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Anifiisia. AprilU. 1858.
TO TIIK PLANTERS OF THE
lIM PIRE STATE.
1 WOULD moat cordially invite tho attention of my
friends ami the Planters generally, to an implement,
invented by myself, and patented, on the 20th October,
1857.
The object of this invention is to Increase the profits
of manual labor Its merits hav* been thoroughly tent
ed upon my own farm ; and it lias been pretty generally
Introduced to the Planters in the adjoining counties of
Georgia and Florida, who placo tho highest estimate up
on it, and are availing themselves of its great advan
tages. l *an assert from actual test, that ton save by
the use of this implement .00 to 100 per rout, manual la
Lor, as will be testified to by hondreds who are acquaint
cd with its superior advantages.
The Double-Acting, Circle-Adjusting
P 1, O W ,
/a so peculiarly constructed that you may run it with
0 ie. two, or three shares of auy width from 3 to 12 inrh
ea, deep or sha low Aiso, as a subsoiler, I run a turn
ah'* *e in ad -ance, and immediately ia the rear a sub.
•oilr *. turning over thetuirface soil and thoroughly pul
verlzi Uw nt) oil.
I oft. v liberal inducements in the sale of county and
State rik’hta. Address CJ. B. MAGRUDEK,
h Thomasville, Ga.
Variety Farm, Thomas co., Ga. agl7 wtf
look here.
Farmers, Planters and Keepers of
HORSES.
Keep your Horses in Good Condition..’
IIEIIMTSIIS
BIUI VEGETABLE HORSE POWDER.
f I'llK extraordiuarr virtues of the oelebrated OKK
i MAN HORSE POWDER, arc attested by thousands
who have used it It <ffpo*ed of Vegetable Roots
and Herb*, And is highly reeowmended for the cure and
prevention of all those disease* fc; which that animal—the
.Horse—is subtect: as Distemper, Hide bound. Drowsi
ness, Loss of Appetite, Inward Bpratn. Yellow Water,
Fatigue trout hard exercise >r work, lntla*v. iat ion of the
Eyes, Debility, Waiting of Flesh, Ac. It oarrios off all
gross humors, prevents bvirses from becoming or
foundered, purifies and eooW the blood, and improves
their general condition. The (wostantly increasing de
mand for thin c*lebratod * ‘ HORMftS MEDICINE is one
of those unmiatakeable proofs of Its worth. In cases ot
Hide bound, Loss of Appetite, Drowslofss, Fatigue,
Distemper, Infiauimation oftba Eyes. It improves the
condition of the Skin; imparts a fine glossy coat of
Planters should not be without this valuable Powder.
lv,tsale, wholesale and retail, by
*° 1 FISHER A HEINITBH.
Columbia, S. C.,
“ dby FLUL.B & LEITNER,
Whole ■aala aud Retail Druggists, Augusta, Ga.
uivty-wly
OCOEE HOUSE,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
DANIEL A. TIL LG.
Proprietor.
v HIM HOT FI. is a aparfeus new Brick building
£. lust completed. The Proprietor hs iucurre l a heavy
expense in fitting up and furnishing the rooms to make
them neat and comfortable. The liomce is now open tor
the ret'eptiou of Boarders, Visitors and Travel era; and
the Proprietor catt afford ample Acoonuuudttiou* tor laO
persona. AuOmnibus, with a g<*-d and sale L*au, will
be at the Depot to convey passengers to the 11a el anu
back to the Depot again The Proprietor intends L. fry
to make it a first class Hotel, and hopes to *ban a liberal
patronage DANIEL A. TIBBS Ft,’ rirt-ir
OleveUndt Tsna, Aug. 13.1858.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
AT AUGUSTA.
‘IMIK ANNUAL COURSE OF LECTURI-s in
L Institun* will begin on iht* tirsl Mon.l: - m S'< *
VEHBKK out, with an Introductory Lecture by rirot.
JONES. „ , ,
G M NEWTON. M. D„ Emeritus, Pro! of Anatomy,
k 1 T. OAMI’B. LL M D . Prof, of Anatom.
, A DUGAS, M D., Pro! Burg*ry.
JOSEPH JONES, M. D , Prof. Chemistry! ~i Phar
”l^Cp G VRVIN. MD. Prof. Materia Mxdic. Th*
1 U D. POR-D, M. U . ITol. Institute. od ! su-ncrof
M H V°M mill KR. MI) , Prof. PkySologj and P.-
thologioal Anlom>
J. A. EVE. M D Crof. Olwtrtnc*.
ROBERT CAMPOk’LJ-. M D, Drrai. i*Lt of
Anatomy.
s B SIMMONS. M. D. **. “tint 11.-oiousl !. r
II W D FORD. M D., l*wcwrto Prof. Suigery.
T P OLKAVBLAND. - Mu>ruai
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“ LUCY COBB ” INSTITUTE,
ATHENS, SEOHtiIA,
rI'HK buildiu**for this High School foe Young Lad es
X arecottpieted. The Trustee, ar,- u,* prepare,! to
■elect a Principal, and associate teachers. Applkwtiona
must be made by 15th Septeml<er For farther uiiornia
tion, apply to the Secrcury. or either one of fc the Tnts
teea
THOS R. R. COBB, 1
HENRY HVU-. Jic. i
JOHN H NEWTON. v Trustees.
STEVENS THOMAS.
, H R. J. LONG, |
H R J. Long, Secretary
anlgdtAwft
TWIGGS ACADEMY.
WILL re open tor the Fall wwion SEPTEMBER
Both, ISM The course of stndv is complete— m
eluding the higher Mathematic*. At demand Mo.lern
languages Term* per Quarter of eleveu eeks. •
810 Boarding may be obtained at tow rate* couveciest
so the School. _
W J. BURNSIDE. A M, Principal.
Allen s. Gi
L'onstitutionai.it will publish six times in Weekly.
A FI>K OPENING FOB TEACHERS.
IVTKIYDING torelnqnish the business of Teb
*the close of th* present year, the undersign* ’
nWar*dlor sa 1* hi* SCHOOL. FIXTURES, coosiMin* cf
uonh te Deek* and Chair*, handsomely mate, of
!£TrtY fare* PiKW . one Organ Melodoea. with 14
IriTbhrm* a much power aad more variety than any
thousand dobar organ ; a complete Chemical and
MuloaoDhical
‘“tv. one desiring a good paying School, w:th every fa
cilUy and convenience at band. of
f *” “£wri mdu ~ m
SITUATION AS TB ACHES WANTED.
AvirCo GENTLEMAN, from Virginia, who
Mil educated at cue of the beet College, in the
t*dsL wiabwi SITUATION a. Principal of an
Academy* 1 Asei'tant Teacher m some good School, or
teach the Latin, Greek and
The beat of reference given, a. to char
~ A SITUATION WANTED,
By . iVo 1 W HEELWRIGHT. witn a good planter
K. preferred in Richmond or any of the ad
Those wiaheng such, will please ad
joining 1 uore £
dr,., me at Richmond j JOHN W SHAW
aultMrtNl
GROVE MOUNT ACADEMY,
Near Green * Cut, Aug*tta + PUt^oad.
EXEBC I El* will be resumed under the
denct of the Bubscriber, on the nrst ““'“J “
PTSMBEK. The heaithfulniM ol lb* • ‘ f
Zußlebce of access, bad lreedom from .Jj BiapU ~
the place to those firing to educate
th*tr children A a partial Inducement for rly to™if
wssj
! EARLY lion LANDS
POE SALE.
\\TR offer for sale Fifteen Hundred Acres of first
VV quality Oak and Hickory and Hammock LANDS,
eight miles frm - biakely, on theCuthb-rt r->ad, joining
lands of Mr. Fred. Grist, and the late Ma or J*>el Craw
s >rd,anc he and in tlie aeigbljorbood o Muriate Dr.
H. O. K -*1 plautaisOa. Threefcundv* *nd fifty
acres arc a state- of ctfiNation, the vrtaolb nnsor
by any oth< r iano.-t in u , section i u -Odlry *or
convenience and fertii.ty of oi). The La k a:i iie
I. vel, water good and abundant food Gin . uee -d
.Screw ; eight comfortable new negro Cab’ • Olios,
Stables and Lot. together w 14. LI 4 .L all n- * -
building/!, and a cujmfortable Overseer's House- .. . i
determined to sell, and invite those wishing t a
good P.anuition, to clop and see ours.
REFERENCES- Col. O. W. Dudley, D C. E. C—w
ford, Americug Ga ; CoL Wm. K. DeCirafienried M
con, Ga , and Cos!. 8. 8. Stafford. Blakely, Geo
We also offer for sale the H /I EL AND bTA LES,
in the town of Blakely, now occupied by JaueL B
Brown.
For pariiculara, address ihe proprietor, at Blakely
Ga. Price and payment will be znade to uuit tho pur
chaser. f-/r any or all of the property offered.
je2.o 4m Z. W. LEE <k BROTHER*.
i mill foisTi Linas -
FOR SALE.
r J’ fl E subscriber offers for sale the following proper-
X ty, viz: A large and convenient DWELLING,
with outbuildings, a splendid garden, orchard oi choice
iruit trees, Ac., and thirty-seven acres of land attached,
on the Powder Spring:, road, 5 mi'es from Marietta, and
1 from the Georgia M-iitary Institut.:.
Also, a PLANTATION near by, containing Bix Hun
dred and ten acre*, 300 c eared ; about one hundred and
sixty area rieh Creek bottom-, seventy of which are
cleared and in cultivation. On the place are Negro
Cabins. Barm*, Gin House, Screw, foe., Ac In connec
tion with the above I will also sell, 12 or J 4 likely NE
GROES. several MULES and HORSES, CATTLE
HOGS, CORN. FODDER, OATS, Sc. c., 6c c.
Terms: One third cash, balance in one and two years,
with interest from Ist Jauuarv next.
R. W JOYNER,
jy.’U wtf Marietta, Ga
**’ The Columbus Enquirer and Tallahasse (Fla)
Sentinel will puDlLuh the above weekly, till forbid, and
Hf.ad a paper cop twining the same to K W JOYNER
PLANTATION
IN MONROE COUNTY, GEO.,
O Lrt S LE .
WILL be sold before the Courthouse door in the
town of For yth. Monroe county. Geo, on the
first Tuesday in OCTOBER next, the PLAN TION he
longing to the estate of Wm. t reeman, late of Spalding
county, dcc'ed. It lies ab .ut 12 miles northeast of For
>th, 15 mile toutheast of Griffin, and 3 cast of Liberty
Hill, Pike county, and contains 1114$ acres, 635 of which
are clear* and and in a high state of cultivation. There
are about 170 acres of good BOTTOM LAND, of wh ch
about 70 are ia fine cul ivatiou There is on the premi
.->eH, a good Dwelling House, comfortable Negro Houses,
thin House, with Grist Mill run by water, a
gtod Screw, and other ntcessary building*.
For the accommodation of purchasers, the place will
l/e sold iu two settlements, one of 252$ acres, the other
H 62 acres. Itisoneofthe very BEST WATERED
PLANTATIONS in the county, and as for HEALTH,
stands at toe head of the list. Near the Dwelling House
is a very large bold Spring of the purest water. The
neighborhood is rood excellent, Churches qui e conve
nient. Parties washing to purchase, can see and exam
ine the ptemLes, by calling upon Mr. John H&ruil, the
overseer, who lives cn the place, and who will take
pleasure in showing it to any ana all who with it. ,
ALSO,
Will be sold on the first Tuesday iu NOVEMBER
next before the Courthouse door in the city of Griffin,
Spalding county, Ga., ont lot of Land, lying ’.wo miles
south of Griffin, containing2U2i acres—so of which are
in cultivation A 1 o, the House and Lot known, as the
“PLAN i E&B* IIOUttE,” in the sout! west part of the
city of Griffin. This is a most desirable place either
for a residence or Boarding House. The Dwelling has
nine rooms, large and comforUbie ; two side buildings
with two rooms each, good Stable, out-build ng.i, Ac.
Terms of the above sales —Notes with good security
due Ist of January, 18fi0.
ADELINE J. FREEMAN, Ex trix.
J. W. SHACKLEFORD, Ex’r.
au22-wtol
TEXAS LANDS! TEXAS LANDS!
d*f\ i\f fc/V ACRE* OF LAND in Eastern Tex-
IU as, heavily Timbered, and well adapt
ed to the culture of Cotton and Graiu. posses ing the
auvsutages of pure, water, good health, and convenience
to Rallror.dii, already projected, leading to both Sln*eves
port and Galveston T ties clear, and wiil be sold iu
quantities to so t purchasers.
The Lands arc iu Grayson, Polk, Trinity, Angelina,
Jefferson and Smith counties. Also, 7,000 Acres in Mc-
Clelland county, within five miles of Waco, the county
Hit**, all of which wiil oe sold low tor cash or Negroes
will be taken in payment, at a cash valuation ; also, old
Planta 1 ions will oe taken in exchange from purchasers,
when desired, as a matter of accommodation, at a fair
valuation.
All communications, addressed to me at Augusta (la.,
or Woodville, Green county, will receive prompt atten
tion.
Personal interviews are preferred, as I have in my
possession late maps of the State of Texas, and “ trace,
paper” platts of the Lauds offered—also, a full descrip
tion and history of every county iu the .Stale, up to the
present year, 185a. JAMES M DAVISON,
Laud A gen*, Augusta, Ga.
August 11, 1858. dlw&wtf
TALLADEGA LAND FOR SALE.
