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CHAPTER L
" C:.n you loan me two thousand dollars to es
tablish myself in a small retail business ?" inquir
a young man not yet out of his tfens, of a middle-aged
gemtemnn, who whs poring over a pile
of ledgers in the counting room of one of the lar
gest whole sale establishments in our city. The
person thus addressed turned towards th speaker,
and regarding him a moment with a look of sur
prise, inquired :
What security can you give me, Mr. Stros
ser ?"
" Nothing but my note," replied the young man
promptly.
" Which I believe would be below par in mar
ket," replied the merchant, smiling.
Perhaps so," replied the young man, " but
Mr. Rirton, remember the boy is not the man ;
the time may come when Hiram Strosser's note
will Le as readily accepted as that of any other
nan."
True, very true," replied Mr. Barton mildly,
M but you know business men seldom loan money
without adequate security otherwise they might
soon he reduced to penury."
At ibis remark the young man's countenance
became deathly nale. and havinir observed a
sib-pec of several moments, he inquired in a
voire whose tones indicated his deep disappoint
ment " Then you cannot accommodate me, can
you r
' Call upon me to-morrow, and I will give you
a reply," said Mr. Barton ; and ihe young man
re.ired.
Mr. Barton resumed his labors at the desk ; but
his mind was so much upon the boy and his singu
lar errand ihnt he could not pursue his task with
any coriectncss, and alter having mauo several
blunders he closed the ledger, took his hat and
w enl out into the street. Arriving opposite the
store o a wealthy merchant upon Water street,
he entered the door.
Good morning, Mr. Hawley," said he, ap
proaching the proprietor ol the establishment, who
was seated at his desk, counting over the profits of
the week.
" Good morning," replied the merchant blandly,
" happy to see you; have a seat? Any news?
how's trade ?"
Without noticing of these interruption?, Mr.
Barton said :
Young Strosser is desirous of establishing
himself in a small retail business in Washington
street, and called this morning to secure a loan
ol two thousand dollars for that purpose."
"Indeed," said Mr. Hawley, evidently surpris
ed at this announcement ; " but you do not think
ol loaning tht sum do you ?"
I do not know," replied Mr. Barton, " Mr.
S r "ss r is a young man of business talent and
strict integrity, and will be likely to succeed in
whatever he undertakes."
44 Perhaps so," said Mr. Hawley, " but I am
heartily Urd of helping these young aspirants lor
commercial honors."
Have you ever suffered from such a course?"
inquired Mr. Barton, at the same lime casting a
roguish glance at Mr. H.
" No," replied the latter, for I never felt inclin
ed to make an investment ol that kind."
'1 hen here is a fine opportunity to do so. It
may prove belter than stock in ihe bank. As for
myself, I have concluded that if you will advance
him one thousand dollars, I will contribute an equal
sum."
" Not a single farthing would I advance for
such a purpose ; and if you make an advanco of
that kind i shall consider you very foolish."
Mr. Barton observed a silence of several mo
ments and ihen arose to depart.
M If vou do not feel disposed to share with me
in this enterprise, I shall advance the whole sum
myself."
So sa ing he left the store.
Mr. Hawley, the
in the preceding
not rally, among wbori fcas
merchant introduced to the
chapter.
" How did you manage to keep above the tide 7"
enquired Mr. Hawley of Mr. Barton, one mornmg,
several months after the events last recorded, as
he met the latter upon the street on his way to his
rila- of business.
"Very easily indeed, I can assure you," re
plied Mi. Barton.
" Well, do tell me how," continued Mr. Haw
ley; "I lay claim to a good deal ol shrewdness,
but the strongest exercise of my wits did not save
me; and yet you, who were by far the greatest
sufferer, and whoe liabilities wee twice as hea
vy as my own, have stood the shock, and have
come off even better by the storm."
" The truth is," replied Mr. Barton, I cashed
my paper as soon as it was sent in."
" I suppose so," said Mr. Hawley, regarding
Mr. B. viih a look of surprise ; but how did you
obtain funds ? As for my part, I could not obtain
a dollar credit ihe banks refused to take my pa
per, and my friends even deserted me."
