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              .... , ' ii J - ? j - er.iw -s-r.t "''..; "--V -?'. -'Cv.i;;ji.i-tii.i :,rK.-,: j;-jrvr,.-- -.y.-.'L i jj: -' T? 'n-f i" s;V'- "' V; r- - '" "' -' ' "VMir-iiMi w iiiir ' i ' iLLMiiJUiil .J ' "' jjwwwiMiii " "" iTfT"''77'' MOUNT VERNON OHIO TUESDAY, MAllCl! 10. 1858. i r.' -t t NUMBER 48; 1.1 ... OSU iaoodward's Block, Third Story TKJtVlS Two ollr per mntm, p.TV 1) f'B ATT OF A PTfj TtM!IS;' " ' lis bit- o - a- G ' O s- y h o B - 5 " $. P. f ;C. 60 ft (R ZMiaA; 6B i 5 697 008 00 10 : t.')HJ:l-) j... .1 ., i In 1,1. li . il. 1)1 4 tfwiPM, - 3 504 00 5 00 C 00 7.00 8 00 10 I. zi 1 tmmrf. etnmgcabl memthlff, $19y. cceX?jr-.. ...... .?15 ... . 15 t . - i calnmn, chngerbl9 quarter IS 4 opi4MS eay6 yiinrer.,v....i....... 254 1 column. eaaeble aarterTv........ .............. " 40 An i "36" Twelve lines of Minien, this tjpe) are eonn ted a Miiiira. Elitorit -tioei of advertinementj. or culling tttnlWn U nr entrprie litent(t to Kncfit inHi viJaa r oorpomtions, will b charged fur at the rate ef 1 0 cent per line. 5" Special notices, hfore " marriaje. or taVinx preceueoee of regular advertisements,, aouoie usnai Tfe; - . " ' ' " . .TT Notiecs for eetin, charitable societies, fire companies. Ae., half-nricev . 4 bS.MrriKe notices inserted lor ao ets ; ueatns 25 eeBt. nulew accompanied -by nWtoaries, which will be charged for at regular adverting rates. Advertisements displayed in larg type to be c harped oue-balf more then reiralar re. All tranient advertisements to be paid for in itdvence. - -' - otcc IJoctvn. KIPOIXOX'S TALL. ; Ueraner, the sweet bUad-poet of France, whose death has been se recently recorded, to be regretted, never wrote earthing more exquisitely beautiful than the following : " V THE COTTAGE AND NAPOLEON. Amid the lowly. traw built tbed. Long will the peasant seek his glory ; And Tflien'some fifty your have fled, .. The thatch will hear no other story, , .. Around some old and hoary dame . .The village crowd will oft exclaim . Mothc. now, lill n.idnight chiuiea, Tell u th tales of othr times. He wronged ns, say it, If they will. The people love hi memory still ; Mother, now the day is dim, -'Mother, tell us now of him." . " "My chillrcn in onr village here, . Iaw him once, by kings attended Thai tie is parsed (his many a year, ' For my m;iiden days were ended. ' : . On foot herliuihcd the hill, and nigh To rl-.ere I aw him parsing by ; Small his hat upon that day, .. And be wore. a eoat of gray ; r , Arid htn ha saw me shake with dread, : -. Good dy to you, my dear !" he said J Oh ! "and mother, IS it true ? Mother did he speak to you ? " . - ' From thin a year had passed way, Again in Paris t-treeM I louud h'm ; Ho Notre Dame be rde that day, . tVithU Lid gallaat cwmt aronnd him - AH eye admired. the hw. the while, " KfS-f that did not wear a smile ; 4 "Pee how brijhtly shine the skiesj Tis for him!" the people riea : ' ! " An then hi re wa foft with jer; : . For God had blessed hiin wi:h a b-.y. " Mother, h, how lid to 1 : Iay8 that ma.'t so happy" he!" . - - "Ent, UmSS e'er cut rovincf ran, . The bloryly armies of the strati gT?, Alone he seeaaeil, tbat.faiiiou rr.an, To.fiht agAhirt a thousanJ dangers. One evening, jiwt like this ne here, . I heard a knock that, made me fear, 1 EnUrel, when I epd the dor, He, and guards, perhaps a score; .-' 'And seated where I i he said : '-- To what a war I haTe been bsd 1" . ',' Mother, and was that the cl.air ? ' . Mother, was he seated tkbbc ? Darnell am huagry V then he cried: I set oat bread and wine before him, There, at the fire, hi clothe be dried, And slept while watched his followers o'er him; 'When, with a start, be ruee from sleep, lie saw me in my terror weep, ' : .. And he said, Kay, our France is strong; Soon I will avenge her wrong." It is the dearest thing of mine. The glass in which he drank his wine, "Aid through change o. good and ill, Motberryoo Jjeve kept it stilL" . Cjjc nmilii Circle. The Evenia? Prayer'Oar Fathc.,, "Our father." . The mother's voice was low. tender and solemn. - Our faiber" On two sweet roicea'the words were borne tip ward. It was the innocence of reverent childhood that gave them utterance. -;: ' "Who art ia neaTen," repeated the children one with her eyes bent weekly down and the other looking upwards as if she would penetrate the heavens into whi;h her heart inspired. "Hallowed be thy oarae." . Lower Ml the' voices of the little ones. . In a gentle wurmar they aaid Hallowed be thy . narae. - l vrbkiBgdonrt come." . .."- . ... T T A nd Tie burden of the prayer was etill ulten .p br the children uThj kingdom come." "Thy will be d)be on earth as it U in Heaven.'' Like To eweet echo frum tie land of angels f Tby wt!I be done - on earth as it ia in. Bear ,ren,"Jfiled the chamber. v : And the mother cootinoed'Cive os this day odrdaily bread - - ' - - i- l J.'0ttf f? lired a tnot&ent on the '?r..ft ,le 'aor toice waa.huabed "intq; -iaace.-- ; s - "h -'i-;V.,;. 'il ,1a hXul f-r-Ive u our dttu as we also forgive : our dcltc-rs."'