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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. -i i VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 31, 1848. NUMBER 22. PtTBLtSURD EVERY WEDNESDAY MOHNINI BYTHOMAS W. PEGU E?. TERMS. Three Dollars pcrannuna in advance. Three Dollars Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at th piratioo of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (four ines or less.) for the first and half that sum for each su qnent insertion. The number of insertions to be note all advertisements, or they will be published until ord to be discontinued, and clmrged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quart and Monthly advertisements will he cliargcd the sam single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new o For publishing Citations as the law directs three dol will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Comm nations recommending Candidates for public offices of fit or truxt?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged as ad dsements. Alt! letters by mail must be post paid to insure a punt attentat. TO CLUBS. In order to place the Journal within the read all. wc offer the following reduced rates to CI of* new subscribers?payment to be made at timeo) subxeribing. For 4 copies for one year, $10 0! jn^dldTPorO copies for one year, 14 0 For8eopies for one year, 18 01 copies for one year, 21 0( |(PHHPNSwfeBapie? for one year, 24 (X Any one 'ot our present subscribers will be c sideredas one of either of the above clubs, by < tatning a sufficient nuttiber of new svbscrilnrs make up with himself, the 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12. THE SLAVE LAW. From the South Carolinian. Richard Richardson, ) vs. > WrriiERs, J. Edward Brougiiton. ) The points raised fir our decision in tl case, are 1st. Had t e Defendant the right to en! (lie Plaintiffs enclosure to seize the cat and lings, a Hedged to be subject to su seizure and furniture? 2nd. Was the exclusion of verbal instri lions by a Magistrate to Jared W. Cant< with whom the Defendant was confederal in the transaction, error in the Circ Court? 3rd. Are the damages so far excessive lo warrant the interference of this Court granting a new trial? We are not ignorant (hat the defermii lion of the first question carries with it interest to the community, as well as to t parties in this litigation?and, therefore, i have endeavored to derive from the arg ntent at the bar, and researches into the i nes of our Provincial systems of slave-la whatever light were attainable upon t subject. Though the codes of law for t government and regulation of slaves o date prior to 1740, have expired by the teri of their own limiiation, they arc neverthoh ... sources from which some light may be b? rowed, and reflected upon the provisions the latter code, wich in its main features, c tsU to4be 'present day, by virtue of a re vie ing act in 1783. By the 34th section ?f the Negro Act 1740. (7 Stat. p. 400,) an evil is declared ?f? Sexist in permitting slaves to keep canoes, a - * bogs, and traffic and barter for the parti', lar and peculiar benefit of such slaves, tli saining a facility to receive stolen goods, a . to confederate and conspire for insurrect;? It was, therefore, enacted that it should r be lawful for anv slave to buv, sell ira< traffic, deal or barter lor any goods or co raodities, "nor shall any slave be permit! to keep any boat, pcrriangor or canoe, or raise and breed, for the use and benefit such slave, any horses, mares, neat-can sheep or hogs," upon pain of forfeiture of ' goods and commodities for which he tn Have trafficked, and such specified ariic and stock "which any slave shall keep, ra or breqd, for the peculiar use, benefit a profit of such slave."?I hen follows:?"a U shall and inay be lawful for any pers< *r persons whatsoever, to seize and take way from any slave all such goods, conirno ties boats, ocrriangers, cauocs, horses, mar neat-cattle, sheep or liogs a?d deliver I same into the hands of any of his Mujest Justices of the Peace, nearest the ph where the seizure shall be made," wherci ? ' on the Justice is to ascertain on oath of I party seizing, the manner thereof, am found to be done legally, the goods so sc ed are to lie forfeited, ami sold at auct subject to a proviso in favor of a rcclan ti<>ti under an oath specified to be taken one who may have a right to or tiie law custody of such goods. The oath prescr ed is in the words following?"1 do since ccreiy swear that I have a just and law right or title t? certain