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Anecdote Of Con. Jackson.

The Mobile Mercury relates the following
anecdote, which we do not remember to have
read before: .......... .
In one Of the Indian campaigns. which
is not recollected, or material TO our story,
while the army was on the march, still in
Tennessee on its way to the scene of war in
Alabama, a drafted company was expected
daily to overtake the main body of troops.
The company at length reached the rear Of
the train. Information of their approach
was Immediately carried to the front, where
Jackson was al the time. As the messenger
passed from rear to front, the fact that his
company had come without arms, having
left their guns at home, was made known
along the whole line. II was known to the
entire army before il reached Jackson's ears
Curiosity was on tip.toe to know how the
irascible commander would act under such
circumstances. A storm WAS anticipated.
Soon the General was observed making his
way rapidly to the rear. and, TO the surprise
OF all parties, seeming in rather smiling
humor. Finally he met the company. He
saluted them. They looked for q volley Of
curses and immediate dismission home--the
very thing they desired. Not so, however
Old Hickory pulled off his hat, and with hi>
politest and lowest bow. he expressed his
qualification at their arrival, and especially
at the fact that they had no guns-the very
men tha: he wanted-just a. he desired
them without arms. Forming them for
rapid motion, at double quick step, under his
own lead, they marched ON until baggage
wagon was reached, then halted, and each
man furnished with an axe. Forward. march.
again was the word. As they passed along
the line Of march the Generals object was
seen, and laughter, loud and uproarious, with
many hearty cheer, saiutcd them as they
made their way TO the front. There these
axe men were initiated into :heir campaign
duties. They cleared the roads. they bridgsd
the creeks, or carried the wagons, piece by
piece, the baggage, ammunition, &c, over on
their backs when the bridges were impassi.
BILE. They were ever in post of danger.
bearing the burdens of the campaign. shar.
ing none Of its honors and laughing slock
Of the whole regiment"
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New MsrALs.-It is stated definitely that
Improvements have heen made in the manu-.
facture of aluminium, 10y which il is hereafier
to be produced at much less cost than biih.
erto. Sodium, also, SO necessary in the ma.
nufaeture Of aluminium, can now be produced
by means of improved processes at greatly
diminished price. Lithium has been pro.
duced by NJ. Froost. from lepidolitbc. min
eral which occurs in the granite near Roxena,
in Moravia. Whether this remarkable met
al is destined 10 find place in the arts or
manufactures remains problem which iime
alone can solve. It's striking characteristic
is its extreme levity, liibuln being q solid
metal which floats upon rec,ifed naptha.--
Calcium, the metallic base of lime. has been
obtained as q beautiful gold colored metal.
by Prof Benson, of Marburg. but as vet not
in any quantity. Since it is now known
that the clays and earths are all Of them re-.
ducible TO The metallic state what may not
be expected in q few years in art manufac-
turel Solids as durable as silver and less
liable to tarnisb, may be placed in the hands
of artizans from which to produce articles Of
use or ornament lighter than cork.
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THERE is a world where no storms intrude'
"a heaven of safety against the tempests of
life-a little world of JOY and love, of inno-
cence and tranquility. Suspicious are not
there, nor the venom of slander. When n.
man entere,h it, lie forge,s his sorrows and
cares, and disaPpointments he openeth his
heart to confidence ana pleasures, not min
gled with remose. This world is the home
of virtuous, and amiable mother.
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JRsDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 90. 1857.
"Ir DoN'T, SoMEBoDY ELSE WILL

