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‘-•v WVWI LJN wdjBBT 111 . irr - • ■ . . BY W.M JEFFERSON & €O. VOLUME 3. THE ‘PLANTERS’ WEEKLY PUBLISH HI) AT Greenesboro 7 . 6a. W. M. JEFFERSON,) ROLIN W, STEVENS. [ Proprietors. FRED. ft FILLER. ) fERMS.—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR; OR ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE. ■ t Antes of Advertising. Advertisements inserted at the rate of one dollar per square of ten lines or less, for first and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion, Those.not marked with the number ofinser-. iions will be published until forbid and charg ed at these rates. The following are our lowest contracting KATES: 1 Sq'r Six months #7. .one year sl2 2 “ “ “ 11.. “ “ 20 3•• •• 16.. “ “ 28 4 column 6 mo. 20.. “ “ 35 | .* fi • 40.. “ “ 70 1 •• 6 “ 50.. “ “ 80 Advertisements from ■Jtrano'ers and transient pirsons sotist be paid for in advance. Legal Advertisements Sale of Land or N.-eroes, by Administrators, ex.Mitor, and Go mlianft, per ftquarg, 00 Sateol 1* cimiml pmpcrtr by Attni’niatraion, r* onlora, and fri irJianft, per stjuare. 3 50 K itieu tin •(*■•■• ft.nl Creditors, 350 < N dice forlorn loS-tl. ... <OO Cttation fur l/’Mrr. of A.l iiinUtration 2 7o Citftti in b.r D.smiasMU fro it Aduiini-tralinn, snO Citation for Disiniaji m from Guardianship. 3 25 The Law of Kcwspapcrs. 1. Subscribers who do not give •xpress no lice to the c tntrarr, a-e considered as wishing to continue their subscription. ‘3. If subscribers order tbs discontinuance of their newspaper, the publisher may continue to send them until ail arrearages are^paid. !}. If subscribers neglect or refuic to take tir nevsjhpr's from the office to wh f ch they are directed, they are held respoos Lie until they have settled the bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the publisher, and the news papers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is ]>rima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 8. The United States Cou.-tR have also, re peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neg lecti to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Depart ment, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, rend ers the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription p.ice. GABOS. -TokTSTk E 11), • . ATTORNEY AT LAW, junei’Sfi-ly. Qreenrsboro, Georgul- ROLIN W. STEVENS, ATTORNEY k T L&W, Greensboro’ Georgia. WILL practice tn the counties of Greene, Baldwin, Putnain, organ, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and Hancock. [Feb. 2,1859-ff] UNITED STATES HOTEL, MMq. 232. Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. DWELL & MOSHER, Proprietors P. DWELL | J. MOSIIKB t. V. CAWBT, BERNARD OIIPIJT, w. CANBT. CAN BY, CIL.PIN & CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, AND IMPORTERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN DRUGS, Chemical*. Perfumery and Fancy Articles, nve-sTcrrs, paints, oils, vahnishes, window glass, Ac., Ac., Ac. N.W. Cor. or Light and Lombard streets, BAI/I'IMOItE. ’*>. T. COOK. Trov. Agt. —jiy 2P-tf. Modicoi Card. I HEREBY tender my thanks to the public for kind ly bestowing on me heretofore, a larger share of patronage than 1 anticipated, and again offer my pro fessional services to any who may give me a rail. When not professionally engaged, I may be found at Wood’s Drag Store. , Jan. H, iB6O It- \Y. I. BETiIKA, M. D DENTISTRY. off. mu. jk offCaf.% Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. Penfiehl, Georgia, WOULD inform tbe citixens of Greene and ad joining oonnties, that he la prepared to perform nay operation pertaining to hie profesaion, with neat ness and dispatch. He will insert from one to an en llre set of teeth. It ishis intention to please. He will bi in Greenesboro on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each weeek and in Penfield the remainder of hie time. Any oali from the country that may bo tendered him will meet with prompt attention. He refers to Dr. John B Murphy of Rome Feb. . !*&>■ IHcCORD, HORTON St WALTON, wnOt.ES.tLS DEALERS IS Groceries Generally. C*r. Broad and Campbell Street*. AUGUBTA, GA. X’OOBD, IW. BOBTOS, BOBT. WALTOtf, LB. Augusta, G*., March 28th, 1860-6 m. LAWKS of all kiwis ncally printed at this yfli -c, t short notice snd on reason ghle term if. A Weekly Jouraal—Reveled to Home Literature, Agriculture, Foreign and Romestie New?, Wit, Humor, &<?. mSCKLLAH K OPS. T!IE WORLD. A paint sketch. OH! ’tis n wretched world ! a den Os savage beasts, in shape of men. Where one half prey upon the other, And brother persecutes liia brother : Where varions are the modes of killing, War, hemp, steel, poison, flogging, milling; Where th little murderer’s doom to death, And the great one gains a laurel wreath : Where men, like hounds upon the scent, On vice and folly are intent; Well skill’d i’the art of money