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- , .'5 ' J ?mmp?mmmgggm- ? ?^.-.. ^ n?iii nil r.1 welrrmamtiwjiii n i i?i him i i wggmmmmpmg^mbgjpmgjjg?!?**."" < ' ^-unm^.jjuawbbmmjwuintf?wurii.iivrf?ii v.j^-ijuajj^ * VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18,1854. " NUMBER 16. ??? ...... r PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and 1 Threo Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. [ ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the fol- ' lowing rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines'or less.) j seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in- j sertions. one dollar per square: semi-monthly, month- | ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. \?5?The number of insertions desired must be noted | on the margin-of all advertisements, or they'will be j published until ordered discontinued and charged ao- | \ cordingly. j Msrrllnttroits. \ Boyhood of Distinguished ittcu. j Dryden displayed no evidencefof more than ordinary intelligence until-he reached mature j manhood ; and Johnson says of Goldsmith, ?that he was a "plant that flowerei late." Schil- I Vler was a very idle scholar, and much fonder o\ ball and leaping than of books. The most interesting thing told qj'him as a child by his biographer is, that once in the midst of a storm of'thunder and lightning, heclimed a tree, and I wh.en asked by his parents why he did so, replied whispering,-"That the lightning was very beaoiiiful and he wished to see where it was coining from." This story, if correct, furnishes {in illustration of the manner in which the yogng mind delights to seek information for it self in'its own way. Perhaps a still more characteristic anecdote is that told ofSmeaton, the architect of the Ed dystone Lighthouse, who when a boy in petti coats was one day discovered on the top of his , f?M?o i-'c hmicn in ltif> Ai?t <if fiviuir the model of a windmill which he h:id constructed. But the great majority of the most distin guished men, especially of those distinguished for their power, have been altogether-nndistinguished in their btlyhoud. Sir Isaac Newton, perhaps the greatest man, stood very low in , his class at school, though he was fond of me- ! ( chanical pursuits, and of drawing various nat- \ \ or;U objects. Sir David Brewster said of him that "when he arrived at Trinity College, he 1 | brought with him a more slender portion of j , science than falls to the lot of ordinary schol- j 1 ars ; but this State of acquirements (continues j, . his biographer) was perhaps not unfavorable to < the development of his mental powers. Un- j exhausted by premature growth, and invigo- | rated by healthful repose, his mit^d was the better fitted to make those vigorous and rapid ] shoots which soon covered with foilage and | fruit the genial soil to which it haifheen trans j ferred." I The distinguished Sir Humphrey Davy said , of himself: "f*consider it forluYiate that I was left so much ? myself when a child, and put . upon no particular plan of study ; and that 1 . enjoy.ed so much idleness at Mr. Coryton's | school. I perhaps owe to these circumstances , the little talents that I have, and theirpecujiar ( application. What I am, I have made myself. ( I say this without vanity and in pure simpiici ty of heart." And it is so in fact. Every man who achieves greatness does so, not through his acquirements under teachers when a hoy, i but through his self-education after he* has be come a man. . < We might adduce an immense number of i instances of positively stupid boys who have become distinguished and highly useful men. I For instance, Isaac Barrow, the great divine, < was in his boyhood chiefly distinguished by his < propensity for fighting, in which he got many < a bloody nose ; and his father used to say that i if it pleased Gott to take from him any of his i children, he hoped it might be Isaac, who was i the least promising of all. And that prodigy | of learning, Dr. Adam Clark, when a boy, was < never happier than when "rolling large st"iics ( about," caring nothing for learning or reading ] of any sort. But at this kind of work he be- < came "uncomonly hardy," though his father i proclaimed him to be a most "grievous dunce.' i I Thanks to Adam ('lark's power of rolling about ! i the large stone, in his boyhood, he was after! wards able to roll about large thoughts in his i manhood. < Napoleon and Wellington were both dull I boys. The former is described by the Duchess < d'Abrantes, who knew him intimately when a I child, as "having good health, and in other re- ; spects he was like other bovs." And she adds: i "My uncles have a thousand times assured me j i that Napoleon, in his boyhood had none of that ' singularit^of