"ir | DoN'T, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL
This is the stereotyped argument of n noto.
rious dealer in whiskey when spoken to con.
cerning the evil that he is visiting upon the
families in his midst. lie is free to confess
that his traffic is attended with constant ca
lamities, and that he is the cause of bring.
ing woe and misery upon the heads Of un
offending and helpless women and children,
and that no good results from his trade.
But money can be made by selling wills.
key-the people will have whiskey--I have
as much right to make money as ANYBODY
and If | don't selllit, somebody else will.
This is wonderfully pungent argument.
II might be rendered more forcihIe bv add.
ing-somehodv else will sell anyhow. wbeth-
erI do or mott ~
1t Is convenient argument. When con.
science reproves the man for his evil course
II is very convenient to shelter behind the
of repeated" if don't, somebody else
will"
IL is comprehensive argument. and may
be used with equal force to cover other
shortcomings, even "a multitude of sins,
as may be inferred-"if If don't 60 to the
devil, somebody else will, and probably n
great number will go whether do or not"
This is the pilh of the entire argument. A
man is not excusaLle in committing sin be.
cause somebody else enters upon forbidden
ground. THY sine be upon thee" applies
to. every individual. a.r -
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ACCIDENTS WHILE SHoorINo.--In conse-
qucnce Of the late melancholy accident to
Mr.. Platt, NJ. p, and this being the height
OF the shooting season. feel induced. should
you allow me, 10 offer through your col
umns as n practical sportsman Of 80 years
experience. few suggestions or rules 10 all
shooters, the observance of which fully be.
lieve would prevent many of the accidents
that occur:
First, then, I would say to every shooter,
never carry your gun, under any circum.
stance, with The hammers down on the cap.
2. Never carry it on the full cock, except
when expecting game to rise. 8. Never
carry it with the barrel in horizontal posi-.
ton. a. Never let il be pointed either TO-.
wards yourself or any other person. 5. In
going through feLce, always hold it before
you as nearly perpendicular as possible, with
the muzzle little above your head. @.
Never load one barrel with the other either
on the cap or at full cock. I. Never take
it home loaded. except you Immediately
place il under lock and key. g. And last.
~, always consider it an instrument that
may take away your own or the life of your
dearest friend at any time, without q mo.
ment's warning, and do not handle it rs il
there was no harm to he apprehendcd from
it than from your walking stick or umbrella.
... London Times.
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THE Newberryport Herald tells the fol-
lowing post office anecdote:
A rap at the delivery.
Postmaster Well, my lad, what will
you haveP
Boy Here's letter, she wants it to go
along ms fast as it can, cause there's feller
wants to have her here, and she's courted
by another feller what aint here, and she
wants to know whether he's going to have
her or not"
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5rlrrtah Yustrg.
BY As UsKsows AUTHOR.


