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11 "VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAllOLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, B>5? NUMBERS Sflertrti |)oftri). THE LIFE.CLOCE. TRANSEATED FROM TOE GERMAN. There is a littlo mystic clock, No human eye has seen; That bcateth on?that beateth on, From morning until o'en ; And when the soul is wrapped in Bleep, And heareth not a sound, It ticks, aud ticks, the livo long day, And never runneth down. Oh, wondrous is the work of art, Which knells the passing hour, But art ne'er formed, nor mind conceived, The life-clock's magic power. Not set in gold, nor decked with gems, By pridoand wealth possessed; But rich or poor, or high or low, r-acn ooars n in nis ureast. When life's deep stream, 'mid beds of flowers, . All still and softly glides, Like the wavelet's step, with a gentlo boat, It warns of passing tides. "When passion nerves the warrior's arm, For deeds of hato and wrong, Though heeded not tho fearful sound, The knell is deep and strong. When eyes to eyes aro gazing soft, And tender words are spoken, Then fast and wild it rattles on, As if with love 'twere broken. Such is tho clock that measures life, Of flesh and spirit blended; And thus 'twill run within tho breast, Till that strange life is ended. I ftlisrrflnnrons. From the yational Intelligencer. The War in the Crimea. Extract of a letter from an American in France to his friend in Washington. Paris; June 14, 1855.?The despatches fr^ni * l?? P. AAnni.lAfA.l tvw.i-A AieArul^Lt* )\l 11 111 ! l?!C VsllUICiWIIU tUIISIUVICU Ilivic ln>v>au>\, u>i? studying them out I cannot see that anything has been accomplished before SebastOpol that has resulted in a permanent or material advantage, and certainly nothing that shou-ld be . cause for such great rejoicings. They have car- ' ried no material works of the enemy, as all those they have taken were morely advanced positions erected and held for the purpose of annoying the Allies and in ao way collected with the permanent and regular defences of the place, none of which latter have as yet been either captured nor, so far as wo know, even injured by the fire of the Allies. Everything the latter have effected has been at a fearful and distressing loss of life ; and, great as is the Allied force now before Seb:i>topuI, it will melt away most dreadfully if they are to win their way step bystep at a similar cost. However resultless may be the operations of the Allies before the grvat fortress of the East, I look in a verv (lift rent lit;ht on theii success in the Sea of Azoff. There they arc nut only really secccssful, but the resuh of tlu-ir success is well calculated to affect most seriously and disastrously the efforts of the Russians to defend Scba<topol, by cutt:ng off their supplies. It is truly wonderful that the Allies should so long have neglected operations in that quarter, for they hardly could have been ignorant of the fact of the vast supplies of provisions and forage derived from thence by the enemy. If they were ignorant of it then it exhibits an imbecility on the part of those conducting the war and mating ing the campaign that is still more a matter of astonishment. The Allies can with great ease keep the whole noast of the Crimea. both on the Sea of Azoff and on the Black Sea. so bl'K'kaded find guarded j as to cutoff all supplies, except by land through ; the Isthmus of Pereknp ; and even the supplies ! through that route must be brought fr??m as far | as Odessa, and for hundreds of miles of country j beyond Perekop. It would seem almost itu- i practicable, and probably is so, to fed such an I army, and not less than 30,000 or 40,000 horses I by means of transportation in bullock wagons ! for su< h an immense distance and over such ' roads. The mere food thai would be consumed j by the animnls themselves and inen employed I in the transportion would soon strip the county i through which they passed, and if th ?y are to i carry their own provender and food, how much j of their load would remain on arrival at the I camp after a journey of twenty to forty days, I each bullock or horse requiring twelve to four- j teen pounds of forage daily? The bullocks on ?u i?i 1.. 