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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 27, 184.8. ~ NUMBER 39. POttOl?:!* > RVfiiiY- WEDNESDAY MORNING BY T H 0 M A S W. PEGUht. TER3IS. Three Dollars per annum in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at the ex piration of t he year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen Inc* or less,) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on all advertisements, or tltey will he published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly aud Monthly advertisements will be charged the same as single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will be charged. 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Sunday, at 3 P. 31. c Closes Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, at 6 " york villi: mail, via red hill, Due Thursday, at : : : : 11 A 31. Closes same day, at : : : 12 M. rl lynch wood mail, via TILLKr's kerry. ^ Due Tuesday and Friday, : : : 2 A. 31. Close-* same day, at : : : 6 P. 31. " Election Resolve. I( RESOLVED, that the elections to be hnhlen on ri the second Monday in October ne.vt, and the day (| following for Senators and R* preventatives in the State Legislature shall be held at the following u places, and conducted by the following persons: M FOR KERSIIAW DISTRICT. t: Camden?R. L. Wilson, Tlios. Warren and a John J. Workman. C< Curetou's Mill?Fed. Bo-wen, John Motley, and Jas Team. Nkv..; ?-? -? - - ? sv and John Cunningham. ai Goodwin's Store?Jas. Love, Richard Drake ^ fotd and James Kilgore. Flat Rock?Jas. Fletcher, Win, Kirk,and si and Samuel DunlapBuffalo?Burrcl Jones, Charles Ratley and Columbus Hade, Jr. ^ o nu.p_ n:iIlieMJe|hune Lyseuby's?i... ??. - __ and James lJel). Shrock'sMill?Capt. Benj. McKoy, ltobert .1/. a Turner and Joseph EockliaM. The Pol!? to he opened both days at all the pla. t tes Tne Managers to tuopt in Camden on the Wednesday following, conn! the vojes and declare ' the election. One Senator and two represet tatives to be elect- I ed. If any manager shall knowingly receive an ilie- ( gal vote, or glull refuse to receive a legal one or j ( shall neglect or refuse to attend to the election, or shall couitf the ha'Iots before the proper time, or 5 at any other than the proper place, lie .-Inil he lia- ] ble 10 penalties. A. A. 1716, 3d Stat. 089, and < A. A. 1721, 3d StAt. 138, ami A. A. 1759, Stat. XX). Managers are authorized to adiainicter oaths and examine witnesses, to maintain order and regularity 1 -at the polls; and by order in writing, (directed .o the Sheriff, Constable, or Special Deputy.) to com. triittojail for one ay, any person who reluses to obey the lawful commands of the managers, or shall disturb ther proceedings?A. A. 1831, tiStat. 442. Polls to be opened at 9 o'clock, A. .17. and closed ot 4 o'clock P. M , with convenient intervals. The box, vessel or bag to be sealed up when the polls are closed, and not to be opened except to receive votes the second day, and to count the votes at the regular time and place. A. A. 1721,2 Stat. 136, ~ . Resolved, That the act altering the fourth sec- } tion of the Constitution of the State of South Cato- , jina be herewith published to wit. "Every free whiteinan of the age of twenty one years (paupers, non cotninissiotied officers, and privates of the army of the United States excepted) being citizens of the State, and having resided therein two years previous to the day of election, and who lias a free hold of fifty acres of land or a'Town lot, rf which he lias been legally seized and possessed at least six mo.tths before such election, or not hav ing such freehold or town lot, hath been a resident in the election district in which he offers to give his vote before lite election six months, shall have a light to vote for a member or inembeas to serve in either branch of the legislature, for the election districts in which he holds such property or residence. Resolved, That the two years residence required Ly the Constitution in a voter, are the two years previous to the election, and the six months residence in the election district, ere the six month immediately preceeding the election, but if any person has his home in the State, he does not loo-e she right of residence by a temporary absence with Xite intention of returning; but if one htve