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_ ^ "' ''''' I DIVOTID TO MTKRATPRB, TSfB ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS 4cC., &C. TEEMS?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "tot it bo Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the From is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Jntitun. [PAYABLE IH ADVANCE. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBUARY 1, 1861. VOLUME YIII.-NQ. 40. RHODES' SUPER-PHOSPHATE! PLANTERS seeking Manures, will recollect that RHODES' SUPER-PHOSPHATE is the only Manure the late eminent analyiienl Chemist, Professor Bickell, of Muryluiid, pronounced Standard. ! and wliicli lins been confirmed by every section into which this Manure has been introduced. This Manure is sold under a legal guarantee of Purity and Freedom . FROM All ADULTERATION! from the eminent manufacturing chemists, Messrs. I'otls it Ivlett., under whose personal eupervision KlIUDKS' SU I'KK-I'HU.SI'H ATE is manufactured. This Manure hns been used in South Carolina for scAernl y<*nrs post, with great success in the culture of Cotton and Corn, and is now thoroughly established for lln-se important staples. l)o not let the present season pass without the experiment. Read the annexed letters from gentleman who have tried it the past season. J. A. ANSLEY & CO., NO. 300 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, Cvk. ATHENS, OA.. Nov. 22, 1859. Dear Sir : Khodes'Supor-l'liosphate has been :app!iedby in" lliis ycnr.ou a small feale, to both 'Corn nml Cotton. The result, cxccedep iny . ectntion, nUliouvl.! tlic typei-inn-nts, (or many i ensons, were net, end orclj not be conducted with due caution ; yet I nin entirely satisfied, that, the growth of weed, in both instances the li-nit in corn, mWl the nnuibtfrof holls of cotton, were fully double the yield i:i'l!ie portions tin manured, and lliis when o;?!y r. trfble-spnonful -of the Super l'hosphutc Was applied as a topdressing to each hill ofOtfni. nnd a Ica-spoonfnl i each stalk of cotton?and the lust ns late in '1 ho season as llie ISth of July. Some of the weed grew trininc feet. high, with six fce? (branches, covered with boll?, hile t.lie unmatured was not half aogbod. It is tn3* iiitculion 'next year, to test it more fully. Very Respectfully, . Your most ob't sorv't. (Signed) M. C. M. HAMMOND. UNION FOINT, ((;. II. II.) Nov. 28. 1850. Slessrs. J. A. Anslkv it Co.: (,'etilx.?I bought a ton of Rhodes' Suporn losphute in Baltimore. last Spring, M:\ li. I>. > iLeitner, of licrzelin, to tost it? value as a ma- I mire. I put about. 125 ll>s. on nn acre'of cotton, j in the drill, 'On 'land that would not moke over ! "75 to 1UU lbs. df seed csMoii pa." acre, without i tl.. ??..- j- i i,..c irauii. is cmirrij- Himr'iwry. ' 1 liave made at least from 450 to 50(1 fhs. to the : acre on this very'prior land. I expect to pur- ; chaee from f> lo 8 tons for'-my Spring crop. My | Overseer wishes me to ptit'kii;?ame to lies aUu. | Your*, fn great haste, '(Signed) V. W. IMtlNTUP, WILLIAM FOSTER. De. 21, T8j0 If. HI 1 HTltktTT irrun niniTA MMriMiiD mm No. 8# SwroVn Street, J Baltimore January 28, 1859. f IiEPOR T OF A XA 7.3 'SIS OF HOBlXSOyS MtMPLLATEO SCAXO FOR FRANCIS ROBINSON, ESQ,, , BALTIMORE CITY. A SAMPLE of tlie above which was tnken at y.onr Mills, was found, upon analysis, to be capable of producing of Ammonia, - - - 8.31 per cent. And to .contain of Done Phosphate of Lime 45.82 " " The above proportion of Ammonia and Bone Phosphate of Lime is known to be most proper * (or cortcentrated mcrvures. Both theoretical reasoning and the results of numerous practical ^experiments have approved of it An application of 200 lbs. of this article article per acre, will supply more of Bone Phosphate of Lime than is required by any crop?thug leaving a considerable surplus of this valuable nutriment incorporated with the soil after cropping, and -will furnish a sufficient quantity of ammonia to |U> 0?t as a nutriment and stimulant W ASJ. 15HJKEL.L, I'll. I). REPORT oisr MJJjStIPULATED GUANO, fob, F?AN IS ROBINSON, THE sample analyzed waataken hy n^yaelf from the bags in the mill where the guano vat manipulated. It contained of Ammonia, - - - fl.24 per cent. Phosphoric Acid, - * 21.98 " " Equivalent to Bone Phosphate of Lime 47.50 " " J* is therefore nn excellent manipulated gflAnd, containing cnogh ammonia to produce a rapid and vigorous growth, and Fnfficient quantity of phosphates to prevent exhaustion if the soil A' 81VOWDEH PIOGOT, TW. I>. Analytical and Consulting Chemist. FOR SALE BY J. A, ANSLEY & CO, NO. 200 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA CJA. . t ai REMbVAL. * BENSON would inform his pn?. JJF trona and. tbe publie generally 'that he has removed hi* Office to the Brick Quilling adjoining Mra. Dendy'a reaidence fen the Pnblio Square, where he may be found at all times wnen not professionally tngrfg?d. 