goods seized and ken by C. D., out of the possession of a sh named ; and I do sincerely swear a declare, that I did not directly or indirec permit or suffer the said slave, or any otl slave whatsoever, to use keep or employ said gi>ods for the use, benefit, or profit any slave whatgr?ever, or to sell, barter |o give away the same; but that the sa goods were in possession of lite said slave theft, finding or otherwise, to be kept h jule for my use, or of E. F., a free pcrs and not for the use or benefit of any si j Whatsoever." I The question is, had Broughton the ri | to enter the Plaintiffs enclosure to seize as dwj, the stoclt captureu on nus occasion We think he had notj and therefore I in this very material particular the cha was more favorable to him than the warranted. We are to be understood holding this proposition, even tho Jgh it assumed that the cattle and hogs were s as came under the condemnation of statute, Tho earliest period at which the legi tivc policy in question is found to have b adopted, was in 1714,?when the ownei a slave was forbidden to allow him to p lor himself any corn; peas, or rice, or to k for himself any stock of hogs, cattle or I set", under a penality upon the master, t< recovered by qui turn action: (7 Stat. 3 The form which this policy next assun is found in the Act of 1722, sec. 34, (7 ? 382) where the inconvenience was allct to arise from the danger of insurrection reason of slaves being permitted to keep breed horses. Then it was required of Justice of the Peace, who from his por I ????????? ; al knowledge or from information should asceitain that any slave kept any horse or neat an] cattle, that he cause the same to be taken e ex away and sold. And it was declared lawful l??r any person to seize hogs kept by slaves, and all boats and canoes belonging J?n to them, and give notice to the next Jus^ licc* eriv ]n the first mentioned-Act it is manifestly ed that no entry upon the premises of the liar* owner of a slave offending in the particular nni specified was at all permissible, or in con pro- templation. In the second Act mentioned, vcr- the right so to enter by the Justice or his iua Coustabl", is by no means clear; and it is to be remarked that in regard to horses and | i neat caille, the Justice alone could deal with l h of them. . t ubs In 1735, the laws of 1722 was re-enacted r l,te in substance? but the mode was specified t p there to wit: a Justice should empower bv I 0 warrant a constable to take away and sell D the horse or r.cat cattle. As before, any I ) person might seize the ho.', boats or canoes; ; 1 (7 Stat. 304.) 2?ut the 32d section, at page t 395, iiffords a ray of light to the question, i ?(* It enacts?"That every person who shall t send any slaves with perriangcrs boats or t m canoes, shall give them a ticket." Then we s reasonably infer that the capture be per- J mitted in regard to the water craft, was ex- J peeled to occur beyond the eye and premises of the master. r The next step was in October of 1740; a which l?as been heretofore quoted in sub- ( lis stance. n According to the scheme of that, our ex- i Icr isting law, it will be seen, that the power t tie vested in a Justice oi the l'eace from nvz c ich in relation to horses and neat cattle was dc- $ nied to that officer, and the right of seizure j, jC- by a private person, was extended not only l ev. t?? them, but to a vast range of other articles f Jd of properly, to wit, to any goods or com- ^ uit modilies that a slave had acquired by sell- r ing, trading, dealing, trafficking or bartering, t as except in cases permitted, as well as to boats $ in perriangcrs, canoes, horses, marcs, neat- e cattle, sheep and hogs. Now if it is to be inja sisted that under previous legislation, a Ma an gistrale might enter a man's premises, or au- t he thorize another so to do, to confiscate, this ' ,ve power was confined, even when supervised % ru. by au officer of the law, to horses and neat [ $e cattle; and is it not incongruous to contend r w, that while this restricted power was with- f he hoiden from such public officer, by the Act of j he 1740, the same power (delicate and liable to | fa great abuse wben most guarded by discretion j| ms should have been by design,) vested with a a jss vastly enlarge J range of operation, in "any c ,r- person?" It is inan.fesl that in the whole i of system of legislation in regard to slaves, the e ;x- the law-making power of Provincial times j w- proceeded with a cautious step; lor the seve- q ral Acts were temporary; as was the case ^ of with that of 