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From tLis time, the mother said, kneellog together, they had deily repeated the tol Lord's Prayer with great earnestness and ve delight, and hud ?I*o learned other prayers, ch in which they seemed much Interested, oh A few days before he wna taken sick, air Krank had come to her with it book in his dr< hand, and said: thi "O, mother, here is a beautiful prayer yc will you let me read it to you ?" sti It was the reinembranoo of thin which rc< induced her to.uiako tlio request that the thi minister would pray by the bed of her da suffering boy, tad this was tbe secret of eg the c-'.niing influence which that prayer wt exerted, lie contiuucd thus tranquil a an long time, but at length bis diftress return- do ed, and the hour of death drow near, ho About midnight, suffering and agonised, no he begged hia mother toseud for the good minister to pray again Ho mnst hare sot somebody lo pray. Tbe parents disliked tio an call birn at thai hour of tbo night, and gu ?Mwr?ot wnat 10 do At last the mother kn went upstairs, sod, taking the little sleep- eio tog Alioe from her bed, brought ber to tar her brother's bed side, and told what tio Frank wanted. Immediately she knelt his down, and slowly and solctnuly repeated dia the praysr wbioh they both so much loved, ter and then, unasked, said? the "Now Frankly lays him down to sleep, is c * 1 pray the Lord his aould to keep; to ( If he should die before he wake, I prsy the Lord his sould to lako." The first words soothed the sufferer, and with the last his spirit Sed. Witnesied esrtli ever s snblimer speo- ^ taole? At the dead hour of the nizht, ccc in the chamber where waits tbo King of Terrors, surrounded by weeping friends, the infant of five summers, roused hastily tar from the sweet slumbers of childhood, kneels, in her simpTe night dress, and pei undisturbed, uninterrupted, lisps in child- bul ish aoosnts the prayer which Heaven ao- -t . eepts, and on whose breath missioned aogels bear upward the ransomed soul. I would teach a lesson. "They labor r 1 ?uv hi vain wnn rw precious aeea in tue pei fresh soil of youthfu lieerts." From the Ladies' Repository for March. CHEMISTRY FOR GIRLS. P? _ ha BY HIV. X. THOMSON, M. D. jn This im propsr'j styUu utilitarian ( for the inquiry, "What profit?" meets ns rai erery where. It has eren entered the ! temples of learning, and attempted to co thrust out important studies, because their P? immediate connection with hard money profits eannoi be demonstrated. There is one spot, however, into whieb it has not so lni generally intruded itself?the female aoad. T1 my?the last refuge of the fine arts and c0 / II!? TLtal > tic wae? as.iO iOtttOO. AHItillVI jfUUIlg IIUIO* | are too frequently sent merely toJearn Kn how to drees tastefully, walk gracefully, VG J.. ,V. ?I . ij f ? I>i?j upun to? puno, wnie rrencn; iDd " make wazen plums and silken spiders? an all pretty, surely; but why not inquire, what profit? but I take my pen in hand, *n not to utter a dissertation on female educa- j *a tion, bat to insist that young ladies be ca taught chemistry. They will he thereby ah better qualified to superintend domestic tri affairs, guard against many accidents to an which household* are subject, end perhaps on be instruments] in string life. We illos. ma traU the lest remark by referenos merely dc to tozioology. is i The stroug seids, each ta the nitric, cit muriatic, and aulphurio, arc virulent poi- Nc aons, yet frequently need in medicine and ed the inecbenie arts. Suppose a child, in oc< bis ramhlas among the neighbors, enter a is < cabinet shop and find a saucer of aqua lac /xii$ (nitric eoid) upon tbe work-bench, th< and in his sport suddenly seise and drink doi a portico of it. Il? is conveyed home in sio great agony. The physician is sent for; ab hut ere he arrives the ebild is a oorpse. ha Now, as tbe mother presses tbe cold clay sal to bar breaat and lips for tholaat time, 1m Vow will her anguish be aggravated to br< know thst in hermedicine chest, or drawer, era ?u come calcined magneeis, which, if eul timely administered, would here sorely an< caved her lovely, perchance her first and only hoy! O, what are all the boqneta mu and fiae dresses in the world to her, com- c<n pared with such knowledge? ^ Take another case. A husband return ton i?g home, one summer afternoon, desires Xn some soidulons drink. Opeeing e enp- adi board, he sees a small box labeled "salts of lemon," and making a solution of this, ?? he drinks it freely. Presently he feels * di#tiem, sends for his wifs, end sseeruine that ho bee drunk a eolation of oxalic reid, net which she had proCtMWd to take stains I JJL from Keen. The phycieiaa is sent fiar; will hwt the unavoidable delay attending Ma t arrival in fatal. Whew he arrivee, peihape \tm he nem apon the very table oe which the V?