% > X * . 'W - . i >
Bcraafer'i Hew 9?n|.
A aong receuily.written by Jkranger, nod ?u).
drcssed "to the Studeuts," baa been circulating In
tnauuarript in as by the censorship or the
preen in France K could uoi be published in thst
Country. It appeared in the London Tiiuce of
April 8lh, and excited much comment. The following
tolerably close adaptation to the English
wits made by Shirley Brooks, for lite Londou Illustrated
News:
What I foolish boys?believe, onco more,
You're free to utter Freedom's cry,
And lete, beneuth the tri-color,
Him who again ha bid it fl.vf
Yet iny poor songs with love you name;
Forget them?I've disowned litem, too;
Had I your faith, I'd curse my (ante?
Ah! pardon the poor minstrel, do!
llow do tho days you'd reproduea
Resemble those I used to sing;
I, who ne'er fullered ill nbu?e
Of tool, toad, Enipuror. 1\>|k\ or KiugT
One soldier, yes, I hymned; and why!
Ills crown was gone, his chain in visw,
St. Ile'ene venged our liberty?
Ah! pardon the poor minetrel, do!
Nwnrd, Leverrk-r, Hvlmontet,
For Victor and lor Arago!
Accept such aubatitutf* it* tlicy?
1?force's unforgiving foe?
There's onk in heaven's eternal home!
Loves lie the *py and goulrr craw,
Is His the shrine swords guard in Home!
Ah! pardon the poor minstrel, do!
Ay. battles, and a coat of blue,
Thread h.ired in fights, llorangcr sings.
When our Republic'* children true
Beat, twenty years, n League of Kings.
But yon smart Guard, you watchful rpv,
Who'd slab us for promotiou?pooh'.?
Is he my genial soldier boyT
AM pardon the poor minetrel, do!
To Poland?Italy?wo owe
A debt of blood! The cann>cts sound!
Let's match and pay the debt! Why no.
So ne r our home there's pery ground,
Take Freedom *"?;.ov'?ul more alar?
T''.t1url,? jo |n?te her cliiu ms we'll sue,
Rations, n Holy League you ar? !
Ah! pardon the poor tnimtrel, do!
" A Fire in the Rear.
The recctil blttslciing and lliroatening
tone of the London Times and Post, tho orguns
of the i3riti?h ministry, towards tins
country, has waked Up the "spunk" of an
American sojourning in the "Eternal City,"
who has found leisure upon the engrossing
calls upon ono's time in that great treasury
of art to bestow a little attention upon the
ridiculous attitude of those Hiilish bingga
docios in their threats of war. And from
the "loop hole" of his eastern retreat ho has
opened a "lire in the rear" upon these gasconaders
through a German journal of immense
circulation at Augsburg, which we
have procured to be translated.? Washington
Union.
Home, February 24, 1850.
Your New York cot respondent seems to |
regard us Americans as goods of a rather ;
light and inferior texture, when he fancies :
that h hostile licet with great facility could
get into New 'York or Boston and givo |
these cities to the flames. This would
hardly bo found by the enemy, even |
if ho were in number of ships greatly our
superior, and in povsessiou of all the mod- |
em inventions and advantages ot the art of >
war. I am not an oiticer in tho navy, and
readily admit that neither Fort ll-iinilton !
nor tho so called battery at the point of |
the stiait on which New Yoik lies would '
present to a largo hostile fleet insurmounla- ;
almost appears as if they had not changed \ y.
tliat opinion in regard to us since that time. <
The harbor fortifications of New Yoik and I
lloHton have been greatly improved since *
llio war of 1812, but what wo piincipally j t
count on in tho event of war is not our ar >
lillery behind entrenchments, but tl;e cir- c
cunistduces that we probably, not only pro I
poi'tionally but absolutely, possess the great* t
est commercial murine oh earth, which, at ?
least for the defence of rivers and coasts, v
can be converted or made into vesseli of I
war; (I) and that with our inventive geni- v
us and onr know lodged maritime capacity, ? I
wo would not be iu want of means to np i t
ply ilieso implements everywhere, not only t
. for defence, but also for destruction, with a
success. Nor would our men of war and ?
privateers wait for tho enemy behind walls, I
but, ms they did in the year 1812 hunt him, /
up iu all the sens and on all coasts of tho I
earth, iu order to destroy his commerce r
and navigation. A war with us is not n t
inero war on American soil. The com b
merciaT power that challenges :ts to war a
must fight us iu India, in China, in Japan, c
in the TactAc and Atlantic oceans, at tho o
liie obstacles, h'or tiro destruction of some
towus?if England had euch intentions?
we could, iu the event of war, ho prepared;
but nevei do I believe would England find
her account in it, nor be able, as your cor- 1
respondent imagines, to cover her expenses '
of war by it. There is not much lo bo got
from a town burnt down; and Now Yoik
and Boston are more easily burnt down
than taken at the point of the bayonet.
By llio accounts of the banks in New York
there aro seldom mote than from ten to til"
teen millions of the precious metals in their
vaults, and these might well be brought in
safety before a hostile invasion could be of j
footed. All other circulating valuables arc j
represented by paper, notes, bills of ex- j
cliage, and records of documents; and as I
to goods and wares that are (hero accumulated.
(seldom less than from two lo three
hundred millions of dollars,) they belong,
at least three fourths of them, to the English,
who do not oven wait till we order
them fiom thein, but have their agents 011
their own account in all our towns, who
would most certainly lose inoie by the
burning of any of our commercial towns
than the nativo inhabitants themselves.
Why, wo bum down, from time to time, \
ourselves entire qnaitois of New Yoik and j!