1 r ' arriving in camp, cuuiu ue simiguinvo 101 iw but tbat would involve theloss of the thousands and tens of thousands of vehicles that w?,?e used for the transportation. Viewing the operations of the Allies in the Sea of Az<ff in any light whatever, their success there and theie occupancy and naval command of that sea must very seriously and probably very promptly affect the defence of Sebastopol, and starvation may bring about a fatal crisis for the Russians, even: before they can make new arrangements for >up- [ plies from elsewhere. If the allies are coo viced that such will be the result, their best policy will of course be to con-1 fine their exertions to cutting off supplies, and , let famine do its work. Under this system ofj tactics it is possible a strong force will be sent ! to seize and bold the Isthmus of Perekop, and j thus, with the coasts of the Crimea guarded at every point by the allied naval force, to cut off effectually supplies from every quarter, except what could be procured in the. Crimea itself, which it is well known are totally inadequate, arid have already been exhausted ^to a very great extent. Thirty to tifty thousand men 11 i.~ ?????i W0U1U uy ciiiH'iiuuu^ tiiriusuivtrs ye muiu iy hold the Isthmus against any force the Russians could bring against thcra, and at any rate force a sufficient time to solve the problem of*starvation to the defenders of Sobastopol- Tho allies could well spare the above force, for tho reinforcements on the way and still to embark will be at least equal to that number. Except the capture of Sebastopol can be made on tho preceding plan, the general opinion still is that it. will not be taken. The American clipper ships that have been chartered b_v this Government arc the admiration of every body who sees them, and attract great attention not only at Marseilles and Toulon but also in the Black boa, both from the English and French naval officers. The Queen of Clippers' of upwards of 2000 tons, recently sailed with 350 horses, 200 men nfflip Imnpri.'il Guard, and 1800 tons of mater iil. The Great Republic is to sail in a few days, and will take 500 horses, 700 troops and above 3000 tons of materiel ; among the latter are 1000 pieces of heavy cannon and 20,000 bombs A screw line-of-battleships is to accompany her, and to tow her if necessary. If, however, there is a favorable wind, the Great Republic will probably be better able to tow the line-ofbattle ships. This ship has been visited by thousands and thousands of people at Marseilles, in eluding all the high functionaries of Government, with their families, <fcc. She is a splendid specimen of naval architecture, of nearly 4000 tODs. It is probably very safe to say that no one ship ever before in this world took on board 500 horses, to say nothing of the rest of her cargo. The Gauntlet, of 2,000 tons, the Allcganiun of 1,200 tons, the Nonpareil, of 1,500 tons, and Monarch of the Sea , of 2,200 tons, are all now loading with hoises, troops, and material. Four or five other American clippers are daily expected at Marseilles and Toulon for tho same purpose, having Keen chartered at from fourteen to seventeen shillings ($3-50 to $4.35) per ton per month, and taken for six mouths positively. The Government at present refuse to charter any more vessels, as they believe they have the full <|u tvtity of tonnage they can require There must be ?; least i wo hundred steamers and six or -tv.-i: hundred sailing vessels now in employ <v. ,. c;.-d with the war in the Crimea. Pu'imoiis continue very high, and it is a cause of great . nxiety to the Government. Tho price ofbr*:td. h..wevor, is still at about three and a h :lt\ en -per pound to the laboring poor, though at the present price of flour it should be four and i half 10 five cents. The difference is paid to the b ker> by the government and the city by issuing small printed tickets to tho poor? they handing in >uch tickets in part payment to the bakers. All tjiis is so perfectly systematized bv the police that few or no impositions arc practiced by those parties who are in easy circumstances and f<?r whom the relief is notintended. Most momentous results depend upon the the result of growing harvest both in Europe and the United Slates. Georgia a Unit on the Platform of 1850. Whatever division there may be in our State among politicians as to some principles, and the election of this or that man, there is one question, the "paramount one of the day," upon which we are one people. Tho Domocratic Convention of June 5th, holding "the American Union secondary only in importance to the rights un>J principles it was designed to perpetuate, gave their unqaided adhesion to the 4th Resolution? of the Georgia Platform," and expressed their "unalterable determination to maintain it in it? letter and spirit." That is the truo doctrine. Tile Corner Stone at Columbus wanted to know if any other than the Columbus Times, would pledge lnm-clf to stand !