getting, By pratihg, pimping, lording, cheating. A world, where vice triumphant reigns, While virtue suffers and complains : Whero worth in want obscurely pines. While pamper’d meanness round hei shines Where power is law, and riches right, And men for empire tug and fight, (As boys for dirty halfpence scramble, Thro’ mud and mire, brier and bramble :) Where works the craft cf cowl and crown, To chain mankind in darkness down; In bonds of ignorance to bind The free-born soul, tho reasoning mind : Whore tj ranis reign, the rich oppress. And where the poor have no redress : Where millions toil to enrich the few, Who fatten on the “swinish crew Where war’s black game is play’d by kings For crowns, and such like glittering things, Who share mankind likefiicrds of cattle, And murder men in fields of battle : Where dark theology and taw, And physic, with insatiate maw, Prey on soul, bo.iv, aim estate, Os” tho sinvjde and unfortunate : Where bribe 4‘ interest conscience smother, And one thief’s set to catch another : Where vice in power doth virtue awe : Where rogues in office rob by law. Their foes destroy, their friends betray, And hang less villains every day : Where, from the king of potent rule, To the lards o’ the shuttle, loom, and mule. Down to the wretch of puny svvav, “Enslave!'’ ’stbe watcli-word all obey : Where soldiers (still a people’s hate, The walking engines of a state,) Aie at the prond oppressor’s beck, And march the advance of right to check, To enforce each petty tyrant’s law, And keep the multitude in awe : Where fortune’s fops (who yesterday Crawl’d from their holes in ragg’d array, Who, from their native hills of dung Have, in a night, like mushrooms sprung, Whose sjres hawk’d wares about the street, And ballads sung in strains most sweet,) Strut in the garb of pomp and power, And trample on the poor their hour. Beggars ! who, lifted up with pride, On horseback to the. devil ride: Where villains at fail virtue’s mark Shoot, stab, and murder in the dark: Where men their bravery display, Who female innocence betray : Where, to forget a foul affront HntUfnol and coward stamp’d upon’t, While they who shoot each other coolly, For honour’s sake! are champions truly : Where gold’s a i>< —; flattery’s a w ; Truth starves, or begs from door to door ; While Honesty, in courts not bred, In some lone cottage rears its head ; With Modesty, of blushing mein, In towns and cities rarely seen. O ! ’tis a wretched world! where fame Resounds the hero-murderer’s name: Where fell ambition fires the soul Os him who wears a crown or cowl: Where vice aud madness mark each scene (Whether be the actors grand or mean,) From brainless royalty in courts, To beggary in her midnight spoits : ‘Where folly’s sons, to music’s sound, In fashion’s circles flutter round: Where Dulness rolls in splendid state, While Genius staives at Luxury’s gate : Where fools, to wealth and titles born, On bumble merit look with scorn. While scoundrels stmt in stars and strings, And honor’s dealt ’mong knaves and kings. Where foul adultery’s high-life fashion, And marriage love ‘sa vulgar passion: Where money doth or bless or ban, And of the villain makes the man: „ Where beauty’s charms are bought or sold, And love is sacrificed for gold: Wl.ere friendship is a fleeting shade, And favours in the wearing lade: - Where oft proves false what most we prize, And what’s most lovely droops and dies, Wheic common sense and solid reason, And independence are high treason; While gorging, and stupidity, And going to church are— loyal-y! Where falsehood's current, truth’s a libel, And parsons disbelieve the bible: Where fair religion’s drest in gloom By many who her garb assume— Who drive her, as a trade, for pelf, And make God pander to vHe self: Where physic rears her royal schools, For titled quacks, and learned fools, Who with their nostrums, balm, and pill. Their thousands dupe, their thousands kill: Where law’s a fox, that plucks the geese, A wolf that still the sheep doth fleece : An ignis fat nits, which pursuing. It lores the simple on to ruin; An hocuspocus — juggler’* wand. Which, at the magician-chiefs command, Makes right be wrong, and wrong be right, And-presto!-make* what’s black be white; A thing, so puxxling and perplext. So dark in comment and in text. GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5,1860. That oft twelve heads together join’d Its hidden meaning scarce, can fled ; A jargon ’tis! so undefined, In clause so twisted and so twined, That, as its volumes they explore, The Cretan labyrinth of yore Was not more tedious to unravel, Than is the maze these tcise-wigs travel: Where justice is a rope of sand ” That still eludes the sufferer’s hand, Or, if a substance it b found, It stands on such enchanted ground, With quirk and quag so fenced about, • So many lanes and turnpikes tq^’t, The poor can’t pay them, nor get to it, But at a distance wishful view it: If with the great they e’er contend. Or dare their right and causo defend, Laic settles soon the point disputed, And with injustice they’re nonsuited: Still by the rich, thro’ bribe or fraud, They’re sure to find themselves outlaw’d! If in this world a bliss wo find, ’Tis where two heart in love are join’d ; Short space of bliss !