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V " " - Mr. Crittenden's Joint Resolution. , Whereas, oerioua and alarming dissension have arisen between tlio Northern nnd Southern States concerning tlie rights and security of tlio rights of the slaveholdins States, and especially their rights in tlio common territory of the United States; and, wlveteRS, it is eminently desirablo and proper that those dissensions, which now threaten the very exist<nceof this Union, should bo permanently quieted and settled by constitutional provisions which shall do equal justice to sll sections, and theieby retire to the people that peace and good tviii wliich ought to prevail between nil (he citizens of the United States ; therefore. Resolved by the Senato and Ilouse of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congfess Assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring; That the following articles be, and nre hereby, proposed j and submitted as amendments to '.lie constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of said constitution wlion >!* IKVIUVU UJ Wll vent ous of three-fourths of llio Several States. SLAVE AND KIIF.E TEMIITORT. Article 1. In nil the territory of the United State now held or hereafter acquired, situate north of latitude thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes, slavery or involuntary servitude, excent as a nunislimi?nf for m-imu ' I ? " I - is prohibited, while such territory shall re main under territorial government. In all the territory south of sxid line of latitude slavery of the African race is hereby re"oynized as existing, and shall not he in IrrfmJ inlih /.? o ;.../ - J w.w? OHU? W l>lW tec led as property by all the depar'ments f the territorial government during its 'onlinuance\ and when any Territory, north or south of said liue, wtiliin such boundaries as Congress may prescribe, shall contain the population requisite for a mem aer of Congress, according to the then federal ratio of representation of the people of .lie United Stales, i t shall, if its lorm of government be republican, be admitted in? o tbo Union on an equal footing with the iriginal States, with or without slavery, as lie constitution of such new State may provide. Art. 2. Congress shall have no power to ibolisb slavery iu places under its exclusive uriediction, and situate within the limits of states that peimit the holding of slaved. A ..a O /"V ? ? ' /in. congress snail nave no pof/er to tbolish slavery within the District of Colimhia so long as it exists in the adjoining states of Virginia and Maryland, or either, lor without the consent of the inhabitants, lor without just compensation first made o such owners of slaves as dd not Cbnsent .0 such abolishment. Nor bIisII (Congress it any time prohibit officers of the federal jovemment or members of Congress, whose luties require them to be in said District, rom bringing with them their slaves and lolding theal as srtch during the time their luties mav renuirn th?m to mmain iliAra ind afterwards taking ihem front the Ditorict. *Hfe TSlAS'srontATtCN* of SLAVES. Article 4. Conyrcss shall have no power 'o prohibit or hinder the transportation qf t laves from one State to another, or to a Territory in which slaves are by law per* nitted to be held, whether that traiispor 'ation be by land, novigoblc rivers or by '.he sea. Artice 5. That, in addition to tlie provisions of the third paragrapU of the second section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States, Congress shall have power to provide by law, and it shnll be its doty so to provide, that the United Stales shall pay to the owner, who shall apply Jur it, the full value of his fugitive ,i / -_i? JI- ir?? ? ?in?u,?? uu