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VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TI ESPAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, tSNi. NUMBER 4.1. j l'fUI.ISIlKU WEEKLY 1)Y THOMAS J. WARREN. T E R S . Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment lie delayed tliree months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. A. D V K liTI S IS M K NTS will bo inserted at the following rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) seventy-live cents for the tirst, and thirty-seven and a I half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in sertions. ono UOliar per square: semi-mummy, hiuiuhly aiul quarterly advertisements charged the same as fur a single insertion. _ . W'r lie number of insertions desired must be noted on the margin of all advertisements, or they will he published until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly. ^Hisrflliuifoits. The Self-Deceived. OK, PORTRAITS FROM THE CROWD. " 0 would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us. '* There are few members of the human family who tire not more or less self deceived. In many eases it is well that it is so. It is well to imagine the expeiicnco of a condition of contentment, comfort, and happiness even if it should not exist, llow rarely, indeed, do individuals who are frightfully plain or homely, really recognise the tact. On tire contrary, many who -- ? K-illoira tlwur nrA ntllf.A ftrtj uiiuuiipwdiiv/cu, v^nw<v uuj ^M.ww , models of physical beauty, and contemplate j themselves with a degree or vanity and self [ complacency that makes thern perfectly happy, j " Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. J This, although not true in the general sense, is assuredly so in certain cases. Fortunately, perhaps, f?.?r many of us, cannot see ourselves as others see us. The spots on the sun of character are not visible to our eves. Our very defects of person become so familiar that we lose sight of them, so to speak, and thus thoy give us no uneasiness or annoyance. < Vlicrs see them, but we do not, aud hence tue aphorism we have<juo- 1 ted is pithy and applicable. We have more than once in our rambles, met with an individual apparently thirty years of age, who, although one of the most insignificant and commonplace of mortals, obviously fancies himself a perfect Adonis; and thus with a cane in one hand, and and a pocket handkerchief in the other, be may be seen wandering slowly through our fa>hioiia-: tie promenades, ever and anon glancing at his person, evidently satisfied with himself, aud happy in the conceit that lie is the envy of the one sex, and the admiration of others. It is a harmless delusion, and it would be cruel to decillll.ll.tl.il 1C i it. UIV j"/V? . IW sadly self-deceived. Hut the niu>t universal >]?<: ' cies of self deception to which poor mortals arc liable, is that which induces them to believe that they can play two characters before their feliowcreatures?in other words, that they can seem to be one tiling, and in fact be the "very reverse, and yet no o:ie discover it. They delude themselves with the notion that they possess a peculiar iuititolligenco, of which othcis are deprind ; that they can do certain things prixately,secretly, and escape observation. The hypocrite is especially a character of this kind, lint he goes fuiilier than ordinary men, and endeavors to deceive the ; Almighty, or at least strives to persuade himself into the belief that a deliberate rascality will he overlooked by the Great Judge of the ipiiek and the dead, if perpetrated under the mask of re-! ligion, or with the nominal but not real object of promoting the welfare of society. It. is amusing sometimes to hear individual-, addre-s others, as if on some public question, hut with selfishness so distinct and palpable, that it seems like an insult to attempt a game of deception so transparent. In cases of this kind, however, i it is the speaker who is deceived, and nut the ; listener. The former fancies that his words conceal his thoughts, when, in fact the mask is so thin that it is seen through at once. Hut all are more or less deceived at times, and perhaps wil- ' linglv. It is pleasant to indulge in an agreeable delusion, and therefore we would not have the viel withdrawn and the reality made hare. ]?. tter, we argue, to live on thus, than be made miserable by discovering the truth. II??w many men deceive themselves in relation to the real nature of their pecuniary circumstances ? Thw ? < < -I ' . .1 .. -r )?crsu.1?? llieiuseives mai iney an.