I OFFER for sale fi6s acres of LAND in Tailadega
X county, Ala , 2j miles from Oxford, on the road lead
ing irom Talladega to Boiling Springs; 250 acres cleared
and in cultivation. Tho tract fronts Chockoioi ko creek
for one mile; contains 250 acres prime bottom land, which
will yield 8 to 12 barrels corn, 25 to 30 bushels wheat, and
12 to 1500 lbs, cotton per acre. The upland, mostly
oak and hickory, will yield half these quantities. The
locatfoi? is healthy; range for stock of all kinds, prime ;
community, moral, social ami intelligent; schools and
cturcbes, good and couvenient. The cars ou the Ala
bama and Tonne s< e Railroad run iu 30 miles of the
place, and Railroad is graded 30 miles beyond, and runs
within two m ! les ; so that the crop of ’59 or ‘GO may be
shipped from Oxford, only 2J miles off.
Iu salubrity of climate, fertility of soil, accessibility
to market, Intelligence and morality of the community,
few places are superior to tbis.
For particulars, apply to the undersigned at Silver
Run. Talladega county, Ala.
jyl4w3m S. G JINKINS, Agent.
GORDON COUNTY LANDS FOR
SALE.
subscriber, wishing to move West, offers for
X sale his FARM, lying iu Gordon county, Ga , im
mediately on the Western 6c. Atlantic Railroad—half
way be.ween Calhoun aud Resaca—containing 570
A£s, more or leas. ‘I bis is an upland Farm which is
offered for axle, but of good quality One hundred and
fifty ac?es cleared and miner a good fence and cultiva
tion ; the regaining lour hundred aud twenty acres well
timbered with pirns, oak and hickory.
There* is on th* k dace a comfortable log Dwelling,
Negro and out houses, with good stables , several wei.t
and two springs of good bluest mo water. Also, a
Wood ami* Water Station, whe#e the wood from the
Farm can be disposed of at remunerating prices. The
growing crop of Corn, w Itk Mock ot various will
v. sold wkh the place, it desired.
T iu,H& who with to get a good bargain in Gordon coun
ty laud had better come and look at my place. For par
ticulars addru.s J D. INGLES,
aul4 w3m Calhoun, Gordon county, Ga.
PIKE COUNTY LANDS.
A VALUABLE PLANTATION f x sale, lying in
Pike countv. It joins Zebulon on the North. 11
miles from Griffin It contains 1,200 acres, ami 200 of
that is bottom land; 40 or 50 of the same in cultivation,
which wdl br ng 10 barrels of corn per acre. There is a
good roili seat on the place. The improvements are all
good aid new, aud well watered. Convenient to mar
ket. ami church, and school. Two Gin Houses and
Screw. 1 would sell the crop now growing, as I desire
moving West Any one wishing to buy, would do well
to call and exa me ior themselves. Low for cash.
JAMES BECKHAM
P. B. There can e bad 100 acres joining if auy person
wished more. |jy7-w3m] J- B
PLANTATION TOR SALE
‘I'HK subscriber is offering for sale his PLANTA
-1 TION in Clay county, Ga, contain.ng about 730
acresi —about 250 acres cleared, gt>od Dwelling, Gin
Hoiu-‘ *id Screw, ail new, and lying ou the river abc ut
-i or W tiiiio. tbove Fort Gaines.
febs wef JAMES GRIER
BANKS! BAN£S!LANDS!LANDS!!
VLAKIiE auftotity of Planting and Farm
ing LANDS in southern pid elsewhere, in
Tracts of 250 to 2,000 acres to suit Also,
ten to fifteen leagues of select Texas Lauds. wJi >Jsar
titles, is uow offering at very low rates at the the
Land Office, in Augusta.
Bills of the Augusta, Savannah, Athens, and tne
Charleston ?.nd Hamburg suspended Bauks, wil 1 beta
ken in paymeiu gi par va ue. Negroes will be taken al
k. and the highest ctoih prices allowed.
Persons desirous of forcing settlements, or making
*af* investments, will find it vo their interest to call at
iur Oftw. Y. arren Range, Angus’*
JAMES M DAVJSON,
T..®cd Agent aud Heal Estate Brokor.
oct!7-diw& wit
SAVANNAH RIVI3U LAND
Jr~GR SALE.
I'll H I \DKRSI(I\KJ)offer. far sal.-, hi. FLAM
TATION, lying three allies below Bsrkeditle'e Fer
rv on the Savannah River m Lincoln county. Geo . con
tainuitf twelve hundred end ibree *crr*. six hau ved
end Biaetv eres i which is now .n cnltiveumt. and ot
whu-h one huadre.l it good river bottom. Bad between
two hundnet end flfty aad three I audred fresh cleare.L
There is betwe.-n three Lun.trtd and Lur handred acr.-s
of wood land. The plane U very well unptoyed, has a
comfortable Dwelling, a good (}ia House and Screw,
and all necessary out budding*, with a nover-lathag
Well of first rate water in the yard.
” re partk'tuarlar description is deemed u-necessary
in this advertisement. Persons wishing to buy, are re
quested to ’me aad eaanime for themselee* 1 am
‘ anxious -o sed, tor the purpose of removing westward.
■ ~.;i ho.d .. t ndnoemeuta to an apiroved purchaser.
JAMIIS L. HBiiGlE.
Lmelt. Vice. 1556. augliiwif
eK” Abbevhio iianuer will copy until ordered stop
ped. and forward bill \o iti ls office.
FOR SALE,
3U2 & O A- C IE2 s3
VAI.I AIILK LA\W!
A GREAT BARGAIN OFFEfcED!
’l'll B subscriber effera for sale, on tee most libera ,
1 terms, a ->
and Pine
tL-’o- There is about twelve hundred acres opened
and faa high staH> ofcultivaticm, good water, ud healthy
determined so
to be had in a valuable Plantation in oonui r.
G S. -T^FFOHD
]yltw2m Blakely. Early comity, teorgta
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE
T WILL sell on the most favorable terms, my PLAN
l TATION „ -ulaining o-tT acres, located eight mi es
west of Wes- Point, on the road to Lafayette. The
place ia well improved, good framed Dwelling House
With tour rooms, framed smoke house, negro bouses,
stables barn and one of tte best gin bouses and screw
in the country All tte improvements are new. A con
siderable portion of the cleared land is fresh, all strong
and good the wood,and s finely timbered
I am de:e; mined tc sell this p ace, and will give such
a bargain as has not been offered i u th‘ * country for
years. THOMAS J. WINSTON.
Chamber* county. Aul. August 5 f i©sg.
au2b*-w4t
HOTEL FOR RENT
THI undfrrsifc-nedoffer* to .e*se on r Mooab'.e terms.
X for one year, or a :<?rm of ye*rs. the EAGLE HO
TEL. m WamMoo. lately occupied by John R. Pre*
cott The Hotel is U, rgc and roooy; toe outhouses
consist of Smoke House Kitchen. Stnbiets Ac. ; xnd
there is good Garden and Lot attached, sufficiently |
to raise v getabie* for the usfc of the h use. ThU j
ig rbe only Hotel in Warreatoax. and ias always beer j
well patronized- For fort .er particuiarra applytomy
self. or to K. H. POT i LE. AD AM IVY.
Warreatoc. August 30,185c*. scpl w3t
TAN YARD FOR SALE.
1->OK SALE. A TAN YARD located on the north
1 side of the town of Mat letta, about acu e from the
tcaiiroad Depot On the promisee, there are twenty
Vati, with House* for the business, and a good Bark
Mil; and Tools. Also, double Log Cabins Supply of
water never tailing, as also tre resources for hark.
For particulars, apply to WM S. TWEED ELL, at
Marietta, or to STEPHEN M WILSON.
seps w3l Rome, Ga
FOR SALE,
MV RESIDENCE, on Spirit Creek, ten miles from
Augusta, containing three hundred and sixty acres
of Pine Land, with some good swamp, we.l watered and
“£wf° al “ 7 “ttG. KING.
Clronick ic
Woman’s Destiny.
BT OWES MEREDITH.
Whom first we love, yon know, we seldom wed.
Time rules us all. And Life, indeed, is not
The thing we planned it out ere hope was dead.
And then, we women cannot choose our lot*
Much must be borne whicn u is hard to bear;
Much given away which .t were ,weet to keep,
God help us ali! who need, indeed, His care,
And yet, I know, the Shepherd loves hi3 Bheep.
My little boy begins to babble now
Upon my knee, his earliest infant pray#.
He has Lie father’s eager eyes, 1 know ;
Aad, they say too, h.a mother's eunny hair.
But when he bleeps and smiles upon my knee,
And I can ‘e*! his light breath come aad go,
I think of one (Heaven help tte and pity me !)
Who loved me, and whom I loved, long ago.
Who might have been ab. what I dare not think
We a e all changed. God judges for us best,
Goa he! us do our duty, and not shrink.
And trust in heaven humbly for the rest.
But blame us women not, if some appear
Too cold at times ; and some are too gay and light,
Some griefs gnaw deep. Some woes are hard to hear.
Who knows the Past > and who can jndge us right i
Ah, were we judged by what might have been,
And not by what we are, too apt to fall !
My li tie child—he sleeps and smiles between [all! j
These thoughts and me. In heaven we shall know
FAMINE ABOARD!
When I was a lad, I was a long time aboard a
ehip that traded with a cargo of odds and end* ;
owner and captain, Abraham Higginson, to Callao
and other place? r.,uud the Horn. We had with ua
a sailor named Richard Thoresby, and be was a
great friend to me Everybody liked, and bad a
sort of respect for him. We used to say that if he
had cared to be a mate, or even a captain, he might
have been one long before. Old Abraham, our cap
tain, would ta k with him now and then ; which he
never would wi!h u. J . but Thoresby was a silent
mac, and not often cheerful. I believe I may say
he had more liking tor me, although a boy com
pared with him, than he had for any one else in the
ship. So, when Thoresby went ashore at Lima,
and caught the lever, I nursed him. I was obliged
to do so in a measure, for it was I who first heard
that he was ill, and went ashore to see him. When
our captain heard of this, he sent both our trunks
ashore with our money; and said we should not
come aboard again ; and soon after that the ship
sailed and left us.
This was a dreary situation for me, though I was
a tUougbtleßS fellow. The sickness was pretty gene
ral in Lima at that time; all the rich merchants
went away, and the ousinesa of the place was stop -
ped. We lived in one of those low, light-built
ouses which you find in all Suuth American cities,
where earthquakes are always expected. Thoresby
had enuugh of money, but nobody but 1 would go
near him. I used to steal out to buy things for him
at a distance; for people would not serve me if
they knew 1 had been attending someone with the
sickness. The weather was very hot, and the still
ness of some of the streets, as I went alone in the
bright open day, gave me a strange sensation. At
night time 1 used to doze beside my patient's bed,
and wake up now and then when he stirred, or
wanted drink. A little Jew doctor in the town sold
mo medicines for him, but he would not come to
see him, and Thoresby, after takjcg the medioineß
for a while, would take no more.
For all this, I never lost heart, till poor Thoresby
began to talk very much, which gave me a great
dread lest he should die mad. The fear of this made
me more serious than ever I had been in my life. I
thought that iu that event I must inevitably die
too , aud one night I sat, with my lamp beside me
at a little side-table, and wrote a long letter for my
uncle and aunt iu England, meaning to write out
side it, that it was to be sent to them if I
While l was writing this, Thoresby began to mut
ter in his sleep, and tfcen, suddenly awakening, he
called me tc the bedside, aud said he had something
to tell me. What he told me, I will tell pretty near
ly iu his own words.
“ When I was such a lad as you,” said Thoresby,
“ i ran away from a good home, and went to sea I
came back to England many times, viiited secretly
my native place, saw my father and mother, aud
once even heard them speak; but they never saw
me again, or knew where I had gone. llow this
was i.oea not matter ; for it is no part of my story.
Nearly thirty years ago, I sailed from Montreal for
Liverpool, aboard a vessel laden with timber. We
had a crew of thirteen persona, including the cap
tain ; besides fourjpaesengera —a physician and his
wife, and au old Canadian Frenchman and his
niece. It was in the month pf January, and we
had a fair wind ; but we soon came among the ice
tields, and had bitter cold watches, which make
men think of home, and e.omfortab e fires ashore.—
Many a time I went aloft, and, holding on with
hands or belly to the frozen yards, and fumbling
with numbed fingers at the stiffened reefs, have
thought I must gt> off with every blast that cut me
in the lace. We kept among the ice a long time,
and got far out of our course; so at last the captain
told the passengers that, as he had not counted on
the delav, he must shorten the allowance of food for
all.
“This set me to thinking. What if we would be
many weeks in this situation? Our provisions
must be all gone, aud we must perish one by one of
hunger and cold, or do something worse. I had
read stories of drawing lots aboard ships in suclt a
situation; and at eight I dreatned about it. Ido
believe it was not so much the dread of death as
coming to be one of that horrible kiud of feast, that
frightened me. However, I devised a plan—a sel
fish plan it was—for escaping from such a horror.—
(>ur allowance of food was as yet very slightly di
minished. Every day I saved portion; and some
times onpretenoe of being more hungry than
usual, I bought! the ration of a man who was sickly
and could not eat. Such of those hoardings as
could be preserved, I put away in a box, inside my
chest, and now and then, when I went down to my
hammock and found myself alone, I used to open
if, aud contemplate my store with a miserly sort of
satisfaction, which is horrible to me now to think of;
for I knew that in my secret heart I looked for
ward to a time when the bottle of water which I
hoarded there, would have become more costly
thau any wine that mortal lips ever tasted ; when, j
if I had an opportunity, I meant to use my treasure
slowly, to maintain my own life, w hile my compa- j
nions starved.