A little investment that I made some len years
ago," replied Mr. Barton, smiling, " has recently
proved exceedingly profitable."
Investment !" echoed Mr. Hawley, what in
vestment ?"
" Why do j-ou not remember how I establish
ed young Strosser in business some ten or twelve
Tbc Nature and Relations of Water.
Extract from a Lecture by Professor Draper, f tb
New. York University.
No living tbjag can exist, except it contains
water as one of the leading constitutants ol the va
rious pans of its system. To so great an extcut
does this go, that, in a thousand parts ot human
blood neafLy eight.hundred are pure water. The
distribution of organized beings all over the worJ
is to a great extent regulated by its abundance or
scarcity, h seems as if the properties of this sub
stance mark out the plan of animated nature.
From man, at ihe head of all. to the meanest vege
table that can grow on a bare rock, through all the
various orders and tribes, this ingredient is abso
lutely required. Insipid' and inodorous i'self, it
tMes the peculiarities of all other bodies ; assumes
h ith readiness ihe sweelness ol sugar, and the acid
ity of vinegar. Distilled with flowers, or the
aromaiic parts of plants, it contracts from them
their fragrance, and with equal facility becomes
the vehicle oi odours the most offensive to our
years ago
Oh, yes, yes," replied Mr. Hawley, as a ray
of suspicion lighted up his countenance ; " but
what of that ?"
M He is now one of the heaviest dry goods dea
lers in the city, and when this calamity came on he
came forward and very generously advanced me
seventy-five thousand dollars. Vou know I toid
you on tin morning I called to offer you an equal
share in the stock that it might prove better than
an investment in the bank."
During this announcement, Mr. Hawley's eyes
were bent intently upon the ground, and drawing
a deep sigh, he moved on, dejected and sad, while
Mr. Barton returned to his place of business with
his mind cheered and animated by the thoughts of
this singular investment.
imagine
A Sitiffulnr Personage.
M Rhoderick," the Baltimore correspondent of
the Washington Star, gives ihe following account
of a very singular personage :
There resides in Baltimore county, not far from
our cily, a very singular and extraordinary per
sonage, who has thus far passed through life un
obtrusively. His history yet remains to be writ
ten, and lew, if any there are, that could do it
justice. He has lived the life almost of a hermit,
seldom appearing outside the walla of his hermit
age, except when special occasions require.
There is a marked singularity in his dress, gene
ral appearance and manner. Though upon the
turning point of fifty, he has remained a bache
lor. Humble in his profession being simply a
III IRC II 6c SHARP,
AUCTIONEERS and COM MISSION MERCHANTS,
tULl JllilA, S. C,
TTTILL attend to the sale of all kinds of Merchandise,
VV Produce, See. Also, Real and Personal Property.
Or purchase and sell Slaves, ttc., on Commission.
Sales Riom-Xo. ) Richardson street, and imme
diately opposite the United States Hotel.
Feb 3, lS3t Tiios. h. march, j. a. I. sH.vir.
Livery and Sales Stable,
BY S. II. K i: A.
VT the stand formerly occupied by R. Morrison, in
Charlotte. Horses fed, hired and sold. Good ac
cj.uniodations for Drovers. The custom of his friends
and the public generally solicited.
Fi-hrii.irr 17, 18"4. 30-y
R. HAMILTON. R. M. OATES.
HAMILTON & OATES,
COJIlfllSSIOft MERCHANTS,
Corner of Rickardton and Laurel Strtett,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
June 9 1854 ,
CHAPTER II.
Ten years have passed away since the occur
rence of ihe conversation recorded in the prece
ding chapter, and Mr. Barton, pale and agitated,
is standing at the same desk when first introduced
lo the reader's aiteu'ion. As page after page of
his ponderous ledger was examined his despair
became deeper until at last he exclaimed :
I am ruined, utterly ruined !"
4 How so," inquired Hiram Strosser, who en
tered the counting-room iu season to hear Mr.
Barton s remark.
