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4 . a. Q. A. MILLER I. . s. W. JAMES. MILLER & JAMES,;! ' ' ' : Terms. ; ! ; TWO DOLLARS if paid within two months iTwo Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment-'be delayed aiz months, and.Three Dollars if not paid within , wi year. . i Sew Arrangement of Advertising rc:.. Terms. f --it Th Proprietors of the Newspapers' in Salisbury, hare agreed upon the following arrangement of un dform advertising rates. I . ' i'fl I c S JS '-3 1 3 inn : c3 &a $ cts. .: i 12 S3 a -cr" -; o, a - O 3 ,$cts Jets square, J. 14 25 62 100 200 300 87i 130 1 - " 225 2 1673 800(844 M0 600 S3276 44 e ?M ' .600 U 7501900 .9531 100611059 ' 53 - 3 months. 1 square,, $3 12 2 squares, 6 02 3 ' 8 76 4 " 10 96 5 " 12 84 6 " ", 14 30 6 months. $4 75 9 02 12 53 15 64 18 56 ' 21 19 9 months I 1 year, $6 STi -7 $8 00 12 01 15 00 16 30 20 00 20 32 " ;-'25 00 24 2 ; j 30 00 28 OS ; 35 00 Longer advertisements in the samej proportion. A square is the space, occupied by sixteen jclosn lines. ,.;"",.- ;' t An advertisement making or i-equares, charged in proportion to one s'qnare. And making 2ji or 2J squares, charged in proportion to 2 squaresl All fractions of a square equal to J or i, charged in pro portion to the whole of which they are; a part. , Occasional renewals without additional charge granted to those who advertise regularly through the year. , i Three dollars for announcing candidates foroffice. Court orders charged 25-per cent higher than the above rates. Orders for divorce of husband and wife,, $10 each. , i Persons sending advertisements aretrequested to state the nnmber of insertions required, or they will 'be inserted inntil forbid; and if it irfwished they should occupy theleast space possible, write; upon the back "close," Otherwise they will be put up in the usual tyle and charge i accordingly. ; j "No' discount on hee rates, s j ! PROSPECTUS OF THE - - . i.. Lexington and Yadkiii Flag. ' - Having engagecfT the services f Jajeks A. Long, as Editor, I propose, provided a sufficient number of .subscribers can be obtajnedi to pub lish in, the town of Lexington a weekly paper, to be called the Lexington and .Yadkin . Flag; the first number. to be issued on or before the 15th of June next. f h 1 The Flag, will be devoted to'Folftics, Science, Literature, Agriculture; and to the Mechanical and Manufacturing interests of the country. And although Whig principles wiUjbe advocated, yet its columns will always be opn, to all parr ties for a free and fair discussion of' their particr 'ular creeds f it being the ject nd design ofc the publisher to correct error ana to dissemin ate truth. "The Flag will uW advocate-the doc . trine, that native born Am ericancitizens, can, should and will govern Ameriea. j And that it . should be a'funcYamcntal prlnclpife or; sil true " American patriots, that while -they are i prompt and firm to resist any and every inauthorized encroachment upon their rights,! they will rc-r epect, and be careful not to encrdach upon and ' invade the right's and priviliges of ither nations, - however weak and insignificant ; and that the area of Freedom should rather remain in its pre sent circumscribed state than that it should be ' extended by unlawful conquest, orjfoy any wrong ful act, no paatter under what nimej cloak or disguise it jnay be affected. . It is the desire of the publisher; to establish a paper, equally agreeable 'and interesting to all classes ot the community ; a welcome visitor to - every fire' side and from the perusal of which eveay reader may feel that he has beeii both amused and instructed without feeling any thing' left behind to fester and rankle ih his", bosom ; for while he reserves to- himself the right to ex- j press his own sentiments and opinions .fearless ly and candidly, he will do so wifh all due. res pect to the opinion of others, arl will strictly guard against unnecessarily womping the feel ings of any persdh however humbje, or showing undue favor to any man howev;r exalted his etation. . , ' k- :. " t "The ,town of Lexington is situted in ne of the wealthiest, most doduIous anfl fertile coun-" jr. ties ih the state. Is located immediately on the. Korth Carolina Rail Road .and only. -a lew miles from, the great Yadkin Rifer, which un i der the fostering care .of the state is expected oon to be made navisrable. It is'tlierefore hop- 'ed that the citizens of every portion of the State, - will find it to their interest to have communi cation through the mediufti of the Press, with a place so very favorably and fortunately situa ted. . J- 1 1 " columns; the Press and materials all new, apd will be published in the best styl of the tvpo graphical art. It is hoped that the friends ?f the enterprise, and especially !the citi"S of Davidson, will use every exertion; to obtain subT acribers and that they, will soon? raise breeze, that will unfurl the Flag, and causes ample folds to' wave over the. most libefrf intelligent and happy people, of which anynd could ever . h-. ' ,-f All communication wlM 'be ; addressed to me either at SalisbW or Lexingtiora N. C. .z 'j - . TERMS. : J t.