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X- / . . THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL. _=_==^__^ , - ' M VT ?' /' / ?????-*ajfcr' " ~ VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 3,1&>5. NUMBER %7. SMrtrti Portri).' From the Boston Post. A NEW BTEOE OF 8EBASTOPOL?IN TWO PARTS.5 TART L There is * fortress fair and strong, In Russians waste and wintry regions, Where Frarco and England vain and long Hare poured their brave andfated legions. Long the besiegers' load mouth'd guns ' Hare roared their summons to surrender; At loud have Russia's serfs and sons Roared back their purpose to defend her. The combat deepens! On ye bravo, Who strike for French and English honor! The Czar will fight till every slave Become#, Like' "William Poole?a " goner." The Gzar within his palace halls Still feels his solemn throne unshaken; Ilia flag still floats above its walls, And his " Sebastopol's not taken?1 PART. IL There is a foutress fair as art, And cold as Russia's clime of wintor, Walled round within a maiden's heart, My love has sought in vain to enter. LiOng l vo oeseigea uer caaues iw, ? ' Witb all Lovo'a forces sweet and tender; But still she remains unconquered there, And still refuses to surrender. Ob, for some friendly power in arms? Some Austria of contendingg nations? To soften ber resisting charms, And bring her to negotiations 1 For, br consent of heathen Jove, Tbmiege shall nevor be forsaken, Till conquest crowns the arms of Love And my Sebastopol is taken. TAUNTON DEAN. Jtlktllnnenni Profanity ana l>runKenncss. Extract from a sermon preached before the Legislature of South Carolina, in the Hal! of the Hous^ of Representatives, by J. H. Thornwell, D. December 9, 1854. * But next to this inquiry into our own State, the judgments of God should direct our attention to those forms of iniquity which most extensively prevail in the land. And, although, we cannot say with absolute confidence that these are the specific offences for which the sword has been drawn from the scabbard, it is enough^o know that they are sins, and sins .%> M>ill inAfMtnKl u kn nnnickorl nnloac A WVllVsftl will MIV?lmi/IJ UV 14IMVWV timely repentance intervene. When God's judgments are abroad in the land, they put us upon general inquiry. They proclaim the fact of sin, and that sin we are to search out and expel wherever we find it, whether in our own hearts, or in the customs and usages of the people. We should ask, then, to day, whether there ara any sins that pre-eminently attach to the people of our State; or if not peculiar to us, which have a wide-spread and controlling influence. Tbat there are any which are peculiar to us, I am not prepared to say; but the people of this Confederacy are certainly distinguished, to an extent unknown in other countries, except, perhaps, Great Britain, by profanencss and intemperance. These deserve to be called national sins. A stranger might infer from the * tone of popular conversation; from the exclamations of excited individuals; front the clamors of anger and passion, that we acknowledge the Almighty for no other purpose than that we might have a name to swear by, or a nonveuient expletive to till up the chasms of discourse. Profaneness, that I may repeat what I have elsewhere said, is a sin, the enormity of which the imagination cannot conceive; because uo thought can compass the infinite excellencies of Him, whose prerogative it is to be, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. That a puny creature of tbe dust, born to-day and gone to.morrow, should have the audacity to pour contempt upon that glorious name which Seraphs adore with rapture, is enough to as* tonisk the heavens and convulse the earth.? Yea, still more astonishing is that miracle of patience which endures the monsters, when one word' would arm all nature against them; make the ground treacherous beneath them; heaven terrible above them; and hell ready to meet them at their coming. The magnitude of the sin cannot be exaggerated. It is enough to make the blood curdle to think of the name of God bandied about arf the bauble and plaything of fools, to point a jest, to season obscenity, and to garnish a tale. This offence cannot go unpunished. If there be a lioa, ne musi Vinuiuaiw ma u?u uiujeaijand glory, There mut be a period when all thai! tremble before Him, when every knee shall bow and every heart shall do reverence. The iword of justice cannot always be sheathed, nor the arm of vengeance slumber, and who shall say that the pestilence which has been walking amongst us, and slaying its thou, sands apon the right hsnd and the left, has not received its commission on account of the abounding profaneness of the land! Who shall deny that the deep has been evoked in storm and deluge to proclaim the name of the Lor&M terrible and glorious ? In the sight of angels there can be no greater sin than that of profaneness. They know something of what God is. They fear that dreadful name,, and their imaginations, lofty and expanded as they are. eannot measure the height and depth of that iniquity whioh can make light of so tremendous a being. It is the very spirit and core of all evil?the quintessence of ungodliness. ? 