1740. Indeed it seems to have to been defunct from J 740 to 1780. From c nd such caution the in erence is that earnest at- s :u- lion was paid to the lessons of experience- r ius to practical developeinenls; from year to a nd year; and that if Magistrates within their r >n. limited range, ever did enter or cause to he r lot entered the plantations of slave-owners in j le, quest of condemned goods, it had been found t in- to be an injudicious license, even for them, t cd and hence was withdrawn in 1740-aiia fur- t to ftornt must have been deemed inexpeu.cnl t of to commit to the hands of any private per- t |i>, son an inquisitorial power pregnant with j all vexation, oppression and turbulence, and < ay boas: ing little affinity to some of the most t les cherished and stable maxims of the English i ise common law. I nd li is eminently proper, when wc arc seek- i rid ing, through the mists of more than one hun- ; ,n, dred years, the true interpretation of a legis- j a- lalive act, to resort for aid to such objects < di- of pursuit as are declared to have been in i es, contemplation by the J/egislaturc. Was it < the necessary that a man's plantation, or it may j y's be his negro houses within the curtilage, ice should he open to invasion, night or day, as < ip. might suit tlie convenience of a captor, in or- i [he der to advance the great ends in view? I 1 if In 1722 liie danger was declared to arise I :iz- fr >m the facility of intorcousc between dif- j ion fercnt parts of the country by negroes ttpon i ia- horses of their own, whereby insurrections I by might be hatched and matured. While it ; fill might be well therefore, to subject to cap- I ib- ture a horse tidden by a negro and bclongre ing to liirn, with no lawful permit, beyond , ful Ins master's premises, what harm would , . .1? ? -1-1! i _ _ r ... :? . i I ta- come 10 inc ptioiic peace arid gaiety u me | ive negro and horse remained on llie master's , ind plantation? Toe same remark will apply to 11 v. water craft. In 1740, to the evil apprehenlier <ied of dangerous conspiracies was added , the that of receiving stolen goods, under guise of of the ownership of the several descriptions of \ or stock mentioned. And it should be remark ne I'd that throughout this latter legislation tipby on the subject the idea of dealing and trafj/ia ficking goes pari passu with every other pnrion, pose disclosed. Now if one's goods in spcavc cic,-if stock alive were traced under the cloak which was supposed to be found, to ight cover the reception of stolen goods, in the j lie breeding and raising by negroes of the ani? mals^nenlioned, a search warrant was sufhat hcient and accessible to any body to delect (rge and reclaim, what was lost and could be i|aw dentified. But the moment these animals 1 as were slaughtered or otherwise transported be beyond the plantation for barter or sale, then Uch die danger apprehended would become imilw? minent: and even though the sheep, hog or ! steer should have been bred and raised by s|a- the slave, it then became liable to be capecu tured, and then, in the true legitimate and > 0f beneficial sense any person or persons whatlant soever" might "seize and take away from eep any slave," such article; for the statute had ior- declared it tilawful for him to have bred or t he raised it, under the penality of just such a 68.) seizure and forfeiture, ncd. It is declared to be unlawful for any slave, St?t. to barter or traffic, for goods or comtnodiIged tics, (except under very restricted limits, as by to slaves residing, or usually employd in and Charleston,) and those goods and commodiany ties, arc liable to seizure, precisely as the live son- stock mentioned. It is an argument to ask, whether it ever was designed, or could now I be tolerated, that a man's enclosure should "s be invaded, perpetually it might be, by pri- i I rate persons, with no process of law, to hunt 1 up and capture every mackerel, pound of t sugar yard of tape or bottle of molasses, that r might be unlawfully acquired by one of his t slaves? Such a rule of law, diligently en- c forced, could have but a short and turbulent a existence?or, it it triumphed, it is much to ; e be apprehended it would triumph over manv a it least, of our opinions, touching the value a iflhp inct itnt inn nf clnvrrv. XV p. nrp triad t 1 0 find no cogent and sound rules ofinterpre- ; r ations, that drive the country to such a res- s lit or hazard; none that might serve to place t he police of the slave owner's domain, un- ' p ler that species of vigilance that, too often, e night be