The Little One.
There i; a darkened chamber in the
house. Over Ike windows of that room
the thick curtains sweep downward heavi?
ly, and the sunshine and the daylighl are
excluded. Soft voices^ninglo in gentle
eaudenccs there, and solle vi* ot-fitlkaer >ss
the covered floor. There aro no loud
tones. ;:?.) harsh'sotmd. Ahushund a haloi
rest there, iike thesofi druopiugof an an?
gel's wing. Close pressed to a heart
awakened to "a new fount'of joy it never
knew or dreamed of before, lies a little
babe. Only the young mother feels the
blc: sing and the responsibility of the prc
C'ious boon; and in the shadowy room she
lies and thinks of the little God-gift on
her bosom; ofthe world untried, the path
cuitrod, which lie before the portal of life
it has just crossed. Tears of love and
i'ecliug rain down upon the little brow. as
she thinks in what way is the world to
try this pure young spirit, and wli *
baud will safest guidc.il over that untrod?
den way! Tho twilight come??. aud the
stars shine out, and a benediction and a
prayer sway like heavenly pinions over
tho gently pillowed head of the new born;
while through the house a hew light
shiues, and manhood's brow grows bright?
er, and woman's ovo grows softer, and
under the roof-tree of home they "rejoice
with exceeding great joy," for a little one
is there.
?Spring has conic, and tho babe, a bright
?nd pretty prattler now, is out among the
flowers, "ho eye of affection watches
him anxiously, for the lily, disputes posses?
sion with the rose on that fair cheek, and
the blue eyes, soft as a dow-ladcn violet,
is lifted often to the fur-off skies, as if it
know its home was there. Slightly the
little feet patter upon the stain?, sweetly
the littlo voice sings through tho house,
and the mother's heart melts with tearful
delight in listening to it. Out on the turf
the father lios down in the shade of the
summer sunset, aud like a child himself
. plays with his babe, and clasping his trea?
sure to his manly breast, feels his eye
giwanoist with the dow of affection, and
tliaoikfulness to God for his glorious gift.
******
Again there is a darkened chamber in
tho house. The windows arc more deep?
ly shaded ; the footfalls aro soft; the voices
are subdued aud sad. The little one is ill.
Quietly upon his littlo couch he lies and
suffers. The sweet lips utter no moan;
the gentle features evince no pain; and it
seems as though angels soothed him into
silence. Again the twilight comes; again
the stars shino out; but tLu?C is no joy
now in tho house, abd the prayers of
tfr"?u1?s^?+4-^^ to supplications
for mercy, to pleading at the throne of
grace to spare tho loved ono yet a Hille
wiiilc.
'Morning dawns, and there is a coJiiu in
the house. .A littlo narrow box, not two
feet long! Robed in white, with flowers
among his golden hair, and waxen hands
folded over the heart that is still forever,
lies the dead babe. Jlow they tell of
earthly love aud tho frailty of earthly
things! Howthcy tell of hollow human
hopes and the mockery of mortal lru:>i!
In the very room where he was born, they
close-the coffin lid and yield him back,
dust to dust-Jearth lo earth, ashes to ashes.
Days and months roll away. Time, the
consoler, has laid a healing hand upon the
broken hearts of those who loved the
child, and they have learned tho great
lesson the babe was sent to teach. The
tendrils of the young vine, though faded;
still retain their clinging hold upon their
memory and their love; but oat in the
green graveyard stands a pure white
monument, never forgotten, and never
passed by without a tear, which points its
pale linger to the blue skies, and whispers,
"Lay tip for yourselves treasures in
Heaven."
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All Co .yards in the Dark.
An American medical gentleman, who
some years since visited Paris under cir?
cumstances favorable to his admission to
a c ircle of tho survivors and supporters of
" The Empire," tells a capital story, as he
heard it related by the celebrated Genend
Excelmaus, oneof-Srapolcon's "Paladins."
It was at a dinner party, composed of
some of the survivors of Waterloo, u few
of their younger relatives, and the scion
of an ex-king on a visit from his home in
America, and to whom tho gentleman
owed his introduction to the circle wo
liavo mentioned. Somo question arose
about bravery, when tho younger mem?
bers of the company were electrified to
hear the venerable and heroic Exeelmaus
gravely and seriously declare: "3Ion are
tili cowards in the dark!"
