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Quarterly anid 31nthly Advertise mieuts will he charged the same as a single in lertion. anad semni-otthiy the smle-as new ones Origital Poetry. For the Bfmnner. Epistle to Sam. 1) ur sam, wht , tkes you such a fo ) ? They tell mte you are teacing school; 'Tis very well: but ah ! how long t1'efore you quit and change your song Tom soimetlaimmg !se,--perhaps to aramin1mg Yourself for war? wont that he charminn' Anid next, if you should get some money, You'll go to h-- : wont that lie funny ? Oh Samn! you need some stern adviser: You're now a manr, and shou'd be wiser. A rolling stone ne'er g aith ers tany Mloss, nor will you have a pemnny I onmg to rattli in your packet, If you don't clanmge, by David Crocket! A mman should open wide his eyes And learn how to phlylosophise Wlhist pasing o'er this sea of life, Vhose waves are nix'd up so with strife. All happiness fraum virtue streanmis; And it we'd take it in our dreams, We should iave strength enomgh to stifle 'Thre appetites in every tritle. Keep cool, keep sober, and keep stea ly, And you will soon have somnmmhing ready, To put on boaad your little bark, That floats upon Life's ocean dark. You grasp too mtuch at first, like all Mad caps have done, who rise to fall. ''.tke Life easy : watth and pray But do not then be sad: he gay; And peace will come to you each day I know how fickle, and how prone To lit entiousness you've grown: But .sh Satm ! tare you such a fool As not to know how very dll T'J'he sentient nerves grow from abuse, On narking of tlemn. too mach use! You must not let a wtord, or frown, Or cool look, strike your courage down. 'llear up ! good courage makes men praise .And flatter you throughout your days. When going down hill on-the rocks, You may look for a kick or box, But "din na ye " be chicken hearted, And soon you'll rise from whence you started And those who'd given you cold glances, Will turn your warmest friends, the chance is Never tel I your thoughts or dreams Nee'or hint your little schemes: For men of sense will say 'tis folly, And that will make you mielancholly. Let your actions speak always Instead of *ords, if you want praise. stick to youtr school sincee you've begun it .nnd you'll do well I'll bet. up:.a it. Bu~3tck to your school: 'tis limt thme oflice, .gmmt aman, that brings it inito noutime: tikont 1 should till yotir scht brs qujtit you, 'Close to your puine bordl desk, still sit y'ou. WVould Franmklin e'er hamve won a name so glorious-so high ini famie, Ifhle hmad niot become a stinter W/hen lhe used to be am printer ? lie mado men boast lime little trade Of sittimig type, it canm be said: That is the mama, not occtupationi TIhiat gve the latter repntation Take mry advice : stick to your school 1f yoti would riot be call'd a fool . And whilst l'm fumbling o'er de~itd mencm's UIonmes, you'll mauke another Edmnonds i~And if we mmeet tenm yeamrs from now '\Ve'll laugh to hlear thme boys say how I gave thmem powdvers for thme gripes Whilst 'you but oat their a---es stripes. Post. Script :-Thmrec days it has beeni iMht I amn far from this complaining ; I alwnys thmouaght there was a pleasure Jnm Noah's ilood, for there's such leisure! F~or the Banner. Address to aun Owl. 'n thisi raw and~ grusty even, TJhoiu surrely dost not comle from heaven ! ho'mmu ! dmsanal, lark( amdd antaiated: Inm ages still celebrated : To'm look onm -.he sullenm Fowl' 1 Slad hi there portentious cowl, I f'e an aiwfuil smupersiuiaan, And swooping," from the fiends of hell ? Oh let meo hear thy voice no more Of D ath prophetic, and of wo: So ill-foreboding, and so dred: It whoops up horrors from the dead. Avaunt ! grin riessenger of Fate .! )e.ttlh's pilate! or his dreadful mate Avaunt ! somne dreadful curse of heaven, On thy grim head, was surely given. Avaunt ! thou hast sone wicked powers, And hootests in there evil hours. Intuition bids tme fly. With horror from thy ghastly eve Avaurnt ! the fiends themselves are awed, When thy hill-dolour hoot is heard. JACK. For thie Saunter Ianner. To Hiss J. 1). L. De.ar friend, thy inim'ry as a spell Of hove, coines o'er the nindi ; As dew upon the purple bell. Or perfume on the wind. As music on a silent sea As sunishine on the river So has it ever been to me So shall it be for ever ! M.mIios. From the Colunbia Banner. FIRT'L PRIZE TALE'. MIChlA E l ALLCOT ; -on TIIE S1O' IN TI.IE1. A STORY 01F MARION'S MEN. *B d. V. ElV\N. ..HlAPTER I tIr. [cosrNCIrt.:n.] Although