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At n meeting Of the Board Of Directors Of
the South Carolina Rail Road Company, held
on the 9th inst, John Caldwell Esq. was unan-
imously elected President for the ensuing year.
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The Mayor Of Columbus, Ga, has issued Or
ders for the stationing of a policeman at each
of the Churches. whose business it is to arrest
any persons chewing tobacco, smoking and
spittsng upon the steps Of the Church.
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We return our thanks to Senator Hammon,
and Gen. Bonham, for Congressional Docu
ments.
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MARRIAGE At WAsuINGroN.--IL is rumored g.
the capital that Hon. George Eutis. Of Louis
lana, will shortly lead to the altar NJ jss orco
ran, daughter Of the well known banker.
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At meeting of the Directors of the Bank of
South Carolina. on Wednesday, Willium Bir-
ME, Esq., was reelected President of that
Bank-Char Courier
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VIZ IN HR Kk N ANE@a q
a, Office is hereby given that after publios,
~ tion for six weeks, application will bs
made to the Commissioner Of Pensions, for the
issue of duplicates of Warrants, No. 8s480, for
100 acres Issued to Zachariah Smith also is.
sued to Amos H. Townsend, No. 4Sl68, for leo
acres. Act Sd of March 1866.
The same having been lost and Caveats
against their Location entered in the General
Land Office. '' .i'
J. T. STEVENS,
Attorney for Zachariah Smith and 4. 81.
Townsend.
Abbevile, C. a., 8. c. 7
Feb. lth, 1859. ~ 81
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Acts Of the General Assembly.

10 alter aud amend the 37th Section Of an Act
entitled " IN Act for the ordering and COVER
ming Negroes and other Slaves in this Province,
passed the tenth day of May, in the year our
our Lord one thousand seven hund,.ed and
forty.
-. be it enacted by the State and House of
Representatives, now met and sitting in Gen
erai Assembly. and by the authority of the
ssme' That If any person being the owner of
any slave, or having the care. management or
<entrol Of any slave shall inflict on such slave
any cruel or unusual punishment, such person
on conviction thereof, under Indictment. shall
be lined and imprisoned. at the discretion OF
the Cour t: Provided. however. That nothing
herein contained shall be 80 construed rs to
prevent the owner or person having charge OF
any slave, from inhicting on such slave sucl,
punishment as may be necessary for the good
government of the same
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An Act to punish Assaults committed with Con
cealed Wennona

AN ACT 20 punish Assaults committed with Con.
cealed Weapons.
]. BE it enacted by the Senate md House
OF Representative, now met and sitting in @ en-
eral Assembly, and by the authority of tho
came. That if any person shall hereafter make
an assault upon another person with nnydeadly y
weapon, carried concealed about the person
every such person upon conviction; under in.
dictment. shall be fined not less than two hun
dred, and not more than two thousand dollars,
and shall DO imprisoned for period not ex,
ceeding six months, at the discretion of the
Court. and shall moreover be required by the
Court, to find sureties for the peace and for
good behavior for one year after the termina
tion of such Imprisonment.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-08-31
NORTH CAROL INA, Aug. 6 1859.

Ed. REGISTER In fulfilling my agree.
ment to give you some description of
Southern things as see them, hardly
know where to begin but as our first inn
pressions come by the eye, | will first
speak Of soil and clima'e.-As to surface,
this region might pass for an Illinois
prairie; for | have not found more than
one or two little spots with sufficient iu-
clination to be noticed by the eye. The
soil is reddish clay, with superstratum
of white sand. The clay seems to deepen
in color as we 60 down; near the surface,
or when exposed by the shifting of the
sand, it has yellow tinge; in Railroad
cuts have seen it brighter, approaching
a blood red but without liveliness or gloss.
Between it and the sand the line of sep
aration is quite distinct in well l saw
dug the clay appears, red, hard, and easily
distinguishable, after the removal OF about
a foot of sand 1t tipges all the rivers,
and makes tawny Tibers" of them all.