- ipiuc ricn, ; when in fact tliey arc the very ri-wrsc. j'.vit worse, they live in conformity with the d'-liMon, and thus slop hy step, involve tlu-m-clvis in wretchedness and ruin. Occasionally a glimpse ! of truth will flash across their minds, hut they will repel it with a sort of indignation ; and hy ; calculating tlieir effects at twice their real value, j they will make a balance sheet just to suit their purposes. And when, too, tilings can go on no : longer, and the avalanche of debt and responsibility comes rushing down upon them, they are, j or assume to fx*, overwhelmed with astonish- I mont, and cannot discover the cause. They had deceived themselves so long, and with such an ' extraordinary degree of pertinacity, that they could scarcely recognise the fact, even in the hour of adversity. But there are others again, who are in the other extreme. They can count fln-ir fortunes by thousands and tens of thousands, have enough and to spare?vet they labor under the constant'apprehension of want. Some calamity seems to impend over them, and thus they toil on year after year, ever saving and accumulating, until at last, remorseless l?eatli, as if impatient for his prey, strikes them into the grave. | ?There are few of us who do not deceive ourselves into the belief, that we are much better, ' in a moral sense, than we really are. We are much more liberal and benevolent in theory than in practice. We manifest the liveliest sympathy for the suffering of our fellow creatures, in words rather than deeds. We are constantly making mental reservations and promises, J.ui alas ! (hi re the matter too often ends. W e are imb-bt< d to this friend for a courtesy, and to that tor a kindness, and we determine to reciprocate at the lir<t opportunity. I?ut the auspicious moment i< per mitted to pass by, and the affair is forgotten. We deceive ourselves daily and hourly. We charge upon others faults and errors that exi^t only in ourselves, and we discover blemishes and defects without making due allowance for education, association, example, and tin- power of circumstances. In too manv cases we derideaccording to passion, prejudice, and srif inf- re-t, and then persuade ourselves that the judgment is based 011 reason, right and justice.? Who, indeed, is not more or less self-deceived ? l.ouk nto your own heart, gentle render; investigate your motives, analyze your character, and Inv "bare your thoughts to the searching eye of con- , science, and then admit, atone, amend and reform. 4 Know thyself, is the apothegm of a a le bratal ancient sago ; and it is a knowledge that too few of us acquire, and practically illustrate v and exemplify. P IP. " l,Up in tlie mornings ruddy light, a .Up in the morning early." 0 Yes! up slng-a beds?up drowsy ones; let your souls drink in the "lories ot sum 1st1. 1J<> j , you know what pictures are being painted upon j ( the lofty blue ceiling overhead! How the c great shepherd lets down the golden bars that {-N the sun may enter his mighty field of azure 1 1 1 Do you know that, all the banks of crimson j 11 brighten, and the tall cloud palaces throw open 11 their doors with rejoicing Up ami shako oil* the garment of dreams ; j * breathe this delicious air. Let your song of I. thanksgiving float to heaven like the song of, " yonder yelluvv-throated bird. j Up! despairing one. How know you but your sun -rises ? Look out with hope. What *' though he sank last night in black clouds tinged with flame 1 Come out to greet him, and he will meet thee. Sad news yesterday?trust 'J for good to day. Frowning faces meet you i! ( ?let them frown, but do yon keep your heart 1 a strong and cheerful with hope, and smile in j ^ the very eyes of discouragement. "Hope is j an anchor sure and steadfast"?cu*t it lortli ? and you shall not bend to every breeze. Up j '' and take huge draughts of cheerfulness, for : = the promise of Heaven is to those who patient- ,l ly abide till the storm be passed. W hen the mariner sees in tlie distance the cold black 1 ' reels, pointed with death, and the white foam curling over their tops, ami knows that their cavcru floors are covered with bones of poor 1 cast-away sailors?does he shrink hack, and j I1 say with a sigh?"it's no use-to do anything ' now." Never! He springs to the hylm, ,V and shouts his orders in a voiec of llinnder.? ,v The niglit may he. coming, and the wind of a ( lising tempest piping tlnough the shrouds? :i and the passengers, timorous and trembling, I may gather on the (leek and fling t heir anus 11 upward in wild despair?hut the inure the ' I1 trouble crowds, or dangers threaten, the more ' '' like a giant does Ik* use his siunewy arms, and j ' throw out his great voice? and if the roar c of the leaping surf sounds nearer, yet more and more he puts to his strength, till when the moon s breaks out through the lilted cloud, his almost ? superhuman elFo ts are rewarded with success, , s and he sees afar olf t!ie low line of the breakcrs?;utd his ship safely