.. j. .. ; .. "... .. . . . .. ; The eyes of tie children had dropped for a moment. Bat they were nplified ajaio as they m forjriTe onr debtors." ; : 1 -'. s " :' ''And lead na not into" tenripation, bat deliver as frtiaj evil.. For tbine H lbe kingdom, and the power andlhe.;Srlorj rers.Ar 5 :.v; All those hlr word were toid ptouslj . hd fervently, by the little ones, m tliipy knelt with Clasped handi; beAVle, tbevr mother; " TFen as tWeir Ihoughta," vplifted tbe mn f P-rajT to their fIave'vfjFAher,- cnme hack agiut and rested oh their earthly rmirnti a warmer lore came pushinr from thei hearts.". t .' (r '; Pure k fuses teudr embrare the Awd "ffxd i.ij?ht." What a sweet ajjitaiion pervaded all their feeling! Thenr two'deaf heads were plaeed siIe bj side on a anowjr pillow, the mother's last Istrjrivea and the sbadowj cnrtains Irawn. ; What a pulseless atHlnega reijrna throuphoot the chamber! Inwar?Iy the parents' listening ears are- benti' Thy hare iven these innocent . ; - , , .. i ones in the care ot Ood s, anreia, ana mey can sim8t neR.. tne; rustlinjr of their garments as they eat her round tbeir sleeping babes. A web. deep and treroulirtis, breaks on ibe air. Quickly the mother, turns to the father of ber children with a Jou of earnest . inquiry On her cuunte-nance. . And he answers thus ber eileot ques tion: ;;V ' ' ' ' '' ": Far" :back. " through many years, have my tbouebts been wanderine. At my . mother ' knee, thus 1" said, nightly, in childhood my eve-ping prayer. It was the best and holiest of prayer, ''Our Father," that Phe taught me. Childhood and niy mother passed away. I went forth as a man to the world, strone, confident, and self-set kin. Once I -came into a ereat temptation. Il-id I fallen jin that temptation, I would have fallen. I sadly fear, never to have risen aeain. The struggle in my mind went on for hours, I was about yielding. All the bat-riers I could oppose to the rushing flood seemed just ready to give way, when, as I sat in my chamber, first occupied in many weeks, the mur mur of a low voire was heard I listened. At first no articulnte sound was heard, yet something in the tones stirred my heart with new and a' range emotions. At length there came to my ears, in the earnest, loving voice of a woman, the words "Deliver us from eviL" For an in atant it seemed" tonie s if the voice was that of my inthr.. B v-k, wSih a sudJeu bound, though all a t hitd in heart a'aiii I aas kneeling at my m-ther' knee. " Ilambly and reverently I sai l oventhe words of the b.dy prayer she bad taught me, heart and eyes uplifted to Heaven. The hour and power of darkness had passed. 'r was no longer stand ing in slippery place with a flood of waters ready to sweep me to destruction; but my feet were oit a rock. My mother's pious" care"4 bad saved her son. In the holy words she taught me in child hood there-was a living power to resist evil through all my ; after life. Aid that unknown mother, as 6he taught her child to repeat his eveniiig prayer, h w little dreamed she that the holy words were to . reach a strHnger's cars, and save him " throtiwh the memories of his own childhood and his own mother! And yet it. was so. What a power there is in Jod"f word, as it fl iws into and rests in the h arts of innocent children.. . - J . From the Hrris-o Flag. EXPLORATIONS IN THE WEST. BY SIX XAVIEH. Tlia; a rtife of people tar advanced in the prrs of art. atvd civUiz;t;rn ' inhabited the Tillies of tli Gtfet and :3aita Cruzr Rivers, anterior toils coli.iiz-ition by the. Spaniards, will n f aiimit of a single doubt. Las Cams Gravies, or the big houses of the Gila, are still pointed to by the semi civilized tribes of Indians along the valley, as being for a time the stopping place of. the Az'ecs, in their nnsfration Southward. As this story has but a traditionary existence, it cannot be strictly relied upon as applying to this particular race ; bat the existence of the buildings, and their great simi-1 irit y to those found on the plateaus near the city of. Mexico, at the time of the conquest, is admitted by contemporary historians. . Many other in dicatinns .f its being the work of a race of be-i tff-s having a style of architecture iti common with that of the Aztecs, is the large quantity of br..ken portery h-ivin strange Ceviees, Jiiero glyphics an 1 nfim .g-s, that is 4o be found' in the vicinity f thei riins ; lintels, and curiously wrought stones are brought to light ;it every attempt that is made to solve the mystery of these ancient ruins. Miny large acaqu tics, or irrigat ing canals are to be ffiund along iKe valley of the Sinta Cruze, having been so long abandoned that trees two and lb i ee feet in diameter have grown from their beds, thereby showing that their builders were an agricultural race, as well as the antiquity of their conatrnction. Sixty miles from the town of El Taesoit; tip the valley of the Santa Cruze, brings us to the town of Tubac, formerly a military station on. der the Mexican dominion. It is a small dilapi dated and God-forsaken place. It was entirely deserted a few year ago ; but since its acquisition by the United States a few utiserable and eiwardly wretches iaye returned to reclaim tl e homes they so ignominioosly deserted at the approach of the ever 'dreaded foe, the Apache. Singular what ear and terror these Indians create in the Mexicans a whole army will be put to flight by" a handful of ohese marauders, .who show no mercy, making. indiscriminate murder upoo all who chance to fall iu their way.