51 jfi in 0 a, u.ij I THE ELESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVES, SUOCLD BB DI3TBIBUTE& ALKE . CPOiT TUB EKJH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOH. EBEKSBEKG, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1858 VOL G NO. 3. i i . 1 :. i IS. V 04 J a va.jj J' J to r, i "b tl.i ks.lv. The c'j !hort wy t. ! d v,:. Cl the I y:. :.r , tl at i f Cect'J r.v M gcc-if; ltd am.i lery.U; Irr.a. intly i.ii its, wi. lt west i . ee ii'i'.'. ' liL'GVE just uv; in cn K r st.-rc r:, cts, Cn n wrf a! , S!Ib!w ;er. 'i "ii. 1, IAVLVCf ixtt;r.'S c: lovei. ?lllllt'!(. y be ne rs.s oft! it ic will Hut ci -ii GLA ;lie Age! MULT S ilil'l -f ( -a.; ')UeC Si-1 to Utl- t!..- r.i :th tf I'11 : v u v-F ' cuh CL- aped If rati .is, i1 j"tO-.'Kf -We I and t:Jj -,w n;r' r-tter. ' ., .... the ni,er are I wiff.J vcur tn 1. 1- MN of evcr? adv."- e Tlio els', If us two f ree nT?lTT0T v OmoW street, .titled to THE CONFESSION. 1 amongst the papers of a deceased Prus mv last ui?Lt! and standing as I : Ttbe briuk of eternity, I will fill up the taics place, in writing down the history f prepress in crime, and how. p.tep by 1 -i Jfirl this dunceon. May it be ao- nf atonement on mv rart. .r.tcias au - - j x-- thesatr.3 time. serve as a wamtcs to rivv.:u.l child, of a sullen suspi- aui l aicerwaras became a .tiers'. .... ,.l.n.i:tLr. td jurying a' couple of campaigns, ', tfie coie of winch, peace having succeeded I left the service1 to farm a smell es . ,l:icL my wife had inherited. Soon af l - 'cf.irn from the army, my brother ."J ..... -WT t 1 uieu. lie was an opennearted f. Cow. far better looking than mysetf, -!lrt Knli-T-o,l All tfinA wit n rr- :.-u ''at my acquaintance, wnetner at nome . ,vrcaJ, from being Ins Inends, seldom I iViii'i'v t0 IuC an" generally observed r?t time t'u'y saw mc, that never were . brothers more unlike, both in person and iter;. U'.. Lad iinirricd ttvo sisters; and this ir- :!oo whi-.h tiuirht to liave been nn ad- ,1, :;! b.-D !.. rl wi t n us, on:v coninoutea to more. His wife saw trhouh i tc o well, and I always felt, ive way to any impulse of envv i in !ier presence, as if ihe read ruy '; like an open Look. It was a relief j the cmuiikss beiweeu us ended :lhu a sti.i greater rel'.el jcii rupture, InceivtJ the news with .cs r.:e .: . r.: , iry aa'tl; rigimeut t uah I ha 1 a of hci death, while abroad. It now presentment ht ful tnigenly that was to take place ::.y.:i Ikt, utid the seemed to pursue me eves I i i i. - u u III i v. v ' !u rt:v a;ior civmg birth to aelnld .3 ay btcii..-: in turn fell ill, and his life :i 'j 1 !', h ; suaimr'ned my wife to idsi'ii?, aui entruste d liis little orphan, a fi-ur 3'cr.rs M, to her protecting care, fjuiathtd l.i.- jKpeity to l.im, sta in . will tint -V.otill the" child die, his :'uc Y.-;s to o.evo'.vo c.n iv, wite, as the ou- tuvu li" j o-li n.u'.e fir her affectionate in-iS. 'ilifi'. :tfi--r eXeLatijing a few fia- nal v. frh uh'u r.-jc. and rerrettincr our - ..even tow l see ner rcproacuiui a u'cip latter, fell hack, exhausted, from which he never .vrc Lad no children, and the two sisters ..vat- Let u very united, my wife loved . v t; it ho had been her own. He was ,i ef -is ILC her ; hut bc:.i2 the true -i p ic ier, Loth in niid ud per.-.n. cwr, ."'.uicliovv, tkekiudly to :nc. I y puueuiar period at w.Mca I .e aware of this kiud of apnthy on :t i Sjcu heguu I feci uueasy 5 vcr A r m tri vus . resent, as ctten :ts l eut f a tiain of gloomy thoughts, ..- tii-.t child Kt'ring at me. not meiv :hc ::.! tiring gaze of childhood, but . ji :eir.g l'.-ok, so full of meaning, ! py n.r in his mother. It was :.y uu eiipty fa Ley of mine, uttribu- :i'g likeness t. ins deceased r could stare him down, lot 1 mi:;!.t lie was rvi- iu sr:to of which he r l ik .11 rf l;::i; ihridve .tlht h . - i t.' . x- a licroditniy col.- Di3e:f, au i yc I do not ded at that period to do him f'-r us to in- t secretly k I had i, peril ip it vvoull Lo f-.r pt rty, ari l I mig: stiil I do not t'ii 1 distant " earthen vision day of ca et tukiug away his lite. Ihe vervslowiT at first, and merely in outline a a ke, --r t.;o -t Judgment then it approached :;.! nearer still, and begen to lose a .ft' its horror and improbability, and warning a laoreoetinue lurm, it became ; ant theme c.f .ul phaiitoins f.'