quickened less by a reverence for i he law, than by a covetous craft, or a rest- k ess malice. i f Bv confining this right to the s; here which j p -.as been prescribed, there does seem to be i f 1 more prudent, rational and natural execu- j t ion of the purpose, which is?to "seize, 11 ind take away from any slave," an article 1 ji contraband; bred, raised, or acquired, "for j t he particular and peculiar benefit of such ! it Javc;" or, (as elsewhere expressed in the j ti \ct,) "lor the peculiar use benefit and pro a it, of such slave." j v It is not quite apparent, when a slave ' c aises a hog by his master's leave, and kills ! tnd eats it, or divides it among the inmates a >f his cabin, with his master's knowledge; or q vhen he builds a canoe and fishes by its aid, a n his master's mill-pond, that this, in proprie- p y of language?looking cither to the li rce b if words, or the dictates of policy, shall be ti aid, to be for the "peculiar use, benefit and tn noft," of the slave. For if he lived the it x tier, Ins master s oenent might aiso De it ound in that, seeing that the honest diligence of the slave had not corrupted his ti norals, or disturbed the public peace, and e he draft on the owner's supplies, might be ri io much the less. And so oi* many other li jxamples, that might be mentioned. vi It was urged by the counsel, and suggest- fl :d by the Circuit Judge, that the righ' of h mtry was incident to the power to seize, tl rhere might have been some force in this v new, if it had been urged in defence of a F Magistrate or Constable, at a time when h ither, or both, might have acted under the a lercmplory commands of the Act of 1722 ind 1785; but, even in that case; it might f< lave been well answered, that such reason- ri ng begged the question; for, the inquiry is a md would then have been, was it ever re- p piired that the seizure should be made on h he owner's premises. The argument loos- n is all its force, as to private individuals act- v ng under the law of 1740, for they arc re- v mired to do nolhirfjjjSl The power is one of o icrmission merely. A view may be gained as to this right to inter the close, from another branch of the ame law. There has ever been, and is iow a lively joalousv us to the possession ind useol fire-arms, and other deadly vveap>ns, by slaves?and, as to suspicious congre- = Rations of them in any place. It wilf be ound, that while in more ancient times, mascr were required (once in every month ? )ide. Act of 1090. 7 Stat., 345.) to search c lie habitations of their own slaves; in later 0 imes, when their search f r weapons was r f) bo made, or these assemblages to be su- ,, >ervised and dispersed the law makes its a >wn agents, and prescribes its own accus- j, omed forms. Now, when we perceive that a n the same code, and in more hazardous ^ imes, the public arm is fettered in this great a jniversal, and truly public concern, shall we p at this day. incline, to unbind to invigorate, t and encourage it in the violation of private lomain, when the object is merely to cap- ; lure, for the fortuitous gain of one who ncv. j 2r labored for them, domestic smunals, goods , and commodities? s It may be seen, that in 1712, (when the | code was more stringent than at latter times) , ihe right to capture any fire-arms, by any j person found in possession of a negro,was to 8 be exercised only when such slave was ap- j prehended with the weapon, without a ticket t and out of the limits of his master's planla- z tion. (Sec upon the same subject. Section s 3 and 5, of Act of 1722, 7 Slat.. 372?and , Sec. 4. Act of 1735, 7 St., 386-7.) I We may be permitted to look at this ques- c tion, from a more elevated position. In the i preamble to the several Acts, proceeding < that of 17=10, we may find the thcmpcr of i the limes, arising no doubt from the greater I rudeness of the institution of slavery?altri- j butable, it may be. as well to the comparative inexperience of owners, as to the fierce ( nature of newly imported Africans. Accordingly, we have it on the front of the Acts, passed from 1714 to 1435, both inclusive, < that slaves were of a nature too barbarous, i wild and savage, to be fit for the mild sway . of the common law. Yet, wc do not find, i within that period, full, as it manifestly was, < of solicitude, concerning the tendency of ; slaves to insurrectionary ideas and plots, any i instances, wherein the sanctity of the private domain was opened to the intrusion of unof- I fieial persons. Magistrates, Constables, or i'atrols, with a suitable posse, when that was < needed, were