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4 VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1855. NUMBER 30. .. . ?Mwmg?cam UH ?agacigaaai m ??CM Sflcrtci poctrt). THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED. I am all alone in my chamber now, And tho midnight hour is near, Aud the fagot's crack, and the clock's dull tick, Aro tho only sounds I hear, And over mv soul, in its solitude, Sweet feeliucs of sadness glide; For my heart and my eves are full, when I think Ol iho little boy that died. I went one night to my father's house? Went home to the dear one's all, And softlv I opened tho garden gate, And soitlv tho door of the hall. My mother came out to mcot hereon, She kissed me, and then she sighed, And her head fell on my neck, and she wept For her little boy had died. And when I gazed on his innocent faco, As s'iil and cold ho lay. And thought what a lovely child he had been, And how soon he must decay: "0 Death, thou lovest the beautiful," in uio woe 01 my spirit i erica, For sparkled the eyes, and the forehead was fair, Of the little boy that died. Again I will go to ray father's house? Oo home to the dear ones nil, And sadly I'll open the garden gate, And sadly the door of the hall. I shall meet my mother; but ucver With !ktdarling by hor side; Hut she'll kiss me and sigh and weep again F??r tin* little bey that died. I shall miss him when the flowers eorao In the garden where he played; I shall mi-s htm nioro by the fire-s'de. When thoflowers have all decayed. I shall see his toys and his empty chair, And the horse he used t<? ride, And they will speak, with a silent speech, Of tlie little boy that died. I shall see his little sister again With her playmates about the door, And I'll watch the children in their sports, As I tiovcr did before; And if. in the group I sec a child That's dimpled and laughing-eyed, I'll loi'k to sec if it may not be The little boy that died. We shali all go home to our father's house? To our Father? house in the skies, Where the hope of our souls shall have no blight, And our love uo broken ties; We shall roam on the banks of the river of peaeo, .A lit! bathe in its Missful tide; And one of the joys of our heaven shall be The little boy that died. And therefore, when I am sitting alone. Ami the midrrght hour is near, U'hen the fagot's crack, and the clock's dull tick, Are the only sounds I hear; Oil sweet o'er n>y soul, in its solitude. Are the teelingsof sadness that glide; Th.nii/h mv heart and inv eves are foil when I think i Of tlio little boy that died. ftHsrrllnnrons. From a South Carolina ^w^rance Trad. A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE LIQUOR j TRAFFIC. In the first place, is the liquor traffic ri^lit? | We ask this question with candor and sincerity, Jet it be answered accmdingly. F<>r our part j ue are prepared lo aftswer it promptly, with an | emphatic no. Who is a^Je to point to a | instance in whirli there can be shown a good iva>on l'"r its citntinuatice ? Who is able to show us where this traffic has benefitted the world, or conferred the slightest good on our race either socially, morally, or politienlly ? Can we find i:i the whole length and bieadth of this "wide wide world,' a single clinch, school-house, college or any worthy institution which the liquor trallie has aided in erecting i Na\ ; verily, these aie not to be seen as the frnitsof this tiallic. Not even a solitary hospital or asylum rears its spire upon the contribution of tiie liquor dealer. N'o house of re fuge, no place is provided fur the myriads of - I . I _ _ 1 _ ? Hapless victims which this rcienuess curse nas bequeathed to the world for its support. We lock in vain fur a single instance where this tmflie has aided towards the promotion of public or benevolent enterprises. On the contrary, it is t.otori >u?ly and lamentably true; tlie .'iiimunl of capital otnploved in the manufacture, the value of the product* consumed, the labor expended in the distillation of liquors in this country, with the incidental and consequential outlays of monies, would lie ample to Imild our colleges and railroads, educate and Iced, and make tlirice ten thousand homes hap ov?which ate now ruined ai d desolate. Dear reader ! turn over the pages of the la^t census of the^e United States; see what the-e statistics reveal, what fearful and appalling facts are these that stare us in the face ; let us read the truth and know the worst. Eleven millions, sixty-seven thousand, six hun dred and sixty-one (1 l,0t?7,titil) bas/tcls of corn are distilled annually in our c??ut try, and yet it is also true, that corn is sometimes scarce. Even now. the very staff of life is needed lor a support in South Carolina. Think of it; our best friend converted into our deadliest