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BY W. I. lEFFERWY & (JO. VOLUME 3. ‘THE PLANTER.- v i k.KLY PUBLISHKII AT Ga. , W. M. JEFFLM -ON, ) BOLIN W. STEVENS. > Proprietors. ♦ RED. €. FULLER. ) TERMS.—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR; > -OR ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE. tC.itcs of Advertising. AiW'Vtu-’ mums usrt‘"i o ran of i>"<: quare of ten lines or ie*s, for tine gfj ■ its f-.r eacn subsequent insfr i ‘V , .... i: l.r ,1 \v“h the >iu •bet ot wotia *■■■ • tint! u>i(i ai.d >■ .<;■ ud at then’- rates. Tiw fui’o vi 2 are •-.** rv‘,i <:>r. It \TKSS 1 Sq’r Six months 57..0n0 year sl2 2 “ “ ** 11.. “ 20 3*< • “ ‘ 16.. “ “ 28 J columu 6 mo. 20.. “ “ 35 £ “ 6 “ 30.. “ “..... SO | 6 “ 40.. “ “ 70 1 <* 6 “ 50.. “ “ 80 Advertisements from urangers and ’ransieut poraons must be paid for in advance. 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If subscribers remove to other places without informing tlie publisher, and thenews paoers ore sent to the former direction, the}’ are held responsible. K. The eo ,trts ‘ nve i?ecite*l that refu : n{? to j take newspapers from the office, <yr removing ! and I •uv.iig i fern uncalled for, is prima facie j ivideiic. f ini! otional fraud I H. t'ho (Jml* and States Courts havj 1.0, re- I peatiullv decided, tints . ostmaster who erg-j lect to perform his dm . of iv : r r “-< -msliU; i notice, as required bv the Post ffi Dj part I neci. of the neglect of a > voii ok iom .re * ffi m novespapers addressed m t.iro, rend ers Pori master liable to the publisher for . diFprit tion price. G A a D s. JOHN C. REID, ATTORNEY AT LAW, jnnel’s9 lv. (hreenrsboro , Georgia. r o i JnwTsteyens, ItTTOHNEY IT LXW, GRESVSBORfr’’ Gj'.ontriA. \\T i>t •vactiov n the counties of'l'eene, If til.lvin, Putuuu, Morgan, < . letborpe, f bjforro and II no >’s ft h * 1 ’ l — r 1 ] UNITED ST AT ES HOTEL, MNo. 232. Broad Street, ifGIST A, GEORGIA. DWELL & MOSHER, Proprietors H. DWKI.L | J. MOSHER Medical Card. fHKRF.BY tender my thanks to the public for kind ly bellowing on me heretofore, a larger shar •>’ patronage than I anticipated, and again offer my pr I'rsaioniT aervice* to any who may give me a call When not professionally engaged, I may be foun at Wood’* Drill Store Jan 12. IR6O lv W L BETHF.A. M P DE NTI ST UY. nss nyt. Surgeon ami Ueehanieal Dentist. Ptnfitld, Georgia, WOULD i ct.z iGn.ii and ..I j .iu.og ;! Ui. • •• p>rp..r-d I perl rm any operation per m i C, ho ob rai. wbn o nea* and Uiapalch. H rib •*. rlin>nion ,o:.ne.- 4ire aet ot teeth, winch, lor’•'•■riiiv, durahiliiy com fortand inaa'ioaiing, win cow; ar< with any.,either In tbia country or Eurup - It alii* intention i pleaee Any 0.1 l from the enuniry that my be tende ed him will meet with prompt attention. He .t iers to Or Jjhn B Murphv of Rom - -Feh I Sfio FRESH FRUIT, Tomatoes, Green,Corn. Beans Ar. IN WINTER! ||AVII\ v*en appoi- *ed Vi-st for MASON’S PATENT SfEKW-TOP, SELF-6EAL INf . L*Sc t ill IT JABS, ‘a f.... (i * ; ~ iun.irh them st s lower • c! re. These J vs yp>ak for themselves” fill r. and i ‘iv dioe who hav ..-li th-o’ ‘itlr.lt. liv-lA/d MOST i. ELI ABLE FRUIT J.\ IS FAt.KET. he*- g made of GLASS, they will not oorroUe, snd sr lree from nktf tvlic < aea. . Sou> iv uolesalr vn Petaii. Bt PLIWBALEITNER. May S, 1860-2 m. Augusta, Ga. Ck? 1 ißi .x. p- ? BLANKS of all kii dr rly printed at this yffion, at abort notice on veaenn term* •’ A Woo klf to Bbta® Litorataco, Agdoultuce, Eomga and Domestic News, Wit, Hcuaor, &ÜBCKLLANBOUB. Our Country, and Home There is a land, of every land tho pride, Beloved by heaven o’er all the world lies',de; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder beams emparadise the night, lhe wanderin roiariner, whose eye explores The w’ he most enchanting shores, A . v iintiful and fair, ■f a purer air; ■ net of his soul, ■ nice, trembles to that pole, i : leaven’s’ peculiar grace, i :,eher.i.-igeid .N.l u.-e’s noblest race, There a spot ‘ earth supremely blest, — A iea er, sheet> -pot than all the rest, b he; v Man, Ciea; ion’s tyrant, easts aside H ; word and sceptre, pageantry and pr .l-i. Wiiile iu his softened looks benignly hie. ■'. Tli* .e, the son, the husbaiid, ms li “,. ’ < > II"-e woman reigns: theun-ther, daughter, w. e, Str -,t with fresh !'