>v it in every extremity. 'Hie Atlanta Intelligencer, in a strong article, says he is one; as also the Augusta Constitution alist. As for ourselves this is the last line? fourth resolu'iun?wo wish to see drawn on paper and upon this subject "sink or swim, live or die, we plant ourselves upon and go with it Every Georgian is in heart and mind committed to it. When that is trampled upon, we know that they are prepared to say, with Troup, as they of right ought to, "the argument is ended, let us stand by ourswoids." Determined assertion of our rights is the guarantee of their being respected. Whatever opinion we havo of Know Nothingism, though they have adopted the Philadelphia Platform, gone for Cuba, taken the most opposite doctrines, yet wo are rejoiced that in Georgia at a meeting of the State Council, held at Macon on the 23th June, amid their many planks, they have this for their fourth resolution: "That we re-affirm the Georgia Platform of 1850, as indicating the right policy, in the event .f ii.. - it : j. J oi mo coiiuiigeiicirc merem uiumiuiieu. aiiu ?c hereby pledge ourselves to stand by and carry out its principles." As a national party, to bo of any service to the tiiaititainance of the rights of the South, a candid dispassionate man must look upon K. N's. as nut of the question; but in the State of Georgia, we can forgive them much, if they, in addition to their words on this most important question will let their acts, in standing square up to them, give them a life and vitality. The prohibition party will occupy, no doubt, tlx- same position. Undivided, then, upon tins let every Southern State, as Georgia and Louisiana, plant themselves upon this platform, and should the contingencies mentioned arise, though we hope and believe the national conservative sentiment of our Northern brothers will ever prc\ent it, the time for words will have passed into that for action. Athent Banner We have never yet heard one valid objection urged to a Prohibitory law, that could not be made with equal force against auy other penal statute, either as a legal and constitutional remedy for liquor selliing, or as a measure eminent I ly suited to accomplish the object of its adoption. We know that some politicians, lawyers and interested judges havo assailed this law, but every successful assault thus far has been upon some of its appendages, and not upon its essentia] or fundamental provisions. They remain firm and irrefutable, which even bribery aod corruption have not been able to assail. Spirt of the Age. I served," says Jefferson, "with General Washington, in the Legislature of Virgina, before the revolution, and, during it, with Dr , Franklin, in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point, which was to decide the question. They laid their shoulders to the great points, knowing that the little onea would follow of themselves.M i Too Smart for a Mechanic. Dow oftou Jo we hear the exclamation made in reference to a youthful prodigy, by a fond nnrprit.. when sneakitiir of an idolized son?"Too 1 _ o -smart for a Mechanic'--and so, straightway a profession is hit up for the wonderful lad who is too smart for a trade. In the course of our life, and you know we are an "Old Man," wo have observed numbers of these great youths, whom their fathers have made Preachers, Lawyers, Doctors, etc., and have very frequently seen them prove complete failures; not at all competent to shine in any profession, but forced to dwindle out their days in shoving the jack plane, as rough carpenters, or digging post holes, as common clay laborers, their fain:lies, if they have any, suffering for the very necessaries of life; and all this because they were too smart to learn regular trades, at which a competency might be made. If there is anything that has ever been a curse to this country it is these men thrown upon the community without imans of subsistence to support themselves, and no trade to goto, when tlw>ir n.