t?ac?i vutn ine juarsnai or other officer whose duty it was to arrest iaid fugitive was prevented from so doing by violence or intimidation, or when, after Arrest, said fugitive was rescued by force, und the owner thereby prevented and obstructed in the pursuit of his remedy for the recovery of hi? fugitive slave, under the jaid clause of tho constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof. And in all such case*, when the United States shall pay for such fugitive, they shall have the right, in their own name, to sue the country in which said violence, intimidation or reR ?? r :? LUt rrcio cuiiiiiiiiiru* nuu iu icr,u*ui nuiil ft, wilh iiitereht and flamh^eg, the amount paid by them (or said fugitive* slave. And the B;.id country, after it has paid said amount to the United State#, may, for its indemnity Bue and recovei from ll'ft wrong doers or rescuers, l?v wWtn the owner was prevented from 'the Vecovery of his fugitive slaye,' ih like ipanuer as thd owner himself might haveafted and recovered. Article 0. No future amendment of the constitution shall attect the live preceding article*, nor llie third paragraph of the second Rection of tho fi At article of ititi cou^itutio'n, nor th? third paragraph of the fc-(lond fectiuu of the forth at tide of said constitution and no airieHdmeift shal^.^d made to the xdtistitutiou which will Authoriz? pr give to Congrens any power to abolifli pr interfere >with slavery'in *ny <of the Sf<iU? by. whpfp i?',v3 i^ U or may be allowed or permitted, THE SLAVE' YANKEE FIGHTERS. At starting we had on board, in addition to the party of gentlemen in the suite of i oGicials, going tlie rounds of tlie fort6 about i one hundred and fifty or two hundred hear- > ty, strong negro-men, intended for laborers J on Sullivan's Island. These fellows chat- I lered and jabbered their peculiar negro 1 lingo with infinite delight at the prospect t of becoming, as they termed it,'sogers to 11 ; fight for Souf Carliner.' Rolled np in huge ^ knots wherever the sun shone, they dozed 8 away in peaceful! slumbers, or grinned with * delight iiB anything pleasing to the fancy c passed in review. The ideas and language r interchanged among them, and to all who ' chose to address them, evinced almost bar- ' baric simplicity. The majority of them a exhibited a worderfully stupid set of fea- * tures. One of them however?the most r intelligent fellow in llio lot?gave quite c j satisfactory answers to most of the inquiries '' (propounded to him. All the ropt 6eetned, 1 satisfied sirtiply with showing their ivories v and acquiescing in whatever replies their 11 spokesman should make. He, itt answer io my questions, intormed mo that rrost of 11 the set of hands were from 'Santee, sab,' u from 'de big plantation, sah, on de riber.' 1 Question?Were you ever on the sea or oh rough water beforie ? Answer?Oh, yes, 1 roasna; de Santee some tiitie run so high 1 dat coorioo (canbes) swamp. 1 Q.? Uow Would yo\i like Id cross this c harbor in a canoe? A. (With tfro short, v indescribable grunts)?Coonoo sink sah. r Q.?Where are you going row ? A.?To " Mountry (Moulirie), sah. Q.?What to do there? A.?To fight, c sah. and to build up forts on de island sah. '' Q.?Who are you going to fight ? A.? B Do dam Yankees, sab, and abumlishnists. (Lauorhter.\ 1 Q.?You don't 'dislike Yankees? A.? 6 Not'zactly, sal), but tnassado; and,'sides, ^ dey come here to steal us; and young e Massa John come, up to do people's quar [' ters day 'fore yesterday, and when he call ll all of us together Ire state dc Base to Ij?, ^ and tell us dat pu&ii' was goin' wrong down to de city. Dat de Yankee nigger tief Sl woO'd fight, and dat if we wanted we should " go down and help kill 'em. '' Q?What did you say lo that? A.? 61 We all volunteered right away, Ltit Massa r John picked out tire best lot of hands and ? sent'em right away to join dese here othe* ? b?y?, ami so we all come down. v ?Do you know haw to fchoot? A.? n Ysah. (The fellow's eyes twinkled with ? pleasure at the prospect.) I leain young" L Massa John to handle he rifle. When he J.1 was a boy we used to shoot deeV together, Q and I Learn faim where to strike and how ^ to load up. Q.?Will yoiir master Come down to the island and fight? A.?Yes, sah; he prom- J] ifeed to jine tis Boon in the works with he ^ company. * AFBICANt'S VriTH TlfK WHITE FEATKER. ^ One great big fellow over in ft sunny cor ner of the deck had been an attentive lis"- P lene*- to the conversation, and whenever the ^ replies of his fellow slaVe gave him pecu- ? liar pleasure, or coincided with his viewB, a * grin would spread clear across his Face, atid ^ thinking that he might be inclined to talk I approached hirta and put the question, v 'Well, Sam, what can you do in a fight? 