•-wi rail.e arrow way of i■: in t ie clear heaven • t :ier delighted eye An angel guard of love -and graces lie; Around her knees i an- --tic duties meet, And fireside pleasure.-- gnwtyol at her feet. Where shall that land,that snot of earth be found? Art thou a man ! a patriot! look around: O! thou shaltfind, howe’er thy footsteps ream. That land thy Country, and that spot thy Home! Matters iu the Pike’s Peak Region. The following letter in the Chicago Her ald, written from St. Joseph, Mo., April 20, gives so distinct a picture of some wes tern affairs that we copy it entire : This is a very busy place, said to con tain from 10,000 to 12,000 people, whose chief business seems to be to furnish Pike’s Peak and other far western emigrants with outfits. The city seems to have been laid out with a view to business, rather than to taste and comfort, the streets being nar row and irregular, and the buildings generally more substantia! than ornamen tal. They are built chiefly of brick. The The streets are crowded with people, all of whom appear to be either selling or buying merchandise, mules, mustangs, horses, oxen, wagons, and such other ar ticles as the ‘'Peak” emigrants need. Auctioneers are so thick on street corners and in stores that it is hard to distinguish what each says. Peter Funk has ventured even thus far westward. I saw him selling pinch-back watches and bogus jewelry, this morning, at “urinous ju ices,” while near him stood the man with “magic solve,” and a cement that “stickotli el -ser than a brother.” proclaiming the virtues of his wares, without betraying any of his own. Mules, horses, oxen, and pomes sell I love at quite reasonable prices. Oxen can be had at from SSO to SBO per pair; mules at from $l5O to $250 per pal , slot horses at about the same prices as mules. I saw mustangs sell this nmming at $36 and S4O apiece, with good saddles ami hiidlsrs in the bargain. But they are quite gaunt and skinny looking animals, appearing as though they could jump through ail ortli liary horse collar without touching it. In fact, none of the stock sold, or offered for sale, is troubled with a superabundance of flesh. The venders seem to have acted tm the adage, “a lean dog sot a long chase.” Many of the mules are very small, of the Santa Fe breed, and can kick your hat off while you are looking them in the eye. Almost every vacant lot in and around the city is covered with the tents and ‘ prairie schooners” of the Pike’s Peak em igrants, and as one regiment departs an other anives to fill the place made vacant. All along the Hannibal & St. Joseph rail road, the emigrants’ wagons could be seen whiteuing the prairie as ships wbitetrlbe sea—an expression which I mean to he considen' 1 i taplioiically of course. Per il j ti be better to say that the p a ii; ’ Pitted with them, in order to gt! • m-trer “down to a dot” anil a a!vi ■ literally truthful. Besides these there are many more emigrants, of course, ; who come to this place by railroad, ana ■ besides them all, there are many who do ‘not come eta this place.’ Judging from what is observable here, the emigration to the gold regions during the j i -<;nt spring and coming summer will t>. im mense. The Territory of Jeffersi.u is, I evidently, destined to be numerously peo pled, very s; on, and cnjmble of becoming a State of the American Union in a sur prisingly short time. I find that a large amount of gold has been sent and brought from the mines of which there is no public record. The Ex press Company charge heavy ratesfortrans portingthe gold, and the consequence has been that at least nine tenths of tlie gold f. and in the new mining region has been sent by private hands. Gentlemen here tell me of several instances where, while the Company have brought only s3 t ooo ami $4,000 in dust at a time, passengers have been known to bring from $50,000 to $75 000. About $300,000 in dust has been ex|iressed; hut it is probable that at least two millions have been sent eastward from Pike’s Peak since the first breaking out of the fever. But it is not pretended that this fur nishes a fair criterion by which