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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-15
StltrteA Sturu.
Fearful Adventure with a Lion.

1t was a warm, pleasant evening in
November, and our ship was Oft the coast
OF IripoII. a party O: us, who sat up
on the quarterback, had been conversing
upon various subjects concerning the vast
desert 10 the southwark OF us.
Il think you have travelled across the
desert = said one Of our number, address
ing the captain.
Not exactly replied Captain Bush wick
some years ago spent a few months
H. Abyssina and tho country South Of it.
Was 1t there you had your adventure
with the Lion z
'Ah-you've heard Of that scrape, eh 2
Only that you had such an adventure,
captain. Your mate told me you had
met the animal
We'll, | have; anl il you would like
to, hear the yarn, will tell it,
a vote was Immediately and unani.
mousIy carried, that Captain Bush wick
have permission to relate his adventure
and without further preliminaries he pro.
ceeded:
It's now fve.and twenty years since
took the notion to travel among the Al.
rican natives. had an uncle living in
Mocha, engaged in trade there, and had
gone out to see him. He was going into
Abysslnia on business, and accompanied
hlm. Our party consisted Of six-my
uncle and self, and four Nubian servants
These Nubians were faithful fellows, and
long tried, and were, moreover strong and
fearless, having lived with my relative
several years. When the business was
over, proposed tina, we should take a
Irlp to the Southward, and sec the coun,
sry. The Nubians were anxious TO 90
9nd, after deal Of persuasion, my uncle
consented 70 the arrsngement.
On the seventh day we reached large
lake upon the extreme Southern border oI
Abyssinis, where wo pitched or tent
and then went to hunting for game, we
having been Informed that we should find
plenty of both fsh and fowl in this re.
glon. Our luck was moderate -mucb
more SO than | had expected, and my un,
Gle was bent On returning, but / was de
termined to have few more trials,
The only boat we had been able 10 find
was a small canoe, fashioned from a LOO
and one morning ] declared that would
take cruise in il il some one would nc
company me. The canoe would not car.
Ty more than two Of us with any degree
of safety; and rs all four OF the Nubians
offered to 90, was obliged 20 make my
own selection. So ! took Lari, the young
est Of tho lot, but the brightest and most
cool and brave ip the presence Of danger
| took my rifle aud pistols, while Lar
took his rifle and spear and thus equip
ped, we set out The osnoe was easily
managed while we kept our proper places
and all went on finely until afternoon. Il
was very warm and sultry, and had re-
moved my pistol belt and laid il in the
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A wagglsh chap, whose vixen wife, by
drowning. lost her precious life, called out
his neighbors, all around, and told 'em
thai his spouse was drowned; and, in
spite Of search, could not be found. He
knew, said he, the very nook where she
had tumbled in the brook, and he ad
dragged along the shore, above the place
mile or more, Above the place i the
people cried, why, what dye mean q
The man replied: OF course you don't
suppose ID 90 and waste the time to look
below! I've known the woman quite
spell, and learnt her fashions tolerable
well; alive or dead, she'd 60, l swow,
against the current anyhow y
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Surgeons Pulpit Style

The following extract from the fifth
American series Of Spurgoon's discourses
will give the reader good IDEA Of his
style OF preaching and illustration:
Many Of Gods people have manu:ac.
tory at the back of their houses in which
they manufacture troubles; and home
made troubles, like other home made
things, last very long while, and rener
ally fit very comfortably. Troubles Of
Gods sending are always suitabc-the
best sort for our backs; but those that
we make are Of the wrong sort, and they
always last longer than Gods. | have
known an old lady sit and fret because
she believed she would die in a work
house, and she wanted God to Give her
grace accordingly; but what would have
been the good Of that because the Lord
meant that she should die in her own
quiet bedroom.
The very beasts arc better than man,
for man has all the worst attributes of the
the beasts and none of their best. He
has the lierceness of the lion without It's
nobility; he has stu6borness Of the ASS
without its patience he has all the de.
vouring gIuttonv Of the wolf, without the
wisdom which bids it avoid the trap. lie
is a curious vulture, but he is never salts
lied, he Is very serpent with the poison
of asps beneath his tongue, but he spits
his venom afar off as well as nigha All,
if you think ofhuman nature as it acts
towards God, Iyes, will say, indeed, it is
too bad to be pspiiSd, it must be made
anew.
Let the brewer remember that as he
brews he must drink. Let the potter
trembIe lest he be like vessel marred
upon the wheel. Let the printer take
heed, that his life be set in heavenly type
and not in the black letter Of sin. Pain
ter, beware ! for paint will not suffice we
must have unvarnished realities.
Good, and whom thou hast found any
good, strive to perpetaate it by communi
eating il to others. When thy foot ia on
the rock, show Others how to put their
feet there. When thou art glad, Tell 9th
ers how thou vast made glad, and the
cordial which cheered thee may cheer
them likewise. Comfort ye, comfort yo
my people
There is poor man in the streets who
has just come begging crust at your
door, and you can see by what he says,
that there is something OF Gods grace in
his heart; then comfort him. There il
another up the creaking staircase in that
back ally; you never went up there, YOU
might be afraid to go but ii You hear OF
q child OF God there, do not shrink back.
Gods diamonds maybe often found amid
heaps Of rags and tatters, in the very out
skirts Of the city, the abodes Of haceard
poverty; so 60 after them.
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To Young Men.