More dirty, forbidding things cannot be
found no Naaman, however leprous,
could possibly hope that washing in them
would make him clean. made one trial
of small creek near by, on a hot day.
and came out farther from cleanliness
than ever.-The mingling, not union, of
sand aud clay gives curious patchwork
look to the country. Out Of the dull
whitish sand (which has the one peculiar
ity of being very hard where not trodden
by horses) now and then peeps a dark
spot of clay, like the red patches some
times seen on old houses, when the weather
has worn OF the more modern white out
side. The total want Of lime is arti6cially
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How Drouth Benefits the Soil.

DRY and hot hot and dry! How
much everything suffers for the want Of
rain !" exclaims the farmer, as the empty
clouds melt day after day, from his sight.
And it is sad scene now presented in
the country in many places. We need
not recall it for our readers-we would
rather invite them to brighter side of the
picture. That seasons OF drouth-so often
recurring, and 80 injurious to our summer
crops-should still prove beneficial to the
soil, seems strange but chemical science
shows Us that drouths are one Of the ma
terial causes to restore the constituents OF
crops, and renovate long cultivated soils,
the why and wherefore of this, we may
here reproduce. condensed from a paper
by Professor Higgings, Chemist of the
State Agricultural Society OF Maryland.
The loss Of the mineral matter from the
soil, results frcm the fact that it is taken
up by the growing crops and also carried
away by the surface water flowing into
the streams, and thence into the sea,
These two causes are always in operation.
and were there no sources of supply, would
in time render the world barren waste.
The diminution which arise from the con-
tinusd cropping is in part restored by ma
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A Low VOICE IN WoMEN.-Yes we
agree with the old poet who said that
low, soft voice was an excellent thing
in woman" Indeed we feel inclined
to 60 much further than he has on the
subject, and call it her crowning charm.
No matter what other attractions she
may have She may be as fair as the
Trojan Helen, and as learned as the ia
nous Hypatia of ancient times she may
have all the accomplishments considered
requisite at the present day. and yet if
she lacks low sweet voice, she can never
be really fascinating. How often the
spell of beauty is rudely broken by coarse
loud talking. How often you are irresis-
tibly drawn to a plain, unassuming wo.
man, whose soft, silvery notes render her
positively attractive. Besides, we fancy
we can Judge of the character by the
voice the Dland, smooth, taWnlng tone
seems to us to betoken deceit and hypoc.
risy, as invariably as the musical, subdued
voice indicate genuine refinement. In the
social circle how pleasant it is to hear the
sex talk in that low key which always
characterises the true lady In the sane
tuary of home, how such voice soothes
the fretiul child, and cheers the weary
husband How sweetly its cadence Aoats
around the sick chamber, and the dying
bed with what solemn melody do they
breathe a prayer for the departing soul
All, yes low, soft voice is an excellent
thing in woman"
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POETRY.
From the Home journal.

From the Home Journal.
encouragement to the Lesser
Poets.
In Poem recently delivered at the
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, JonN
II. THOMPSON, our brilliant brother editor
comes out as the champion of that fast in.
creasing legion, the MrDDLING POETS.
Well--he has thus made himself the tute.
larry saint of probably the largest single
class of aspirants for this worlds honors
Heal how he comforts them -
lie bard remembers, and many fitly quote,
lihongh doubtless many have the line by rote,)
That neither gods nor men, in their distress,
Nor yet the columns of the weekly press,
Can view As other than dreadful wrong
The lowest offerings of tuneful song
n line which means as certain crites think
That smaller poets should not deal in ink,
Aud that until the mighty prophets come
Ihe part of Poesy is to be dumb.
iour Millions, G9thes, are an age apart,
Meahwhil" shall no one touch the world's sad
heart?
The stately aloe'S snowy bloom appears
But once, we know, within hundred years;
Because, forsooth the aloe is the glory
OF Chatsworth's notable conservatory,
Shall not the modest daisy from the sod
Turn its meek eyes in beauty up to God?
In natures daily prayer, when comos the dawn
To tell its beads upon the dewy lawn,
Shall the sweet mathis Of the rosy hours
Miss the pure incense ofthe little flowers ?"