-iront.s who have hitherto supported them drop off Icaving.thera as a legacy, the miserable retrospection of tho past without ono dollar for the corning future. We have known men who have went to school nearly all their lives in consequence of the opinion entertained by their parents, that they were to become prodigies in some ono of the professions who have acquired superior educations, by dint of hard knocks, and intense study who have almost starved for a day's victuals, because they knew nothing of the world, had never come in contact with it, had never went through an apprenticship li#id never graduated, amid its hardships and privations. They had always been taught to look upon themselves, as little lower than the angels, and that it would never require scarce an effort on their part to get th ough the world with honor and credit. It is this growing evil of rearing cmiureu u?r gentlemen and ladies in the incorrect meaning of these much abused words which will tei d more to the ruin of our country than anything else. To those who would rear their children prosperously and happy when ilieynre tottering to the tomb, we would say, give them trades; let them learn some one of the useful and honorable avocations of life; and if they have intellect for other callings, for the professions, depend upon it, they will >oon find it out themselves, and the fact of their having a trade, will never retard their progress toward distinction and eminence, but only tend to make their fame more lasting, and their virtues shine out more apparent. Again, we say give your children trades with an education classical, if you I ke; if they are rnnnhh. ifwnminrr rrood workmen, as mechan -"r?'? , e> _ - . ies, they stand far better chance of succeeding in any of the learned professions. .The brightest intellects our country ever knew arose to their distinction from the workshop of the mechanic, and they were not ashamed to say they were once mechanics themselves, but gloried in the appellation.? Cincinnati Home Journal. A Disappointed Visiter.?A citizen recently returned from London, says the Mobile correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, tells with much humour, of some equivoque that mingled in a conversation he had with an English oflicer whom unknown to him, had served in Packenham's army "You have been, then, in America?', "For a very short time, and it is long ago." Were you ever in New Orleans?" "Not exactly in it?although onoe very near it." "And did you not visit the city?" "No; they would not let me,, "Not let you!?why, how, and when could that be?', " It was iu 1814?and there was a large party of us, too, who inten ded to eat our Christmas dinner* in the city ?but though we were very warmly received, we could not accomplish our wishes. So we turned round and went to Moble Point; but' though wc staid there some time, wo did not find travelling in Alabama very tempting, so all concluded to return and on the first of April 1815, we left for home?.the day selected for embarkation forming an appropriate finish to our fool's errand." Here a sudden spasm of rccollectiou struck the inquirer with the force of a galvanic battery. Follies of fashion.?In no instance have the folly and childishness of a large portion of mankind been more strikingly displayed than in those various, and occasionally very opposite, modes in which they have departed from the standard of nature, and sought distinction even in deformity. Thus, while one race of people (the Chinese) crushes the feet of its children, another flattens their heads between two boards; and while we in Europe admire the natural whiteness of the teeth the Malays hie otl the enamel, and dye them black, for the all sufficient teason that dogs teeth are white. A New Zealand chief has his distinctive coatof-arms emblazoned on his face as well as on his limbs, and an Esquimaux is nothing if he has not bits of stone stuffed through a hole in each cheek. Quite as absurd and still more mischievous, is the infatuation which, among some Europeans, attaches beauty to that modification of the human figure which resembles the wasp, and compresses the waist until the very ribs have been distorted, and the functions of the vital organs irreparably disordered.?"The Chinese 6y J. F. Davis. That California nuooet of gold.?Tho Journaldu Havre of the 11th has the following paragraph: "A few days ago we announced the arival at Ilavre, by the Ariel, ot a nugget of native goiu, of the value of about 200,000 francs, which was in the hands of two miners, and was to be exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. We learn to-day from Paris that tho nugget, instead of being lent to the Exhibition was presented to the Bank of Franco in view of obtaining an advance on its consignment. The Bank having assayed it found that it was a piece ot lead covered with gold, upon which the roughness and unevennoss of native gold had been ingeniously imitated. An investigation has been commenced to discover it the traud naa been committed at the diggings or during the voyage., Ancient and Modern Warfare. War is always terrible. Even when waged in the cause of freedom, there is much in it to < make the heart revolt. Millions squandered, thousands of lives lost, provinces devastated, i children made orphans, society demoralized? these am the consequences of just wars, equally | with unjust, ones, tine) should teaeli governments to be certain before engaging in hostiliO O H ties that their cause is right; for terrible is the re.