1 A.?'Run, sab, when Bucra man come wid de gun,' and at the same ti<ne tipping i.:_ i-.i 1 ?--- ? ? - ' ? 1 * us uni nuu mjrapiujj lira tool, RSKed 'if tnassa please give him chaw terbaccer. ' Several negroes in aotlo voce to each ll other signified their disapprobation of the ^ fellow's conduct and reply by .calling him 'Yah boo nigger.' Their respect, however, for the presence'of white persons prevented . any other expression of contempt. IIOW Til? NEGHOfeS WORK. In tbis lot of stopt fellows there was not ^ one badly clothed or underfed. They were 1 all above the medium height of the white j' man ; 6trong, healthy?though rough and dull?such a? swarm the 'yard' of every ^ large plantation. All were provided with ^ large, comfortable blankets, strapped to the shoulders in military strip, and moat nf flmm a carried besides a quantity of baggage. T^eir destination, I learned, was not to tbei ; fort, but to the works of defence above " Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island. An exten- * sive can*e>?ay is here being constructed to * connect with the main land, and upon this, v as upon the redoubts now being thrown up r on the island, a very large force of negroes is employed. I ana to|d that tjiey numbef " some seven or eight hundred fellows. A very large nninber of Irishmen are also j, employed in the same work, but for endurance the negro beats t^erp a|l hollow. There is no use for the pickaxe, and with the shovel I have seen the slave work all round tbe white man, and then turn round and grin at what be had done. * ? w A i ? Good council is ca*t away by the arrogant, the self-conceited and the stanid: who *re'either* tito proq<J l6Ufceit, or" too heavy to understand it. ? If yon bear a person aay that he hfltnfc * a friend in (b* wdrldf.you may'be nrStty \ ear* be 4?w?'t de?rve one. ' V J GENERAL SCOTT. Qpoeral Scoit is a gallant soldier ; an<l ivo suppose lias that sort of patriotism which consists in fidelity to the governncnt which feeds him. Isolated from the )ursuits of civil life?accustomed to deslotic rule and absolute submission, and to oofe to force as the only instrument of auhority, it is not at all surprising that, in all iges, commanders of 3'anding armies have >een doemed dangerous to the liberties of! i people. War is a science; fighting is a rade ; and without more courage, the sollier by profession has ever been an overnatch for the untraiued citizcn. It is a listoric fact, that nearly every free governnent has been overthrown by a regular .rniy under the control of military chit-fain j and the greatest proof of the s;jpeiority of General Washington to the usual ourse of vulgar soldiers, was the disbandng of his army, unpaid and unrewarded, afer the Independence of the United States ?as acknowledged. But General Scolt is lot exactly a George Washington. He n'ftvor liftun 5n lioo?A *? ~ uuvu in uooiv iv qui iciiii^r any | tiililnry power lie possessed, nor lothe to ise it against the people, whenever oppor- i unity afforded. So small and so scattered I ias been the atmy of the United Slates, hat lie has been unable by its instruraennlity to do much in the way of pervert'ng lie liberties of the people by bayonet and annon; yet, on ihc only two occasions ?hich have offered, ho has sliowh how eady he is lo 6ervo the country by killing Is people. Ho had refused when dialjnged, to fight General Jackson, but beafore his ready tool to coerce South Caronain 1833. lie came himself to see the ?ork efficiently done. Unfortunately for be South, the contest between States tights and Consolidation?between a free overnuoent and despotism?w?b airested y the Compromise Tariff of 1833. Genral Scott^ like many who were opposed lo on/l t.: < ?, .....a 1*1 vjrrticu iu meet uio ijiimary ?narprite9, was disappointed ; but bo left beind bim a feeling of indignation which as burned from that day to this in the booms