. hi tr that the boy should perceive '.air..; at him ; yii by a kind of fasci V c ill not help gazing on his fragile uiju 'Lriiiiiu Low eav loo worx -'nutiuii wriild be. Sometimes I i iir:i in his sletp. but ofteuer still garden , as I crouched behind the glaring like a Sigcr on his pre-, p-irlor, where he Fat learning his a low stool beside my wife's knee - to our country house lay a deep pool, not visible from our window. I v sneculatious. lieu ciusid my brain, I boy said though so young, he did not fawn upon me, nor try to soothe me; all that I re collect was that he screamed out, not that he loved me, but that he 'would try to love me,' and then he rushed back to the house as fast as he could. The next time I saw him,, my sword "was in my hand, and he was lying stiff and cold at my feet. I took him up in my arms and laid him gently in a thicket. My wife was not at home that day, nor was she to return till the morrow. Our bedroom window, the only one on this side of the house, being but a few feet from the ground. I resolved to get out through it in the middle of the night and bury my victim in the garden. I had not the slightest idea, at that moment, that I bad frustrated my own scheme, and that when the pool would be dragged and no dead body forthcomicg, the property must remain in abeyance, as I meant to confirm the belief that tho child was lost or had been stolen. For the present all my thoughts were cen tered on the necessity of hiding every clue to my crime. What I endured when the servants came and told me the child was missing, and when the mcjjseogers, which I despatched in all di rections, returned to inform me their eearch had been in vain, no words can possibly de scribe. That same night I buried him. But now the worst remained to be done; and that was to face my wife, and give her hopes that the child would yet be found. This I contin ued to do with such a show of sincerity, as I believe, that no suspicion rested oa me. The next thing I did was to scat myself at the bedroom window, from whence I could watch all day long, the spot where lay my dreadful secret. It was a plot of ground that had been recently dug up, ready for laying down fresh sods, and 1 hid chosen it as the one where the marks of my spade would be least likely to attract notice. The workmen who were laying down the sods must have thought me crazy. I was continually calling to get on faster, and occasionally running out to help them, and stamping on the ground while I kept urging them to greater haste. Their task was finished before night, and I now fed; comparatively secure. I fell asleep at last that night but what a troubled slep it wa, and what frightful dreams were ti:er?! I fancied I saw now a haul, now u head, raising out of that unhal lowed s-pot cf ground. And each time that L awoke out of this horrid nightmare, I crept to the window to convince myself it was only an idle fancy of my distorted brain. Then I slunk back to bed, but only to en-Jura the same torments over and over ajrain. Once I dreamt that the child was still alive, ar.d that I had r evor attempted it life-; and tho waking from this dream wts more dreadful than all the rest. Next mo.ning I again took my place at the vfii;u '.v and never turned my eyes off the fatal fp.it, which, though now turned in to a grass plot, only presented to me the r.p-pe-avaiiea of an -pen grave. If one of the Ijrm servauts passe.-1 by, I expected hi:u to sink in; if a bird r.liehed upon the grass, I d'-eaded lost he should become the instrument that was to bring my crime to light; and every bre ze that blew across it seemed to whisper 'Murder 1" There was nothing an imate or inanimate, let it be ever so insignifi cant, but what seemed endowed with th& supernatural power of upbraiding me fcr my heinous crime. My wife, who was as superstitious in her v.