Blessings on thee, Land Of Beauty!
Sleeping in a sunny cline
blessings on tly hills and vallies-
envoke them in my shyme
Far and wide my steps may wander,
Fairer scenes may meet my eyes,
But my soul will cherish ever.
Memories Of thy glorious skies.
Northwa,d, 'gaiust the quiet Heavens,
Thy blue mountain bariies rise.
And above thy foaming torrents,
Glow the Iris's radiant dyes.
There Tallulah dashes madly
Through the sundered granite hills,
And a sense Of awful beauty
All the gazer's being fills.
And Toccoa, hannt of faires,
And Nacoochee's valley sweet,
Where the winding Chattahoochee
Stars and sunshine love to greet;
And Mount Yonah, soaring proudly
Where the winds are pure and free,
WAITS greeting on their pinions,
To his neighbor Currahee.
Thine the Mountain Rock Of Granite,
Rising mid thy fertile plains
Ndtut0o ofeIiuSttuS Wa'ShtoWOs, +sfft Z.-
Lookiag DER thy wide domains;
Looking norihward tothe mountains,
Southwark Ger savannas wide,
Where, through dark lagoons and marshes
Flows the Altamaha's tide.
Thine the lovely Forest City,
Bonaventure's wealth Of shade
Classic Athens-seat Of learning,
And Augusta, mart Of trade;
Macons thine. and fair Columbus,
And Atlanta's busy streets,
And the price Of Rome the western,
Where Coosa's tribute waters meet.
But thy proudest treasure, Georgia,
Aie thy sons, so brave and true,
And thy gentle. brght-eyed daughters,
Who, with love, our souls imbue;
Thine the valiant and the lovely
Manhood's strength and woman's charms
And thy homes adorned by beauty,
Guarded are by valor's arms.
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PErPER--Pepper Is an almost universal
condiment. Black pepper rritates and in,
flames the coatings of the stomach, red pep,
per does not, it excites, but does not irritate.
consequently il should be used instead OF
black pepper. II was known to the Ro
mans, and has been in use in The East
Indies from time immemorial, as it corrects
that fatulence which attends the large use
of vegetable food. Persons in health do not
need any pepper in their food. But to
those Of weak and languid stomachs, it is
manifold more healthfnl to use cayenne pep.
per at meals than any form of wine, brandy,
or beer that can be named. because it slim
ulates without the reaction of sleepiness OF
debility.--Halrs Journal Of Health.
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A Coop MANS WIsn--I would rather,
when am laid in my grave, that some one
in his manhood should stand over me and
say, There was one who was real friend
to me. aud privately warned me of the dan
gers Of the young. No one knew il, but he
aided me in time Of need. / owe what |
am to him." Or would rather have some
widow telling her children, There is your
friend and mine. lie visited me in my af
Fiction, and found you, my son, an employ.
er, and you my daughter, happy home in
virtuous family" / would rather that
such persons should stand at my grave. than
10 have erected over it the most beautiful
sculptured monument Of Parian or Italian
marble. The hearts broken utterance Of
past kindness, and the tears of grateful
memory shed upon the grave, are more val,
liable, in my estimation. than the most cost.
ly monument.--Dr. Sharpe.
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APPLICATION OF CHLoRoFoR& TO BsEs.
Last week - successful application Of this
powerful agency WAS made by DIR. Sinclair
to hive OF bees which was about to swarm.
at the garden Of Barrogill Castle, Mey.-
The process was very simple and effective.
II was accomplished by merely placing
handkerchief spriukled with chloroform on
the hive, when in short time, the whole
swarm dropped into the rev scape (hive,)
leaving behind them no less than SO lbs. Of
honey.-Joha OGyoat Journal.
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CoLEniDoE was admiring waterfall in
England, when he overheard a well dressed
stranger saying TO his companion, !" II is a
majestic WATERFALL" The poet was so do
lighted with the epithet he could not resist
turning round and saying, 7" Yes. sir, it IS
majestic; you have hit the expression j, is,
better than fine, sublime, or beautiful."-
The unknown critic, flauered by the COM
pliment, pursued his strain of admiration in
this wise: " Yes, really think il is the ma
jestekest Ming ofthe Kind ever saw"
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-10-29

A WHITE man sells slave whiskey, he
sits down on a railroad. drunken, the cars
run over him and he is killed. Is the man
who sold him the whiskey any way respen-
sible! Ought he not to be considered liable
for the loss of the slave? Such instances
are Of frequent occurrence but the whiskey-
dealers being privileged sect are suffered
TO 60 " unwhipt Of Justice"
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PAY YoUR LITTLE BILLs.--Nothing helps
the money market more than the prompt
payment Of little bills. 1t keeps up trade,
keeps money moving, helps the banks, and
makes everybody feel good. When every
body holds on to all the money he gets, be.
cause he fears times are going to be worse
he helps to make them SO.
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I [Ne,o Orleans Bulletin.

ADvIcETo NEWSPAPER CoEREsPoNDENTs.
" Punch desires his correspon ents TO re.
member that punctuation, that is, the put
ting the stops in the right places, cannot be
too sedulous'y studied. We lately read,
says he, in a country paper, the following
startling account of Lord Talmerston's ap.
pearance in the House Of Commons:
Lord Palmers,on then entered on his
head, white hat upon his feet, large bat
well polished boots npon his brow, dark
cloud in his hand, his faithful walking stick
in his eye, menacing glare saying moth
ing"
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AMERICAN LADTEs.-One Of the sex writes
rather spicily, that though few Ameri.
can ladies live in idiencss. or worse than
idlene:s, the majority work themselves into
early graves, giving men an opportunity to
try two or ,aree wives in the course Of their
own vigorous lives"
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The Sabbath is but day younger than
man--ordained for him in the state of his
uprightness and innocency, that his facul-
ties being then holy and excellent, he might
employ them especially on that day, in the
singular end most spiritual worship Of God
his Creator. ea
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-10-29