* weeping wttoV bows her head, a piece oi chalk, which, If given in time, weald S have certainly prevented any mischief trem ?ho poicee. t?t 1- * > v e J 11 JL LJl Corrosive sublimate is the article genely used by domestics to destroy the rinin which sometimes infest oar com os. A solution of it is left upon the amber floor in a teacup, when the dowtios go down to dine leaving the cbil?n up stairs ot play; the infant crawls to e teacup and drinks. Now, what think u would be the mother's joy if, Laving idied chemistry, she instantly called to sol lection the well ascertained fact, . i ?t there is, in the hen's nest,J an antw to to this poison? She sends for some gs, and breaking them, administers the 1 lites (albumen.) Her child recovers, d she weeps lbr joy. Talk not to her of . vein. One little book of natuVal science ( s been worth, to her, more lhao all the , v?la iu the world. < Physioions ia the country rarely earty ilea with them to weigh their prescrip- ; ns. They administer medicines by f ess, from a teaspoon or tbe point of a < ife. 8uppo*e a common osse. A pby- t iao, in a hurry, icatea an over dose of i 1 tar emetifi, ^generally tbe first prescrip- * n in ease* of bilious fuver,) sod pursues way to nee another patient ten miles t tnnt. The medicine ia duly adminia. i ed, and tbo man is poisoned. When 1 i oase becomes alarming, one messenger i lespatched for the doctor, and another sal! in tho neigh bonrs to see the sufferer, t Now there ia, in a canister itr the 1 sboard, and on a tret that grows by tbe 1 >r, a remedy for this distress and alarm 1 i sure means of saving the sick man m the threatened death. A strong detion of young hyson tea, oak bark, or t r other astringent vegetable, will change I tar emetic into an innocuous compound. ' Vessels of copper often gtTe rite to soning. Though this metal undergoes i t little change in a dry atmosphere, 1 a rusted if moisture bo present, and its face becomes lined with a green subnet?carbonate or the peroxide of copr, a poisonous compound. It has sometimes happened that a >ther has, for want of this knowledge, isoncd her family. Sourkrout that d boon permitted to stand some time a copper vessel has produced death a few hours. Cooks sometimes nert pickles to remain in copper vessels, at thoy may acquire a rich gToon lour, which they do by absorbing ison * Families hare often Veen rown into disease by eating such inties, and many have died,* in some stances, urithout suspecting the cause iat lady has certainly some "eason to ngratulate herself upon her educam. if under such circumstance*, she ows thai piokiea, rendered green dj rdigris, are poisonous, and that Orfila a proved albumen to bo the proper j tidotc to them- 1 Lead (often used for drinking vessels d conduits,) if when in contact with ( ter, it is exposed to the air, yields j rbonate of lead (the white lead of the ] ops.) It ia surprising that the neu- ' d salts in *~ater retard this process, d that someaalta aocm to prevent it tirely; hence, the water of Edinburgh lj be safely used though kept in lean cisterns; and tho water of the Ohio conveyed to the iuhabitanta of this y with impunity in lendeiv pipes at.l K- a - svcrtneieu, saits 01 :eaa may De tormtindor circumstances not unlikely to :ur. Moroovor, the acetate of lead >ften used to sweeten wine; and the ly acquainted with the affinities of > metal, and the properties and antitea of its compounds, may have occan for her information. She will be le by means of articles always at nd? such as cpsora salts, or glauber ts?to render the poisonous salts of d inert. For tho soluble sulphates >ught in contact with them, will alysgire rise to the formation of the phate of lead, which is insoluble. i without anj pernicious properties. Illustrations might bo rerj readily iltiplied; but our space forbids- We iclude bj sa/ing, that poisons always xiuce secondary effects,whioh antido: however perfect, do not prevent. a9 eases of poisoning, therefore, the ninistration of antidotes should not ?rent the calling of a doctor. ? . 11 Thl* ii th? aatidoto of*11 dwmill mum<L IbrM with liwa ioMMM neutral oak*, eiaod magna* in U bettor than lit ctrbtI, biaaaoa tho carbonate might oceaeton upltuut dkttniim o(lit HbmI. If {?? ?? ia not at kaod, mom* other atkaK ?M?tr. Chalk ia carbonate of Hm?. Oxalic tcM I onite with tho lime, ud otkt mint of a, on ioaolubU, nad therefore ioort comtod. Csnutirt itbHiffitte 1* * dai>l * (iltrMt of reary. Albwtt attract* ooo portion of ilk frridd, fcdd fodoooa it to tho proto ehtwUe, * Aeedoocid, *i;h oaide of *^pp*rf M vtrdigri*. * < \)tt pt peralb. CHBRAW, S C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1856. -rVv' ^ THE PRESIDENCY. We have m Woe that Fremont will ever be the President of the United States, but a3 the signs of the times indicate that the contest trill be principally between himself and Mr. Buchanan, it will not be thought preposterous to speculate upon the probable result attending bis election. Mr- Toombs, end a great many others, aaj, it will dissolve the Union I Do those among ? 1?J !