-my as I was in mine, and was in despair at the child's disappearance,, was bent on -con- suiting a "wise woman residing in our j , neighborhood, supposed to have the power of j reading the decrees of fate by spirit rapping. ; I accompanied her most reluctantly, but pre ; ferred beicg present, lest the sybil should iufuse any suspicious of my crime into her i mind On my wife's asking tho question i "Where is the boy':" the answer returned to I th rapping was found to spell out the words, ! "With its mother I" My wife was deeply ; affected, and I was ready to sink into the I ground, though I blushed and said the woman , spoke nonsense'. With its mother! Aye. it had a double signification to my ears with his mother in heaven, aud in the bosom of his mother earth 1 Repeated experiments 1 and appeals to the spirit still brought back '. those dreaded wrds; and I began to think ; the woman knew more than she pretended to, j and had seen me bury the corpse on the fatal i niglit. , A few daj-s after a comrade of mine, who I had served abroad, came to visit me unex , pectedly, with a f;iend of his, whom I had j never seen before. I could not, however, resolve to lose sight of the grass plot, and as ; it was a fine summer's evening, I told the ora ground large dogs leaped over the "wall into the gar den. "Bloodhounds 1" exclaimed my guests. They need not have told me, for though I had never in my life happened to see any dogs of that kind, I instinctively felt they must be bloodhounds, and I felt like one al-" ready condemned to death, and grasped the sides of the chair convulsively, though I nei ther moved or spoke a word. "They are the true breed," observed the I stranger, "and have propably been let loose on trial, and have escaped their keeper. And as ho and his friend turned their heads, they saw the dogs smelling the ground and running round and round, like mad, without noticing U3. and ever and anon rais ing their heads and uttering a prolonged howl, and then again laying their muzzles close to the earth as if to get on the right scent. Presently, instead of turning round so large a circle, they seemed to concentrate their tfforts on one point, which they sniffed more diligently still; in doing which they set up a more frightful howl than before, attemp ting at tuo same time to tear away its le which prevented their getting at the croc beneath. "They evidently scont game," cried my guests. 'That's impossible," cried I. "For heaven's sake !" said the one I knew "get up, or they'll tear you to pieces." "Let them," returned I. "I'll cot stir from this spot." "The dogs must not be allowed to bait peo ple to death. Let's hew them down," said he. "There is sorno horrible secret lurking un der all this," said the soldier, drawing his sword. "Ia the name of the law, help me to take this man into custody." They then seized and dragged me away, although I fought aud bit and laid about me like a madman After some resistance, I at length was obliged to suffer them to lead mo off, and the excited bloodhounds began tear ing up the earth, which they flung abotit as if it had hec-n so much water. What more need be said? Why merely that I fell on my knees ; and confessed the truth with chattering teeth, , and begged for mercy; that I afterwards de i nied the deed before the tribunal, and now again own it; that I was tried, found guilty, finally condemned to death, NAPOLEON AND DUROC rr.OM "MILLER'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON." n . . , 1 finnl ,. ..-.n.'.imn.J .1 . -, K T ... . .1.-J 4 t i c i -,i e leon, cot knowing what act&mc that I have louud neither pity, nor comfort, . , , , (..-,. ., , ; not accuaioineei 10 oe kept waiin Napoleox was very fond of walking in the streets of Paris incognito, in search of ad ventures. On thesi occasions he generally wore a round jhat and a long blue coat, in which his appearance was not altogether prepossessing: In consequence of this, he was occasionally received with a coolness and indifference to which' in propria pcrsmia he was unaccustomed. Once, shortly before Christmas, he arose as early as seven, and accompanied ; by Duroe, Grand Marshal of the Palace, (who wore the same sort of dis guise as Nafou,) left the Tuilkries, just as day was Vsfng. After a walkthrough the Palace Vendome, thence to the Rue de Napoleon, where he much admired the splendid mansions which had been recently erected there ; chatting familiarly, he ob seived to Duroc : ''It seems that the Parisians in this quar ter are extremely lazy, to keep their shops shut at this time of day." Discoursing thus, they arrived at the Chinese bath-rooms, which had been recently painted and embellished. As they were criticising the exterior, the cafe which be longed to the establishment opened. 