-.r TWO "DOLLARS in advance ; Tswo Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed six months, And Three Dollars if not paid wihin the year,. V ': JAMES Bf S HELTON. The naner will be '11 m a ins size -witn 5 THE AMERICAN HCK, THIS ILLUSTRATED COMIC VEEKL,Y which is published inNewYork evely Saturday,' has Just commenced the fourth yeor of its prosperous ex istence. "It has reached a larjreif circulation than - nv attemnt of the kind ever started in America.; It ia filled with Cuts and Caricature, likenesses of persons and things, and these alope are; worth tne subscription price, which is only year, for which i52 Nos. are mailed toany part oi tije i. nitea otates. The new volume contains a continuance of the ' Reminiscences of John C. Calhoun, by his private Secretary," and will be continued in the: Pick until finished. 1 The Pick has become a favorite paper throughout che United States. Besides its weekly designs ny the' first artists, it contains witty and spiey editorials of a high character, and will carry cheerfulness to " the eloomiest fireside. Its hnrh character renders it a favorite in every family. It isf emphatically a family paper. It. contains each wejek a large quan tity of Tales, Stories, Anecddtes,Senes and Wdtti cuuns, gathered from life. Every larticle that ap . peart in its columns is entirely original, and it has Clustered arouna. h some oi ine oest writers in tne United States., ; ; ' t 7 " " The subscription "price is $1 a year, hi advance. Agents who-send in subscribers, or clubs composed of several persons, are allowed to deduct a commis sion of 25 per cent., thus reducing the price to 75 cents for the wittiest weekly published npon this continent.- ... ( a f m S -g . . i; t: lS t-H M ! oi j a EH H Psi- $ cts $ cts $ Ct3 $ cts 38 50 62 - 75 88 100 110 - 20 120 J50 175 200 250 300 350 400 375 450' 525 600 ntinent I , , i , ouVu., j the term is, with the crround in The Pick numbers among its subscribers many of he can'avoid it, let a day pass, when this ! j-,- : -j ! , . -e leading men in the nation, wha give it a cheer- J . , . . J - , . '' i , Ultion, to avoid Washing, and the leading men in the nation, wha give it a cheer ful endorsement, and not aline or design is allowed I to appear in the Pick that is not unexceptionable, and its cheapness places it within the reach of all, The new volume commenced on Washington's birth day, Feb. 22, 1855. All letters containing remit tances must be addressed to ' t ' " r JOSEPH A. SCOVILLE, - Editor and Proprietor of the Pick. Mar 2 No. 26 Ann street, New York. .;.-.. From the Abbeville Banner;"' Messrs.: Editors : The poetry of i- R. II. Wilde,-beginning "My life is like the summer-rose," is universally admired, and frequently found in the periodicals of the day. . ,His politics are forgotten his life of Tasso encumbersthe shelves of booksel lers, whilst thief-gem, recognized as true poetry even in fault-finding England, promises to embalm his name in literary, immortality." lie will probably be known by it in future ages as Wolfe is .in his biir rial Df Sir John 3Ioore, and .Gray by ;his Elegy. It is not, however, so well -known that a lady of Baltimore, met the distinguished advocate in the Court -of the Muses, and replied with, much" force and almost, equal' bea.ufy.S-'' As the stanzas" oFeach (are t not found-in connection, it is proposed to give those of-Wilde separately and in a similar j way the lady's answer in reply : , ' WILDE. ; - My life is. like the summer rose r That .opens to the morning sky, But ere the shades of evening close, I Is scattered on the ground to die. v Yet on that rose's humble bed, i The sweetest dews of night "are shed, i j i A8,if she wept such waste to see ; But none shall u-eep a tear for me. f ' Lady. . The dews of night may fall from heaven Upon the wither'd rose's bed, And tears of fond regret be given . i To mourn the virtues of the dead, -i ' Yet morning's sun the dews will dry, : And tears will fade from sorrow's eye, . . Affection's pangs be lull'd to sleep, i And even love forget to weep. ' t , i . wilde. . ! My life is like the autumn leaf .That trembles in the moonyspale ray Its hold is frail, its date is brief, i Restless, and soon to pass away, i Yet ere that leaf shalffall and fade,- l The parent tree shall moura its shade ; The winds bewail he leafless tree, i But none shall breathe a sigh for me. . : . LADY. '!. . The tree may mourn its fallen' leaf, , ' ; . And autumn winds bewail its bloom, And friends may heave the sigh of grief O'er those who sleep within the tomb. - Yet soon vill Spring renew the flowers, . : And time. will bring more smiling hours; In'friendship's heart all grief will, die, Airf even rove forgetTO'Sign: --5x ' . .' WILDE. . j" , My life is like the prints which feet Have left on Tcmpe's desert strand , Soon as the rising tide shall beat, i . ' All trace will vanish from the sand. Yet, as if grieving to efface i' ,'t All vestige of the human race i On .that lone shore, loud moans the sea, But nong, alas ! shall mourn for me. . '." . -- .' j : ,i LADY.. - ' i ' . 