‘ The Frenchman and his niece I knew well, for
I bad lodged iu their house. He was a superan- 1
iiuated government clerk with a small pension, j
who was going to live in France for the benefit of
his health. The niece was au intelligent and prel- !
ty young woman, who spoke English well; for her |
mother was an English woman. They were cabin- j
passengers, but had taken a passage at an interme- j
diate sum, which restricted them to plainer food I
than others got; but they fared no worse than tho j
rest uow —the rations were reduced again, and we ]
a'i began to feel h e pinch.
“Wc had heavy snow storms, succeeded by j
bright moon-light nights, awful in their silence; but
at last, the ice became rarer, and we began to sail j
clear. However, a worse .rouble awaited us.— i
From the moment that the last ioeieft oo.r sides, it i
was manifest that we were sinking rapidly from 1
some great injury to the vessel’s bottom. It was in I
••he night time when we discovered it; and, in the j
hurry and confu-ion little was done to save stores j
until too late. One man, who volunteered to go be j
low was killed by the Boating timber. The water)
bilged up the hatches and kept the vessel flooded 1
amid ships ; but the upper was Comparatively j
ury, for the timber aboard kept the vessel afloat, t
and there we all took refuge. We knew that she j
could not sink, being in i>iy waterlogged.
■■ When the first ai .rm was given, I was below, .
and 1 thought at once of my box. It was heavy ]
but taking it ou my shoulder, I crept on deck, and \
groped my way ait with ir. On the way 1 ran j
agaiust several persons coining forward; but in ;
darknew they took uo heed of me, aud I deposited j
my treasure iua boat on the after deck, and cover- J
od it as well as 1 could with coils of rope I knew \
they would not take to thia coat while the vessel l
lloated, aud 1 hoped that norne would think of die- j
turbing the ropes
* For lour days I took the share of the rations j
which the Captain distributed to U3 ali. The pbye- j
iciau’s wife, who was in ill health, died, and was ,
into the sea. This left us fifteen persons. The j
old Frenchman was also in weak health , but he j
Yield and h:s companion tended him constantly, j
Everybody interest in them, wretched as they i
wore, and it was a fiup tiiipg to see her bravery and j
■onetaut care tor her charge. I rp-tfiember looking |
3i them, and thiuking that if there were no more j
thau they, I would gladly give them a portion of j
;ny store ; although, perhaps, I was then too selfish ;
u v that, aud only dattered myself with the thought, j
l did not dare myself to go to the boat until the ;
drst darj: night, when I pulled off my boots, and, j
groping along, foynd my box, and stealthily ate a j
portion of its conleuU ; .cat’ug, however, in great
t ea r f lest my secret should be discovered; in which
case 1 knew my famished comrades would have
L>. ’ed me for my selfishness. I knew I could hu%e
relieved ‘hem to some degree; but I did no: stir. 1
ueard their but I held my tongue ; all
which I justified io myself; for what, thought I,
would be my little hoard among;t all these 1 Better
tLfct oue should live, than that ail ehouid C£t mere
ly to iivs another day.
“soon ait***’ This our case became oismal indeed, j
The snip suuk dec-pe*, and even the alter-deck be
came gradually immersed, *o we all took refuge in
he u>ps and riggiug, where we lashed ourselves ;
and alTaay long, as shipwrecked men will do, re
ported a etran#* 23i1. As to my box, I had mana
to fold its ‘'entente in a large sail-cloth which
l carried with me. aad of whivh we all had plenty.
Aud no*. seeing iny companions’ weakuess I took
:he devilish idea of feigning weakness equal to
theirs, lest otherwise some suspicion might axise
against me. .
“I had lashed myself in the malnshronds, naying
made a better place for myself with a swinging
board and an old coat. Immediately above me in
the maintop were the Frenchman and his niece; but
j most of the crew were iu the mizenshrouds aud
top. i k-s;d to look up and exchange a few words
with the i renmoLzisn and his charge. They were
better sheltered than i w<_s and the girl, who was
of cheerful temper, bore up %e£. We threw no
more bodies in the sea, but several were ut-d a 4 * T
j 1 new by the drooping of their heads, they being
l laiinA; to their places. One man, who had untied
himself Aucddentally, fell with a splash in the deep
water on the miu deck, and no one offered to det
•end. or even spoke. Tfar> now began a dreadful
silence among us, so that 1 bsgau *5 lo v bt if many
lived save I, the Frenchman aud his neh*, a*:i an
old sailor who was on one of the mizen yards. T’hi*
man, whuwe :?*me was Ephraim, sat droopiug, and
apparently very deeded, for several days: but obs
day looking towards Lic; 3 oon after daybreak. I
found hie eyes fixed upon me m % manner that per
plexed me. He was a man of a hideous f*a=t of
his face being furrowed with scan.
it it hadbecw a* some time burnt with gunpowder.
and Ills upper lip gilt in a way that showed ail
bis front tee:h even wins* mouth was c osed.—
He had a low forehead, and lvug black hair like a
Malayt k e regard me a scowL l could
not see him uruese I turned towards him, but fu
ors't a coxiaeicy, and finally an impulse which I
cvuld not control, ©ooipelied me to meet h's eyes.
For when I did uot l*>* * ie, * : upon me—nay.
even at night when I could see cim more, I fed
mat he wag still ooking towards me, ana
forward a* J Striving to discern my figure in the
Sometime* he regarded me with a gnmace
which was at once iumevov-? and terrible; but he
cuoke no word only altering uow and tuen a diemai
,rv not like the eotmd o: any human v-me.
“ AU this so fretted me in my weakness ana da
nreJmc and to filled me with a kind ot shame, that
night in my Place and orntted to creep
down to my box. When day dawned, it was a re
lief to me to find our ship enve.ojmdin a mist; and
! juat at that tune I heard a moan
\ Frenchman or his niece in the tope. Touched wto
i a sudden pity, which in my selfishness and rear i
nad not known until then, I crept up the BhrouOM t.
where they lay. acd mere lound wnat might have
moved a stonier heart. The man lay. back against
the mast quite oold, but hia compaUjon. who had
been enveloped in a cloak and heap of sail cloth,
evidently by his hand was living stilL It was he*
moans that I had heard. She could Dot have eaten
anything tor some days, nor had they had any wa
ter lor a longer time, 64ve a few drops of rain which
they might have collected in the sail cloth. I turn
ed and crrj>t down again to my box where I tan
still some biscuits, a piece of raw pork, some gro
cer s pianifo, a bottle containing in the bottom a lit
tle rum, and another small bottle of water. With
some drops ot the spirit and water mingled in the
palm of my baud I wetted her lips, and after a while
revived her a Uttie, though still insensible—a happy
thing For Ending the Frenchman quite dead. I
moved tag body to the edge of the top, and then iet
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY L NING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1858.
it down into these a, which now covered the mid
deck above the bulwarks.
“She remained in this weak half-senseless state
for some days, during which the mist continued,
and ehroueden me from the terrible gaze of old
Ephraim ; but I heard hi n sriii. By what dreadful
means iie sustained his life, I only guessed. Some
times he shouted out my name, and then began
again to utter those cries that I had heard before.
If was ev dent to me that he felt some spite against
me ; why, I knew not, for he could not have Disco
vered my secret. If he bad. he might have ritled
my box long before. This idea, however, induced
me to remove it by night into the top ; where 1
finally withdrew myself, and now sought, in cherish
ing my poor companion, to find relief from evil
thoughts. Once, when she opened her eyes, look
ing around, aa ism quest of her former pioteetor.
she shuddered, and turned her face tome implor
ingiy, as if she knew that I had power to save him
yet; but at other times, even when conscious of my
care.—as when I wetted some biscuit into paste
ana put to her lips—she seemed to have forgotten
the hurrois of the place.
“ Hour by hour 1 felt an interest in the fate c f
this girl growing up within me, more deep than any
feeling I had ever known. I reduced my ownehan
of my little store of food and water to the lowest
points that I might sustain her the longer. I watch
ed her lace as she lay bleeping, aud it seemed to
me so beautiful, tha: sometimes I fancied that my
suffering had brought upon me a kind of delirium
in which shipwrecked men see visions which mock
their horrible and lonely state but at most times, 1
clung to her with no thought but that of saving her
from death. It seemed to me as if in hiding my
store of provisions I had but unconsciously prepared
a means of rescuing her from that dreadtu! end
which had befallen our companions. Sometimes,
iurieed, ihe idea would come upon me that if ehe
ehouid escape she would remember that I had had
the power to prolong her uncle’s life—that I had
maraed hie Bufferings, and had yet held my han-i.—
Would this make her hate me ? The thought was
now more terrible to me even than death.
“ One night, having shrouded myseU in sailcloth
—worn out with tending her—l dropped asleep. I
dreamed of warm and sheltered places; of walking
in gardens in which the sunlight fell on au ancient
red-bricked wall where fruits were ripening; and
with me was my dear companion—she iny wife, aud
I no longer a poor horny handed seaman, but a gen
tleman, I had thought to be before 1 ran from
home. This, and many such piaces, I had dreamed
< f—3he with me in them all. I was suddenly awa
kened by and shriek, and, starting, found a hand ai
my throat. Iu an instant, l felt a wound as roar &
knife upon my arm ; but grappled with my antago
nist in the darkness. A cry that be uttered told me
in a moment that it’ was oid Ephraim.
‘ ‘To the devil !’ he exclaimed, aa he struck at
me again with great force : ‘Why should I eat vul
ture’s food V
•‘He was a rr mx of great strength. I struggled
hard. I had no weapon ; and if 1 had not warded
off his last blow, he had struck me dead. But the
top was slippery'’ wk!f the misty night detvs, and
his foot tripped, and he staggered over the rope and
saii-cloth in Wi.ioh I bad-been wrapped. Following
up my advantage quickly, I thrust him from me,
and he fell. I heard a ‘-uli eplash in the water be
low. I slipped down the shrouds some distance and
listened, but could hear nothing. Oid Ephraim had
perished.
“Grey light was dawning, and the mists had clear
ed away, when I hastened up again to my compan
ion, calling to her by the way ; for her silence made
me think that she had fallen into a swoon. She
gave no answer, nor did she speak as I raised her
irom the ground, and found to my horror that there
was blood upon her. My box, in which I had still
some biscuit remaining. I had made resting-place
for her head, but it had been pulled out, and the
sail-cloth which covered her had been drawn aside.
The madman or devil who had assailed me, had
roused her in endeavoring to remove the box, aud
when sheohrieked had stabbed her. She wa3 still
warm and gave some signs of breathing ; but they
grew fainter. I spoke to her by name, calling aloud
as I would call to someone at a distance ; but she
was already in the distance of eternity.
“Os all that wretched band none now was living
except I. Careless of all, and with a superstitious
feeling that, the box had somehow brought this fate
upon me, 1 arose and cast its contents out into the
wind aud sat down upon the edge of the top, with
my feet hanging over, and vritk my head resting on
my hand.
“Loss of blood from my wound quickly made me
feel a drowsiness iu which it was strange toat I did
not fall from that height. Sometime after this—
like a man neither asleep or awake—l heard a noise
ot voices below, and rousing myself with an effort,
I looked down and saw a boat alongside, with two
seamen guarding it; and there, about a mile on our
larboard eide, was a large brig brought to in asea. v
When Thoresby reached this poiut in the narra
tive he paused. Though curious to know the end
of bis strange story, I waited, determining not to
cairn press him to speak
“ They nursed me aud brought me round,” he
continued, “ but they did not like me. They though,
that I had killed my companion and her protector,
and that the wound that J had got had been receiv
ed in the struggle. They whispered together that
I had done this to rob them of their stock of food ;
and when they got into a French port they would
have had me tried for murder and hung, or sent to
the galleys. But they could make no case against
me; and I was free. Ay, I was free!” Thoresby
continued, clutching my arm, “ but the calumnies
stuck to me. The old story lias followed aud come
up agaiuet me many a time, forcing sometimes to
fly, aud making me the sullen, hated fellowg you
have known me.”
Such was the 8 ory Thoresby told me,on the night
before he died, and left me heir tc* ail that he pos- j
sessed. Whether it was true, or whether it was
but a sickly fancy to his mind as he lay there in the |
fever, I never knew. I, alone followed him to the 1
grave, and when the sickness had abated in Lima,
I found myself happily untouched, got a ship again, j
and sailed for England.
From the Cleveland Herald.
Conclusion of n. Pathetic Story of Keal Liic. j
A lew days since was published, under the title !
of “Truth Stranger than Fiction,” the story of two i
young men in the West of England, named Ciyma |
and Pauli, the latter of whom was supposed to have j
I been murdered by the former, but was met in Chi- 1
cago, some days previous to the publication of the j
narrative by Mrs. Boeustow, a sister of the euspec- j
ted murderer. It will be remembered that the sis- j
ter and Paul, the supposed murdered man, were on j
their way to England to see what, could be done ;
tor Ciyma, who had for eleven years been insane
from the suspicion excited against him and the
death, by grief, ot his betrothed. By means of pri
j vate letters and a copy of ihe local’ newspaper, the
| Cleveland Herald gives the sad termination of this !
pathetic story of rea 1 life: t •
Immediately on landing from the st amer, Mr j
Paul and Mrs. Bosustow took the train for Bristol j
and proceeded by a steamer to the poiut nearest the |
I scene of the event we have narrated.
The unusual circumstance of a post carriage on- j
j tering the quiet little village at a lato hour of the
i night created considerable curiosity, aud in a short !
j time the astounding news that the supposed mur- j
| dered ma.i bad arrived, alive and prospe-ous, flew .
i like wildfire through the village, and tbe humble
; tavern where the strangers put up was surrounded j
[ by au excited crowd, eager to see the man who j
j seemed to have risen from the tomb to visit them, j
; The ordinary quiet course of village life was so dis- |
, turbed that a huge bonfire was lit near ihe tavern,
and the excitement was kept up until towards
i morning.