his home and family in another State, the presence of .such perons, althoug continued for two years in the State, gives no right Jo vote. Resolved,;That .Managers of Elections are authorzed and required under the general law to hold and conduct elections for Clerk, Tax Collectors, Commissioners of the I'oor, and other Districts Officers, whenever vacancies occur, (as provided bv law,) and that it is unnecessary for this Legislature to g've special directions in relation to the election ol said District Officers. Resolved, That the Managers of Election? throughout the State he and are hereby enjoinei to use the utmost diligence, care and promptness jn discharging these duties in making correct am full returns, and enforcing the laws and resolution: provided for their guidance, so as to ensure fai and valid elections, and preserve the purity of tin electivo franchise. Resolved ,'1'fiat it shall be the special duty c the Managers to report to the Solicitors all viola lions of the election Jaw, and all cases of briber j ?t,oir best offiirts t and corruption, ai.u i" urc brinf the offenders to justice. Sept. 13, 1S4* " STATISTICS OF THE WAR. The whole number of Americans (hat were killed in the recent war, including the ine of the Rio Grande ami that ol Vera Cruz, is estimated at 2000. and the wounded at 4000. It is impossible to say how many ol the latter have died in consequence of their wounds, but we should suppose not less than one fourth; say J 000, making in all 3000 deaths from battle. This, however, bearsbut small proportion to the number who have sunk under disease. Wc state under the authority of several officers of rank, that on the left flank of the Castle of Perole, there are 2000 American graves, all victims of disease. A still larger number perished at the capital?the deaths there lor a considerable time were one thousand monthly. and we learn that at no lime did thov fa/I below from 3 to 4000. The first Mississippi Regiment that went out to the Rio Grande, buried 135 on the banks of the river before it, ever went into battle,and finally brought back loss tlian one* third of their number. They suffered dread. I fully at Bucna Vista. The first and second Pennsylvania R?gitnrnts recently returned, went out 1 BOO strong (900 each.) they brought home about ! E500 of their original number?about 220 fell n bailie, nearly 400 died and about GOO a1 ere discharged as unfit for duty?how nany of the latter have since died, is of; :ourse unknown. The third and fourth Tennessee Rcgi- ! nents, a'so recently returned lost 3GO by leath; neither of these Regiments have been n action. ('apt. Naplar of Pensylvania, took down i company ?l 105 men; he brought back 17. 1 le entered the battle of Conlreras with 33 | nen. he brought 19 out of it. The most frightful instance of mortality i owevcrthat we have heard of, was in that I allai.t corps, the Georgia Battalion, comjanded bv a gallant and accomplished offier, Col. Seymour. They were considered acclimated, and ac. jally suffered much less whilst in the lower i ounlry than when marched into the interi- ' r fin the higlwJand. The Batallion went ( ? Mexico 419 strong; about 220 actually i ( ied; a large number were discharged with ; roken down and ruined consiilulions; and tanv of them no doubt, have since gone to ' . teir graves; and the batallion w as reduced ' ) thiity.four men fit for duty! On one pa- , ade, when a ccttam company was called,! . lal had mustered upwards of one hundred urn. a single privntf answered the rail, and J -as i s sole living representative! The Captin, the three Lieutenants, lour Servants, j J nd the four Corporals, (every cnuimissiniid and non c ninnssioncd officer) was rW! j j We have heard from officers of many I 1 fi'tl'a-Vfe*yfrrvVn > 'at, S. nan? oiny* ue ovarii * ( 5 about the fair "averatie loses (or all the , uluuteer legitnenls The regulars did not i , ilfer to the same extent. iY. (). Cum. Bulletin. ( INTERESTING FACTS. A hell rung under the water returns a tone s distinct as is runn in the a.r Stop one ear with the linger, and press j he other to the end of a long stick or piece 1 if dead wood, and if a watch lie held at the thcr end of the wood, ticking will ho heard,, >c the wood or stiek ever s > long. Tie a poker on the middle ol a strip ol funnel two <>r three loel i? mu, and press