—for oh ! how soon Dark clouds o’ershadc the smiling noon ; Approaching grief the horizon streaks, For death the fondest union breaks. O wretched world !—yet sure “there is Another, better world” “than this : Where virtue its reward shall see And vice shall justly punished bo ! Liverpool. SOUTHER? IcENERY, The following sketch is taken from the Georgia Home Gazette of Nov. I7th, 1851: It is related that one of a party of hav eners, standiug upon the summit of one of the mountains of Switzerland, was so transported with the beauty of the scene, that in a moment of enthusiasm he declared that lie “had never seen the equal of such scenery ; and he was sure that there was nothing like it in Euiope, for he had visited every country in it.” A German at his side quietly remarked, that “he had never seen anything so beautiful with but one exception” —and he named a certain moun tain in the Highlands of Scotland. Tho first-named gentleman stated that “al though he had been on that mountaiu often he had never thought much about it.” That mouutain wab on ‘his own estate! How frequently is-this the case. “Dis tance lends enchantment to the view.” Scenery seems to be appreciated in propor tion to the space traversed in order to be hold it. There is no doubt that the South ern States possess sections of country which exhibit the varied charms of natural scen eiay in the highest perfection—wild and beautiful spots--grand and lovely scenes— “ Mountains on whose baren breast The laboring clouds do often rest”— * glimpses of landscapes rivalling those of Milton’s L'Allegro, filling the of the bebolderwith an enchantment of beauty, and gratiying every sense of the majestic and sublime. Fortunately. Southern scen ery is now better appreciated.—and hun dreds who once flocked to Saratoga and Newport, now seek pleasure and recreation in the romantic regions of their own sec tion. As the attractions of our home scenery become more generally kuown, few will wander off io foreign districts, in quest of that which so abundantly deserves inspection at their own doors. Let any, who doubt this, examine the “Georgia Il lustrated.” Burke’s “Mineral Springs of Virginia, ’’ or Lanman’s “Letters from the Alleghany Mountains,” and they will be ready to admit that Southern tourists need not make annual migrations to distant countries to find tho appropriate temples of Nature’s beauties and glories. Few states surpass Georgia in the wild ness aud picturesque beauty of her moun tain Hcenery. The hiinjed but beautiful sketch, which follows, touche,s upon two of her most celebrated mountain cascades— Toccoa, ‘the Beautiful,” aud Tallulah, ‘the Terrible.’ The sketch was written by one of our nature-loving citizens, who passed a portion of the past summer, ruralizing among the mountains and enjoying the rare beauties which meet the ej e at every step, amid those populous solitudes. It is bv no means intended as a description of these water falls, or the scenery which suaronnds them, but is merely a hasty jotting-down of the incidets of the visit, with no attempt at fullness of detail. We only regret that it is so hurried. It is too much so to bp satisfactory. We trust, however, that the writer, who possesses an observant eye, a cultivated taste, and a polished pen, may favor us hereafter with fuller sketches of the unrivalled sceneiy of the mountain region of Georgia. Clarksville, August 30th, 1851. Having joined a small party who were bonnd for the Falls, we sprang with light hearts, lunch in hand, into our vehicle, drawn by swifthorses, which were driven by as good a whip as ever held the rib bons. Proceeding on ‘our winding way’ foi three hours, we reaebed the Toccoa Falls, and truly delightful was the sight. All nature seemed to smile, for, ever and anon the lights aud shades caused by oi l Sol, struggling with the clouds for the mastery, would alternately light up and darken the beautiful scenery around. Tbe cieek crosses the road about two hundred yards above the Falls, when it dseends one hundred and eighty feet, in the form l of spray, into the chasm below. Then gathering its waters together, “like the faithless stream, which in its course dallies with each flower upon its banks, it passes on, and leaves them all in tears.” Hav ing enjoyed the beauties of Toccoa to our heart’s content, we took up our line of march for Tallulah, eighteen miles distant. As we attained the summit of the Tallulah range of mountains, our driver said, “Here yen have the ocean view;” —and how beautiful the sight, and how faithful the