of the people of South Carolina, and rhicl), so far as his influence is Capable, has roUght fortb legitimate fruition in the disolution of the Union, lie will doubtless emeinber the guna he fired off in the Bay f Charleston, in honor of General Jackson n the 8th of January. The sound of liose g.ons and their insohent bravado have t>t yet xlied out of tho hearts of South Carlinians. Another occasion is offered Genral Scott (o display his devotion to liberty nd his country in the present state of afiire. South Carolina and the Southern itates have resolved not to submit to an ibolitfon Govflrnmpnf. of WmliinMnn 'hey exercise tiro right of secession?a ight his native State sanctioned and sanctied by the immoital report of '99 on the Llfen and Seditiou Laws. Getv Scott, true ) his masters who hold the po?ver of the renerai Government of the United Mats, roposes a plan for subjugating the South, le proposes, that with the aid of tbo forts, ur ports shall be blockaded, and that he, rith an army of 200,000 men, raised in lie North, shall overrun and subdue the iouth?a Government and a Union, kept ip by force?a .military despotism and h? be despot, 'lo preserve the Union by oilitary force, will render it necessary that e shall be President of the United States, nd once President, there is no impediment 3 the Constitution to bis perp'etual re-elecion. The least respect for his intelligence lust lead anv one to infer that he means y sucli instrumentalities to make himself a lilitary despot. General Scott, in lifting is eyes to such aspirations, only obeys the istinct of his profession, unchastened by igh principles, which leads him to desire a be a military tool of Abolitionists, that e may raise himself over a ruined country o dominion and empire. But he may ?arn before long, that whether he shall be Lincoln's tool, or Lincoln shall be his, brilinnt as his purposes may |>e? they iyill fail. 1he Soqtb will be equal to her independence nd her destinies. The South is unconquerable?a mijit^ry eople, whom none woultj dream of subdu ig but a v a inland ridiculous* old soldier. U absurdity's so patent that the attempt rill never be made. The whole scheme rill fall like tfrat of tlie f?ntn6tic milknaid, who, in a flight of unsubstantial pride ipset a fortune and a husband'she carriecj ojier pail.?Mercury. How toKuin Your lleAynj.?Sleep d bed late. 2. Eat hot Buppers. 9. Turn day into night. 4. Never mind about wel feot. 5. Ifave half a dozen doctors, fli. Xry *l| of-the new quacks. 7. If they tfon't kill, quack yourself. 8; Wear anaetMonable clothing.. ? '<???> ? ' A Bov'i CoMMFOSITION ON THE S?A80K*,. ?'l'prtra-ar$ &mr touontf: spring, summer mtomo and w| liter. They are all plerfsani Jotjie ptoople Uke the apring bent * but ar M toe, give roe1 liberty, or gire me death. ?HnU?lue end.' > _ V i?w v> > {4'.?r;-v . ' 1 From ths So}tfJjert fjuardian, Fbrt Stlmtef. " Wliy is iiot Fort Sumter attacked ?" ] " Why don't they attack Fort Sumter ?" , " What ia the Governor about that lie i donrt attack Fort Sumter ?" "The troops 1 a;e ready, willing and anxious to take. Fort < Sumter." Such is the chat which is ringing through Charleston and the State.? < Now, I know no more why the Governor does not order attack upon Fort Sumter, ; than the people who ask such questions ; | but I know that the Governor is as brave and patriotic as I am, and I know there is i V not a ninn more ready to ciio for the caust 1 of South CHTohnH than I am ; and yet, if < I were Governor, I would not attack Fort i Sumter just at this time, if all the men in ; South Oarolina wefe urging me to do it. ( Why would I not ? Because every day is ) weakening the fort, and strengthening our ( power over it?because nothing can be lost j by delay up to within eight or ten days ( before Lincoln's inauguration?because I don't wish to give the submissiouists of the 1 South an apology for their fears?because j I am suie every one of the seceding Stales t would oppose the attack, not because it 1 would be wrong, but because it would em- ' barrass their operations?bccause it would , give Abolitionists at the North power over ( our friends iu tlmt quarter?because I believe, as soon <ts the Southern Confederacy is i formed, the forts will be delivered up with- t out bloodshed?because I am now sure 110 1 reinforcements