you. iiumbs or limters into your cars, whil you twin*? the poker again t an iron lender, and iu will hear a sound like thai of a heavy :hurcli bell. These experimentsprove that water, wood and flannel are good conductors ol sound, for ; ihe sound of the bell, the watch, and the j !i:11(lor, pass through the water, and along the deal and /latino1 in the ear. It must be observed, that a body in the act of sounding is in a state of vibration, which it coiuuiuniculcs to the surruutidiii" r air-ihe undulations of the sound cllocts the ear, and excite in us the sense of sound. ! Sound ul'all kinds, it is ascertained, travels i at the rate of 1 ii miles in a minute; the soft est whisper navels as (a*~t as the most tremcndious thunder. 'Ihe knowledge oflhis faet has been applied to the measurement ofdis. lances. Suppose a ship in distress fire a gun, the light of which is seen on sin.re, or by another vessel, twenty seconds before the report is heard, ii is known to he at a distance of 20 j limes 1112 fed, or a little more than four j and n half miles. | Again if 1 see a vivid Hash of lightning, and in two seconds hear a tremendous clap ol thunder. I know thai the thundercloud is not more than 7(50 yards from the place where I am, and 1 should instantly retire from an exposed situation. The pulse of a hcalthv person beats about 70 in a minute; if, therefore, between a Hash of lightning and the thunder I could feel 1. 2, 3, 4, beats of my pu'so, I luiow that the clouds arc 800, 1800, 2700 feet from me. Sound, like light, after il has reflector from several places may be collected it one point as a focus, where it will be more audi i>le than in any other psrt. On this priuei pie whispering galleries are constructed. Speaking trumpets arc those intended It assist the hearing of deal persons, depend oi r +1 the reflection of sound from t lie sides 01 in* trumpet, and also upon being confined am prevented from spreading in every dircctioi A speaking trumpet, to have its full oftec must be directed in a line towards the liearc cr. The report of a gun is much loudc I when towards a person than one placed i < a contrary direction. J * ' * POISTKY. ' " ? ?? iH?? toad, the fnig, I IS SYVt'fl it# 31 I. .... , w e The lily and (lie |?olIi wog, Hut sweeter, far it is for me, '' To lay iny head on Sally's ktiec, '{) The number of boats on the waters of tl Mississippi valley is 1G7, having an ngr?-ga tonage of 1312,506 tons. From the Richmond Republican. TI1E DEAD SEA EXPEDITION. i The September number of the Southe j Literary Messenger contains an article i profound interest on this subject from tl J pen of Lieut. M. F. Maury. Lieut. Maury gives a history of this exp j dition, brief but lucid, and which will i ! crease the anxiety of the public to see tl report of Lieut. Lynch, who has tnade successful survey, and who, we are glad I learn, is expected to return soon to th country. We learn froin Lieut. Maury's artic that this expedition was planned by Lieu Lynch, and authorized by Secretary Misoi In the spring of 1S47, Lieut. Lynch fir addressed the Secretary on the subject, r< commending a circumnavigation and explc ration of the Dead Sea and its entire coas stating that the expense would be triflin* as our ships frequently touched at Acre, i Syria, forty miles from Lake Tiberias o Sea of Galilee, from which the river Jorda runs and debouches in the first named sea ?t. _? .i _ r r ? . i mai uic irame 01 a noai, wiiii crew a:i< provisions, could be transported on camel from Acre to Tiberias, and there put togclh cr again. Only one traveller, Mr. Corligat had ever circumnavigated the Dead Sea and he had died at the termination offij voyage, without leaving any journal or note! behind. It was contended also, that, hide pendent of the eager curiosity of all Chris tendom 111 regard to tiie mysterious lake, thi< expedition is of value to the interests of navigation. The Secretary of the Navy received favorably the proposition of Lieut. Lynch, and an opportunity soon occurred by which it could be conveniently carried into ctii ct. It was necessary to send a store-ship to the .l/editcrranean squadron and as, alter her arrival, she would have no employment for months, the Secretary determined to send Lieut. Lynch and his party in her, so that, after meeting the wants of the squadron; she could proceed up the Levant, and land Lieut. Lynch and his companions. This was done. The store-ship "Supply" was provided with two metallic boats, one if copper, the other of iron; the former mined 'Fanny Mason' and tlie latter Fanny Skinner.' On their arrival at their destination their roubles began, and in their march to Lake i iberias wicir houts had t<? uc Irnnsporlcd wert'ie most formidable mountain gorges iiid heights, and to he I ?