tojudge the productiveness of the mines. For the want of crushing machines, and the pro per facilities for mining, the miners have not yet been able to do justice to the true character of the gold regions. It ia be lieved that in due time, after the machine ry wow being and so be sent, whfn the GREENKSBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1860. men-and means to work it shall have ar rived, there v will be an immense amount of the dust sent Eastward. It is said that the miners already at the mu cs have been employed in raising quartz, and that there is far more now raised, awaiting the arrival of machinery, than can he crushed hv all the machines that will this season he sent out for that puipose. The quartz mills made hy Gates & Cos., of Chicago, so far as I can learn, are pre ferred to all others, though a firm in St, Louis manufacture a machine that answers the purpose veiy well. It partakes some what of lhe character of the Gate’s ma chine, hut is said to he decidedly inferior to the latter. The Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad is; ili i.g a thriving business. Atrip over i. reminds one of the lively times of 1355- ’66 A great amout of Pike’s Peak stock ami ‘traps’ is sent over this road, and of course a great number of passengers.— You can see the longest tiaius here to he seen any where else hi these hard times.— This road will prove of great advantage to landholders and farmers in the interior of Missouri, it is well managed hy some New England men, whom (tin ugh Y don’t 1 ke Yankees, generally) I must pruuouuce ttie ni'ost Courteous and kind as well as keen and shrewd gentlemen. They and their toad seem to he very jiopular, and I think deservedly so. -A railroad front this city to Atchison city in Kansas, lias been iu operation for some weeks. * Russell & Cos., run a tri-weekly lino of stages from this city to Denver, carrying seven passengers each, and going through in about seven days. Fare fcluO, with twenty-five pounds of baggage allowed. Russell & Cos. intcud establishing a daily line from this city and from .Leavenworth to Denver about the first of May, charging the same f'afo and making about the same time. They are, however jirepared to contract with parties on different terms and time, according to their wishes. The company’s stations on tire way are about twenty-five miles apart. Freight can- lie sent from this point to Denver city for $lO per cwt. The various parties interested in this sort of business are making extensive jire parations tor forwarding freight and pas-1 singers during the pre*ent ’ season, and everybody here seems to be iu high Spirits hoping to making a fojtuue out, ot the g„hl hunters. Ho Rif‘ Eye is Swept and H ashed. Fur us to he able to see objects dearly ami distinctly, it was necessary that the eye should he kept moist and clean. Foi this purji'nse it is tiirnished with a little gland, from which flows a watery fluid (tears) which it, sjiresd over the eye by the lid, and is afterwards swept off’ hy it, and runs through a hole in the, hone to the iiiqer sur face of the nose, where the warm air, pas sing over it while breathing, evaporates it It is remarkable that no such gland can be found ii the eyes of fish, as the element in which they live answers the same purpose. If the eve had not been furnished with a liquid ‘<> wash it. ami a !.d\q sweep it off, j im would apju Iliyas they do when we, look through a ilusty glass. Along the edges of the eye-lid there area great num ber of little tubes or glands from which flows an oiiy substance, which spreads over the surface of the skin, and thus prevents i the edges from becoming sore or irritated, and it also helps to keep the tears within the lid. Theje are also six little muscles attach ed to the eye, which enables us to move it in every direction; and when we consider the different notions they are capable of giving to the evrs, we cannot but admire the goodness of Him that formed them, and has tlius saved us the trouble of tinn ing our heads every tune wo wish to view an object. Althnugh’the eyes of some an imsls are incapable of motion, as the ffr, the beetle, and several other insects, yet the Creator has shown