speeding on another course*. ; 1 Learn you not a lesson from tlii-.? U}*, * then,?figiit with discouragement, and CJod ' and the light on your side, you must sooner ' oi l iter coine oil' conqueror. ? J'vonk's Oi'<l*sn. ' ' |f Family Sec rots. The foundry bell rang and Matthews hastened home to iiis breakfast. The fust round that met his ears on opening the door of his house, was the squalling children, while his other senses were regaled with a bad smell of ' r # i r ashes and steam, ami the sight of his wile in the act of mopping up a puddle of brown and white slop, which was spreading itself over the i C floor. The character of poor Matliew's do | mestic comfort generally, niiglit he seen in his wife's t<d!et on the morning in (piestiou. Her , J* uncombed hair sticking out nadir the border of a dingv nightcap, her gown open behind,! <i]>ron hanging liy only one siting, and boots * dirty ami unlaced, completed Iter appearance of the thorough slattern. Her husband was up ty work regularly at six, tail she lay in Iteil till the la<t minute, and then all was in a loirry to get breakfast ready in time. On this morning.' as usual, she brought ! down the baby, which, uncomfortable in its 1 night clothes, lay screaming in its cradle.? ! ' A little boy, tired of being left alone, had craw let I t>? the lop of the stairs, and there sat j' crying :u turn. Mrs. .Matthews had made, the 1 coffee, and put the milk on to boil, and had " only ju-^t run up to smack the noisy, undressed , t urchin on the stairs, when she heard the milk | * boiling over, and, burning on to snatch it off I the lire, she upset the coffee pot, and was mop- c ping up the wasted beverage when her lius- v baud entered. She eyed him with an angry 1 frown, which meant to show she was not afraid : 1 of him. lie said nothing and looked round.)' On one side were the supper things of the 11 night before?on the other, the extingni>hed . 1 fire. In front, the table covered with dust and ' 1 the sloppy floor, lie turned on his heel and i} went to breakfast at a coflce house, which he t j had visited so often under similar cireuinstan- : 1 ces, that lie looked upon it as a much more ' i i . i o i.a. i,,1; COMIMH I.IDK' J'lilCl' mini ma vun uuinv. Richard Cooper, a workman at the same 1 ' foundry, went to his breakfast at the same 1 hour. No sooner did he open the door leading into the kitchen, than a little girl, the pic- ' ture of cleanliness, ran for a kis<, and a little ' i hoy, just able to crawl, seemed eager to jump < from his mother's arms. Richard's wife was t a tight and trim little body.alwyas neatly dress- I ed ? never looking slatternly, even when at * work. The room was cheerful and clean, < breakfast quite ready, the blight coffee, pot ' stood steaming on the hop, and a di-h of pur- I ridge and milk on the table for the children. ' Richard snapped his fingers to the little hoy, 1 kissed the little girl, lifted them both into their I little chairs, and sat down opposite his wife, I looking and feeling very happy. His half t hour's visit to his family every morning, sends < him back to bis work with renewed hope and f confidence. The secret of his comfort and I good temper lay in his wife's habits of early |1 rhino and iir.uleiit management. < 1 The man that undertook to wrestle with a ' gallon of rum mot with ;i most signal ?lclbat.? 1 l!e was masked in less time than You could I tlnow a Miininer-ct. <> A Doctor and a I 'net quarrelled ; an imlill'crj cut poison was applied to settle the dispute, J who made the following decision: "Vou aie faulty, both ; do peuauee for your erimes.? j I | Hard, take his phisic -doctor, read his j ' j rhymes." j I Silver Spring. The following interesting letter appears in lie Apalachieola Commercial Advei tiser: Oca la (L'la.) Sept, ll5f>3. In Marion county, F.a-t Florida, there is a ery extraordinary spring, called l?v the penile, and not inappropriately,'the Silver Spring.' t is not only one of the greatest curiosities in inturc, hut as a source of profound, sublime, nd pleasing impressions, has probably no ipial. It is appioaelioti through what is ailed a hammock, which 1 may here hastily [escribe. The hammock, so termed in Flori la, is a thick dense forest, in which the branelis and vines are malted and interwoven, that on are able to sec only a few paces in any liroclion. The frees usually found in them re, the ash, bay, gum, wahoo, palmetto, maglolia, live and while oak*. Over the trunks ml limits of those t roes ereonami twine thoiis mis of vinos, among which 1 may enumerate he snrsaparilln. the grape ami jessamine, weavng a kind of" sylvan and (Ural fabric, thrcngh i llicit a passage is almn-t impracticable.?. hroiigh such a wood a road has been opened, bout a half a mile in length, by which, and without