1 The sea may on the desert shore i . .Lament each trace it bears away ; The lonely heart its grief may pour O'er cherish'd friendship's fast decay. ' Yet when all trace is lost and. gone,: The waves dance bright and gaily on ; Thus soon affection's bonds are torn, And even love forgets to' .mourn. . grititltal ESSAY Off THE CULTIVATION OF INDIAN ! if Pr0PerlJ cultivated will withstand the . COKN. .: -Vj effects of drought better than corn planted An - Agricultural Association in Ken- ; in hill, while the drilled corn can be cul tucky, last year, offered a premium for the I tivatcd'easier and in much betfer rotation, best essay oh the cultivation of Indian corn. -For instance, if the entire crop is in one The committee awarded the prize to plr. S. 1 field, poor workings will always be in regular '.TDvnno nf TTpnru fmititv TIip fnllnwm rr .... -: . - is Mr. Diane's essay : I In writing an essay ' on the cultivation ! and managements a corn crop, ithe! writer.; of this will not striVe so much to .maintain 1 a system in writing as merely to contrib-j ute what he' may know from practice. ; j Among the many requisites to ensure a! good, corn-crop, the period of breaking the land according to its kind whether it be turf, stubble, or land which had produced j. j. i ' corn, the preceedmg year, is of-great con - sequence, and should be varied according w us icuucuuy iu wet or ury; aim i will . remark here that I have but little faith in ! . - . . ) , j 1!T -11 n . i i.. n ! . vue ueiieurs resulting irom lall or earl winter nlnwino- Vop'moo if'i ha Anlnn or, early f - v u i ,i rr tor-the land to want stirring asrain, 1 start her than November, the effects of the sun , , T1 fa. f. ' . ,1 , , the second half, to follow with the Culti- will prove injurious to the land . thus ex-J x ... nonA oi -V -n w ; , , ! vators, twice in a row, which levels the posed, and it will be sure to want rebreak- I . , , . , , . , t, u v t x i i : ridges down. As soon as the third work ing before it should be planted. J )' . fe . , . , Tfl, " . ,, - , . A; , ing is needed, or when those who used - Tf the land ,s broken m November, De- j piows in thTt cage the cember or January it is still nbt exempt ; gtart them with Cultivators also from the necessity of rebreaking, but it is ; row. By this the Cf)rn ahouM be liable, if the winter be a wet one, to exces- thorougbIy and carefully thinned before S1? Tr TT GDCe S't!:e. the fourth working which should be done valuable liquids are drenched out and the Kith cbnvoi rvu u .i , ;. . i , ,. . . , . .'With shovel plows. Those who thin the product will consequently be diminished. Lnpn ciim,ij ni L , . 1 . . J, , . i corn should always carry hoes for the pur lheseremarks are intended to apply to ' ncA ne v , 1 1 -i . , i i p se 01 cuttlDg briars, elders, sprouts, &c. stubble and sod lands. ! of mnTT i , , ' , ' ,v i i , .1 vitDat may nave escaped the plow. The Irom my observation, and experience, I fifth process which ig apt to would say that February is. preferable in , should be wkh Cultivators Kentucky to any other time for breaking You now he th cn;4 u tnrflnr cnil liinfl - fin1 nn farmor if ; , , ' . period arrives, without having some plow- j 1 1 . ., cleared of frost to it so. Stubble ijs 11 1 ,1 '1 TnoTT h. hrntan try thia .ya fl nln V., should give precedence to the turf land. Experience has proved to me, and I think will convince any one who will try it, that turf, or stubble which! is turned nnder in February will rot as soon as that which is plowed earlier, while it is not liable to the injuries mentioned above. , " i . Land from which a crop of corn was ta ken the year previous should not be broken before March but I hold that it is bad e conomy except upon land of great fertility, to tax it with two consecutive crops of corn. It is not only too exhausting to the land, but is always attended with more difficulty in the cultivation from grass and weeds an important feature in the production of a good corn cropy The plow ing should be deep and thoroughly done, and, if practicable, the; subsoil plow should followthe ordinary" plowjfor upon a leorn- plfcte pgiparatioa of the' land, depends, in a great degree, the success of Ihe crop". The planting should not be done until the ground becomes dry and warm - enough - to insure the speedy germination of the seeds, so as to. make a good stand,1 to avoid .replanting the vacancies, and sometimes furrowing out entirely, which, if done without re breaking, seldom produces a good crop, and is difficult to cultivate. It would be in finitely better for the I farmer to attend to Some ether job until the proper season ar rives. ; An important point in this matter is the method of planting, j There are as I con ceive, but two definite methods of planting corn,' one of which is by crossing off the land with a plow, the required-width,.' and