enemy ? corn made into poison! How much human suffering, starvation and death would this relieve and prevent! Nor is this all. The trulhtelling census exhibits to our astonished gaze another frightful figure. Three millions, one hundred and forty three thousand, nine hundred and twenty seven unsnels oi rye, are also aistilled. Wo look again. Tlie record shows us that 51.517 bushels of oats are consumed with 521,840 bushels of apples; 3,787,195 bushels of barley ; 1,994 tons of hojrs; and 61.075 hluls. of molasses, all these consumed in distilling and malting, the aggregate value of which, at average prices, will not vary much from $14, 643.797. There is another and a fearful thought brought f.o our 'nines hv these statistics, which I shows us in figures which cannot lie, ihe aggravated and terrinli* enormity of this evil. It is the ratio of distilled grains compared with the quantity grown, which, according to compulation is; '* Of corn, I hushel distilled in every 54 ; of rye, 1 in every 5; of oats, I in 2.G1S ; of barley, there is malted 3 bushels in 5. From these products are manufactured forty-two millions, one hundred and thiitv three thousand, nine hundred and fifty five gallons of wbFky ; - ? > u.r.. six millions, five hundred tnousauu, me Hundred gallons of rum; one million seven hundred ;uui seventy-seven thousand, nine hundred and ?ur barrels of ale." "'lire aggregate value of these liquors at wholesale prices is estimated at ?19,941.897." Beside* the above, there are made 221,'2*21 gallons of wine, and an inconceivable amount of had liquors" that draws heavily for their constituents upon domestic and foreign dings in their manufacture, but which are not counted in tie manufacture." In view of these, with ten thousand other - ?> - > i- i -- ...t?, Startling i:.cis. which iiiiu ?c mm-, .n.^.n ea-il\ adduced, we ask the candid and Imacst reader if lie will not respond to the sentiment, that the liquor traffic is wrong, ull wrong, and ought to In* abolished. We make a few closing enquiries and reflections, and leave the reader to draw his conelusions therefrom. lias not this liquor traffic injured the world in millions of .cases ? Does it not people our jails ami penitentiaries with scores ami Dun divils of ini-eralile victims whose hands and hearts are steeped in crimes of the deepest live ? Another important thought we desire just lu re to I reset:!. This system of legalized wholesale destruction to human life and properly does not support itself, hut re lies upon the people. th- S '\eif gii independent people who are In a\ *? -iv d limits support. Our contingent aco <!il :?i.. i>ncs wanani uns n>si,ni?u. .\" one i* itj iK'iiv, 11111. that drunkards arc made Ic. this t< a flic*. If i litre were no tippling sh. jis, we would have few, or no miserable -laciiin-ns ?il depraved humanity iccling in oar si?? ?-1-?11.1 found on our highways often in a stale ot hens!Iv intoxication, as it. is? ' Pass where we may, thro' city or tl ro' town, Village or hamlet, o! this lair lui.d, ev'ry twentieth pace Conducts the nnguurded nose to Mich a wliitT Of stale th'haucli, forth issuing from the sties, Thai Law* lias licensed, as makes Temp'ratice reel." \\ liy ought liin.or dealers to have special and le-ei ved right* guaranteed bv the laws of ? " Hit' land, wined, in ideir naiiv operations, mi jure all oilier ch'nse* of tlie c?>n miitiit\*; and since it is manifest that almost all our social ami political troubles are occasioned by tliis legalized whole-ale miseliief, why should the people Jollier submit in silence to a system so yt i' vous ami unji si ? There can be no half r oJit and half wronjr in this matt or. The traf lie in anient spoils is either all lijrht or all icron'j. If it is liuht, wh \ are the limb-is in it taxed !'<?r piosiiino it as a common avocation, tin* same ic an\ otln i article of men hamiiz I If it lie wrojijr. it ou^ht t" be aboli-hei!. 'J im In (pi''r laws of .South Carolina present a strange anomaly. it it i> irmiig to s< II a p ot oi poi son v\ith?'Ut a liceu-e, it smelv ??11it! ? to coiisitjeied j -si a- ill icit -o to sell three *?;i 1 .hi .. Si p.. lor,. I..(iivl:il ion thai ! ? Tin- pv>p e inii-t i.ik" liiis ui.Hlli'r home (m lln-ir hearts aid examine each for himself, and do cidc U|?"ii Iju?t:ce 01 injury uliu ii they ivwive from t!-is miserablet>;iLot us friends! reason together. L.<m>U at the question fairly and iintie>!ly, and as men who love their roun11v, endeavor i<> do all we can to abolish tin* vile, S"u!-drb:iMiio, God dishonoiing trallie.