The General smiled at their expression
of dissent; remarked that iL was "very
like youth; and proceeded to relate the
following anecdote, iu support of his
strange declaration:
There was a young hot-head in the Em?
peror's -vrvice. who, burning for action,
and Iiis duties for tho time affording no
opportunity, at last resolved to light a
dud; accordingly, choosing to construe
somo remark or other of an older and su?
perior officer into an insult, ho challenged
him. The oh! soldier, waiving ail con?
siderations of rank, agreed to meet the
young man, button the following unusual
tern:-,: Tho timo should be night; the
place a room; in opposite corucrsof which
they were to stand.- Theseconds, having
placed their men, wero to withdraw out?
side of the door, taking the candle with,
them. Tho word should bo given from
without, when bo who i::?<i the first lire
should discharge his weapon, uiui the se?
conds having the light should immediately
rush in.
These straugo conditions were accepted;
ihc linic arrived; and l!ie seconds placed
the parlies aa agreed ?ij ??::, withdrawing
immediately, and leaving their men in the
dark-.
The word was given ; the fire was heard;
tho door /was reopened; and there stood
the cider of the two holt upright in the
corner, his adversary's ball huving'cutercd
ihc wall so close to hi" head that Iiis es?
cape seemed little less than miraculous.
Ii was now the old soldier's turn to fire.
Thev wore again lefl iu the dark; the
word was again given from the outside;
ami. instantaneously with the discharge,
the seconds rushed in to find the chal?
lenger prostrate upon the floor, not yet
havlug recovered himself from his trick
i(/ avoid tho hull, which, an examin?
ation, iL was found must have killed him!
The young man was covered with on
fusion, and the seconds were overwhelm?
ing him with the expression of their scorn,
when Ihc veteran stopped them.
;-Xot so fast! tmt bo fast! my young
friends," said he, "you will live lo grow
wiser. Where do you suppose I was at
the first fire? On my hands and knees in
the corner! but I was up quicker than he.
Ah! Messieurs, say what wo will?boast
as we may?wo are all cowards in the
dark!"
U was afterward ascertained that the
story was an actual fact, and that the elder
of the parlies was nootherthan the brave
warrior Excehnans himself.
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Tcutli and the World's Destiny.
Tin.- childhood of the world is to control
the destiny of the world. The ten millions
of the youth of the hind are to decide its
character, for weal or for woe, either up?
ward or downward. As surely as the sun
hastes in its strength lo the zenith, so
surely will the world'syouth course up to
power, speedily occupy Hie inheritance of
the present generation, and impress upon
America and the world their own individ?
uality of honor or of shame. Who shall
I prevent this young man. of icrvid intellect
and untiring energy, from making his
mark in life, and from .standing, instead
of before kings, a very kin^ himself before
the people? Who shall hinder thin edu?
cated daughter, if trained to the life of
ball-rooms and theatres, from shadowing
the light of heaven from her own soul and
the souls of her companions ? If tho tree
lies as it falls, so ordinarily does life go
on as it begins, inilucutially and irreversi?
bly.
.Now, a large proportion of these youth
are educated youth. Their minds have
been trained to knowledge, and discip?
lined by its acquisitions. There are the
three or four millions of common school
scholars throughout the land, the hundreds
of thousands in academics and tho tens of
thousands in colleges. These :uo a strong
host, fighting their way for tho kingdom
of this world. They leave more than rip?
ples upon the surface of sock ty ; tin y uro
the mighty waves whose power gains vic?
tory in tho mysteries of the deep and
dashes up defiance upon the land.
It may he affirmed that it is character?
istic of the ago to respect the claims of
youth, to honor it as a poworamong man?
kind, and to give it increasing importance
in the affairs of the world. The recruit?
ing officer has his standard of height and
enrols or rejects according to the degree
I of personal stature. Feet and inches go
to make the soldier. But in oar day.
youth, influential by activity, becomes
self-enrolled for positions of ascendency.
Youth is relatively more prominent than
in the old times; and in tho future it will
bo. perhaps, in (his country, more so still.
Under these cii cunistuncos of present and
increasing influence in all the affairs of life,
what momentous interests are wrapped
up iu the character of our young men and
maidens, and especially of those whose
education is qualifying them for the high?
est private and public stations! IVay.
brethren, pray to God for his Spirit to
rest upon them! They arc t?> influence
the destiny of the world.?JJ'iinc and Fur.
Record.
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What i> Lincoln V?As a specimen of Lincoln's
conservatism, wo give below a comprehensive reso?
lution adopted at ihc first republican State conven?
tion ever held iu tho Slate of Illinois. That body
convened nt Springfield on (ho ?lh of October,
1S51. It was called for the especial purpose of
organizing a new party and repudiating all former
attachments. The committee on resolutions, ap?
pointed by the Convention, u-as composed of Abra?
ham Lincoln, J. I'uriisworth, and Ichabod (.'adding.