planting the crop so: as to form rows each way"; and the other is. to drill it. Drilling is either performed by hand or by some of the numerous kinds of seed drills now in use. j ' ! j - iFrom three years experience in planting with Barnhill's patent corn-planter, I pre fer that to any othertmethod of putting in my crop. : , j !. .!. ;.' The advantages afforded by ithis method are: ! ; ; ' 1st. After 1 am ready to check off for planting I can dispense .with three-fourths of the laborers and Htco-thirds of the hor ses, and the planter!" may from this cause alone be enabled to iprepare his land tho roughly while the season is arriving wben he may plant with safety, and he can thus be enabled to wait upon the weather and for the preparation bf the land, .whici, if he does not, W will seldom fail to regret, The land should in ; all cases be first - har rowed before the planting. I consider the proper time for putting 'in this crop in Kentucky , is about ther-middle of April; and in, most of the "land the 20th of April to the 5th and even to the 10th of May would not be too late, i s ' " ! Anotlier reason in favor of the drill sys I tem with this machine is, that it deposits ! the 'grain 'at intervals of about twelve or i fourteen inches apart, in rows sav four feet i to four feet three inches apart. ! The plants j should be thinned out so as to leave but one stalk to each deposit. - The corn is thus i regularly dispersed oven the ground, where as, if in hills, the amount of stalks on the ! land would be about the same; but the more uniform distribution of the drifted , corn over the surface of the land, lam con fident will produce the largest yield, and i SUCCCSSlOn frOlll One Side to tllfi'Othpr 1 he period between; workings to all parts the field wiI1 be regular. Otherwise, if in hills t0 be"Plowed both ways when the ficld is once rlowed over saJ from east to west' you turn acros3 and are obliged, to rework a Part of the corn immediately with apart mac nas not Deen wornea tor eight or ten days. The system of cultivation that 1 pursue, ! , , , , . , . , j other, is, as soon as the corn is planted and ! - . . I . "S' " J tuT' uu mm UUU-11UISC XIUUUUC1 Ul XJIV- ingston county plow, the bar side to the finrn. T start, half mv tpnms tlna- nVior j xl , . , , , . , j tnoiT MQiro nrrwtaaHaH this tnriir lMtn L. ; corn ! . -i J'-- i luu lL'rui wnn tne ground m a level con 1 in ' a good Condition tn rocoirra omnll ! ; it. 11 -w ouiou lit ii u iu me- laii i " P" g' Y hCom,! '. .--vm ,rl( unmi iuo.utwtass.ui uiaiur- 1 ,r". ing, and the further management , of : the crop will vary according . to .the design to. feed to the Various kinds of-stock: imt it is good economy, assosmas it is sufficient ly ripenedi to cut and set in;stacks (if in hills) of 16 hills square; or jf in" drill; -little less than that proportion, as there is apt to be pore on thesground, unless care fully thinied. Therms more danger from too early! cutting thantoo late; and all corn intended to be ciibbeJ fchouia be - se cured by ihe first of; January ; 'otherwise, it is very liable to receive material ; jnjury before it ean be housed.; a ; yr . ;f.The s4cks of shs or fodder should be double! after the. corn, is Jhtfcked out by layinglone-third pa the ground and set ting the riemaiiyler ftly around. -Thi3 method jrf saving provender for stock in winter' tMfviha most .speedy and ehea ihat V vi-ea.7 -' " HOW fo'f l vrf fEHIUXLOTTS. - FiBSTlndiOiL A.be survoi got good seed. ; The best so5S Anquestioofbly a sandy; one. xne surest iray oi manuring is oy cow-pening. Rut auck coal, broades and well plowed; in, wii do. Lay off. the ground teii feet each wy. Riyit in every cross 'dig i a hole, 1& inches sre. Fill these holes, with soil and manurerell-mixed to a little rise above tbe level of fie ground! And then put your sed n the hills. r Let the hills, or beds be thinnei out early leaving nbt more thawtwo plantsln a placei Tend your patch well with the Jioe until your vines are 18 inlies or perhps 2 feet in lengtht Then plo carefully wh a turn ing plow so as to make your ground higher at the hills. Leave d deep furrow in the ! middle, sjo that little water as poiblernay stand inlyour patch' after a big rail. This cause mn-e than almost any otherruins wa termelon vines. It wakes them.turn yel low and fail .directly., After tbs plowing, use nothing but the hoe. Keepyour path clean all the time. If you wisi large mef- ons, whin' you find some twod three heal thy, one! to vine, cut off the tp and all the suckers br scions that may ccne; and ,.you willharfly be disappointed ii fruit of the finest 'qilality . Edjffield Acvertiser. - HOW TO RAISE CTJCTtfBERS; Saw a dommon-sized barrl in half, aiid put one of. the parts, smaJ'end downwards,. into the ground, leayinghe top ot the hail barrel' barely even vAti Ahe surface. - Fill it with rich dirt 4 inc t s deep. Then make i rough box (not wa.'42ut) about 5 inches square, with one endnailed-ap but not soJ ' w7 - V. .. .1 . 1. . .. 