In lecture to Young men, recently
delivered at Mobile, by the Rev. DIR.
Lord, we find the following suggestive
and beautiful passage
Dare the young husband at the alta,
Of the Mos: High God swear to cherish
and protect until death shall break the
golden chain, the fair and timid girl who
stands at his side, who iorsaEes for him
the fathers care anG Dother's tender.
ness, and then 60 away in the paths o.
sin and brutalise himself, until death p
Dare he bring dishonor upon the wife o:
his bosom, and leave in misery and want
what he found in beauty and happiness
Dare he substitute a driVeling drunk.
ard for the promising youth, who in the
glory Of his manhood vowed before
Heaven. and in the presence Of angels
and men to be to her in the place oi
(nay more) all kindred and friends q
Dare he leave to his innocent children
the inheritance Of an evil name, the cor.
rupting influence Of an evil example, and
worse than all, the constitutional taints
prohigacy or intemperan;e, the fearful
law by which the Supreme Judge visits
the inquiries ofthe father upon the chill.
dren 2
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Snatching at StraWs.

Standing in shop door with friend
the other morning, he wished to wager us
that the next three men that passed would
bear straws in .heir hands. 'Is there Il
bale of straw lying upon the side walk up
the street ? we asked Laughing, lie an
swered, There is True enough, of the
six persons who came along, five haG.
straws in their hands, which they were
toying with or nibbling between their
teeth. The sixth, occupied with his own
thoughts, pushed gravely on, paying no
heed to such trilles as wisps or spears of
straw. Here, then, was a decided display
of character. The first straw bearers
were either men at ease in mind and body,
or they are easily diverted from their
course, by any chance aliurcment that
crosses their path. Number six is more
sure to look after number one, and more
likely to succeed in business and affairs
OF the world III an either Of the others, but
he may not be so happy at heart lie
IS intent upon some enduring pursuit. He
has no thought Of pleasure or he by play
Of lie, AMI is looking strictly and straight
forward after the main chance. S.raws,
it is sail, show which way the wind
blows, and the same little indexes may
point as clearly the bias and course OF
human character. This is one morality
by the shop door.
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The DRUEKARDs WILL leave To
society ruined character, a wretched ex'
ample and memory that will soon rot
leave to my parents the rest Of their
lives, as much sorw as humanity, in a
feeble and decrepid state, can sustain.
leave to my brothers and sisters as
much modification and injury as well
could bring on them.
leave to my wifa ., broken heart, a
life OF wrstehedSess aud shame, to weep
over my premature death.
give and bequcatli to each OF my chill.
dren, poverty, ignorance, a low character
and rememberance that their father
was monster
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a VERY DoUBTTuL ENDoRsEMENr.-
The Cincinnati Gazette says that few
days ago business house in that city
had occasion to write a correspondent in
one of the interior towns OF Indiana, and
in closing their letter asked the question
what Is the standing Of Mr.. r.-g In
due time the correspondent replied to the
query as follows:
If your question refers to Mr.. -
real responsibility to any limited amount
we answer it is good; but to say that he
is obstinate and mulsh but family ex-
presses his peculiarly of disposition when
an account is presented. lie usually pays
a debt at the extreme tail end of an exc
cution, and then doles out the cash to the
constable as though he was driving nail
in his own coffin. The money shaver
who took the last seat in the last car of a
railroad train, so as to have the use of his
money while the conductor was reaching
hiiu, was not circumstance 10 the grim
death grasp with which Mr.. - holds
on TO his purse-strings. He means to be
honest, but his neighbors say that FIVE
cent piece produces a moral strabismus
that affects his vision quite painfulIyi'
The firm concluded to close their ac-
count at the tail end Of an execution and
drum no more in that direction.
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Mnlching.