will be sent to Fort Sumter, | and if there should be, we could sink them before they could reach the fort?because j I would have South Carolina exchange | views now with her sister secedng States 1 before she takes any step which must in- 1 volve their interests?because I would consi < der the possession of the fort just now a ] burden rathor than a benefit. Thus would I act with my dim lights. But surely the i Governor, with his sage advisers, knows t better what lie is about than Tom, Dick i and Harry. His conduct seems strange to 1 us. Why ? Because we do not know, t and ought not to know, what counsels lie ' is acting under. The man was never made who in his situation could please everybo- , dj ; and if he tries to do it, ho will share ^ the fate of the old man in the fable. When } I was iu Charleston, many were for attack* ( ing Fort Sumter, while I was supplying | him with information from a true friend ( of our cause, which showed that he ought ( not to attack Fort Sumter. True, Mr. , Iiuchanao deceived my friend, ipy friend deceived me, and deceived the Governor ; but was the Governor to blame for relying ( upon this information in defiapce of the clamor around him 1 Well ?? boys say: "cheating luck never thrives." All came up rigfyt in the en<J. .The Star ( of the West surprised us>, but we surprised ( the Star of i/i# West. Let us wait the action of the Governor patiently. My word for it, all he does would seem to you f right if you were let into his secrets. I am j not in hisconfidence. I am not advocating j your confidence in him for his sake, but for ( the glorious cayse of Soujlh Carolina, in behalf of which I am ready to stake al! I | am worth. Let me speak plainly to you | Carolinians. Your fault is (some wiffcall I it a virtue) a disposition to fight purely for ( renown. But remember that aimless, j needless gallantry, never gained lasting re- j nown since th& world was made; while j well-aimed gallantry, governed by prudence e never lost it. Charles XII of Sweden was an instance of the first kind ; and he goes j by the name of the " Madman." Washington was an instance of the second kind, y and he goes by the name of the greatest j and beet of herae^ A. 1J. L0NGST11EET. 1 c The power of popular music \yas well il I lustrated in Ilartfort on Cristmas Eve. A t supper was given to the children of t|je ? 'Morgan Street fission School,'?and the i press says everything passed off as decorously as a Sunday School should?until, j whilst they were devouring the 'goodie*,' the band struck up 'Dixie.1 In an instant the boys were sjn'ging, at the top of their voioca? * 1 wi?tb I was in Dixie? Ilooray I lloorny! ' In dixie'it land I'll take my stand And lib ?nd dW in Dixip ! 1 Away, aw?y, ?w*y'c|owB ?ouf in Dixie.' < The tfeacbers tried to look'grave and said 1 's-s-b-b V wilti A warning finger lifted ; but ' it y/$a no use ; they gave it up, and joined | in the soug and tbo general amusement, j It was not exactly a sundy school song, ' but seemed to do tbo boy? a 'beep o'good.' 4 Said a crhininj? lirila dn?lr?? rnllim* ( ~ D T J > ' J whites of bis eyes up to the city missionary , 'We couldn't hojp it, Masm. Jf Jvy didu'.t t want ut to -jng Dixie, de band do botineu i to pi ay such joTly tunes!' i J- -m* ? | A bankrupt waflci the strreta. the day ' before his name is in the gazette with the same erect and confident bro w as ever'; he 1 feolri tbe m^UffcHtlon of hi* sitnatio'u only J after it beoo.aed known to othero. * | Don't be too anxious to#voiri a difficult < ty. Look it sternly in the eye, an J it, mqy * turn its abashed bead away and avoid you.' 1 . , * '#-v. '* . ' '* ? * ? ' ' -Vy ,vv*' V ' THE FRIHTEB. The night grows l^itc; tho streets arc hushed ; the moonbeams deck tho deserved pavement, and sleep strews its slumber ous popies o.vpr the inhabitants of the silent city. All is ^asp savo -the printer who is busy^nt his case. Dreams loVely a3 wi,nged cherubs, hov3r about the repose of man and maiden? visions r.s pure as lilies, and as beautiful is the. matron and tho child ; but to the printer all is reality, toil and weariness I Now nimbly and cheerfully does he adust the fcithful types, as if lie took no lote of time, as if the duties that are wearing out his life were mdro- a diversion than a laborious avocation. But imid their monotonous