AN Eestern editor announces the death Of
lady acquaintance, and touchingly adds !:
/" In her decease the sick have losi an inyal.
liable friend. Long will she seem 10 stand
at their bed side, a. was her wont, with q
balm Of consolation in one hand aud . cup
Of rhubarb in the other"
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-10-29

IT has been observed, that timber expos
ed to the elements in the South, will decay
two years earlier than the same Kind Of tim.
Der equally exposed in the Northern S,a,cs
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DEATHArA WEppIso.---A young man
named White. who attended wedding par.
ty IN Lancaster county, Pa, last Thursday,
drank too much, and was found dead on the
premises the next morning.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-10-29

THE PHILosoPnY OF SMoKISo.-Fast
young men smoke q great deal, for it is the
nature Of Rake to have quantity Of
Weeds about him.
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Mrs. PARTINeToN on BASKs.-" Are YOU
afraid of banks failing ?" asked the cashier,
as Mrs. Parington went to draw her pen.
sion. Banks failing ~ said the dame "a /
never had any idea about il at all If lie gets
votes enough don't see how he can fail,
and IL he don't can't see how he is to help
it," meant" said he, "the banks that
furnish currency for the country" She
stood moment counting her bills. "Oh,
you did, did your said she well. it's about
the same thing If they have money
enough to redeem wiih--and heaven knows
there's need enough for redemption for a
good many Of them, and more grace than
they allow their customers--they may stand
IL; bnt Doubtful things are uncertain."--
She passed of like an exhalation, and the
cashier counted out one hundred and fifteen
dollars and seventeen cents fifteen times
while pondering over what she said, in or.
der to catch her meaning. Boston Gazette.
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ESNUI.--Nine.tenth Of the mise,ics and
vices Of mankind proceed from Incidence
and idleness Persons who have naturally
active minds, whose "qaick thoughts like
lightning are alive" are most perniciously af
fected by the evils Of sloih. The favored sous
of genius, endowed with great original pow.
ers, were not made for repose; Incidence
will quickly "freeze the genial current of
The soul" and il left idle long, they perish
from inaction, like a scimiter corroded by
rust. But the active occupation of our fac
ultes is a safeguard against these great
evils. vice, penury and desponding gloom.
Says Cotton, "ennui has made more gam.
biers than avarce, more drunkards than
thirst, and more suicides than despair" If
we would be both useful and happy, we
must keep ourselves industriously and virtu.
ously employed. Old Dumbeidikes was
wise in charging his son to be aye stick
ing in tree when he had nothing else TO
do" Count de CayIus, French nobeman,
being born to wealth and princsly idleness,
turned his attention to engraving, and made
many fine copies of antique gems. One of
the nobility demanded from him reason
for this procedure, and was told by the in
dustrious Count, | engrave that may
not hang myself"
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THE Postmaster General has made nj, or.
der that postmasters, whose compensation
exceeds sl2 so per quarter, shall be supplied
s"h Wrapping paper, twine and sealing wax
for the Use of their Office by the Post Office
Department, and the rule adopted March,
~, 1855, has been repealed. All pos,r,as.
ters whose comrensations is less than SI2.-
90 per quarter can purchase for the use Of
their Offices reasonable amount Of these ar-
ticies, provided the net proceeds is not less
than $50 per year.
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HoRRIBLE.-It is estimated that there are
four millions of female snutftakers in the
United States, using on nm average, two
pounds per annum, or eight millions of
pounds, at an expense of two millions Of dol.
lars Exchange.
IF these four million female snuff takers
should all snceze at the same time, what an
explosion would there be! A respectable
hurricance would be the result.
Ne,o Orleans BulLet.n.
And suppose MI the unknown tobacco
chewers in the United States should happen
to expectorate, at the same time, would not
a respectable deluge be the RESULT
Charleston Courier.
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NUMBER 25.