This term is so frequently used by hor-
ticr!;orsts that it would seem to need no
explanation ; yet We question if there are
not many who read the word without
knowing It's true import. Mulch, from
the Hebrew, to diSso.ve) Webster says,
half rolted straw. But VIC apply the term
to anything that shades the glound a.
round plants, whether it be straw, leaves,
moycI in ,ho Sn,nnpr t' "I",rl La n Pt,,It P,tHt 10
I, nav Lo ,NnI,.haI ,r;,L ,'I"'o' no ','"G'Gy'
to bn,ier alyan,oao ,han 'CrHJ "';.I " p'"'Ns
leaves os tho rocLs ~ nIonl. ~, w.. W
,ho ,,r,v,,t orSnmL r, f.HnN fH, WI Nv'P
gor ,h,n f-.sL,y annI;ol Iaamo. mS '"o',. 'om
Gr,t;nrs - onI ,,r5I, ,,';lI s,,Io VI H. "',"".
,,l gr2y rroojy. = sny,,nar ,,am,l' sE - .oo'
rorIv ,,,rcLoj ,,;L raa,.. L.;.i' f'o
nlanI,s Tho .Iv,rtaao nf ,,,'l,L;nr , -;.I,
Straw and Ieaves :. ,I.,. n 1,,,,'i w." .
mo, o,,ly srodoI I'm, amr;olaI =. I...., -
ino voge,,LIo n,a,,nr Rr ;nJ;o;c,s ,,'i
cLir,, slmoS, nvorr >a:,aLYo "Lio'%n GUS. ,'"'.
flower NAV be crown in 0orfection j,' IN oUt
hottest, Jrvcst snmroe,s W. lad occa,
sion, last month, to remove a new variety
Of straw wJerry; the plants were in blossom
and fruit we carefully mulched each
plant, and have not lost one. The literal
meaning OF mulchng is, to apply straw
or leaves around among your plants
But plants may be matched with any
thing that will shade the ground without
taking nonrishmcnt from it.-SoH Of tie
So"th.
M,yrp- Avn Por,roye Manu- lo,o
lonr since observed that h;ob rnoonrioo
promotes the ro, in tho noto7o Ry nni?
iormly planting on rather drv unmonm.
ed land, we have scorceIv syor heen
troubled with the rot, taking care at the
same time that the tubers are dry when
housed. A correspondent of the New
England Farmer furnishes striking cxI
perment-an acre OF sod was pIowed
and planted with potatoes, which yielded
ABOUT a hundred bushels, all healthy, ex
cept where large heap OF manure had
lam al winter and was drawn away in
the spring Ihe crop hero was not much
heavier but nearly all rottod.
LICE on CArrLa-A friend inquiries
what will kill red lice on cattle ? There
are many things that will DO it. Mercu.
rial ointment, sold at the shops under the
name Of ungentum, is efrectual but if The
animals are exposed to wet. they arc
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4 like to see flowers growing says
Charlotte Bronte, but when they are
gathered they cease to please. l look
upon them as rootess and perishable-
their likeness to life makes me sad. l
never offer flowers to those love-I never
wish to receive them from hands dear to
me-
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An unfortunate, deploring his injuries
from stump-toed boots, said he knew
them from experience Yes, replied a
wag, from long experience lie had a
foot l3 inches long.
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Mary, my love- sad not very atten-
tive husband to his wife, at the dinnor-ta-
bIe, shall I help you to piece of the
heart" 4 believe said she, that piece
of heart WAS all that ever got
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NORTH CAROLINA BALL.-'Miss, can
have the pleasure of dancing with you
the next cotiiion 2
We'll, don't know
Engaged, perhapsH
well, ef YOU must know: amt quite
done chalCing my row=un.'
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a tavern keeper out west advertises a
young lawyer who left his house without
paying his bill, thus:
Atsquatulandum damnum it Swart.
woutandibus in transit non est inventus
a4ditum scape goatum non comatibus in
swampo.'
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\ wag, on seeing an old gobbler try.
ing to swallow a cotton string, very face
tiousI y remarked, That was the last at
tempt to introduce cotton into Turkey.'
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A man on passing through gateway
IN the dark hit his nose against post.
WISH that post was in HI, said be.
Better wish it somewhere else, said
bystander, you might run against it a.
gain.
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Coon PuN.-'Sam, why am lawyers
like the tishes2' 4 don't meddle with
that subject, Pomp.' why, don't you
see, niger, kasc they are fond Of debate
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Perhaps vain man or woman cannot
be more correctly defined than as fool
in fermentation.
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Why is the husband of . sco,ding wife
and father of household Of crying chl!. .
drcn like Railroad? Because he has a
great many cross.ticS.
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An11lurQ1lG.