representation. So true was it, that it only required a ship, to cause us to ay that wc were looking upon water itself. Old Currahee, standing alone, about twen ty miles off. Wild, grand, and beautiful —the scene seemed calculated to make man feel his insignificance, arid inspiichim with awe at the great wonders of the liv ing God. We then commenced the descent, and down, down we went, for about a mile, when we reached the house, and after ob taining a guide, we proceeded to enjoy a bird’s eye view of the different falls, and returned to the house, perfectly charmed with the wild romance of Tallulah. After partaking of a splendid supper which would have done honor to any br“ e ) j- a t j le state, our party witnessed a cpiendid sight, iho moonshouo out !u all its silvery sweet ness. Ihe course of the river was dis tinctly marked for miles, as it wound its Way through the mountain gorges, by clouds of spray, continually ascending and forming mimic clouds, which rose higher and higher, to fall again in the gentle dews of heaven. The next morning bright and carlj’, our party made the various descents, and it was resolved to take a hath in the cele brated Hawthorn l’ool, —where the Rev. Mr. Hawthorn laved his body for the last time. This teritie feat performed, we re lume 1 to the hotel dined sumptuously and having ordered our vehicles, proceeded to waids Clarksville, taking one long look at the ocean view. We arrived at our hotel about six o’cl >ck, fatigued, though much gratified with our pleasant rambles. J.C.G. Henry A. Wise al Home in Princess Anue County. Gov. Wise, since the expiration of his term in office as Gov. of Virginia, Las set tled in Princess Anne county, in this State. His residence is about seve t miles from Norfolk, by the regular route, but not more than four in a direct lire. “We left here about five o’cloc’.: this afternoon, and though ti e dry was extremely hot, the route was so well shaded as to dimin ish very malerily the inconveniences which would otherwise result to us. About six miles from tlie c>’ty we entered by a wooden gate, and proceeded in the direc tion of the governor’s house, along a straight avenue, lined on either side with a crop of the most promising, and evident ly the best cultivated, corn and oats in the country. We- encountered some 150 a cres of the former, and about 120 acres of the latter all cultivated under his ow.i immediate superintendence, and exLii.it ing in their rich and well ordered uniform growth the infaliahle indications of skill ful husbanding. Before proceeding a third of the distance from the gate to the gov ernor’s residence, the darkey driver called out to those in tho carriage, ‘‘.Vlassa Hen ry is coming!” Every darkey in this le gion calls him by that name, i put my head out of the window of the carriage, and true enough, “Massa Henry” was coming. But in what a trim! 1 neve.r knew him to dress. Whenever he does make any appearance it is all confined to the fixing of a scarf round his neck, which is fastened witji a plain gold brestpiu a cross his bosom. I never could be persuaded that lie per formed this branch of the toilet himself.— It required a little more care and taste than I believe Henry A. Wise would be wil ling to bestow upon matters of dress. But in this instance he was burdened with no such thing as a scarf or neck-tie, nor even vest. His whole dress consisted of aPana- ma hat, and that by no means new; a plain white Jinen coat, white “Russian duck” pantaloons folded up at the bottom, and a pair of shoes in perfect keeping with the other portions of his dress. He had with him, leaning on his left arm, an axe which gave him peculiarly the appearance of a backwoodsman who was ready for anything from a bear to a higwavman. Everybody who has seen governor Wise will say at least that he is determined : but in this instance, lio exhibited in his dress and general outline, every element that could heighten this expression. On seeing the carriage approach, he hur ried towards it, and recognizing your correspondent, he received him with all the kindness and civility peculiar to Wise at home. 1 questioned him as to l*is mo tive in carrying the axe and he answered that he carried it to kill snakes, an Indian, if by chance he should come this way, and for many other pusposes too numerous to mention. At onco an invitation was kind ly extended towards all in the carriage to accompany him to his house, which was about three quarters of a mile distant.