His wiedVirn and goodness in furnishing their e ves with thou sands of little globes, and by placing their eyes in front of their heads so that these little insects can see almost all around them without turning their heads. A gentleman who has examined the eyes ot a fly, says that the two eves of a common one are composed of 8,000 little globes, through every one of which it is capable ot form ing an object. Having prepared the eye of a fly for the purpose, and placed it be fore his microscope and then looked through both, in the manner of the telescope, at a steeple which was 299 feet high, and 750 feet-distant, and he says lie could plainly see through every little hemisphere, the whole steeple inverted or turned upside down. S'r Boyle Roche, the notorious blun derer, rose one day in the Irish House of commons and said, with a graver air than usual. “Mr. Speaker, the profligacy of the times is snch that little children who can neither walk nor talk may be seen run ning about the streets cursing their Ma ker.” A miserable old bachelor friend of onra thinks children's games are becoming pop ular with older persons, now-a-days, ns he has recently seen several grown men eke,t i%C hoop* three*cb the tfrrrft. Anteuote of I’alric Henry. Throe Baptist preachers were brought to-trial in about 1775 for preaching. The indictment brought against them was “for preaching the Gospel of the Son of God” ooi-u,iry to the ,statute-in that ease provid ed, and therefore disturbers of the peace. The clerk was reading the indictment iu a slow and formal manner, and he pronounc ed the crime with emphasis, “for preaching the Gospel ot. the San of God,” when a plainly-dressed tuiyi dismounted from Iris horse, entered the court-house, and took a seat within the bar. He was known to the court and lawyers, hut a stranger to the mass of spectators who had gathered on the occasion. This was Patrick Heurv, who, on hearing of this prosecution, had rode some fifty or sixty miles from his res idence.in Hanover county to volunteer his services in the defence of the prisoners.— He listened to the further reading of the indictment with marked attention, the first sentence of which that caught his ear. was “for preaching the liosjiel of the Son ot God.” When the indictment had been read, and the prosecuting attorney had sub mitted a few remarks Henry aiose stretch ed out his hand and received the paper, and then addressed the. court. “May it please youi* worships : 1 think I heard read by the prosecutor as I enter ed this house the paper I now hold in my hand. If I have rightly understood, the King’s attorney of this colony has framed an indictment for the- purpose of arraigning and punishing hy imprisonment three in effensive persons before the bar of this court for a crime of great magnitude—as dis turbers of the peace. May it please the coint, what did I hear read? Did I hear it distinctly, or Was it a mistake of my own? Did I bear an expression, as ii a crime, that these men, whom your worships are about to try for a misdemeanor, are charged with—what ?’ and, continuing in a low, solemn, heavy tone, ‘ For preaching the Gospel of the Son of God!” Pausing amidst the most profound silence and hi'CHt bless astonishment of his hearers, he slowly waved the paper three times arouua his head ; then, lifting up his hands and eyes to heaven with extraordinary and im pressive energy, he exclaimed, “Great, God!” The exclamation, the action, the hurst of feeling from the audience, were all overpowering. Mr. Henry resumed : ‘ May it please your worships: In a day like this, when trut li is about to hurst her fetters—when mankind are about to be raised to claim theirnaturaland inaliena ble lights—when the yoke of oppression which has reached the wilderness of Ameri ca, and the unnatural alliance of ecclesi astical and civil power is about t< I e dis severed—at such a period when liberty —liberty of conscience—is about to awake from her slumherings and ipquire into the reason of such charges as 1 find exhibited fiere to-day in this indictment !” Another fearful pause, while the speaker alternately cast his sharp, piercing eyes on the court and'the prisoners, and resumed: “!f I am not deceived, according to the contents of the paper I now hold in my hand, these men are accused of ‘preaching the Gospel, of the Son of God.’ Great. God!” Another long pause, during which he again waved the indictment around his head, while a deeper impression was made on the auditory. Resuming'liis speech “May ; it please your worships : There are periods in flie history of man when corruption and depravity have so long debased the hu man character that man sinks under the weight of the oppressor's hand and becomes his sci vile—his abject slave ; lie licks the hand that strikes him ; lie hows Tn passive obedience to the mandates of the despot, in this state of servility receives his letters of perpetual bondage. But, may, it please, your w rslripn, such allay lias passed away! From the period when our lathers left the land of their nativity for settlement in these American wilds—for Liberty—for civil and religious liberty —for liberty ot con science—to worshiptheir Creator according to their concejitions of Heaven’s revealed will; from the inome.A they placed their feet oil the American continent, and in the deeply-emledded forests sought an asylum from persecution and tyranny —from that mon ent despotism was crushed, her fetters of darkness were broken, and Heaven decreed that man should he free—tice,io worship Gid according to the Bible.— Were it noj for this, in vain have been ta ken the efiorts and sacrifices of the colonists; in vain weie all their sufferings and blood, shed to subjugate this New World, if we, their offspring, must still he oppressed and persecuted. But, may it please your wor ships, permit hie to inquire once for what arc these men about to be tried? This paper Says, For preaching the Gospel of tire Son of God.’ Great God ! for preach ing the Saviour to Adam’s fallen race.” After another pauee, in tones of thunder he inquired, “What law have they violated? Then, for the third time, in a slow, digni fied manner, he lifted hia eyes to Heaven and waved the indictment around his head. The court and the audience were now wrought up to the most intense pitch of excitement. The face of the prosecuting attorney was pale and ghastly, and he appeared unconscious that his whole frame vim agitated with alarm ; and the judge, in a tremulous voice, put an end to the I scene, now becoming extremely pninftil, by the authoritative command, “Sheriff, discharge those men !’’ Manners in the l ike’s Country. A correspondentof the St. Louis Republi can, writing from Denver city, on the 4th instant, details the following affair between a couple of howie-kuile advocates : Denver was again thrown into excitement last week hy the announcement that a man had been killed. On proceeding to the ground I found the victim to be Jack O'Neil a person long since noted for his crimes, which were still unpunished. It ajipears that a quar rel had arisen several days previous, which had been renewed on the day before by very 7 insulting and slanderous language used hy O’Neil to Rooker, who commit ted the deed. In consequence of this a challenge passed between them. O’Neil chose bowie knives as v,’aapoti6, and a dark room for the place.—These Rooker rejec ted, whereupon O’Neil sent word that they would shoot on sight. With this arrangement of the inattei Rooker stationed himself in the door of the Western Saloon, armed, with a shot-gun, loaded with buck-shot. O'Neil had oc casion to pass hy, and as he did so, when Rooker saw him lie cried out with an oath, “I’ve got you now,” and immediately shot him. O’Neil, who had turned to go away, fell with his revolver cocked in liis hand, sim jily uttering the words, “Rooker lias kil led me,” and expired in ten minutes. Rooker fled, hut soon after returned and has since received a sham trial, at which he was acquitted. It will he reinemdered that. O'Neil fled from Kansas City in the night to escape behig lynched by the people, ior commit ting a rape in connection with another person. —He is reported R> have killed sev eral persons in Salt Lake, of which deeds lie has frequently boasted. He has been quite noted here as a pugilist. His death was looked upon more in the light of a nuisance than of any tiring else, and