But while the amaranth waits for kingly brows,
Some laural wreaths our grateful love allows
TO him whose sunny genius lifts to light
The meanest objects Of our daily sight:
Who seeks to brighten still the links that bind
In blest communion all Of human kind;
Or PASSIONS tempest in the breast would calm
With some sweet lowly, penitental psalm;
Such poets SOW the seeds of truth and beauty,
To blossom into holy faith and duty
And though the tares Of sslfshness and pride
Sprung up to choke them upon every side,
And many tender shoot the world erases
From the hard pavements Of its market-places,
Some fall on friendly soil, warm hearts and true,
Where watered by affections kindliest dew,
They stretch their boughs into the upper air,
And in due season richer fruitage bear
Than tabled branches hung with globes Of gold,
Some thirty, fifty, some an hundred fold u
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MISCELLANEOUS.
: ; : - - - . :
Thrilling Sketch a!

Thrilling Sketch
Alexander Dumas Pere is furnishing
sensation items from Russia. Here is an
instance from his own experience, in the
highest order Of the French school of in.
tensity -
We left the room with the turnkey be.
hind us, and walked on until we found
ourselves opposite the prison. The gaoler
opened ii, went in and lighted a lantern.
We followed. We won't down ten steps,
passed row of dungeons, then down ten
more, but did no. stop. We vent down
five more, and then stopped at the one
marked No. II. He gave silent signal
it seemed in this abode of the dead as if
he had lost the power of speech. There
was at this time frost of at least twenty
degrees outside At the depth where we
found ourselves it was mingled with
damp which penetrated to the bone my
marrow was frozen, and yet / wiped the
perspiration from my brow. The door
opened, we went down six damp and slip
perry steps, and found ourselves in dun.
geon of six square feet. fancied by the
light of the lantern, that saw human
form moving in it. The governor re-
mained on the last step and said to the
prisoner
Rise and dress yourself"
I had curiosity to know to whom this
order was addressed.
Turn on the light" said | to the
gaoler.
l then saw thin and pallid old man
rise up. He had evidently been immured
in this dungeon in the same clothes he
had on when arrested, but they had fallen
of him peacemeal, and he was only dressed
in ragged pelisse. Through the rags,
his naked, bony. shivering body could be
seen. Perhaps this body had been covered
with splendid garments, perhaps the rib
bons of most noble orders had once crossed
his painting chest. At present he was
only living skeleton that had lost rank,
dignity, name, and was called No. II. He
rose, and wrapped himself in the frag.
ments Of his ragged pelisse, without ut
tering complaint; his body was bowed
down, conquered by prison damp. time
it might be hunger. His eye was naughty
almost menacing.
at is good said the governor. Come.
He was the first to 60 out.
The prisoner threw parting glance on
his cell, his stone bench, his water jug,
and rotten straw. He uttered sigh yet
it was impossible that he could regret
anything of this.-He followed the gov.
ernor, and passed before me.
/ shall never forget the glance he turned
upon me in passing, and the reproach that
was concentrated in il.
80 young" it seemed to say, and
already obeying tyranny"
| turned away that glance had pierced
my heart like a dagger. He passed the
door of the dungeon. How long was j,
since he entered it Perhaps ne did not
know himself He must have ceased fol
a long time counting days and nights. On
reaching the governors door we found
two sleighs waiting The prisoner was
ordered into the one that had brought us,
and We followed him, the governor by his
side, | in front. The other sedge was oc-
cvpisd by four soldiers.
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What were VIC going to dof was
equally ignorant. | had only to see
the action Itself did not concern me.
We started
Through my position, the old mans
knees were between NINE | felt them
tremble. The governor was wrapped in
his furS. was buttonod up in my mill
tary frock, and yet the cold reached us.
The prisoner was almost naked, but the
governor bad offered him no coverings
For a moment | thought of taking off my
coat and offering it to him.
The governor guessed my Intention.
" 1t is not worth while" he said.
Soon we reached the Nava again, and
our sledge took the direction of Cronstradt
The wind came of the Baltic and blew
furiously the sleet cut our faces. Tho
our eyes had become accustomed to the
darkness, we could not see ten Yards be.
fore US.