-ponsibility of a people who begin a war, unless. as Patrick Ilenry said, " an appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left."' Hut dreadful as war is, it is merciful com pared to what it onco was. In nothing has civilization done so much for mankind as in mitigating the horrors of war. Not to go back to the remote and probably uncertain annuls of Assyria und Egypt, there is sufficient proof, in authentic ancient history, that war formerly was one incessant scene of rapine, wrong, an;l masacre. Often no quarter was given in hattie. Frequently all sexes and ages were put to A 1 iitu Its UiI l'/?i I ItfAtiA lllt/% UIU DWUIUi illWftja bllUOU Olltuu MWIVOVIU Uiiw | shivery. What now takes place exceptionally, and when a town is given up to the sack, happened in ancient wars continually, and was the universal rule. Wo will take the first Punic wars as an example. It i3 customary to speak of the wars of the French revolution as of unexampled du ration and atrocity; but tho first Punic war lasted longer, and was characterized by a spirit vastly more merciless. When Regulus, in this contest invaded Africa, he laid waste thecoun try before him, as if his army had been a flight of locusts, sent to destroy another Egypt.? Villas were burnt, crops destroyed, cattle wantonly slaughtered, nud thousands of persons, many of them bred to luxury, carried off and sold lor slaves. Three hundred walled villages and towns were sacked in this pitiless foray.? But the Carthugenians had their revenge and availed themselves of it as remorselessly. In a great buttle, fought the following your, | they defeated the invaders, and not only slaugh-1 teicd the Romans almost to a man, on the Held of victory, but when the contest was closed, when all Carthage blazed with festive lights, burnt alive thu bravest of the few prisoners! as' a thank offering to Moloch. On another occasion, during this war, the Catlhagonians crd^. fied one of their unsuccessful leaders. Blft the Romans were not a whit behind them in blood-thirstiness. Frequently captive generals, in spite of Jieir heroism, and notwithstanding they had shown clemency to Roman prisoners, were barbarously put to death. Tba great Roman fleet, with which Africa was invaded was manned by galley-slaves, most of whom i were captives ravished from Sicily, Sardinia, ! or other Cartbngenian colonies. *? Wo moderns have made great advances in c?mn/,n r\C IVM r Kllf fl lp<i<rill lllic'lll flfUlll bo taken in energy from the ancients. The Ro-; mans, in this same contest, built a fleet of more than three hundred ships capable of carrying three hundred thousand inen, during one winter; and as they possessed no experience in maraiimc a flairs, they made their galley-slaves practice on dry land, the art of rowing, while the vessels were being constructed. The magnitude, as well as resolution, with which they carried on hostilities, may be inferred from the fact that, in the naval battle at Ecomus, tliey took 140,000 men into action, or seven times as many as Nelson had at Trafalgar. In a; great tempest, snbseijuently, nearly 100.0001 seamen were lost, the whole southern coast of! Sicily be.ing^strewed with wrecks and bodies. These statements it must he remembered, do not refer to tlio mythical period of Roman his tory, but rest on the authority of a writer who lived within 30 years of the events he records. Modern history, in short, furnishes no contests so bloody, so protracted, so desperately waged, or calling out so entirely the full resources of the combatants, as the ever-recurring wars of ancient Rome ; for even tho wars of Napoleon and Frederick the Great, when whole hecatombs were immolated and entiro continents convulsed, fail, in these particulars, to rival the wars of the ancients. Philadelphia Ledger. Confidence.?Upon a little twig ot tlie tree | shading the window sits a little bird with a I jaunty air; and there he pours out his soul in a strain of melody, though the storm is in hearing and the draper}' of the