'it. it--! ,as to hold water, raceme uox, wiiu iue headed end at the bottom, in the. centre of tlfe barrel, and then fil the barrel all around it up to the surface of the ground with' rich loam, br the washings of a bottom, and wellrotted manure. The box should," stand several inches above , the surface, as the design of it is to receive dirty water, soap sunds, &c, to nourish the plants around it in dry seasons. Tlant your seed, say4 hills in the' barrel around the box. Thjn to one plant in a plaice. Stir the earth well till the vines beginito run,, and then if you like' make a frame for them to run. The more they shade each other the better. Cucumber vines, thus raised, .will' bear until frost and bear abundantly. Edgefield Ad vertiser, ' . " ' The Fleas, in alifornia. In the course of my experience I have been tor tured by sandflies in the Eastern Archipel ago, and have made Acquaintance with evepy kind of mosouito frdm Malta to"- Acapolco, including, of coursethe famous 'tiger' breed against which thereis no resource but fight. I remember that wjeu sick at Hong Kong I was crammed into the cab of an old store snip, so full oicockroaches,, and these so ravenous, that tjtay kept my toe nails quite fclose every night, and would try the flavorlof the top of ny head, and when they ibundf that to be all bone, they ate my hair and whiskers' the 1; s; circumstance being very annoying, fron the fact that whiskers were scarce with m in those days. But I would have preferred any of these annoy ances to the HCicijbt those Santa Rosa fleas." On lighting. Candle we found, the place alive with tiiette- 1 Unlike, both in ap pearance and manner, the modest flea of or dinary life, that seeks concealment as soon as by accident it is unearthed, these insects, reared in the rough school of a wild huiloek's hide, boldly faced as tbfey attacked us. We discovered the next day that the room, the floor and walls of which were of earth, had contained hides, and bad been cleared out abound in the skins ofjevery beast you kill andVeven live on the ground, like little herds of sjHld cattle and are of all shapes and sizes and stand iip savagely on - their hind legl, and open their. mjuths, if you only look at them. The ffifP3 attack any meat thajt may be hanging up, and commence at onole Cutting out small bieces, which they carry home, and it is astonishing the quan tity they will carry away .with , themlp Wl at they do with ithen they get home I nkver ascertained; bit-I presumed' that they .' jerked ' it tor Winter use, as, the Spaniards do. - ; j " - BEAUTY. There-is something ip" beauty, whether it dwells .in the humaa face, .in, the- pen clea leaves or nowers, uv sparsiing surtace of the sparkling fountain or that aspect which breathes over itstatue, that makes us mourn its ruin. - 'Ispould not envy that man his feelings who c0uld not see a ; leaf wither or flower 'fallvipout a'sb'ght tribute- of regret This tender interest is? the beauty of becoming grf and affection for Iatur& in adversity neier deserts ns.fy She cornea more near to-uj'Jn'our' sorrows and leading us ;away frointhe pathsof disap-. pointment and pain into her smoothing re cesses, allays ithe anguish of our bleeding licarta, uiuua up tue wpunwi.mab nave uwu inflicted,, whispers the meek pledges of a ueirer nope, ana in narmony wnn a spirit of still holier -.birth j ointsto that home where decay and death can never come. . MAEEEEp UFE. Within the last few years, we have ob served that cases of divorce, 'misunderstand- mg and separation were more hequent than formerly. We sometimes !hear the cause alleged to br " inco'rapatiljility of dispose tion," but we are not surb if the distem pered notions of life and the proper man ner 01 livine are notisamonff th Drincmal causes.- -i has ia a fashionable era and it often happens that tastes- differ with refe xence to company amusements and worldly am rtp11iTimTir. . 1 t ' T-: For exarcpler tLj'.h jisbjHid may be a busl- ness man actively and arduously engaged throughout the day, -and his energies ex hamsted at night-fall. Under circumstan ces of this kind, the wife should not expect the husband to engage witi any zest in the giddy follies of fashion, and night after night to participate in the llabors of modern parties.' Una-: of three things must give jay under such a policy the business, the health, or the social festivities. Busi ness and health are amongj;he essentials and should not be foolsihly thrown aside. The wife should consider the world out of the parlor, and appreciate the anxieties to wmcn cien 01 business are liable.; It is man,s first duty towards his wife to provide her with the comforts : of social life, and this cannot be done except- by an applica tion to business: and one of thelirsfe duties the wife owes her husband is to render his home the sunniest spbt ori earth a; shelter from the perplexities of outdoor life sa- 1 1 ' Y 1 1 1 ;i! '-r .. 1 .! 