alone to prv into the proceedings, or purposes of suspicious clubs or con- I federacics of slaves, and were alone to make search for deadly weapons. When wc reach 1740 we enter a milder light and more tranquil atmosphere, and arc met at the threshold with the evidence, that time had worked its amclioration-and it is most aggrceable to know, that in the lung period ofintcrven ill^i 1IIIIU, IIIU |lt;i MJilll' ?II3 vi uviiivjiiv oj .11pathies, the steady light of moral example, the more enlightened dictates of self-interest the tremendous power of the Christian religion, have worked with eminent success, their transforming influences upon both races. We read in the language of 1740.? "Whereas, in his Majetsy's plantations in America, slavery has been introduced and allowed, and the people commonly called Negroes, Indians, Muiattocs and Mestizoes, have been deemed absolute slaves, and the subjects of property in the hands of partieu ar persons, the extent of whose power over inch slaves; ought to be settled and limited >y positive laws, so that the slave may be tept in due subjection and obedience, and he owners and others persons, having the tare and government of slaves, may be resrained from exercising to great rigor and :ruelly over them, and that the public peace ind order of the Province, may be preserv:d.w Now, the suggestion presents itself? idinitting the point presented by the Defcndmt in this case, to be dubious-it seems nciher judicial, philosophical, nor humane, to oil back the tide of advancing liberality?to uppl-mt by the darkness of an earlier day, lie light of our own-to introduce into the ilantation or homestead, of every slave ownr. fl SPpIcpf flffpr IVa fl c ao it titflco or* i ? ouiiu) ?t) ii nv.iv| tv iiii ail ippelile for fortuous, gnin whelted into eenness, with a range of police discipline earltillv enlarged, which in its smallest prolortions, had been deliberately withdrawn ron? a Magistrate and Constable; and all Ins in the face of reasonable confidence in he plantation police of the owner himself, jstitied by the immense improvement, in hat particul ir, of modern times. We deem : neither safe, well or necessary, to travel awards such a result by the construction of nv ancient legislative provision, unless its tords, with context conihrmable, be ol the learest import and the most cogent force. We find nothing in the case of Clarke ds. Blake, (3 McC., 179.) that touches this [uestion. A patrol there made the seizure, nd they of course, might lawfully enter as a/ro?-though, on circuit, they were held to e trespassers?most probably, however, for aking chatties that proved to be exempt from eizure. Upon that ground, the case turned 1 the Court of Appeals, and our present jading questi n was not considered. 2. Was the Magistrate's verbal instruc;>n or advice, improperly excluded? It is nough to remark, that inasmuch as he had olhing to do with the capture, the instrucoris or advice of any body else, might as rell have been adduced. Jn addition, it is ot easy to conceive, how his advice could avc aided the party engaged, any more lan the doctrine of the Circuit Court Judge /hicli held, that they had a right to enter, for it is quite clear, that any thing he may ave said to Cantev, who was not sued, was vailable to Broughton, who was. 3. As to excessiv damage:?The main lundalion of Broughton's defence, has been uled in his behalf, erroneously in his favor, ccor.linz to our opinion, as already has ap eared, and he can scarcely except to fare alter, if that proof he withdrawn; as in a ,ew trial he would find it to be. Nor, are re disposed to interfere, in such a case as this rith the appropriate and peculiar function f the Jurv. The motion, therefore, is refused. We concur. J.S. RICHARDSON, JOHN BEL'I ON ONEALL, JOS1AH J. EVANS EDWARD FROST. MISCELLANEOUS. Muscular Exercise.?Muscuiar exerisc is a direct source of pleasure to every i ie not suffering from diseased action. Evrv one must have fell this. The effect of ising the muscles of voluoiary motion, when II the processes of the economy arc being ustly and heaihily performed, is it to impart i marked and grateful stimulus to the nerr-?us system generally, sufficiently noticeib'e by the ministering indirectly to the haphness of the individual, coloring and bright* ning the thouglits and feelings JSo much s tins believed to be the case by some, that i has been asserted, a man in.iv use bis ~ " " ' < imbs loo much to leave liitn in ihe enjoynent of his fullest capability of pure and abtracl thought, and to the extent making urn