I Eai ly next day the travellers called upon the Rev.
i Mr. Trebartha, the vector of the parish who, as
j magistrate, had heard the examination of Ciyma on
i the charge of'murder. That gentleman agreed to
I accompany them on the following day to the coun
ty town where ihe insane asylum was situated, ancl
, manifested every disposition to do all in his power
l towards repairing the wrongs unwiltily inflicted on
’ the unfortunate patient.
i Ou arriving at the insane asylum, they learned j
’ that the pat rent of whom they were in search had
| been lying dangerously ill for some time, and that
| the hopes ot h s recovery were very faint. The
! violence of his paroxysms had diminished in propor
\ tion as his illness increased, and h j now lay passive. ’
: (hough as yet without the return of reason. Vo
j two weeks Le lay in this condition, gradual y get ;
j ting worse. During this time he was faithfully ut !
| tended by his sister aud Pauli, the latter scarcely j
. ever leaving thebedcide, being in hopes of at.-ome
| time of obtaining a sign of recognition from the un
i fortunate patient
On the twentieth of month Ciyma .wokf ?
! from a deep sleep, and with a return of reason. I |
: was some time before he recognized Pauil, j
! who chanced to be standing at his bedside, bu !
j when he was fully aware who it was, the shock j
! nearly caused a relapse. During the day he be- j
| oam<? more conscious of passing events and held j
i brief conversations with his si ter and Pauli touch- I
j ing the sad drama in which ifiey ha-j borne parts t
; The physician, observing that the patient was !
! gradually becoming weaker, forbade any more con
versations of the kiud, and succeeded in getting
him into a quiet sleep. It was hie last. Toward
morning Ciyma awoke,repeated two or three time
the name of his long dead betrothed, and befor.
assistance could be summoned had passed .away
from the scene of his grievious atfiictions.
Tne letter of Mrs Boa ua low, the sister of the de i
ceased, utates that Pauli has done everything tha
could be expected under the crcumstacces. After
j providing for the funeral and tomb of the unfortu !
j hate deceased, he settled enough oil the aged mo
ther of Ciyma !o keep her comfortable during th
remainder of her days, and having made Mrs. Bo
sustow a handsome present, left for Liverpool, with
the intention of proceeding to Frazer River.
The Gazette, the local paper, published in a neigh
boring town, says :
“ The remains of the unfortunate victim to mieta
ken public opinion now lie in the same grave wit
those of the young woman who had preceded him t>
a more peaceful land. Mr. T. H. Roach, pf thi
place, has orders to erect a neat marble tomb ovt
ihe grave. After the names, ages and dates of th
couple, who al.cep beneath, is to be the inscription—
“ The weary &t real.
Thomas Ciyma was thkty totr years old wbe ; ;
he died His betrothed, E.iza Vivian, who wa
about two years his junior, died at the age (f
twenty-one.
A Good Reply.—A lady h- and written on a care,
and placed on the top of an hour-glass in her ga; -
den house the following simple verse from the
poekis J J Clare. It wa= when the flowers were i.i
their highest glory
“To think of summer* ye* io jou* ,
That 1 am not to see!
To think a weed is yet to bloom
From dust that I shall be!”
The next morning she found the following lines i
pellet wC ;he hack of the same card. Weil woul
it be if all would pgpder upon the question—act i
view of, and make prep<*.it;o:i for. an uuknow i
state of existence;
‘ To think when Leaven and earth are tied,
And tines and seasons o'er,
Yr'hpn all *hat can die shall oe dead,
That l mus: die no more !
O where wi 1 then my per lions be t
Where shall I spend Eternity ?
Sharp Shooting. —“ Father, what does a print* *
iive cn
“ Live on I—like other folks; why do you aak ? ‘
*• Because you said you hadn't paid any thing k *
your paper, and the printer still sends it to you.
“Wife, spank that boy.
“ I shan't do it.”
“ Why r
“ because there is no reason/
“No reason ?—yes there i*r spank him, lit - -
you.'’
*• I won’t do any sueh thing.”
M He’a too smart.”
“ That comes of marrying me
** How so ? What do you mean ?”
“ I mean just this—the boy is smarter than L *
father, and you can't deny iL”
That's queer talk, ana I wish—
“ I don't care what you wish. The boy knot ? !
enough to that a man, printer or no printe
can't iive on nothing I should thick you'd L j
ashamed to chea* the poor printer, and then—”
Bang goes the door, and out goes the father ai I
husband, grumbling like a bear with a sore head.
sYc- are sorry to say it—we do not wish to say
but must, a* faithful ehroniclers, say it, namely- -
Victoria's daughter, Mrs. Princess of Prussia, qua
reis with her husband ; or, Mr. Prince of Pruss
quarrels with Mrs. Princess—that is, they -0 n. .
rii:nk exactly alike, and Mrs Victoria is with tl
happy pair.’’ trying to tie the “ true lovers’ knot ’
a little tighter. The story that the young princes \
actually ejected the prince from the nuptial cout
by placing her royal itttle leet against his royi 1
highness’ ribs and then suddenly extending her roj
ai curved organs of locomotion into a positive be ;
line, is doubted by Prussian engineers. —Boito i
Pott
A Defeated Editor—Takit g it Easy,
The following genial bit cf humor is from the pen
of Jarced A. Jones, of Ouachita, Arkansas—an edi
tor of course—who ran fer Congress in that district,
but could not overcome a long existing Democratic
majority of about 7000. Hear him :
DEFEATED, OR UP SALT RIVER.
“We cave ” —Mugs ins.
“Notin vain shouldsbuch examples be.”— Byron.
We—that is to say, James A. Jones, editor of the
Ouachita Lerald, and ia e candidate for Congress—
are icgloriously defeated; to use a classical, and en
tirely original expression, “we have met the enemy
and we are theirs.” We evidently cast our pearls
before swine. We magnanimously and at a con
ciderabie sacrifice of cur habitu-u self respect, offer
ed to serve & people who bad no appreciation cf the
offering. We can’t help it. We didn’t r.iake the
people, and a;e ivt under contract to supply them
with brains. If they wire wi fully blind to our
merit, the fault is theirs. If theyr.re opposed to re
ceiving individually a hundred acd q ixry acre3 of
Una apiece, they have a perfect right to reject it—
they ought to know whether or not they deserve
ferred inviola’e,” tfuy.t’ y may have been pickled
for all w= care. We did our duty, and our con
science is easy.
At the enormous expense of sixteen dollars and
thirty-two cents, we printed a multitude of circulars,
sufficiently, we thought, to elect any man, with
which we flooded Ibis Congressional district, and a
large portion ol the Cherokee Nation. We vrote
to our friends, and to eorne who were not our
friends, to rally to our support. But they didn’t
rally. We then concealed ourself as well as we
could at home, refusing positively to extend our ac
quaintance, or to .-e more of the public than the
public did olu . Wi - h th;,ce y: • uil.s we deem
ed success certaiu. A great many persons wrote us
that we should get au overwhelming vote ; they
were not deceived—it was overwhelming. Many
credulous persons told us that we should be elected
we listened to them and were deceived. But we
forgive them, for they made us feel very comforta
ble—for a while ; and j 11 earthly happiness ia tran
sitory. We shall never become a candidate again
without consulting somebody oh *.n& suhj ct first,
and ascei taming whether they do or do not desire
us to run ; for v e are satisfied that it is folly to be
a candidate unless somebody does want you to run,
and wili vote for you on tee strength of that d©3ire.
We are not without consolation. We are not the
only candidal that v/as defeated. There are cum
here in as bad a fix as ourselves. And besides,
greater men than we claim, to have bten as badly
beaten.
Among our numerous friends, cx Gov. Drew ia
entitled to our warmest acknowledgments. Hia
intention, doubtless, waste assist us in beating
Rust, by procuring a large aud influential majority
of the Democratic party to vote for him. With
this object in view, he made a brilliant canvass,
ending in a lest brilliant failure. But, notwith
standing be carried off a considerable portion of
our vote, we honor him for his laudable intentions.
Hereafter he has but to c mmand us, and we will
obey—if it suits ua to do so.
To the fifteen patriotic and chivalrous vo
ters, who caet tjieir ruffrages for us in Pike coun
ty, we beg leave to tender our sincere aud unfeign
ed gratitude. We owe them a debt that will be
difficult to repay. Asa slight evidence of our high
appreciation and lasting regard, wo propose that if
they will forward us a list of their names, we will
send them the Herald for life—at the usual price,
$3 per annum, invariably in advance.
In conclusion, we desire permission to remark,
that the small experiment we have just made is emi
neuliy satisfactory. Whatever aspirations we may
have had for glory are entirely subdued Toe pur
suit of a seat in Congress “under difficulties” is one
in which we have no design to re-engage. We are
satisfied that we carry with us : nto our retirement
the best wishes of a generous, though ungrateful
people, aud are content.
Singular Feature oe the Epidemic in New
Orleans.—A singular feature of the prevailing ep
idemic in New Orleans, and which also marked the
great epidemic of 1853, is the fact that the Creole
children, even those born of Creole parents, are
subject to attacks of disease very similar to Yellow
Fever, if it be not yellow fever itself. Several such
children have been treated as for yellow fever aud
have died recently in New Orleans, and the Bee
pays that quite a panic has thereby been produced
among the native population.
With the view of allaying the excitement the Bee
epitomises the views ot a physician of eminence in
New Orleans touching the nature of this mysterious
affection. We quote;
Tee writer maintains that the disea e considered
as yellow fever amongst, the Creoles of New Orleans
is neither more nor less than a pernicious fever
assuming the character un a physiognomy of 3 ellew
fever. This disease very frequently takes the type
of e ther fevers, aud is,extremely apt to bo confound
ed with them. Especially does it resemble yellow
fever when tho latter prevails in au epidemic form
and not only does it present the ordinary signs ana
symptoms of yellow f*.‘Ver, but in many instances is
distinguished by black vomit, hitherto believed to
be pecu'iar to yellow lever. Adopting the princi
ple that it is utterly impossible for a Creole of New
Orleans to lake yellow fever, the physician in ques
tion infers that however identical may be the an
pe&r&nce ot the disease in Creoles, it is not yellow
lever, but pernicious fever. Tho conclusion is
based upon two prominen • facts :
First, that every case of disease iu a Creole, l-ud
poeed to be yellow fever, and treated by yellow fe
ver remedies, proves fatal. Second, that the mode
of treatment invariably applied to clear and well
defined cases of pc-rnioiouß fever effects a speedy
and certain euro in these cases.
! What ia this treatment ? it consists in the early
and free administration of tho sulphate cf quinine.
Upon this our author insists most strenuously. He
does not wait for a remission,'"Tint exhibits the feb
rifuge in the midst of the most violent fever. Th ;
more alarming the symptoms, the more prompt and
energetic should bo th, quinine treatment. He con
siders this drug as tho Mole reliable antidote in all
Much cases, and contends that its employment wiil
prove unitormly successful.
A number ol cases are cited by the writer to prove
that analogy, as far as symptoms are concerned, be
tween pernicious fever iu Creoles and yellow fever
iu unacciimated persons, and to demonstrate the
immediate and marked relief ancl abatement of suf
fering produced by the administration of quinine.
He opposes the use oi emetics, purgatives and blis
ters, and think ß they aggravate the disease. In
c..ees attended with nausea and vomiting he pre
scribes doses of sulphate of quinine, repeated un
til tiie stomach ceases to reject iu contentM While
relying upon this heroic remedy in the treatment of
such cases, he does not deny that they are occatiou
aily ( tired by other means, and even by the unas
sisted efforts of nature.
The remarks of the writer are extremely inlet est- i
ing aud indicate a thoughtful aud observant mind, j
They impress ue, too, with their plaueabilily. We J
have never been able to undere'attd h w Creoles j
could be subject to yellow fever, ami yet when j
cases seemingly offering every symptom of the dis- j
ease have come under our notice, we have been I
perplexed to aoiount for them. If the theory of the I
writer be correct that such cases are pernicious fe- j
ver, assuming the type of yellow fever, and yield- I
ing readily to those remedial measures which are !
generally resorted to ia the former disease, specula- -
tion is at an end, and our Creole friends may at once j
dismiss their terrors.
A Woman's Podge in Rotterdam.—l had not j
gone far in my rambles ab ut the city before I was !
brought to a stand by a discovery. On both sides {
of h - streets, projecting from the centre of almost j
every window of the dwelling houses, each at an ;
angle of 45 degrees with the window, were placed
two mirrors of about a foot square, each in a vertical
: position, one facing up the street and the other ;
down. I immediately aet my Yankee ingenuity to j
work to “guess” their object, and was not long in :
discovering in these mirrors plain kdicatiouß that ;
!lu re, in this great swamp of Europe, woman’s cu- ,
i rioeity is the same as among verdant hills in more j
genial climes. The mistress of the home eating
herself in her parlor in a particular spot before e >
window with book, needle or knitting work in baud, •
■ has but to lift her e>ee into the twin looking glasses ;
; outside her window in order to catch at a glance the !
i whole panorama of the street in both direcuons.— ’
I There was also another queer looking glass an ange- j
; meht which for a long time puziled me. The puzzit, j
1 grew out of the peculiar pi iti ns aud various an- ,
gles at which these mirrors were placed. I was |
j about giving it up, when obterving that their in
i ciiuation was always decidedly towards the front j
1 door, I saw the whole Becret as clear as light. The |
: good lady of the house, hearing the door bell ring, |
| darts a look into the curb us mirror, and thereby]
1 knows in a moment who stands at the door. 0 i
! course when the door servant comes in h- r lady ]
] .-hip can at -nee say whether she is at home or not. -
; In all the citieß of Hollano near y every dwelling
j house has projecting from its windows from one tc. j
j ten of these ugly looking mirrors.— Cue. St. Loui : j
Democrat.