\vored down produces with ropes. But these difficulties Acre surmounted with true sailor skill and jerseveranee, and on the 8th of April the wo l*anilies each with the American onnjiu flying, were all >at upon the beautiful ilue waters of the .Sea of fJnbJpe, jJcilLllii*. iif it*: ? u!i-iiu? ill all lluiuis o Apostle saw it when our kuvimir said o it,'Peace, bo still,'this little hard ofrorcrs now beheld it.*' The navigation of the Jordan was found in be most difficult and dangerous, from its frequent and fearfui rapids. Lieut. Lynch solves the secret of the depression between Lake Tiberias,and the Lead tSca l>v the tortuous course of the Jordon. which in a distance of sixty miles winds through a course of two hundred miles. Within this distance Lieut. Lvneh and his parly plunged down no less than twenty-seven threatening rapids, besides many others ol less descent. The difference of level between the two sens is over a thousand feet. The water of the Jordan was sweetie within a few hundred yards of its month, The waters of the sea were devoid of smell i...i kluor ?n!t nnd nauseous. Upon enter irig it, llie boats wore encountered by aguli and 4,it seemed as ii the bows, so dense ma the tenter, were encountering the sledge ham mors of the Titans, instead of the opposing waves of an angry sea," The party proceeded daily with their cx plnrations, making P'gographical sketches a they wetit, until they reached the southed extremity of the sea, where the. most won dc-rfui siglit that they had yet seen awaitei them. In passing the mountain of Uzdoti ! (Sodom) we unexpectedly, and much to on ! astonishment,' says Lieut. Lynch, "saw lame, rounded, timet shaped column, facin 1 towards southeast, which proved to be ( ! solid lock salt, capped with carbonate < lime, one mas ot ciystahzation. Mr. Dal i. ? ,...i. ,.rit .,,, | |)r Anderson and IOUI\ ( sn.11,11 < , lauded with much difficulty and procure ! specimens from it. The party circumnavigated the lake, rt turned to their place ofdepai lure, and hroiinj! | back their boats in as complete order as tin ! received them at New York. They wei ; all in fine health. This is a specimen of tl skill, system, and discipline of the Aiucric: Navy. N<? nation in the world has such I service. The time is coining when it w give proofs of thai fact palpable to the nu ' dull understanding. Thanks to the good management of Liei I Lynch, the whole cost of this scientific e ploration of the dead sea [except, of coin the cost of the equipage and maintenan " | of the crew ol the ship] was but seven lit ' j died dollars. From the letters of Lieut. Lynch, quol ' bv Lieut. Maury, we transcribe the folio 1 in" interesting facts elicited bv the cxplo j. a . t . I (ton. "The bottom of the northern half of t / sea is almost an entire plain. Its meridi .i._ ?i. 'I al lines at a short distance ironi me ?n j scarce vary in depth. The deepest son ^ j ings thus far 188 fathoms. (1,108 feet.) X I tlie shore the bottom is generally an inci ! taiion of sail, hnl the intermediate on j soft mud with many rectangular cryst; mostly eubes-of pure sail. Al one t Slellwagcr's lead brought, up nothing crystals. "The southern half of the sea is asshal as the northern one is deep, and for al ho one-fourth of its entire length tlie depth < ,te not exceed three fathoms, (IS feet.) Its so | ci 11 bed h3s presented no crvslials. but shores arc lined with incrustations of sa j and when we landed at Uzdom, in the spa rn | of an hour, our foot-prints were coated w of crystalization. |1C "The opposite shores of the peninsula ai the west coast pn sent evident marks of d lC. : ruption. ii- "There ate unquestionably birds audi ie sects upon the shores, and ducks are som' a limes upon the sea for we have often set lo them-but cannot detect any living thii js within it, although the salt streams flovvir , into it contain salt fish. I feel shure the r |e suit