regard to fees, | sinner' of the freaky of Ghent, to jet- to des; iw, but it is much better to no-
the pavmeat of which hy never en-I tlx* tbe losses of such slaveholders derstaod L pholl trnt,. when thou
forced. His xvoll known business ha- , whose slaves bad In*,*,, carried off from caost, and In* willing lor her sake to be
bits, his attention and industry, and our shores by Biitid, sldjis, after the hatwl, Imt know • nn i,, t!ie should ts liesuiea nnv onnn
Ids Indefatigable ,mwer to libo, with date of the trenty-a clear acknowl- cause is not the enuse of trnth, ami he- up to the should,rs-lwsides any qua,.
hi* great geniu*, soon created for him edgement, by the way, both on
a reputation’which xvas rexvanled by part of the Government nl Great
this immense practice. With great ra-! tain and of the United States,
piditv he wrote a plain nod beautiful tiiere coul I be projieit in slaves. .
bu-xiuess-liko Laud. Wbolx, sLcvls of i Fw«c M* !*■ i rybt uveu «fray lours
the
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that
conduct alone for success in life. He cal action of salt and saltpetre, and, ns
Bkatr* by One.—A chap who had sup|>oited his aged parents during the the prnlessnr remarks, the meat becomes
bis hand blown ofl’ by a Fourth of Ju- i last years of their fifes; and has Iwen ns different a sulistanee from what it
ly explosion, applied to the Tennessee the happy histruineiit of reliex*,ng bis should (n*, as leather is Irom the raw
Legislature to lie made dom keeper.— hrotbers from pecuniary embarrass- hale before it is subjected to the process
He t,IL tbe story of ids failure in the ment. Frank has o!len told me, in re- of tanning. He ascribed to the pend-
following style : “ NVhy, sir, there weie luting his adventures, that but for the cions effects of the chemical change nil
four one-armed men besides invsel.— eaily determination he made, to rely the diseases xvhich are common to ma-
two of them xxitii tln ii limbs ofl" close upon bio,self, lie should not now pro- riners and others who subsist priueipal-
baMy have lieen worth a sous in mo- ly upon salted, meat snch ns scurvy,
ware that they are not confounded.— tity of one-legged fellows stumping ney or reputation. And he has settled sore gums decayed ti*eth ulcers, &c..
Do good for thy own satisfaction, and about. After a while a chap put in it as a maxim in his own mmd that a the best substitute (or which is, lie says,
care not what follows. Cause no gray " ith only one arm and one leg. He sprout is not likely to do so well, or sugar,
small quantity rendeiing tho
.. ,,, , • hid •* to n uv one- nevertheless, for the 1**1 us all by one.. When I saw thaG produce so fine fruit, when l#. r t to grow meat sweeter, more wholesome, and
he wrote a plnm and Iwauteul tiiejre could he projiert J" | ^ uvCB } ^ Ut bo dure- * 1 ^ for hum*” i uador thu aUdu ot KU *wouV Uve. a# i as duraU*