" The last European steamer brought news of
the failure of the house of Perleb, Jackson & Co.,
Loudon, who are indebted to me in the sum of
SifD.OOO. News of the failure has become gener
al, and my creditors, panic-stricken, are pressing
my paper to be cashed. The banks refuse me
credit, und I have not the means to meet my lia
bilities. If I could rally again, but it is impossi.
ble ; my creditors nro importunue, and I cannot
much longer keep above the tide," replied Mr. Bar
ton. What is the extent of your liabilities !" in
quired Mr. Strosser.
Seventy-five thousand dollars," replied Mr.
Barton.
Would that sum be sufficient to relieve
you ?"
M It would."
" Then, sir, you shall have it," said Strosser.
as he sleppvd up to the desk and drew a check
for seventy-five thousand dollars. " Here take
this, and when you need more, do not hesitate
to call on me. Remember that it was from
you I received money to establish myself in busi
ness." 41 But tho debt was cancelled several years ago,"
replied Mr. Barton, as a ray of hope shot across
his troubled mind.
44 XruP" replied Strosser, 44 but the debt of gra
titude that I owe you has never been cancelled,
and now that the scale has turned, I deem it my
duty to come up to the rescue."
At this singular turn in the tide of fortune, Mr.
Barton fairly wept for joy.
Hia paper was taken up as fast as it was sent
in, and in lees than a month he had passed the
a - a rfV.I .
crisis, and st'oa perieeity saie aoo secure; nis
credit increased, and business improved, while
several other firms sank under the blow and could
repairer of clocks he is proud, and looks down
upon those of hiuh rank and wealth with a degree
of contempt. He is lord of his own castle, and
inhabits it solus has no friends, no companions,
and wants none. He eschews nvmen, consider
ing them a useless expense, and a source of mul
tifarious vexation. Wealth, to his philosophy, is
an absorbing evil, and money in any shape, ex
cept so far as it contributes to higher enjoyments,
mere dross.
This singular person has existed in the same
hut, same locality, for many years, and still his
nearest neighbors know him not. He spends only
so much of his time at physical labor (mending
clocks) as will procure a plain, scanty living, and
obtain other requisites for mental enjoyment. He
visits Baltimore about twelve times a year on foot,
and then so arranging in point of time, that his
entrance and exit are made in the night. His pas
sion is books and mental culture. Though in
seeming poverty, he has a well selected library
of several hundred volumes, containing all the
classics, besides other works. His visits to Balti
more nr generally of a literary character, always
taking home books of a rare quality.
To see him, the beholder would suppose he be
longed to the ignorant, unlettered division of hu
man nature, (a ibis, however, the few who were
fortunate enough to form his acquaintance found
themselves mistaken. Contrary to all expecta
tions, he proved a scholar of superior fin if h,
versed in the classics thoroughly, and master of
Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Hebrew, and many other languages, all acquired
without a tutor. He is also larniliar with the va
rious sciences, accomplished in manner, address,
&c. He converses freely, fluently, and sensibly,
upon the most abstruse and complicated subjects;
is well posted in politics, and knows the history of
the past and current events accurately. He de
lights particularly in oriental literature, and pos
sesses a fund of information relaiing thereto.
He professes alliance with no religion, and yet
observes a code of scrupulous morality.
His best costume is extremely antiquated, parts
of it having been in use probably twenty years,
and all together if put up at auction, would not
command ten dimes. The casual observer would
suppose him a poor mendicant, and feel inclined
to extend the hand of charity, yet he is surmised
to be comfortable in tho world's lore, and proves
himself to be enviably rich in all that appertains
to a refined and highly cultivated intellect. - His
name I do not feel at liberty to mention at pres
ent. I have given you the outlines of a reality
which, up to this period, has probably never been
thought of beyond the ordinary routine of life.
The 44 Learned Blacksmith," John McDonough,
Peter the Hermit, and Stephen Girard, were not
more peculiar ittaa the hero of this brief epistle.
Within the past year he has mastered the arts
of stenography and phonography, and reads and
writes them with ease.
Among the curiosities lately added to Schenec
tady Museum, is a mosquito's bladder containing
twenty-four misers and the fortunes of twelve prin
ters nearly half full.
fj3 The export of Wilmington N. C. are said
to be about 6,000,000 worth per annum.