11 crea, cneenui ana nappy. .Let her.surrouna it with temptalions that will allure him from the restive boara, 'and make him feel that it is his citadel where lie is free from care and temptations to evil thjat might be laid in his path. Let her smiles be his welcome when he lays dowajiis ledger or his' implements of whatever kind," and she will win him from the fascinations of a: tempting ; world.6 "JNothing says a celebrated writer, '.could be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence andj'alive to every trivial roughness : while treading the prosperous pati of life, suddenlyj rising in mental force, Je the comtorter and supporter .01 the hus band under misfortunes, i abiding with un shrinking fii niness the bitterest blast of ad versity. . As the vmt which has long twined its graceful foliage' aboutfthe oak, and has been lifted by. it. in td sunjghine, will, when the hardy plant has feeenrifted by the thun derbolt, cling around it with its' caressing . 1 'V ' 1 1 t ! . 1 !.. 1 1 tenanis, ana Dina up its-;snatterea nougns; so too, it 3 beautifully or Joined byuProvi dence that woman,!! whof i the ornament and dependence of pan an happier hours, should be his stay and solace when smitten with dire calamity,-winding herself into the rugged recesses of b)s nature, tenderly sup porting his drooping! head, and binding up his broken heart.' The above was writteni by our Associate. For particulars of cause and effect,' see Mar riage head, in this piper L JS. of AyeJ "THEM ERE LEGS" " A Distinguished public speaker, not very long since, illustratgkl, iri conversation with us, the singular want ofj acquaintance, in certain localities, with scriptural : subjects and phraseology, byjthe p.necdote. which we subjoin. If the extem ignorance of the hero did not relievelhimj from all imputa-' tion of the sort, he would be considered only a coarse blasphjemer ; but our inform ant, 'who vouches for the, facts on personal knowledge, declares itha the case was noth- ino- more or less than anj exemplification ofj the happy simplicity which characterize some of the. back-woods j counties ; of - Ten nessce. - : " ! ; i -: ill-.:' i It seems that an adventurous son of the State mentioned, born and nurtured among the mountains, went down to the city of Memphis to "seek his fortune." He found, instead, a complaint which the Mississippi water not unfrequently generates; and which, whether it find speedy termination in the cramps of cholera, or gradually saps life in the chronic form, is always to be dreaded. It was in this latter shape, that poor Bagley "picked it mp." And month after month it tugged at his vitals ; reduc ing him day by day, until at length, he was but the outline of a! main, a mere peripatet ic skeleton, j ' A worthy minister marked the poor fel low andeeing that the king of terrors had "spotted" him, determined to call on. him and offer spiritual consolation. It never oc curred to him that 'ifie tears of any one born in this christian land should be entirely un familiar with the yerbijage by which spirit ual subjects are commonly . approached. He therefore, after some kind inquiries about theiravages which the disease was ac complishing in Bagleyts system, broached the important topic somehow thus : . "My Dear Mr. Bagley, in view of your relations with this life how do you feel?" a d: gick j lwas tne prompt reply- !" 1 ; - . " Dont's swear, -iny j good friend," . said the parson ; "and let me earnestly ask you if ydu ever think of yur latter end ?" "Lord I" said Bagley ; fI ain't thought on nothln else for morn three months !" "Not, Iin afraid in, the right way, Mr. Bagley I beg you to pause and reflect I It is time you began to wresflevvith the Lord!" The sick man looked down" at the , mis ablfif calf-less, poker-like :lega extended be fore him, and with aniineffabb expression of amazement in his countenance, exclaim ed " . . - "Rastle with the Lord! What! with them erd leys!" pointing to his own "Why parson he'd fiirt me into hell the first pass!", The record in the case does not disclose whether the parsoncontiriued his" efforts on so obtuse an intellect ; but we think the in ference very fair that so tough a customer survived even the 'chronic Mississippi water complaint!" Mont. Mail. 1 ... . ' jFrom "Woolfert's Roost." , BY WASHINGTON TRYING. ! j: - . YSE HELD OF "WATERLOO. - . J have spoken heretofore with some lev ity of the contrast that exist3 between the English and IVcncn. character y but it de serves more ': serioud cocsiCorat ton; The two great nations of modern times, most diametrically, opposed," and mos( worthy., of each other's rivalry, essentially, distinct in their characters excelling in opposite qual ities, and reflecting lustre on each other by their very opposition I In nothing is this contrast more strikingly evinced than in their military conduct. " For ages have they been contending, and for ages have they crowded each other's history with acts of splendid heroism. Take the Battle of Wa terloo, for instance, the last and most mem able trial of their rival progress. Nothing could surpass' the brilliant daring on the one side, and the steadfast endaring