11 t. Io its influence upon Society, narajy res> a? sstrous are the ravages of intemperance; and what makes the case so alarming, the moral sensibilities of the people are hardly alive to the rtafcharacter of drunkenness as at once a sin and crime. The associations which arc thrown around it, and the circumstances under which the thoughtless and unsuspecting are betrayed into It, conceal its real features, and screen it from that moral indignation which, when 6ecn in its true light, every Unsophisticated heart must visit upon it. In one aspect, the predominance of the animal ever the rational, it is a conspiracy agaiint the law of a refined civilisation. This featuro of it Aristotle long ago pointed out, and in this aspect, it is con* I fcssedly the parent of vulgarity and coarse1 ness, and presents the strongest obstacle to the moral elevation of the people which society has to encounter. Refinement proceeds upon a principle which drunkenness entirety contradicts, and, as it is the end.of civilization to develope and carry out tins principle, the drunk nrd stands in the way, a monument of dcgra dntion atK^of barbarism. In another aspect, it is a crime whose name i is legion. It is u sin, as an ancient bishop has beautifully observed, against the whole man and the whole law, against both tables of the one and both parts of the other. It prdstrates the body, palsies its muscles, and exhausts its energies. It invades the soul, and undertakes to suppress tlfose very principles of reason and conscience on which the dignity and excellence of man depend. It is an effort to extirpate our moral and rational nature, to root out the very elements of responsibility, and to mako man worse than the tiger or the bear. They were made to obey their impulses; we to follow reason and law; and when we haye expunged reason and law, we have reversed our natures, and left it a pre}* to impulses wilder and fiercer than any which rule the beasts that perish.? When I look at the subject in this light; when I see that what drunkenness does is really to extinguish for the moment those very propertics of our being which link us with the angels and with God, I am utterly astonished nt that obtusene&s of moral sentiment which hesitates to brand it as a crime of the deepest dye.? The drunkard is not the object of peculiar sympathy or compassion. He is as truly criminal, though it may be not in the same degree, as the robher or the assassin. And this sin never will be put down until it is placed on the footing of other crimes, and visited accord ing to the demands of justice. These truths may seem harsh, but they challenge scrutiny, and on a day like this, ue should forego all prejudices and customary modt'S of thought, and endeavor to look upon this crying evil in the light in which God regards it. Let us not extenuate or excuse. Let us confess our own sins and the sins of our people, and humbly implore that this prolific fountain of disease, suffering, and death may be closed. Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 'Hie man who loves an appetite more than the improvement of his spiritual nature, who, for the sake of what is not so excellent as a mess of pottage, will sell the birthright of his moral dignity, does he not deserve to die ? Is he not essentially low, and would not the thouglii be monstrous that such a spirit should be found among the chiidren of light! 