The resolutions reported by the committee were
unanimously adopted .by the convention, and
among them was the following:
JicMlvnl, Tin; the times imperatively demand
the rcorganiz it ion ??i \ anies, ai.d ;? Hating
previous party'attachments, names and predilec?
tions, we unite ourselves together in defence of
tbe iibcrty und Constitution of the country, and
wdl hereafter co-operate as Ihc ripnlAictin party,
pledged to iL? accomplishment of the following
purposes: To bring .he adminislr.-.iion of gov?
ernment back to iL?. c?i,ttol ?f j-rsl principles : to
restore Nebraska and Kansaa to the position of
free Terr:;-;;-:.-; that ,!lc Cbnstif.ilion of the
United States vests in the States', and no! in Con?
gress, the power to legislate for the extradition of
fugitives from labor, lo repeal entirety abro?
gate the fugitive slave law; to restrict slaverv to
those States in which it exists; lo prohibit ih>? nd
mission of any more .d ive States in*fo the Union;
to abolish slavery iti ihc District id' Columbia; to
exclude slavery from all the Tereiiories over
which the general <..? vernmcnt has exclusive juris?
diction: and to arrest the acquirement of any
more Territory iinhvs iUo practice" of slavery
i therein forever shall have been prvhibhed
/'rum //<?? Wwkiuyivn ConxtilutMi.
Squatter Sovereignty Not Democracy.
Our-1.-- a system of constitutional governmenl, !
I und not tffniajoriticii-mcrely; l'ighls arc defined
and secured, and nut left to the caprice of arbitra?
ry popular will. In this stands tho bulwark of
what we correctly dcuominutc "self-govcrimioni ;
each ciliscu being heard on the subject of rights
itmi wrongs, in the Constitution itself", which !:?
thus :in expression of itmimmuitn consent upon the
fumla neiKal principles of the civil organisation of
society; and if the boundaries thus defined-be
transgressed by legislative action, the courts will
arrest the aberrations of the mere popular will.
In tin administration of ihe government, majori- j
lies rule, by agreement, as the organ of the whole -
body politic, according to a prescribed method, i
ami within assigned limits, ascertained and deter- I
mined in the organic instrument which defines
rights and wrong-. .Self-government, then, does
not refer so much to the remedy as to the right.
Tho right being secured, the remedy may be.im.ru
or less defective without impairing the establish?
ment tif the former. It was not for remedies, but
for right, that our ancestors fought.
Popular, or squatter sovereignly, ns the form is
used by Judge ltbuglas, sulwlilulea for this legal;
authority an arbitrary and irresponsible will, and
as such, is despotism of the most uumitigidcd
type, l'hiuslble in name, it E'ubvcria, in fact, eve?
ry elementary principle of self-government, de?
livering the minority over, a helpless prey to the
power of the majority. It is wholly deceptive, and
does not approach iu the ' remotest degree to the
standard of free principles adopted by the Ameri?
can people at the thresh hold of our national his?
tory. It is emphatically the opposite to sclf-gov
crnmont.
fn a frue popular government all must be heard,
that all may become parties lo tho organization.
This can only be effected by a constitution defining
rights and securing remedies above the control of
administrative bodies. If majorities may pro?
nounce adversely lo such rights, where will tho
minority find a voice? To vote or not to vote will
be to I hem "ctpially [valueless. .Moreover, without the
restraint of a constitutional instrument, the courts
ore estoppedJromTSntcrfcrcnco. If the legislative
will be the supreme law the judicial function can
be only lo administer it, according to the theory of
liic British judiciary, which is regarded by Black,
si one ns a mere representative of the executive
branch, instituted for flic purpose of administer?
ing the statutes enacted by the supreme legisla?
tive power. Thus, tho fundamental idea of (air
American judiciary, as an independent co-ordinalc
department iutho Organization of the (Jovernmcnl,
would be destroyed by the theory we arc opposing.
Hence, Judge Douglas's proposition to refer the
iptoclion on a territorial statute is fallacious, ex?
cept w the territorial legislature derive its author?
ity through Congress as a constitutional govcru
! ment. If there is no constitutional standard by
j which to measure territorial legislation, what
could a court do or say ? Nothing whatever, iis
I must bo clear Io every mind possoi>*ing the most
superficial knowledge of law. Why, then, docs he
projio.o referring the nutation on ?i territorial act,
independently of and separately from the validity
such act must derive from Congress? One ?.T two
reasons only can W given : as I lately said, in
reference to another and similar proposition of his,
cither he does not know*what ho says, or he says
whul he docs not believe.
What, let me ask, is tho standard by w'deh an
act of a territorial legislature is to he judged and
dclciuiiued? is it the act of organisation, or an
original sovereignty in (he people? If by the act
of organisation, then the supreme C< art lias adju?
dicated the present question iu the DredScott case.