Philadelphia, and suffer therefrom no j
greater harm than the foreigners; and, as 1
regards San Francisco, it has been consurn- j
cd by fire inoie than a dozen of limes, and j
yet the prosperity of California has been
very little affected by it. Our houses aio
generally built lightly; they consist of four 1
walls of luick, and all the rest of wood. 1
The ground in all our greater seaports is 1
three, four. five, nav ten times mora valnahla 1
ilinu the house on it, which, after fifteen i
years, is an old house, and generally torn 1
down in order., lo make room for n new ;
one. The destruetice tage of tho English
could therefore, 011 this side, do us less i
harm than your correspondent thinks, at 1
ieast less than it would do to I hem selves. i
Besides, I would ask the question, why
did England, in the war of 181'J, not think <'
of burning down some of our towns? k i.-, I
true, at Washington, which was, properly t
speaking, oniy a village with a Capitol, <
the coup dc main succeeded; but at Haiti I
more and at Now Orleans the attempt of it
was repelled with great energy, and at >
New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, it i ?
whs not even tried. Probably the com , t
mnnders of tho Eng'ish fleet and land c
troops had even then a betl'er opinion of ?
our entrenchments and of our capacity for J
ffcsi stanco til. 11 vour corresirondont. nml it i i
SBeaHBBHEesBnanssaasBSBi
Capo of Good Hope, mid in tho Arctic sea,
for we are there at much ut home at we
are in tho United Stales. In tire last war
with England our privateers took about six
hundred English merchantmen, and a great
part of tho wealth of New England origi- I
nates from that pewad. That tho war of
frigates with England turned out moslglo-1
rioutljr for the United States '.s known to
all the world, and up to this day our navy |
is in possession of liie "Constellation" and i
the "Macedonian," two frigates taken from
the English. At that time we had no
regularly-bred marine. Captain (now commodore)
Stewart, our oldest navy otliccr,
had enteied the service of tho United Slates j
from tho mercantile marine, as General i
Jackson and General Brown (the first a :
lawyer and later President?(lie latter a
tavern keeper) where only militia generals,!
and as such caused uo inconsiderable losses '
to the enemy.
Your correspondent thinks a thousand
men of first rato European troops could
easily chase 10,000 men of our militia. I
will leave that undecided, as 1 do not want
to carry on a war about opinions with tho
{ten; but I would only romaik, that the !
lisloiv of America leaves no adequate
ground for such n supposition. At all j
events, our ate people, down to tho boys}
tewo've years old, who play with rifles, j
Completely armed and export in the use of
firearms. Whether, in case of war, ther
know their use, I leave to hialoiy. Our '
army in Mexico, consisting in- ally of young |
recruits and volunteers, (militia,) has fought
bravely in the Mexican war against artille j
?y and outrcncuiiicnls of ft more tlian six j
times superior enemy; at the battle 01
Bucna Vista General Taylor fought almost
exclusively with militia against the live
times superior Gen. Santa Anna. Such
examples may not be decisive f??r the future;
yet it appears to me that, as regards tho
one thousand men of European fiot-iato '
troops, who, acconling to ilie opinion of
your correspondent, aie to ho nut to flight
in a few minutes ten thousand American
militia-men, all may not be light. At
such an attempt delays might happen
which might not be anticipated by tho enemy,
and such delays the American inventive
genius would certainly make use of.
Let it be borne in mind that, with the
maritime activity of our population on tlx*
coast, it would be utterly impossiblo for a
hostile fleot to take any fcnpoit town of the
Union bv surprise, and that the approach of [
theenemy by thousands of mites of telegraph :
would l>e known almost as simultaneous- <
ly in tho valley of tho Mississippi as in the j
port of New Yo k. Fuither, 1 beg you to
take into consideration that our whole '
eolintrv 1 Uo lirt ntlmr in llm woilil Ik /?>"
ered with railroads ami steamer*, and volunteer*
of Cliicago and Illitioi*, who only
thirty years ago were backwoodsmen, re*
quire jiow l<ut thirty-two hours iu order to I
jet from their places of residence to *STew j
York and Philadelphia. In two days the j
whole of the West?Kentucky, Indiana, II- j
lincis, Ohio, Michigan?nay, even Tetines- |
seo?can march into New York or l'liila- I
delphia; perhaps no drilled soldiers, but '
strong and active men, with fine arms and
full of courage?at least the bear and Indian
hunters; and against them the 1,000 fir.-t
rale regular Euiopean tloops might not
suffice.
What is not (o be rated too liigli in a .
war with the United States is the ninmon- :
tary preponderance in Euiopean readiness
for war; and what, in my opinion, can nov- j
er be rated too high aro the forces and the i
immense material we are, in the course of I
a war, able to develop. Wo gave the j
English a specimen of it in llis year 1812. i
Wo hud at that time not a ship-of-war on j
our interior lakes. Wc had in the course i
of the war to cut down trees in order to
build vessels; and yet these fleets, thus
sprung into existence, gained a complete '
victory over the British naval power ol that
station. Even the 12,000 men of choice '
troops which l'ackenliam landed at New
Orleans were not able to lake that town j
from the militia general, Jackson,although
it was only fortified with bales of cotton.
Yon were pleased editorially t<> remark in j
your paper that in America every war a!- ^
ways must assume mote or less iho character
of a war of the people, and therein j
you were perfectly light. Congress, net
the Fioident, lias the tight to declare war.
Is the war once declared, the president, as
lite executive power, carries it on under per
sottal responsibility. From litis it follows
that tlieie cau be uo war without the will
of the representative majority in Congress,
and lluit on that will, more or less oner !
Helically depressed, depends its populniily. !
riiero is there no indifferent population,
and in America no war of roldicr* can l>e
cat lied on. An advance into the interior,
under stieli circumstances, would l? hnz
tidou.*, and might, as ii: Russia, not be effected
without considerable privations that
might even hazard the existence of an in- >
trading army. There the choicest Europe- i
in troops might not be able to diivo the i
Americans out of their wood*, and a war ' i
there might easily turn into a man hunt, at
which the natives would evidently have the
nhantnge. ;
Rut all litis?in a war between England '
md tho United States?is t t less linpor- ;
tunce than the effect a war would havo on *
he commercial and manufacturing inter I
?sts of both countries. England obtains
roin us only what is indispensable to her '
?bi cad Muffs beef, lice, ni.rl cotton- wheic-) 1
?s our imports fr>nn England?one hr.nIred
and fifty millions of dollats?are only I
manufactured goods, without which wo
lotild do as well?nay, |??rhnps better llian '
tiib them. Without Anieiican cotton,
danche-ter would have to stop work; and,
ii tho event of a war. the burning of Newfork
would be as great a calamity to tho
ommercc of England as the binning of
mverpoul. W ithout Amerie.au* orders, the 1
voi kingmen of Leeds, Birmingham, Gins- I
rloW. l'ai?!\*- it-e w'nidrl lmv<> lo fold 111 i r I
iriiH, ?>r tut 1) them against their own g.?virnmciit.