the prisoner ft that his hunts were nutbered, the near ap. proach cf death, as terrible as it may eet to one in whose veins the warm enrret flMws healthf'ully', couldi nut chuck his rising indignat.ion. lie cast upoln his ernel tu' riiieentors a glance of s:oiri, and only by a strong efllrt re pressed the angry rebuke that ro'e to his lips, proited by tihe tiumereiifuI insults of the brutal soldiers. "Tell the drunn liers auid ifers to Come forward, (Gaston ,tnd strike up the "R lirne's M arch' as we go to the gallous trees, anod drwit the Ii outings of those noisy owls, that set shriek inig out their adieus to this old com-ii paiioin of tteirt-, who has shared the swamp with them so loing. 1- Ily fiith ! they are fitting conpjatni'nis fomr a rebel sue't as he.'' J ust at this mtorent inuleed, scarce miiore shalt a himdred yards fron the sput, where they stood, was heard toi the oaks ot the mtarg'ini of the swamp, one of thoe long, w ild, un earthly cries, with which the owl sotretirttes awakens the echoes of the swamp, miaking the stranger to start back it te' ror at his %wail. Hlis cir was antswered frotn the swanap, and again mnd again his tellows rung out their successive respolses, their an. sweits, eat:!b rising miorie and nture dhis tantly, until they seemed to die away on the farther side. The prisoner started and tretitbe-l slightly, while he stoed more rieet and proudly, and his eye flashed with anx iety :and hope. l iarrist only obser ved his nervous start. "By my right hand," observed that worthy, ws'ith an attempt to laught, o'the rebel's nerves begin to tingle a little. A few more such dolefutl sta ves as that, and( Ite will [ecomeul so weak, we w~ill have to carry him bod' ily to the gallows. Musice! music ! at ont -e, before his le'gs fahimatgt wO dnonersand at lifer took thieir' places before the prisoner, and struck tip the Rogue's March. A few scoi'e of' ruf'ainlhy nien with mutskets anid bayonets full in behind him, and part 13' dragging aund partly paushting their pt'isoner along, thu processiont, with Iliarrison at their head, miounted on htis iron grey charger, took their way to the spot selected fihr the execution. T1hien enstied such a scenie as we f'reehy c'onfess we are iunabile to depjlet. Suite fif'eein or twentty inadi viduals, mnosty nicerous, rani ailong onf each sideC of tho processioni withI lighted torchtes, and mloreC thtan two-)thir'ds of those who were assembled at the encamipmeint. having baen'i previotisly infoirmed of wh'lat was about to take place, att thte first tap of the signal drumI~i hturied away from every qutarter of' the field, to take part in the priocessionl. Th'e field was alive with seine three hutn dred individuals, eagerly hurrying along, jostling, cursing, and pushting each other in their eagerntess - to get at positioln ntear' the prisoner. With yells cruel jests andJ heamrtiess haughtier, te tmultitude rushed ahonig to the scene of' sacri Ieec. 'Te spot chosen for the e.teeution, was about two hundred yards to the northeast of the colonel's marque in the openi field. .llarrisc t had ordered that, lhe shguld be hung upon a mnagniti. cent oak, that stood nearly two hun dred yards distant from the margin of the swamp. A rope had already been thrown over one of its branches, and the noOse hung to within a few feet of the ground, ready to be fnstened around the neck of the prisoner, while the other end rested upon the ground at the base of tho tree, near which stood a savage looking man, to whom had been :dlotted the task of drawing him up. Oh ! how lovely and beautiful seemed the glorious nigtht to the vie. tim led to slaughter. Brightly above himt shone the unclouded moon, shed ding a halo of light upon the beautiful world beneath, where nature held her Sabbath. Never had earth scomted more dear, or the smile of creation more lovely. The prisoner scenied not to hear or to heed the deriding voices that mock. ed him in the fearful hour, when the rage of man should have been still, and left ilm to communion with his Maker. Yet his thoughts seemed not to grasp at eternity. 