of this survey will fully sustain the scrij t, : tural accout of t he cities of the plain." tl- lie thus speaks of Jordan: "The Jordoi ^1 although ranid and imnctuniis- is ornrpfnl i I - - - -1 T ? j. its windings and fringed with luxuriant' >. while its waters are sweet, clear, cool, an I: refreshing." t, After the survey of the sea. the party pr< n ceeded to determine the height of the moui ,r i tains on Jts shore, and to run a level thenc a j via Jerusalem to the Mediterranean. The i; found the summit of the west bank of th \ Dead Sea mors iiiun 1.000 leet above ii s j surface and very nearly on a level wit . the Mediterranean. j j "It is a curious fact," says Lieut. Maui) ; "that tlie distance from the top to the hot ?'i torn of the Dead Sea should measure tin 5 height of its bank, the elevation of the Medi . lorranian, and the difference of level betweci . the bottom ofthc two seas, and ihabthe dcpll 5 ol the Dead Sea should be also an exac . i multiple of the height of Jerusalem above it Another not less singular fact, in the opin , j ion of Lieut. Lynch, "is that the bottom o j of the Dead Sea, forms two submerged plain: an elevated and a depressed one. The first ' its southern part, of slimy mud covered by a i shallow bay, the last, its northern and lar 1 gcsl portion, of mud and incrustations and i rectangular crystals of salt-at a great depth with a narrow ravine running through it, cor. responding with the hed of the river Jordan at one extremity, and the ?V;uly 'el Jcib,' or , wady within a wadv at the other." " 1 he sln/uj ooze,' says Lieut. Maurv, j "upon that plan at the bottom of the Dead | Cea will not fail to remind the sacred histoii| an of the 'slime pits in the vale, where were Joined in battle 'four kings with fire." V'c have given this condensed view ol of Lieut. Maury's instructive article with its extracts from Lieut. Lynch's letters, bclicvj ingthat the interest of the subject will ex: cusc us in the eyes of our readers lor ab j slracting so much space from polities. Lt. Lynch s report will be eagerly awaited by | the public, . j M hat a .Man did tiiroccii Perseverance.?Some years ago an indivi: JuaL wuu ' y- 1 '?avj mg his lainilv behind him ho bade larewell to Trenton one fine morning, and with little less than a light heart and a good constitution, in tiie way of capital, lie co ntnenecd his journey. In a few weeks lie found i himself in the city of St. Louis, without a solitary acquaintance in the place and but a s ilitary shilling in his pocket. This he pre1 served to pay for an obscure I dging, and i went suppnless to biyl. The next mo.iiing he went to look for work, and soon got a I contract to dig a well, On this job In ! cleared several dollars, and we next fini! 1 luni building a mill dam for so no person ii : : St. Louis, which he accomplished with hi: j own labor to the decided advantage <>f In; i ; hitherto lean purse. 13v his turning his hands to whatever the) . could find to do, without regard to the hum i bleness of his occupation, our adventure ! I returned alter an absence of a year, will f : seven hundred dollars in clear cash, and n< unpaid debts to harass his fear. In a shor I : time he again sought his new home and ar j rived at St. Louis in the heal of a eoppc * i mine mania which had sprung up from th * discoveries about Lake Superior. Withmi 1 j friends without education, without ex peri - J ence in the matter, he put out for the mi I j mug region to see what could be done I) (such a person a< himself. In an open boa II he minutely explored the rockbound coa? r of the mighty lake for several hundred mile a and after an al?sence of some years, returt " | cd again to Trenton with several thousai d dollars in hard cash and with deeds in h d | picket that showed him to be the owner < some of the west. Willi the knowledge he had thus acquire by patient assiduity our whileom well-di; gcr went to Flemmington in this Slate, an succeeded in instilling new li!e into llie owi II ( rs i ?i" I lie well known copper mine of ih place, and in a few months sold out his i 10 tercst in that concern at anadtnucc nl'ov 10 len iliotisand dollars. A few days since I III returned to Missouri, where he has ston .jj | lead and copper mines, &c., all in the fi tide of successful operation. All these r )st suits have heen achieved liv individual s jraei.v, aided bv unyielding perseveraiu Ll'- iMeainess and oarsiinouy have had uosha x" in the success we have recorded, Ibr our li >c ro is as open handed as a prince. His g< |C(J erosi'y is unlimited, and as more than o m" persi ti, who owe all they possess to his Iriei ^ j ( |y unnilicenee, can testify. M'o have written this litt'e history the idvantage of all such as are disposed sit inwn in despair and rail at fate f.?r su . | disitipoiiitinents in life as are more prop 1 ' 1 I\/?