any perceptible de-cent, you reach lie spring. At first appearance it seems alrmst a circle, and is about seventy yards in iamcter. When first I stood upon its hanks nd took the first, glance into the deep blue, aim, gem-like thing before mo, I felt as though was looking into the bright eve of some ;reat angel, and in truth it is not unlike the oble, fearful eye, which imagination might ;ive to a poweiful benevolent divinity. I found small boat, embarking in which i paddled to lie centre. I do not exaggerate die transpar iicv of the water when 1 vail it as clear as the uuny air. The depth of the spring is variously ostium?d, from one to two hundred feet at one lace. I do not fear to hazard the statement lint the depth cannot be less than one hundred, et such is the transparency of the water, that on might discern a pin upon the bottom. I ndeavored to ascertain accurately its depth, lid threw an ounce ball into the water tor that impose, but a large fi-ii swallowed it before I reached the. bottom, which thwarted my mrpo-e; he did not gain much pleasure for imseil", however, as he seemed not to enjoy is leaden breakfast. On the bottom is a mini iocs deposit, which has a considerable roIcctive power. When the sun shinvs the ju iuiT is tilled with rainbow colors, and makes tie of the mo>t bewitching and I'airv-like ceiK's wiiicli natural combinations can pronee iff create. I observed the month of a irgo fi-snre, or cave in the r->cl<s below. From his chasm this limpid river seems vomited brtb. 1'hifi (is-ttre, or cave is between two avers of rocks that run front the north in bori intal lines ; the strata seems to have tormina* ed abruptly at the point where this river bursts i>i th: or if they originally extended beyond his point, in some convulsion, the portion lyng south must have been broken down. 1 do Kit attempt accurately to give the dimensions if this siib-aipieoits cave, but these are my e.siniules; the vertical distance is 25 feel; its vidth is y feet ; from tiiis cave the water ushesup with great rapidity, I obset ved sevral large li<!i attempt to enter it, and they sueleeded only after vigorous exertions; small lobbies, too, were thrown np some distance, et sneit is the depth of the water above the aw, that the surface has scarcely a perceptive motion. Nearly a week has elapsed since liy excursion to this cutiosity, yet the impresive panorama is frequently before my mind ? iitd in my dreams I again grow giddy as my rail baik seems to hang over a deep chasm, there rainbows intertwine, writhe and break nto thousands of pieces. -< ?=? if I.' M . l> T.. J10W "IO IM)tr.\Ti: A ill' idfnr.", 1 u he education of a business man, il must never >o forgotten that Ins future life will be a life of ictioii and not of study. Great care must, t hereore, hi- taken that the health be not. impaired n a strife for useless honors, that the feelings be lot slithered to grow over-sensitive itfjreclusocnii ciri|ilatioii, nor the mind lose its spring and clasicit.y under a load of cumbersome and uniraetical learning. It has been said that at lead ine-lbituli of the students of colleges leave them vitli impaired health ; full one-half are loo sensiive to bear the rude jostliugs of the world, and erliaps two-thirds of the balance have some deed that would seriously mar their li!i]'pitiess tad usefulness. It is wonderful how many paents spend money which they can ill spare to milt their oons for all future usefulness. A eolegiatc education cannot be recommended, and f uHaim.blc, is not desirable. A eoiuitipg house s the business man's college. When the youth wis Hnidied his course of preparatory education it. a school 01 private seminary, under theclia rgc <f an able instructor, who teaches as much by onversation as bv a prescribed course, he should hi into a cuimtiiiL' house, whatever uiav be his lit lire. occupation. It is there that ho will learn order, mot hod, hciliciico, and acquire a knowledge of life and he hiMi rss ot' lite. It is there that he will earn the value of time, and the value of money ?two vcrv important things to know. What* ver of conc eit he may have brought from the ullage aeadeiny is soon rnhhed out of him.? earns to ohev. to submit. and to he patient; to Midlife reproof without an# r, and to hear cotiradietioii with good luiiiior. lFe is obliged to ceep his wits about him ; to deoide quickly, to lave an accurate and truthful ear; and to learn hat lln-re are just, sixty minutes in an hour. A ounting house education will he of advantage l?