0r Thos. Sr.lmoud, Eq , president o.' the
Branch Bank at Camden, S. C. died suddenly on
the 30;h u!t,
senses.
We talk about the uses of water, and
ihnt Nature furnishes us a nerennial sunnlv. The
common philosophy of people is, doubtless, ad
vanced so far as to admit that in some unknown
manner this substance is created in the cloud, de
scends as rain for ihe uses of animals and plants ;
but whence it came, or where it goes, never once
enters into consideration. Men constantly forget
that in this world nothing is ever annihilated ; an
atom, once created, can by no process be destroyed.
The liquid that we drink to day has been drunk a
thousand limes before ; the clouds that obscure the
sky have obscured it again and again ; and if the
sorrows of mankind are us many as the philanthro
pist may well fear, he might suspect a great part
ol the ocean is, perhaps, made up of tears that liave
fallen from the human family. In the air their
sighs die away, and in the ocean the tears are all
lost. This using over and over again is a striking
characteristic of the ways of Nature; the beauti
ful and the vile the great and ihe small are all
mingled together; the tears that you shed in ihe
depth of giief to day may be squirted tomorrow
through a hose pipe lo clear the dirt off ihe street ;
or whistled away through the sqr.eak of a locomo
tive to scare some dilatory cow off the track. So
much for the sorrows of man.
What then becomes of the immense quantities
of water, which, thus entering as a constituent of
the bodies of animals, gives their various parts that
flexibility which enables them to execute move
ments, or combining with vegetable structures, fits
them for carrying on their vital process? After the
course of a few years, all existing animals and
vegetables pass away ; their solid constituents dis
integrate and take on other conditions, Ihe water
lost, perhaps for a time in the ground, at last
escapes in the form of vapor into the air. In lhat
great and invisible receptacle, all traces of its an
cient relations disappear it mingles with other
vapors that are raised from (he sea by the sun.
From the bodies of living animals and plants, im
mense quantities are hourly finding their way to
the same reservoir. In a crowded city, from the
skin, and by the breath of its numerous inhabitants,
clouds of vapor are continually escaping we see
this visibly going on in the cold weather of r inter;
and, though invisible, the process is equally active
in summer the escape arising from the drink thai
we lake, from all those various portions of the sys
tem that are dying each moment for the life of
an individual being is made of the successive death
of all its constituent par Melee. In the same man
ner, from the forests and meadows, and wherever
vegetables are found, water is continually evapora
tive, and that to an extent far surpassing what we
at first suppose. In a single day, a sunflower, of
moderate size, throws from its leaves, and other
parts, nearly twenty ounces weight. How enor
mous then must be the quantity which escapes from
the surface of a great continent! Yet all this is
thrown into the air; and there it mingles with
other portions, some of which are coming from
living races, and some from the decay of the dead,
some derived fr?m the surface of the ground, and
some from the remote regions of the sea. It seems
as if Nature had taken sure means that here ail
traces of identity should be lost. The winds, pro
verbially inconstant, blow at one time irorn the
costs of Europe, at another from Africa, at another
from Asia. In the republic of the universe there
is a stern equality, the breath of the king inter
mingles with the breath of the beggar, and the
same quiet atmosphere receives the exhalations of
ihe American, the European, the Asiatic, the
African ; the particles that have risen from dead
intermingle with those of the living; and as if
th's were not enough, the winds and tempest ob
literate every distinction, and dash in one com
mon confusion these relics of every part of the
globe.
A man of average size requires a half
ton weight of water a year; when he has reached
the meridian of life, he has consumed neaily three
hundred times his own weight of this liquid.