consequently hut little attention was paid to the matter, and it was passed by withbtlt a thorough investigation. Japaaebtf Uoslunies. A latelSnn Francisco paper says : “On Tuesday a boat load of sailors, marines, and officers from the Japanese corvette came ashore and took a little tramp around town. The captain of the company, who talks English like a hook, was without a hat ; bis head was shaven on the crown, the straight black hair turned upward, tied together, and the ends, compacted by vir- much pomatum into one solid round mass, were laid straight fore and aft on the crown, pointing ahead. Upon this model most of the others of any rank dres sed their hair. Several dandyish oifieers wore bruad brimmed white bats, such ns our Chinese sport in lainy weather. A cushion was arranged inside to lift the hat clear of the head. Two stout strings, cue passing in front of the ears under the chin, the other behind the ears around the front, of the chin, kept it in place. Others woro straw bonnets of fancy colors, shaped like an inverted cone—the cushion within sustaining on the shaved scaljis all the hat’s weight, and the cross strings maintaining it in position. Others, indeed all the marines, wore none at all.— Ouo brief little old man had every liair on hia head shaven off. The officers were fancifully dressed in very different styles. Ona wore a light-blue gown and trowsers, the color of the sky at sunset, spangled, starred, with gold and crimson, lie car ried a short sword worn almost horizontally on his left hip, white sharkskin covered handle, and beautifully polished scabbard. A litfle below “hung a longer sword, got up in the same style. In his right hand he carried a fan, in his left a walking-cane. The dresses of high and low were sjiotted with little circular, oval, or square patches, with inscriptions of an imjrtirt quite un known to us. Almost every man wore sandals, generally of grass, hut only con sisting of a sole, a strap coming up between the great toe and the next toe adjoining, then splitting, surrounded the ancle. They marched, the foremost in single file, then in double and treble file.” A Dog's Tale. —The following inter esting trait of sagacity in the canine lace has been given ns from an authentic source; a brother of Mr. Elstcr, of Johnson Reef, Australia, a short time since, left the dis trict, and went overland to Adelaide, tak ing with him a dog belonging to his broth er. On arriving there, the dog appeared ill at ease; he determined to see whether he would return, and accordingly wrote a letter to his brother, and enclosiug it in a haiikercbief, tied it to the neck of the dog, which then started. A letter was then posted to the brother, with the somewhat laconic contents of—“ Dear Brother—Ar rived here safely For further particulars see dog.” This was of course, perfectly nntnteiligi l le to Mr. Ulster till the day f ter receiving the letter per post, the four footed messenger arrived with his “further j f>aiticulars” round his neck. After Liflone ! !y jmimiy cf 600 miles, he did not Appear | much fatigued, but seemed overjoyed at regaining his own town again. . / *♦ — I There is just as much intemperance iu , drinking physic as in drinking anything else. Terms—sl,so Always in Advance. Colors of Flowers Tromoted by Char coal, A French amateur, iu the Pariß Horti cultural Review, states: “About a year ago I made a bargaiu for a rose-bush of magnificent growth and full of buds. I waited fur them to bloom, aud I expected Hises worthy of lucli a noble plant and of the praise bestowed upon it by the vendor. At length, when it bloomed, all my hopes were blasted. The flowers werp of a fo dea color, an 11 discovered that I had only a middling tnnllijlora, stale-colored euough. I, therefore, resolved to sacri fice it to some experiments which I had iu view. My attention had been captivated with the effects of charcoal, as stated in some English publications. I then cov ered the earth (in the spot in which my rose-bush was) about half an inch deep with pulverized charcoal. Some days al ter I was astonished to see the roses which bloomed of as fine a lively rose color as I could wish. J determined to repeat the