clouds darkens the sky overhead. Now the storm is around the bird, the winds have come down in armies from the mountains and from the sea, the twigs bend and the proud head of the trees are bowed down; and yet the bird feels no fear in its feathered breast, but sings and sings merrily. So inay we learn a lesson of confidence from the innocent bird; that when the foundations are shaken, when the sky of life seems darkened for aye, when the lightning of angry words from dissevered friends scathe the brain, and when the strong boughs of earthly life arc bent to the earth, that we may sing and sing merrily our trust in Him who holds the sea in the hollow of His hand. Spirit of the Age. The affections are the chief sources of thought and as these are directed the character is formed. The sages of antiquity, struck with the uni#*?al power of lovo?the perfection of its assimimjfe principle?assigned to it a divine cliaractei^and thus anticipated prominent truth ofChristianity. riato taught that love takes away others being in himself, and transfers it to the party loved. A cleverer symbol and diviner truth was vouchsafed to John, an angel standing in the sun?indestructible inind iuvested with unclouded glory.?E. L. Maaoon. Human' Evergreens.?Some singers appear to be always young, the Italians in particular. Not long ago a gentleman who goes very seldom to the Opera, but who possesses an excellent memory, said to Madame Grisi, It is astonishing how like you aro to your mother!" "You know my mother inquiringly remarked the lady. "Certainly; I perfectly recollect hearing her in Paris in 1832, when she ployed in Nornia." "rut sir it wis t whnni vou heard!" "Oh. that J is indeed a joke!" This gentleman never would believe that tho Grisi of our day was the Grisi of 1832; and he carried his gallantry so far as to got positively out of temper about a reality which ho treated as a mystification. Ciov. Recdcr in Kansas. It was announced to us by telegraph a few days since, that Gov. lieedcr had succeeded in getting into a persoual dfficulty, and below we - ? ? i - a* it.- ir jive Hie particulars/ inKun irorn me x\iiusu? Times. Tlio doughty Governor would seem to have been false to both parties, and after all his tirades against the Missouri marauders, he confessed himself satisfied that Kansas would be a slave State.? Charleston Standard. Whitehead, Kansas T., June 5.1855 Yesterday morning Gen. B. F. Striugfellow of Weston, Mo., proceeded to Gov. Feeder's residence, near the Shawnee Mission, and after introducing himself to the Governor, said, "I understand, sir, that you have publicly spoken and written of me in the East as a frontier ruffian, and 1 have called to ascertain whether you have done so?" Gov. R.?" I did not so write or speak of you iti public." Gen. S.?Did you speak of me in those terms anywhere or at any time!" Gov. R.?"No, sir." Gen. S.?" Did you uso my name at all f" Gov. R.?" I may have used your name in private conversation." Gen. S.?" Did vou use it disrespectfully I? Did you intimate, or insinuate, that I was other than a gentleman V' Gov. R. ? " I might have done so." Gen. S.?"Then, sir, you uttered a falsehood, and I demand of you the satisfaction of a gentleman. I very much questiou your right to that privilege, for I do not believe you to be a gentleman ; but I nevertheless give you the opportunity to vindicate your titlo to that character, by allowing you to select such friends as you may please, and I will do the same, and we will step out hero and settle tlio matter as gentlemen usually do." Gov. R.?I cannot go. I am no fighting man.', Gen. S.?" Then I will have to treat you as I would any other offensive animal": And with that, he knocked Reederdown with his fist- 1 suppose the abolitionists will pronounce this a " ruffianly attack." Let one of thorn do so, and then dare show his face in Kansas ! Tlicy will not say so, however, but pronounce it a proper punishment, when they hear that as soou as Rceder returned, he expressed himself satisfied that Kansas would be a slave State, and that he was in favor of that institution. I learn it is a fact, and 1 learn it from a gentleman who heard him, that lie so expressed himself on the steamer coming up the river, and also after he had landed. T. Horses and JInles for the South. The neglect of grain crops by the cctton planters of the South has been often and justly animadverted upon. The maxim?" produce if posssible, all of your home supplies at home" cannot be too often or too deeply impressed upon the agricultural