> very man whatever his future occupation may ie. A moral education .iced not he.dwelt.upon. I'his is especially a work of self cultivation. No die's principles can he called temptation prool, >ut those which are the result of logical eoiivicioii. and for which repeated sacrifices have been made. As ability to coiiiniunicale varied and iraetical knowledge by conversation is a oiialiicatioii that especially lii> man to he a teacher, t sllollld not he ovel looked ill the Selection ol ?ll? .? I'l'tTtlftifg '/'t'ctifiw mi c 11*dull woallirr jilU'ds\?>ii, marry :i watiutrarleil ?irl, ami iiimKo a som-Jimc (or your selves. Uacliclois will fiml litis far supvii 'i-1?? illauls or lluroiiii'lv. Tub Lovkd Oxes a.t IIomk.?(Jo ask the inebriate where are the luveil ones at home; and j how often will he fell you that, iliey are gone, I and that he has no home ! 'J he fire once burned brilliantly upon his hearth-stone, and the! smiles of si young and an efi'ectimiate wife swel- J c, j led his noble heart wish joy and he was truly ! s, ; l,;"|'py. l'he ehildren of his pure and hallows ed were about him ; the dimpled hands and ;l) sunny locks elieited from the deep fountain of i p, ; Ins pure and manly heart the strong current of i s I a father's affections. Ah! years agoue, and the wild seducer litis | led him from affluence and respectability down Sj ; to poverty and disgrace! The rose upon his ,(| : wife's cheek was blanched ; the dimpled hands n and cheeks of his dear little ones were reduc- tl j ed to skeletons by neglect and want; the warm (, i affections of his heart were gone; no noble as. ,|, piralions llaincd within his manly locust; till! (J all! are in ruins! Delirium tremens have soizjed upon him; his wife has been laid in the silent j p( . tomb, and her little ones by her side?he oulv I fL! 7 . I I.. I ..A I . ; ri'Ninms cm ins uiicu juumt/ } uv uuij it-u (, to it'll the s:iil tale of his fall! It 1 He commenced his downward career as a | fashio lable, moderate drinker?planting him' self upon the weak idea that he never would I he a drunkard. Such has been the fate of many j a noble spirit; they have been decoyed from ; home?entirely unconscious that Rum is win' iting them away from their families. 1 Then, Moderate Drinker, when you are aj bout to lift the sparkling goblet to your lips, remember that the next will advance you that 1 much farther in the course of the Drunkard! I K EM i'M 11 Kit THE JjOVKIi UNKs AT lIoMF.! Ku'vjhl of Jerico. - - . Kaki.v Maiiiuaoks.?She stood beside tlie altar wlieu she was but sixteen. She was in love; her destiny rested on a creature in fashionable clothes, with an empty pocket. lie "cameof a good family," however, and blood, you know is to something. She looked lovely as she pronounced tl I the vo'.v. Think of a vow from auburn hair, | dark eyes and pouting lips, only sixteen years I old. fShe stood beside the wash-tub when her twon1 Iv-tifth birth day arrived. The hair, the lips, ilie j ey. s were Hot calculated to excite the heart. Five t'l | cross young ones were about the house, crying, h ! some breaking things, and one urging the neees- d ' sily of an immediate supply of the lacteal se! eretion. .She stopped in despair and sat down, and tears trickled down her jiice plump and rudI dv cheek. Alas! Nancy, early marriages are y not the dodge. Hotter enjoy youth at home, I ^ i and hold lovers at a proper distance, until you I : have muscle, limb and heart enough to face the | s ' frowning world ;Hi 1 a family. It* a c-h:i|> really : cares (<>r you, lie can wait for two or three years, tl l make presents, take yon to concerts, and so on, w : until the time coin* s. Early marriages and early w | cabbages arc tender productions. w t< : lUXGKR OK TAKIXG THINGS FOK CiRANTED.? '' ' It was olij-cted to tin; system of Copernicus when I first brought forward, that if the earth turned on ; 11 j its axis, as he represented, a stone dropped from [ v | the summit of a tower would not fall at the foot j v j of it, but a great distance to the west; in the I 0 j same manner that a stone* dropped from the f mast head of a ship in full sail docs not fall at !' flic foot of the mast, hut at the stern of the ship. " To this end it was answered that a stone, being a a pa't of the earth, obeys the same laws and " ! moves with it: whereas it is no part of the ship, *^ of which consequently its motion is independent. r' This solution was admitted by some hut opposed I J? by others, and the controversy went on with ^ : spirit: nor was it till one hundred years after the ; ^ : death of Copernicus that, the experiment being . r ! tried, it was ascertained that the stone, thus j 1 i dropped from the head of the mast, ilncs fall at the loot of it.?Arc/ihis/iob M'/mfrh'. ! si O" 1 Tlio proprietor of Apothecaries' Hall, 011 Main ' ; street, says llio Norfolk News,'lias an oxtraordi- '' narv cat, wliicli lias attracted the attention of i | the curious for a year or two. Some time since, ! T. she adopt- d a young !