1li. bright and watchiil eye told that he still clung to his hope and fondness for life. Ile gazed coolly and contemptuous. ly ton Illarrison, as that unf'eeling wretch turned to harrangue the noisy and brawling crowd. lie offered no resistance when the callous execution er fastened the fatal noose aronnd his neck, for his pinioned arms deprived him of the power to struggle ; but turned in his tracks, and followed with his eye the movement of that ill favor ed i.divid'ial, as he retired and stood with his hands outstretched, and gras pi g the opposite extremnety of the rope, ready at the given signal to hanueih the prisoner into eternity. Co olly Michael gazed upon him, 'with peirhal s nearly as much indifTerence as .though meausuring the proportions of a. brawny ox. Ile was a tall, bony, square faced and re -whiskered gi:ut, stminlig some six feet in his socks, and with the proportions of a llercules. No doubt he haid often take part in such scenes, for he -tood witz a cala, .sto id and uruflled count enata-' his brawny arris resting upon the op, sonie six inches above his head. Ihaving finished his barrangue, liar rison turned, and drawing his sabre. Called out to the huanlgmnan Tighteni away now, my boy, and give the devi' t is due !" Then came a noiiment o finit-nse si lence.' Event that drunken and braw ing inob, soi loud in their cries but a moiient bofoire, stood hushed and iite. 'I lie hangnian ad; anced his riot-iis huigie hand we ie clenched .o mdil I the rope , which already began to tighten under his grasp. and alread'y he 'cgan to feel the weight of his vie tim, when his aria fell to his side and Ilis knees gave way under hiui, an i lie droppel a Iiee.vss core-p upon the gromnd, as the report of a well airnied rifle rang opt oin the ear from the margiu of the swaminp in their front. Then was heard a r ustling as of the wind amsong the tree tops--then the tramping of feet-then the clan king of sabre; rattling agai ist their steel seahabards-and with the command to lcharge ! ' littered in tones that fell upon the car like thunder, fearfully there loomed out froim the sl:adtows o, the swaoi". a long dusky line of horse m11en, wi-.: clatte-ing hoofs and glearmn ing sabres, irusin g ill swift, andt noisy, amid dead.lly army upon the ter ror-str-icken and pale-checked tories, who screcamedu for miercy, and fled wi ldJly and blindly foir sonic p lace of refumge. But thme avenger- of blood was upion their track, aind thme dest ri ying angel hovered aboye theitr centp, amid pointed the swoids of Alarion's men. The war-ery. of " Carol ina amnd lode. Ipenduence !"' couplled wit ei ries- of " no uarters to the tories !" iruiig terribly on theirm gmiIty' ears. In vain theyv fled foir succor to their camp fires, wher'e maniy of' their colimades stood with their we'tapons by their- side. Thie rifles of "Mairion's men,' levellbed f rom the shuadosws arolund, wer'e aiimedl with fatal accuiacy uponi the recveller-s arounmd the lime, and had already hegiun the work of' deathi ini this quarter of' the field. Unconscious of' the bur-st hong storm, they fell, some in the mxidst of' theiir drunken orgies, with oaths aind impr ecatious on thei r lips, othbers where they- sate play-ing at, cards ex ulting over' their success, or' in the miidst of' uiniished gamtes with the uplifted cards ini their hands. W~hile the rifles thinned themui ott by scores, the dragoions with gleanming sabres pucrsued them~ over the tmoonlit field, anmd hewed themi down in their tiraceks as they fled atnd screamed foi' miercy. An hour of' terrible iretribu tioni had ful lemi uplon themi, anid re morselessly was the penalty of' their' iianiy crimes exacted inm this hour1 of' unexpected security. Th'Ie earnage was OVer i ia brief' space, anid the vic tors were the masters of a field which wvas covered wyith thie dead and the dying. Michael had pi'oimptly been released by his comrades, whose arrival ha been so opportune for him, and s soon as he was freed, he was fortunat enough to secure a horse which can galloping riderless past, and calling t one or two of his brother dragoons t follow, he vaulted into the saddle, an puttimg Spurs to his horse he rod fiercely away. \V hen the troop first, broke frog their cover, scarcely waiting to ascet taut the extent of .the danger, ilarr son, trembling for his satety, had turr ed his horse', head across the fiel hoping to escape by a timely and pre cipitatc flight. Mounted upon an iro grey charger of' uncommon fleetnes and strength, he confidently expecte to rmake good his retreat unpursued or at least to d:stance any one wit might be ternpted to .pursue.. But horseman who rode at the head of' th troopers (.' Marion, favored by th noon-like l'.ightness of the night, ha already marked his flight, and separa ted fron his troop to follow in pursuit Dressed int a suit of black velvet