'Suppose we enter and breakfast h?re," said Napoleon toDaroc ; "what do you sav"? has not your walk given you an appetite And without waiting for an answer, Nr-po-leon entered tho cafe, took a seat at a table, called for the waiter, and ordered a mutton chop and a bottle of chamberlin wine; and having breakfasted heartily, and taken a cup of eoffee, nhich he protested was better than he was supplied with at the Tuiileries, he called thetwaiter and demanded the bill, saying to Duroc, "Pay and let us return now ;" then rising and going to the door, he began to whistle an Italian recitative, endeav oring to appear at ease. The Grand Marshal rose at the tame time ; but after fruitlessly searckingjuiia pockets, found that after having dressed id haste, he had forgotten his purse, and he well knew that Napoleon never car ried any money about him. Nevertheless, the waiter came and presented the bill to the Grand Marshal, who stood mute with sur prise at not being able to discharge it, altho' the amcunt was only twelve Irancs. Sapo- t&mcd Duroc, and ing, ro-cutcT- flashed, his checks were flushed with rage; at j length he interrupted her by saying. "Madame, have you a husband? Where is he? Can I see him? "Eh ! la ! la I do not be angry, monseiur! I have a husband, thank heaven, but he has gone to seek money. Put what can you want of him, while I am here?" "Enough, madame, enough ! I wished to tell your husband that that perhaps 1 thall send for these vases - He then left the shop disgusted with the merchande, whose coolness and politics had so much exasperated him. "Faith," said he, when he had rejoined Duroc, "I have had a sound lecture from a foolish woman, who seems to attend more to poli tics than her business. ' Oh ! I will have her husband's head shaved: it is hhrfault " The Emperor and the Grand Marshall cow returned to the Tuilleries, having both met with adventures, tho one with a shop keeper, and the other with a waiter. About six weeks after these occurances, Napoleon said to Duroc: "I have nothing to do now, suppose we go and see how tho shops look. Bj'e-tke bye, how did you scttls the flair at the Chi nese Baths?" "Indeed, sire I am glad you have men tioned the subject, for I had quite forgotten all about it " "That is wrong Duroc, very wrong iu decd. I may be allowed to forget such tri fles as that; but you "Sire, I will immediately make the amen de hmiorahlc." "Yes, do; and let it be done in a way that will please me; you understand At the same time, let the female politician be ordered to send her husband here, with the two va ses which I looked at, when I paid her a vis it. I am somewhat iu her debt. Ah ! ah ' 'tis my turn, now, and we shall see!' Duroc having given precise directions to one of the imperial footmen, despatched him to the Chinese Baths, when ho thus address ed the mhvtress of the cafe: "Madame, did not two gentlemen break fast here, about six weeks since, without pay ing their bill?" "Yes, monsieur," replied the lady, very much troubled, seeing that the enquirer wore -it is late. 1 - r. ....:) I - I. w- n . t n . . . . . 1 ... 4 . . . - 1 J uvi v ' i ' - , ua j uji ,i ii teuu in iuc win iu i , . . . j my wife, happily for her. having been sei- j 0 ' 10l i" ! 1 . . 1 11" - VOllic. liJUiiO uasn- r 1 r , ? , The Orand Marshal now comprcucnuiog the ucpleasant situation in which he w&.s placed, and thinking the best way to get out of it was to avow frankly his inability .to dis- pa !ace ignorance of my misery or her own in short that I am alone with my despair iu this dun geon, and that I must die to morrow. ;r.ral days iu curviiig a rough model j servants to bring a table and a bottle of wine jf:i- with my penknife; and when it was i into the garden I then placed my own chair "r-!