The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-01

FIVE Score AND .fES:Gwe~ mentioned briefly
in yesterdays. issue, The DEATH Of Mrs MARY MAJ 7.
ARNOLD. Of this State. We learn. suoseauu au W
ly, that She was born in Georgetown, 'S u, IA
1757, and died in Brooklyn on. Wednesoay'
from injuries sustained a. few weeks ago py
falling down stairs. Had she not met with the
faccident, her life might haye been prolonged many
years beyond the one hundred and.ten which sne
had enjoyed, for herr health was good and ner
aculties but little impaired. Her habits1ere s's,
tomato through life. She was an early riser, anu
always attended to the duties of the household as
well, snd perhaps much better than younger per
4 sons. Until the time OF her death herseyesien'
.sEas very good, and she could hem hand Ierchieis
and dogeneral sewing. She had one hundred aho
sixty descendants, reaching to the fifth genera-
/ ton. Five children are living, the eldest pems
lseyenty years of age and the youngest ffty-hVe'
Crops ON THE PEE DEE.-A correspondent nom
Society Hill kindly furnishes the following lnioi
mstion regardingdhe crops in chat sect'oni e -
difficult to given reliable opinion as to thec
in the Pee Dee country. So far as my opserSsa- W
tions extend, the corn crop appears to pc poor.
There was not much planted, as compared WITH
the crop before the war, and the cultivation mas
been sloyenly. The grain crop, although better
than last year, Ni not be sufficient tor the conn-
try, and lege supplies win be required from ABROAD
The cotton crop is undoubtedly better 70 tne:fee
Dee country than it was lastyear, but it will NOT
turn cut what it promised some weeks ago. Ihefe
has been too much rain for cottonan through the
season, and the rust is now Blasting the plant
rapidly, This crop will stand bad treatment ana
disasters better than any other grown at the souen
but this year very late planting, heavy rams ouf-
ing the entire season, and very imperfect culture
viii: undoubtedly cut this production down mucn
below general expectation. Those impressions,
derived principally from observation, are connrtn-
cd Nv the planters in the country"
OcroBER.-This month WIS designated IN the
old Alban or Latin calendars as Ryn ftonea',
or the wine month; it was also styleo
Winter:tylaQt on account of the approach Of VIM
ter. A melancholy feeling has been associate"
with October from the general decay OF nature py
which it is characterized, and many OF the most
beautiful poetical images have been drawn from
the fallen leaves and the golden hues OF autumn.
line between summer and autumn. 1t is marked
with rich hectic red, while every wind that Diows
scatters it's beauties on the ground. The WOODS
never lock more charming than during October
for it seems as if Nature had then exhausted her
choicest colors on the foliage. In the old Saxon
almanacs this month was aEegorized by the hgure
of husbandman carrying sack on hls'shoul-
ders and sowing corn, in allusion to the practice
of sowing the winter grains which occurs at tins
season. On the 23d of the month the sun enters
the sign OF scorpic, an astronomical emblem SAID
to typify in .he form Of destructive insect, the
increasing power of cold over nature. Notwlth-
standing this Interpretation, there occurs IN thls
month some ofthe finest and most exhliarating
weather dnring the whole year, the middle OF the
day being often enlivened by all thesunsbine OF
July, without it's oppressiveness, and all the
charms of frosty day in December, without the
piercing cold. -
MAYORS CoURT.-A rash believer in his capacity
of endurance endsayored to drown dull care by
flooding himself with bad whiskey. His efforts
were in one respect successful, for he soon arrived
at the happy state when man becomesmonarch OF
all he surveys, and meandered toward the battery
in order to obtain q good look at his island plan
tations. On the route he stopped to collect his
thoughts, but the tsBk was arduous, and his weary
body found repose on the sidewalk. Hissleep was
not balmy, though his breath was perfumed, for
he was rudely interrupted, and he woke in the
morning to find it was but dream with the sad
consolation of knowing that the city was S. richer
at his expense.
A compatriot moved by similar impulses, took
several doses of raw rye, which produced an
obliquity Of vision, and caused him to imagine the
pavement a feather bed. He laid him gently down
to sleep, but his slumbers were brief, and re-
moval to less airy habitation convinced him that
his old friend. John BarlAyenrn, had fooled him.
He was requested TO furnish the court with the
stamps, and left thinking that il the city made
money in that way it was equal to the internal
revenue
A lover of the weed strayei through the market
during the morning hours with lighted segar,
thinking the smoke would keep the 1es from the
meat, and having mind superior to city ordi-
nances. He was shown the error Of his ways, and
requested - furnish the city with the price of his
misdemeanor.
Diana, dusky maid, was possessed with the
idea that she must obtain some dry goods before
the price was raised. The demand was urgent,
and Diana not particular as to the ways and means.
She was poor and needy, and took the moneyifrom
those who had it and purchased her rags. Unfor-
tunately for Di. the theft WAS discovered, and she
discuss her situation.