The Mission to Spain.—Yesterday Senator Mat- j
lory, of Florida, finally declined the President’s re :
cent kind tender to him of the mission to Spain.— I
This step was the result of the health of Mis. Mai j
lory, which is not such as would justify Mr. M. ir ]
going abtoad at this time. This hecesnary determi- i
nation in this case is greatly io be regretted, inso- j
I much as no e ther of the public men of the couutr, j
| is better qualified than Mr. M. for the discharge * I
*he responsible and now arduous duties ot the poai- ‘
tion. Calm, sensible, energetic, and w r;i-]nform3<:
in all branches of knowledge necessary to quality
the American statesman for positive utility, hi’;
long residence in Florida has afforded to him at:
opportunity of learning the Spanish character, such
as few of those in public in this couhtry have en
joyed. He is a gentleman of few words, yet w>’
ready know no other more effective s’atesman of
the times, for he hae initiated and communicated
as much of local and general utility, in the discharge
of bis duties as an United States Senator, as au;. i
other gentleman in the position ever did in the
length of time during which he leas been a membe:’
of the United States Senate.— Washington Star o<
Friday last.
What a Boy Should 1 >o, and How He Should
Uo ;t. —At a recent exhibition ot a public school it.
Medford, Mass., turn silver medals wer-- awarded
as prizes. The presentations was nude by tb ;
Kev. Charles Brooks, who said : ‘‘Tha you may
find success, let me tell you how to pnceed. To
night begin to lay your great plan of if. You
have but one life to live, and it is immeasurably
important that you do not make a ml-take. T -
night being caretully. Fix your eye on be fortieth
year of your age, and then say to yourself: -At the
ago of forty years I will be a temperate man. f
will be an indusinou* man, aa esonomir&] man, ti
benevolent man, a weil read man, a religious mao
and a useful man. 1 wili be such au one / r ,,oi\ ‘.
and I will stand to it.’ My yound friends, iet this
resolution b firm as adamant —let it stand like the
nuk, which cannot be wind shaken. Le; itnot bo
like the inconstant moon, forever changing; but
tike the glorious sun, forever shining. In such a
matter it is virtuous to be obstinate If yon keep
this high excellence of your icrtieth year tally and
hourly before your eye therr y. a will naturally
make everything in your life subsidiary to the
main result; and your success is certain, for God is
for you, Christ is for you, ail good men are for you ;
j yes, the whole force of toe universe is for you.
Y u most, ot consequence, obtain knowledge
mental power, and morai development; ttd the re
salt will be manly character and emmett useful
ness, public esteem, and durable happiness. The
way is as plain as the way to school, and the suc
cess as certain as the law -of ua’ ure.”
Short Hair.—The style of hair cutting variously
known as -fighting,” * hospital,” and ‘ penitentia
ry'’ style, has been somewhat in vogue agun this
rummer. It is a fashion which requires some pluck
in the wearer, ana subjects him to an infinite num
ber ot practical ) ker. The cniy instant ewe have
known when the joke was on tne other side, is re
ported by an exenange. A short Laired friend of
ours went with a friend to a neighboring village,
and meeting some friends inline bar room of tne
hotel, a bet was proposed. T. wore his hat well
ever his head, and a wager was made that a stout
gentleman from the rural districts, then and there
present, could not lift him fromth - floor by the hair
of the head. The wager was put up—or rather it
went down. T. toot his seat on th-. floor, and the
rural gentleman prepared for ins tak. Imagine bis
surprise on removing bis hat to find that he might
as well undertake to uft a cannon ball by the whis
kers. Alter some “cussing and discussing” about
such a swindle, rural paid the little bill.— Wheeling
( Va.) Intelligencer.
The project has been started of giving a dinner to
Mrs. Le Vert and Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie, now in
Sew York. Two handred tickets are to be issued
—one hundred for ladies and the remainder ad
mitting gentlemen. The price of entrance will be
ten debars, and the proceeds are to be devoted to
the Washington enterprise. .
The t'avnss In Illinois.
Iu order •that cur readers may have a little in
sight into the canvass now going on between Sena
t >r Douglas and Mr. Lincoln, in Illinois, we give
below an extract from the Louisville Journal:
Significant if not Decisive— ln the debate
between Lincoln aud Douglas at Freeport on Fri
day last, ihe Repub ican champion made the sub
joined frank and deliberate reply to certain icter
i ogatories put to him by bis antagonist in a previous
debate. We copy from a literal report of
the discussion in the Chicago Daily Press and Tri
bune. Mr. Lincoln said :
‘ I have supposed myselt, since the organization
of the Republican party at Bloomington, in May,
ISofi, bound as party man by the platforms of the
party, then and since. If iu any interrogatories
which I shall answer I go beyond the scope of what
is within these platforms it will be perceived that
no oue is responsible but myself.
“ Having said this much, 1 wiil take up the
Judge’s interrogatories as 1 find them printed in the
Chicago Times, and answer them seriatim. In or
der that there may be no mistake about it, I have
copied the interrogatories iu writing, and also my
answers to them. The first one of these interroga
tories is in these words:
(Question 1. “I desire to know whether Lincoln
‘o day stands, as he did in 1854, in favor of the un
conditional repeal of the fugitive slave law ?”
Answer. “I do not now, nor ever did, stand m fa
vor of the unconditional repeal of the fugitive slave
law.” [Criesof “Good, good.”]
Q 2 “I desire him to answer whether he stands
pledged to-day, as he did iu 1854. against the ad
mission of any more slave States into the Union,
even if the people want them V’
A. “I do not now, nor ever did, stand pledged
against the admission of any more slave States into
the Union.”
Q 3. “I want to know whether he stands pledged
against the admission of anew State into the Union
with such a constitution as the people of that State
may see fit to make
A. “I do tiot stand pledged against the admission
of anew State into the Union with such a constitu
tion as the people of that State may see fit to
make.” [Cries of ‘‘Good,” “good.”!
Q. 1 “1 want to know whether he stands to-day
pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia ?”
A. “I do not etau to day pledged to the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia ”
Q. 5. “I desire him to answer whether he stands
pl uged to the prohibition of the slave trade between
tue different States V
A. ‘T do not. stand pledged to tue prohibition of
the slave trade between the different States.”
Q fi. “I desire to know whether he stands pledged
to prohibit slavery in ail the Territories of the Uni
ted States, North as well as South of the Missouri
Compromise line ?”
A “I am impliedly, if not expressly, pledged to a
belief in the right and duty of Congress to prohibit
slavery in all the United States Territories.” (Great
applause]
Q. 7. “1 desire him to answer whether he is op
posed to the acquisition of any new Territory un
less slavery is first prohibited ?”
A. “I am not generally opposed to honest acquisi
tion of Territory ; and, in any given case, I would
or would not oppose such acquisition, accordingly
as I might think such acquisition would cr would
not agitate the slavery question among ourselves.”
[Cries of good, good.”]
Having given this many and explicit answer to
the interrogatories of Senator Douglas, Mr. Lincoln,
in turn, put a few to that gentleman, the most in
teresting and important of which is the following:
Q. 2. “ Can the people of a United States Terri
tory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any
citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from
its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitu
tion ? [Renewed applause.”]
It will be observed by those who have given
close attention to the grea* Senatorial canvass in Il
linois that this interrogatory is directed with fatal
precision at a point which Senator Douglas has
heretofore adroitly and successfully evaded. It is
aimed, as will be scßn, at the Senator's real position
on the question of squatter-sovereignty us distin
guished from popular sovereignty, a position which,
whatever he may say or intimate to tho contrary,
he has, at least since the Dred Scott, decision, stu
diously disguised. The audacity with which he
finally submits to the inevitable avowal may well
be held a master-piece of controversial cunning
This is Lis reply to t he interrogatory :
“I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard
me answer a hundred times on every stump in Illi
nois, that in my opinion the people of a Territory
cun by lawlui means exclude slavery before it
comes in as a State. [Cheers ] Mr. Lincoln knew
shat I had given that answer ever and over again.
He heard me argue the Nebraska bill, on that prin
ciple all over the State in X 8. r >4-5 and ’fill, and he
line now no excuse to pretend t.o have any doubt
upon that subject. Whatever the Supreme Court
may hereafter decide as to the abstract question of
whether slavery may go in under the constitution or
not, the people of a Territory have the lawlui means
to admit it or exclude it as they please, for the rea
son that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour any
where unless supported by local police regulations,
furnishing remedies and means oi enforcing the
right to hold slaves. Those local and police regula
tions call only be furnished by the local Legislature.
If the people of the Territory are opposed to slavery
they will elect members to the Legislature who will
adopt unfriendly legislation to it. If they are for it
tiiey will adopt the legislative measures friendly to
slavery. Hence, no matter what may be the deci
sion ot the Supreme Court on that abstract ques
tion, still the right of the people to make it. a slave
Territory or a tree Territory is perfect and com
plete under the Nebraska bill. I hope Mr. Lincoln
will deem my answer satisfactory on 1 his point.”
Mr. Lincoln, though doubtless far from approving
this answer, will probably deem it more satisfactory
than .Senator Douglas’s Southern Democratic
f. j,jj,ds are rikely to think it. We ask these gentle
men, plainly, what they do think of it. It is good
Soul hern doctrine ? Is it good law?
Mr. Lincoln's position on this point has the merit
cf openness if not of justness. Indeed, as compared
with that of his adroit but short sighted and unscru
pulous antagonist, it possesses merits considerably
more substantial than simple frankness. While
taking sound national ground on every other impor
tant point of the “vexed question,” Mr. Lincoln
avows his belief “in the right and duty of Congress
to prohibit slavery in all the United States Territo
ries.” We consider this an error ievolving, theo
retically atleast, very grievous injustice to the citi
zens of the slave.holding States. It undoubtedly is
a sc-rious error, regarded in itself. Yet every im
partial mind must perceive and admit that it is the
pink of truth and justice compared with the wretch
ed doctrine announced by Sehator Douglas. In the
name of common sense and common fairness, if
slavery is to be t rrhibited or abolished in the Terri
tories by any legislative tribunal, let it be done by
I one in which the whole nation is represented, and
i nor by one composed of the representatives of the
fiisf stragglers from some over burdened city or
restless border State ho happen to squat on the
I public domain. If slavery is to beprohibited inthe
| Terri cries by legislation atall, let it be done by the
: people of the United States and not by the first
| handful of nomadic . -triers in the Territories them
selves. If we must have any sovereignty in the
! case, apart from the constitution, give us the sove
■ reignty of the American people, not squat ter-sove
j reignty in its moat driest able and unwarrantable
| shape. Senator Douglas, as wo have seen, gives us
i ihe latter; Mr. Lincoln the former. Between the
I two no intelligent, discerning patriot can hesitate a
t moment. Mr. L.ucoln's position, aside from ita vir
tually speculative cast, is infinitely ices unfriendly
: to tire constitutional rights and just interests of the
Sou’h.
When, furthermore wo reflect that the Supreme
I Court has pronounced this identical position lincon
; tit., utioual, and would infallibly nullity any Con
i gressionai legislation in pursuance of it, the praeti
■ cal corneaui uce of Mr. Lincoln’s error vanishes in
’ In all but nothing. It becomes a harmless crotchet —
1 a political dream. But. if it were ae vital as it ib
I 1.- ■ !- -■ it would be immeasurably less pernicious
i tl.antiie reckless and shameless heresy of Douglas.
It would be aiflicult, in fad ,to imagine a (Jnctrine
I on the subject that would riot be. Abolitionism it
self, as respects the Territories, has never, in its
highest fury, assumed such radical and scandalous
g'roui das Senator Douglas took in his jj’reeporl
i sijeech. Garrison, yithhj s fanatical, demoniacal
’ hatred of slavery, has never in nis whole life utter
! cd an opinion at once so insulting and injurious to
■ the South. The force of unscrupulous Northern
I di-mogoguism seems speut in thid last expedient of
I the unscrupulous little demagogue of Illinois.
The case, then, between Mr. Lincoln and Senator
Douglas, a j the canvass cow presents It is a simple
one. The two champions agree on every impor
tant point, of the slavery question except one, und
. on that point Senator Douglas holds opinions far
: more objectionable to right minded citizens every
’ \i here, and especially to the citizens ot the South,
i than Mr. Lincoln oee. Mr. Lincoln is not in favor
1 of the repeal of the fugitive slave law; he is not
I opposed to the admission of any more slave States
i int,. the Union; he is in favor of the admission of
! new States into the Union with such constitutions
: as their own people may see tit to make ; he is op
; ptsed to the abo.ition of slavery in the District of
j Columbia; be is cot in favor of prohibiting the
; slave trade between the different S ates. Tuns far
: he and Senator D-ugtae are a-* one. With respect
j this mass oi sound conservative doctrine there is
|bo iSeue between them. )u she subject of slavery
ri Terri ri-. however, they take issue—Mr.
Lincoln aseerring his belief in the -gut and duty of
CoLg.esa to prohibit it, amt Senator Donglas as
serting his that the Territorial squat; er legislatures
may lawfully do the same thing. As regards the
slavery que-tion, the whole difference between
them is, in effect, narrowed down to this s.ngle is-
I sue, in which Lincoln takes the free soil position,
j and Douglas a position worse than that of the foul
| est abolitionists
That Visit. —A correspondent of the New .ork
j Herald, writing from Chicago, under date of Aug.