If by the original sovereignly of I he people, (diu
idea, introduced by Judge Douglas in order Iu es?
cape the consequences of a gioiM and manifest er?
ror, requires apology,) then the decision of the
com: is a forcgSlio conclusion?-it is limited to ?
bare enunciation of the hi'eiitiou of theparair itmi
authority?a view more servile than that of (he
Kuglisb theory above noticed, inasmuch as ihe
British judge is supposed lo proclaim the will of
an org!' /.ed representative legislature, while the
At::...can court, under this supposition, would
merely be the mouthpiece of ihe majority of squa -
(era for the time being, without reference lo ihe
forms of organisation, lieeniise the force of the dic?
tum would re.-l upon "original sovereignly."' The
court;, of course, oh such a hypothesis, could Tiot
do more than register Ihe decree of the sqtiaii rr
sovereigns, as (he Parliaments of Paris, ituder (he
old trgim? reconletl the dixitaT Ihe Ki.:,.-. pr?
j mulgaicd, without appeal, iu a 'died of justice."
j The pretence (hat is iued to include superficial
thinkers, as if the court.-:, after all, could declare
against such iuhcrcul sovereignly and rcsir.tiii ju?
rist liution, is. on the supposition wc are consider?
ing, not- only absurd but iuipude.'U?a palpable
sclf-contra liclioii.
Undoubtedly there resides in the |.pic an orig?
inal, inherent sovereignly, bot it. oximn p:i riff
orui?.;i;/riiion?antecedent, to expression, Uiidiv
i tic natural law every mm. wuuki !? ? uijual to e".\ry
other man, liefore tillering into any ugr< ?. icat or
contract for the purpose of government. Bfu a
evcry indivhlual, ?I his birth, finds bin. \ If al?
ready :i member of civil society, in which rights
arc defined, and the means of remedy for their \i
olati .a provided, it- is not to such a .-opposed imw
siblu.condition of individual humanity that practi?
cal roll ticnl philosophy looks for the sourc s of
law; and if il were, our argument would be no
less conclusive. The Constitution is precisely the
expression of that agreement upon the subject of
right; and wrong which adjusts domestic institu?
tions, defines tire limitations of individual ii.de?
pendence, and ordains the method of legislating
for social improvement. I'ach mail's right and in.
tcrcH is iu conflict with llial of his folio v.-ciii?.cn,
except aa the regulations of civil society?that i-.
for ns, (be Const il ill iou and laws of the United
Slates and the Stale otherwise regulate, ncrmil,
and prohibit I he exercise of natural freedom. The
Kansas-Nebraska act (an act, be ii remembered, of
Congress) declares Ihe special exemption of ihose
Territories from fill lire control iu their internal
policy hy Congress, ??leaving them perfectly free
to regulate (heir domestic instiiuiions ::: ih> ];? ^vv.i
way:"?not absolutely, bui ??subject only to tin
Constitution of the United States." This pii.sjfh.ii
Hlusnrates Ihe above argtimctil, wiiij'i too
obvious (o !? iro been called in question, ye! which
has been systematically impugned by the v;!iok
Douglas faction.
The patriots of 1770 did not complain of the
form of government, but of ihe manner .if its ad?
ministration; of a disregard ..'.'iho rights of !*ng
lishiiieu: net, indeed, so clearly defined us those
of a:i American cilizuti, for the very dctiuifion is
an improvement due to our fathers in i he formal ion
! of our system; but as they were dcducible from !
the common law Magna Charta, i;c. In violation
of these vested rights the Briiish Crown and i'ar
linmcnt-*3hat. i.-> the imperial (egMiture?MU nrat ?
j ed to make "the legislative will the cril ?.???.:i of
rights as wcllasrume li'.-:, and for this sag i said
I thaihhould Ihcy succeed ??the sun of American
j liberty had sei:" in resistance to this they pledge1!
; '-their lives, rheir for!ones, and their s?ivrcl hon?!
i?fif." The ?av.ie id?.:u t. entiiilly. is tiow ought >?i
hu forced upon Ihc Slates und people of this coun?
try, under lb? specious disguise of n regard B>r
"popular sovereignly;" au idea, as wehave shown,
subversive of Ihc foundations of self-government,
whether philosophically or historically considered.
* w. c. r.
The Abolition t'Jol l't -.:?????
We extra';! (ho following from a letter lo the
Ilouslon Telegraph, from Dallas, giving further
particulars of the extensive Abolition plot discov*
ered there a few days ago, some account of which
Wc have already given:
The outhouses, granaries, oats and grain of Mr.