discharge, believe is, the printer things of hom9 and swcq{, rest, and sighs for the better lot of whioh jincrs are possesses?ana yet tnert- is no repose for him, though the night tramps, >n and the jocund dawq will 5 ion appear. Why does his motions grow less rapid? Wh v move his fingers in so deliberate and neclianical a way ? Whencc is the smile ;liat linger? at his lip, like the first sunbeam at the {jate3 of the morning?? rhere is a gentle pressure at his side?an >yo?an accent sweet as music entrancing his ear, and reaching his very heart. It is but a moment?it wa? only a reverie; it did not even win him from his occupation ; it only caused his hand r.o falter, lot to cease ; the printer awakes to bnay ' :oil. Ye who receive your sipirise favorite, ?nd wander listlessly, perhaps, over its >:iges, remember that it is the fruit of toif which was active and untiring while you ivere quietly sleeping; that your ease and jotr.iort arc upijgnpwim tiie price ot weariness. Tuere is an ' electric chord,'' which, hong charged with sympathy, will carry ,he gentle burden even to the most dirant hearts. "We bqspeak its agency in the gentle burden even to the mostdisant hearf,s.* We bespeak }ts agency in je'ialf the faithful printer. TiucpERAV and hi!} Troubles ?r riiorns is tiie Cushion* of as Eojtor's Jiiaiu.?Now that Mr. Thackeray has got i magazine, says the London Critic, he is Jetermined that nothing he has done shall be wasted. Tiie flloupdabout Paper? is, undoubtedly, the best ,of the editor's contributions, because the freshest and most suited to the feeling of the piomon^. jfn :he present one h.e dwells upon Uie griefs of editorship. 'Tbe Thorns in the Cusiop? af the editor's .chair. There is the sad placing letter begging for employment for :haritys sajke, apd accompanying the weak effusiops that are quite useless. "V^hat editor has not received stych, and has not been jompejled to returp the inevitable answer? Now you see what. J mean by a thorn. [Iere is the case pijt \vith true female logic. 'I ana poor; I am gqod ; J am ill; I work bard I have 9 6ic)k piother and hungry brother? and sisters depend on me. You can IieJp us if you will.' And then I look it the paper, with the thousandth part of a Faint hope that it may be suitable, and f find it won't do; and I knew it wouldo'f lo; and why is this poor ladv to appeal to rty pity, and bring her poor little ones cneeling to my bedside, and calling fop jrrgd whjpli ^ pari give them iflctioosef tfo f?ay passes but that argument ad misricordiart\ is used. Day and night that ad voipe js crying out for help. Tli;ice ij; ippealed to me yesterday. Twice ibis morling it cricd to me ; and, I have no doubt, ylien J go to get my hat, I shall find it, villi its piteous face nnd its pale family lbout it, waiting for me in the hall. One ' ? iii. >f the immense advantages which women laveorcr our sex is, that they nctually like o read theso letters. Like letters? Ob, * nercy on us! Before I wa9 an editor, I di<| iot like the postman much?tut now ! Gothic ojider.?Tbere is a floating be: ief, entirely without reason, that Gothic is >xclusively an ecclesiatical fashion of buijling. Many people fancy tbat Gothic irchitecture suits a church ; but is desecrated. or at least becomes unsuitable. whan ippiied to secular and' domestic building*. 1'here can be lio'doubt indeed,.that to every person who possesses any taste, it is a self? jvid'ent axiom that Gotliio is lb" "true churcli irchitecture; but in tbe ngo during frhich :be noblest Gothic churches were built, U was never fancied that' churches must 'b$ built in ono style, and secular bnildings in i styre essentially dissimilar. The belief which is entertained by the true lover of Sotbio afcbiteoiure is this; that $othlc is ssentially the moist beautiful Architecture; hat, properly treated, it is the mostcom nodious architecture j and that, therefore, he Gotbio'U the sly lb in wHjcb all'buildngs, 'snored"Or secular, public or domestic, >ugbt to be built, with such modifications h the style of each separate building as U special purpose and use shall' suggest!, [t roust tie "admitted, however* Utat Goth id jrcbitecture bw'one m poni>?red with ilut^ arobilictoV^ ^Licb.? ?X~ uore money; but, 'Mods; Sot ? ?ery mttch more,. 'uv , ., *" ' ' ' otl'ix ' -.v ' v.v.-^s;- i ; 'J