-l, I purposely left it in the child's oyer the grave, aud thus, feeling sure it co'd 1 ii-eu niii mvsi' r np.'r inn noni in a nnt o timnrrM wirri. i finaoavoreei io mane myself easy and to enjoy my glass. JMy comrade expressed the hope that my wife was well, aud was not keeping her room, and that she had not been driven away by their ap- -it he ii;u&t pass by, in case he came to toy arijaton the water. L5ut uc -;;'4cr on that nor ou the following I fe-it certain he was ia mv toils. fl heard him prate about his toy, -i.ai even taken to bed with him. ' patiently, and on the third day I if-5 liiai, fjou my hiding-place, come "-; a.ong joyoudy, with his silken locks "e ia uic wind, and singing poor " tuorry tune, though he would ecarce- ' words. I stole behind him. be- lushos that grew near the bank, :T" tTll Oa knows how I, a stiong, f-iia. i--,l 1, l : r Mt.-i ,i '-ulu' ii every iiiuu aa x . i pearance. I was obliged to stammer out in reply tho story of the child's disappearance. The soldier, who was a stranger to me, did not look me in the face, but kept his eyes fixed on the gronnd all tho while I was talkiag, which caused me the greatest uneasiness. I fancied he suspected the truth. I asked him abruptly whether he thought but I broke down without finishing tho sentence. iiii...e. t 4i.:..i. 4t. i, v nnn -.m ...Jv f -wtiteps cf this little child, while j dered V said he,' with a mild look. "Oh, - '.iifc-j the water's brink I was close ! no I what could any man gain by murdering itn, croue-hiug on my knees, and was a poor innocent child?" s-'L,jan'.t0 P11'1 xa whoa he I could have told him what a man gained I J - alow ia the water, and turned ; by such a deed, for no one knew better than I w i- ii . t j .:t-4. ii i. t -t.: I did; DUt I remaineu tueui, luuugu x tuiv- A Sanguinary Engagement We Lave already chronicled the murdtr of W. W. Smith, a merchant in Ouachita, Mis sissippi, by one E. War.1, which occurred a few days since. The murderer flad, but was arrested in a tavern at Woodville, Mississip pi, where the lanlord discovered him and sent for a posse of mca 'to effect his capture The Ouchita Iltruld says: "After retiring to his room, he seemed tj suspect that all things were not right, and spoke of leaving. The landlord presented a barrelled gun and told him if he undertook to leave the room ho wotild certainly fire upon hirxi. Soon after this (about ten o'clock at night.) Mr. Itedwine and his men came up. Ward said to Tatum that he would Tike to consult with the men, Tatum assuring him that if he would submit to an arrest, he should cot be hurt, he seemed to acquiesce. Tho party proceeded to enter the room. Ward pretended to be taken by surprise, and quick ly. "What's that?" and commenced firing his pistols at the crowd, wounding Mr. J. F. Walker in the neck and killing Mr. J. Barns by shooting him through the heart, himself receiving only one wound in the arm by a pistol fired by lledwinc. Ward continued firing till all his pistols were discharged, then drew his bowie knife and rushed to the door when he was shot down by Tatum. In the melee the lights were put out. 'The dead and wounded of Bed wine's par ty were drawn out of the room, the door closed and the room guarded for several hours it not being known to what extent Ward was disabled. It wa3 eventually determined to introduce alight into the room, that his coa dition might be seen. To this end a light was let down the chimney, by which he was seen weltering in his own blood, with pistols in hand, which he had succeeded in reload ing while in that condition. There lay the demon, apparently determined to sell his ar rest or his life at the greatest possible cost to others. He was now appealed to and assur ed that they were determined to take him dead or alive, but that they had no inclina tion to do him further bodily harm, but on the contrary, would do all they could to re lieve his physical suffering, if he would dis arm himself; whereupon he threw his wea pons from him, when the physicians who were in attendance upon those wounded by himself ministered to his wants by dressing his wounds. He was found very severely, though it is thought not mortally wounded. It was the design of his captors to take hira immediately to Shreveport, where, if alive, he probably even now is confined in jail." JtUer'i spirit cloamcd forth from hi i ?! U Uow Luist forth from behind S the water into a &hcet of Everything M,arkled as if all I don't know what tho turnin 5i.li .? 