These are statements which may seem to those
who hear them for the first time very wonderful;
and as they are easily verified, they might lead
you to doubt whether Ihe existing order of Nature,
as dependent on the waters of the sea, could fo
any length of time bo kept up under such a heavy
consumption. The human family consists proba
bly of a thousand millions of individuals ; it would
be a very moderate estimate to suppose, that the
various animals, great and small, taken together,
consume five times as much water as we do, and
the vegetable world two hundred limes as much
as the animil races. Under such an immense
drain it becomes a curious question what provision
Nature has made to meet the demand, and how
long the waters of the sea, supposing nothing re
turns (o them, could furnish a sure supply. The
question involves the stability of existence of ani
mated Nature, and the world of organization ; and
no man, save whose mind is thoroughly imbued
with an appreciation of (he resources upon which
the acts of the great Creator are founded, would.
I am sure, justly guess at I he result. Thereexists
in the sea a supply which would meet this enor
mous demand for more than a quarter of a million
of years. Such is the plan of Nature, and such
are rhe resourceson which she depends for carry ing
out her measures. For the well being ol her or
ganized creations she can fail back on a gigantic
supply. Wyoming County Mirror iV' Y.
Japan, Rnusla, and the United States.
By the Pekin we have received papers from
Hong Kong to the 5th, and from Singapore to the
13lh inat. Tho most important intelligence has
already appeared in our Saturday evening paper,
namely, the conclusion of a treaty between the
Americans and ihe Japanese. Some particulars,
extracted from the Friend of China, will be found
below. The Americans have obtained two ports
for trading, and a coal station. Japan yields
plenty of coal, and it will be brought from the
mines for the use of steamers. The most impor
X&t fact that hasranspired is that the Japanese
Js?ve expressed their wilHngness to make commer
cial treaties with any other nation which may seek
them. prOvhted. it is done peaceably.
To what are we to attribute this entire change
of policy ? Why has this long sealed empire
opened ut the touch of Commodore Perry ? We
suspect that the war in China with the English
made a profound impression upon the Japanese.
They saw the utter inability of that vast empire
lo contend ngainst Europeans, and dreaded in
volving Iheir own country in calamines like those
which had befallen their neighbors. So long as
Ihe foreigners kept away voluntarily, the reslrictive
system answered; but the instant demands were
..,,) rn. Jmiccinn ImeL-pii hv n naval force winch
iiiCtUl' IU1 HUllllOtJIVII WW V u V J j
fMiil.l nnl Uo nnnmapA ihpn thn necessitv of COlk- (
ciliation became manifest. The Japanese are well
aware that the Americans and English are not
Jesuits in disguise, and do not fear fiom them a
renewal of the disorders which caused the expul
sion of the Portuguese. Whether they will allow
Protestant missionaries to leach there is another
question, and it would be imprudent to urge this
upon them at present; but that their hatred of
Christianity, which was entirely political, will be
ultimately overcome by free intercourse with Euro
peans, is not to be doubted. It seems to us evident
that had our government taken s'eps to procure
admission to Japan immediately after the ratifica
tion of the recent China treaties, they would have
met with a reception similiar to lhat of the Ameri
cans, at least if backed by as strong a force. Ii
was long ago said that there is no ambassador
whose persuasive powers are equal to those of a
line of battle ship, and of this the speedy settlement
with the Americans is a proof.
It is singular that the Japanese should deny
having made any treaty with the Russians. Can
the assertion have been a mere piece of Russian
diplomacy, intended to cover future aggression ?
Not unlikely. The European nations would have
no means of ascertaining ihe falsehood of ihe as
sertion, and had the Russians, under the pretence
of a cession, invaded and taken possession of the
.Japanese portion of ihe Kurile Inlands, the Euro
pean Powers would have had no right of interfer
ence. Had Russia remained on good terms with
her neighbors, this would probably have been her
next step in advance in Asia, Persia being reserved
for a more convenient opportunity. This scheme,
or any other which may hnve been plotted for
acquiring a portion or the whole of the Japanese
territories, is now defeated. Diplomatic relations
having been opened with one maritime Power,
which will no doubt soon be extended to two or
three more, accurate information will be obtained
of the proceedings of the Russians, and their rig-
gressions instantly stopped. The accumulation of
Russian ships in the Chinese waters points to some
such obiecis for they never can have been sent
out in contemplation of a war with France and
England, in which they could only hope to avoid
capture by instant flight to the desolate ports of
Eastern Siberia. But to cover a disembarkation
on the southern Kurile Islands, or any other part
of the Japanese territory, such a squadron would
be necessary and sufficient.