character attributed to him." < A Taste for Reading.?Sir John Ilerschel i has declared, that ' if he were to pra) for a I ; taste which should stand him in stead under t every variety of circumstances, and he a source < of happiness and cheerfulness to him through 1 life, and a shield against its ills, however things : < might go amiss, and the world frown upon him | t > - -r I:? >? rs.?, ? ] i it would oe a lasie ui reaumg, um. ?i ! i i he affirms, this taste, and the means of gratify- j f ing it, and you cannot fail of making him good ; i and happy ; for you bring him a contact with '? the best society in all ages, with the tender-l?t est, the bravest and the purest men who have J: adorned humanity, making him a denizen of j 1 all nations, a contemporary of all times, and | giving him practical proof that the world lias 1 been created for him "for his solace, and for < enjoyment. We all hold tlie reasoning to be j \ sound, but wc are apt to limit the scope of the | > humane and intelligent recommendation. If | the argument be just, it is of universal appli- | cation, and holds good of. the weaver at the j f loom, of t he peer in his library, and of the stu- j dent in his "pensive citadel." W herevcr the i book has made its way, there have come also | in some degree, consolation, self respect, dig- ( nity, ?nul comfort, and thence have been clins- : i tiscd some of those worst foes to our well being < ?the offspring of ignorance and unreflecting j I self-indulgence. If this be the fact, it is sure i ly the duty Of society to extend the blessings ! . of education to the remotest corners of the i country, and to survey it to the lowest depths. , < "Give a man a taste for reading and the means j | of enjoying it,' and you rescue him from the | worst enemies which his nature has to combat. j I ~ j i Alexander Smith, the new Scotch poet, is j | said to be a pattern drawer from muslin work, i ] Elements of Success in Business. What are-they ? Knowledge t<> plan, enterprise to execute, and honesty and truthfulness to govern all. Without these elements, without them deeply impregnated in his nature, 110 man can conduct his business successlullly. Without them, he is like a ship that has lost its rudder, or an engine that has no regulator. With them success is certain, as sure as the decrees of destiny, llut with them, there 'are other qualities which must be considered. A man must noc waste his life away in small things, if he would achieve honor or renown. He must strike boldly, lay out gigantic plans, follow great thoughts, and drive them, curbed by reason,, to a successful is>ue, as lie would drive noble steeds to the end of a journey, lie must have the boldness to grasp, the vigor and intelligence to execute. He. must look above the ordinary ideas of those in the sagic business ashimsflf, and attain an eminence far above them?one day they may have observed but had not courage and resolution to ascend. It is a trite saving, that some-men are great because their associates are little. A bragging j captain -of country militia, a spouting demagogue. and the chief of a half exterminated O C horde of savages, are all examples of the truth of the observation. None of these must be emulated; none of the traits of their characters' must be held up as models. A man who would acquire faring in -the present age of political progression, must not he behind the times.? He must not live in the past, but in the future. He must not only be a thinking man, but a working machine?know how to form great plans and how to put them in force. Mind must he the monarch of matter, and annihilate time and space. Man should not be an animal nor a more machine of flesh and blood?he is a child of God, and should copy from his Maker! lie should not be a mere earth worm, but live as befits a being with a highly gifted rO O v O ! There are men who peddfe sand to gain thgir bread?there are others who just as easily build cities, create kingdoms, and revolutionise one-fourth of the world. One of the first sect drives an old horse and cart before your door, unlnuds his sand, carries it into the cellar, and deposites it in a bin,, pointed out by a greasylooking servant girl, and chalks the measures down with a smile of satisfaction as he wipes the sweat from his brow. A member of the jther sits by his fireside, reads the news, and sends a vessel with a valuable cargo up the Mediterranean, to run the blockade of the Baltic, and give him a clear profit of fifty thousand dollars ! Both are men, nothing more or less Each has bones, flesh and muscle ; eyes to see and cars to hear ; and perhaps in all physical respects, one is just as well provided frir tic thfxiithpr Wlmrr* thnn lmj tlm rlifLr. ?nce ? Not in the body, but