experiment; and, therefore, when the rose hush had done flowering, I took off tho charcoal and put fresh earth upon the spot. You may concieve that I waited for tho next spring impntientlv to see the result of this experiment. When it bloomed, the rose 6 were, as nt first, pale and discol ored; hut by applying the charcoal as be fore they soon resumed their rosy-red color. I tried the powdered charcoal like wise in large quantities upon my petunias, and found that both the white and violet flowers wore equally sensible to the action. It always gave great vigor to the red vio let colors of the flowers, and she white petunias became veined with red or violet tints. The violets (eolor) 1 became cov ered with irregular spots of a bluish or al most black tint. -Many persons who ad mired them thought that they were new varieties from seed. Yellow flowers are, as have been proved,insensible to the influ ence of tl.e charcoal.” From the Sampler Diepeteh. The California Moss. We are, through the kindness of a friend and subscriber ot this place, permitted to publish the following letter addressed to him by Dr. Joseph Leconte, of the South Carolina College, in reference to the Cali fornia beer, a beverage which has recent ly been so extensively used, and which has awakened apprehensions, in the minds of many, as to its wholesomeness. “We re gard Dr. Leconte as of the highest scien tific authority ia our Stats aud where he makes an assertion as to theory or fact, ia relation to any organic substance, its cor rectness is seldom disputed by the scien tific men of our day. He so carefully weighs the truth and force of every princi ple he inculcates, and is so thorough and devoted a searcher after truth, whether in the material or moral world, that any emanation fiom him is entitled to thoughtful consideration. We take great pleasure in extending to our leaders the benefit of his observation: Coi.u.vbia. 8. C., April 22, 1860. Dear Sir: About a week before the re ception of your letter, curiosity impelled me to examine carefully under the micro scope the so-called “California moss,” nsed as lermentiiig prinoipleiu “Oalifrma*beer.'’ I found it to be nothiug hut a true “yeast”’ —a substance which has characters under the iricrobcope which cannot ke mistaken. I do not mean to say by any means that it is common yeast, it may be a nstuial product found in the springs of California as reported. I use the word yeast os a general term including the principle of fer ments—whether made from malt, or from wheat, or from any other organic substance —for all of these are similar in properties, both physical and chemical. It this is a natural product as reported, it doubtless is the result of the fermentative decomposi tion of vegetable matter under peculiar circumstances. It certainly differs in gen eral appearance fioui any yeast I have ev efr seen, hut it is only in general appearance, form all esseutial characters there is no difference. 1 see no reason to think it is unwholesome, hut this cm only leceilainly determined by a trial; for the wholesome ness or unwliolesomeness ot any organic substance generally depends upon condi tions far too dedicate to admit of being de termined by chemical analysis. 1 have reports of its being unwholesome but on the other hand, I have known sr eial wbo have used it with impunity. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH LECONTE. Beautiful Wit.— The Emperor Alex ander was present at a collection in-Paris for one of the hospitals. The plate was held to the Emperor by an extremely pretty girl. As he gave his louisd’or, he whispered—“ Mademoiselle, this is for your bright eyes.” Tlie girl courtseyed, and presented the plate again. “What”, said the Etnperor, “more ?’’ ‘‘Yes, sire,” said: she, “I now want something for the poor.” Reje/ining. —On receiving the, news that eight Southern States had seceded (rom the Charleston Convention, the patriotic young gentlemen of Wofford College gave vent, to their joy be the ringing of the bell end : firing a salute.— Carolina Bpart am. ’ Laziness begins in cobwebs [and ends 1 in iron chains. It creeps ever a man so j slowly and imperfectly that he fs bound fight hefnr* be knows ft. NUMBER 20.