— Bev*ral invitations were offered to him to take a seat in tlie carriage, but to no par pose as he seemed to prefer walking. The bouse is in a few yards of Elizalioth river, upon which tltc city of Norfolk iji located, navigable for vessels, of 400 or 500 tones, up to the governor’s farm. Un der the skill and the management of such a man as the govevnor’s it will soon become a charming place. To say that ycur correspondent and his companions were treated well by the governor, is to state wliat every one fami liar with Lis chaiacter in the domestic circle kuows him4o proverbial lor. Speak of all your “old Virginia gentlemen,” but Gov. Wise is the most perfect specimen of that character probably extant. Not one word about politics it yon don’t question him. Singular Phenomena—Hume, (he Eu ropean “Medium” Outdone. A rather wonderful phenomena is said to have been witnessed at one of our prin cipal hotels, a few day’s since, which lias created a sensation among certain fash ionable “’circles.” The particulars were related to us by an eye witness, whose character for truth is unimpeachable, and who is not a believer in spiritualism. A ‘'medium” was directed by the spirits, ‘we suppose, to visit Newport. Among those who signified a desire to test the medium’s powers were Miss Hosmcr, Dr. Urowe and lady of St. Louis, and several gentlemen attending the scientific conven tion. It was currently reported that the “medium” in question could rap out tho contents ofsealod envelopes. Thcskopti cal personages above referred to proposed to write three names of deceased persons, enclose them within an envelope which was to be put into anothe-r envelope, to prevent tho possibility of seeing thiongh. then sealed up with a number of private seals, and another party who did not know its contents to visit tho medium; if two of the three names were revealed without opening or disturbing the seals, a certain amount was to be paid lcm, and his “pow ers” acknowledged The airangerneut was agreed to, and the committee of two laid the envelope on the table before the medium. After a few contortions, raps, &c., the medium's hand grasped a pencil and wrote backwards and bottomsidc up with rapidity the following : “Gaudeo facer quod vis —Zenobia Po cahontas. Yours truly’, Robert Hare.” The party’ who wrote the names were summoned, examined the seals aud envel opes and pronounced them undisturbed.— They acknowledged the names correct and the Latin appropiate, but before open ing the envelope desired to see the third name given, whereupon the medium pul led up his sleeve when the name desired immediately appeared, writen in blood let ters upon the arm, the flesh appar ently raised up under the letters, like a welt. The party acknowledged their as toishment, paid up and retired, satisfied that there were some things in heaven and earth not explainable by their theories. Since the above occurred, tho same or similar phenomena has been produced by the same inediumat the residences of some of i ur most, prominent citizens, who are all equally astonished—and the more so as the “medium” is Mr. M. V. Bly, the cele brated exposer of spiritualism, who does not claim the aid of spirits and professes to be able to impart the “power” to others. We have been present at one seance, and thephenomean is certainly astonishing to the uninitiated.—[Newport News, Aug. 21. The Englishman and irishman, Judge Haliburton, after exciting the. mirth of our English cousins by caricatu ring the peculiarities of Yankee character and life, and rooting in may minds false ideas which will never be eradicated, is holding them up in turn for the merrimet of others. We give a spechnent, taken from the Season Ticket just published by Bartley : The Irish can’t eat nothing but later, and drink nothing but whiskey, aim talk nothing but priest and patriots, auctions and repeals. They don't know nothing like nobody else. Their coats are so long they drag on the ground, like the tail of a nantucket cow, which is so poor that she can’t hold it up, and their trowsers are so short they don’t reach below their knees, with two long strings dangling from them that are never tied, and three buttons that felt like an eyelet hole; and wear hats flint have no roofs on ’em. The pigs are fed in the house, and the children beg on the road. They won’t catch fish for fear they would have to use them in Lent, nor raise more than they eat, for fear they would have to pay rent. They sit on their cars sideways, like a gal on a side saddle, and never look ahead so they sec but one side of a thing, and always act and fight on one side; there are no two ways about them. And yet, hang me if I don't like them, take them small aud targe, better than I do the English, who qre as heavy and stu pid as tLo porter they guzzle all day— who hold their chins so everlastiu* high they don’t see other folks’ toes they are forever a-treadin’ on—who are as proud as Lncifet, and ape humility j as rich as Croesus, and as mean as a Jew; taking from one year’s cud to another of edeua ting the pocr, and wishing the devil had flown away with I)r. I aortas before he 1 had creV invented, types ; praising us for- Terras--$1,50 Always in Advance. ever, and lamenting Columbus hadn't gone to the bottom of the sep, instead of dis covering America ; talking of reform from July to eternity, and asking folks if they don’t wish they may get it. Agricultural Progress olNorlh Caro lina. Thirty years ago North Carolina aban doned the. growtli of cotton, owing to cno ses not very clearly defined, but such ns that the season was too short, the “snring too backward,” soil too thill, etc,, but lias returned to it with vastly increased energy, producing a greater yield in one countv now than iu the whole State formerly.