<?x into her family of kit- . tens, and brought him up with the greatest care, j1 More recently, having discovered a rat's nest in ' ! her peregrinations, she laid in wait and killed ,l I the two old ones, and took charge of the young : M | rats towards which she exhibited the utmost af- ! It. I lection. However, pussy, in this instance, acted I rather hastily, for not having a family of her J own, the young rats died fur want of proper sus- I ' tenanee. i e ..... _ |fc Ax Iin-it St'iciDi:.?The following paragraph ^ i is said to have appeared in an Irish newspal'er: . . . ,!S) " Dennis McCarthy accidentally committed ; I suicide this inornin?r hv taking a dose of laud-, I amim, which lit- purchased fur that juirjmso at ? I Tim Elanagaii's grocery. Dennis had hoen heard | to threaten that In: would hang himself with a ? razor, or drown himself with a dose of arsenic, j tlie tirst opportunity. lie had enjoyed had 1 ! health for a day or two previous to his death. . I1 i The coroner will sit on his hodv to day, and his i s i wake will commence immediatclv afterward." ! c - I 1 A I >i.rMiKi;.?The best blunder we have hoard c ( for a loin; time was enmmitted very recently in v Ilielimond, bv a ne?ro servant, wln? had been j j set it by Ids mistress to borrow the last (Hack- j i ! wood from a neighbor, lie delivered his tiles-j j sago as follows : j " Missis'ci>ni|)lime:its, and says, will yon please ( to send her (lie .Inlv iiumher of the Uu>'k bum- \ buzhn-r " j, The 1'iiele of a Welsh minister being sorely j offended, declared that lie .should never forgive . the offender. The minister asked him if lie . ! knew what the bilde said. ".No," said lie, "what does it say f' I "Ai.ger restelli in the bosoms of tools." 1 "W ell, Thomas," said be ""o instantly ami .. ^ - I 11 i tell the ni;ili lil.lt. 1 f?ir?jive llim all. I Will lli.il lie a foi'l in please liim or atiV ImhIv else. ' i . . * * * c l\\::r?mii.i:.?"Why doiTt you take tlie j i pledge ?" as I ho woman said to her 'glide man' when slit* handed hint (lie little (in. ( . . 1 Mr. Smith, vmi s iid ono I hat you ofiieialcd s i in a|iiil|>il?.1 i von in 'an by that, you |uvnehed?" s ["N.sir. I h'Id a a li^lit lor the man what did." ?MCMl ItflDS. Grand Lodge of Georgia. TIk- Grand Lodge of Georgia convened in Main on ilie '2.}th ultimo, the Ilor. Win. C. I lawhi, Grand Master, presided. The Ki.-presciitaon from the Subordinate Lodges was very large id the reports indicated the highest degree ol rosperity of the Fraternity throughout tin. tale. There are now 175 chartered Lodges id 8 working under dispensation. The Grand Master addressed the Lodge in .i leech of great hcauty and eloquence, lie dwell [mil the past history and present prosperous nidition of the institution, and congratulated ... I>... : ii 4i* l 4 1 !<- ( >jMmji,'11IV lljiuil UHJ >nc of morality, the harmony and gentlemanly 'porlmeut which characterized the momljershit iroughoiit (he Stale. The several Standing Committees were nj> anted, ami much preliminary business transact 1. On the 28th, the Reports of the Commit es were presented, and action taken thereon i the aflci'iioou, the following officers were elect 1 Ibr the ensuing year: \\ . C. 1 >aws?m, \V. G. Muster. Holt. 1>. G. M, 1st District. A. A. <iaiihh'U, D. G. M, 2<l District. John II. Rice, D. 0. M, J3d District. W. S. Rockwell. D. G. M, 4th District. D. R Duller, Sr (I. Warden. L. C. Simpson, Jr G. Warden. Jos. R Wells, (irand Treasurer Simri Rose, G. Secretary, J. A. Fannin, Sr Deacon. R. T. Turner, Jr Deacon. S. A. Borders, ) Arthur Hood, > (J. Stewards. R. M. Smith, ) Luther S. Glenn, G. Pursuivant. T. A. Harris, G. Tyler. Wo learn that the utmost harmony and goof cling prevailed during the entile session, am uit an unusual amount of business was trans it cd. The Report upon the condition of the Fetnnl< ollege at Covington, under the control of D ft'ans, was very flattering. The President ha eentlv returned from the North, where lie pre mod an extensive and complete apparatus. Th I > 111IIIIUII is HOW I'L'I iiiiiiicm unam, nuu i csliiieJ to do much good in die State. Sue. Courier. Win. there' he War.?The Editor of th lew York Courier and Enquirer thinks that \v:i ctween Kussia ami Turkey is inevitable. II lys: " The Four Powers may side with Turkey c lioy may desert her?it matters not, the wa ill speedily come.? Kussia may muster an ovci helming force, may make a domonstratio hich it would seem madness to resist?it ma' urs not, the Turks will light and tight desperate r. The Sultan, surrounded as he is by the rej usentative of Western Europe now " besoocl ig," and now 44 beseiging," cannot yield if h ,'ould. lie could scarcely say yes before h oiild find his brother on his throne. lie ha xhihitcd a spirit throughout, that will secur lie respect of the whole civilized world.?lie i i the