unduly imaginative. Although this nay well be mailer of doubt, the fact and ts wise and benevolent intention, remain uniffecled: that man derives an immediate deasurable sensation from using his volunary muscles, which not only gives to labor i zest, and even to monotonous movements mine degree of enjoyment, but produces a e action on the mind itself, embellishing a ife of virtuous toil with a degree of physical jnjovment, and mental energy, buoyancy, tnd hopeful lightheartedness, that can nev;r be afforded in a like degree to the drones; he more 'frugns consumerc nali'? of the inman hive.?Robertson on Did, on Regime n. COOLNESS?A TALE A150UT THE HEAD. Jako was a little buck negro who bclong3(1 to Dr. Ta iaforro:; and was said to have in his liltIc frame a heart as big as General Jackson's?to say nothing of Napoleon Bonaparte and Zach Taylor. He didn't fear 3ven our respectable fellow citizen, Old Nick and as for coolness-he was as cool as the tip top of the North Bole. One day, Dr. Taliaferro, upon occasion ol the commencement of a Medical Callcgc, ol which he held the chair of Anatomy, gave a dinner. Among his guests was a well known ventriloquist. Late in the evening, afteh the hottlo had done its work, the conversation turned upon courage, and the Doctor boasted considerably of the lion-hcart of his favorite man, Jake,, He off! red to bet tlint nothing could scare:him, and this bet the vcntriloquisl took up, naming the same time the test he imposed. Jako was sent for and came. 'Jake,' said the Doctor, 'I have bet a large sum of monov on your head, and you inusl win it. Do von think you can? 'Bcrrv well, master,' replied Jake, 'jest tel dis niggah what he's to do, an he'll do it shore., 'I Want you to go the dissecting room You will find two dead bodies there, ('u off* the head of one with a large kn fe whicl you will find there, and bring it to us. Yoi must not take a light, however, and don't ge frightened.' 'Dat's all is it? inquired Jake. 'Oh bcrr wcli. I'll do dat shore for sartaiu; and as fo being frigntened thedebbiiheselfaint a gwine to frighten me,' Jake accordingly set off, and reached the dissecting room, groped about, until he found the knife and the bodies. He had just applied the former to the neck of the latter, when from the body lie was about to decapitate, a hollow and sepulchral voice exclaimed? 'Let my head alont P 'Yes, sah,' replied Jake, 'I aint 'liclar; and ludder head 'II do jest as well.' He accordingly put the knife to the neck of the next corpse, when another voice. equa'lv unearthly in its tone, shrieked out'Let my head alone? Jake was puzzled at first; but answered presently. Look a yah! Master Tolliver sed I must bring one ob de heads, an you ain't gwine to fool me, no how!' and Jake hacked away until he separated the head from the body. Thereupon half a dozen voices screamed out 1 Bring it hack? brmg it back? Jake had reached the door, but on hearing this,turned around and said, Now?now, see yah! Jesr you keep quiet you fool; and don't wake upde women folk, dasters only gwine to look at the bumps." Bring back my head at onceV cried the voice. Tend to you, right away, sahf replied Jake, as he marched off with the head; and and in the next minute deposited it before the Doctor. Yes you've got it, I see,' said his master. Yes. sah,' replied the unmoved Jake'but please be done looking at him soon, kase < e gemlin told me to fotch him back right away.' John Donkey. If the free States imitate the example of Illinois, and forbid negroes to settle within their boundaries; and the slave Slates pass a law like that which Virginia threatens to pass, expelling free neg;oes, the poor darkies will feel like selling themeslves cheap. Tlio following exquisite poem in extracted from the Dublin ivaiion. jt win be read and re read by all who can appreciate llie genuine Iriah grief and fondncaa breathed in every lino. NIGHT WATCHING. Good night, good night, acushla machree, Dark ia the night which insetting for mo, And my tcara that are falling an quietly Will gush in a torrent soon. There is no one beside me to cheer to night? No one to tell me God's will is right; But I know 'tis a deadly sin to fright The sou) which is going to him. So I hold my pence, and in murmurs low, Till none could guess 1 am grieving so; To Him and his angels I tell my woe, And pray for the soul departing. fie was my all in tho worid below, No other friend did I seek or know, But I will not grudga him to heaven now, Since His Godhi high will to take to him. Long, long the dark night seems to stay, Yet