At war with America, the Eng
ish insurance companies would Onl, ami
lie English national credit would a niter
[really. No other war can touch the inost i
ulnerablo spot of England more sensibly I
linn a war with the United States. Hut >
elint would ho to England the hardest I
?low, and to us Aiuoiicant a great relief, is
ho circumstance that the lirst gnu that, on *
lie part of the English, would ho fired
gninst us, would cancel all our debts, which I
ro set down at about three hundred mil- t
ions of dollars, not to mention the mass of
tmerican's stocks now in llio hai ds of ll e ?
English. Almost all our wants for mil oads
wo havo in the course of the last lltir- I
y years paid for in stocks and railroad t
oads. which all went to England, and there, t
s capital invested, constitute the only in- <
otne of numcioiiH families. .So it is with I
ur State stockf, and our canal stocks, and (
aqueduct stocks. In this respect, at leas)
in the event of war, we might sing?
"All our debts are paid;
Rtivottcilvd to nil lliv world we are"?
to tho oommmeicinl, (world.) namely, the
most sympathetic of all. Moreover, take
my word lor it, there will be no war be'
tween England and America. No iulolli
gent American thinks of such a folly, tin
lesa England, in regard to tho Central
American affair, should insist on her most
unjust and unwise claims. And England
likewise, in the event of a war, can only
succeed where tho British people come tc
the assistance of the minister of the crown
?and that tliey will not certainly do foi
the sake of a few ncrea of lutid in Centra!
America, which, since the cutting across
the isthmus has been given up l>y the hesi
engineers, has ceased to lie of any impor
tance to tho commerce of England and tc
that of Australia. On the other side, al
though wo like to snap at John Bull, still
we remain his brother Jonathan?twofint
blossoms of the same utock. After all, tin
English themselves must bo pleased aboul
it. that wo have turned out so entirely tc
their liking. The family resemblance ii
other matters, also, is not to he mistaken
and just that (resemblance) it is that makei
the English cautious. These svmp.?thic
cannot be measured or estimated by a men
military settle or st unlaid; for they go fur
titer than the bullets of thousands of tin
best European tioops.
* Tho Effects ol Punch Drinking.
One particular dark, damp, dull, drizzlj
and disagreeable day, in the latter part o
November, a tali, gaunt, queer looking cus
totner, drested in a blue cat with yelloc
buttons, with "y a I let" striped pantaloons
and calfskin termination^sat ."oj lar v am
alone" in a little loom, situatod in a cer
tain little tavern, in street, 1'hiladel
pliia.
Before him was a little round table, oi
whose marble top was "not a little" pitch
er of smoking punch, "echreechuu hot," am
a wine glass. Tho solitary individual wa
\ 01 k?notion' else, dear child?and tha
was his second pilclicifiil?nigh his sec
otul empty. One minute after, and v ?>i
couldn't?fact you see?have squeezed j
drop our ?.f ?.? l,..r p;icher or gl.tis, Lj
a forty-two pounder hydraulic press.
\ 01 k ranir the bell. The waiter tt
<-> ? - -- I?I I"-"
his licail in lliu door.
''King, an!"
' Of course I did. It it clearing
"No. sa?damp, sa?fug so thick, sa, yot
could iodic it out 'ill a spoon, sa. llav<
lyifthing, in!''
"More punch, and strong."
"Yes, ?i?immediately, so."
The waiter withdrew, and in a few roc
onds relumed with a third pitcher o
punch, and Yoik was beginning to fee
glorious, when, on raising up his eyes. In
saw his own figure in a pier glass, directly
opposite. 11c nibbed bis ey.? again.
"By thunder!" said ho "here's Rome fol
low sitting right before me; I'll sweat
theie's impudence for you! This is a pri
vale room, sir, for my sole accommodation.'
lie waited a minute, expecting an an
swer, but his retleclion only stared at bin
and held its peace.
"I was saying, sir, that this is my privatr
room?mine, git'." cried York, fetching his
yoiee an octave higher than it was before
No answer was made, and ho rang the bel
furiously. The waiter ruadu his appearand
again.
"King, sa?*'
"Yes, 1 .lid ring. Didn't I n^kior a pri
vate room?"
"Yes, sa, this is a private room, sa "
"It id. Why theie's a fellow sitting
right opposite ine now, on the other side o
the table. Hot bis impudence."
"Table, sa?fellow, sa.'"
"Yes, there is. Well, just never mind
Bring on some more punch and a couple i
glasses."
F.. .. .. .1 . . .1 - r -i I
> .? 'en Mimi nine ill's iiniriii punier
with two glares, made its appearance.
Votk fi.fed oiio of the glasses, and then
shoved it uwr the table.
"Will yo't diitikf" said lie, addressing
the figure in the glass.
"Oh.yoti won't eh? Well. I ? I will."
And so he did.
"Holier drink, old fellow," continued he
"Your li.juor i-. getting eol*l, and \ou look
as if you wiu fond of the thing."
No answer being relumed. York finished
the pitcher, and tang fte bell again. In
popped the waiter.
"King sa?"
"To be .sure I did. Didn't you bear the
b b boll?"
"I did."
"Didn't I order a p p privato tooro?
Eh?"
"Ye*, sa. this is a private room, sa."
"A pretty piiva'o litis is with aff fellow
sitting right opposite that won't lake a
glass of puiuli when it's offered hint, and a
r'T red nosed man at that. 0. well never
mind, bring more punch and l-t tumblers.
I'll try liini ag in."
Presently pitcher number five, with
glasses to match, was borne in with due
state.
"Better try some, old boy," said York
loAxingly. to bis double. The telle* mere
!y looked good iiatii oil lint said ii??tliin<;.
"Well," continued York, uiili -igh "if
his i?nT the most infamous. Never mm.I,
I'll ?1 ink the punch."
An ! *o ho did, e?ery Ml of it. Ahont
ive minute* snfflod to end the pitcher,
i'oik i ing il,^ I>e11 supcifiiriou?ly. The
waiter came tig-iin.
"K?llg, sa?"
' Why cor.nin. Why shouldn't I?
WIieu s the man ?i* ho keep* the ? place?"