-Li't the voi. e'sof ten ihou^aiid frecnieii be heaul in the land liom the lofty p alts of tin* blue ridge to the seaboard?Down with the Ll'jW<r Trajjic. WSiat is to be Done t In 1832, when South Carolina nullified the Taritf, Coii^ivss adopted, by an overwhelming vote, the iniquitous Force Bill, and I'resident Jackson's course won for himself the applause of all quarters of the country. That bill was aimed at South Carolina alone, and expired by its own limitation. Massachusetts presents now a ca<e of>inii.ai but aggravated character. The uulliticaiiuii of South Carolina broke no faith with her sifter States, and deprived none of them of their property. That of Massachusetts does both. It tramples upon a clause in the Constitution for the rendition of slave?a clause which in its very nature had all the force and obligation of a treaty between sovereign States, and robs tbe citizens of another State of their rightful property. By her act she stands up iii tin- Conlederacx and invites to her arm*, with }oi iiiij?uity ami security, the slaves ot' tiic South to desert their masters. She atlvertis'-s herself as a sovereign uegro thief, whose thefts an* to he defended |,y all the authority and j'ow. r of state! li.it is to i>e done? Will Congress, in its 1.. ...t i... I .1 i. .> i n tlio f \ nwfil in inn nwOn diit t > M;is>jichuM-tts in J55, the same measure that it did to South Carolina in '33# Or will it pass over, as harmless and pardonable in the former, what was denounced as treason in the latter ? We shall see. Nullification, doubtless, in the dictionary of the Federal Government, is quitu a different tiling in the South and in the North. Now, really it is a matter of not the least importance to us, whether Congress takes action in this matter or not. Jt coitainly cannot by any legislation make the Fugitive Law anything else than what it has heon from the- fir.-t, a worthless cheat, over which Southern subniissionists made a great hurrah, and persuaded the South ??* l.nliovn tIi?>? Iinel ii.'iiiind much when she had gained nothing, and which has furnished to abolitionism pretext for any amount of abuse and agitation.? Charleston Mercury. During an examination of a witness as to. the locality of the stairs in a house, the counsel asked him: "Which way did the stairs rut) ?" The witness, who, by the way, is a noted wag, replied that: "V 41 ^011 mi hut tho ntlier w.H v/UU ?iiy iucj i "" ------ j they ran down. The learned counsel winked both eyes, and ' then took a look at tbo ceiling. L- um*A JJI ST-rrrrrr _. Poor .^liliiiicrs ati<! their Porsecutiois. Mrs. Thomson, in her "Recollections of Literu' ry Characters a:i<.l Celebrated ]'laces." says: 'Campbell, the p?>ot, was in the habit of vi>iiin^ ; at th*- house of a lady. tin t) n milliner in Kdinhnr^h. Smile not reader?this milliner was I indeed a lady of an ancient Scottish lincaii", and j .a' i.i,,l.nl,t,.,I rixiieet-ibi lit v. It was. in former j |? -- , j ilavs by no means uncommon for families el ; respectability to place their portionless ?l:?i?^j!it?.*rs I in business. The prido of even noble Scottish ! families strange to say, was not compromised I by having relations in business. Even lean ; remember wedding dresses being made for a female relation of mine bv the M sses 1) , j who were connected, and that closely, with the I noble houses which glory in their.ancient name: and these excellent and respected ladies were : \isjird by these proud kinsfolk, and regarded with a Consideration that did credit to both the | great and the humble. A word more about milliners. Among ail those, observed a lady, io business, addressing one of my who had chanced to ;>ass the d< or of her workroom, and was looking a! a group of poor girls bu~ilv p'viug | the in edlc, I should >:?y there an* not tw<> who ought to be* here. Some, she added as sin* passed 0:1, are tin* daughters of English clergy1 man, others of oilier-: four of tlwin, and the bo~t, and nio-t patient are the daughters of li'gh, pi'i'tid, Scotc!i families. To prove mv point Mill I'tntlierta lady whose name stands high in the literature of our count ay was oblig-d j by adverse circuni-taiic-es to place her Voung daughter in one of these estab'i-hmculs of Ini-i ; ne-s. It was in those times thought tla* best ' thing that eoald be d mio: and some sacritie- of ! menas,and abundant*- of forth u ! 011 both -id was i eo -sary to aecompli-h it. For some time every tiling went on w?di: hut lliem-l -a I was too liarl?ba'i mid. I it-- hour-. !o-s !" hut-pine..; of i home, broke I lie vm g s; i.-i:. The moiher ? I whose name I will not t- .1 fir tho-e live whom tin; narrative may pain ?e me to Lmd.-n, in t time only t*> see ln-r child oNpiu*. M own I experience could pain! a picture -c.rc-ly h--;s i.>u..!ii!i.r l.'. iin t-i!, -!- v-jii mv Ianjhitig niece. I ^ % w j the fair fcleo'eh 0:11, w!? ? .vim . ! ; :i> v*?tlr ; -l ives at <1 nc* ii!i:u*i <1 v. ur nolio*. ??:JI she 'si t u| fir li-T.