more I droad tho morning gray, For the weakening breath will have cliill'd away Ero its full rays brighten round him, He will not bid me cense my moan; My sorrow now must be all my own, My darkest grief I must bear alono, Aslor mucliroe, you'ro going. I ?in U..i.u i?... MV.UV/.U Kl.ll IWUgllig c?? Tlio full ol your proud lighl fool to hear, When your quiet home you arc drawing noar; Oh!?dark 'twill be without you. I will thrill no more to your word* ro fond, Nor proudly think how a fairy'* tvund Could n ver bring me a joy beyond The bliai of being near you: I will hold my head lean lofty now, VVhon you are laid in the church yard low? Too much I gloried long ago In the happy lot God gave me. No mure for me i* the Inugh and nong; But still an tho darkening night cornea on, The neighbors will see me creep along To ihe co'd ground whoro you'ro lying. And they'll loll the young how my heart beat high, And the flashing joy wan in my eye, And small the thought of carc or death hod I, When fi.st we two were plighted. For the edification of those who imagine they can penetrate the designs of women, we have translated from a French volume on Oriental manners, the following little story. To understand it, we have to inform o?i readers, that among the Orientals, it is customary to agree for a time to pay a stipulated forfeit if a husband receives from his wife, or a wife, from her husband, anything whatsoever, without pro. nouncing the word Diadeslc. Each therefore practises the greatest ingenuity to throw the other off* lii.s or her guard. A philosopher of that country, who was hy no moans insensible to female charms, had often worshipped at their shrine; and as often (as he thought) hnd he suffered from their wiles and caprices. But he determined to become wiser. He collected a number of stories of female cunning, : copied them into a book, which he always car r red about with him, as occasion might require to consult it. One es'ening, as he was passing through an 1 Arab camp, he noticed at the entrance of one ! of the tents, a young woman of uncommon 1 beauty. She saluted hiin as he passed, offering I that he might enter to rest for a while from his f seat on the carpet, and near the beautiful crea[ lure, when lie became alarmed; ho drew his t hook from his pocket, and began to rend, withi out daring to cast a single glance at his fiir neighbor. > "That must he a charming hook," said the I lady, "which can engross your whole attention >? 80. | "Indeed it is "replied the philosopher, "but it contains secrets." ' "Which certainly you would not conceal from me!" said the lady, with nn irresistible ' smile. ' "Since you will have it so," retorted the phil1 osopher, "it contains a complete list of all the 1 arts and wiles of cunning women?but I am I sure you could not learn anything from it, and so it would not interest you ' i "Are you certain that yon, list is complete?" r said the lady again. Thus the conversation was gradual!} retained, the philosopher pocketed his hook, and to far forgot himsell and his system of philosophy, that he was kneeling before the fair lady, holding one of her hands between his o? n; and who knows what might have been the result, had not the lady espied ber husband, who was returning home. Struck with terror, the ei? claimed: "I see my husband at a distance, re* turninghomewnrd. Shouldhe find you. here, he will put boih of us to death. 1 see bat oho chance for your escape; conceal yourself in this box, of which I keep the key." It may be supposed that the philosopher did not hesitate long to conceal himself, and the' lady locked the box vd drew out the key. As the Arab entered his tent, the lady met him with a smile, saying: "You come in good time, for a stranger, calling himself a philosopher, stopt at our tent to rest, hut so far forgot himself and propriety, as to talk to me oflove." The Arab began to foam at the mouth with rage; hut who can descrihe the agony of the philosopher, who could in his retreat bear ev.ery word that was spoken! "Where shall I find the wretchl" exclaimed the Aral), "that my sword may put an end for ever to similar presumption?" "Here, in this box," said the lady, holding out the key. The enraged Arab snatched it out ofbar hand, but she soon retook it, in a fit of laughter. ' Instantly pny me your forfeit, for 1 hare caught you at last accepting a thing without pronouncing the word Diadute For awhile the Arab stood as if petrified, and alter recovering a little from bis anger* said: "I have lost, and must pay the forfeit, but let me request you hereafter