"l'??s, s i? I'll see *iin, mi,"
Siioitlv alter, mine h?'-t, a quiel looking
illle in in, with a mottled, calico paitein
'.ice ami a shining bald head, made hi*. aj>ica
ranee.
"W-w what's to pay?" demanded Y.ak,
i-ing and a-Mtiiiing mi air of dignity.
"Five pur.cliu*-?livo lev ion, sir."
"There's the money, sir," said Yoik f??rk11
g over the coin. "And no.v I want to
ttiovv why, when I call f.<r a private room,
on should put me in hero with t i-tomo
rotl v else? '
"There's nobody here but vou and I,
ir?"
"Nobody! Do you s s spose I can't see?
)o \on think I'm drunk? There, look
liore! two of 'cm, by jingo!"
"Well, sir, 1 must confess, I can't see but
is two."
"You can't eh?" And York dragged the
andlord to tho table. "Look there," coninued
he, pointing to the glass. "Tli-th
liere's tho rascals now. One of 'etm
snough like you to be your brother, and
lie oilier is the most Lord forsaken, meansst
looking white man I over saw."
t " Young America."
One of the inoet attractive features of the
"Editor's Table" of tlie Knickerbocker Mag*
nzine, is that portion of it devoted to the
1 Having* and doings of ''native juvenility."
' We subjoin a few from the May number,
furnished by its correspondent.-:
That wax a profound insight into the
' "nature of thing*," which was exhibited by
| our little six-year-old boy, whom 1 had
' sent to bring rue a couple of apples from
' the basket in the cellar, lie piesently returned,
and handed me oar only. "Where
' is the other, Tommy?" I asked. "Why,"
' said lire little wag, peintidg to the one I
[ held in my hand, "//rot's the other one!" It
would require a "riiiladelpliia lawyer" to
' improve lire legal "drill" of this rejoinder.
1 "Have you got the Catechism, Jenny ?"
said a female visitor to a little yellow-hair1
ed girl. "Mamma," exclaimed little Wil'
lie, "did I ever have the Catechism /" lie
thought it was a new complaint; but it is
5 an old one, especial.y with children.
5 My little niece Katie, a throe year old,
^ is so very funny sometimes, that I havo
* thought her entitled to a nook in your
1 "Children's Corner." llcr grandmother
* asked her, the other day. among other
s questions from the Catechism, Who gave
* 1 Iter her drily bread ? She immediately
i J re;'lie!.' "Dod, gram ma, but Uncle Peter
' puts the butter on it/"
? One da> last summer, in going to my
work, I mot a little fellow some distance
from any house, whose getter al aspect attracted
my attention toward liitn. as a particularly
distinct "sample" of "Young
|. America." lie was about the size and
build of a plug of "dog leg" tobacco: Ins
j head suggested the memory of an October
tussock; while !: - face was some sort of a
J i landscape, done up in ftcesoil an-J
j out'or. "Who are you?" said I. rather
I sterniy. ".Me: saut me nuio niiumsicr,
| I'ying to look brave: "I'm one of 'em?
Jont you know mi.'"
' : Not since a machine simp in the
I second ward was struck by lightning. The
; fluid forced itself through the whole shop,
| ami surcharged all the iron ami tools with
j electricity. In fifteen minutes there were
a hundred boys present, every one with
his kid e to he "magnetized." One little
| fellow, while rubbing his knilo earnestly
: upon a half inetth-d >aw, said to another
j | who was scrubbing away upon a file: "Joe,
! this is none of your boiighlen lectricity,
j but the reul yen nine lightninright from
I where they make it.'"1
j Not many doors from my own, five and
1 1 play and romp a robust boy and a sweet.
' | neivous little girl. Last summer they were
j at play, wlien t lie patter of rain drops drove
I them to the front porch, where they slO'id
I watching the approach of tlio rain an.I the
. i tornado. Suddenly came a glaring flash,
: and almost at tlie same instant a terrific
I crftdi of thunder, which lighted up the dark
' . heavens like a blazing furnace, and shook
the ground like an earthquake. Ella clap!
ped Iter ears in her hands,and ran screaming
and frightened into the house, imploring
r Tom to follow. Uut Tom stood his ground
", i until he was satisfied with his invesliga:
tion of electric phenomena; and going into
the house, with a miniature Napoleon air,
1 said to his sister: "Afore I would he afraid,
Eih.! 'T wouldn't sc.- re me if I was up
1 . whe'O they ate a shoot n* ot Yin!''
Our minister and his ntt tirs come, of
( course, next to our own, auJ we itcasu:6
up little Willie's say ing?. Dear little fel?
' | low! he is a great pet with its all, being the
only one. As you have no douht learned
hy this time that tiio last winter was very
t cold, it needs not to say that Willie
I though; so too. Uuhbing his hands before
1 the fire one evening, w hile his mother was
preparing him for bed, lie inquired very
1 , gravels: "Mother. <io you think (?od 'gels
| out' much iT is cold weather?"
' An Intercstino Srouv.?''Shon, mine
Shon." said a worthy tie; man father to his
heir of le i years, whom he had ovetheaid
' | using profane language. "Shon. mine
I Shon!?came here, an' I vill deli you von
little stories. Now, mine Slum, shall it bo
a drue story, or a makes pelicvef"
' -Oh, a tiue story, of course!" answered
John.
' Kerty veil don. Dare ras once a goot,
nic- ol I sht-ntleinan, (shoost like me,) and
he had ' m dirty iiddle l?oy. (shoost like
\oii.) Ainlt von rlay lie heard him shwear
ing like a young tillian as he vas. So he
vi-nt to dear winkle (corner) andt dook out
a cowhides, (shoost as I am toing now) and
lie <l ?i.k t.-r dirty liddlo pUekgu.ird by de
collar, (dis vay. you see!) and voloped him
>lo ost so! And den, milio tear Shon, ho
bull liis ears, dis way, and tuntuk his face,
dat way, an'dell him to go mitout his supper,
slioust as you vili do this efeiiing."