Calcutta Englishman.
Mexican treaty, the administration, on its part, naa
perfected a treaty settling the fishery dispute and
providing for reciprocity in trade with the British
North American Provinces. Negotiation have
also been actively progressing for ihe settlement
of all difficulty with Spain respecting the Island
of Cuba, and it is now believed by some who have
every opportunity of forming a correct judgment
that die Island will belong to the United States,
either by purchase or conquesS in a comparatively
brief period. WUhih a few weeks vr&bfH heard
of Com. Perrv's success in forming a treats; with
Japan, in wh?ch three of the principal ports of that
region'ate to be thrown open to our commerce.
We know that negotiations for the annexation of
(he Sandwich Islands have been completed, and
we are aware that the representative ol Honduras
is already at the capital seeking admission into our
Union. Never at any previous period in the history
of our country have so many important national
measures been brought forward during any one
session of Congress, and yet the journals and
letter-writers at the North, our own correspondent
among the number, tells ns that nothing has been
or will be done by the legislative and executive
branches of the administration. An examination
of facts will teach them that the .administration is
not quite as much to blame ns they would lead
people lo suppose. Charleston Standard.
IK?af JTIutc marriage.
A novel and interesting murriage ceremony
look place in New York a day or two since.
The parties were Miss Tray Tubs, a graduate of
the deaf and dumb institution, and Mr. Lewis
Peet, one of the instructors of the dinf mutts.
About two hundred and eighty persons witnessed
the ceremony. The bride was dressed in elegant
w hite salin, wilh a tulle over-dress. She wore a
tull veil, which fell gracefully over both shoulders,
and a natural wreath of orange blossom and of
myrtle leaves in her hair. A beautiful boquet of
wHte flowers was -in one hand, and a bunch of
choice flowers in her bosom. Nothing could
have been more neat, appropriate, and beautiful.
The bridesmaids were each dressed in rich pink
silks, with pink tulle over-drcsses. The flowers
were appropriate in color, and profuse in number
and beauty. The bridal party received general
admiration for the taste and elegance of their
dresses and fine appearance.
The marriage services were simple and without
restraint, very impressive. The bridegroom in
terpreted, in the sign language, to the htdy beside
him, the words of the aged pastor, and at their
close the bride kissed both her husband and tho
minister who had united them in the bonds of holy
wedlock.
The bride received many handsome presents,
such as gold and. silver plate, elegant gold brace
lets, pearl ear-rings, Parian pitchers, &c.
Congress and the Administration
What has been Done?
The weaiher is beginning lo seriously affect our j
usually calm and unruffled correspondent, as well
as everything else in and about Washington, ns
will be seen by his interesting letter in another
column. He gives us a vast deal of information,
sp:ced with complaints in abundance. In the first
place he finds it very difficult to gnther news, be
cause the weather is so warm and the season so
dull that there is little stirring at the capital per
fectly natural ; what man or thing would stir these
hot days if it could be avoided? Next, he is dis
posed to find fault with the administration because
Congress neglects to act upon all the important
measures suggested in the President's message and
the accompanying documents from the Depart
ments. Why the administration should be held
responsible for the neglect and procrastination of
Congress, a separate and indeppndent body, we
are at a loss to divine. It is the duty of Congress
not the President to make laws. However, the
shoulders ol ihe administration are broad, and as
it would be rather a difficult job to divide and lay
upon each Congressman his individual share of
dereliction, we suppose our correspondent on this
occasion thought it w-oulu be much easier and just
From the Lancaster Ledger.
The subject of education, once regarded as of
secondary importance by many, is now begin
ning to he regarded in its proper light by the
great mass of people. Consequently it behooves
us to bring to notice such institutions ns we con.
sider, from the characters of their conductors,
worthy of public confidence ond support.
Such an institution is Providence Academy sit
ualed twelve miles from Charlotte, N. C, and for
five years past under charge of E. C. Kuykendal,
Esq., n gentleman of sound, able and varied
scholarship, bland and unassuming manners, and
above all of deep and ardent piety, and possessed
of an earnest devotion to the cause of education
to which he has given the best years of his life.