AT last we stopped in the midst of a
furious storm. We must have been about
league and half from St. Petersburg.
The governor got of the sledge, and went
up to the other. The soldiers had already
got of, holding the tool they had been
ordered to bring.
"Cut hole in the ce," the governor
said to them.
l could not refrain cry of terror,
began to apprehend.
"Ah (" the old man uttered with an
accent resembling the laugh of skeleton,
then the Empress does still remember
me"
Of what Empress was he talking /?
Three had passed away in succession
Annie, Elizabeth and Cathariue. 1t was
evident he still believed he was living
under one of them, and he did not know
even the name of the man who ordered
his death,
What was the obscurity of the night
compared with that of the tomb
The four soldiers then set to work.
They broke the ice with their hammers,
cut it with their axes, and raised the
blocks with the lever. All at once they
started back the ice was broken the
water was rising.
"Come down." the governor said to the
old man. The order was useless, for he
had already done SO. Kneeling on the
ice, he was praying fervently.
The governor gave an order in low
tone to the soldiers then he came back
to my side, for / had left the sledge. In
minute the prisoner rose.
al am ready" he said.
The four soldiers rushed upon him.
l turned my eyes away, but though |
did not sec / heard the noise Of body
hurled into the abyss. In spite OF my.
self, l turned round. The old man had
disappeared. forgot that | bad no right
to give orders, but shouted to the driver
"away! away"
''Stop!" cried the governor. The
sledge which had already moved forward
stopped again.
"All is not finished" the governor sale
to me in French.
"What have we to do ?" asked
Wait" he replied.
We waited half an hour.
The ice has set" said one OF tht
soldiers.
Art thou sure ?"
He struck the spot where the hole hat
SO lately yawned the water had become
solid again.
We can Co." said the governor.
The horses started at full gallop, am
in less than ten minutes We reached tn
fortress.
|
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nures and the same Is true of tho con-
stituents washed from the soil by surface
drainage; but this supply ia small, un-
certain, and OF limited application, and
Providence has provided natural means
to restore lost mineral constituents to our
arabic land. AT intervals, drouths occur
to bring up from the deeper under soil,
food for the use of plants when the rains
shall again fall to dissolve and bring them
into action.
A drouth acts upon the moisture in the
earth as follows During the dry weather,
a continual evaporation takes place from
the surface soil, above that supplied by
ram and dew, which creates vacuum (so
far as the water in the surface soil is con-
cerned) that is at once filed by water
rising from the notwithstanding deeper
and deeper as the drouth continues and
the moisture is exhaled-a circulation of
water in the earth the reverse Of that
which takes place in wet weather. This
progress to the surface Of the water in the
earth, manifests itself strikingly in the
drying up of springs and wells,aad streams
which are supported by springs.
Not only is the water thus brought to
the surface of the earth, but also all the
water holds in solution. There arc salts
of lime and magnesia, of potash and soda.
or indeed whatever the subsoil or top
strata OF the earth may contain, The
water, on reaching the surface, is evapor.
ated, but leaves behind its lime and pot
ash, its phosphates, silicates, carbonates,
and salts-all indispensable to the growth
of the vegetable products of the farm,
Rain water as it falls will dissolve but a
small portion of those substances but
when it sinks into the earth, il then be.
comes strongly imbued with carbonic ac.
i'd from the decomposition of the veget-
able matter in the soil, and thus acquires
the property Of readily dissolving miner.
ais on which before it could have but lit.
tie effect.
Several experiments tried by Professor
Higgings, 60 to show this action of drouth
in bringing mineral matters from depth
to the surface Of the SOIL In one case
he placed solution of chloride CT barium
in the bottom Of glass cylinder and then
filled it with dry soil. After long ex.
posure to the rays of the sun, the surface
Of the soil was tested with sulphuric acid,
and gave copious preciptate Of sulphate
of baryta. Chloride of lime, sulphate
Of soda, and carbonate of potash, were
experimental upon in like manner. and
upon the application of proper tests, the
surface of the soil showed their presence
in large quantities, drawn up by the rising
of the water from underneath, as in the
case of drouth.