1 speak as unto wise men : judge ye what I say. The first meeting between Scott and the Ettrick Shepherd.?One day, while Scott was still in Edinburgh, there came into the city a brawny rough fellow, driving a flock of sheep. I; witt James Hogg, who finding himself in the capital was seized with a violent desire to see himself in print, and accordingly gqt somebody to strike oft' some copies of n few of his verses, which, however, made uo sensation. "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" set hiin to work at imitating the old Scottish ballads; and as his efforts were warmly praised by Scott, he came down again from the forest to pay his friend a visit, lie, with William Laidlaw and others, was invited to dinner. The worthy shepherd appeared in his ordinary herdsman's dress, with his hands well tarred with a recent shearing. Not being accustomed to the society of grand folk, he had communed with himself as to how he should act, and had come to the conclusion that he ought to copy the lady of the house in all things. Mrs. Scott, being unwell, received her guest reclining on a sofa, and Jamie accordingly #mia a in r\M w ait\1a n a aaamam iyia ja u !a li uc w liia ii(iu uu svuuvi uiauc uio best bow than he crossed the room, and stretched himself out upon another. At dinner he ate drank, laughed, and chatted, amusing the guests by his strange, uncouth jokes and remarks, and even songs. As the good wine began to operate, Jamie grew familiar, after tickling everybody by his rapid advance from "Mr. Scott" to "Shirra," "Scott," Walter," and "Wattie," he at last threw the company into convulsions of laughter by addressing Mrs. Scott as "Charlotte."?Low's Life 0/ Sir Walter Scott." The Value of Politenebs.?Mr. Butler, of Providence. Rhode Island, a millionaire who died some six years ago, ties so obliging that he re opened his store one night solely to supply a little girl with a spool of thread which she want ed. The incident became Known, (Mr. Jdutler was a young man at the time,) and the trading publio wisely thought that this accommodating spirit, as shown in this trifling affair, and in the general conduot of his business, deserved a good run of custom, which they gave, and placed him on the track of high prosperity. He subscribed the sum of $40,000 towards founding a. hospital for the insane in Rhode Island, .through the benevolent persuasion of Miss Dix. ? A Freak or Gekerosity.?One of the most penurious of bachelors, this afternoon, after attending the opera, was guilty ot making a gift under circumstances somewhat original.? He entered a millinery store, and accosting a very pretty attendant, inquired the price of a bat which he saw in the window. She took it out, and in order to show its beauties, placed it on her own head, with just pitch enough to make it taking. The old bachelor admired it and pulling ten dollars from hit pocket book Jinn ml H/l <ul fn Vi.iit If Thn attanrlftnt fnnlr flia VVUVIUUVU UWJ M A MV mvvvmmwmv *vvn VUW money, and with j>encil in hand inquired where she shonld send it u Wear ifeyoureelf, my dear," was his blant , reply, as he left (he store,?Boston Gazette. Georgia and her Platform. The lute proceedings of the Democratic party -in Georgia are full of hope for the South.? i We were amongst those who thought.that her Convention ot 1960 fell short in its measures. < of the just expectations of other States, or the interests of the South. She had always bee*' < very true in carrying out her determinations, and when she adopted the Virginia resolutions,' declaring that she would "resist the Wilmot proviso, or any kindred measures, at every hazard, and to tire last extremity," and the jugglery of the admission of California, witi a sham Constitution, by which the Wilmot --- 1 1 proviso was pruciicuiiy emuiueu u> took place, we looked for a redemption of her threats in some practical mode of resistance and redress. She, however, with the rest of the South, submitted to the insult and the aggression ; but in submitting, her people laid down before her sister States, and the world, in their high sovereign capacity, clearly and forcibly, the limit of her future endurance.? That limit is about to be transcended. The weakness and follv of supposing that the Anti Slavery fanaticism of the North would be quieted by submission to any of its aggressions, is now becoming as apparent in practice as it was flagrant from past experience. The peo. I pie of Georgia, we rejoice to see, appear to be , fully alive to their solemn responsibilities and j grave determinations. That there will be a j submission party in Georgia, to all aggressions by the North, is a matter of course. No cause, however righteous and holy, ever united all of its people against a government in which they participated. There are various sorts of submissionists? snbmissionists by nature?submissionists by prejudice?and submission?^ from interest; but a union among the brave and free portion of her population, will hardly fail to bring the State to a practical vindication of her rights, under the long continued galling and endless AHAfAOnlimAnto * Hio Wnrtli * Rv nAtiflnil vnv/i vawiimciivo vi vise *?!