community of the Mississippi Valley South. liut there is one corollary from this maxim, which so lar, wc believe, has been but little agitated or discussed. With every natural facility fur growing fine horses and mules, all the cotton Stale3 (excepting a small portion of Tennessee) are tributary to Kentucky and the Western Slntes for those useful and indispensable auxiliaries of man, whether engaged in agriculture or commerce. There is no reason why Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas, should not raise all of their own horses and mules. There is no earthly reason why these States should not also raise ail of their own corn, hogs, cows, Arc. There is, likewise no earthly reason why those States should not pay particular attention to the improvement of the breeds of all the different kinds of stock. it is sometimes said that the South is not a ?; WUU ^UUUIJII^, iuciviviv uvi. wmh%? hie for growing line stock. A moment's consideration will show that this is the purest " fudge." The low lands borderiag upon every perennial stream in the South?from the lordly Tennessee to the smallest brook " singing its quiet tune' ?are capable of being made?a little expense?the finest pastures in the world. Look at the Tennessee river bottom ; how many millions of acres are there, yet awaiting the occupancy of the grazier, to whose purposes they are better suited than to those of any other class of agriculturists? So of Obion, Forked Deer, Ilalchie, Wolf, Tallahachie, the upper Tombigbee, and all the streams, large and small, of the South, including the mighty Mississippi, large portions of whose immense bottom are admirably adapted to all the requirements of the stock grower. When will the South be true to herself ?? When will Southern men learn their true poli cy ? Wlicn will they learn that everything produced at home, corn and horses, peas and hogs, potatoes and mules, shucks and sheep, hrogans and beef?is a saving of always double, and often quadruple, of what the same arlicle would cost if they have it to buy? Memphis Eagle and Enquirer. - - Brevities. If girls would have roses in their cheeks, they must do as the roses do?go to sleep with the lilies, and get up with the morning-glories. The forms and ceremonies of politeness may bo dispensed with, in a measure, in the relaxations and intimacies of one's own fireside, but kind utteiitiuns never. One of the saddest things about human naturo is, that a man may guide others in the path of life without walking in it himself?a pilot, and yet a cast away. According to recent calculations, it is probable that English is already the language of 'ii- e i i...: 1 ?L..? Sixty millions ui iiumuu uciuya, mm uuii uic number is augmenting at a continually increasing ratio. This lifo will not admit of equality; but surely that man who thinks ho derives conse* quencc and respect from keeping others at a Histjinrp. is as base-minded as tho coward who shuns the enemy from the fear of an attack. Ooclhe. Sound Advice to Young Ladies.?Don't let tho keys of the piano forte make you forget the keys of the store-room, or tho enlightenment of your understanding prevent you from inquiring the pried of candles. Austrian*, Turk* and Russians. Upon the military capacity of Austrian*, Turks, and Russians, we cite this important testimony from a Pole who has been thirty years a soldier, and served with the Austrian*, Russians and Turks?General Chrzanowski: "What is your estimate," I said, "of the 4 a...v... ?'? *111311 IOI1 .11 111 J 1 "Tlic officers," lie answered, " are excellent ?perhaps the best in Europe i They have the spirit and influence which belong to gentlcuVcit, and they know their duties?which is not the case always with yours. The men are strong and well trained, but they hate the service. Tliey are not volunteers like yours, or conscripts like the French. Each commune has to furnish a certain number of men. The Government officers select them arbitrarily. Those whaarc chosen feel oppressed, and never have tho good-will of a volunteer who has taken to the army as a profession, or a conscript wlio.is paying his debt to his country. The Generals are good. Hesse is tit to command 200,000 men, and I know of no one else in Europe who lis!" "Have tlio Russians any good Generals?"' 1 said. " None," he answered, "on a great scale. v Luders is the best. I would trust him with 30,000 or 40,000 men, but not with more. Their regimental officers are ignorant and bad. The men are goud?tho best perhaps in the . world after the French, the English and the Turks. "Do you put the Turks so high?" I asked. "I put them," lie answered, "at tho very top. Not the officers, still less the Generals? 