Crill Miller were destroyed a few days after the
destruction of Dallas. This led to the arrest of
some white men, whose innocence, however, was
proved beyond a doubt. Several negroes belong?
ing lo Mr. .Miller were taken up and examined,
and developments of the most startling character
elicited. ,\ plot to destroy the country was re?
vealed, and every circumstance, even to the mi
nutiio, detailed. Nearly, or quite a hundred ne?
groes have been arrested, and upon a close exami?
nation, separate and apart from each other, they
j deposed lo ihc existence of a plot or conspiracy lo
I iay waste ibe country by lire and assassination?
to impoverish the land by the destruction of the
I provisions, arms at::', ammunition, and then, when
i in a stale of helplessness, a general revolt of tho
j negroes was to begin on I tie lirst Monday in Au?
gust, the day of election for State officers. This
con-piracy is aided and abetted by Abolition em?
issaries from Ike North and by those iu our midst.
The details of the plot and its modus operandi
arc these: Each county in Northern Texas has a
i supervisor iu the person of a white man.jvhosc
j name is not given ; each county is laid olf into
j districts under the null-agents of this villain, who
[ control Ihc action or the negroes in the districts,
j by whom the firing was lo bo done. Many of our
.; most prominent citizens were singled out forassus
J sinalion whenever they made their escape from
I their burning homes. Negroes never before sus
i peeled, are implicated, and the insurrectionary
l movement.'is wide-spread io an extent truly alarm?
ing. In some place.- the plan was conceived in
every form shocking to thu'miud. and frightful in
its results. Poisoning was lo be added, the old
! females lo lie slaughtered along with the men, and
the young and hand omc women lo be parceled out
amongst these iu famous scoundrels. They had
even gone so far aa to designate their choice, and
j certain ladies had already been selected as the
l victims of these misguided monsters.
? Fortunately, the country has l>cc'.i save! from
the accomplishment of these horrors; bit! then, n
! fearful duly remains for us. The negroes have
j been incited io thee infernal proceedings by Ab
! oliiio.'iisls, and the cuiisarics of certain preachers
I who were expelled from this country las' year.?
j Their agents have been busy amongst us, and many
j of I hem have been in oar midst. Some of them
: have been identified, and have tied from the couu
'.??,?: others still remain, to receive a fearful ae
count ihtliiy from an outraged and inl'uri.ilcd pco
! pie. Nearly a hundred nogvotrs have tesiitied thai
i a hu ge rcinfcixxincnt of AbolitiotiiatH are expected
j on iiio i i ot' August, and these to be aided by
recruits from ilie__lndiiins, while the rangers lire
j several hundred miles to the north or us. *t wna
j desired lo destroy Dallas, in order I hat '.ho arms
i and ammunition of the artillery company r.tiglq
I Sisare the same fate.
(.'ur jail filled with these tilhviiis, many of
? whom will bo hung, atuH hr.l vcrj soon. A man
I Was found hi::;;r :ii our III ijjhli.iri.Jg City of K-i'.-t
Worth, Iwod.iyaago, believed Io be one of theae
I scoundrels who are engaged i.i si:::* work. We
: learn (Suit lie hud stored .;,v..y a number of fit!es,
' and the day ivfier h? eras bu::?, v. load of six
I shi-olera paa-ed on to him, but were intercepted.
! I to wr.;i betrayed by one of ihc icnii'. and Iieuce
: ii!; plum were thwarted. Many others v. ill share
j his fate.
; I have never w:fn?.?od si.eh liaies. We are
: niusl [?roi'iaaiMjV e.vciicd. . ?? armed day and
j night, asid know ?:? >i ??. hai w? Khali becillcd upon
i to do.
; Thj.ttf.lvetloJi News of the - !i fani- !ie.i fur
i iher jiariteidaiM.as follows:
j We le.-.ra froi.i a j:ei.:!f.-iii;tn, a re.-i.lont of t''.!lis
" county, v.!- ? lefi tVax::h.-.:c!iic on Monday his*..md
I arrived this morning, some fur!her details of ihc
, results of i It;* *di.-eovery of Ilie diabolical abolition
! plot, thai v.'.t i lo sweep over Northern T. with
I the incendiary's lore!: and i iitr terer's weapon.
In !i.t!!:r; and Mills counties, committees, eom
I po.-ed of lite caotcsl, sicadi-.'si and most respect able
' citizens, wero appointed, and were a! work ..tl I.-'
week investigating Ihc whole nlfair. No one bu!