/ v?u ?#j . population and extent, she ought to be tho j le^Jer of the South in vindicating the rights ofJ the South. Let her lead, and others will follow. This is the natural course of things ? the Constitutional course?the true method of obtaining Southern co-operation. Let her not be guilt)' of the folly of looking out, of herself, to obtain a previous support from other States, which, whilst it will rob her of the honor of a self dependent vindication of her right, can add nothing to her strength in a conflict with the n 1 a 'ii ...-e vjreiicitw Vjruvcriimt'ui, iicic iicwi who uav least ground for fearing any intervention of the General Government, in any conflict, under the control of the North, it has provoked with the Southern States. A State, acting for the protection wf sectional interests, must have the support Qf the section she represents. If 6he stands fast in her resolution, she must conquer. All that a previous understanding with other States can obtain is a greater fiioiHtj- :? r?tuic political organizations, which may be necessary consequences to her action. If Georgia thinks this exntvlient lp.t. her first, fulfill her own d?. terminations with respect to her own rights, and then call on the other Southern States to meet her in council, to provide for the future. South Carolina will promptly respond to such a call; and, although she may be incapable of leading, will rejoice to follow, and, with no reluctant hand, will place the erf wn of victory on the brow of hor greater and mors worthy sister State.?Charleston Mercury. ? ? Remarkable Balloon Ascension.?Wra.D. Bunmistle, of Adrian city, Michigan, ascended recently in a balloon, from that place, at 10 1-2 in the morning, and descended in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, at 2 1-2 in the afternoon, making fhA enmnuteri distance of three hundred and fifty miles in the extraordinary short time of four hours. This is the second trip and an experimental ?ne with a balloon of unusually large size. It is 30 feet in diameter, contains over six hundred yards of silk, and is capable of holding nineteen thousand cubic feet of gas. After his ascent to the distance of three miles and a half, the leronant struck the eastern current of air, which he says is continually blowing in one direction. It carried him south of the lakes, through Central Ohio. His intention was not to descend till dark, as he was above the rain clouds in a clear upper sky, but the excessive cold to which he was exposed brought on the accustomed drowsy sensation, which pre vented him from properly managing his balloon. He was in that sleepy state when his craft anchored in a tree in Red Hook, having descended in consequence of the evaporation of gas. The cold was so severe that his feet were com pletely frozen. Important Rumor?The correspondent of the 1 Journal of'commerce, writing from Havana, underrate of June 4. nava; Tn relation to the ?? - -?- 1 ?J ? rumor that propositions had been authorized to be made, on the part of the Creoles of Cuba, for th& manumission of their slaves to the Aboli- i tionistsof England, and asking the protection of Great Britian in certaia relations of a political character, which may be combined therewith I have reasons to believe, from investigations of the past few days, that it has good foundation i This will involve new matters for the sober and serious considertion of your statesmen?of the 1 truth of which they will soon have evidence, beyond the premonitory shadowings of wirrespon tibltPnews writers- . The Lexington Telegraph learns from a private letter, received from Attala co., Miss., that Mr. 1 and Mrs Andrew Berry, formerly residents of that District, were caught in a thunder storm on the afternon of the 30th ult. while on their wav from their wheat field. They sheltered them- i selves under a tree jn their orchard, where it is supposed, they were killed by lighting, as immediately after the rain their little son went in < search of them and found their bodies lying on i the ground, considerably bruised, and some- I what fractured, and their faces buried io the earth. * Contemplated Visit of the President to Virginia.?Washinotod, Jane 18.?It is said ] that the President intended leaving the capital < this morning, on a visit of several days to a < personal friend in Virginia, but he has been pre- i vented by the illnoss of his wife. 1 faming of an Egyptian Shrew. I They perform this feat in Egypt in a far more simple