— And it is making the cotton growing dis tricts rich, signs of which are seeft in the improvement of lands, of buildings, and the geneial condition of the population.—’ Twenty years ago the salvation of the State depended mainly on the culture of tuipgntinc; but, though a great business yet, it is giving away to the former —tho operatives therein returning to the cotton field. Corn and tobacco both figure largely in North Carolina. Bothof the latter are to be considered paying crops. Cotton planting, however, appears to bo gaining on all other kinds of agriculture, and should the low lands ol the eastern sections of the State answer the purpose, ns expected, it will not be long before the yield will be enormous. There ere nlrcady planters who make n thousand bags, which, at fifty dollars per bag, is fifty thousand dollars ; and,ten years ago, the, same men did not produce a bale! Do mack for tho mania for cotton—though it would seem to lie madness that has “method in it”—and may there be more of it, as it adds to the com mon prosperity of the country, entering into the revenues of the Northern man equally with the Southern. Why Children Die. — Reflections for Parents. —The reason why children die, says Hall’s Journal of Health, is because they are not taken care of. From the day of their birth they are stupefied with-- food, choked with physic, sloshed witlr water, suffocated in hot rooms, steamed in bedclothes. So much for indoor. When permitted to breathe of pure air, once a week in summer, and once or twice during the colder months, only the nose is allow ed to peer in daylight. A little later, they are sent out tilth no clothes on at all on the parts of the body which most need protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare neck, girted middles, with an inverted um brella to collect the air arid chill the oth er part, of the body. A stout, strongman goes out on a cold day with gloves and overcoat, woolen stockings, and thick doubled-soled boots, with cork between and rubbers over. The same day a child of three years old, an infant of flesh and blood, and bone constitution, goes out with shoes as thin ns paper, cotton socks, legs, uncovered to the knees, neck bare; an ex posure which would disable the nurse, kill the mother outright, and make the father invalid for weeks. And why l To. harden them to n inode of dress which they are never expected to practice. To accustom then, to exposure wicli a dozen years later would be considered down right foolery. To raise children thus fox the slaughter pen, and lay it to the LorcL is too bad. We don’t think the Almighty had any hand in it. And to draw comfort from the presumption that Ho had any agency in the dcatli of the child, is a pre sumption and profanation. A Lady Bitten by a Rat. —On last Thursday morning at about 1 o’clock, a lady residing in Church street, next door south of thu Planter's Hotel, was awoko from sleep by a great noise made in Lor room by a rat when sbe set a small Poodle dog that slept at her bedside upon it,, which was very soon conquied. The lady anxious to escape the apparently infuria ted thing, attempted tq jump into be-d., and while in the act, the rat quit its hold upon the dog. and flying at her, seized, with his teeth the sole of her right foot near the two small toes, and iuflieted a, gerere would, but on Friday morning, there were such strong evidences of Te tannus appearing, that Dr. Fraser was sent for, and under his care she is doing very well, though not entirely out of danger yet. Her husband, who is a policeman, caste home just about the time she was bitten, and with a stick, succeeded, after a hard encounter, in killing tbe furious animal,, whose body measured thirteen inches.- Charleston News, Aug. 20th. Gen. Tom Thumb, out of whom liar uum coined gold, is now twenty-tjhrce years of age. Tlie liberal showman en gaged loin at first for a month, at eight doliai s a week ; then for seven j cars at seven dollars a week ; and all charges of living and travel, and raised It to twenty - five dollars a week ere the year .wss out. When he took him to England ho gave him fifty dollars a week. The little gen tleman has made various exhibitions on his own account, and lids said to he now worth fifty thousand doMars, which he se> perfectly able to take esVc of. \sr The ladies never looked plumper than they do this season, yet every one of j these dear creatures aru reduced t* a skel eton NUMBER 86.