6-H3. ir! tad ered as if I had the ague. Seeing the state ot excitement 1 was in, they endeavored t comfort mo with tho hope the child might yet bo found, when we sud denly hcard.w a deep howl, and a couple of ESi-A Mobile, Ala., paper gives an ac count of an inquest recently held in that city, on the body of a man who died from an over dose of vegetable pills. On opening tho body, the interior was found to be one large cabbage, but dead to its core from confine ment and want of water a beverage which the patient unfortunately never drank. The jury returned a verdict of jviVx," "Quits, gentlemen " exclaimed the dismayed coro ner "never heard of such a thing. What do you mean?" "Why," replied the fore man, "we find that, if the cabbage killed tho man, the man most certainly killed the cab bage, and if that ain't quits it's tbo next thing to it . charge the debt, approached the mistress of the cafe, (who was silent and indifferent ct the counter,) and said politely and confus- cdly : "Madame, my friend atJ myself left home this morning a little precipitately, and we ciuite forget to bring our purses : but I ir've I you my word that in the -course of an hour j I will send you tho amount of your bill." i "It may be so, sir," coolly replied the j lady, "but I know neither of you, and w e are I every day taken in, iu this manner. Do you think that" "Madame," intertupted the Grand Marshal, reddening with anger at this answer, "we are men of honor, officers of tho guard.". ' Oh yes, fine excuses truly ofiiccrs cf the j-uard, indeed !" At these words, 'men of honor' and 'officers of the guard,' which Napoleon had over heard, he turned round, and in a voice which had caused heroes to tremble, demanded : "What is all this about ?'' But, at a sign from Duroc, he remained impatiently where he was. The waiter now stepped forward and volunteered to bo ans werable for the debt, with which assurance the mistress of the cafe was satisfied. Duroc regarded the young man with surprise, and drawing from his pocket a watch encircled with brilliants, said to the obliging waiter: "My friend, you have acted nolly ; keep this watch till I return to recompense you." "Sir," said the waiter, "I have no wish to take it. I feel convinced that you are both men of honor." "Good, my friend," said the Grand 3Iar shal, "you shall never repent your confi dence in us." lie then rejoined the Empe ror. Duroc recounted the particulars of the ad venture to Napoleon, who laughed beartil', and was pleased with the geuerosity of the poor waiter, who had become security for them w ithout knowledge who they were. On their way to the Palace, they stopped at the Passage des Panoramas, which was then one of the most elegant passages or covered wajs in Paris. There a shop attracted the attention of Napoleon. It contained a fine collection of porcelain vases. Two superb ones were exposed to view, and appearing to the Em peror very tasteful, he entered the shop and demanded the price. The mistress of the shop, with a sneer on her countenance, coolly asked if he wished to purchase them. "Why, madame, I should not have asked the price, unless I had thought of purcha sing them," said Napoleon, irritated by the imputation of the woman. "Four thousand francs, (1G0,) not a farthing less, monsieur." "Four thousand francs, that 13 horribly dear, madams ! much too dear for me !" And touching his hat, he was about to leavo the shop, when the merchande, with her hands ia her pockets, added sarcastical- "They cost mo five thousand, but is belter to sell at cost these times than to starve There are fine doings now a days ! always war I all tho world is complaining ! Busi ness ia at stand still now, and tho shopkeep ers are ruined; but we do not pay less tax- DunDgthis addreea Napoleon nance bcauie highly expressive the livery of th "Well, madame those gentlemen were the Emperor and Grand Marshall of the pclacc. Can I see the waiter who became security for them?" "Yes, certainly, sir." The mistress rang tho bell, but felt Uneasy; she thought of nothing less than going to the palace, and imploring the forgiveness of the Emperor When the waiter appeared, the