The Petersburg Intelliycncer, in remarking
upor the condition of the wheat crop
, in Virginia, which it savs is highly favora
, ble, tints speak- of the elf -eta ot guano upon
the soil whe":v?-r it is used:
"1 he h? neHcial influence of this spl.mM
did fertilizer upon the lands of Eastern \ irginiii
cannot he over estimated. It acts
| like a charm. Wherever it is applied its
! presence and agency ate strikingly visible
in the Mipeiiot growth and more vigorous
! appearance of tlie plant*. Wo have heetl
iis|<inislie)l to see the rlitlerence helwoen a
hieadth of wheat or oats thus manure I and
; ?>lie th it is iu>t. The linos of separation
ran be traced as di?imc'iv -is i{ they were
I rule I upon paper. 11?-Ie;i?I of making two
I Mailt*.* where only one grew l??-f- *
i jus agrieuliui al movement whieh I)<an
: Swill thought infinitely more ser\ieeahle to
; the tvmhl than o!I the exploits of all the
: politician* in it put together?guano makes
j a dozen Made* grow finely where scarcely
i ojiO would take io<>l In foil'."
Tiik Kotroit Toasikd.?At a printers'
festival at llos'oti a *hoit time sinco the
following capital toast was tluruk:
The Kihtor?The man who is expected
to know even thing, tell all that he knows
I ami guess at the rest; to make oath to his
own good character, establish the reput i
lion of Ins neighbors, ami elect all candidates
to oll'ice; to Mow it|? vertbody, *uii
l evert bodv ami reform the tint Id; to live lor
I *
tlio bent-til of otoers, nn?l lime ilio epitaph
j on liis torn It stone? 'Hero lies his last." In
short, lie i> a locomotive mulling on the
: track of publio notoriety ? his lever is his
| pen, his boiler is tilled with ink, his tender is
I his scissors, and his driving wheel is publio
1 opinion?whenever ho explodes it is caused
l?y non payment of subscription.
A cotemporary ants it is calculated that
tl.o cleigy cost the United States six roil*
; lions of dollars annually, the criminals
1 nineteen, the lawyers thirty-five, tobacco
1 forty, and iinn ovei one hundred millions.
The Two-Thirds Rule,
The Albany Argus shows by the record
that this just and salutary rule has been the
f uniform practice of the party froin the very
commencement of National Democratic ^
Conventions. Iu 1832, the voice of the
Democracy was unanimous for the reelec- |
' tion of Gen. Jackson as President, but
! there was a diversity of opinion as to the
, Vice Presidency. Accordingly, upon the
recommendation of the Democialic meui- j
; hers of the Now Hampshire Legislature, s
: the Jlrst Democratic National Convention t"
| was held at Baltimore on the 21st dnv of li
, May, 1832. Gen. Kobert Lucas, of Ohio, ( 1
piosided, and the Vico Presidents were Pe- j 'j
/ tor V. Daniel, of Virginia, James Fanner, ! j
'of Khodo Island, Juhn M. Darkley, of. t
! Pennsylvania, and A. S. Cinylou, of Geor- |
i gia; ami the Secretaries were John A. Dix, ,
! of New V(?rk, Stacy G. Potts, of New Jer- !
sey, an J Robert J. Ward, of Kentucky. ' i
It was in this first National Convention ,
that the famous tico thirds vote, which has
exercised such nil important influence i
| upon the fortunes of several prominent
1 statesmen, was adopted. It was reported i
to the Convention by the committee on
rules, of which Hon. William U. King, of
I Alabama, elected Vico President on the '
I ticket with President Pierce in 1852, was
: chairman. A motion to amend, by sub'
siituling a majority rule, was voted down,
ami the two thirds rule, as leportcd, was
j adopted. It reads as follows:
tk Jit solved, That each Stale he entitled, in 1
the nomination to be made of a candidate [
for the Vice Presidency, to a number of
votes equal to the nuinher to which they I
; will be entitled in the Electoral Collego J
j under the new apportionment, in voting for
the President ami Vice President; and that
thirds ?f votes in
(he Convention ahull be necessary ?v f'
lute a choice.
Twentv three States wore renresenled in
litis Convention. Oss tho fiisi ballot Cut
Vico President, Mr. Van Buren received
208 vo.oa, 1'. P. Barootir, ofrVirginia, 49
votes, ami K. M. Johnson, of Kentucky,
' 20 voles. Mr. Van Buren having more
j than two-thirds, was of course nominated,
' and afterwards the nomination was, l?v <
, resolution, made unanimous. No formal u
j nomination of Gen. Jackson was made by t
the Convention, hut a resolution was adopt- , *
ed, recognising him as already the candi- j c
date, and "cordially concurring in tho re- f
pealed nominations which he had received 1 i
from various parts of the Union."
Thus, *aj-s tlio Argu?, was inaugurated j'
1 a new parly organization, which, from its J
success on that occasion, has since not only j
been adhered to by the Democratic party, j |
but copied by its opponent", (with tho ex- i 1
ception of the time honored and vital two- ' '
thirds rule, which the Democracy will ttev!
or abandon.) and w hich has exerted and ?
j continues to exert an important, not to j j
i say controlling, intliienco upon the fortunes
' of parties, ami upon the political character "
j istics of tlits country. Doubtless it has hail j
its abuses and evils, which have sometimes j
caused it to be dciidcd, but whether any
heller mode ot concentrating the action of : |
those who entertain cougenihl political I ,
views can be de\ ised, is at least problem |
atical. It is much easier to condemn ths
, convention system than to devise a substi- ;
. lute which will not he more ohj -ction ihlo.
Concert of action, between those entertain- *
ing similar political opinion", must bo had, t
: if thov look lo c.iirvinir tin in into practical i i
effect i:i llic administration of the g >vetn i I
tnent, and whether this can bo secured in 4
, any other mode of representation than tlial '
now adopted, i- a question yet In !h? a >!v.-d.
In the main, the Democratic pmtv li ?ve I t
I ail reason to be satisfied with the cflij ? ? * '
cy and success which tlio Convention sy>
Loin has given to it and i'.s piiuciplcs, aid
it will not hastily cu: loose from it, nor nn- 1
j til 301110 equally efficient and less exceptionable
mod ' of imparting coMCciilral'oti ;
and point to its cneigios can devised.
[/{ichmond Enquirer.