- The Cincinnati Arizouia mining company has its head quarters is the towt of Tac,' oudor the supervision of Charlee ' Postott, who, in the face of many difSuliies, hti succeeded ior open-S m'tnes which promises to" jTcl J a ricb harvest of the precious meiaU T v 'The ore from the UensUtmea -vein will. yield $1 per lb; of !ver. with gold cnouU to defray the expense of working, .irajjsporting,' coinage. Ac-, tc This vein has been sudeaiiy prtMpect- ed for miles a!on its coarse, to prove it one of (llfSt surpass ing fivboess aiid dumbUityr.UTbft jColo rado mine, belongfng;to the "eamer company is inferior in silver to the other ; but yields a large amount f glenn ore. The Sopqra mine, near the -valley of the Santa Crnxe; owned by Nest. rs. DouL'l:w, ' Rh.xles &' Co. is being extensively worked entirely from the'surfaee. The ore is a red volcanic substance, and very soft. The meth boVdf., working this mine, is by grindini the. ore in a round bx containing watef and quicksilver. forming amatgum, "which it then placed . in "an. oven and baked, allowing the quicksilver, to escape in vapor, leaving the silver ready for cast itig into bullion and transportation. The Cincinnati company have provided them selves with machinery I for . crushing the' bra 6f their minea better, as well.aa a faster, pi-rcess than the common rostra used hy Messrs. Douglas, Rhodes & Co. These mi ties are but another instance of the inactivity of the Southern people. Here is a country richer in every way, and nearer home, thau California, that we will suffer to pass into the hands of Northern men and capitalists. , Tfcey have already, -'with! that energy for the almighty dollar characteristic of the race, organized a joint stoc'u company with millions to back it, for the purpose of getting a good fixt- hold in Arizonia,"and getting rich before half of the Southern gentlemen know scarctly where is Arizouia. . : ': - ' . ----- - - t. They will begin to open their eyes when they see Arizonia knocking at the door of the Union for admission,, with a Free State Constitution in her hand, but too late. Southern gentlemen, you, spend yonr worda and breath in gas." - ; -z It is a saying with the people of Arizonia, that " everjr rock contains its minpral;" in addition to the silver, maty copper, leads and gold bearing qnartz veins intersect the : different . hills throughout Arizonia. The Arizone copper rntne as it is called, covers miles square, with the ore exposed upon the surface ; 75 per cent, pure copper, and in t he language of one- of its owners, it resembles a blazing sea of copper ; pieces weighing; several hundred tons are very common This ore, in its crnde state, brings, in- the California market, $350 to $400 per ton. Metiric iron abounds to great extent. The Papigo Indians have a method of separating the gold from the dirt, and bring in large quantities of it and trade with the merchants. ' The class of gold brbuffht by them is coarse, such only as they can-see with the eye do they get. I spent much time in prospecting for this metal, and found it every where, and have ho hesitancy irt pronouncing it a rich mineral country ; ail in all, perhaps the richest in the world. v ; . The statements made by captives who have es caped from the Indians north' of the Gila, represent a coontry with iine running streams, timber, valley, high mountains, good soil, and gold in abundance. These statements Corroborate re spectively by persons who have gained the set tlements hundreds of miles apart, some of whom I have seen, and interrogated. A Mwa Oat man, who, after renidine with tKe Indians as a captive four years., was purchased bv the officers at Fort Yumo. She says that gold lies on the surface of the groniid. and so common that - the Indians make bullets with it to shiot from their guns Maj r E. Sten, of Fort Buchanan, told, in public conversation, that he had. bought, while on a scout to the Gila, for a mew trifle, from an Indian a hand full of gold. The most marvelous traiitions of the wealth of that country are afloat in Arizonia .and New Mexico, and believed by the masses; so much so that several expedirions, under experience! United Sutes officers, have endeavored to penetrate to the in t-rior of this Tahiti 1'-" E'.;I ral.i, b'it invariably beaten, back by the overwhelming numbers of the Indians, who, doubtless, concious of the consequences of relinquishing his last stronghold, will contend to v lust. If Artesian wells will be made to succeed iu Arizouia, a mineral. Get J will be opened, having -no parallel in the annals of mining. But it is very dry now, and during the rainey season, which lasts through the months of June. July and August, no wate.r can be relied upon longer than it is raining. - Towards the Gnlf of California the country stretches out to great sandy deserts, scant- of vegetation and water. -A low range of bills, con taining large vuantitVes of quicksilver, skirts the gulf.