in the mind.? Mind rules matter. One lives bv a sort of an inimal instinct, and is a sort of a living nutom tfon, the other lives by calling into exercise :he all powerful faculties of an immortal soul,' Hid is the possessor, in an humble degree, of lie power and magnitude that characterises 3od, The Horrors of Starvation. The following, which is the experience of a miner, we clip from a recent California paper. Two men sought a distant "digging," became completely shut in by a heavy snow, and soon consumed all their food. The writer says: "On the second day of our starvation, 1 found the carcas of a mule that I had lost in the fall, which the cayotns had nearly entirely devoured ; but on examination we found a small piece >f flesh remaining on the lower thigh, which ive carefully cut ofF, with the hope that we would cat it ourselves, hut it was no go ; it would tmt slick. We tried it in every way >ossibIe, but to no purpose. It wis more man Dur stomachs could bear. What now to do we ;ould ii"t tell. To get out was impossible.? _ Death seemed to start; us in the face. My companion became so despondent that he gave up all hope, and would not leave the camp; a!ihough he was a much larger and stronger man .hail myself, yet 1 kept much the best. lint, at the same time 1 saw little chance hut :o starve ; yet I had a faint hop?; that he would lie first, and then . For fear ho might lake advantage of me, I seldom left my rifle :>ut of my hands. I kept on my feet all the lime, although 1 was getting exceedingly weak; md the snow on the river bar was four feet leep, and from six to ten feet deep on the mountains. Now, all niv fairy dreams of wealth and happiness when I should get home were turned into gloom and darkness; gold ost its lustre. To become a cannibal was liorifying. the thought of having to starve to death md become food for the wild beasts was inlolerable. Gold was of no use ; I would have gladly given all I possessed for one pound of urcad, but, alas! I could not get it. Mv heart *rew faint within me. I knew full well that ;liere was no chance for my men to get to mc jefore 1 must starve to death, unless my comranion should die, or I . To, become a uuiui'Jt'i 6i'i*iiu:u iuu iiv?uiir>5 iiuu lauuiicr ms; but what c'ould I do? Is it not better ,ii:it one (lie th;ui both die? Thus I reasoned ind struggled against reason, until hope was ust in despair. But hark ! an idea occurs to me. I rememicr Seeing the track of a cayota -near the ear:ass of that mule! Hope springs up; new rigor is aroused. I snatched up my rifle, and darted ofi'in the direction of the nude, with a iglit heart and an eager quick step, with a tope of yet escaping the dreadful calamity that seemed to await me. On my reaching the carcass, I saw that there ivas a cayota in the habit of coming there ; low to contrive some way to kill it whs the icxt thing to be done. After some examina i .?.i ?..ir .. i ?r- it IUI I, J j-'UML'U UV-IIMIU rt lill^V M'tH. MK Lvas now "citing near dusk, and no cayotayet. [ sat with eager expectation, hoping the next noment would bring some wild beast in sight. At the first appearance of the animal, I threw ny rifle to my face and fired, inflicting a death shot. Now my heart was filled with joy, and [ felt that He who had created me, was able to eed me, arid that it was no more than just that [ should feel the sting of the lash I had so nucli deserved from the h^nd of Him who had hus fur hlesscd and prospered me. On my cturn to camp, I met my companion, who, but a moment previous, struggling in hopeless despair, might now he seen with a brightened countenance, with tears of joy chasing each other down his emaciated cheek." Gigglcrs. Never smile unless those who are with you can comprehend, the subject of your "rhirtb.? There are some families who render themselves extremely disagreeable by the habit of continno IK' Innlrmnr of nonh nflmr nn/1 oiailSniv nl curnn muuj ivviuiijj (lb vuvii vniti ,auu ohhiiii^ in oiniiv, little awkwardness or mishap they may fancy they see. Such are always detected, and have lew real friends. Those who visit them despise their meanness, and aro constantly in dread of their ridicule. "I never like to go to Mrs. M 's," said a lady. "And why ?" "Because you can hacdly speak a word before you see indications of unmannerly mirth. Perhaps they notice a pimple on your face?a1 wry disposition of a bonne! ribbon, an unintentional tuck in your dress?everything sets j them 'snickering.'" j Such people go to Church, sometimes, and in that sacred place indulge this silly propensity. If a child happens to cry, they giggle." If the minister unfortunately substitutes an inelegant word, they hide their foo ish faces under their scented cambrics and titter.. If an old, poorly