CoNNuNDRUMs.-Why is a handsome
girl like an excellent mirror? Because
she is good looking. (g)lass.
by is fashionable lady like rigid
economist? Because she makes a great
hustle about little waist.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-14
WASHINGTON. Feb. l2-u

"AShINIIONi FcD In
The Committee on Ways and Means of
the House had protracted and animated
meeting this morning.
Mr.. Davis, of Nd, had, at a former meet
ing, offered a resolution that the tariff bills
of Messrs. Phelps, of Mo, Morrill,, of VT,
and Phillips, of Pa, should be reported in
that order in connection with the bill agreed
on authorizing the extension of the treasury
note law, which motion was voted down
this morning.
Mr.. Phillips made similar motion. re-
versing the position of Mr.. Morrill, and his
own bill, which was not agreed to- The
Republican members voting against it.
The struggle seems to be as to the po-
sition of the two bills of Messrs. Phillips
and Morrill, about which they cannot
agree.
A motion was made that Phillips might
report his treasury note bill without any
tariff proposition or bill, which was voted
out of order.
Mr.. Philips expressed his anxiety that
something should be done, and as members
of Congress could not be expected to assent
to things which they were opposed to, he
moved that Morrill, might take charge of the
Whole law and report to the House
Mr.. Davis, of Maryland, said that Mr.
Phillips, the chairman of the committee,
ought to be aware of this and he moved to
substitute his name for that of Mr.. Morrill,.
Before the vote was taken on this, committee
adjourned till Monday morning, the three
opposition members and Mr. Philips voting
against the adjournment.
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INvALIDs RsJoICB.-A new era is taking
place in the science of medicine Tho time
has come when the worst and most appall-
ing cases of disease can be cured. New
discoveries are being made in the medicinal
agents employed, as well as in the art OF
combining and preparing them. Four
years trial has fully established the fact
that DR.. Easterly's Family medicines ara the
best and most certain curativcs known for
the diseases for which they are recommend
ed. Every family should keep q supply ON
hand, and thereby save Doctors bills, and
much suffering. DR.. Easterly's Iodine and
Sarsaparilla, DR.. Carriers Cough Balsam,
DR.. Easterly's Fever and Ague Killer, DIR.
Hooper's Female Cordial and DIR. Bakers
Specific are all meeting with rapid sale
and are universally approved. Over One
Hundred Thousand Dollars of these popular
articles have been sold within the last tive
years. See the advertisements in our col
umns. #4
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u.s. The editor of the Henderson CONNER
cial gives gloomy picture of the condition
of that city, and the energy Of its inhabi
iants. He says the people are illiberal and
avaricious-elinging to their money with
rtsnacity as strong as though they expect
led to live to hear Gabriel make the FIRST
loot upon his horn in the resurrection morn"
Re even charges that there is less of liber-
ality in the town of Henderson than in any
other town in the United States, of the same
size. They are unwilling to make any in
vestment of their money, unless thoy are
sure it will pay fifteen or twenty per cent.
The city-though reported to be one OF the
most wealthy, as it is one of the oldest, in
the Ohio VALLEYS too poor to own single
school-house. The few that are there be-
long to private individuals. Those parents
desiring to afford their daughters the advan-
tages of good education, are compelled to
move to some other place, or trust their
daughters to the temptations of boarding
school life, which are neither few not easy
to be overcome.
Some time ago, says the Commercial, a
great deal of splutter was made in reference
to building railroad from that place to
Nashville; but owing to the penuriousness
and slothfulness of the people of Henderson,
the project is about to fall through. Ifthey
give this enterprise the ego by" they may
expect the prosperity of their town TO be
doomed. We trust however, that these
croakings of the Commercial editor are ill
founded; and that our sister city will yet
display spirit in public improvements that
will even meet the approval of tho Com
saereidE
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Bridge Building.