23d,says ;
During the past week a move from a different
direction upon our political chess-board has reveal
ed the policy of another aspirant for Presidential
honors. Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens und brother,
of Georgia, have made a pilgrimage to this city, os
tensibly for the purpose of having a portrait paint
ed of said brother. What was Alex, along for?—
Tee excuse was too simple fora schoolgirl to credit.
The real errand here was to represent the interests
oi Secretary Cobb, and procure, if possible, a re
conciliation of the two factions. This is well un
derstood here. It required do extraordinary sa
gacity on the part of Mr. Cobb to perceive that Mr.
Donglas stands no chance at the Charleston Conven j
t:ort tor the succession and in his present relationship
to the party now of even a seat in that body; but ob
tain a reunion of the part.es in this State, and Mr.
Douglas is the ruling spirit of that union, and the pol
icy of the delegates from this State will be his own.
In this view his policy is to procure the nomination of
so oe Southern man and thereby brighten tbechaneee
of the North, and kimaelt in 18ti4 ■ besides of ‘.ate he
has boon swindled‘oo much by Northern men to
allow his influence to be cast in convention for one
of them. Who then so likely to receive his support
as the one to whom he s under so tnaDy grateful
obligations—Howell Cobb 1 Mr. C immediately
despatched us poet harte here honorable Mr. Ste
phen; and hrother. ’ They performed their duly
cli; no principal was ever so well represented by
agent ee Mr. Cobb t/Mr. Stephens and brother.
Trie artist’s studio and the ar'iet were alike forgot
ten m the zeal for Mr. Cobb, andtbe elder Stephens,
hfffiselt turning artist, drew dolorous pictures of the
defeat of the party, ruin to the country, and disso
lution of the Union, which he held up in vain to the
gaze of the faithful as an alternative,should the pro
posed terms of reconciliation be rejected.
These disinterested efforts were effectually headed
off by the indefatigable Ike Cook ; and the Ste
phenses finding coaxing, wooing and scolding alike
unavailing, went home, at least wiser men. Since
then the tone of the respective parties has been as
belligerent as ever but we hope the honorable
Secretary may not be discouraged by the ill success
he has met with thus far in attempting to bring
about peace and harmony among the democratic
brotherhood. Let him continue this goon work in
the same spirit in which he has commenced it
Wnatsays .he President I
Miniature. —Miniature, notwithstanding the
similarity of sound P.rd the authority of Dr. John
son, has nothing to do e'ymologicaily with diminu
tion of size. Ita root is not minimum —Vermillion.
Micare is, in the first place, to paint in red the capi
tals in the oict MSS., and in the next to adorn them
with frontispieces and various other highly laboured
embeliistmenta, “quell arte,” says Dante, “che
aiinminaire e chiamata in Parish” Their faces and
figures introduced into these decorations were ne
cessarily small. They were painted with a fine
brush i .tippled) in water color ; all which is still ex
pressed ny the word “miniature.” —London Quar
terly Rerun
Political Mosaic*.
The National Intelligencer discourses on this
wise of the wonderful diversity of the “Great De
mocratic Party
In many of the Southern Democratic journals
we read much of what are called “Southernßights
Democrats,” as contradistinguished from “National
Democrats.” With the nice shades of difference
between these schools, as with the broad line ot de
raarcatiou that apparently divides >them in such
irreconcilable hostility, we are not aa thoroughly
acquainted as w’e should deem necessary before
assuming to pronounce upon their respective claims
to represent the pure and unadulterated principles
of the original party. If we turn our attention to
the Northern States, we there find a still more sorry
spectacle of unfraternal strife among brethren once
of the same political household. Divided aud sub
divided into clans, which seem to have little in
common save the familiar and much abused pa
tronymic of the family, they present the spectacle
of “Administration Democrats” and “anti Admin
istration Democrats,” “Lecomptou Democrats”
and “auti-Lecompton Democrats.” Democrats who
hold the “English conference bill” to be a “finality”
against the speedy admission of Kansas, and De
mocrats who scorn the thought ot respecting that
“comDroinisc.”
Indeed, Northern Democracy, in its permuta
tions and combinations, uas come to demand for
its descriptive titles almost as many names as art*
commonly attached to a Spanish Infanta; for have
we not “Anti Lecomptou Euglish-Conferenee-Bill-
Democrats,” aud Democrats who were once “Le
compton,” but now untortunately “Anti-Euglish
conference-bill ?” Time, indeed, would faii us to
tell o’ Democrats who are iu favor of free trade aud
direct taxation; Democrats in Louisiana, who are
iu favor of these desiderata, but nevertheless think
sugar entitled to some protection ; Democrats in
Pennsylvania, who have no objection to Mr. Beyce’e
report, as pointing the goal of Democratic progress,
but who ask that, in consideration for such a con
cession, the duty should be raised on iron aud made
perpetual; Democrats in Kentucky, who think that
Mr. Clay’s “American system” was a very mista
ken theory of political economy, but who hold that
a tax on imported hemp is highly expedient aud
constitutional; Democrats in New England, (im
moderate in their demands because modest in then
numbers) who th>nk that “textile fabrics’* should
be treated with some consideration by those who
patronize sugar in Louisiana, iron in Pennsylvania,
and Hemp iu Kentucky; but who stilt are willing to
sacrifice a large per ceutage for the sake ot “har
mony,” as that term ia understood in Democratic
parlance*! The intelligent reader will easily com
prebend ou this head the theory of Democratic unity
in diversity, as the same is capable of being infer
red fk>m these apparently paradoxical propositions;
it is that every Democrat may properly strive to
procure protection for the products of his own State
if only he will set hia face like a flint: against the
protection of products peculiar to every other
Stale. And hence, too, the secret of the ingenious
process by which they are able to combine the ad
vantages that result trom the advocacy of free trade
in general and protection in particular.
And then, too, we have Democrats who favor in
ternal improvements, and Democrats who denounce
them as unconstitutional; Democrats who think
the public lands should be disposed of as speedily
as possible by a general homestead bill, and Demo
crats who pronounce this policy unwise and (not to
put too fine a point on their phrase) “demagogical
and agrarian ;” Democrats who espouse Mr. Clay’s
plan of “distribution,” aud Democrats who de
nounce the scheme as a rank political heresy;
Democrats who believe in the gospel of tillibuster
ism, and Democrats who sustain the neutrality
laws; Democrats who advocate the revival of the
slave trade, aud Democrats who vote it to be “un
wise, inexpedient, and contrray to the settled policy
of the country.”
If, turning from the noise and strife of this politi
cal Babel, with its confusion of tongues, we direct
our attention to the “organs” of the party, we find
them piping to as many jarring and discordant
tunes as there are seperate audiences whom it is
iheir function to please. In Illinois and iu most of
the Northern States “Douglas Democracy” has its
advocates, as a more genuine article than that we
could point to nearer home, while in South Carolina
it is held by many little less than treason to look
upon the former with allowance. The Riomond
Enquirer, we believe own uo ordinate attachment
of the Lecompton Constitution or the “Conference
bill;” but in the vocabulary of “the central organ”
these great measures of State policy are recognized
as the indispensable test of a bona fide Democrat—
as much so as the United States Bank in the time
of Jackson, or the Sub-treasury iu the days of Mr.
Van Buren, or the Texas question under Mr. Polk,
or the Kansas-Nebraska bill under Mr. Pierce. In
view of such a tierce dissension among the teachers
of the faith, what wonder that the neophyte who
hears the deciples shouting in their bewilderment
“Great is Democracy ! ’ should deplore, on his own
account as on theirs, the absence of some Mahomet
as a prophet,
Even as we write our eye falls on the proceedings
of a portion of the Pennsylvania Democracy, as
sembled in the good old county of Chester, and re
solving as follows :
“ Resolved , That the present tariff is inadequate
to defray the expenses ot the government, arid are
therefore in favor of its revision. In making such
revision we hold that the duties should be so ad
justed as to give ample protection to all the indus
trial interests of our country.”
In former days that would have been denounced
by the “ central organ” as nothing better than
“ Federal Whiggery ;” now it passes unchallenged
as very good Democracy—for Pennsylvania, how
ever out of place it would be in South Carolina or
in the general platform of the party. As our Phila
delphia contemporary, the United States Gazette,
truly remarks iu commenting on this late declara
tion of the Chester Democracy, if it could be adopt
ed into the said general platform, and reduced to
practice by the harmonious National Democracy,
“ the partisans of the much denounced ‘ Opposi
tion’ would piotanto lose their identity, aud con
fess themselves fairly beaten with their own wea
pons.”
Unknown Celebrities.—Under this heading,
the sprightly wiseacre who writes as “The Loun
ger” in Harper’s Weekly, asks, “Who is Madame
Colson ? Who ever heard her BiDg 7” etc.
Do you hear that, Orleanians! The questions
betray the conceit which is one of the chief charac
teristics of the denizens of the largest cities. In
Paris, the conceit of every gasconading Parisian
is that “Paris is France !” and in New York (which
apes Paris) a similar conceit proclaims that. New
York is the United States! The lofty assumption of
innocence by “The Lounger,” in regard to Madame
Colson, is a proof positive of what we say. In New
York, whilst they are always blowing about opera,
they don’t know what it is. Only let the news ar
rive that someone of their humbug empresanos
(who somehow manage to make a living by buist
ing up every year) write home—that is, to New
York —that he has, after much troublous negotia
tion and the most terrific outlay of money, succeed
ed in effecting an engagement with the Great Can
tatrice, This, or the Pnma Donna That—and the
expected singing bird is incontinently buttered by
the critics and swallowed, in anticipation, before
she ia half way over the ocean. She may prove
good, and she may not, but if not, what’s the dis
ference ? She lands in New York, and it’s all right
or if it ain’t right, they’ll make it right. They will
belabor and bewilder the population with their crit
ical highfalutinißms, and the lady, my be, will pay
her manager handsomely for her first, engagament
Then the Gascons ot Gotham turn round to the
country and say, “There she i, fellow countrymen.
She made her debut in New York, and is conse
quently the thing!”
If Madame Colson had been engaged in France
to appear at New York before appearing in any
other part of the United States, the critics there
would have had her biography from early infancy
spread out in untold columns long before her arri
val. They would have had everything of this kind
fixed m anticipation, as a basis for their grandilo
quent spasms after seeing her. But it happened
that Madame Colson came to New Cb leans first.—
Here, where we have the only real opera house iii
ihe United States, the lady has performed with the
large-t success through several operatic seasons,
and established herself, in the judgment of |he New
Orleans musical community—a judgment which,
we are happy to. say, holds itself considerably above
the snobbish oonceits of Gotham—as one of the
beet cornic opera prima donnas that ever left France
aud she was properly famous there.
But, for a change, she wishes to sing a little iu
New York; and the snob of Harper's Weekly hear
ing that she coming from New Orleans, and not
from Paris direct, pulls up his collar, brushes up hie
hair, and exclaims, “Ah, haw—who is, aw—trL
Madame Colson ? who evah heard hah siag •” New
York will do.— N. O. Crescerd.
How to Make Good Cider.— There is haiHly a
tithe of cider made now aa compared with forty
years ago. Many of the old orchards have died out.
and the temperance reform has prevented their re
newal. The market for fine fruit has generally ex
panded, and nearly all the trees now planted ar<;
for the production of market apples. It took eight
bushels of apples to make one barrel of cider, and
the barrel only sold for sl. Apples now bring
every year from 50 cents to $1 a bu?heL Fruit
growers can hardly be expected to lament the
change that is bo much for tbei,r interest.
Yet cider is still made all oYer the LDuLfry in
small quantities, some for appio butter, some
for vine^a, - , and hull more for beverage. When
bottled and properly handled it is aa palatable, and
much more wholesome, than most of the wines of
commerce. In affections of the kidneys it is an
excellent remedy, and should have a place in every
well appointed cellar. It is a matter of some im
portance that what cider is made should
in the best manner.
The apples should ‘*** well ripened, but not in ihe
least decayed. .aVery apple with the least speck
of rot In it should be removed, if you expect a first -
rate beverage. The decayed and inferior apples
may be reserved for making vinegar. Perige.
cleat.liness ehouid be observed in tb” gru*di*jg pro
cess, which should be perfoTr,e v i two days before
pressing, and tbs putnaoe ue permitted to stand and
mellow ,n the vat, until it assumes a deep red color.
Clean dry straw should be used in forming the
cheese. If the straw be musty the flavor will be
communicated to the juice. If water be added, it
will make it hard and unpleasant to the taste. The
casks also in which it is put for fermentation should
be thoroughly cleansed and finished off with a fumi
gation of brimstone. This is done by burning inside
the barrel a few strips of canvas, dipped it* brim
stone. The fumes will penetrate 1! pure, and
destroy the must and ccrrjcv Ua
Afrer Uo UrtOvnUtron is over, draw off into clean
barrels and clarify it. This can be done by mixing
a quart of clean, white Band with the whites of half
a dozen eggs aud a pint of mustard seed, and pond
ing it into the barrel. It may stand in Ui barrel,
or if a nice article is wanted, it be"put into
quart bottles and corij^d
This c s der viil ne dt to drink in case of sickness,
ynu will always beai a good price in market. It
retails at twenty-five cents a bottle, and
bring at least two dollars a dozen, by sbi quantity.