*I t,\ itoliJonr'tV I IV l? USLIIUUU K\J IIM40IW..W Tr( nfoii Slate Gazelle ore , ||(! ' ??? car Ihmuwus Intki.muknck.?Tlio Mothoi , I ,v$l,u|h lias jn?il closed a Camp Meet at Miceo.sookie, which surpassed anysim U, S inciting ever before, held within the bound? 1 1 thefjcon Circuit. The meeting common imc j on Friday night, 1st September, and eh but \V,<lw>sday morning the Otli insl. There w 03ulditions to the Church, 'and 37 clear ( low venous?all whites. Wo understand >out | pru'acted meetings have been commence Iocs tie vicinity of the Camp Croiind, and it is itillt. ! pi-led that the. good work wUI continue It the I on ? Tallahassee Fhritlian.f lit, I From the N. O. Delta. CO THE ROSE. 'M' The beams of the morning kissed the rose And srnileJ upon her dewy dreams, And balmy breezes fanned her check. IS- As soft as Love's low whisper seems; The Rose half oped her dreaming eyes, D- And woke as Night far westward flew, e. And smiled when 'forning kissed her check, >11 Amid her sunbright tears of dew. '? A rude breath froin its fiugiic stem 'o Did |>!uck this brightly blooming flower; C. It briefly trembled on the earth? 3- Alas! it withered ere an hour! Alas! 'tis thus with woman's lovo? n, A flower of fur more lovely form, n That lives and blooms when softly wooed, n, Hut dies amid Misfortune's storm. (J Claude. A TOUCHING DITTY. I When Seth got home from mackreling, y lie sought his Sarah Ann; ^ And found that she, the heartless tiling, Hud found another man. e s- And thon most awful tight he got, |) And then lie went away, And bound himself to go and cut Live oak in Florida. i lie pined upon the live oak lauds, 3 Ho murmured in the glades, His axe grow heavy in his hands, 1 All in the wild wood shades, 1 Mosquitoes hit hitn every whero, I No comfort did ho get, And how terribly he'd swear Whenever he got bit. At last despairing of relcaso And wishing himself dead. He went into the woods u piece 1 And chopped off his own head. Huston rust. 1 A New-Project.?Two days before the ' last adjournment of Congress, a bill was 1 laid before the Senate for the draining of the everglades, an extensive swamp at the southern extremity of Florida. The drain1 ing is proposed by canals, which will furnish a passage to ships from the Allaiitic to the Gulf, and thus prevent the numerous "wrecks in the passage around Cape Sable. The , expense will lie about five hundred thousand dollars. The swamp contains about a million of acres, covered with water from one to eight feet in depth, beneath which is a soil ol decayed vegetation about four feet thick, resting upon a bed of lime rock. The land thus redeemed will lie valuable for sugar, olives, limes and oranges. The plantations of the three last, cultivated bv a numerous population of whites, would pre. yj.!grri^a'.,".ilr nto ripfe Senator Western proposes that the Federal Government drain this swamp, or cede it to Florida, to he drained by that State. A canal that will save navigation around the long Peninsula ol Florida, among the rocks and icels of the Ilahainas, may be very desir .bio, < specially when we are told that a million ol dollars is annually lost upon Florida reef Hut is this swamp, at the Southern extremity of Florida, the best locality for such canal. And il the water in this swamp vary one to eight feet only in I I .1 *1 I. it VA.