and expeditiou^ way. than Shakspeare dreamed of. The modus operandi irthns described in Mr. St. John's "Village Life in Egypt:*'? The fellah, named Haroun. said that when he came of age to marry?which was when the barber's wife began to throw date stones at him from behind a wall, and then betray lieraelfby an affected giggle?not finding a suitable match in his own village, he travelled through the neignocunng districts, until lie met witn a very poor couple who had an only daughter. He made htV propositions, was accepted, and after tho necessary delays,found himself possessed of a wife. A detail of all his comic tribulations need not be given. Suffice it to say that the bridc^too young to hnvo a witness within her of the propriety of her being handed over tot ire rough t?nr1ornnse nf n vtmnircr? was as rpstivf AS a colt ignorant of the halter. During J,lie first halfof tl|0 honeymoon, Haroun's face became so ornamented with scratches that no friend could recognise him. He gravely applied for redress to the parents, who promised to scold and i ntercede. If they did so it was without effect; and the bridegroom returned to his uative village with a new father aud mother, and a wife whom it was as dangerous to approach as a hedgehog tied in a bag. Had he been nloue with her, matters might have been smothered at the expense of a few tears; but iu the midst of ? .l a. -ir: i- iJ uid rciiiuuMruiJcea vuu uiu jwvyia numu uivmuc bly rush to the rescue, and accuse the poor bewildered man of assassinating their daughter. Under those circumstances, he consulted the Kadce of the village, who was esteemed of good counsel. :The matter is easy, 0 Ilaroun,' said the Kadce, having heard nu unvarnished statement of the case. 'Pretend thou to give up the matter as a bad job, and go out as if to work The old people will soon grow weary of staying ?> linm.% oil llioir nnw rolalinlH) t.rt VJSlt. ..V^ Watch tho opportunity, and slip back armed with a good stick as soon as they arc out. Let th? stick be at least two fingers in thickness and when thou hast locked thyself in, fall to, in the name of the Prophet, and beat iliy wife well beat her till she shrieks for mercy, beat her till thou drawcst blood?zing zong, Wallah ! Billah arid by my beard, she will become as amiable asa young buffalo that feedeth out of its master's hand.' The bridegroom did as he was advised, and, having nearly committed murder, was ackowlpdged as lord paramount; so that when the parents came back they found their daughter humble as a dove just fluttering after capture with one eye beaming love and tho other bound up b}' a rag." The Late Amos Lawrence, ok Boston.?The Bostou Transcript gives a brief sketeh of the Diary and Correspondence, of the late Amos Lawrence, which has been printed for private distribution among the Incnds of the deceased. The Diary says: "I have never in my life smoked a cigar; never chewed but one qnid, and that before I was fifteen and never took an ounce ofsnufL" .In 1807 he come to Boston with $20 in his pocket, feeling as be says richer than 1 had over felt before or have felt since," and he give the neighbor who drove him to the city 92 of his $20. During *l?A S\C i.la moert'l f t li ll4*A llA* t lie UOl nUH'll j vai n ui iiio HKiviMiiiio ?HV *iv never allowed a bill to stand unsettled over tta Sabbath. lie kept an accurate account of the merchandize bought and sold each day, avoiding excessive credits, and practiced the most rigid; economy, never, as he says, "allowing himself to spend a fourpence for unnecessary objects till he had acquired it," During the first year he made $808, his whole profits were $105 but at successive intervals of six years from that time he became worth (1814) 860,030, (1820) $112,000, (1826) $280,000, and (1832) $427,00. In 1826, Mr Lawrence commenced a memorandum book (continued to his death, December 30. 1852,) containing a statement of all his donations. in moncv. or other articles cbarcred at the V - J F - o cost. They, within this period, a mounted to 1039,000; and added to his prior unrecorded charities probably make n total of seven hundred thousand dollars. Opkkiko Lbtteks.?Postmaster General Camp, bell was applied to recently by the Postmaster at York, Pennsylvania, to kuow whether a letter containing, as was supposed, counterfeit money, could bo opened at the request of the police authorities, in order that the money contained therein might be ideutified as the sumo as that passed by the prisoner, and that thus further evidence might be furnished to aid in his conviction and