One of the best specimens Of bridge ar
chitecture in Southern Indiana, has just
been completed at the mouth of Anderson
river, which divides the counties of Perry
and Spencer. 1t has but single span of
nearly 200 feet, stretching from substantial
and handsome stone piers, that rise 80 feet
from their foundations on each bank. The
passage of the heaviest teams over its long
arch produces scarcely a parceptibls vibra-
ton. The contractor, Mr.. VIM. Mckinley,
is the same gentleman who proposed to
build the Franklin Street bridge over
Pigeon, but was unable to satisfy our Com
missioners of his ability to perform the job.
The Anderson bridge has cost the counties
between So, 1000 and $4,000. 1t was COM
menced in June last, and has been passabe
for several weeks
The work and the expedition with which
The bridge makes now an excellent stage
route f rom here to Cannelton. II was for
many years a promise of Judge Lockhart,
that when the citizens of Spencer and Per-
ry would build good bridge ever Ander-
son-the inconveniencies of the ferry over
which he had encountered for twenty years
on his cireuit-he would insure them a
daily mail from Evansville to Cannelton.-
The redemption of that promise has descend
ed as legacy to Judge Niblaek, who
should be urged to fulfill it.
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Rtver Items.

ARRIVALS DYPARTpREs-F PROM > O'clock FRIDAY
TILL D o'CrocK SATURDAY. ~ ~ E
Defender, New Orleans To Pittaburg
Queen of the West, do to Cincinnati r.-- -s-s
Tempest, Louisville to- Nashville.
John Ganit, Nashville to ]. uisvile.
Henry Graf, st. Louis TO Pittsburg.
- Glendale Memphis to Cincinnati.
Memphis, Cincln natl to Memphis. z
Fanny Bnllitt, New Orleans to Louisville.
Prima Donna, do TO Pittsburg.
E. H. FairchiId, Louieville to New Orleans.
Scioto, Henderson to Louisville.
Submarine, wreck of Delegate to wreck OF 76.
Switzerland, Cincinnati to New Orleans. rs =
Alvin Adams, Louisville to Memphis. 3
Mr. Cooper, of Henderson, was robbed
last Thursday night on the Eclipse, of $227,
in his berth.
The Trader, in charge of Capt. Mcdonald,
got in from the raging waters of Pond riv
er Saturday evening. The Trader is doing
a good business. Success to her
We are indebted to Mr.. CLANCY for the
latest New Orleans papers brought by the
Fanny Bulitt. The New Orleans levee was
full of freight from one end to the other;
with an improvement in offerings, and an
increase of tonnage in port. No change i'll
the rates of freight.
The Meteor is reported aground Il short
distance above Donaldsonville, and the
Grand Bay at the head of Charbonne island.
The j. n. Dickey has been entirely re-
paired since her collision with the New
Uncle Sam, and been altered and improved
in many respects. The whole cost WAS
about SIS, 900.
The Submarine No. 6 passed up Saturday
on her way to the wreck of the Seventy-Six.
Capt. VIM. P. Halliday, of the Pacific,
when we last heard of him, was at Helena,
Ark, attending to his duties as executor of
the Craig estate.
The Silver Star will leave for Paducah
and intermediate places to-day at 2 o'clock.
The James Montgomery received such
large amount of freight here that she did
not get off till Saturday.
The Alvin Adams came along on Satur-
day with fair load of passengers and
freight. She remained long enough to take
aboard our senior editor, whom we have
shipped to warmer climate for brief sea-
son. 4H
Business on the wharf Saturday was
brisk as usual. Plenty of freight to be had
and more accommodating. River about on
stand. Weather cool but pleasant.
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PhiIadeIphia Market.
PHILADELPHIA, Fet

IHILADELFhIAj 1 GU TT. :
Flour unchanged; sales of super6ne for
shipment at IS and to the trade from this
up to so for fancy lots. Rye -four and
cornmeal quiet. There has been more in
quiry for wheat; sales of 5000 bushels at
/ 36-l 3s for red, and l 45@l SIS for
white Rye scarce and commands 85c.-
Corn steady; 5000 bushels sold at s0(G92,
at the latter rate, delivered. Oats selling at
&c for Pennsylvania and Sic for Delaware.
Whisky steady at 29c-30e for Ohio, and
2ec02e4c for Pennsylvania.