A WIrx's RKroKr--A clergyman Of our
acquaintance, being recently IN comranv
where several ladies were present, his wife
among the number, and the recent crimes Of
Mrs. Cunningham becoming the subject Of
conversation, remarked, with sort of rogue.
isl, ieer. that when a woman fell she was hr
worse in her conduct than Of tile otlper sex.
" My dear husband" replied his wife. ayou
will recollect that the height from which she
falls is infinitely greater"
Cambridge Chronicle:
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u rssunp zvsRr rHuasDA1 Moanmo.
BY PRICE & McJUNKIN.
WILLIAM p. PRICE, =
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
- C.. NJ. M,JUNKIN,
~ ~ PRINTER.
TERMS.

Or pcttsa aud Firrr Gems in advance; Two
DoLLARs IL delayed,
CLUBS Of FIVE and upwards. osE DoLLAn,
tAe money. in every instance to accompany the
order. 80 81
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at
the rates Of rs cents per square OF '3 lines for
the first insertion. and SIT cents for each subse-
4dent insertion. g@ ass
csstrsets for yearly advertising made reason,
At;e.. :. ~ 500 i @
fss ~ tnaIis AGENTS. -
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PErxR SrRApLxv, Esq., Flat Rock, N. G.
A. III. FkDss, Fsirview p. o., Greenville Dist
wuLlAn @. BAILEY. Pleasant Grove, Greenviiie
Carr. r. q ANDERSON, Enoree, Spartanburg.
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PaYIxa spscIs.--The Exchange Bank
ha,jrg stopped on Friday. the Comnseyciol
is the only bank in Columbia paying specie.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1857-03-19
Making a Needle.

l WONDER if any little girl who may read
this ever thought now many people are all
the time al work IL making the things which
they every day use. What can be more com
mon. and Won may think more simple, than
needle? Yet II You do not know it, l can
tell YOU that it takes great many persons to
make needle; and it takes q great deal of
time, too. Let US take a peep into a needle
factory. In going over the premises, we
must pass hther and thither, and walk into
the next street and back again. and take q
drive to mill in order to see the whole pro-
cess. We find one chamber of the shops is
hung round with coils OF bright wire. of all
thchnesses, from the stout kinds used for cod
hSh hooks. 10 hat for the finest cambria nee
dies. In a room below. bits of wire the
length of two needles, are cut by vast pair
of shears fixed in the wall. A bundle has
heen cut off; the bits need straighteniug for
they come off from coils The bundle is
thrown into :. red hot furnace then taken out
and rolled backward and forward on q table
until the wires are straight. This process is
called rubbing straig hit We now see
mill for grinding needles. We go down into
the basement, and find needle pointer seated
on HI, bench. He takes up two dozen or SO
OF the wires, and rolls them between his thumb
and fingers, with their ends on the grndstone.
hrst one end aud then the other. We have
now the wires straight and pointed on both
ends. Next is machine that tiattens and
cutters the heads of ten thousand needles An
hour. Ob>e We the little cutters at the head
OF Your needle Next comes the punchin. OF
the eyes, and the boy that does ii punches
eight thousand in an hour. and he does it SO
fast that You can hardly keep psc. with him.
The splitting follows. which is running fine
wire through a dozen, perhaps. OF these twin
needles. woman with IA llltle anvil before
her files between the heads and separates
them. They are now completed needles. but
rough and rusty, and what is worse. they
easily bend, A poor needle, you would say.
But the hardening comes next. They are
heated in patches in furnace. and when red.
hot. are thrown into pan Of cold water
Next they must be tempered, and this is done
by rolling them backwards and forwards on
ral plate. The polishing still remains to
be done On a very coarse cloth, needles
spread TO the amount Of torty or fifty thou
sand. Emery dust is stre~ed over them oil
is sprnkled. and soft soap danbed by spoon
ful> over the cloth; the cloth Is then rolled up
hard, and with several others of the same
kind. thrown into sort of wash pot, TO roll
to and fro for twelve hours more. They
come out dirty enough. but after rnsing in
clean hot water, and tossing In saw dust.
they look As bri ,ht can be. and are ready
to be assorted and put up for sale. which is
quite work by itself.-H1usehoId Words.