froii head to foot, and riding a horse a black as ebony, and with a singl ostrich feather of snowy whitenes waving from his bh tek' cap, he indee presented at oiminous:.lppearance, a gracefully sitting tpod his stout char ger, with his flashing sword in hiand he thundered on in pursuit. Not shadow of emotion, anger, revenge o joy distui bed the cahn gravity of hi handsoite features. His dark, full bold and lustrous eye, turned teithe to the right rrnor left, to regard th scrcaniiug fugitives, who cowere freti his path as he swept imt1perpeti ously by, but was fixed reaniiigl and sternly upon his utlorgiven foe. Ileariig the thickeinig. tidl of fee behind it, when he had begun't lancy himself' secure-front pursuit. llarrison turned in his saddlle", and hii cheek grew pale with fear, when in tht sable Iorseint~n he recognised the bol antid daring Co'ntyers, whoi he ha wronged beyond forgi-. Iss. Bt hind hini at searcely the distutee of hundred yards, l'ooW hitus-eerat foe, and belre him lay a ditch with louble ditch, which tust be leape fearfully, and at a k illing pace. D), structiun followed ini his steps, and h dared not hesitate. Pressing his gal laut horse to the utmost ie cleared i at a bound, and with a snile of' tr iinupl .e reined in his horse, an wheeling round, with his sabre ui lifted . stood ready to coitroit hi advancing adversarvs and hew hit down betore he could recover him'sel frot the perilous and dilicult leap. Con yer s saw at .a glance the dusigi of his enremity, aud though lie ,high have avoided all hazards by drawin his pistol front his holstee- and shtoo in-g him dead as he stod, yet h preferred to encountiter him in a mi nrer better caleuliated to satiate thus stern imd vindictive feelitigs that. ha been stirred up by injuries too great t be forgiven. 'hereiore, finding th: his entiy awaited hii, lie tigtitene, his rein and permitted his horse t approach to the tliflieult leap with t m and ieasured strides. Fixing his cr firmly uojtn larrison, and sinukiti low inl his saddle. he touched his ebhaf ger. gently with the spur, and the lea was gallatly mtiade. With the po i of'his sword lowered and extende beyond tlie head of his horse, I received thte fieely-aimred blow . 1! arrisont, and stillfujlly parried it wit an upward stroke. It reqluired th qunick eye of' thte eaglhe anid the uinshr kenr tnerye of tine liri tu accomrpl ish si d ifliculIt a feat as warding off' th sword stroke of' a well postt-d udver saryj int a fly ing leap, but, it was des terously done, anrd the sword of' HIm risonr glanceed harmlessly above hi head. Befor'e Ihis discosrntieted ant astonlisheLd ardversary could .pre-epare ti rep'leat, Lire blIow, Cony ers had w~ heele< upon, antd was raining a storm o blow~s about Iris hread. in vain th< ter'rified wory put, forth hris utmtost ski] anid strength, and taxed Iris power's t< their f'ull Jiriit; lie was sooni conrvine that hre lay at, the mrercy of Coniyers whIo pioloniged the conrtest only t leingthIent out, Iris agony. .Feel ing tha lie was powerless i thte frand of' a ad versary, whose sword seemied I livinig part, of the attm that wielded ii Ihe utterud air agornizing cry for tmercy which wits oly answered by a de senlditng blow triat, laid open Iris swore arma to Ltre bone, rand freed thre weapoi fromt his grasp. With ant oathr e despreration, antd a cry ot' pain, hr raga.t turnred Iris hior'se's head, ami dri vinig tire spurs deep into the~ horset flanrk at, every str'ide, ftantical ly souigh to escape; but like a bird of prea thiirsting l'or his blood, the gleamni sword of Contyers flashed above i hread, now rising to givie tire fita blow, anid now lower'ed' as chane dimnished or inerensed the spac between threm.- Agin as Coityci with uiplif'ted sword, gained a positioi side by side with himr, so that thei knees smrote in thes fearf'ul race, wihr wild.yel of' diaaIttsir tuarne... I on him a piteous look for mercy. " Justice, oh Go'd, not vengence," e burst from the lips of the partisan, and his descending sword glittered in the > moonbeams, and fell like a thunder. bolt upon the skull of the tozy !, 1 When Michael and his cofrnpniciis e reached the spot, they found Conyers gazing sadly up.on the corpse of. his i toe. "It is all over now,iMike," saidhe' in a tone of sadness to his young lieu. tenant. " I never sought an enemy more eagerly, or slew one more re. luctantly. I trifled with and spared him as long as revenge rankled in miy s heal t, and whin that was gone