Channing say*. in Ono of his w >rk\ thai '
ministers who deal in ?t in tcirors, who
preach doctrines which ought to make
their flesh creep, atul to tmn their eyes
i into fountains of tears, nio not generally i
distinguished by their spare forms and
haggard countenances. Thoy take the
1 w -rid as easily as people of a milder creed; j
and this does not show that they want
sincerity or benevolence. It only shows
how superficially inen may believe in doc
! triiies which yet lliey would shudder to re- r
liiupiisli. It show show little tlio import
of language which is thundered front the v
lip- is comprehended and felt. Wo should u
not set down as hnrd hearted a man whoso ; c
appetite should be imjuovod by preaching
a semi' n full of images and threatening*
of "a bolloinless hell." Tire best meals are
sometimes made after such effusions. This J'
is only ait example of the numerous con- ,,
: Iradiciions of human life. 5
A Ci'iitof s Case.?About a year and a
half ago a widow lady by the name of! Sin
t residing 011 Suffolk street, in tins
city, drank sumo water from n spring til 1
tin? >o i shore, and as >ho supposed swallow- 1
I a small eel. Since tlicn she lias been
gradually galling out of health, and at
length her illness became so severe and f,,
alarming that Iter life was thought to be in '
gre it danger. No medicine or physician 1
could give her relief till last week. l>r.
Ii?iri K>ti iieing calletl tn, gave her a P'jilull |
that on Saturday morning relieved her of a
live eel a (out in length. 'I ho eel has been
piescrved in spirits, an*l is decidedly an
ugly looking customer. The la 1*, is great* >
li relieved, but thinks there is another of
tlio "varmints" left behind.?Lowell Sews. ;
?
To read tlio Uiblc through every year !
? riming January, read Genesis and Kxo- t<
j dii?; Kebruarv, read t<* 10th Deuteronomy;
March, to 18th of 1-t Samuel; April, to
I5lh of 2*1 Kings; May to ,*>ili Xelicmiah;
Juno, to 100th Psalm; July, to 50lh of
Isuiah; August, to 20?li of Kzokicl; Septotni*er,
to tlio en?l of tho Old Testament; Oc* <n
tolier to ifix* end ?>f Luke; November, to the , r*
en*l of 1st ('oiiuthians; December, to the
end of tho New Testament?about sixty- j
' five or seventy five pages per month, or '
I about two pages for every week day nnd
four pages for every Sunday. Not so f*?r'
midable an undertaking as is cotnmoulv
I imagined.
I Hp \\Hwin's SinppiVD -TIia (?Armnn
Qunrterly Magazine has an article on ihc
world's marine, from which it appears
thai llio waters of tlio earth are navigated
, !>v 145,000 vessels, of 12.904,087 tons, 1
I ho 1' nited States have 5,500,000 tons ol
shipping, Great Britain 5.000,000, Germany,
including Austria, 1,000,000, art-1
i France enly 710,130 tons.
8. f. itaiv,
JYewberry Court 'Mouse,
Importer and Dealer 3E
N HARDWARE, FA/NTS, OILS, WIN- |*
DOW OLASS. GROCERIES QENER- *
ALLY, DRY GOODS, HATS,
SHOES, AND CLOTHING,
$V , fC., +C.
AND
If OYER OF COTTON
AND OTHER COUNTRY FRODUCE,
in* now iu tore one of thu largest, and most varied 1
lock ofG'Mxl* iu Soullt Carolina, utnl is prepared { J1*
? oilVr to his numerous friends and "" ra, Inibernl
inducements which cut mot fail to prove to j
heir interest. I nn? always in the market for tbe "*
.urohssu of COTTON and COUNTRY I'RO
,)UCE generally, and planters will lind it general- J!*'
v to their interest, by calling on nie before making |j?
heir arrangements elsewhere. * '
8.T.A0NBW, ;
Importer ol English Hardware.
Oct. 18 _35 _ If
X. W SYTIIKWOOO. WM. >1. SMITU J
BYTHEWOOD & SMITH, u,j
Brokers, Auction and Commission
MERCHANTS, 1
FOR THE SALE OK 811
heal estate. negroes, cotton,
flour, grain,
AMI A I.I. MANNER OF
froduce and merchandise, ik
204 exchange: row, uicuardson sthket, CI
Oolumfola, St. O.
HEFEBESCE8.
Stcnhoose Allen & C?. j Charlrtton
\\ it'ic ? (?i?oo\t?nf )
.I,dm A .Cr .wG.rd, j Columbia, S. C
Rielmrd Anderson, \ '
Hrawlcy Si Alexander, Chester C. II.
Col. S. N. El owe, Yoi kville, S. C.
Springs A; McUnd, Charlotte, N. C.
Michael Rrown, Salisbury, N. C.
R. C Cteike, Concord N. C. ?W
Dr. W. R. lloll, la-xington, t?. C. er'
Whitfield Walker, Newberry, S. C.
O O
* ~ ^. w.
V OI V" IS,
(rower, Cox Si Ma-kley. Greenville, S ?.
Jno. Kyle, Laurcts, S. t*.
K-b 2! 52 3m
"S. W. GIL LILAND7 ?,
general commssion agent. i
NEWHERRY, S. C. j
v ccnurTPin i v . ? i.:- - ? ? - -?? ' *
uvi I i ki. I'UVH 5 HT?ICC> 1U nil
those who trnJc at Newberry.as their Geucrnl
' >mmission Agent, lor the disposal of their Cotton S
ti l Oltirr produce. W ill give in* ikthmisI niicn- 1
ion to Koceivbig, Selling. Storing or Shipping of ; tu
J itlnn and ull kinds 01" produce intrusted to his p
are. I
Having madenrranfoments with differi nt IIou- tn
cs, he is now prepared to make liOrral advances'?'
>n C?>tton slupp? >t t>> Charleston.
Will also pay ilic highest market cash prices on ' (>n
Iclivery fur all tli? Wheat, Flour, Corn and other
>r>x!ueo that can he brought to this market f??r 5
ale. . *'
An experie nce of several years LutiixMat this
ilaee, in all its various forms, induce* him t>>beli?ve 110
hat he can promote the interest <?f planters, and
i>>p< ? l>v prompt attention to merit a liberal share
>f patronage. Charge* f>>r selling or shipping j Wl
3ott>>n 23 cents per bale, all other tranaautiors in |
iceurdancc with custom. The hist of references j CD
jiven. vc
I'ntil the first of January next he may be found ! ?'1
ilmut the Store Ivoom formerly occupied by Mxssrs. ""
i\ . (1. iV J. F. Civil.