punishment. The Postmaster General replied, emphatically, that it could not, that he had no right, nor any officer under him, to open any letter until it reached the Dead-Letter Office and that this principle must bo always acted upon by those in the employment of the Department, An* Effectual Damper.?Three ladies in company with a gentleman, at a concert in Boston, were much annoyed by the rude staring ' - ?t i-.n-? ? ii.? f,nnf 01 a vulgar iciiuw uu tuu ?u uvu> v> tbefh. Their companion, unwilling to make a ay disturbance, coolly opened an umbrella and held it in front of the ladies, shielding them from the ill-bred feilow's gaze, and the fumes of bad rum, with which he seemed saturated. A few minutes sufficed to compel the' puppy to find another seat, when the umbrella was closed. Tna Coming Harvest.?A gentleman who has recently travelled over 3800 miles, through portions of the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missonri lows, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia, performed during the past weeks, and mostly Dy daylight, savs my neart has been constantly gladdened by the prospect of the growing crops." He is decidedly of opinion that if tio accident happens there must be a very abundant harvest in all these States. ' . ^ To Prevent Bots in Horses?A person of mfrnli stlunmm in rufiringrv MAflM H TlAVAr . UIIV1I V*|/VI^UIIW 1 VVil I .<y . ?. troubled with this disease in horses. His simple practice during the felt months is to keeps greaiy cloth in the stable, and rob with it sach parts' >f the animal as may hare Men attacked by the. oitfly. Grease destroys ar?d: prevents the eggs from hatching. Tlie Chasm Before IJ*. The Southern mind has had so often pictured to it maelstroms, chasms, abysses and crises, growing out of the vexed question at issue be- i tween the two sections of this confederacy, and the occasions which have drawn tho pictures have sooftcu passed vffiu smoke or peace, that oflate yeare.it has become, as it were, callous to the subject, and seems to have been singularly indifferent or inattentive to some of the events which have marked the past few months. , 1 That there arc in front of us fearful trials, to- I wards which a rapid and alarming combination < of transactions are steadily drifting us, no sane ? it * . l t. man wuo lias caroiuny waicueu uie luru ?mtn Northern politics have taken in the last few J months will deny.* The great fact stands out? it cannot, it ought not to bo blinded orcvadedthat we are on cvo of another menacing convulsion. t t The'scenes in the Philadelphia convention i comprise a most important chapter in this role ] of events. There we have the spectaclo of a raity claiming to bo national, assuming to number in its bold members from every quarter of the Union virtually disbanding on the adaption by convention of a milk and water, non-committal, meaningless resolution, cooked up by. politiI _ _ .1 v i _ _e ? i cians in me vnui nope ui piucuing mc oia?cijr > patients as a necessary step in the great race 1 after the sweepstakes of 1836. We repeat, we ? find the Northern delegation, or the represents- ? tives from twelve Northern States, unwilling lo make even this concession?disdaining to even. ignoring the subject, as was patriotically propps- ' ed by the ambitious Kayner, and with scornful j atitude telling their Southern associates to their teeth, that nothing will content thein but an ab- t solute surrender on their part. ] Following on the heels of this movement we < have the Know Something Convention at Clcvo- j lovwl nn nnnnnnf aP IvKIpIi ll'A nilKltftfl Kf?lr>W I imiUy au uwvwub vi ??mvi* v wv.v... , This, of course, as its platform proves, is nothing { more or less than Northern Know Nothingism, , rid of its allies at the South, out of whose as- { sociation the recent election in Virginia suffi* j ciently evinces it can make nothing and may , lose a great deal. Planting itself on the ooe ; degree platform of war to the knife on slavery, , popery aftd foreigners, it is plain to see that the , Kuow Somethings are simply the Yjinkee Know Nothings re-organized under a new name, and | that they have determined to look no where for , aid and comfort hut tho North. They have , entered for the race of'50, and that Jonathan | will distance Sam in every State at the North in , which they have a trial of speed, nobody who { knows anything of the relative character and | complexion of the two contestants will deny. , The attempt to carry water on both shoulders" | has been made at Philadelphia. It has failed i and both