- The .temperature of Arizonia is healthy, pure and constant, regulated by the altitude and nearness to the Pacific ocean, it is never too hot or. too cold., - In the foregoing letters I have endeavored to do away wiih the dull monotony of an every day journal, and confine these letters strictly to facts as they presented themselves to my view, and if I have 8ueceeded in awakening any interest in the mind of the reader. I feel myself amply repaid for the many privations, sufferings aud hard whips that I have undergone while traveling over the country, the general appearance of which, with utility, resourcesj 4c, Ac, these letters are the result. DiscoYery f Kana Sahib's Treasures-An todiau correspondent of theludependauce Beige writes as follows ; "There seems to be a . slngolar oncertainty with regard to the movements of Neaa Sahib. The rumor is started again that he has been cap turel under a disguise, and recognized by some oKcers, I U1 not slat e'the fact pos'tlvely, but transmit it to yon with the customary reservation. It is said also that a discovery has been made of the Nana treasures, which, before his flight trom Cawnpore, he bad hidden in some well-i.'iu tbe hope that they would escape the Qhserrations of the Enjfiisb. Our soUwrrs have explored every " curner so thoroughlr, however,1 thai they have succeeded, in. finding .'concealed' in three wtlla a great quantity of pearls, diamonds,' pre-cioaa aUxies, and articles -of gold and silver.; : A Sepoy havildar, lecently-' condemned to death; has made some interesting disclosures.' Accor ding to the statement, of this, man, Nana Sahib never held com mand at Lat-know, aa mated by some of the journals and the mistake haft prob ably arisen from c-iofounJiug him with his broih; er, II bob Sahib, who' commanded a portion of tba ituorat fxco tLere." ; Interesting: wntictii - - . ;.';-'. A Sad Honeymoon, r . ' Our :readers (WmWr ithe 'trial eonviction sentance. at the' United Slates , Coitrt in. tbia city of Bbarles Albas b, of.Mut Gileadtftr robbing the mail. IThe Colambus .GaZctte gives.lbe fol' lowing ir-r : . ''M'-- V" "' : Charla Albangb.-is only twenty yers of age, and the events of the past fe cvniths will fill an important chapter inbis IifuV.histery,' : On Cnristmaa day hei ehped - wiih..Jbia ilandWd'a daughter, a Mwa German, in beceixteeuth year, went to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, od, was mar ried.. An effort .waa mad to-jtfitjst affair ae-cretr' but it -was discovered by .the girl's -parents; who were highly incensed at their daughter's im prudence. "-. :. - ' : -; . !- '. . - ;".-; ' ' On the 28th of January, Mr. Prentiss, the U. 8 j Mail Agent, arrested Albaegb upon a charge of robbing the mail.. He was taken to Cleveland, tried, convicted 'and sentenced before the United States Court, and upon reaching Card ington, o his way to the penitehtiarr, the"young wife came aboard the ars to : bid farewell to her convict husband.- The meeting was a' painfully affecting ! one. She begged him to keep up his spirits, to make a firm resolve to do his -whole duty while in prison. - She vowed to stick to bim though all the rest of the , world should forsake him ;: for said she, "Charley, we are both young we have years of happiness in store for us, aud when your time has expired, we can go to some other land where the offence will not be known, where we can live happily together and earn an honest livelihood.' " ' " ; : The poor girl nerved herself up to the task, and as she wiped the tears away from the cheeks of her young husband, she never whimpered. .The car way full of passengers, who witnessed the scene with tearful emotion. ' The conductor who, at the request of the nflicerSj had kind ly delayed a few moments, to give the young coni pie an opportunity of meeting each other ,-at last notified tbem that he could delay no longer, and the whistle gave notice that the cars were about starting. ''Keep tip your courage like" a 'man, Charley,' said the fair heroine, and as she kissed his cheek, she turned to leave hirn,but,overpower ed by her feelings that she had thus far kept un der control, she fell fainting in the arms of the bystanders, who carried her gently into the station house, and the cars rolled over the with iti creased speed, to make up tor the detention. : Rather a sad honeymoon. .. .- '' J- Strange Infatuation .r ' We find in the Cleveland Herald an account a recent occurrence at-JIndanB-Oliui, Cxitta waioh we take the following particulars : It seems that for two years past aa employee of Mr. Nelson Ilinkston, had suspected that gentleman of a design to fire his own buildings. Mr. H. carried on an extensive sine : buinesSj was a man in good standing, in affluent circumstances and. happy, in his domestic relations. The employee -corfimunlcated his suspicious and Ilind.