light. Even those who have been labot ig to move him from his position would free! limit it. Keing right, he has a claim to th loral support of Christendom. True he is luhommcdan, but in all the Continent of Eu ope tliere is not one country in which all reli ions are so freely tolerated, ltussia calls itscl Christian, but its religion is not the religion i 'lirist, for it is a persecuting religion. It is eligioit which makes its converts at the point c ho bayonet. It is a religion which shows met y to neither Protestant nor Catholic?neitho >thoiiia nor Poland. Kussia will not be in po? es>ioti of Turkey :i week. More all the 1'rotc>I nt. minion establishments, which have acconi li-heil such threat benefits, wouhl bo visited b lie same exterminating stroke which fell will iieli fatal elfeots upon the missions m Georgia.? uikey, whether she is aided or not in the com it; struggle, by any of the Four Powers, wil ave the sympathy of all men of just, libera nd Christian principle; and if she falls, sh ill fall with honor." 1T?ST USK OK WfOOAXY i \ KXCI.AXP.? )r. (iibhoiis, an einineiit physician, in the lat er end of the last, ami beginning of the pros nt century, had a brother, a West India Cap ain, who brought over some planks of thi rood as ballast. As the l>octor was thei iiihling him a house in King-street, Coven iardeii, his brother thought they might be o ervice to him. lint the carpenters finding tin rood too hard for their tools, they were laii side for a time as useless. Soon after, Mrs iibhons, wanting a candle box, tlic Docto ailed on his cabinet maker, Wonlaston, ii mug Acre, to make him one. of .some worn lint lav in Ins jj-riien. vt ooiaston also coin lained that it was too liartl. The docto aid lie must get sonic stronger tools. 'I'll ainllc lio\ was made and approved; insomncl hat tiie Doctor then insisted on having a bu can made of the same wood, which was ac ordingly done, and the line color, polish, <kc. .ere so pleasing that he invited all of hi: riends to conic and see it, among them tli Juehoss ?.f iiuikiiigliam. Iler (trace begg.i ome of the same wood of Dr. (iibbons, am in ployed \\ ooiaston to make her a bitreai Iso ; on whieli the fame of mahogany, and ? ilr. Wooiaston, were niueli raised, and tli rood came into general use. ? ? The London Times of the 14tli nit, intimate hat not withstanding the threats of the Turk li eoiiimaiider-in-cliief, against the liitssian at iv in the Dantibian lYineipalilies, amounliii; > a eoiidiiioiial d< riant ion of war, so far as th.a .-. irrior is concerned, his instructions forbid bin rout crossing the Danube. The Times adds: - ?i. . i.: i. I liiiso o| olll" eoieniporaiios who cmiiiiii^i iiuounced inoro tli.'in a fortnight ago that th mnhitied Hoi-Is Imil entered tlio Ihirdanolles. au< hat war had positively commenced, must < oiii'fO la* distressed at ascertaining that liostil ios oven now are likely to he avoided, and th i lie " (Minhined {'-'els," with the except ion of th trainers detatchod at the Hivan's reijuost, wei till, on the Tth ot' this month, at anchor in 1>> ika Hay, Con'csjNmdcHM of the Lhnrlenton Cotiritv* Was.unoton, Oct., 30< j The President is determined not to submit Uj insubordination in the ranks of the office liold. ers. 1 le has put his administration on the strong; ^ . grouml of Executive patronage, and we shall .; see that, under present circumstances, it must 4 1 work wonders. To-dav, the President ha\iuu j f understood that s ane of the office-holders in -j .! Huston were adamantines, and disposed to be u ( ! rebellious, directed their decapitation. The , bow string is no\v set by telegraph. It is not ? t doubted that the Administration will be sits- q ; tained at tlie North, as well as at the South, J ; by tlie Peinoeratic party as a mass. There jj [ ' will be some .little insubordination in Congress . | but it will soon be put down. ; Mr. Disney of Ohio, one of the prominent <M > candidates for the Speakership, is now hero. *4 Col Orr, of South Carolina, is also a pronii. nent candidate, and will, as I learn, be here a - few days before the commencement of the ,1 .' Session. Mr. Olds'of Ohio is also a candi- ? .! date. i J r ?i<i . . i .l_ ... . i ..i i .. r t* i -m i ne (toum 01 irie recein cMiure????i uu. wrr j to his constituents in South Carolina, litis been M favorably noticed by the friends<?f the Admin- -3 i>tratibu, aiitl it is believed that he fairly ropre-. .3 sents their policy on the subjects which, he treated. 1 The administration w ill recommend the pay- * ment of the public debt, and a reduction of the ?4 1 tariff. It is not known what plan of reductipu; ! they will propose, but it is believed that they, ? 1 will propose a large addition to the list of free, articles, and thus diminish the auioiint of labor: and expense in the different othces of the levy-. . .