I'lhosc immediately interested knows who compose
? the coli?in:.? ecs, too- where or when liiey or
j V.'imt ihey r.rw doing. Their ciiiei' oliieol is I ?-i ?
certain wtiai whiles uro ai the !? tit um >.'.' liie pb :.
j No one else interferes in ijio investigation.
! -Tn TT v. ' ???Ty Court !. . . .; ;. ..
Mil :?:i ? Kicusivo and well uilinaj; ?' s\ cm.
TJie j:-.-..--- ? coufo.-. -ion- made apart and ai
j great >': ?? -concur in i!ie loading points;
j and all over liie white tuen originated the pi it and
j directed ihcir movements.
TI.ey promised the negroes their liberty and
their maslers' good ', etc, and to lead llicnt t-i
Kansas; ihc negroes were told also thai the next
President ivutild be ;? Northern man, who would
free I hem all.
The negroes concern d iu tillis county were
principally of mature age. .ni l ihc e allowed by
their owners :i good deal of liberty. The young
ones were not allowed to participate in ilie ploi :
and Many were not InHed iu I lie secret at a!!.
Their id-.-, was lo burn all the sini-i ? win re arms
and ammunition were kepi : and on ? lection day -?
Ihc Olli of August, when ilie citizens wero away
from their farms and house.-!?the negroes were lo
rise, seize on all arms, and headed by their while
leader, lo atiack Ilm houses lure and liier?, mur?
der defenceless women, burn and destroy, and fi?
nally, it is presumed, march oil' im: body towards
Kansas.
! W.-ixalialchic was lo have been set tiro lo mi the
I ?:h;-.-i:,ii .'iv day D T..I-and so many other
! places vcre liretl : luit -mi accidental fire in tin'
I l.?wii, tiiai day. aroused ?he citizens, and ilie i..
./,-o app.d:i!i:d 1.1 ii. ? deed bee.-.me alart.ie>!. :.::?!
rleti. I.1.! wa-i to-have relume 1 an! r*?v ted ilie
' :::t. !r. i Sunday, !ia : u< i plo! been discov
; ered.
! Ni.(?vt.AMZiX.; I'.iis.'N.?A general reader sen I
' fo an ? xeliuiigo "lie following: p.-i.-.-ii <?!' ,i:.y
[ conceivatile des.-i I;-ri--n and degree ..:' potca-y.
which li-is been iii?mtioaa'.ly "?:??:! ntally :
lowed, way be render.; I alm.-si instantly barmh
by simply swallowing two ;-i;:-i sweel ? :!. A":>
individual *'.:'.> a wry r-trotig <? ??. titnti :i - ? '
tak.* neariv twice the quantity. V ? ? v.: : m ?'"
positively neutralize every fo; a of v.-gotab'c, ISu
t.; < <: miucral ]???' u a with which pay dci ins and
fc-iouaries aniong the I'hoci.tvv t.- .-? . ?> ; ::s
be had succeeded ia saving persons by* ra>
lil^ap. ? ;ii: :!n-. tva? :' ??? i; in lud f iL"1
- From iL: Ati l.rzon Uaztlle.
AsozbsSs C. Iff, July ?-???!, 1800.
Gksti.kmj::.* : Ihavorcadand carefully consid?
ered your appeal to nie to become a candidate
the Legislature in this District. Thestcadfa ; ami
cordial support you gave me throughout my pubiij
career of sixteen years, i*endcr3 it painful i? me
toliceiitie any position which you desire n:e '?<:
cupy, and yet private considerations ?>f* too great
Height lo be disregarded; impel tue to decline your
call.
1 am, like yourselves, deeply impressed with the
critical aspect of our feiend affairs, and believe
we arc drifting rapidly upoti revolution. My
tope, 11? you know, for years past for the preser?
vation <.f the rights tu"the South in the Union, has
been upon the licmocratic party. So long as it
was united, harmonious and triumphant, oar
rights and institutions were safe. Thai great par
ty that has, in limes gone by, won as many bril?
liant victories over federalism, aholitioahim nnd
consolidate.Ii, and established so many .- mud and
conservative principles, is now disunited, divided
and broken up. Its disruption extinguishes my
ardently cherished hope of preserving not only
our rights, but tho Union itself. It is idle to de?
bate or review the cans-.- that led to its disrupt ton.
Let it suilice here for me to say, that in my opitt
ion llie secession of the ?Southern delegates from
tiic Charleston Convention was unwise and imp di?
tto. It was manifest, there, to the most casual
observer, that Judge Douglas, wito was so justly
obnoxious to the South, could not receive the nom?
ination in a full convention, and i: was equally
certain lhat_ .Mr. Brcckcuridge would have been
the nominee, if the Southern delegations had not
abandoned their posts. If Mr. Breckcnsidge had
been the nomiueo at Charleston, his election would
have been a certainty. I! .? is jiov." the nominee of
only one wing of the parly, the other wing having
nominated Douglas?and whilst I shall give lo
?reckenridge and banc, Ike nominees of the Dal
Limore Convention?gentlemen of tried patriotism
and sound principles?a hearty and cordial sup?
port. 1 see no prospect of their election eithei-Jiy
t!:e people or otherwise.