to gain your ends without giving me such bitter vexation." After awhile the Arab bad to attend to other business, and left his tent, and the lady unlocked the box, in which she found the poor philosopher more dead than alive; on saying, "You aro safe!" the philosopher vaulted nimbly from bb retreat. "Depart in peace," said the lady to him, "but do not forget to record this day's occurrence in your book." Grkat Fisiiing.?One day last week, Me?. srs. Davidson and Russell drew in, at a single haul, on Mr. Hallock's shore, West side of New Haven harbor, two millions of white fish, as nearly a* could be eslimated, weighing on an average about three quarters of a pound each. The total weight of the haul therefore was about 1,500,000 Ilia, or 750 tonal It it the greatest haul of fish ever made in that harbor, and we suspect it will not be easy to match it any where. The farmers from the neighbor* ing country were engaged three or four days in carry them off* in immense cart-loads. They sold at 50 to 75 cts. the 1000. The fishermen are much indebted to a bevy of purpoises, who drove the white fish into the harbor, helping themselves meanwhile, no doubt9 to a very large number. Fatal Effect of Imagination.?-Tbe son of an Italian nobleman was recently condemned to death, but through the influence of the father, a pardon was procured for him, upon the condi* lion however, that to render lesson more tern* hie, the pardon should be announced to the condemned only ai the moment of execution. Ac. cordingly,on the appointed day, when thecal, prit had laid his head upon the block, the exe. cutioner, instead of using the axe, struck hint slightly on the neck with the edge of a wetted napkin. They raised the condemned to inform him of his pardon, but be was dead! The pretence of an execution had been as fatal him as the reality would have lieen. A Nf.oro Verdict.?About the commence, ment of the present century, a black fellow who lived at the North End of Boston, suddenly dis* appeared, and it was thought that he had drown* ed himself. Accordingly diligent search waa made, and at the end of two days his body was found in a dock in Charlestown. As is usual in such cases, a jury of negroes was called together. After some deliberation they brought in a verdict something as follows: "Dat going home one bery dark nighUjM tell from the wharf, and was killed; dat de tide comin' in strong, it floated him ober to Charles* town, and he was drowned; dat de weather bein' bery cold, he froze to death!" The coroner who was rather waggish, notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, said,4 You may as well add that he died in the wool!" Hard of Hearing.?"I hare a small bill against you," said a pertinacious looking collector, as he entered the store ot one who had acquired the character of a hard customer. "Yes, sir?a vpry fine day indeed," was the reply. ,4I am not speaking of the weather, but your bill," replied Peter, in a louder key. "It would be better if we had a little rain." "Damn the rain!" continued the collector; and, raising his voice, he bawled "have you any money on your bill?" "Beg your pardon, sir, I'm a little hard of hearing. I have made it a rule not to lend my funds to strangers; and I really do not recognize you." "I'm collector for the Philadelphia. Daily Extinguisher, sir, and have a bill against you!" persisted the collector at tbe top of his voice, producing the bill and thrusting it into the face of the debtor. "I've determined 1 I XT A 10 enuorse mr no one. 1 ou may put your note h ick in your pocket book. I really cannot endorse it." "Confound your endorsement! Will you pay it?" "You'll pay it! No doubt, air? but there is always some risk about these matters, you know. I must decline it, sir." A Financial Question answered bt Mb. Dunup.?A. has given a bill to B, and A finds himself without a shilling when the bill has only two days to run. Now what is A to do ua* der the circumstances? Answer.?If the bill has two days to run, A has of course two to run also, and he had better run accordingly. Mr. Clay is to be kissed into the Presidency as Harrison was sang into it.?Times. A very dangerous precedent. If this mode of conducting a campaign becomes established, a great many men would start as candidates, merely for the fun of electioneering. Exchange paper. HAPPINESS. Happiness is a glorious crown which all tha jewels of the world cannot enrieb, which, studded with the diamonds of the heart can receive no additional lustre from any such paltry things as power, or wealth or station. *? - - y