This ia much better business tbit to make a po< r
article from decayed apples, in a slovenly manner
and sell it for two dollars a barrel American Aar!*
.. udurist. h
O’ THE PoieoNoF 7£ COMMON Toad.—lt is an
ancient and common opinion that toads and eala-
Handera possess a subtie venom ; this, however, has
generally been deemed fabulous by those engaged
jQ scientific; pursuits. MM. Gratioiet and Cloez, in
a report to the French Academy, show that there ia
in reality e ime foundation for the common belief,
and that toads and salamanders do secrete a deadly
poison. They inoculated small animals with the
milky fluid contained in the dorsal and parotid pus
tules of these animals and found it productive of
fatal effects in a short space of time. A turtle dove,
slightly wounded in the wing with the liquid secre
ted by the salamander, died in terrible convulsions
in eight minutes. Five small birds inoculated with
the lactescent humor of the common toad died in
five or six seconds, but without convulsions. The
liquid of the pustule of the toad kills birds even af
ter being dried, though not with the same rapidity
as when fresh.
A Slander Refuted. —A clergyman was charg
ed with having violently dragged his wife from a
revival meeting, and compelled her to go home
with him. The clergymen let the story travel along
until he had a fair opportunity to give it a broad
side. Upon being charged with the offence, he re
plied as follows
In the first place, I never hav© attempted to in
fluence my wife in her views, nor a choice of a
meeting. Secondly—my wife has not attended any
of the revival meetings in Mowell. In the third
place-—I have not even attended any of the meet
ing? for any purpose whatever. To conclude—
neither my wife nor myself have any inclination to
thee 3 meetings. Finally—never had a wife.
VOL. L3oul.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXiJ. NO.:i7.
The Purngunj Expedition.
The Xnvy Department is busily engaged in get
tinp off the Paraguay Expedition, and it ie believed
the vessels now at home will be ready for sea by
the first day of November, yet two months off,
which enables the President to take bo much more
time to consider the selection to be made of a Com
missioner to that Republic.
The trigate Sabme (50 guns) takes the place of
the St. Lawrence in the Brazil squadron, aud Com
modore Shu brick relieves Commodore Forrest, as
commander of that etatiou. He sails in the Sabine
aa his flag-ehip. but will, on reaching his station,
proceed in the Fulton to the Paraguay K'ver, aud
assume the commend iu per ion ot the Paraguay
Expedition. Commander Page is ordered to the
Brazil station as Fleet Captain. The other officers
ordered to the Sabine are Commander Thorburn,
(one of the officers retired by the “immortal fif
teen,’*) and Lieutenants 51. Woodhull, C. S. Mc-
Donough, H. P. Welsh, Wm. Gibson, H. L New
man, Wm. P. McCann, and one vacancy; Fleet
Surgeon, Greeu ; Parsed Assistant Surgeon, llarri
-on; Assistant Surgeon, 8.-rtoletts; Purser, Steele;
Master, Bradford; Chaplain, Blake; Boatswain,
Atkinson; Gunner. Cooper; Sailmaker, Boutwell.
The Paraguay Expedition will consist of the fol
lowing named vessels, viz :
Brig Bambridge, built in Boston in Idl'd, and car
rying six guns. She is now in commission on the
coast of Africa, but despatches have gouejsut for
her to proceed to the coast ot Brazil and await the
arrival of the Expedition. Her oflioers are : Lieu
tenant Commanding R. F. B. Renshaw; Lieuten
ants, G. A. Stevens, S. S. Bassett, and \v m. P. A.
Campbell.
Brig Perry, built at Norfolk in 1813, aud carrying
six guns. She is now in waiting on the coast of
Brazil, with the following officers, viz : Lieuten
unts-Commaiiding R L Tilgham, and Lieuten
ants Wm. T. Truxton, C. C. Grafton, aud J. J.
Cornwell.
Brig Dolphin, built in New York in 1835, and
now in commission, (haviug lately captured the
slaver Echo.) and carries five guns with heavy me
tal. Her officers are Lieutenant-Commaudiug J
N. Matfit, (oLe of the decapitated by the “immortal
fifteen,") Lieutenants J. M. Bradford, E. P. Wil
liams, aud C. C. Carpeuter.
Steamer Fulton, (side wheel, (bird class,) built in
New Yi rk in 1837 ; and repaired at Washington iu
1857. She carries but four guns of large calibre,
though registered for five, aud is commanded by
the following officers: Lieutenant Commanding J.
J. Alrny, Lieutenants M R. Warrington, J. B. Stu
art, R. Seldeu, aud M. C. Campbell.
Steamer Water Witch, (side wheel, third class,)
built at Washington in 1835, Aarries but one gun,
tliough registered lor two. and will be commanded
au follows : Lieutenant-Commaudiug, R. B. Pe
gram, Lieutenants A. Barbot, E. T. Speddeu, and
one vacancy.
United States Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane,
lately completed at Brooklyn, will carry oue large
shell gun, and be officered from the Revenue Corps
as follows Captain .John Fautice; Lieutenants
A. D. Stanford, D. C. Constable and L. W. Wil
son.
The Department contemplates aduiug to thin
force another steamer, if one of the right build and
tonnage can be chartered; and the Ordinance bu
reau, under the charge of Capt. D. N. Ingram, is
active in so arranging the armament of these ships
as to make I hem effective far beyond the ostensible
power of their guns. The officers of the Expedi
tion have been selected with a view to their effi
ciency, aud it is believed that without the addition
al steamer the vessels named can secure all the ob
j%ct sought to be gained by the movement. —New
York Times.
What is a Mo.xa ?—The Paris correspondent of
the Times, writing ou the 19th of August, says :
“Mr. Sumner left town yesterday for a season at
Aix-les-Bains, in Savoy. Tne cauterization of the
spine has done him good, and after a season at Aix
he will return to Paris again and to the moxas.—
Perhaps your readers do not know the character of
t his remedy. A mo.xa is thus made and applied:—
It ia composed ordincriy of carded cotton, rolled in
to a cone, the base of which may have an inch di
ameter, and slightly pressed by and contained in a
piece of muslin or other cloth. The ootton is satu
rated in some alcoholized substance, such as cam
phor or nitre. It is then placed on the akin of the
patient, over the diseased part, the cottou is lighted
and as the flame reaches the bottom of the conn, it
is blown into Ihe skin by means of a blowpipe
The skin around is protected by a wet cloth. The
greatest pain is experienced when the fiame first
reaches the skin. Soon the cuticle begins to crack;
the skin contracts into furrows, turns brown, then
Iries, and finishes by becoming black and car
bonized, like other burnt substances. The moxas
must be repeated often and over the whole course
of the spine, if tho disease be there in order to pro
duce a permanent ofi’sct. They are thus called from
a Chinese and Japanese tissue like cotton, the
Artemisia Chinensia , which they call in those
countries mo.ru, for it is from those countries that
the practice of the mo.ru is derived, and it is as old
as history.
It is, in fact, so old a treatment, even in modem
times and modern nationß, that it lias almost gone
out of use; yet it is sometimes resorted to in cases
which have resisted ail the other couuter-irritauts,
and not unfrequeutiy with marked benefit. The
practice of burning the skin, or other diseased parts
which had gone somewhat out of use a few years
ago, is now fast coming into use again iu Paris.
Scarcely a ward of the Paris hospitals is now with
out ite portable furnace cf charcoal and red-hot
irons. They are applied, aa well in medicine as in
surgery, tor a practice in chronic, illy-detiued affee
tions. The practice now iu vogue, is that of strip
ping the patient naked aud drawiug an iron, heat
ed to a white heat, quickly over the body, parching
the cuticle brown in its track, aud giving to the
body the appearance of a striped zebra. If the
iron is white and the operation ia practised cleverly,
the patient di es not s jffer from it enough to force a
cry ; but if the iron is only red, the pain is, ol
coutße, very great ”
Extraordinary Instance oe Hoarding Mo
ney.—The Courier de Paris contains the following:
“A remarkable instance of the mania for hoard
ing up money lias just been brought to light iu the
Faubourg St. Germain, during the process of taking
ail inventory after the decease ol an old woman,
who had for many years lived in a very retired
manner in that part ot Paris. When the notary,
who was engaged in this operation, went down into
tiie cellar to take an account of what the place con
tained, his attentiou was attracted to a small open
ing just over a low door. This door was opened,
and the notary found himself in presence of an
immense pile of bags of money. In order to take
them out and couni their contents, he wan obliged
to send for nearly al! the clerks of hie office. There
were in the bags a quantity cf gold and forein coins,
but five-francs pieces fanned the principle part of
this rich store. Some of the bags were completely
rotten, and fell to pieces on being touched. The
inventory is not yet completed, but the amount of
this treasure is estimated at not less than a million.
The origin of this immense fortune is as follows:
About ninety years ago, a poor Savoyard boy from
Chamouni came to Paris, and engaged himself in
singing and dancing in the streets, arid at oilier
times in sweeping chimneys. At the end of a few
years he had saved up a little money, arid com
menced business on his own account. By dint of
industry aid ec noniy, he at length became a weal
thy man, married, and at his death left, his widow
811,11(10 franca a year. She scarcely spent fi,UtlO.franCß
a year, and the remainder she out ip (o bags, and
threw through the above-ximtidued opening, inloa
sort of cupboard ;n iiie cellar, where these thous
and of ti’iacs remained, until she died, which nc.
purred at the age of eighty eight. She had besides
purchased several houses, and was the owner of the
Theatre du Luxembourg. Bv >, will she has left
2,000,000 francs to the hospices of the city of Paris,
300,000 to other charitable establishments, oil.OOli
francs to her servant, and some legacies to’ distant
relatives of her husband, who atiil live in Savoy.—
Her notary and uvour are instituted her universal
egatees.’
A City inthe Air—The Mirage on the Pea ins.
Travellers acroßs the plains atert that they have
seen op Noble’s Pass route, about thirty miles this
side of the Humboldt river, the most wonderful
phenomenon tea’ they think could ever have been
Witnessed in any part of the world. It is no lees a
thing than a city in Ihe air—complete in every aa
pect and concomitant. It is seen in the early morn
ing, arid stands self-poised above the dead leys) of
a broad aad aiiy plain, which is cov?red wild a
light white dust, that rises in smai; eioude at the
touch of a horse h h iof. cr ascends iu magnificent
spiral towers iv. ureath of the little whirlwinds
that ;:r_ occasioned by the intense heat. line
of the base of the city forms au angle •vja the line
cl the plain, so that the city so lean over to
wards the earth, and a fid l , „iew of its streets ay.c
buildings is present sfi. All the streets seem *o lend
to one point, waere they concentrate, whence
of course they diverge. The architectural beauty
aud splendor of this oily in tiie *ir are of a character
unequalled by any thing upon the face of the earth
The buildings rise, orie after another, in proud,
palatial grandeur, and their tall towers glitter like
molten silver m the sun. Clean and perfect was
the work ot the mysterious architect who framed
those marbie-loohuig wonders of the all. The ap
parent extent of the city is abuu six miles in cir
caaJoxeuut, anti the nearest approximation of the
hasp iq the earth is a distance of about fitly feet
Not having reen this phenomenon, ol course we
cannot enter into any minute description of it; we
can only give the general idea which we have pre
seated. We are assured that the illusion hi perfect
—nothing wanting whatever to fill .g tue picture—
a magnificent c.ty, silent ,-i taa bottom oi the sea,
bu! glittering i-t sud fife of the sunshine, and
self svxta,aed'in the heavens.— Marysville (Cat ~
jpxpftis,
A Cure for Scroeui.a.— Thy Cmoinnati Com
mercial publishes the following communication from
Nicholas Longworth, uie great wine manufacturer
ol that city
A3 the papers I bad, giving the c.\rufor scrofula,
have been distributed to persexvj sending for the
remedy. I have never Lsard of a case where it
did not effect a sneudy cure, and it can in no case
do an injury, m several instances, where it has
b :es applied to old sores, it has also speedily effect
.ed perfect cures. Put one ounce o£ aquafartie iu a
bowl or saucer; drop in it two copper cents—it will
effervesce—leave the Cents in When the effer
vescence ceases, add two ounces of strong vinegar
The fluid will be a dark green color It should and
will smiy;. If too severe, put in a little rain water
APrjy it to the sore, morning and evening, by a
’ soft brush or rag. Before applying, wash the sore
with water. Ita firet application knpwi to me, waa
a poor girl, eent to our city Memphis, to have
her .eg cut off, as it wcji .eared she might not live
fang enough‘c hve it cut off in that hot cliqthie
She Veto refused admittance to the poor house, nod
lying on the sidewalk, as she not even
stand up.
From her knee to root one third wf the flesh
was gone, and cU the skin, except a strip iooat
two ini he; wide. Bne was laid on a hr j, and the
remedy placed on a chair by it. She could rise up
and apply it. In a few days ner peace ot mind
returned, and she declared it was getting well. It
was supposed it was a relieffrom the paiu only ;
but when examined fresh flesh was found growing,
■.. ad sain over it. She was soon running about, and
would work, which delayed the entire cure, leaving
a small sore, which was in a few mouths entirely
healed. A. young girl, with Berolnia in her neck,
having a large ’pen hole, and deemed incurable,
came one month entirely cured, and recently
married, with her husband, on their way to the
East. I have never known a case where it djd not
effect a cure.
Whipped Again.— The Governor of Missouri,
K. M. Stewart, has been again flogged. We are
ashamed to say it. but justice to the man who flog
ged him and the truth of history demand that the
affair ehou-d be made public. The deplorable dis
aster to JHis Excellency occurred during his recent
visit to his old stamping ground, St. .Joseph, and
for the account of it we are indebted to the Journal
of that city. The tight came offin a bar-room ; the
Governor’s antagonist wa3 a German Doctor named
Erdmann ; the cause of the fight was the Gover
nor's insolence ; and the result to His Excellency
was a scratched face and a bunged eye. We think
it high time for Stewart to resign his office and
give place to some man who ia abe tter hand in a
••e'-riiumage.” He is a disgrace to the State. His
repeated floggings have tarnished the escutcheon
of Missouri. He was whipped once just before his
election, and has been whipped twice since If this
thing is allowed to go on, he will soon be a used-up
ufan, and we shall have no Louts
Evening News.