Lincoln and Ifamliu, fhc Black iMipublwan nom?
inees will be elected in November next, and the
South must then decide the grave ?piesti. n wheth?
er they will siibmil to the domination of Black
llepilblicau rule?the fundamental principles of
their organisation being an ..;???. undisguised I
dechired war upon our social institutions. 1 be?
lieve lh.:t the honor and safely of the South, in
thai contingency, will require the prompt seces?
sion of the slavcholdingStales from the Union, ami
I failing then to obtain from the free .-::r:e; addi
lional and higher guarantees for the protection of
our rights and property,.that the seceding States
Ldiould proceed to eslablish a icw government.
!:ul whilst I think such would be the imperative
duiy of the S'tulh,.! should cmpbi'4'iM?y rcprokitc
and repudiate any scheme having for its object the
separate secession of South Cur.ijitta. If vJeorgin.
Alabiitmi and Mississippi alone?giving us a por?
tion of the Atlantic and Culf.'eoitsts, would unite
with this Slate in n common secession upon tii"
election of a Black "^.epublieau, f would give my
assent to the policy.
I could indulge in no language of crimination
or'ileniinciation of our brethren of the South, wiio
arc impelled by a senscjt'' patriotic duly :.? sup?
port Douglas ami Johnson. I believe they i?re
misjudging the most ciiiciiul means of pre ? .
the rights and interests of the South iu sustaining
these gent Icon it; !.?;: I concede to ikem a patriot?
ism :m catholic as I claim for myself, and I feel
well assured thai when the great sectional frsue
between the North and South j., i,, be dcci ! ru, an
issue which words alone will :: >t settle, that the
Soulh will have ncd for the- services of all her
?.?Ii.', and that Brcekeu'ridge men and iSatglas
n.en will uuJy cnuilate each other ir. their gallant
devotion io her honor and interests.
I Thanking you,.gentlemen, :'??:? your kind con
I sidcratioit, and reiteraliug my rcstrei that ' cautitit
. respond afiirmativcly to your call, 1 subscribe my
j s.-!f most truly year friend and fi !hiw-c:ii;:o;i,
JAM MS L. OilII.
'i'o Jotl.-i M.ii'-TtX, and others.
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Koir Lv.'j.lyj ehsidd 35*533.
We find in .1.7 !!,?? .i'.-v Round the following
fiews i i regard to holies' dress, which wc Would
recommend io the attention of our readers:
As yoit look fi'.m your windows in !':?.'?:. . ob?
serve lite first fifty Women who pas'; forty have
noses depressed in lite middle, a small quantity <.i
dark hair, and a swarthy complexion: Ins!, thou,
what a toilet! Not only suitable for the season,
but the age and complexion of the wearer. How
itcal the; feel atul hands! How well ihe clothes
arc pui oil, and more than all, how well they tiii
each ot her!
Before r'uglish women can dress perfectly, they
initsi have lite taste of the French, especially in
'??icTcarmt Why we see colors i!!-.irr i::g ??!
:-i !': land is, licit ihe deferem articles are pin*.
each for its own im.-igitied virtues, and
Wiibolll thotighl of wiiuf is to be Woftl with
j it. Women, while shopping, buy whai plea es
ihe eye on the count: r, forgetting what they have
???ii ai home. Tin: parasol is pretty, but i: will
kill, by its color, one dress in the buyer's wan I.
robe, and be unsuitable for the others. To I.e
magnificently dressed costsmoney: btti tobe dress?
ed with ia.-ie. is iioi expensive. It requires good
laste, knowledge and refinement. .Never bay an
article unless ii is suitable to your age. habits,
style, and to the res* of your wardrobe. Nothing
i ? more vulgar than to wear costly dresses with a
e.mou ilch;:iie, or cheap laves will: expensive
brocade.-.
What colors, we may be ashed, go best luge:her?
(ireeit with violet: cold with .lark crimson or
lilac: pale blue with scarlet: pink with black or
n'hite: and gray with scarlet or pink. A cold
color generally requires a warm tint to give life
to it. Cray and pale blue, for instance, do not
combine well, both being cold ciders. While and
black arc safe wear, bill the latter is not favorable
to-lark or pale complexions. I'ink is. to some
skins, the f.io-i besoming: n if, however, if there
i.- mach color ::i she t!:e<and tips, and if there
?.v- n a s'i- picioii of re i i:i ei; r- ..? !:;!.? or com
? .r i
?e:.".-:.i ciors v...:.:. Mai/c i- very i. ?.. iniitir.