-to'n was watched. The buildings owned by Mr," B. are in the center of a large block of wooden structures, and bad he carried ont his "design : the coufl-igraiion would have laid an""im port ant part of the building in ashes. ; Ou an examinatioii of the premis es uialer the direction of the informer, if was found that Mr. II. had made his-building into a net work of Combustible material, from cellar to garret. He had bored holes in the walls, inserting small balls of : waxed ends env-h)ped in tia sue paper, and he had connected Usese from sto ry to story, so as to thoroughlv'firejthe joists in the particioiis and introduce ' the flames" under the plastering, and by all ".imaginable contrivances bad he laid his diabolical plans so as to fl ish his whole building'into an instant blaze. Near this building, too, was: his. own family and. that of -a brother, and many others. : .When the plot was discovered Hinkston confessed his design to fire his building and thus secure the insurance money. He was arrested and held to bail, but was discharged bv the Probate Judge, as v4ie firing of one's - Own building; is no "crime in Ohio. . V State Agricultural College. : " The bill now before the Legislature for a State Agricultarkl Cidlege, appropriates $50,000 fr the pnrchase of a thousand acres . of land, and for the erection of buildings." pnrchase of furni tore, ic. The prtre of the land is not to excred $25 per acre. The institution ' is to be placet! under the joint supervision of the State School Commissioner and State Board of Agriculture, and the course of instrnction to include a tfinr otigh English course. Mathematics, NaturalPhi-l-ophy, Cffemirttry, Botany, Animal aud Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology, Geology, Mineralogy. Meteorology, Veterinary Art, llorticuHure. Political Economy, Civil' Engineering, - Bonk. Keeping and Mechanic, Arts directly connected with Agricalture a course of studies embracing tbe useful in a high degree. ; The sum paid to the Faculty the first year not to exceed $5,000, and any year thereafter such salaries as- the Board of Supervision shall deem adequate. ' Tuition in the " College, shall be forever free to pupils residing in Ohio and. in rase more pnpils apply than can be aecommo dated, they shall be -apportioned to each county according to the ratio or population ' ; ; .Sneh is an outline of the biHi .Aerieulture is the leading interest of the State, and Ohia oef it to ber sons tQ five them every advan'age and inducementto foJIow and. excel in tbe noblest calling pf mn.v.;s:f.v.; "r-f,rj-tV.; -i The London Daily Seua says, accounts have been received frtVo Japan to the 1 lib of Novein ber j theyjcoiilirib 'the fai t already announced oJ the approaching; visit- to Eunpw of Pri.nce. Tffl Kuzen, the nephew of. the Emperor, . lle'waa to embark abrait the end of Docember at Siiuod, with a numerous suite oa board the Dutch yess l the Samarang, chartered for the purpose by' the Japan Government. He will visit France, Eo- land, Russia, Holland, and return by way of America -.-. - - - - , " - . - Among the persons composing his suit are twoJhjg BW&R,p was np- for there had been.a heap of Japan engineers, whose mission will be to exam ine into the system of Rail ways. ; The engineers, who are very intelligent men,' have already been charged by the Emperor to fit up an electric tele graph, which was given ! to his Maisty by the American. Plenipotentiary, when the treaty of commerce was signed between those-two coun tries. The telegraph, which goes from the Sum rrier palace of the Emperor to Seddo, his capital, a distance of about six miles, works perfectly,-The conduct of -Japan in encouraging the in troduction of European inventions merits remark, partieulary at a moment when China is showing such a different feeling. Hnmbolit- .'- The aged and illustrious Baron Von Humboldt now in his 90th year, but still fresh in intellects al and conversational powers, attended a ball given in Berlin on the 27ih ult., in honor of the royal wedding. . The Barori allows neither his advanced age nor his great acquirements, and world widefame, to entitle him to any dispensation from the minutest and most scrupulous at tention to etiquette and costume, and willingly condescends on occasions like the one in question, to assume his chamberlain's costume, and his numerous orders, with all the careful atten. tion' to exterior befitting the most, youthful and modest aspirant to Court favor. F is health, however, gives frequent occasions of uneasiness to his friends and admirers, though he rallies from each Btta'k with most surprising rapidity. Vaila. Inquirer. .'-. . Virginia Finances. The actual outstanding funded debt of Virginia on the 1st cf January. .1858.' was $27.27:", S0 45. This indoles $970,000 hypothecated by the agent of the B ard of Public Works in the city of New York, to secure loans to the amount of $ii70,000. The State has productive investments amounting to $)88j.855, and unproductive amounting to $25,313,613. The to-tal of hoth sorts is $30. 