pails have fallen and been dashed to ; pieces. The attempt has killed Sam and made , Jonathan at the North, while it has put out very Qem inirvltf It'll'd It firl VM*?".LUNI1) Hll> lltlic UKIIlb^f LHIIU iui^iiw uiifv left r.t l he South. We know there are men at the South averse to a separation under nify circumstances. We | are aware that there are men in this city?and ] we blush to own it?prepared for any sacrifice of riglrt; honor or interest, sooner than give up j tWthen empty name of Uuion. But for such | ,<?s these we have but one remark, and it is that ] * they had their types in other days. There were j men in the Revolution, who were for Union with Great Britain after the rights of the Colonies were trampled upon, and after the war had begun It was the fashion of the patriots of those days * Jto teach these men a lesson or two, which many of their descendants and copyists in this day, we | hope, have not forgotten. They may point the ( moral for themselves. We are free to say Hint when the day of resistance to Northern aggres- ( sion shall eome as events seem to indicate that j one day it must, a thousand ropes will dangle ( from as many trees, for the necks of those traitors , who desert the South in the hour of her trial. ' Petersburg Democrat. ^ , The Death of the Impe.vite.vt.?The rich cardinal Beaufor said?And must I die? Will not all my riches save me? I could purchase the kingdom if that woald prolong my life. Alas there is no bribing death. An English nobleman said?I have a splendid passage to the grave, die in stAtc, and languish ' under a gilded canopy; 1 am expiring on soft J and downy pillow's and am respectably attended by my servants and physicians; my dependants r sigh; my sisters weep; my father bends beneath a load of grief and years; my lovety wife, pale }' ?nd cilrtnt rniirpnls her inmosf an?uish: inv P K..V..V, O f ?r j. friend, who was as my own soul, suppresses his sighs, and leaves me, to hide his secret grief. But oh! which of them will bail me from the arrest of death? Who can descend into the dark prison of the grave with me? Here they r< all leave me, after having paid a few idle cere- t< monies to the breathless clay while my soul, my w . only oonscious part, may stand trembling before b my Judge, ' ? "'Hie celebrated Talleyrand on his death-bed w was visited by Louis l'hillippc, king of the t< French. How do you feel? said the king; the d answer was, Sire I am suffering the pangs of sj the damned.' w Sir Thomas Scott said?UntiJ.this moment, cl I believed there was neither a God nor a Ilell. li Now I know and feel that there arc both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just judgement of the Almighty. . . ' A rich man when dying, was informed by , his physician that ha should prepare for the 0 worst. Cannot I live for-a week? No, said c! the doctor, you will continue hut a little while. Say not so, said the dying man. I tfiil give , you a hundred thousand dollars if vou-wltl pro- ^ long my life three days, bnt in less than an hour ^ he wa9 dead.?Lutheran Obi. ~ Statistics or PnEsmrrKRiAMavr.?I^ahi. I ragre h&ft one Presbyterian communicant to w 118 of the population; Philadelphia one to 78; Pittsburg one to 47} Richmond ono to' p 50; Louisville one to 47 j flfushrflie cme to %i 22; Charleston one to 56; Columbia, S. 0M one jj, to 35Mobile one to 44; New Orleans-one u, to 128; Cincinnati one to 153. ci > -- TR m?**?? wetov?xuese tronwosoro* peaw msj ue kept out of grain by using s?U, Sprinkle a little fine salt on tbe bottoto and around the 1' sides qS the bin a* you fUl flp, and over the top oe when full. Wheat kept In old salt barrels will n< never bo destroyed by the wee?it er three Phases of business.** new YORK IN THE SUMMER-TIME. ferae?Wholesale Dry Go?di M?^. ..." Dialogue tn^t Between Customer and oneqf the Firm, in the Counting J& wm. Customer.?How's business?" Meucuant.?Throwing down the ttiH* A line his fiueers through his luur. in a verv DetU* -J nut tone, "Miserable! M issuable H nr.? -3 Wouldn't beworsc!" DlALnot'E Sbc?S&. :,4 Between Customer and one of the Clerks, in the 1 Oi. kJlUICt Customer.?uIIow'? busilies!" Clerk.?-Tipping back ih * chair, 1m fcet oil he counter and a turabler-full of something,^,,; indtr it, nnd a cigar in his mouth, in a com- ilacenttone, ?0!i! easy, sir pretyeasy." Dialogue Third. ^ XX' Between Cattomer^and an Errand-boy^ on the Sidewalk. Cl'stomer.,,How,s business?" ?< Errand Bor.?Sitting on nn emptor box, on he shady side of the street, whistling "Suae!