I.e.! a: . .
But whatever the coiors ? marcriais -.i' ihe etuitv
dress, the detail- are ail in all-: tho lace around
the bosom and sleeves, the !|.;Wet> ?in i':e;. till
ilia iurni.-.kes tiie dress. The orna nt'its in the
:. el ' rt- 'iriaai ?!;:.:.? v.!-': ?]:? --. !t' lr;aimed
with 'da \ ! ice. .?: in-; . !*:!;? ... ? -'iouIu bo Wol'I*.
in :i. head, an ! she '] >wors thai are wer t in the
ii ?:;? -h ill! I dee irate ihe drc.?.
'I o be i V- ? an ! t ? '???;.r have :il;v.iys !>; re
he : and :;. every n:aa end-: .*.- rs ?It^i
? h? : c:?;.: ::; ::'' ? !.:- \ from ? '.he -.
his id;
A v. -- i iricaif paper sa
Tim i! and Etkknitv.?Wc step the earth; we
look abroad over it, und i'. scenminmcnac?so docs
the sea. What ages had men lived?and knew
but a small poriioii. Tiiey circumnavigate it now
with a speed under which its vast hulk shrinks.
Rul let the astronomer Sift up his glass, and he
learns to believe in a total mass of matter, com?
pared with which this great globe itself becomes;
an imponderable grain of dust. And so to teach
of us walking :.l .:ig the road of life. a year, u day
or an hour, shall seem long. As we grow older,
the time shortens; but, when wc lift up our eyes
to look beyond this carin, our seventy years, and
tiie few thousands, of years which have rolled over
the human race, vanish into a point ; for then we;
are measuring Time against Eternity.
Time.
I came in the morning?it was Spring,
Aul I -toiled;
I walked ?.ur at noon?it was Summer,
And 1 was glad;
J sat down at even?it was Autumn,
And I was sad;
1 lay down at night- -it was Winter,
And 1 slept.
-cy-?
iTalft.heill-cattii--.il things that arc said in society
arc spoken, not so much Iron malice as from a desiro
to display the quickness of our perception, the smart?
ness of our wit, aad the sharpness of our ^observation.
A young holy says the reason she carries a parasol
is, that ihe sun is of the masculine gender and she can,
out withstand bis ardent glances.
It i.- n?l high crime.-, such as robbery and murder
which destroy the peace of society but (lie village gos?
sip, family jealousies, and pickings between neighbors,
and meddling, arc the worms that cat into all social
happiuess.
Thu hardest grapple upon earth is thai which ob?
tain, between pride and poverty, and the man who ho.**
become the disputed province of those two beUigorouta
is, a ftraagcr to repose and happiness.
Women have more power in their licks than men
have in their taws, and in.ire power in their tears thou
moo have in their judgments.
They who bare an tionest and engaging look ought
I . .r a double punishment if they belie it in their
a tint s.
A dito frcntleiuaa of this city begs his own pardon
every lime he luinble* down, and thanks himself po?
litely every time he g'.ts up again.
The gcutioiu.ui who flood upon ceremony has lost
!.:?? folding, ami now finds that tie has slipped out of a
very pleasant circle
The pursuit in which we cannot ask God.s protec?
tion must be criminal, the measure for which wo ihiro
net thank him, cottiiot be innocent.
The riin ivhii-h we shake from our fee* may bemet
j nmoiptii.sei! into a mulberry leaf, ami ultimately ro
j visil a.* in the form of silk stockings.
There is a lawyer so excessively honest Ihat ho puts
his fiower-p'.ts out over night, so determined is he
thai everything ebull have its dew.
,\ countryman was ilraggioe; a calf by n rope in n
erne! maiiuer. An Iri.-diiuau asked him if that was tlio
way tie treated his follow creatures.
Ali exchange says. Itie best cure fur palpitatinu of
lit hi art is. to leave oil' kissing and hugging the girls.
It this is the only remedy that can be produced we, for
uric, -ay I.u'.-r palpitate.
A leading maxim with almost every politician isul
wavs to keep his countenance, and never to keen his
word.
WiilSngt.-n, of the CharMon Courier ia now *up
i posed t-i he the oldest living editor in America. IL)
eouin; meed the Courier sixty years *go.
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laid d ?;i ia Virginia nud Kentucky Resolutions
..f \7:>$ and !,''.''.i -the Sovereignty of tbcStates and
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