-i'If." i - ;i a-rtisiM l:i?hion::l>ie i modiste - I forbnar In ntttin* InT? ii> ilii- m? lr-'j < : !i-? Tli trill w-i* iin > ce:.- hsm.My :;:.y; 1 t!i' iv wvrc -i..:n v.!i >. L.-r !;>:11iIv nini . jiitvinir tlie il< civ;.* tthirli > ;.l !i r lid". thought il no urrotr.'iliott to 'i>!\ tin* j !* t?.?.*? wuli"i' , >11 (.11* *- iliiiiii-r. It w.i- cr.ru Sntnlav thai C'ivi>! riiinC. Sonic Sr.lii. i;h days slirt lay in li 1. ! liViiri^'lil '.v.* u- of spirit anil tloh ?uilii-is >Ii? Wiiiki <1 till iii'n:i. <'in* la.lv 1 o! i';j a! Pfiiik v.i- in tli.j habit of M-n-liis^ orli-r* f r:iiiivs- oil tir.lny. to be ready by I'mr o'clock l he f?| owin^ Sunday. Sf>a im:-t not l> ili-j-Iti.i-i <1: aiul Anni" f.r so was tin: simple one called iv.-i* detained to I'urtiMi lliu j i.lowaji-r. h1', |.\- il.iv I't !il <mi !*:s?..ipm|, thai went w!io|!\el-ar lair -\in b-ennie tr. 1:j~ >nt. < '!.:i-i:ii:i--il iy mi** emu so l iv, I: :>? iiiv - r had e-n-.-d to i-xn.-ei !i r. \\ !i :i ! ! did ;.i: -i n'?r-; oft ir- r l:-?\ 1 her spirits. S'i it ni .-c:i ?." !v b?:i in b-i| tlint Week. This I- l.i;;t o'.n tvtr.la o! tii tin !:ii:clio!\* l;ni!i.' - - -4. ... - 1nh.i'i:ncj:.? i.v.rv ? ????, !? mimaon ?n:n t :h:iv. has :?t: i?:t ! ', ili<!i If may not | i civ.-, it iii t!i- !ii11 of ? j Coiil.I r- inovf |!io rtulain lli:ti ^petales liuf j from i*t riiliv mill look ic:>> ilm : : !!i- s of that I world "fi'oin xviii'iK'i* :i > travi-IliT returns," and c >ti!d w?: In- | . imi't. il to sc<* w'i:i{ shall !? h-iv: :i!*: r then :ni^!it ue know tlf lit!! :ill> c-ts of o;;r ; words and actions. ? ooiiijavli--nil llf ivmiI' of lit" smallest x-: i *i.:i in lhe r ut>o of virlU'1. :tn?l realize I ho awf*M ijiJoMC - of mi-ii :i wold or look ! '.! at would d t -r IV >ni the path of iv. t hide. | Our conduct allocls tiisl ? ur*elv< > and those immediately aroiind IK then, lliioujli (hem. otii! ois nioiv i*oi:r>t** an ! Mi l onward lik- til'.- circle i i:i tli.? water, unlil the intlnenei; i> |..>t to our ; view in tin.' dir'.avi'o; ;iil our words and actions should oovern. d 1 ?v :t regard to this n.onn.u| lous truth. hat a sad retro.sp r! t-? look on a j iile sjH'iit wit!n ut ii"i'fu!ti?".s, and what is far I ivnitn 11i.. iiilli|..lii'i> \V|? i'ViM\ i-fd over <>lir f'.'llo.vs ! used to j?rci:i?.-t?f no??>?I can?, to incite to no ! Iicnofi' i tl purpo-e j>?ro!i-tnci euiplovod toeiicour1 :iofo oilers in -.if. or in tiimino them from tl*I path of\irtiH'. This i- a sad thought, of >oine | it 111:1 y h * till'*; I'M each one who reads eoiisid-r ; lor hints -If mid see tint of him it may never be j said, lie turned any from the path of rectitude. 'I'm: Skckkt.?"1 notice.!,'' said Franklin, ''a I mechanic anion" a number of others, at work j on a house erected but a little way from my of* lice, who always appeared to l.c in a merry hiti uior, who had a kind wand ami a cheerful smile i for every on. he met. Let the day he ever so cold, gloomy, or sunless, a happy smile danced like a sunbeam on hi- cheerful countenance.-Meotino liitii one morning. I asked him to l. l! tnc the secret of his constant happy flow of spit" its." "No social Doctor," lie replied, "I have jp?l 1 one of the best wive-, and when I mi to Work she ! always In-, a kit) I w*rd of encouragement fur me i and wln n I go home she nnets me with a smile j and a kiss, and then lea is Mire to lie ready, and l she ha-> done mi many little things through the ! day to j'lease me, that 1 cannot, lind it in my | heart to.speak an unkind word to anybody.''? I What an influence, then hath woman over the i heart of man, to sullen it and make it the fountain of cheerful and pure emotion*. Speak genlle, then, a happy smile and a kind word of greeting alter the toils of the da\ are over, cost nothing, and go far towards making a home hap pv and peaceful. NATIONAL Cll ABACI KUIhTlLis.?BY 1TNCII. France is %the land of sober common sense, j And Spain of intellect nal eminence : Unlufunded liberty is Austria's boa*t, I And Prussia's kingdom is a- fr?-o?almost; j In Russia there are no such things as chains, I Supreme, in Rome, enlightened reason reigns.; j America?that stationary clime ? Holds 10 inuiiuon, arm me omen mm', , England, the light, the thoughtless and the gnv. Rejoices in theatrical aispuiy , The Sons of Scotland are impulsive, rash, Infirm of purpose, prodigal of cash ; I Whilst Paddy's aro the lips that know no guile, For truth has fixed her throne in Erin's isle. Crumbs for all Biiiads of Chic-kens. | QUAIL AND OVSTKUSi Am<?n?r (lie first class iestanrants in Albany ! t is tin* M;wbio Pillar, IncuU-d under the Museum. 1 , ami lit fit by " Hillv Wintie," a ecMilt'iiiun whose I . joind nature is only equaled by his toiiuant*. , j Annum the visitors who entered " The Pillar" j | it Tuesday last, was a sctni-fleiical' looking ' ? 