At present, worn out from sickness and disease,
contracted by too severe application lo his duties,
he has gone to seek a brie) respite from his la.
bor and toil in ihe hope of restoring his wonted
heulth and vigor. Should it be restored, he will
resume the exercises of his school at tho earliest
possible moment.
The number of students generally varied from
Uvenly-five to thirty. They are poled for their
correct deportment, industrious habits nod schol
nrship. From these und other causes, Providence
Academy offers unexampled inducements to young
persons desirous of obtaining a school nnd teach
er qualified to prepare them for the Sophomore
class in College or to fit them for the common du
lies of life. L.
" Bayard Taylor ow Nutmeos. On our return
to the ship wo visited a nutmeg plantation. The
trees, which are from twenty to thirty feel in height,
are planted in row, at intervals gf about twenty
feet. The leaf is dark green and glossy, resem
bling that of ihe laurel, nnd the fruit, at a Kttla
distance, might be token for a small russet color
ed apple. When ripe; the thick husk splits in
the centre, showing a scarlet net-work of mace,
enveloping an inner nut, black as ebony, the ker
nel of which is ihe nutmeg of commerce. The
clove tree, not now in ils bearing season, has some
resemblance to the nut, but the leaf is smaller and
The foliacrf mnrf InoaJ. on. I arronAntw Xm taA A r-sMr a
as well to cast the entire bulk of complaints upon throughthe orchard the warm air of noon was
Ir. Fillmore has been taking a Western tour as
a; as te fajjf of Smnt athoy.
the administration, leaving the members thereof
to get rid of the misfortune in the best way they
can. But, seriously, as our correspondent seems
impressed wiih the belief that little or nothing has
been done by either the administration or Congress
at this session, let us take a glance at the calender.
A great and important principle has been re
affirmed by large majorities in both houses by the
passage of the bill for the organization and settle
ment of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
A treaty hay been consummated between this
government and Mexico, by which we acquire a
'rge amount of territory, including a practical
route for a railroad to the Pacific, an extinguish
ment of the enormous claims against us under the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and various other
advantages and considerations all for the small
sum of ten millions of dollars, and at a time when
our treasury is overrunning wiih surplus cash.
In addition, bills are pending, and it is hoped will
become laws before the close, for the withdrawal
of our squadron from the Coast of Africa, for the
re-orgu mzation and support of the A rmy and Navy,
and for the establishment of a marine apprentice
ship system, in order to ensure an increase of sea
men. Bills for the modification of the i a riff, the
construction of a railroad to the Pacific and for
numerous other purposes, have engrossed attention
during the session, but owing to She more pressing
necessity for early action on other important
Patters were obliged to be deferred, Beside the
heavy with spice- The rich odors exhaled from
the trees penetrated the frame with a sensation of
languid and voluptuous repose. Perfume became
an appetite, and the senses were drugged with an
overpowering feeling of luxury. Had I continu
ed to indulge in it, I should ere long have realiz
ed the Sybarite's complaint of his crumpled rose,
leaf.
.,.
A Cass of Scare. The Cleveland Herald tells
the following good slory about one of those trou
blesome tittle imps of brightness that scatter sun
shine and music through many household. It
will do to localize almost anywhere:
44 A friend of ours has an 4 equal undivided in
terest ' in a charming piece of personal property,
a bright-eyed, intelligent little girl, of five sum
mers ' experience, who rejoices in ..to name of
Alice.' In the family is a servant girl whom
horror is rats, nnd who, chancing on one of the
long tailed animals in the cellar, makes a most
an-Chineae stampede, shouting 4 rats.1
44 Alice sleeps in a crib so low that placing one
foot on the inside of it, she can easily spring in.
A few evenings since her mother was attending
her to bed, when she said, Mamma, do you know
how I get to bed quick 1 4 No,' was the reply.
4 Wetl, said Alice, in great glee, I step one foot
over the crib, and then I nay rata, and scare my
self right m if If ' any five year olds can beat
that trot Vm out,'