< . line department. Kail Road iron, and indeed' ' i all kinds of iron, may be exempted from duty,; | | and without much injury to the domestic pro- p (I iceror manufacturer, at its present high ratwjj^ , J j There will he a strenuous and combined effort J 1 on the part of many of those who represent 1 Rail Road interests, to procure an abolition of. > 4 i duty upon rails, or at least an exemption of * ! than from duty for a limited time. There will , . J : also be a party, and a strong one, in Congress and in the country, in favor of the exemption i s of sugars from duty. - .-?< 1 >* 'There are many artich s now dutiable, that c enter into the manufactures of this country, as j 's material, that may be added to the free list. * ^ The Secretary of the Treasury is now en* gaged in collecting and comparing materials- j ! for a new Tarilf of duties. As to the Pacific e Rail Road tire Administration will leave it, as ir they h:rve done other measures of the Goveru-; c meat, to the judgment of Congress; and they will not hesitate, nrobablv. to annrove anv then sure that goes not beyond those that have every ,r i year been passed, in nid'ofthe construction of 'r Western rail roads. That is, if Congress grant land in aid of this road, the President will ap11 prove the measure; but lie will not approve a '* bill that will make the Government the con- * ' tractor or proprietor of the road. This matter is well understood here, so much so, that the 1' New* York, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 0 Company will not even ask for aii3'tliing more 0 than a grant of lands on their "route from El Paso to San Diego, and, in addition, payment 0 for the transportation of the United States mails" * and troops, dec. "i Col. Orr seems, in fact, to have struck, in ' bis address, upon the chief traits of the domes0 tic policy of the administration. a The amount of U. S. stock redeemed hy the " Treasury this week, has been 8573,850. All ~ that is advertised for will lie brought in and , cancelled before the 1st of Dec., and the pre-* ' mium ollercd will then be redu'ceJ. a f | Ex-Senator Dickinson. r ! The Washington Union and the Freesort or gans, have charged Ex Senator Dickinson, of New-York, with entertaining or having enteri tabled Frecsoil sentiments, that gentleman has v published a letter from which wo make the folii lowing extract: ! - i " T was honored with a seat in the Senate of '* s Stale four years, and there introduced rc11 solutions on the subject of slavery, and spoke '1 and voted thereon; was President of the same e body two years, and was seven years a Senator in Congress?from the annexation of Texas until! after the passage oCtho compromise tneas urcs. I have, too, for the last twenty years, - often been a member of conventions?county, - State and national; have presented resolutions, i- made speeches,and proposed addresses; and if s in my whole political course, a. speech, vote or 11 resolution can lie found favoring frcesoil semit incuts, 1 will consent to occupy a portion in f the public judgement as degraded as the most e. malevolent of that faction or the most convcuii j cut accomplice. ' j " Xear the close of the session of 1847. I rcr ! turned to my seat, in the Senate from a most 11 painful and distressing domestic affliction, and ' found the three million bill under discussion, " during which the Wilmot proviso, (so called) r; was offered, and my colleague, (ten. I)ix, pre. l> sen ted lesolntions from the Legislature, passed 1 with great unanimity instructing us to vote for the proviso. General Dix advocated the adop t tion nt the proviso, ana votea ior it. I spoKe i against its adoption, and voted against if, s i and in so doing aroused against me freesoil l' i and abolition malignity throughout the coun.1 j jry." ''J Tiif. Crn.w Qckstiox.?The Washington correspondent of the X. Y. Journal of Comj nicrcc says : After some further inquiry into the rumors s concerning the interference of the Ihitish Gov-1 ernment in the affairs of Cuba, I am convinced -1 that the Administration have l>een led to place g reliance upon them. They have indeed, some t additional evidence of the truth of the rumors, ) within a day or two. I But. it may I?o doubtful whether Spain will V agree to such an interferon , oven if it has boon e attempted bv tbo British < loverninent. The inl' habitants of Cuba would bo willing to take the *' j African apprentices, but that they will consent ' to the abolition of slavery, is not to bo believed* 1 The attempt to put the scheme in force, would e create tbo lot ox talked of revolution in Cuba ; 0 | and lite Cuban proprietors would throw them '* I selves into the arms of a neighbor that recognizes I slavcrv where it exists. A