1 ^enth'tnaii, who oalercd iij) a hroiled quail and :i dozen filed oysters. >> inio dismissing toese ; | delicacies-, he touched llic bell, and icqnes'fed j, i llic waiter to send the proprietor to liini. The j , j waiter complied, ami in a moment afterwards i? , the -emit I erica I looking gentleman was in a j ( enzy ?r??li?ny with Mr. Wiiinc about m.'liters j t i and tilings in genet a). | c ' My tlie way, W.. what was the trouble ' ! with that young mau l saw you in altercation ( ; with t?u liidiy evening last C lie contracted a bill to tlie amount of eigh. teen shillings, and then refused to pay up.*' i ] i "And what did yon do with h:m ?' i ( " Chucked him out doors." j, ' Nothing el-el'' 11 " No?going to law don't pay. To have c b- . t tabled eighteen sinkings worth of money by f , means of litigation, would have'consumed ten ( i ?!<>llars' worth of time." . j " Tin n all von do is to chuck thorn out, as j, , voti sav P : | , * " That's all.*' I, f I i " Well, that may be a wise plan, but I doubt; it. llv the wav, what kind of wine have von ! . g". I " As good an article of Ilcidsick as you can j ( j find in this city. \?"11 vou liavo a nonit-s ! t " Onoi.c ciiiiitinii, and tlial is, that von i j ! will join mo in its imbibition.'1 ; ' " \Villi plea-lire, sir." | Tli bt-ll was a'jain tinkled?a white jacket | j appeared in t he door was?tin* white jacket; . vani-heil. In a moment the white jacket re I appeared, blinking in a silver lop on a jnve-; ! i iie salver. The wine was ponied out, duly i ic? d and dispo>ed of. In a few moments after | t hi-, Winne " heoeed to be excused.'* and |,.d' ' 1 liis f:it-iii] to 11 ilnisli np the quail." Tin? friend ^ < diil s<>, and then reappeared in the bar-room. ; ' " Where can I find a little water to dip my [ i tinjT'Ts in ji ? ? ? .? I l 1 _ ?l ? : " In lilt? waMi-iiowi i>v me u>??Kirirj The si rn11tier crossed tins room, took a wa-h. I < ! finished 111> Lis whiskers, adjusted his wlolt4!; in'i'k-eloiSi, anJ once more S' light the projuio-1 J tor. I i ' Mr. 'Vimr*-, I have really enjoyed myself. I cannot it'C'i>'loft when I ever relished wine.! ami (jiiail with ?i cater zest." ' j : i " I! ipj'V to hear you say so, sir." i " As a memento of the little repast, I Imvo j ' one lit? !*.; lavor !< ask." ; "Wi.H'.wiir ! "Chuck meout.'' ! " What ?" j " ('hie k me. out." ' You iloi.'t mean to say y u have hecn ?i .?ir.^ !;?? i' "I ili.t.'l in.'.ail ninth:: g else. I have n-.* [ tlie Iir*t i eil eetit; ami if you want pay fori 1 :iio-e ijuail, you must do as 1 said before, i 1 " eiinek me out.*' i I Winnie eoiihl hear no more. He made at ns'i to the kitchen to L'et '' the cheese knife." While lie was absent. titir seini-eh-iic;il fiend , "lit "f tlic* side-door, aiH \vh**ti ln-t : >. ( 11 \v;|s ll-]:il!?r liMlih, lit lliC late I?i* foill j miles .-in hour. JSholilJ lie stop this si lo of: i Canada, we shall issue tin extra.? Jjukhnwn. j' O I Praying Jlacliincti. '. A ri cciit traveller among the Himalayas gives '' the following ac '. mil ol'tli.- su::e?.l implements 1 tj<vl hv i!i Thibetan monks and lamas:? I 1 Tli" sacred implement in ilie.se tcinplos are ? curious enough. First in importance is the I mani. or praying machine. It is a cylinder of i leather, of any size up to that of a barrel fcrownvl ! h.Mdi -a I placed rerticillv upon an axis, so that j ' it :nav revive with facility. It is often painted : i i:i hriili nil colors and i> inscribed with the utii- ) ' 1 vi.-rsal Oni }fanu J'almi 0:n. Written prayers j are d-ix'sii-d within this cylinder, which is j made t<> revolve by {lulling a siring attached to :i j 1 ; crank. An iron arm projecting from the ?.)?! >1 oft!)- o lin I'.'i* strikes a small boll at each ivvn- '! luiioii, aid any one who pulls the string pro-i ' j.-rly is su]tpos-d to have repeated all th?"? prayers [ ' j contain-d in the cylinder at every stroke of the 1 ' ; hell. Some of these machines are put ia motion j : bv water power and thus turn out an amount ; 1 j of supplication mo great to be easily estimated, i * l There is another kind, borne in the hand which j! j can be made to revolve by a very slight move- j ' , meiit of th- owner. These are usually carried j ! about by the wandering priests, half mountebank i 1 half lama, and whole beggar, who perambulate j 1 t!i- country, managing to pi A up a v<*ry com- : f.-risible subsistence, though they not unfreijuetit-1' Iv present si wrv dilapidated appearanee in the | ' matter of el.(tiling, if these cylinders do their [ ' , work i.i ;i satisfactory manner?and those who ; 1 ! ns<- thi'iii have no don!?ts on that score?tin I' l.ib-?r-s;ivit?ir machine over invented win bojr'ii j ' to compared with them. What is a sowing- ; ' machine that makes a thon-aud stitches a min- j ( nt.