on the other. The French cavalry dashed like waves bn the compact squares of the English infant ry. They were seen galloping round those serried walls of men, seeking in vain for an entrance ; tossing their arms in the air, in the heat of their enthusiasm, and brav ing the whole front of battle.. The British troops, on the other "hand, forbidden to move or fire, stood firm and enduring. Their columns were ripped up by cannon ry ; whole rows were" swept down atalshot: the survivors closed their ranks, and stood firm. In this way many columns.' stood through the pelting of the iron tempest without firing a shot ; without any action to stir their blood, vyxcitc their spirits Death thinned their ranks, but could : not shake their souls. A beautiful instance of the quick and generous impulses to which the French are prone is given in the case of a French1 cav alier, in the hottest of the action, charging furiously upon a British olEepr, but perceiv ing in the moment of assault that his ad versary had lost his sword-arm, dropping the point of his sabre and courteously rid ing on. Peace be with the generous war rior, whatever were his fate ! If be went down in the storm of 'battle, with the foundering fortunes of h'is chieftain, may the turf of Waterloo grow green above his grave ! and happier far would be the fate o such a spirit, to sink amidst the tempest, unconscious of defeat, than to survive, and mourn over the blighted laurels of his coun try. ,11; , v- .-.; In this way the two armies fought through a long aed .bloody day. The French with enthusiastic valor, the English with cool, jpfleiible courage, until Fate, as if to leave the question of superiorty still undecided between two such adversaries, brought, up the Prussians to decide the fortunes of the field. ' ? ' It was several years afterward, that I visited thefield of Waterloo. The plough share had been busy with its oblivious la bors, and the frequent harvest had nearly obliterated the vestiges of war. StHl. tbe blackened ruins of Hoguemont stood a mon umental pile, to mark the violence of this vehement struggle. Its broken walls, pierced by bullets, i and shattered by ex- plosions, showed the deadly strife that had taken place within ; when Gaul and Briton, hemmed in between narrow walls, hand to hand and foot to foot, fought from garden to court-yard, from coart-yard to chamber, with intense and. concentrated . rivalship. Columns of smoke towered from the vortex of battle as from a volcano : -"it was,'' said h my guide, ."like a little hell upon earth." No,t far off, two or three broad spots of rank unwholesome green still marked the places where these rival warriors, after their fierce and fitful struggle, slept quietly together in the lap of their common mother earth. Over all the rest of the field, peace had r e sumed its sway. The thoughtless whistle , . -. .i . . . , - of the peasant floated on the air, instead of the trumpet's clangor; the, team slowly Ia- bored up the hill-side, once shaken by the hoofs of rushing squadrons and widlfields of corn waved peacefully over the'feoldier's , - y . . . . . . grave, as summer waa uiinpic uvci w where the tall ship lies buried. few traits which I picked up verbally in one of the French provinces. They may have already appeared in print, but I -have' never met with them. '- , , ,. , , , , -.. - At the breaking put of the revolution, when so many of the old families emigrated, a descendant of the great Turenne, by the name of De Latour D' Auvergne, refused: to . . , .. i '-inL'3 :t accompany his relations and entered in to the republican army, lie seryea in an tne campaigns of the reyolution, distinguished himself by his generous-spirit; and -might To the foregoing desultory notes ;0n the i dr0Ps: . Although you can see it all the . , . 1 ,''.' j i jvay, it is a most difficult thing toltell where French military character, let me append a ,, f . , U'A?.u... l..S have 'risen to fortune and to i-ie highest honors. He refused; however,5 all rank in i. thj army, above that of captain," and would receive no recompense for his achievements,' but a sword of honr. Napoleon, in testi- ' mony of his merits, gave him the title of Premier Grenadier de' France (First Grcn- adier of France.) which was the only , title, he would ever bear. He was- killed in ; Germany, at the, battle of Neuburg. To honor his memory, his place was always ; retained in his regiment, as if he still occu-' pied it ; and whenever the Regiment was mustered, and the name of De Latour D'- ' Auvergne was called out, the reply was; j ';'Dead on the leld of honor 1" - r THE BOMBAHrSIEST 0 SEBA.STOPO - " The liondon-Tinjes of the 2&th of 'April 'says: r '.'.