dressed, tottering woman, one of God's very little ones in angelic piety and childlike simplicity, comes creeping up the aisle, with shawl and bonrict of antediluvian make, with head shaking with age and limbs bending be- j neath their weight, they touch each other on their " patent" toes, and simpering, whisper about " Noah's ark," and then shrug their shoulders, laughing as if they had done a very pretty thing. tShame.on such social misdemeanors. Match these simpering simpletons with coats, and hats, and canes, and mustaehud creatures in them ! ... . ? ? . .... i called men ; what a race ol tools would ue the ! consequence. The world is degenerate enough, , Heaven knows, without the aid ol these sim- j peringgigglers, but you meet them everywhere. | On the crowded thoroughfare, in the crowded omnibus, where perhaps some poor daughter of Erin, with her healthy, honest breadth of face, affords them food for mirth. In the steam ear, passing their insipid judgment upon every one who swings a cane not a la mode, or wears a veil on the wrong .side of the bonnet. It is easy to see that they think themselves irresistible?well is it for their vanity that they have, a good opinion of their merits, for nobody else has.? Olive JJrullch. Bittku. ? As an indication of the bitter hatred felt by the Circassians towards the Russians it is stated flint, a few venrs :i<rn n clave ship sprung a leak out to*ea, just as a Russian steamer passed in the. distance. The Turkish slave dealer, who preferred the chill blasts of Siberia' to a grave even in deep water made signal of distress, the steamer came up in time to rescue tho ship and its ttving cargoiYom*<l.?strnctitfn. Rut so deeply is hatred implanted in every Circassian heart, that the spirit of the girls revolted at the thought of becoming the helpmates of grey-coated soldiers, tnstead ! of sharing the sumptous couch of a Turkish \ pasha. They had bid adieu to their nativa mountains with little emotion, but the Russians approached, they set up a terrible and despairing scream. Soma sprang headlong into the sea, other drove, their knives into their hearts to these heroines death was preferable to the bridal bed of a detested Muscovite. The survivors were taken to Anapa, and married to J Cossacks, or itiven to cllicers as servants. "Tun Editor."?Tin* Richmond, Vn. Mail ! throws fifi'the following capital illustration : u*Th"v have a steamboat in tho, Western j waters by the name of 'The Editor.1 This is | tlie best name ever yet given to a steamboat, j and inorc especially to a Mississippi steamboat. We are surprised it has never been j thought ?>f bufor '. The Editor is a working j engine, \vhn>?-e fires are kept going day and night. Now ho sails against the tide; and now, with it going along at a dashing rate until suddenly he comes up all standing against, some hidden snag which nearly shivers his timbers to pieces. Whenever lie moves he puts tho I waters in agitation for a time, and leaves a j wake of troubled waves behind liitn, which lasts about five minutes. lie serves every ho- j dy but himself, carries freight and passengers 1 in any quantity, and goes puff-?pvlfiiny down the stream of life. Often his powers are over tasked, and the. boiler bursts, hut Ibitnn'ately, it kills no one but himself, and who cures for an Editor ?" Extkrienck.?Great is the difference between the experimental reality of lummy life j and that beauteous picture of earthly bliss j which the voimg and buoyant heart is wont to | paint. Ripened experience and matured judg-j lo I? Ia mstiiifY* (|\a ho eft* fillfl fli?- ! I'll t*/ IIMMiHj l II v UIISIJ VI wmv V.v | uisions of the untutored and untried imagination. in the morning of life the future appears ; bright, and the prospect altogether .lovely; hut; more mature ago. without extinguishing this . . . joyous feeling, chastens and subdues it, ena- I hies it to find a more, substantial basis, teaches*, it to cling more to that which is really ami intrinsically good, and to be guided more by the sound deductions of wisdom than any external fascinations, which fade away whilst wc admire them, and perish in using them. Tttn Japan SuuAnaoN,?The Washington1 Star learns from a reliable source that the gov-! eminent has instructed Coin. Perrv to return ; this spring to Japan, with all his ships under j his command that could he spared from the China sens, to receive the answer of the Km- j pcror to our proposals; and then to return homo with all his vessels except a steamer and j two sloop* of war which are to remain in that i quarter as the regular 1*. S. East Indies squad-! roil. And further, that the returning vessels[ will come home via the Pacific, touching at, San Francisco, and other most important) points in the