-tllUT Oil ' depth, and mc sou ucucui llll, I VIII I I lime r >ck,bu only four feel deep, is a canal | i of sufficient depth for ships practicable, with* out very extensive and expensive cxeava? lions of litis lime rock? The greatest depth through waler and earth being twelve ami the least live feet, - we do n it see our way clearly for ships.? i Extensive excavations of this lime rock i would extinguish more than a half million of ) dollars. Perhaps the union of the Suwanec i and St. Mary, through or above the Santa - Fe, or of the Suwanee and St. John, might r he much more practicable than a canal e through the Everglades; and if so, it would it he a much shorter route from Savannah and i- any more Northern Atlantic port, to the i- Gulf, /fsticli a canal lie practicable, and v would save a million annually to commence it and commerce could afford to pay an anil nual sum in tolls for passage, which would s. soon reimburse the cost of th; canal, and i- a lib rd some revenue for light houses and .1 other commercial protections elsewhere, is Is it unconstitutional, Messrs. Abstractionists! if It would not be so, if the money went exclusively into the p >ckcls of your own locali,(j lies, tor sectional and local interests have magic power in overcoming abstractions, u! Philadelphia Ledger. .,1 Rbmaukabi.k Dc.vth?The Albany Ari,. gus contains a letter stating that at a meet,,,. iug of gentlemen of the Free-Soil paity, held at Schroou Lake, Judge Tyrill com le I . ,s menced speaking " 11 highly excited and ,h energetic m.iini :r, and had proceeded abuu twenr.- ini'iiitos, when he said: "Gewlemen a. y?>u have the prayers of nil pood men anc Christians in vour In halt'. God is on tin rc side of the Barnburners." Sudtlenly hi |C. voice lei I, he sank hack into his chair am ;n. fainted. lie was supported hv persons win 11(, were near him, and carried down stairs. lm Kj. did not breathe afterwards, lie had expir ed instantly. Huron's Advick to v Hoy.?I give you i '!' this chapter, some maxims which I hope vo 1 will read again and again, until they arc so fix Cl" ed in your memoiies, thai they will inllucnc you every day ami every hour. If you are g< vertied by them, you will become a great mar you certainly will become a good one, and it ilist much more important to he good than to li ing grout. ilar lti.se early, and offer up your praise to tl i ol (liver of all good. Kilter steadily and (carle* cod lv upon the duties of the day. He determine ised that no trial shall overcome your patience, at a*re no impediment conquer your perseverance. :oli- your object he a good one, say. "I will try ' " v" 1 ' ' . I ha I gam it. ' ;>cvcr uc iouuu w 11 Ill/ill tin wii|twn J in Ask yourself" how you can <Io llie most gou ex- anil when you have decided, throw your soul i i go to the purpose. JYnrr do good to obtain prai* Take a red hut iron in your hand rather than dishonest penny. Do no had action to serve a good friend. Be indulgent to others' faults, hut implacable, to your own. Wage war with evil, and give no quarter. Die for the truth, rather than live to uphold a lie. Neves court nepdless danger, nor fly from a peril which duty imposes. Read good books, seek out good companions, attend to good counsels, and imitate good examples. Never give way to despondency. Does the sun shioe, rejoice. Is it covered with a cloud? wait till the cloud has passed away. Take good care of your education; see that your principles and deportment are equal to your attaiments; The head of Melville was highly educated, hut his heart was sadly neglected.? He was t o learned to honor his unlettered parents; too well informed to follow the advine of his friends; and by far too polite to practice the vulgar duties of his situation. He is now spending his days in idleness, as low in the estimation of others as he is high in his own. If yod . ^ wii-ti iu We a good man, or a wise man, you must begin while you arc a boy, or you will never begin at all. Be attentive to your manhers. Those are the best niiinners which raise you in the opinion of others without sinking you in your own. A poor woman once fell and injured herself so that she could not walk, and a crowd soon gathered around her. One polite person piticJ her, another promised to make her case known; but a plain mndpst looking man stepped forward, paid for a coach to couvey her home* slipped a piece of money in her hand, and disappeared. One kind act done with simplicity, is worth a thousand fine speeches. The Devil's Ragged ScuooL.If you are determined to bo poor, go the devil's ragged school?that is the Grog Shop?and you will soon be ragged enough, and pennyless too. If you wish to starve your family, go to the devil's ragged school?lor that will consume the means of their support. If you would be cheated by rogue?, go to the devil's ragged school?for that