footman gave Lim a roll of fifty Napoleons, and said to him. 1 "in adoiuon 10 mis, ins uranu iuarsuaa ! has charged me to say, that if you have any ! favor to ask, for yourself or frieuds, he will ! Le most har-7v to grant it." Ceixese Sugar Caxe. From time to time we have observed reports of considerable ex citement in one and another part of the Un ion respecting Sorgum or Chinese Sugar Cane. When it was first imported the opin ion X)f the agricultural community ceemed to be entirely averse to its cultivation. Many declared its culture for sugar-making imprac ticable. But gradually it forked its way in to favor in several States, tintil everybody thought that such method of tilling, adapted to our climate, had been secured as would raa&e its culture general and profitable Re cently, however, we have observed many and varku3 statements cf -ruch diaparaging char acter as have convinced us that the following extract from a discussion before the Agricul tural Society, presents views of it which are reliable : At a meeting af the Philadelphia Agricul tural Society, on the 3d inst., thero was an interesting discussion in relation to the rais ing of Chinese sugar cane. The mem here generally considered it unprofitable. Mr. Gowan was opposed to its cultivation, as it was not to be compared with corn for feeding stock, as. the cattle soon become sickened with it, and would not eat it regularly when they could get corn or turnips. Besides it was unprofitable to cultivate it for making sugar or molasses, when sugar could be bo'l for eight aud nine cents per pound, and mo lasses for thirty ceiita per gallon. A farmer could get more sugar from one raaple tree, or from beet roots, with but a tithe of the labor, than he could by growing the cane and ma king the ugar lor Lis family Mr. Weth- cnll, from Masrachusetis, said that the testi mony of the farmers of that State was unani mous aga'mst the expediency of raising tho Chinese Sugar Cauc as aa article forfeeding cattle cr for making sugar- One cf the niosl extensive growers of the cane ia this State had confessed that its cultivation was an un profitable branch cf agriculture. Many far mers did it from a feeling of pride ia raising their own sugar and molasses, but every pound of sugar and gallon of molasses costs more to make it than it could be bought for elsewhere. He strongly ruspected the genu- - r .. ,. , lucucss 01 some specimens ct granulated su gar, professedly from the sugar case, .which had been exhibited at the agricultural fairs of Massachusetts. Tho enthusiasm had been got up by speculators, for private purposes, and having accomplished their ends, the ex citement had died away. TotGii Siokies. One editor discourseth a friend at our elbow says that there is a The name of the waitar was Targens; he 1 hastened to accept the kind offer of the Grand j Marsha!:, who instantly made him one of the j imperial footman. He soon gained the con- I fidence of the Empress Josephene, and be- ' came her especial attendant. After her di i , T 1 AT1 r VOl'ce, lie accompaiiieu lit 10 Maiiuuisuu, and singular t'c-stiny of men at this time eventually entered tho service of Wellington, in l?i i. m here, After his the cafe, the imperial footman reached the passage des Panoramas, when be entered the fehop cf the voluble mar jcJuinde. 'Vir,'' said he, addrcssjbg the master, "You are requested to go to the palace, this instant, with the two vases, which the Em peror inquired the price of, about six weeks since, in your sbrp. His Imperial Majesty is now waiting for you." "Heavens!" he cried, "I shall bo shot." Then, addressing his wife, who was terribly frightened, aud unable to speak he said. "I have no doubt, but that you have been talking to the Emperor, and speaking ill of the government, as you alwavs do; and this to the Emperor himself! When will you learn to cease your cursed babbling.' Ah, moa Dieu ! I am a lost man I shall he shot !" Here, fright nearly overpowed the poor man, who seemed shocked that his wife should have taken the Emperor for a police spy. However he mustered all his courage, and arrived with the vases, at the Tuilleries, where he was immediately ushered into the presence of Napoleon, who thus addressed