The parched earth - all vegetation
dwarfed and withered by heat - seems
suffering under curse, but it is only ar
afiliction Tor the present" blessing il
disguise" for the future. "The early and
later rain,' may produce at once abun.
dant crops, but dry weather is needed &c
bring to the surface from the depths Of
the earth, where else it would be forever
unemployed, food for future harvests. II
is Natures ordinance for keeping up the
fertil cation Of the cultivated soil.-
Country Gentleman.
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supplied in part by mari, obtained from
pits excavated for the purpose have
sometimes found exhausted ones in the
clearings, deep, lonely-looking, like
the wells of the giants in ancient giant
days
A stranger from u limestone country
will have tender thought here for the " old
oaken bucket" The water is warm and
at first indescribably nauseous. For
time realized in some degree the nature
of suffering from thirst like snow, it in
creased thirst, instead of allaying it l
fairly began to reconcile myself to the
prospect of playing the principal part in
the drama of " Tantalus or, the Peisler
in the midst of Water" and even now, l
look forward to draugbt from Vermont
well as physical promise for the future.
In vain did l Dissolve lime in it l had to
content myself with apples and cucumbers.
The wells are mere pits, square or round
sunk in the clay, and without lining of
any kind the chain pumps is much used,
but the ancient well-sweep, which | al
ways had a secret affection for, is more
common. l saw one well which was n
simple hole in mound Of hery.colored
clay and its water looked hardly more
fit to drink than that in the vats of tan.
yard.
From my window l see a stretch of
woods in every direction pine is the
common tree, with several kinds Of oak,
and others which do not know. The
most attractive feature have yet seen is
the roads, which are not belts over open,
cultivated inhabited country, y,like our own,
but they wind through the woods, forming
an avenue barely wide enough for car
riage. and to say this is to describe them
as far as it can be. The only similar
place which l know in Vermont is one
which Lake Dunmore tourists may re.
member,--the long hill through the woods,
as you approach from Middlebury, just
before descending to to the Lake. These
woods are delightful, if one but owns good
horse.aesh, and when the wind sighs
through the pines overhead the passer
may think the whole of Hype ron, or
am other melancolie" thing. When
riding thro them, sm doubtful whether
to choose the poetry Of horses gallop,
or the slavers poetry of a walk and the
woods themselves
But their very simplicity is puzzing to
the stranger, Once in them, there are
neither points Of the compass, sun nor
6nger-posts, signs nor footprints. The
question s, ether,-forwards or back
wards; or of fork which road Nothing
Is visible except the road aud the woods
lining it; one might pass a city twenty
rods to the tight without seeing it. II
taken from his horse, on II strange road
and led blindfold few times back and
forth, man could not possibly tell from
which direction he came, unless by a
chance glimpse at the sun. was walk,
ing over a plantation alone one day, aud
having entered piece of woods by field
Of cotton, I walked long way, aud took
the same path on returning OF course
but the field of cotton was now a field Of
corn,-which 1 note as one of the strange
sights a man sees in travelling.
In my next l will speak of some genera
and particular characteristics of Southern
life, Truly Yours. -.
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CLERcAL PUNNING. -Parson Twiss oi
New Hampshire had just married lady
whose christian name wAs Desire. aud 1t
being in his course OF remark on a certain
Sabbath 10 illustrate the difference he
ween the renewed and unreuewrd man IN
the exercise OF love. he delivered himself,
to the amusement OF bis audirace, n this
way Formerly had no Desire to love
but nov have a Desire to love d | love
freely"
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BRANDON SEMINARY.

The Fall term OF this Institution will com-
Wsnee On Wednesday, September, 7tb under the
direction Of Mr.. o. B. Smith, A. NJ, as Principal.
hr. Smith is graduate Of Middlebury College,
and his past experience and success as teacher
will be, we hope, satisfactory Recommendation
-ss he enters upon his new field Of labor. He
will be assisted by full and competent Board
Of instr uetors, and no efforts will be spared TO
make be School profitable resort for those de-
siring to ft for business, teaehing, or for College
leew. ..l.a.gL G. SCOTT. sssy.
Brandon, July 90, 1853.