* [)ell,w and druininga bass with his heels; looking ? ip with a merry eye? with emphasis, uFa$t % atef? 1 The War on tub Crimea.?The Towns or fAQankoo and slmpiiekopol.?The DKMt ifn wrtant town on the Sea or Azott u tnat 01 I'aganrog, with 25,000 inhabitants. It fofiri -he depot for the produce of the southeast of Russia. The town'was founded by Peter tlie jreat. Amongst its public buildings are re* narkable the Admiralty, the Marine Hospital, ,he Quarantine Building, the Bank, and the College. It has an Exchange, and about 170 jrarehouses. The fort or citadel which protects g ' die town is said to be in a state of decay- Ta. ranroghas 36 vessels of a larger descuption, md 684 for the coast navigation. The harbor is only accessible for vessels of inconsiderable draft. It was here that the Emperor Alex tnder died, on the 1st of December, 1825. Simpheropol, against which General Paliawer'a movements anncar to be directed, is the catital r>f the Crimea. It counts 14,000 inhabitants, of which from 5,000 to 6000 are Tartar*. The town is situated on the base of the Taurian mountain chain. It is described as well built, and presenting, with the villas surrounding it, a beautiful aspect- It contains fix churches, nmongst which the Cathedral is remarkable for being built in good architectural taste- The town has also a Russian College, four other schools and several factories. It is central and cousequently a most important point in regard to the trade for the productions of the i" Crimea. Its acquisition by tbc allies would would prove, therefore, a great advantage, as it would make it possible to thus draw supplies from the resources of jthe country, which they have hitherto been u^jAjCto effect. General Pelissicr Las told his^Blers that they would pnnoivn Oir tliia tmnn Wmi Jiomnnl nnlw four days' provisions, as on the fifth they must be iu the town. But as yvt, he ha* not been able to crass the Tchernnva.?Philadelphia American. Wds'x Serve Her.?The Montgomery Mail publishes the following: U.r, Montgomrrt' (Ala.,) June 12, 18^5.?Siiu I ^ad the hoW to roceivo the npppointinent jf Commissioner of Deeds, <tc. fur the State jf Massachusetts from your predecessor.? Since my appointmnetf certain legislative enictments have passed the Legislature of Mass*- ,,a :hu?etts which I deem contrary to the constitution "r" utd laws of our country. I therefore return to you my commission, not wishing to bold an appointment from a State that does not recoguse the constituting and law* of ourcountrv. Verv respect fhllv, TIIOS HARRISON. To his Excellency the Governor of Mass. ? j Aj? Abolitionist Cj/askd akd Drownkd.? A man named Pullain, in Garrard onnty, Ky^) who was suspected .of being concerned In uniting off slaves, was arfcsted a few days ago ty several citizens, but broke loose, and while unning was 6rcd on which caused him to fall; lefore lm pursuers came up. however, he sprang 0 hi* feet, made for the Kentucky river, and precipitated himself from a cliff forty-seven feet a height. As nothing was wen of Bim after- * .ard*, it is supposed he was drowned. A foxd nousicKEPKif?A toy seller who had ? v rccntly taken to himself a w ife, was exceedingly nder'to her in epithet; his frequent address -as, 4,My lamb." One day a little dirty.fjtced 07 asked for a toy, and tho busy toy seller said $ My lamb, servo that boy, please." The boy as sorved, and went away, but soon returned 1 Iiuva his tor ' elinuaed. The ^toc Heller oubted whether it was bought at his shop, and lid, "Whoserved thee?" The bul replied*.It ror 1 'lamb, str, " The toy siller blushed, exbanged the toy, and for the future, addressed is wife as if she were a rational creature. "*r ' * <> * Cabbages for Cows.? The editor of the griculturnl Gazette (Eng.) estimates one acre f cabbage to be worth three acres of turnip for )ws- lie recommends sowing seed in beds, tber in autumn or spring, and transplanting )ward.the ertd of May at the rate of 8,000 lants to the acre. One pound of seed will roducc ubout 2,400plants. ? ; Country Gentleman< . , ClRCl'MSTANTIAL*tviDENCK.? Alfred Nobh t as tried in the Suppcrior Court of Buck county orth Cnroliun. lately for the murder of John The evidence was altogether circun antiil, but, after twelve hours' deliberation, ?jury found the prisoner guilty, lie therein confessed his g*Ht and implicated the pri?nal.wJtne**, who was forthwitharrested. - fm * Tfcoops *??* tffe Crimea.?Nicvr Tor*. Jaae f.?Tbc Revenue Ctftter Wnahinsrton i?t?rptcd a vessel leaving this port on Friday, iritR sari j GO ptiraona on jnafri, *IV?g*l to have been lifted for tlw Critfien; v ' k . ' ' - -^u