Nov 15 30 if
ODD FELLOWS' SCHOOL. II
ON Monday next, agrcuubly t>> notice, the Odd
Fellows will open tbeir SCI l? >Ol. in tfie Old
Male \ca>le >>y, mid. r the eontiol ol DAN ID 11. I
D'VCAN, A B. .
.Mr. Dun?.in is a en of Professor Duncan, of W
A'.ifT.rJ Ci>llegc, and a graduate o! Randolph
i I neon College, V.rginin. II s lestimouials of
eholnrrhip nnd moral ehnract> r are lull and w?'.s.iet>>ry.
Ill starting an eulcrp i*r of th kind l>v '
he l?>?lgr, it is in !>a?,l gratifying that one so ll.o>nigh!y
prepared for the o!lie> <>l tcaelirr as Mr. '1*1
i>Ulle.?ll lias l?*e I "elected illld CoUsetlls to t?k. V
barge > f the sebo .l. | 1
T >> ostahl ?h -d ra*>-* >>f tuition have hefttutors
x. I.i i I lu.iuy li'tni the a Ivniilag'< of e.lu. atien. ta
Willi a view l<> l> neiil ?Ocll. nn 1 nil who may -
iva I theiii".dves of the fn ihiii ? of a ehrrp and
borough e.lue iti ni. xve appc.nl ilie following table .
>f charge*, so reduee.l as to make if ara lab!.-.
Primary 11 p .rtuicnt?inclining Spell?w.
Ke . ling. W t iling, Am!mi. t e, an I Pi i
nitry 1 |?er .-"<ui .f live
month* jO.i'O
3>vo!i I n: ? l'li.. Grammar,
Algebra, and all the higher brno-h* J?|
< i? of Engl xli education, per I'-rtn of five
mnnlii), w .th a cont.nuu .on of any of the
prc?cnuinoriitod studies .......... S lift
rirr.l I l('|>:ir:in> ti>?Ciar* c*, with n i < view
of any ol the pre* ous vlndi* s, per
term of live months 1 1.00 i U
Joittiugriu fee, per term J 00 '
THOS. o 1\ VERNON,
Chairman Ro.iiJ Tru?tccs. ,c''
Jan 10 40 JaB
Fisk'sPatent Burial Cases!
PI! li mlmcrlbfr it* agent fortliesale of t'ISh'S
1 I'ATKXT ni'U/Af, C.1SE6'?Cloth-coitod
or liron/. .1?in wlii It a bixly can be kept cr
ransported any distance, will.out d.njrr from tlcoinpi
sitioti or vermin.
Cabinet Making.
HE is also n CABINET MAKER, and prcared
to furnish New Cntuiut Ware at ?li?it mo- r|
co, and also to repair old furniture on re.-isouablc 1
rms. and solicits a call at li.s rooms on Maib-et., ' try
partmburg, below the Court House. Bt
A 'so i fine nssottment of PARLOR CHAIRS, opj
in>tuittlr on hand. ; use
Sept So 31 if S. V. GENTRY. 8o!
K.lll I REWARD. ;
[AN ILL pay the above reward to any one who
will lodge my negro mam H A MP in the .Tail ^'ll
I Spartanburg or Piiioii. Said Riy ha# been ah- *
nt from my plantation n?ir three jenrs. He
>rmi-rly belonged t j Sarah Burnett. ofSpnrtanburg 1
h-triot. He s well set, about forty years old, 5 feet }
0 inches high, blind in one eve and a blacksmith '
v ir ile. ROBERT BEATY". , Ch
Culdrt Uni. o District, Dec. 20 14 if,
MUSIC! g
\VERY large selection of I lie .. j troi
beat and latest improved 1' I - *fiT
1 N OS of all kindsenn be had nt II W il II i j
RAMSAY'S ia'?
AN ? FORTH AND MUSIC STORE, Ni"
COLUMBIA, S C. mv
He invites a special examination of the late pa
ncd improvement sin llallet, Davis Co's.cele
rated Pianos. Every piano is guarantied.
.1 unc 08 18 !y j J
Commissioner's Notice.
^ Lh Guardians, Trustees, Receiving Com- j
? >11.Ill r* I I I IM.1H IIUV'lori7"0 t?> IllJtKP .
iim il return*. .-ire hcrcSy not i tied to make up and
i?.>rt the'r ntintuil account* to mo < n or l?y lit*
rat o( M.troh iitxt. Tito item* of rtpi nill\urr "
lift So vouched. Rub-a will ho iwsu, i jtjjn nat all !
Multem. TIIO. O. P. VKRNOX, c. n. a. D. ' 4t (
Coinr'a Oftio#, dan. 3 43 tf. j p,.-H
It! I). O W E NI
TAILOR, *
M AS HETI'RNKh TO SPARTANBURG, I?o
WIIEftK IIK I.XTKMDa TO tail
LOO AT i; I'EUMANKNTLY.
| To m fond ;it No * lit1 k ,
I 1 mi ('litiroli utriol. whip' ho 1 b* \ctv j
*PPy '? *oe liia old friend a, and ready ^
TO Sf.ltVIt rtlEM CHEAP FOR CAMI.
Nov 1 tf
BAMKI
FOR S \T/F AT TTTI^ OFFICE
v -'* -a. 4
-f lint;. -J
f "iSwi .'. *<**? f'? * r j
A. H.KIRBY,
xo. a ..-'" J:
IRIOK. zuwaxi,
} NOW RECEIVING AND OPENING
11LS 8TOCK OF
spi&ias &m m&wm
goods,
CONSISTING OF
Frtncb Clotlw, CaaiiitctM, an?* Drop d'Kte,
bun Cloth*, Black Satin and MiirmiRt-* Vm>
^ Linen Coating, llury Twill, d aud Hack
t?en. Kurrges and Tihuih, Printed Organdie*,
>m and Jaconet Muslin*.
Fine Ginghams, French, Amorie in p jS Eng*
Print*, Fine Black and colored Silk MantH,
all of tka bitcst atria and frcali from New
>rk.
L?dic* ind Gentlemen'* Colored Silk, Kid and
rend Glove*, lloaicry, Ac.
a Lao
Indies' Grnaa and Corded Skirt*.