1 i *! ? A 1 1 -I 1 oui we privnics nave every euiuieriy ijuamy. The Turk is strong, he is docile, lie is intelli gent, he hits a contempt for life which is both fatalist and fanatic, and can live ou nothing. When their military organization was at its best, two centuries ago, no European armies could stand against them. But their officers are detestably ignorant, conceited, idle and corrupt. 'I he very best people that I kuow are the Turks of the lower orders. The very worse people that I know are the Turks in office. Power is gained and preserved thereby bribery treachery and extortion. Every man in authority is a rogue. If you ally yourself to ; Turkej' against Russia, and place any reliance on a Turkish corps d'armee with 'I urkish officers and a Turkish commander, you will be disappointed. Train and officer them as you did tho Portuguese, and you will make them the best troops in Europe; as good as your own?perhaps better. But I never should feel comfortable in action if I knew that any important part of my line was held bva purely Turk:_i. r i -! I.J i.. I.. . ; I9il iui uu. l oiiuuiu uc uuiioiuijuj cAjjauiig tv/ | see the officers running nnd the men following them. But to Turks as privates nnd Englishmen as officers,*! would entrust the key of my position."?North British Review. The Washington Sentinel gives the Aboli: tionistsa nut to crack in the following interrogai tives, which we suspect, will be difficult of accomplishment: 1. Name the State or country where the health of the laboring classes is better, or as good i as that of the slaves? j 2. Namo the States or country in which the j laboring classes are more sober, or as much so i as slaves? 3. Or any community among whom there j are so few lunatic* as among slaves?. 4. Or iu which so many children arc born i and safelv live to maturity? 5. Or in which there are so few riots, mur| dors, assaults or burglaries as among the slave j population? 6. Where is the laboring community which is so cared for in sickness and old age as among slaves? 7. Where is thecommuuity lhatcan approach a comparison between the mutual attachment of master and slave? 8. Are there not a hundred, ay, a thousand instances of devotion of slave to master and master to slave, where one can bo shown of servant to his hiring master or of master to his j hired servant? 9. Is there a laboring class in the world so well fed and doing so little work as the slaves it. . fi j oi me aoumj 10. And, dually is there any community on earth, of equal numbers, in which there is >o little vice and crime as among slaves? Humbug. ?Humbug, which is in universal use, if not classically admissible into an Euglish dictionary, comes unquestionably from Hume of the Bog, a Scotch laird,?(so called from his estate.) who was celebrated in Edinburgh society duiing the reign of William and Auno, for tl.e marvellous tone of his stories, in which he indulged so commonly that they became proverbial; aud thus a very long shot was always designated a regular Humo of the Bog. Ilence, by simple contraction, Humbug. Toe Double Misfortune.?At a provincial th/tnfpA in V n AAiMA.Itr ? .in ivl.tn.si nnf ifUil | UJWHU in iimivc a tuiucujr w.w piujuit cuvmcu the Twenty-six Misfortunes of Harlequin. An actor, who happened to be among the spectators called to Harlequin at the end of the play?"I say, the play-bill is a cheat. I paid to see tweuty-six misfortunes; I have counted well on my fingers and there are but twenty-four!'' "Eh ! Sangodemil,' shouted Harlequin did not I marry at the end of the comedy? And does not that make up at least tho other two misfortunos?', Advick.?Tho Anderson Gazette calls upon I ? ... ? o ...L r> 1:? . l.?. the Uo-operatiomsis OJ ouum uaruima iu auupt the Georgia Resolutions as recently issued and stand by her. The Gazette further remarks : They can safely and honorably do so;?and if they were in earnest in seeking the co-operation of the South in 1850, they have an opportunity of evincing it now, by falling in with Georgia and Louisiana, and accepting the proffered co-operation of two States, which is all they ever demanded. The following stf iking lines form an inscri|>tion found at Melrose Abbey:? The earth goeth on the earth, glwtoflingin goJd; The earth gocth to the earth sooner than It wold; The earth l^uilda on the earth castles and towers; The earth aoyitotbe eord>??* All nhell be our?I"