usual ifncilic route, thence to the j U. States. The commodore is expected to! return himself, overland, with as little delay as* possible. He is understood to have applied! successfully for permission so to do. Sferrllintfons fictitn. '! Commerce of 12ic Black .Sea. j t A new interest is given to lliis great inland | ! sea, from the fact that it is immediately con- j I nectedAvith the war which is being prosecuted i in thalpnarter. As onr connection with that! 1 part orthe world is only commercial, a view j 1 of the trade on that sea may lie interesting to 1 1 a portion of our readers. The*most important j ' river which flows into the Black Sea is the ; ] Danube, which for its size and the amount of j 1 its navigation may he considered the Missi^ip- , 1 pi of Europe. It is about 2,000 miles in j length, and descends from its source to its ; mouth about 2180 feet. The steam naviga- : f tion of the Danube may be said to commence j i at V icnna. In its progress tUrougli miKcr, me ; < stream varies in breadth from 1100 to 2108; i yards, and its average depth about *20 feet, j < Its mouth is in rich obstructed by sand banks, i t and of the five passages through which it flows I into the Black Sea, one only is of sufficient i < depth of water to permit of navigation and this i channel is becoming more shoal every year, and j i unless some means be taken to remove these s obstructions, the commerce of this" noble river | will ultimately be destroyed. 1 In 1849, 588 vessels with loaded cargoes ar- j 1 rived at Galatz, one of the principal towns on ' t the Danube ; and the value of the imports was j j S2,GOO,0000, and of the exports 82,000.000. | The commerce of ibraila is about equal that of i < Galatz. Their exports are principally wheat, 1 and Indian corn, suet and preserved meats; i and the imports are principally English manu- j factures, of which cotton yarn is one of- the ^ i chief articles, though sugar and iron make a t Considerable sum. The trade of these ports in j i grain has increased rapidly within the hist ten j ( years. In 1841 the export of wheat from Ga-j j Iptz was 100.845 quarters, and of Indian corn | : 35,394 quarters; and in 1851 it was 134,4741 s quarters of wheat, and 350,GS2 quarters of; j corn. The exports from Ibraila were, in 1841 c 84,G92 quarters of wheat, and 2(3,818 quarters [ of c(.rn; hut in 1851 they amounted to 2S3,- \ 10G quarters of-wheat, and G49.G17 quarters I i of corn. This grain was raised principally in ! j Moldavia and Wailachia, and with tolerable I i cultivation tliey arc capable, especially in ' j Wailachia. of producing a much larger quanti- ( tJ\, . , ( The principal port or mart of trade on the Black Sea is Trebizond. In 184G the goods disembarked for Persia and Georgia were vnl- j i f _ o.i nnn nnn ] ior.l ?t,? i lied ai auiHu Q?.ui/u,i/uu, auu m juui mi> ?* - ( < ports amounted to some ?7,000,000. In 185*2 i ( the imports into Trcbizond were valued at ?8,- . 0G7,000, and the exports at $4,'202,000?show- , ing the difference between the two of 84,045,- < 000. The most important portion of this trade j belongs to the Turkish marine, next to this the Austrian, and next the British. The trade of < Persia continues to pass through Trebizond. , The number of passengers which emhark and j disembark at this port is very great. The capi- j tal eth-neta vn^it nomWri" rrf' poitpla | from the interior. In 1852 thev amounted to i | 13,000. The nationality of the vessels jvhich j , arrived at Trebizond in 1852 was, 171 Otto- , man, 21 Austrian, 20 British, 2 Russian, 21 ; Greek, 1 Danish, 1 Ionic, and 1 French. | ( It is a little remarkable that there are no j , American vessels which arc engaged in the j i . ! trade of Trebizond. Bv our treaty with Tur- < key, wo have the right to pass the Dardanelles, j and go into the Black Sea; and when we consider the enterprise of our merchant*, it is a j little strung? that some have not ventured upon ! , that trade. However, the trade of the Black | Sea is not one that would prove very inviting i , tons. We could hardly expect to compete n with Great Britain in supplying Galatz or j < Ibraila will) cotton twist., nor have we any oc-; j eaMon for their wheat and corn. Oilier parts i , of the world furnish to us a more inviting and j lucrative trade, ami this accounts for our not ; penetrating into the Black Sea. I , Though the commerce of the Black Sea is of; j course important to Turkey, and not without I ( intuiesl to the otlier commercial nations, there i is one drawback to that trade. The sole out-' let of the waters of the Black Sea and Sea of I .Marmma is the Dardanelles or the Ilellespoint. a passage whose navigable width scarcely exceeds two thousand yards for nearly thirty miles. The owners of this