*, a printing-machine that throws ctf twontv j 1 thousand sheets in an hour, compared with an j ' instrument which repeats a!! the supplications ' ' in the prayer book as often as a cylinder can be j ' made to revolve on its axis? ! j I)t:.\rn ok a Vauwulk Max.? The autliori ' 1 ties of the .Smithsonian Institution have just to! reived information of the death of l)r. J. G. TSi 1 IT. !?...! sli.it,,c (Inniiil nt tuinvrir S:i\. ! i Ii' iiu'm'i, uim> ? ...... nnv, iti ill'* G7th year of Iiis age, of apoplexy. Ih: was also agent for tin.* Smithsonian In-iitti- i tioti in Central ami Northern Europe, anil il-voted himself untiringly and with the greatest ? success <o the promotion of its system of ex changes, lie called the Institution "the child of his all'< etion," ami spared no trouble or oxp? iim? < to make its operations known through Europe and to secure for its library returns for the valuable packages sent from it annually, to be distributed by him. We understand bis son, I Jr. F dix Fluegel who has assisted him in all his duties for many years, has received the ap".ninimpni as ;nrent for the Smithsonian Institu ? tion, and that tlio system of operations it has adopted in relation to exchanges, will he enlarged and vigorously prosecuted by him. Washington Sfar ff.omlon S?'lniylei-iziiig. An event has occurred in London this week, \ Inch cannot fail to have a serious influence on he character of the existing banking establishtieiiK and to cause a painful feeling of doubt md alarm in the j u'blic mind throughout the em ire. At 217 in the 'Strand, a banking estabisbmeut has long existed, conducted by Messrs. strahan, Paul A* Dales, which has smashed, tinier circumstances more suspicious than the worst nibble company. Warrants for the apprehension >f those persons have been issued, and they are : . ?1 e.j..?? HJ W III il CIIM'JUY UN ?l Ul ICIUIIV ? suiting leeuriiies depo-ited with them in their capacity if bankets, without the knowledge or consent if then client*. The liabilities are said to ex* :,.,h1 ?700,000?some accounts say a miiiion. .1 . i ... ,i . f** 1110 J lines 01 vim it; nun unuvs a uigiiuiii pie* nr.' of the misery which the dishonesty of these ktsoiis will produce. What is it to rob?aye. to rob and murder lnlf a dozen people, put them out of pain at mtv. and dispose of their bodies where, nobody a ill know anything about thorn?compared with .he act. of scattering ruin over hundreds of quit, respectable and virtuous households, the ieeno of sacred harmony, the sweet charities cf loincstic life? Ilow many girls will go portionos.s?how many young ladies become govern jses ?how many voting men go to Australia, or xdiind counters, instead of the College or the Lunrth, in consequence ot tins oanKmptcy t One of the parlies, Sir John Dean l'aul, had i country hoti-o a short distance from London, thither the officers proceeded to take him into :nst'"Iy. As it was too late to re'urn the same :\vriing to London, they allowed him to go to ied, and kept wateh during tlio night that he lid not escape. In the morning they proceeded .villi the prisoner to the railway station, where le contrived to slip into a train that was moving m?l I..ft the c.nie.Ts behind him. He has. how jver, given himself uj> since. The Times thus refers to the mode of life of this banking tri.nnurate: "Only think of a select society of gentlemen, lii-jh in t!p> fashionable, and even the religious ivorl'l, living in magnificent style for years and years on the deposits of a number of confiding and veil admiring noblemen. They have had good houses, costly furniture, splendid establishment-, sumptuous entertainments, and the best sonpanynp to the very hist, with the full conpiousness that they welldoing it all out of the money of some score, or rather some hundreds, of people who f it it ail honor to put their mo iiev into tin* liaiif 1-; ot sucti men.' mis expio?'n-i will so shock public opinion tli.it, as in all such the ir.r.orent will suffer with the guilt v. The v. ho! business seems to be a slavish im tation of the earner of Mr. Montague Tigg. in L):ck< n-.' Martin Chuzzlewit, with this ditlvreuoe? that ihe romance of the reality exceeds the fiction.?London Times, June'22. X a no \ \ i. CosTUMB.-The following paragraph apji.-ar- in the recent news from Enr?| e: "it X stated that, according to the Russian inv, fv.-rv nobleman and civil functionary, from lh" highest to the lowest guide, wears uniform. This cost tuny was until recently in the fashion of a dre.-s coat, w ith a standing collar and embroidery. A late ukase has, however, changed il.i< foreign hain't li'ibille into the old national kaftan, or long frock and large loose tn.n a is, iiri. ii better suited to the climate. The l.h:rma:i p:ijM*rs say Unit this change has been ivvr.vd with intense satisfaction. All classes . -.s ..1 tiiut ui-.l *n ft* T^j.tnrcKfirnr squally well ascertained that thev consume and ili-stroy a very great deal of foul air; and that without f?