I slew 1 him). I feel that m' days are now nearly numbered. One more blow in 1 the service of my country, and my a heart tells me I shall be even as he, save the inglorious cause in which he fell. But let us return speedily, for ! the fight may not yet. be over." The party having secured the horse of the fullen tory, then retuned to the camp. The battle, if such it could be called, had already ceased, and when they reached the spot, they found that s Marion had already posted his senti nels, and taken every precaution for s his security - during the night. The sumptuous feast prepared by the tories was eaten-by unbidden and unexpected s guests. The wearied famished soldiJers r of Marion fell to the abundant cheer s with well whetted appetites, and kept , up the feast to'a late hour of the night. r The deliverance of Michael, and the c events of the night's surprised firmed I the chief topics of conversation among them. Michael's frields every wh re y gathered around him with rydq but hearty congratulations. t " My sitdnitian was rather a' despai-. ate one, boys," said Michael, as a - crowd of his comrades gathered around s him ; " but I kept in heart when I e heard lPaudal's voice from the swamp. 1 His hootir'g does the owls but little I credit; it could impose upon-none but a raw British recruit or a drunken tory.' a "A good reason why Randal acted e .te.owl so ba4 .".Ji~d _m, . he lost a his old blanket at .the -anp on Pee a Dee, and has had a bad cold ever since. "lBut why was a!l this hooting, u boys," asked Michael ; '" what was the - object of it." t Well, Mike," said an old weather -beaten rifleman, " I'll tell you all d about that. Mairioin knew he wouldn't - have a minute to spare, and so dome s ten miles before wher e we sr uck into u the swamp, he put ofT a dozen of the t boys, under the lead of an old swamp sticker, who was to ride under whip and spur, and station them along the best crossing on the swamp,. agin the tiie the General came up, and they was to signal alozn from one place to e another by hootog, and they led us ron one to theithel., until we <me e ut on this side the swamp. We got knocked of' before we reached the L swamp, and so lost an hour ; but t Marion led the way across the swamp I on old lall, from owl to owl, and he u was so afraid we'd-get here too late, t that he led us across a good part of the c swamp over eypress knees, and all at a gallop. Bot Jack Buggles, who knows the swamp.well, was among the , first that got over, and lie's had you t, under his rifle since sunset, and Jack's rifle throws a true ball. you know." "And that. was Jack's rifle then, I fsuppose,' asked Michael, " that tum-. b bled over my hangnian so opportune ly ?" - "Oh, no !" answered a dozen, Cap taini Conyers said he'd trust no eve but his own to dr air a bead when yo'ur life wvas at stake, and -so lie did the .business." SiTJ IS"r - "I-r was A sior' -iE"rplied s Michael with miuch eoutioni. 1 "L~ieutenant Allscot," said an; ;flieer, >stepping up und tapping himii on the shld~ er, 4 y ou are wrinted at the geln. f eral's tent. " Tfrue," said Michael, starting ump, S"I have not yet paid my respects to > Marion. Lead on, however, and I I will follow." ,Marion had already takempossession of the wel.-turniishmed tent, so lately oe et upied by the leaders of the tories, Swho, with many of' m le mnisguided imn Swhom he had seduced from the path of ,(duty), were sleeping the long sleep of ,death on the hield of battle. -Conyers and some two or three of' I his hmost confidential officers were in a! the tent n ithi Marioni, and they all rose fupon the entrance of Michael, and > reeted h im with a warmth and cordi. I ality which showed the deep interest ,le had excited among them ; foremnost t amnong them ini ex ressing his con. P gratulations wvas' i fhron' himself ; Whmen the first words of welcome were S over, Marion, who seldom descende'4 I to a jest, turned, with a quiet smile upon. his- cotantenance, to M ichd,'l and u said :" I am sorry, lieutenant, to find , so brave rind gallant a soldier as4 your iself deficient in gratitude."' r IMichael it r ed rddn. " gei r1} le o ral " ei xclam:i e y estimate lmny character better than to accuse me of that. I have but a few minutes since returned from following afler. my friand...and captain, and had intend' t.o:Trupon you, and thank you for Thitsolicitous care of one of the humblest of your soldiers, so soon as I believed7you at leisure to accept of my thanks." " You