--( ;-'.' -' The following important and interesting informatfon is contained in a letter jus tre- uctia, uaitu mo viu oi, -April, it may De stated that tha officer in question is one of the three superior engineer officers upon, . ll. . n.1. -f A ?1 T . -1' . whom it will' devolve to takaa leading part , in the assault upon Sebastopol. He says : . "Orkthe extreme right of. the Russians, ' and consequently opposed to our extreme left, isa bastion, called by the French the liastion uu Mat, and by us the luagstaff bas tion,!.owing to its having been when we first ' camefa flagstaff in the salient. This bastion ' is one large battery, or rather succession of batteries, and the French left attack is prin- cipally . directed against it.- Next come what are called the Garden batteries, which are a succession of batteries inthree tiers, and very powerful batteries they are, well 7 supplied with 13-inch mortars, of which our left attack reaps the entire benefit.. We' oppose these batteries with the right por- -tion of the French' left attack and the left portion of the "'English left attack. Next" conies, the. creek that runs'up toward us, in which the Russians can put ships that can fire oh our camp. Then comes the Barrack battery, a most powerful' assemblage Of cannon, against which the principal force oLthe English left attackjs directed. WeT have 'the battery all to ourselves, a3 we get the entire benefit of its fire. Next f comes the Redan, consisting-'of two faces, 'bneof which is directed against our leftattack and the other against our right,' (I mean, the English right.) - . .' - .i . "You must know that the English- left attack and the English right attack join each other and form the centre of-the entire at tack,-the French left attack being on the left of us and their right attack 6n the right r . : tli... .. . . .. 9 . . . j . - -uu u uu ,bua uuib. i cu, iu pruceeu. . "Next to the-Redan comes the Malakoff xower, wmcn is tne Key ot the v whole po sition, and the spot where the assault will be made. "It is considerably to the rear of' all the other batteries, so that if -we obtain possession of it,we could sec all their other defences in the rear.! " In front of this tow- ' er, and about, half way between it and the advanced works of the French. right attack, ; is the far-famed Mameloa hill, which is now causing such a stir. . It is a knoll which commands most of the Russian works about the tower, enfilades many of bur advanced trenches. It was always considered our weak point.: , About five , weeks ago" the Russians made a lodgment Jibout half way between the tower and the lamelon. The." French' tried to drive them out of this, and failed. Since that the Russians have ad vanced on the. Mamelon itself, and in spite of all the efforts of the French have retain- .3 '. i. J l .i.l i - cu ii;auu cuusirucieu on it a Dattcry of thirteen large guns. ! "My principal duty here is ta be in the trenches. There are four captains to take command of the works, each of whom re--mains twenty-four hours down there, so - that my turn comes one day in four. We have a subaltern under us, who' only stays' i I--- l. ...... j ' T ... J . J ttwcivK nuurs, so mat i remain through two reneis oitSUDai terns, ihe working parties are relieved every eight hours. 1 "Now, asour advanced works are with in seven hundred yards of the main batte ries of the' place, and they keep up. a con stant fire on our working parties, you can imagine how harrassing this work sometimes du wave, cau stand under fire for so long a time,'inacjiye so far as fighting is concerned, without fin'd ing it a great wea and tear to' his nerves. The first hour ia the -worst, as after that ono gets more used to it. The Russians treat us to a pleasing variety in the way of projectives.J First comes the round shot of all size, which rushes past you with a shriek something like a railway whistle badly blown: ' Next' comes the grape, which flies slower and .round, like a large covey of strong birds flying very swiftly. Then comes a gun shell, vwhich approaches like a round shot, but has' the pleasing trick of bursting when r reaches you ; o that you have to run" a .1 1.1 . 1 . n . ... . Mrl. .G.r.X it.- " 1 .1 ?l 1 l 1 .1 ' uls?rul lu? oinseii ana then ot tbe pieces. Next comes the mortar-shell, though reay p projectiles, I somehow dread the least. It remains' in the air for nearly half a minute; and in the;night you can see it quite plain- , tow,nf to its beari?S .fuse. It glances along very gracefully, rising, tola , greak he,ght and majing a gentle whistle every now and then like a peewit or plover, wnieu oecomes iouacr ana louaer till :it i (men 0f whom it is said 'that thev have jrnt bo inured to fire that a cannon ball would hoP off he Pifc of their stomachs) can really J e a f "Ul j drop. What makes it worse than a gun i ghell is that the formerj fljring g0 ibW) brfe. tains its impetus, so that if it is once past yon' '.before it bursts all the pieces will continue i to fly forward and you are safe; f hereas, ' as the mortar shell is pitched as high as it f into the .air,-and then droL the piecs have.no Other impetus -than what the bursting charge, gives thern-to fly in every direction for a radius of upwards of two i A.U. 11111 XU-l m UUU UlUU UI1U .LilR II IIPNI. fill U ? -I .x T ...
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