1 99,469. Ot the productive stocks $.l.:Ufi,950 are banks. The rt-maining 2tf.852.519 of the Commonwealth's in vestments are in stocks of and loans to internal improvement companies. Of these but $1,558, 905 are productive. Of the unproductive ($25, .313,613) ot ly the sum of $4,958,339 Is secured by mortgages or otherwise. The remainder con fists of stock to the amount of $10,437,C17 in improvements not yet completed, and $6.9I7, 657 in improvements completed but still unpro ductiveT .' ' . ''- " ' Arrest of Counierfeitersin. Lafayette, Ind. An organized ; gang of coui.terteiifrs,-utider the lead of a man named Sbears.and David Mc Nitt,.a blacksmith, and havingfieir bead quarters at Lafayette, Ind., has been broken into by the arrest of a number of the parties. They manufactured and .put in circulation bogus American halves and quarters to a large amount. John M. Lakins and his brother in-law, Ch'ws, were also arrested at Renxallier, charged, with beine.connected with the same cane. " The people of Jasper county have become so exasperated on the subject of the villainies to which ihey had leen for some time subjected. that they have formed a society of Regulators, similar to that existing in Noble county, and threaten a war of extermination against all the scoundrels tey are able to cat h. COUSIN SALLY DILLARD. BY HAMILTON' CTJOXES. - We think it high time that 'Cousin Sally Dillard,' 'Captain Rice' and . 'Mose,' were again bro'Tght to the memory of the Public: We have read and laughed at the narration at least a hundred times, and should not fail to enjoy it were it to come under our notice daily for a year to come. The see tie is a court of j ustice-in North Carolina. A beardless disciple of Therms rises and thus addresses the court: May it pleie your iworship, and you. gentle man of the jury, since it has been my fortune good or bad, t will not say to exercise in legal aquisitions, it has never befallen me to: be tb Hged to prosecute so direful, marked and malicious an assault; a more ' wilful, violent, datiger ous battery, and finally, a more diabolical breach f peace-has seklora happened in a' civilized ctnintrj-j and, I dare say, it" has seldom been your duty to pass upon one so shocking to ben-evdlenf fee-lines as this which took place oyer at Cptain Rice's in this county." But yon will bear from the wituess.' - The witnesses being sworn, t or three were examined and dep.Ried; one said he heard the noise and did not see the fight? another that be seen the row,' but didu't know who struck first; and a. third that ha was very drunk, aud could n't say much about the akirmage.. A 1 - ; Lawyer Chops: I aoTvery sorry, gentlemen, to hav ocenpied. your time with, the stupidity of the wit'nesaes examined. It arises, gentleman, altogether frofti nusappreheaaion do ray part. Had 1 known, as I now - do, that I had, a wit ness in attendance, acquainted with the cireum stances of the case, and able to make himself clearly understood by the court and jury, I she old not co lung have trespassed on your time and patience. ; Come forward- and he awornl "4 So forward i crimes! the fwitnesa,:a fat chuff old uan, a -Itttle' corned,' and look his oath wuh an air.V-'v;'1 ' - ";i:'":i ' ' ' Chops:' Harrison, we wish yon to tell all about the riot that ' happened, the 'other-dajr, at Cap-fainTticeV 'and as --'a good deal of time has al ready been' wasted in 'circnmlocution,' we wiib yon to be compendious, .; "aud af the eatne time as'exVlicit'as possitlei; ' !:; f ' ' C v TIarri: Exactly -gl Ing the lawyer a know, ing. win t,. at the 'same time' clearing bis throat Captain Rice, be gin a treat!" aud CoaMn Sally Dillard, tie came over to my boose ao3 axed I told Cousin Sally Dillard, that my wife- was poorly, being as bow she hud rb r)BniTiHt!va n iKa bin and tbo i rai l lately, but howsomever, ad it" was she, Cousin S 'aliv Dillard", mv wife: she moneht eO. She then axed me if Mose he 1 moun't go I told Cousin Sally Dillard that be was the fore man of the crap,; and the crap waa smartly in th grass," but however, as it was she,' Cousin Sally Dillard, M'We he mought go Cliopi la the name of corairon sense, -Mr. Harris, what At you mean by this rigmarole? Witness Captain Rice, he gin a treat, and Cousin Sally Dillard, she come over to our houfie and axed me if my wife she moun'l go.- Oold Cousin Sally Dillard Chops: Slop, sir, if you please; we don't want to hear anything about your Cousin Sally Dillard and your wiiV- tell us about the fiht at Rice's. Witness: Well, I will, sir; that is, if you will let me. ' - - - ' T ' Chops: Well, sir, go on. - '-'.-' ' - ' " Witness: Well, Captain Rice! he gin a treat, and Cousin Sally. Dillard, she come over to our house ad exed me if my wife' she roou'nt go- Chops: There it is again: witness, please to 6ttp. : " -- - .. . -. Witness: well, sir what do you. want? Chops: We want to know about the fight, and you must not proceed in this impertinent story. Do you know anything about the matter before the conn? " " . . Witness: To be. snro I do. Chops: Well, you go on and tell it, and noth ing e!se. . Witness: 'Well, Oiptaln Rice, he gin a treat Ch)p: This is intolerable. May it please the Cnm, I move that this witness be committed for a contempt; he seems to be trifling with the court. ; ' ' ;..' . .. '.