mi-take me, lieutenant,." said Mfarion, gravely. " You have not yet inquired howli became aware of your dangerous situation. You surely should reward the messenger who brought me such timiely information." . " Most ;ladly will I do so, sir," re plied Michael, " to the extent of my ability. But knowing that our scouts in this quarter were cut off, I am at a loss to know to whom my tanks are due. I had verily abandoned all-hopes of life, and was as much astonished as re'oiced when I first heard the signal of our men from the swamp. Show me the friend to whom I owe the preser 'vation of my life, and believe me, I shall not soon'thrget the service." Marion nodded to Conyers, who rose and issued from the marque. In a short while thereafter he returned with a lady leaning upon his arm. Michael started with surprise ; and as she threw hack her riding veil, there beamhed upon him the bright eyes and the tearful smile- of Dora Singleton A few words sufficed to explain to Michael all the events connected with the movements of Marion's forceduring the last two days. After lingering a short time with Marion, at Doras re quest she was-pe.tnitted to return to her home. only some few miles distant accompanied by Michael, with a suit. able,escort. Their. marriage was not long delayed. In fact, beibre the par. tisan leader left that portion of the ,.ountry he attended their wuptials, and gave then his blessing. Long they lived to ei.joy :.iat independence so dearly bought bj the army of freedom. iut they had not been' long united, when'they. were called to mourn over a treasured friend and a stern patrict. Buta few weeks after they were marrti d'tidlfore. Mic'aF bad re turned to the duties of the camp, as they were ridii:g out upon-the high wa), which passed near the old fluni ly mansion, they met a mounted ser vant returning from the camp of AMar. ion, leading by hi side a coal black charger. Thu empty sqddle was ominous of eil. The sword wreathed with craie, and strapped to the porn mel, told the- 'mournthl- story of its fallen lord. It required no idle -ques tion to ascertain the truth. The presentiment of Conyers had met with its fulill'ment. The lion heart of the brigade was cold-its Bay ard had fullen in the fore.front of the battle ! Cursing the Bridge. Whenever the North has been un justly assailed from the South, we have not been slow to defend her, and when she is unjust or inconsistent .in her treatment of the South, we shall not spare the deserved lash. A more palpable case of "cursing the bridge that has carried one safely over the river," could not be found, than in the rabid Abolitionism along-shore in New-England- albeit our birth place -of those. who are , quietly ra ,ing the best fruits. of a shwvery which'they or their fth~lers, helped to establish and extend, while direct trafie in the black race was profitable. It is no:o rious that Newv England bottons were, not beyond the recollection of men mow living, t'he chief transporting agent in the slave trade, and that Yankee skippers, now full of holy horror that, a human being should snr.~ fer bondage, were expertest in humi ti .g negroes on-the coast of Africa, and readiest to' coin dollars or doub. boons by their sale whenever there was a market. *In .the South, when England-whose Liverpool, a century aj o, was little. Letter thtan a nest of pirate and slave traders-introdued slavery she how. rnils againist, though praetisimgit, more or less, all over the empiroe; or in *Jrazil, or Cuba, Yan kee efiterprise was wide awake itn the slave trade. " In faict, the connection of New Englanders with slavery. was of the worst kind. they obeing the, robbers andi kidnappers, wvithugt whose aid the extension of slavery would have been comnparitively al dw.. The plait Lue of the South wiare here engaged in the slave trade beyond small do meistie exchange. It requires New .England en ter prise te scour the shores of Africa atnd b.