will make their ta?l< easy. If you would become a fool, go to the devil's ragged school?and you will lose your wits. If you are determined to expel all comfort from your house, go to the devil's ragged school ?and you will do it most effectually. If you would expose both your folly and se: crets, go to ihe devil's ragged school?and tltfy. . will run out as the liquor runs in. * If you think you are too strong, go to tne devil's ragged school?and you will soon be coni quered by so powerful an enemy. If you would get rid o! your money without knowing how. go to the devil's rflcrfrml Ketinnt?: and it will melt away directly. " " < If you would bo a dead weight on the public; go to the devil's ragged school?and that will render you useless, helpless, and bnrdensome. Ifyou would lie hated by your family and friends; <Ml.lijP.il O*11 I ' - || the devil's ragged school?and you will suou know that it is impossible to adopt more certain means to accomplish your ends. A PniLosoi'iikr ix Adversity.?A circumstance was yesterday related to Us as having oceured a short time since in the debtors depnrtinent of our jail, in which one of the most striking examples of cool reasoning was manifested that has ever come under our knowledge. * A debtor to the amount of $60 was immured by his creditor some seven months since, and after enduring his confinement with great pai licncc and equanimity until several weeks ago, he made a proposal to his creditor that if he would let him have his liberty he would give him the amount of his original debt. To this the cr.'ditor dissented, but alter k Jew weeks, ho sent a messenger to the jail to tell his debtor that if lie. would consent to give his signature to a couple of notes, one for the amount of the debt, and ihe other for the amount of the costs and jail fees, he would set him at liberty. The debtor took the note from the messenger with the remark, that he would consider on the matter, and let hiin have answer in a few days.?* When the time came for him to make his deci1 sion, and to say yes or no to the proposition, he very coolly remarked, that after having consids ered the matter well, he had come to the deter* initiation to ?lo no such thing; and upon his reasons being asked for, he proceeded very delibelately to define the process by which he hmfeef; argued himself into this determination. Said^* he, "1 cottsfde r/trsl that time is money; second, that as the time of a negro is worth 81 per da)% the time of a while man is worth to him at least the same; third, that as my creditor by confining me here has taken two hundred and ten days of my time, he therefore owes me $210. Now if my creditor will deduct the amount of what I owe him and let me have the balance, I will willingly yay the costs. Otherwise, said lie, 1 shall stay where I am for the present, as I have a pretty good constitution, and am as well able to lay by and take a little rest this warm weather as titty one."?Baltimore Clipper, < Timet: Cigars make one Mile ?An inveterate smoker in New York, was asked how ' far it was from Union Square to the Battery, t -Two e ion is arid a hall." said he; it has been . (lone by a slower smoker than I am in two ci. 1 gars. ' 2 All exchange paper says that this is quite a s now way of measuring distances. * Not 60 new, 1 ufier all?for we remember long ago the state. ) ! ment iliat I lie Dutch, who took long whiffs, if t they didn't "take Holland?' use to measure dis* ttnees from one village to another in this way. This reminds us too, of a man who used to measure the time by the number of glasses he had n drunk?thus?bi'tcr's lime was sun-rise?-four (1 horns was breakfast, and bed time was a skin chuck full, by which time, he was past counting. Ileing once asked the lime of day, he replied,? It wants just ten minutes of a glass of brandy and water."?Tcm. Advocate. 11 is iu We shall not subject ourselves to the charge of being "behind the age," says the National n? Intelligencer, by plainly avowing the opinion s- that the invention of the magnetic telegraph has ?,1 done more harm than good in the world. We nl are not at all sure, nevertheless, that it is not If so. to "If it wasn't (br hope the heart wonhl hrcak," 1 ' as the oh! lady said when she buried her sevl0 enth husband, and looked anxiously among tho i a | funeral crowd lor another.