him: "3o, sir, I have found you at last I am glad to see you here !" Then, taking from his desk, eight bank notes, for a thousand francs, each, he pre sented them to the dealer, who wa9 trembling with fear, with great difficulty, advanced to receive thou, Abd then, with that peculiar, scarcastic brevity, with which he invariably spoke when he wished to reproach, he ad ded : ' I went, the other day, to your shop. I bargained for two vases; your wife asked four thousand franks, telling me' they cost her five thousand. Well, though that was a falsehood, I dcw give jou eight thousand take them. There are four for yourself. But tell your wife, that if the docs not at tend to her domestic affairs, instead of poli tic;!, morhlcu ! I will bend her whero she will be taken care of and you, too, to teach you both to be more silent. Go, sir that ia all I have to say to you. lon soir: piece of road, not, two m:!ch fro so narrow that wiita two teams meet, they have both to get ever t!i fence before either can pas?, Another says : A Culifurciaa writes that they have fire Hies cut there zo large that they use them to cook by. They set their ket tles oa their Liud legs, which are bent for the purpose like pot hooks. A third says : ThcTsj is a railroad ia oue cf the Southern States whose cars run at a speed about equal to that of full-grown two-year old grasshopper. The Conductor is so very polite that if lady hays, "Conducta. please furnish me with a draught of wataw," he immediately jumps o5, blocks the traia with a stick, and procures it f.T her. Again : There is a maa out West so ever lasting tall that Le has to tlitnb up a ladder whenever he goes to shave. His feet are so large that he has to get his bords built over them, and his head is ciuite bald from carry ing building materials in his hat. Olr New'Tkeatt with Japax. A cor respondent of the New York Herald says tha new treaty recently concluded with Japaa by Mr. Harris, the American commissioner, con tains, among others, the following provis ions. There shall be no more trampling upon the cross in Japan. Americans shall be allowed to reside in such ports as are opened, to build churches, and to worship their God; that Jap anese also be granted religious freedom. That the tax of six per cent, for recoinago now paid by the American purchaser of Jap anese goods shall be dispensed with. That this treaty shall take effect on the -1th of July 1859, though soma of the ports are not to bo opened until later. That the port cf Simoda shall be closed, and that Kanagawa shall bo opened in its stead. The the port of Hego (which is the seaport of the great cities cf Oscoa and Miaco) shall be opened to Ameri can trade. That Americans shall cot wan der to Jeddo from Kanagawa. That Japan ese coin may be exported after it has been purchased by weighing American coin agaiust it gold against gold and silver against sil ver. And that a Minister thall be sent to tho United Slates. JS" Every man in China is compelled to pay his debts at the begioning of the year, or otherwise stop his business. How would this rule work with us? counto his fves fcif There is sufficient cotton at Norfolk at tho preseut time to load several vessels. One of tho main t-ecrcts of success ia business Is to AdrcrUc. The Captured Africans. -We learn fixa the Washington L'n'on that despatches have been received from Captaiu Chauncy. cf tho Xiagra, dated at Porto Grande, October t22d, which state that forty-five of the cap tured Africans had died during the passago to that place. It was found impossible to break up thft filthy Labi; of the negr-H-t, which greatly tended to sprcal the r-wae of disear-c. Bcmocstrance wi unavailing. Those portions of the iLip allotted to tt.riu, in f-pite of every effort 10 keep them cleanly, had become almost a pest-house, filling the air w'uh pesti leiitial vapors. Capt. Chaunccy considers these "negroes the mos-l degrade! class ho bad ever fccq. The females, Low ever, of whom one only had been lost, wore iu far better condition of health 43! habits than the males. The Academy at Uollidaybburg, unlfr the control of the School Board, was turut dowa a short time since. II o C G O
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