>ul air. such a3 would kill a man. plants conM not l"j kept alive at all. We gardeners know this fact from every days experience, we cannot grow plants s > w<l', or so quickly, in the sweetest air as in a stinking lidlhcd. All the tiiimal Mention vitiate common air every time each one breathes the breath of life, or life suslaining air, and were it not that all the vegeta lih- kingdom depend on this vitiated air for part ?f their subsistence, and a great part, too, this world would have been at an end as soon as animals covered the face of the earth. Therefore, and without the shadow of a doubt, plants are the best purifiers of all the agents that have yet been known to cleanse the air of a bed room, or any other room in a house promlcd always that such plants are not in bloom, or, at least, do not bear bloom with a strong scent." .- <* -V * I'll '' "II l-llllllll"?'M U|'? 1..U, ... Moscow, :ii!cl lln* filicp cities, fling aside with lisgust (.very article of western manufacture, arid id .-jit t!ie new en-a I ( ! national garb of loose trousers and easy jacket of gray cloth, with green oilar and cross upoll the breast. Hatred will tints go down, and pasing from sire to son pen Irate all the fibres of the heart, and facilities of :!) ' mit d.*' To us it appears less as an indication of national hatred, tllan as a declaration of indepen of tho Mile of Parisian tailors. It is a movement of eoinmon sense that we would fain hope will \i>ii more countries than Russia. SiiF.t.i..s.?Many shells naturally possess so inea polish that no preparations is considered necessary lor placing tliein in the cabinet. In ^ ncral, howewr, it happens that when shells heroine drv, they loso much of their natural 'isliv Tills may ho very easily restored by washing them with a little water, in which n mall portion of gum a tabic has been dissolved, ar with the white of an egg. There are many shells of a very plain appearance on the out> ile, l?v reason of a dull epidermis, a 6kin with which they are coveted. This is removed by teeping the shell in warm water, and then id.hit,g it off with a brush. When the epidcr. nis is thick, it will be found necessary to min le with the water a small portion of nitric icid, which, by dissolving part of the shell do troys the adhesion. This last agent must be fin ployed with great caution, since it destroys llie lustre on every part exposed to its influ* re. The lino surface must he polished with leatle', ass'sled by tripoli, but in many cases where even these arc ineffectual, the file and jveil tlm pumice stone may ho employed to rub off tho coarse external layers, that the :onec:iled beauties may bo disclosed. When ibis is done, tho labor and carc, though great, have a reward proportionate. Punts in a Bkd-Room.?-.Mr. D. Beaton, in the Cottage (hardener, remarks that "although it is quite true that plants do vitiate the air of a room to comparatively a fractional degree, it is , A Peep iialo tli? harden of the Harem. j A writer in the Jlome of th> Faithful, dt scri| bin?* an Eastern harem, says: " I was cautious with regard to showing myj self at the window, but I confess I did take one j little peep through a chink. Two negro harem slaves, well armed, sat on the boughs of a large I fig-tree; strange, unseemly fruit. Three old I women, unveiled, and with bundles in their j hands, stood beside it, looking ominously impor* i taut. And still the soft voices chatted at a lit uc uouuii'i;. i not Utiiiu', wjiu luutawpa gcmiv, and ligbt as falling snow, a young girl richly dressed. She had no veil, ller lace was an oval of the purest outline, with the most leviable of dimples on the fairest of cheeks, ller features were regularly and finely formed, and her hair?which fell in a pet feci avalanche on her shoulders?was of a ritsh 'light brown, evidently soft and silky. But such eyes, such beaming of tender hazel, wheu seen must rivet all at| tention, can scarcely be forgotten. There she stood some time before me, leaning against a Iviti L- nr.rl vroltiiwr fit)* rillioi-c f r? tMtn Imp' utul ; n .v, , ....v. I so motions that our busy fen never had abetter model; certainly never one so beautiful. A settled shade of melancholy was on her lovely countenance, and the merry &oimda could not j have issued from the pretty but pensive mouth, but this did not detract from the undefinable charm which stamped the fair apparition as one of nature's own nobility; perhaps it heightened in every movement, too, of her rather tall than short figure, there was a grace. The costume, to be sure, was eminently propitious. A yellow silk robo, heavily embroidered in gold, and lined with purple, was closed on the waist by a splendid diamond broach; rose colored satin trowsers flowed wide beneath it; and a bright cashmere shawl luintj loosely thrown as a sash around her. Yellow slippers, a green handkerchief with golden fringe, and a cosily necklace, completed her very becoming attire. But this was nothing. A resistless power of interesting those who crossed her path, resided in the deep, attractive expression of her large blue eyes. They were thoughtful, yet candid ; resigned, but affectionate; and, above all, they were an unerring index ?!._?. -.1. - ?! ! * _1 1 J uiHi, uiti sj'irii \? 