-ing meen to bondage. And New England shared also in the labor of slaves. Shte nursed the sys tom in her own bosom to the fullest etent warranted by pecuniary pm ohit. IUnd her soil and elimate. been more tiuvorable to slavery, Botop woul to, thijs day, have clunag as elosely to It a Charleston. New Engbi.A Chis: now, they are not fairly rid of ir, practically, and in so far as they are, they have con-uited their own conven ience. The morna) obligation was not the prime incentive' to dropping the traffic." At the period when Jeffeison and Franklin were the deno incers ofslave ry as an "unholy trifIlic" promineit New England men were the violent defenders, even of the slave trade. They eCated the rich profits of the busincs with a nicety that would shame a Stheint planter. And how is it to-day ? The rainufacturiug pur tions of New Euglanid are fhttening on a slave labor they are ashamed to ac knowledge, and are unwilling to let alone, as was the practice towards them in their slave holding era. The cotton and rice fields of the South may be likened to a cconut, of which the South ge s the sheIll and New England the milk-New England capital cracking the nut. No ztiatter _ that the milk -is sweaty and bloody, so long as it is noney covered -it is sweet and they lp it tip. It will nev er sour nor curdle on their lips while it is profitable; and as they will flour ish unblushingly on it, while denotm. ein~g the Souther:' plainer who, furnish es it and sympathising-with the. "poor negro" thu as if slave in the South is not stuck away in a ."negro pew" inl in the carner of the church, asirie all save a few stars of the Douglass color - coiored persons in New England. Understand us-we have no syrrrpa thy with human bondage, but we have a regard for consistency, expediency; the Constitution, &c., and &an utter. detestation of NWo hvocritical cant of rabid abolitionism. It is like the zeal of new converts won over to a profes=-. sign of piety, when it is no lunger prontable to avow or practice a lit'e of wickedness. In regard to New England and the Nor th, we can only quality o r remarks by applying therm, as we do, only to finatical "higher law" abolitionist.-5\TY. J irror. Grace in Female Dress. "Somebody has said that a'Rarisf. ian grisette, with a little tulle_ ,iaji ribbon, will conquer the world, whihe an English woman, with all her shawls, damasks anrid diamonds, louks only like an animated clutheehlorse. The a is sor:ce exaggeraution in this statenenit, but more wit, and still more truth. The women of France nntquetimably have a better taste in dress mnan those of Great Britain or America. lI both our mother country and this ther c is too: muck of what may be called sno. ism in firiale' attire.. The ladies of Anglo-Saxondon seen to ihney that the more they spend on dress the prettier they look. Accordingly one sees little women covered all over with lace, or buried in the mi ddle of stitT brocade, or almost lust t, siglt under a pulling velvet cloak, with'eapea that extend on either side, like 1zigan tic wing. Or one behold; tall w'min, if such is the fashion, tiicked oiut. in tight sleeves. and striped silks, the costliness of the. material being re garded by the ..wear,3r as suilieient compensation ihr th- incongruity of the styles. A French servant girl 'hast better taste. She knows it is. not so much the richneas of the materials as the way it is imade up, and ths mnner ini which it is worn, thatgivee the desired elegancee. A neat fit, a graceful bearing, and a proper harmo.. ny between the complexion anid the~ colors, has more to do wita brirthewz lug female attractions than even Amer. ivan ladies seem particularly to comn prehend. Many z.twif.~ looks prettier. itf she would but know it, in her. neat miorining frock ol' callic-o. thant in theI incongruous pile of'fiiry which she dignities with the title of' full' drss. M~any abi unmarried femanle first wins the heart of' her futurde huzsbiaid in some1 simple uinpretending attire, which, if consulted about, she would pronounce too cheap~ except fEr ordi. nary wear, but which, by its :ab'idep.. tal suitabilit-y to her. Iigure, face anid carriage, idolize her youth wofl'darftd. ly. If the sex wouldl study ag In) dress more, an-d enre less for e~tetig1 they would have no reason toY regre it. At present dhe e.ttratvigance of( Amrerican femnales is provebjal, \ye wish we could say as muchuor their elegance ini the samlne. Phiadelpehia Ledger. THEza PAvise Or' -rne BonoM or as SEA.-The whole ltannel oif the 1ei terranegin must be'strewed with humian bones--Carthaeklians, Sy iishi, SitIo~.' ians, Egy ptians, Persians1 Gr'ek nnd Ronmana. 1 There .they Jay,, .side by side, beneath the . eternal watery, anrd the modern ship that felieK freight from Alekarndria sails lii :its whole course overborled maions. -It mray het t~be. corrvption-of. the-dead that.io addeL frdghjuess to the~pliporsee ofthe waves.--J. A. S~ToA4~. JapaFu~tradt'h ]a is and 'Iehlapt's 14 htpk. of grqpj$4, sus, DendecY No~jIons n a4 in