Hogs w THI Wist.—The Cincinnati Price Cur
rent publishes tables showing the comparative num
ber of bogs according to the assessors* return-, in
ninety-three counties in Kentucky, thirty-eight in
Indiana, and tweuty-uiue in Ohio, the present and
i previous years, prepared by the auditor of each
State. The aggregate number this year is 2,575,914
against 2,789,488 last year—decrease 213,574.
Iscmtm m the Stockton Insane Asylum.—
The tallowing narration exhibits something of the
craftiness and cunning of the insane, but especially
the great tact and presence of mind necessary on
the part of the conductors, particularly in emergen
cies when dealing with tbeir patients:
The former excellent matron, Mrs Krid with hsr
attendant, generally called Elizie, bad gone as
usual in the morning, into the apartment of the
most raving females They were all yet. in their
separate apartments leading into one long hall. On
some occasion Mrs. Reid had gone forward to the
father end, and Lizzie, contrary to regulations, had
opened one of the apartments where a very strong,
insane woman slept. This woman was sometimes
very furious, and w ould not fear to commit auy
deed, even to take life if provoked. She had for
merly drank excessively and was ardently fond of
sherry wine; but there was no difficulty in dealing
with her when she kiteiv that her managers were
stronger than herself. On this occasion, as Lizzie
entered, the bundle of keys were imprudently left
in the door, and arrangements were beiug made to
bathe the insane woman.
Watching carefully her opportunity, the woman
slipped by Elizie. shut the door and turned the key;
them, with the bound of a wild beast, her eyes
Hashing with excitement, she sprang forward to
Mr. Reid and exclaimed, “ Oh! Mother Reid! I've
shut Liszie into my room, have got the keys, and
now you are in my power.” Mrs. Reid, being a
person of only ordinary strength, knew she could do
nothing with her, hut pleasantly replied, “ Well,
and so what do you propose to do?” The fierce
maniac replied, “ I'm going to shut you np, too;
open the other rooms, and let all the’ women out.'’
“ Well,” said Mrs. Reid, “ and what then ?” “Then
I'm going to Sait Francisco,” was the reply. “Why!
ill those clothes you have got on !” said Mrs. Reid ;
” surely everybody will laugh at you.” “ Oh, well,”
was the reply, after a moment’s survey of her
clothes, “I will go and buy some new ones in San
Francisco.” “ But,” said Mrs. Reid, “ you can’t,
b cause every oue will know at once by those
c.othes that you come from the Insane Asylum, and
they wilt take you aud bring you right back again.”
Stopping for a moment for effect, as the raving
woman was looking at her dress, she added, “ Now,
1 know where all tile new dresses are, and I can fix
you out so that t, s oue shall detect you. You don t
know the room, but come with me and 1 can show
you.”
So together they started along tbs hail As they
t.-are going, the insane woman holding tight the
keys, Mrs. Kied observed to her:—“now do you
suppose that for a bottle of sherry wine you could
pick out the key to Lizzie’s door !” “Yes,” was the
reply, “for a bottle of sherry wine I could ” “1
hardly think you can, ” said Mrs. Reid. “Yes I
t an,” was the reply. ‘ Well, now, said Mrs. Reid, ‘
“ietussee” The insane woman turned at once to
the door where Eliza was locked in, and tried one
key, audit would not answer; next, another was
tried and failed, sod the eageruess of the woman
increased as each key failed, till in a little the right
key wea reached, turned with a wrench aud the
doer thrown back wide open. In a moment Eliza
sprang out, and Mrs Ecu grasped the insane wo
man around the waiv, pinning her arms to her body,
und Eliza iu like m-muer seized her around the
lower limbs, and she was quickly borne by the two
into her room, and the two, stepping out, turned
the key, then first to breatiie easy, since the dan
ger was perceived. It was an occasion of rejoicing
at tbeir esoapej of severe and deserved rt preach to
Ellizie for her imprudence in entering atone, and
leaving the keys m the door, and of earnest ptotes
tations by Elizie, site would be more careful again.
San Francisco Pacific.
Rekin as Seen nv an American. —A correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Enquirer was at Pekin the
capital of China, a short time ago, and what he 3aw
ot it, and how it impressed him, he thus describes :
On arriving at. the capital of the Chinese Empire,
w tiud a city containing about two millions of in
habitants. Such is the estimate, but doubtless the
calculation is made in the usual spirit of Eastern
exaggeration. Be that ae it may, tho walls are four
teen miles in oiroumferenoe,- twenty-eight feet high
twenty four feet thick at the base, and iwelve at the
top. There arc spacious towers all around, at hot
enty feet distance from each other, aud at tho gates
are barracks for the soldiers, nine stories in height
The metropolis is divided into two parts, one in
habited by the Tartars, and the other oy tho Chi
tteso. In each there is a street four miles long and
one hundred und twenty feet wide, and the Empe
ror’s palaces and gardens occupy ltvo-;hird3 of the
tartar city. And all this besides the suburbs, which
are nearly as populous as the city proper.
Pekin is strangely located as a national capital, it
being iu a northern coiner (lat. forty deg.) aud only
sixty miles south of the fa ious Chinese wall, anil
therefore much exposed to northern and hostile
neighbors. Yet its fortifications are strong, and un
til the vast maohinery of modern artillery was in
vented, the brother of tile sun and moon was tier
fectly secure in his palatial halls—the walls, bastions
and lowers being imptognable in ancient times If
bravely manned and defended, the Oriental potsn
tate, robed in imperial purple, might have exclaim
'd with Macbeth, “ Our ca-dle s strength will laugh
the siege to scorn!” Although the ooun,rj about
Pekin IS sandy and unproductive, yet nrovisions
abound, being brought by canals from all the great
rivers, and also with its oomineroo—the merchants
being paid in money, as the capital is the oltief re
cipient ot the revenues of all China. It has ever
been regarded as a very exclusive place the pro
aence of no foreign r being permitted within its
wiiliH. But now, the “ outuide barbarians” are in a
fair way of over-leaping the sacred boundaries
And it is probable thatthis act, together with the
opening of Japan, may prove an important step
towards the inauguration ot Christianity amon
the millions who are now benighted in the worse
than Cimmerian darkness ot Pagan idolatry and
superstition. J
The Keeping ok Fruit.—' The besl method of
keeping truir, was discussed at the , nw ,
Cincinnati Horticultural Society a few davstW-
Mr. Heaver deemed the subject „f much impor
ance, as from certain at.noiq.teric causes (be fruit,
ot tms season seemed mcVned to ripen mueh more
raptdly than usual; tym premature ripening is uni
formly attended oy premature decay. He had
Zwh ‘e mi >• fruit m the morn!
° ’ and il il ‘ a cool airy place.-
peain should be gathered before fully
lipe and allowed to mature after pulling. The held
shonld nTh a cool > oloS ” weet cellar. Frail.
™ lo6B®Bß’I o6B ® BB ’ uor BVen double tiers so
“f.! 11 ® against each other. Mr. Motrier last,
year tiled two methods of preserving hie pears one
by putting them in oats in barrels, the other by first
L ra L PIU^, U paper “npazately and placing them in
beat h! “S’ 6 i n pap ' -r Hll<l hoiea keep much the
tost. Mi. Buchanan supposed the best method oI
keeping trull was m a tin box, in a cool, dark oellrj
He had now, in the middle of August, the Viren,,,,’
greening apple perfectly sound of last veai's
growth, kept in this way in his wine ce'J*/ jj r
Wader sa.d that fruit being placed in dark ami
riual’
usual causes of decomposition, viir > light heat air
and moisture, lie would recpmmeml the use oi
white and certainly of cleg*, paper. Mr. Lubov
teux stated that tin-; method ~f packing m
s~\ P v P ri r 8 b,i '\, be * n P-noticed ‘wot, great
succtßs by these Who put. „p and shipped ap
pDs to. southern lat, udes. One gentleman had pur-
*****
I MI'CRY ANT IMI'KOVKMKNT IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
1 • ’* Wf: ” known that photographs on tinper are af
ter a time, dimmed by a kind of colored film, which
,K sometimes formed on the surface, and sometimes
iu the texture of the paper itself. M. Uaud,net
*• ,P B P er presented to the French Academ oi
Sciences, obviates this inconvenience by ren’j B finii
the paper waterproof before exposing it tq the a( .
tiou oi the sun His process is as follows . Having
dissolved a certain quantity of gutta r.er'cim iu ben
zine, the solution is decanted after a few days rent
to obtain it quite clear. Sheets of therl
dipped into none by one, ami m- JeSely trteS
out again, and hung up of their corners to
dry I liese slice,s are „tserWards found to be cov
eied wilt, a Kind of scat may be termed powder
ot Kutla pereha, tfcere not bain# Huffioient adhesion
to give it thy quality of varnish. To obtain this,
the sheets exposed to the action of a good fire,
wi'iCq makes the pev.icies ot gutta percha glue to
gether, covering Utfce fibres of the paper, which
; iliua becotnen without losing it*j trans
parency. Jte paper uwm receive* a Notation of al
bumeia (albumen, IUO parts ; water 2.0; chloride of
( i ,) whicih ia allowed to dry. and then ren
dered BetzHibl* to litfht by a solution of cryHtalized
nitrate oi etlver of tho strength of Id per cent. The
lens. ixf tip operation is quite t be nine as usual,
only shorter— the piiotogiuph iixod in
course of a few minutes; the washing, which
ally from twolve to twenty four hourn, i H , e .
duod to a quarter of an hour. The pho'.oerapl
obtamed in transparent, and the paper ito
former whiteness.
_ i
Facetiousmss or 1)k. Cha lMßs—The cele
hrated Dr. Chalmers, with thp lofty grandeur of his
though!a and deep, solemn, atonations cl his voioe
cevorintlt ptj had a vair- ji faeetk UHiiOen iu bi& com
position He recode in his journal the following
adventure with i Loudon barber Wednesday
-t,th bfart'j jt nine, much refreshed. Got a hair
dresser clip me—a great humorist; he undertook
■ commencement of the operation to make me
[ look forty ears younger, by cutting out every white
nair snd leaving ,-j, knack ones. Tuere was a very
bright corrusoatiou of clever sayings that passed
between while the process was going on. I com
p,minuted his profession, and told him that he bad
ne special advantage that his crop grew in all
weathers, ant* that white I had heard all over the
; provinces the heavy complaints of a bad hay har
vest. his ii ay making in the metropolis went on -o|ea
t.<int y and prosperous y ali the year round F.o was
particularly pleased with the homage i rendered to
his peculiar _ ocstion, and assured me, al'.er he had
performed his work, that he had made me at least
thirty years younger. I told him how delighted my
wile would be with he neWH of this aronderlul trans
formation, and gave him half e. rown—observing
Hurt it was little e-iough for bviog turned me into
a youthful Adonis We parted in a roar of laugh
ter, and great mutuaLatistaotion with each other.”
A Mtt>;.K’a Wai.k ino Conversation.— The
Editor -f the N. C. Prfiibyterian, who is at the Vir
ginia .Springs, has heard a good story of Speaker
on and the Rev. Dr W., of Lexmgton. Not long
since, the story goes, they were both at the Warm
Springs, and met in a public room of the hotel.
Tney had been sitting with other company, and
after awhile the Dr. rose aud walked across the
I room with the usual limp in his gait. Mr Orr imme-
diately recognized him, and asked him if be were
not tktt chaplain at. the University of Virginia at
sues a time, naming toe year. The Dr. replied that
he whs. “ I was there;” said Mr. Orr, “ a student
at the University, and i knew you by your .imp.'”
“ Well,’ said the Dr., •’ it see ins my limping made
a dwrper impression on you than my preaching ”
i'he.jpke placed Mr. Orr in an awkward predica
ment, and most, men would have been unable to ex
tiicate themselves, but he replied with ready wit’
” Ah, Dr., it ia the highest compliment we can Dav
a minister tosay he is known by his ’calk rather
: than by his .'.jim nation.” ,
Bom Kings.—ln the old time in Philadelnhut the
disciples m the faith of William Penn invariably
wore the single breasted drab or snuff colored coat,
V'IZT “!!‘ ot , ’? th * ir uotion of having the button*
thereof on the left side ot the coat aforesaid. At a
dinner him, friend Elias Breasy hadse
cured a b’g buck dr.rkie to “tend table,” to whom
ne gGve imperative order to hand things to the
guefta at the left aide.
‘Thee will always know by their coat buttons,
<ar, which is the left side.’’
Among the guest was a French gentleman who
wore a double-breasted coat —a worldly garment.
The darkie, in handing round the soup, paused be
h’nd the French gentleman, looked at his coat and
Btood, foi a moment, an ebony statue of despair,
struggling with doubt and a plate of soup.
Fresently he yelled out, “Mass Dias—it’s no use,
buttons on boss aides,” and handed the plate to the
French gueat over his head. “Dat de fust time I
ever seed a man dat was less handed on bofl Bides
ob hs coat!”
The Discovery of Electricity —The caail
rubbing of a little bit of amber produced jj, 0 g .
recognized development of eiectricitv a j”
centuries before the Christian era, ar'a Yhis ioaiirtii.
cant resinous deposit has ihua r'iven its Greek
name to the wonderful agent whose greatest mar
vel we have just announced. For nearlv 400
years, however, electricity wae regarded as only an
eccentric quality ot amber and a few other artioles
for it is a little more than a century Bines the dis-’
cove'y O! the electric shook, at Leyden, aaddarimr
the last century all the grand triumphs of awotricitv
ave occurred.— Boston Travel!? \ *