- ". ' ' - . - - .: Court: Witness, yon are now before a court of jnstiie. and unless you; behave yourself in a more becoming manner, you will be snt to jail; so heein and tell what you know about the fibt at Captain Rice's, Witness (alarmed;)- Well, gentlemen. Captain R:ce. he gin a treat, and Cousin Sally DilUrd Chops; 1 1 hope tbia witness raayv be ordered into custody. . . . . Court (after delilieratlrig): Mr. Attorney, the curt is .of - opinion that we mry save time by al'owiny tbe uirtiess to go on his own way Proceed Mr, Harrison, with your story, but stick' to the point. ; .' -'..-.'. Witness: Yes, jrenl'ema. Well, Captain Rice, he gin a trat, ai.d Cousin Sally Dillard come over to my house and axed me if my wife she moun't go. I told Cousin Sally Dillard that my wife was poorly, being as howHe had the rheumatics in the hip, and tb big sv tmp was up; but howsomever, as it was she, Cousin Sally Dillard, she most go. Well. Cousin Sally Dillard then axed roe if Mose moun't go. I told Cousin Salty Dillard as how Mose he was the foreman of the crap, and tbe crap was smartly in the prass, but howsomever, aa it was she, Cousin Sally Dilliard Mose he mought go. : So they goes ou together, Mose, my wife and Cousin Sally Dillard, and they come to the big swamp, and it was up, as. I was telling you but being aa how there was a log across the big swamp, Cous, in Sally Dillard and "Mose, like gpnteel folks. Lihey walked the log but my wife, like a darned tool, hoisted ha .'coats and waded through and that a all I know about Viejighl I , ; : " .,; Linot farmer. Selecting Fruit Trees. . " from Emery's Journal of Agriculture. Few farmers know what really constitutes a good nursery tree, and yet it is the'most valua ble information -they can possess, and, to a great extent, the key to future success ; for if you expect to have a good orchard, you: must plant healthj, well formed trees, of suitable sorts for your particular soil and climate. .Most planters are over anxious to obtain large trees which are very seldom profitable, never in fact, except when they are to be moved but a short distance from the nursery. Apple trees, from three to five years old, are the cheapest, easiest to plant, and "most certain to live and give satisfaction, if yoa go to the oursery yourself, select stocky (t. e. large, just above-ground; trees, with well balanced heads, not loo high up, especially if you in tend to plant them on the open prairie. In or dering or selecting cherry, plum or dwarf pear trees, take those that are not over two years old, in fact, one year old, if well grown, are. better etill. Such trees you can usually get at the nur series at one-third to one-half less than the sized trees that are generally ordered. Nurserymen l.ke to sell large trees at large prices, but an honest one will tell you that this is correct advice, t and will perhaps save you, if yoa are about or dering tiees, three or four times the cost of, this paper. ' . Any one who has had experience In orchard planting knows that the younger the tree, as a general things the more readily it adapts itself to a new situation, and recovors from the injuries alwwy incident to ever so careful a removal from the uursery. Aubther reason why you thbuld aelect young trees is, you can form them to suit yourself, so that in af;e years yoa will never be compelled to resort to the dangerous remedy of removing targe limbs, or of sawing in the top, which is often a'aolutely necessary witb tall limbless abipstoeks. i i "Peach frees in particular should never be more than one y?ar obi. ; Of the small fruits, goo.se be r-riea and currants sboald never be over two or three years old. In selecting trees of all kinds avoid those of unnatural, rapid growrh. or that have decayed spota on the trunk, - ;But the first and most important thing to look to, and to insist upon, is an abundance of root. .- More trees fail from poor roots and from having been exposed to frosts and drying winds than from any ether cause. If you order trees from a distant nursery state distinctly that j oar trees most be well pack-ed,"and jost mention, by way of encouragement, to yotir. nurseryman, that yea 'never begrudee packing , charges, and expect jour trees to be carefully taken up with at least a decent supply! ot enrous roots. ;; - ' ; - : . r . In regard to yaneties, if jou nave confidence in yonr nurserrman, leave .the selectioq mainly to him, only- atata what, proportion yoa wih of Stimmer, faIT,'ard winter fruits, and that you dou't jar for more than twenty. four varieties', and that youwiih those to be' the best sorts suitable to jour hxrality. , t -:i ; ' - . , . '. :; " , ! ?This advice. Is f ear$r intended for those farmer who," fro-n tot baviag niade horticulture a rpeciality, are aot posted up a regaii to tLe comparative tnerlUt cf diCerent aorta, me ii my wiie, auo mouu ft got ; s - . ' : : From th Ohio Cultivator. -' ; .Gardening Hints for Xlarca. - '" If not already done, now is tjae time lo look-, abbnt, and conclade where to plaint this thing and " where that, and arrange your garden accordingly. Where yon want to plant onions, pot on well rot---ted manure while the ground is frczen or hard. ' thus preveutlng any injury that might arise front tramping while; wet. Onions, cabbages, cauli flower, peppers beets, radishes and all sued. reV , quire a very rich soil, while beans, peas, tomatoes, and