Strait can with case j . cut off all communication with the Black Sea; | i or any maritime power, with two or three I . ships, might in time of war blockade the en- j trance and so cut off all the trade. In the ap- j . preaching war, as England and France will j . comiliaiul the Mediterranean, they can control | ^ the commerce of these seas. Turkey will not, j j therefore, Miller in her trade, though the war be j protracted. The'trade of the Black Sea will j not he materially interrujded, except so far as ; war interrupts business.?Atlas. Gexekal Sketches of the Mixes.?The t mining inten ts in this region of country lias t assumed an importance within a tew months, which it has never enjoyed before. For many ' years the only inetal sought di)-miners, has j been gold?but latterly the copper ores?which 1 had been altogether overlooked, are attracting I the attention of capitalists. Five or six mines are now in active operation, under the care of; ' companies in New York, and we arc gratified ! 1 to state that, the prosperity of all of them are ' in the highest degree eneouraging. It is our j 1 purpose to sketch some of these mines, snppo- ' sing that our readers would be gratified to hear; { something of tins new.sou rife of enterprise and s wealth. ! Eastward of Charlotte, about nine, miles on f the borders of the slate and granite is the lihea j ' mine. Jt is a very valuable tract of land for j 1 agricultural purposes, ami lias 'icon long known t 1 as rieli both in copper and jjold. It, lias recent- i ( ly passed into the hands of a Northern Coin- 1 pony styled the " Mecklenburg (Jold and Cop- j ' per Company," which is well provided with nieaiTs, and who are about putting up necessary and ample machinery for the development I of this valuahlo estate. It affords us great pleasure to state, that preliminary explorations have demonstrated beyond all question the im- 1 mense richness of this State, both in Copper I and Gold. The copper vein of pure pyrits, ! vertical in its descent, and more, than three- 1 quarters of a mile in extent, has been cut at # Lhc depth of sixty feet. At this point, the rein is in width from o to 4 feet and increasing in volume as it descends. It is well defined and strongly guarded with wads, which circumstances in connection with its vertical position jives promise of enduring richness. This company we have no doubt will he one if the most successful in the south. Other nines are likewise going forward with energy md despatch, which we will notice hereafter, incl to enable us to do this intelligently, we will :hank our friends for any information on this j mportant subject, which they may ho able to furnish tis fahnrlntfP. (A. ('. 1 Whin. Xoutiiekx Colleges.?It has been asoerained that tbe opposition to Soul born Rights under the Constitution, at the North, is not routined to any one portion of the citizens, but. inon of all classes, creeds and professions are engaged in traducing our people and opposing be great meausure of the day, the Nebraska ill. Among tbe most distinguished opponents f this measure; men who talk of disunion if Southern rights are regarded, are professors of Norrhern Colleges. It becomes a question of iome importance to the South, and parents especially, whether our people will continue to e degraded by the sunnort of Northern Coleges, where, jpnong *er things detrimental o our peace and happinass, boys will be taught 70/ to honor their parents, We commend to the attention of our readirs, the following resolution, which was recently adopted at a meeting of the cit izens in Richnond, Virginia: Resolved, 'J'hat in the opinion of this meetill; it is becoming and right in its members, in .he people 6f Virginia, and in the people of the vlinlfi South, to encournrrc and nati onize South , --- r> r >rn schools, colleges or institutions ; and a just lelf-respcct requires that Southern litoratufe in ill its branches, should meet with the hearty ;upport of all Southern men, in view of thepross slanders and misrepresentations which are lisseininated hv Northern periodicals and newscapers; and further, that sound economy as veil as every feeling of independence and self-* e^bct, dictate that the people of the South ihould patronize* and support, all those who mport goods directly into our waters, and that joods manufactured in our midst, if to be had >n fair terms, should always have the prefernice over such as arc made elsewhere. * < The Northers Presbyterian?.?We had "ain hoped that the slavery agitation had been iflectually excluded for all time from the councils of this Church; but the following paragraph from the New York Evangelist fureshalows some further agitation and trouble, and snob ns m.av nltimatelv lend to a sectional se jaration