11in[j was superlatively enuowea with that lioaven-born faculty of feeling strongly, which must necessarily make of this eaitha paradise or a hades to herself." Extensive Robbery and Arrest.?Some time between the 5th atid 13th inst. the prcmi vt_ n....- > M.-J Ul 1UI IIUUCIL ? vK" entered from the roof bv the attic window, and a trunk in an upper room forced, and about $2150 stolen therefrom. The loss was discovered on the 13th by Mr. Flynn, who called in the assistance of Officer Jowitt, and authorized him to take all proper measures for what was considered a desperate chance of recovering the money. After tracing out two or three false scents, Mr. Jowitt, yesterday morning, arrested Sio m II! nrr n limo klool* l?nr am Vfontlnnr ct rr*ot and conducted liim to the Police Office, where upon search being made, bank notes to the amount of 8G05 were found in his pockets. He then confessed the robbery, and accompanied Mr. Jowitt to hie residence on the Neck, where a further sum of S9G5 in gold was found concealed in his chamber, lie also handed over a bill of sale for a horse of $125, making iu all 81095 which has been recovered. Sam was then carried to the Guard House, and will be brought before his Honor the Mayor, this morning for examinntion. Mr. Flynn has much reason to ?..!.. a. _ t - -1 ? r congratulate inmseu upon me restoration 01 fit) large a portion of liis mon?-y. Mercury. The Weather and the Crods.?Alter another-.isitation of rain and several very copious showers, wo have again the prospect of dry weather, which is beginning to he necessary. Farmers are proverbially grumblers, and it scarcely ever happened since man was condemned to live by the sweat of his brow, that the seasons were exactly as they ought to be. Hut we think there is very slight ground of complaint at present. During last week we made a pretty extensive detour through this and Marlborough Districts, and were astonished to see ^iow universally clean the crops appeared. The corn crop is by common consent unprecedentedly good: and to our judgment, the cotton is not much behind it. To be sure the weed is less matured than usual, but with dry weather, during the last of July to the middle of August, the production cannot fail to be ample. Darlington Flag. Blessings or Poverty.?Hear what a dis. I 1 ? .1. l_ ? A. - unguisnea writer says on mo suojeci: " Poverty is tiic nurse of manly energy and heaven climbing thoughts, attended by love and faith and hope, around whose steps the mountain breezes blow, around whoseeteps themoun tain breezes blow, and from whose countenance a'.l the virtues gather strength. Look around you upon the distinguished men that in ^very department of life guWc and control the times, and inquire what was their origin and what was thair a-irlt* \V?i?v? iliAV at o rrnncm 1 rule, rocked and dandled in the"kip of wealth? No, such men emerge from the homes of decent competence or struggling poverty. Necessity sharpens their faculties, and privation and sacrifice brace their moral nature. They learn the great art of renunciation, and enjoy tho happiness of having few wants. They know nothing of indifference or satiety. There is not an idle fibre in their frames. . They put the vigor of a resolute purpose into every act. The edge of their mind is always k.-pt sharp. In the schools of life, men like these meet the softlv nurtured* darlings of prosperity as the iron meets the vessel of porcelain." On the Camden and An-.boy Rail Road rcJtnV of the wheels of the passenger ears are of wood. They are made of red cedar, carefully kiln-dried, and cut into segments or V-shaped so as when put together to t?ake a solid wheel of about six inches thickness. The hub is of cast iron, about eight inches long, and with a widecircular fiango or collar at each end, through which the wood is bolted. In the hubs are sockets for the heads of radial bolts, these being made to pass through each alternate segment, from the hub to the A finer nf hrv>n iron in uua-i vnv/utijivi^iiur, 4* itiiti v. j placed around tlie wheel, and the tire is then shrunken. Tlicy last remarkably ^ellt . - .