Illjck aud Colored Silk Giogliam Paraaol* and ^
librettos. \
fancy Paper. Feather, nnd Palm-leaf Fan*.
Iriali Linens, Linen Cnmhric Pocket lldkf*.
Ilo'lnud*, Drown nnd Bleached Shirting and
cctinga.
Fashionable Summer
Hate, BooIm and ^hoci.
roa ucaTLCMCN and mora.
Binck and Colore.! Kid Top Gaiter* and
Hitees of various kinds for Ladies, M.mc* and
lildren.
FASHIONABLE BONNETSk
Ribbons of rarions style*.
Drees Triinniirjr?. ?&o. &e.
CUTLER?
o-noosm ma.
? . .1 - ?-p
OlawKWtire, &c.
All of which will be sold on the inust reasonie
term* for (J.?h or to pr mpt-paying custom
A|?ril 3 6 ?f
SPARTANBURG'S
iPr.T2rr,,,,''5 "in"
lrul Hlu iiu g i i :i LL.
THE NEW MEDICINAL,
RIG AND (IIMICAL STOBE, j
6 LOCATED IN SPARTANBCRO OPPOSITE
THE COURT HOUSE.
HUE subscribers respectful y en IT the attention
L ol tin' cititi'Ul o( Spartanburg, and of the
jacrtii dit'trrtf. t? tl?cir NEW DRUG AND
I1EMICAL STORE, located in the village of
Ull'tailLurW. ?h.-re will ?;C s iVii
pply of
RESII AND GENUINE MEDICINES,
bracing marly every article usually kept in Drug
re*.
Mr. IIF.NRY E. 1IEINIT 11 will have the
tire management of the-store, and ail PHARACEtTICAL
PR ERA RATION will be made
liinm-K, or under li a immediate supervisisn.
is gives to tl e community the assurance that
articles from their store nre g? nunc, and in
cordaocc n ith the pi escribed rules ol tbo U. 8.
larmanip, it.
Titer desire also Instate that their connection
th "the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL .
RUG EST A P. LIS II .WENT at Columbia wilt
able them to receive and supply large orders at
ry low prices. Physieinns. Planters and M*P
ants, will do well to exit r.nd examine the stock
J prices, and jungo for tl;rms< !vrs.
TIIEIR STOCK WILL CONSIST OF
IDRTJGhS,
[EDICINES <fc CHEMICALS,
DYE WOODS, AND DYE-STPPFS.
LS PAINTS 6i PAINTERS* ARTICLES,
V A R NISIIES,
'indow Glass and Patty, Glassware
FRKNCII. ENGLISH
T. -r. Aiiscsc.'sam
INK TOILET AND SHAVING SOArs,
KINK It AIR AND
if>TH BRUSHES, TAINT BRUSHES,
SURGICAL A.CD DENTAL
INSTRUMENTS,
KU3SS2S3 & i?5'U?
o F A LL KINDS,
*i"ICLS. SNUFFS, MAM FAC'U'RED
TOBACCO.
All the Patent cr Proprietai v
MEDICINES OF THE DAYSuperior
Inlia,
L'UE WINES AND BRANDIES FOR
Mi'TitrtNAi. rt nrosr.s.
1 , A J^DJlETII'g
CEREBRATED GARDEN FEEDS.
CHOICE TOILET AND
A X C V A 11 T ICLEb.
W'o make our |>ar(liAMf fir rash, and offir
?>-i? equally as low as they cau be i-btauud from
y simitar establishment in tlu* K-rtim.
Warranted to be Freeh, I'ure and Genuine.
Orders from the eountry promptly filhd, .-.lid
it.icl.oD guarau'.ecd, with regard both to pni#
FISHKU ?fc IlElMTSn.
I'linnnacoiliili and Dispensing Chemists.
.L.n a 45 if
rooks: rooks::
"MIK subsoribt rtnM s this method to inform th..
citizens of'the Village and surrounding conn,
that lie is now ro firing a good stock o| NKW
>OKS. at bis llook Store, No. 6, Main sirvef,
losile th?' Court House, such as arc generally
J in Colleges, Academies und common English
ools. A large variety of
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
bracing HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL,
X) LOGICAL. MKC1IANICAL, Poetical and
isicnl works, of various size* and price*.
v>me light rending (in the way of Novels )?
'Til HALL. Fannv Fern'* writings; TOM
NFS' COI'KTfillll', Ac. Ae.
ItLAXK BOOKS. A number of H Y M N
H)KS, used by the different denominations of
ristians, together with n large assortment ol
MILY BIBLES,
res from 00 to ?10 00; small BIBLES, froni
cents to $1,50 and $2.00; TESTAMENTS
in fifteen cents to ?1.00. I'll A YKK BOOKS4
rat.ous prices.
Mao a variety of small religious books, toy books
1 Primers.
V good lot of Foolscap, letter. Commercial and
ite Paper. Envelopes from common to the tines,
lr*.
Black, Blur and Red Ink,
: o
NEW MUSIC FOR THE PIANO.
Iletwcen 500 and 1,(?00 new pieces for ike Pi
i, from the best compters, the greatest variety
r offered in the up-country, (We hope thela*
will call ind supply themselves.)
I nave made permanent arrangement* with sev
I lnrpe Book IIoumi ia Philadelphia and New
>rk, t" exchange my Music Work?the
SOUTHERN HARMONY,
CASH PllICK, lor their Hook?, Av , at eash
re?,nctt. 1 will. therefore, be able to ?ell Hook?
i Stationery lower than they have ever been ?eld
^p.-vrl;tnburjr! and n? I do? re to do nn entire
h i n?tne*?. if the people will call with their mor,
I think they wlilbe satisfied that they can bu,
oka, Ac., font me. a? cheap aa they can (at r?)in
Columbia or Charleston.
grjrCALL AND SEE
WILLIAM WALKKR, A 8 II
ars chool teacher? supplied on liberal term?.
1* S If nnv person should esll for n Bo?h or
oka. that I hnve not cot, I will immediately or
them if they desire it.
N P TV> New Edition of the Foi Tttrsi* Haatr,
kept conttnntly on hand, wlolowle and P?I.
at the CASH RCOK STOF F
Mae n 15
i