of tins body of Christians: "If we do not misunderstand the article in the Christian Observer of last week on the slavery question, it throws out an intimation which- we shall regret to see carried into effect?that the Southern members of the next General AssernMy wilt nio?olji t lui t-.t lio not discussed, but that a declaration of the in expediency of all agitation be made; or, if we understand it aright, a formal pledge on the part of the Assembly forever to exclude the subject.of slavery from its discussion or proceedings. As friends of the whole Church we profoundly hope that such is not the intention 3f any portion of it; for it proposes an utterly impossible object. * ' * * * * "If the South can obtain practical silence an the subject, it should be enough; we would lot like to-promise even that, if all that politicians arc dutng ip tiie namh of the South, and without the rebuke or dissent of Southern i>hria^Eins, in abrogating tune-Honorcct compacts, and extending slavery over free territory be successful." ... -4 <&?? * ? Governor Reid, of Norih Carolina, lias issued a proclamation, offering a'reward of three mndred and fifty dollars for tlio apprehension )f Willis Hester, and his delivery to the slic iir of Orange county, in the town of Ilillsboroiigh. Said Hester stands charged with the j :apital felony of negro stealing. Resides the above charge, Hester stiftids in- j Jicted in our Superior Court for shooting a j nan in this place not long since with intent to j till. He gave bail iu the sum of 2,500 dol- j ars, for his appearance at the last term of the j Uourt, but failed to appear. We understand that a man wastarrestcd in I Sreensborough last week, and committed to ,ail under a suspicion of being'engaged in nc ^ro stealing?probably an accomplice of Hes,er. The community have had reason to believe hat an extensive scheme of villainy has been n operation for sonic time, by which a number )f negroes have been decoyed and removed Voni this county. Recent events have tended ,0 coiilirm tnt- opinion, :i11<i rentier u unpmuun hat the utmost vigilance should ho used toapirchend tho offenders, of whom Hester is sap)osed to l)t! a principal?and bring them to jusice.?Ililhbornugh Recorder. -CA young man named Cocke was arrested in lichmond a few days ago. In 1851 Cocke rns engaged to he married to a young lady at Holly Springs, Mississippi. Having an intinatc friend, named William 11. Sanderson, he cqucsted him to address this young lady himself, merely, to test her faith to him. Sanderson accordingly addressed her, was accepted ; uul they married. In about twenty minutes liter the consummation of the ceremony, Cocke isked Sanderson to stop in the street with him i minute. Having gone, a little distance from lie house, Cocke drew a pistol and shot .Sanlerson dead, the hall striking just above tlie noutli. Coeko made his escape, and had not jecn found till the present time. Another New Territory.?A letter to the Sew York Herald, dated Carson Valley, Utah Ferritorv, February II, says: " Wo have applied to Congress to be scpa\ated from Utah into n territory of our own, :o be bounded on the East by the (loose (Ireek Mountains, North by Oregon. South and West by California. A few more voters are wanted in Congress to'preserve the balance of power.' I We will come in due time to demand ti scat ! there.'' Tlie area included within the limits thus described is' about one third of the territory, of which it is the western part. It is remote Icom the Mormon settlements and adjacent to Cali- j fnrnia, by emigrants' from which the valley of.! Carson Itiver has been settled. These people \ are not Mormons, nor have they any affinity to $ that strange collection of poly gam ists. They ,v are industrious Americans, who have occupied j their present locality on account of tl^ beauty and fertility of the valley. f " Moan Discovkiues at NiVr.vtn.?A letter from Mosul, in the New York Tribune states '* that, a new palace has been uncovered,in the rnins of Nineveh,. a palace jvhosc bcailtv exeels any yet found in Assyria. The letter thus * describes tlie tu^v discovery : ? " Huge monsters?compounds of the lion, ,f?. man, and eagle?guard the entrances. The ! slabs are in fine preservation, representing the y-1' Ring and his officers at a lion hunt, a war ? scene and a victory, a state procession led by eunuchs, the Ifing's chariot being drawn bv men, with altars and priests and griffins; in fine, a picture of Assyrjan manners and religion as they were three thousand years ago.? : i The workmanship is most exquisite. The slabs are to adorn the walls of the British Museum*'' Raii-road Coxnectio.v.?