all such in run naturally too much, to leaf, do best on strong soils, where there is not a . superabundance of loam. They fruit much better, and axgjless liable..to rot. Clay land, ma-' nured, produces the best tomatoes, they bein clear and fine, with the very best aromatic flavor Plow your garden over deep and well, as soon aa it is dry enough, thus giving the frost a chance r to pulverize it, and to destroy the cut-worms. Sow early peas, the sooner the better. Set out . small onions, fur early crop. Sow annual onion" seeds " the best kinds are Wethersfield Red, New Danvers Yellow, and White Portugal (or Silver Skin.) After making the beds,' and raking fine, ; draw drills about half an inch deep and 14 incbf ; es apart, in which sow your seed, and cover care fully; then when they begin to enlarge at the ' root, thin to one to everyjix or eight Inches, if you want large fine onions for exhibition. If the object is to get a heavy yield, leave one to every ' two or three inches. But remember that you can't shine unless you put in your " best licks,' j! for there are a great many first rate workmen i trying their best. Plant radish Seed on the bor- j d r of your beds. Sow lettuce iti some good rich f sheltered spot, exposed to the sun. Sow early cabbage seed, and( if you have not made your , hotbed, do it now at once, which you will nor-find mu-h of a job. The most that is required is the will. Plow land for early potatoes, and especially for your sweet potatoe crop. But never stir land for any purpose, when it is 80 wet as not to break up light and fine. Be on the alert, look about, make arrangements, and do all you can. for the busy time is close at hand. Colcmbcs, .March. '58. G. S. INNIS. Irpnrimcnt. ,.; Written for tbe Mt. Vernon Banner. Uiscellaneous Enigma. I am composed of 61 letters. My 19, 59, 15, is a despicable character. My 7, 50, 33, is a river in North Carolina. My 9, 1, 48, 47, 26, 5, 8, is an appellation of , -. ". - . - - - --- . the Deity. My 33, 54, 1 2, 40, Is a kind of grain,1 My 2, lb, 47, 34. 3, is tie name of an animal. My 13, 17, 31, 55, 34, is a Gulf in Europe. My 57, 12, 56, 5, 52, is a lake in Africa. My 18,"l2, 13, 24, 27, ia the name of a distin. guished General. r My 14, 61, 38, 37, 47, is a lake iu Sweden. My 4, 59, 47, 10, 60, was a celebrated Eng lish poet. . . 1 ; . My 55, 33, 35, 41, 26, is a color. My 25, 42, 4o, 54, 50, 45, 32, is a connty Irt Pennsylvania. My 36, 25, 34, 39, 44, 6, 5, is a river in Europe. My 11, 32, 30, 43, 27, 1, 29, is a county ia Ohio. : ' My 43, 59, 47, 26, ia a noted Cape. ' My 56. 21, 49, 34, 13, 42, 18, is a Bay in North America. ; ; My 23, 3, 12, 8, 50, is a noted Volcano. : My.52, 5, 38, 2, 4r 37, is a river in Europe. My 3, 8, 4, 47, 54, 46, 22, 40, '55, 31, 47, 33, 58, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. - My whole was a battle of the American Revo lution, and when fought. Johxstowk, O. II. M. WILLI AM 9. Written for the Mt.' Vernon Banner, ';. .' ' - Enigma. I am composed of 18 letters. My 1,10, 15, 4 and 6, is what many were alarmed at. My 6, 17, 10 and 14, js a metal much in use. My 6, 2, 13,7 and 17, is a possessive pronown. My 8, 15, 13, 3 and 1 and 16, is a '. My 6. 13, and 16, is a pleasant drink, 1 My 1, 2, 16, 3 and 6 is My 1, 10 and 2, is a Cape. My I, 2, 14 and"P, is an Empire. Bly II, 3, 8, 14 aud 18, is a name. My. 5, 7, 14, 16 and 4, is a mountain in Pales-tine. : -; .; ; , " . My whole is a Kirjg of Denmark. ' ' EDWARD T. ARNOLD. i: A Pramour llurderei by her Sans. A terrible affair occurred at Littleton Station. Ou the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Sunday night, 2 1 si of February. : Mrs. Manly,' a widow . woman . resided there with her two sons and kept a grocery.. An improper i.jtimacy between ber and a man in the neighboring had been stispected."' On' Sunday the boys went away from home to be gone all night, but happened to return unexpectedly ia tbe night, and found this man in bed with their mother. Enraged, they fell npon him and killed - him. The boys both escaped, one taking an Eastern train and the other comings West one of them was only tea and "the other fifteen yeara old; ., iV : -j. TK, Liiscrable victim most have died instant ly as he was stabbed ' three . times through the heart. A terrible . warning this against illicit ' crime. . ; ' ' : - ' . ''" V : Colleges. By the annual statemen. .nit printed, It ejw pears, that in forty -seven .colleges of the land there are 8,5l0 students, of of whom 3,082 r" professors of religion 937 who intend to become ministers. According to the fullest report we have ever seen, th?r are 122 College in tSa United States, of ahicV 113 !vre Protestant, and 9 are Roman' Catholic. Of the Protestant Col. leges. 16 are controtfed by the BabUsts, 13 hf the MHho4kstft.:8by the Episcopalians, aome II by the Congregationalista, 2 by the Unitarians , and 1 by the Unlversalisf, and the rerEiin?r by the various branche of tbe rresbjter;an. Of all tbe Colleges, 15, or about one-eigM t f the whole, are- sitaated in New EnpUtid. Tl free State have 65 of the C Hejea, aridtis iI.nj states 57. -'-: jJontlis' i. . r -1 I r - -