\\ e are gratified i at being able to state that the La Grange j ar.d Atlanta Railroad has been completed to v ; West Point and that the Cars were run up to the latter place on Monday fast thus making a railroad connection to the Atlantic ports without stageing?a desideratum long desired and most anxiously'waited fyr. The jjridge at the Point will be completed, we are inform' ed, by the 1st of June, the connection then will be perfect and complete bet weed the Montgomery and West Point, and the Atlanta and La Change Roads?and one can travel with a per/ect vim lrom this city to New York, or almost anywhere else he may desire. Cannot our citizens get up a grand jollification with the citizens of Macon, Augusta, Savannah and Charleston, on the completion of an enterprise which has brought us so near each other. The fare to Charleston after the first of April will be ?1G.?Montgomery Journal. Buffaloes.?A.s an item of news, we give an account, as related to us by Col. Vaughan, of the number of buffaloes killed annually with? in the bounds of his agency, where the Ameri- , can Fur Company are "operating and trading t with the Indians. He says he has taken s^no pains to ascertain, and from the best information he can get, he estimates the number will i not fall far short of four hundred thousand.? He snvs not less than 100.(10(1 robes have been l?r; 7 ?j ~ ? _ ? - - TV f shipped by the two companies trading within his agency within the last year. 150,000 are destroyed, and a number oj the hides used by j the Indians to make their lodges. They are '."j._ > "oOrtTpoTTeG to,ituke Hieiii"Very secure, to preserve them from the severe winter. Large In numbers of buffaloes freeze or starve to death in winter, in the snow banks which for months i*" are found in drifts of from five to ten feet in depth, and numbers of them are drowned in v crossing the Missouri river in large herds, by . / i crowding upon one another. The Santa Fe Gazette of the ISfh ult. gives | an account of the gold mines in that vicinity. 1 he richest are found in the Placer Mountains,, about forty miles southeast ol'Santa Fe. They. ^ are now worked to some extent, and the yield' ' is very encouraging. Though the specimens are not so rich as some found in California, 4 the per cent, of gold in large bodies of rock is t said to be equal on an average to that of goldbearing quartz of California. The Gazette is 3 confident that New Mexico is destined to be a orent minin" countrv. i ? o J V A XrcnT ik a Turkish Village.?Thepleasure of travelling in the East, and the per- . iection ui accommodation to he met with, are thus set forth by a recent wanderer in the in- * ^ terior of Turkey : " We retired after supper to our dormitory, ^ a detached room on the ground flon*, in which there had been a large fire lighted to driv^bnt the mosquitoes. The heat being intense we ,:i ' left the door open, an{J lay down on our Greek " Carpets. Nut having slept much in our boat J on the preceding night, wo were soon making > ; amends for lost time; but we could not have been long asleep, before I, who happened to -| lie nearest the door, was awakened hj a series T of ppkos in my neck. 1 started to rnv feet, . i and found that mv enemy was a large pig who - X had just come to bed, and objected to my oe- >V en pat ion of his chamber. The pig lyiving been turned out, I lay down again to be a second time awakened by a goat, who had also ais objec'ions. .The goat was strong and forced mc .? to a contest which "awakened and amused my friends; when afterwards wc a'l stripped at Janina before entering n vapor hath; we were very much suiprised at the black marks of the goaue horns oa niv back and ribs. When I 1 bad turned out the <?oat I locked the door, and o ? ? ------ , J disposed myself f?>r a pood rest. In half an j hour wo wore alj awakened by an ominous I noise of underground thunder, twice or thrioc, { repealed. Then the entire shed shook desperately, and the large flat stones with which tho shed was roofed came rattling down about our ears. \\ ith no worse hurt than a tew bruises, we escaped instantly from the building, and > ' finished our sleep on the grass of the garden in which we had supped. It was only an earth! quake." |* Tm: acer jin-err on or Wn.u.th.? It is | computed, on calculations furnished Ijy tho j census returns, that (503,000 now houses have been built in the I nited Slates within the last I six years, which, at an average of 81,000, j would add to the. wealth of the country, j $(>(>3,000,000, to say nothing of the furniture j necessary; the. shipping and railroads, however i would increase this amount over 8100.000.000. ! In addition to this, all the vast sums for factoj ries, insurance companies, mines &i\, will I swell the aggregate, without having made any I perceptible increase in the amount of stocks ! held abroad. i | * i