- v e r . in wno ?rv iuuu in uur pruiewiuiii w ?u?va* men* to tbe Union believe it? Then let them sake tbe necessity measures to defeat him. Let them rally around the candidate who is nost likely to secure that end, instead of dividing their lowes. and exposiug a weak front to he enemy. Every rote oast for the weaker >f their opponents will tell against tbe continutoco of the Union if it be true that the success jf tbe Black Republicans still bring about dislolution But there are greater dangera to be ipprvbeudod than the dissolution of a mora nominal Union. If Fremont is efected, the langer is that the Union will become a Union with death to ns,?that some "existing cireunj' ttances," which are oaoally so potent to disarm >ur weak resolution, will chain ua down to it with all its accumulated cursea,?and that without the power to raise a finger in opposiion we shall be compelled to witness tbe desolation of ottr homes, the annihilation of our ibertie*. This, then, is the time to utry men's iouIb," and it is well to be eigilant. Wby kboold Southern men hare two candidates in he field when each issues are upon them ?? Away for a while with Democracy, Wbiggery tnd Americanism, and giwe ns a Southern party whose first object shall be the restoration <if Ike Union of the Corutitution, and failing that,?eelf preservation. We do not ask at this time an organisation as a Southern party, with a serrate candidate pf our own in the field, but we contend thai weshonld unite upon that one whpso prospects for defeating Fremont are brightest?'that we should rote, not as Wbiga, Democrats, 01 Americans, but as Southern men, forgetting past differences, and sealous for our country To do this does not roqnire a sacrifice of prin ciple by any party, but to neglect to do it mat involve them all in irremediable ruin. TO SUBSCRIBERS. We learn from a friend in Marlborough that ha had procured for us quite a number ol signers to a prospectus of the " Hera id," and banded it to another to get more, but be hai lost or mislaid the list. This will exnlain to those who had signet] it the reason of their no) receiving their papers, and will afford an op portunity for them to remove the difficulty at ones, by furnishing us with their name*. V,\ ore greatly obliged to onr friend for hi? effort! in onr behalf, though we may never, under the circumstances, reap the benefits intended. We would like to hear from other quarters where it is to be hoped the lieta ere well filled ,.s .a At the low price of two dollere a year, ?n advmnc*, a paper ought to be liberally patronised inthie section of country, and so for we have every reason to believe that the' Herald1 will be. It now baa a circulation in fourteen States. Of coarse ;rt of South :-n-i Mertb Caroline it ie not large, bat respectable and increasing every dayi All we aak ie a large list of paying subscriber* to make our paper serviceable to the community around us. PftT.ITirST. TlTfiTIMCPfAV Year* ago, whoa eoch men u Modi eon, Monroe, Jefferson and Hamilton ministered at oar :oantr}'s altar,?and even later,when Calhoun, Clay and Webotet were jnat potting on the mantle of political greatness, it required dilif^ent, laboriouaand patient mental application, Mid unwearied industry for a long aerie* of pears, to acquire auch a knowledge of atateemanahip aa would fit the politician for the latiee be had undertaken; ?hite to attain to rminenc* demanded an intimate acquaintance with the acienco of government,and thai degree >f patriotism which would engage the whole heart in the canae of country. Nov, the very opmoat round of tha ladder may be reaehod vith comparatively little exertion by men who powem none of the attributea of true greatseca. 4 Whether thie change ia properly attributable ? any remarkable program which the world * making in the ecienoe of government, to the ixtmordinary proeoolty of (ha pcenent generation,or to the auddea debaeement of the etnalard of graatama, may ha aa interestiag enbieet of iaqniry. Oar opiaioa ic that the last m the true eolation of the problem. Bat how came thla to be no 7 It ie the rorit of thoeo whom ere call oar?' Leaders." To make themeelv?a ef eome haport aa en they aaea maangodtohriag an impaaaeptibly to a position from which we art eooteat to eatb nata eUtaamaaahip by ito pompooa exterior, natead of fa etevttng virtue*, and the efbet tass thct ?? 4.rm sAm l?t i* - Hfiok of national dithrmar ?ad rah, front rhiah ? nc*|w only by breaking laoan for k?biU from their blind aad tanking gnidanot. Hon will the grant man of tbn prraent day xnapart with iboap of tho pant I la tba Booth tad Waat n boat of patty lntri|Mn nra eon* ending for the coot off aeaatfa ol Oafboae and Say, bat nana of them atom by vbtra of nlrnt or la consideration of long and die tin plrhod eervieea. At tba north Baiaaor and ffileoa wpirt to tba prond lahwet which ffabater oaea oacaptad, and in proof of their brant for tba poetitra paint iibnCorioianaa ta wan a poo their par none, or alee braadieh their Ride walking earaa. There are am, bath N'ott tad flaatk who *.'e d hy nifiom, patriot lent, aad iateg < rit/, to place ik?w?t!?e? it the h??d of the petitfetf parties of the eountfy and lead them IP * Sonest fWalfy for ths country's food 1 but thestf are o v??ruhadowed bt the demagogues < of the defy/ They ku*s do gutta prrchsi * wound* to proclaim their fitnM*. no pqpular, < hobby to bear them to their proper positions. ' Our great men no# were tery diminutive 1 creatures bnt a few years ago when gigantic ' intellects held the popular mind in obeisance. < o TlIE ADJOURNMENT OF CONORESS. As every session of this body is looked forward to with great interest, so its adjournment is usually hailed with pleasure hy tho people j generally- Notwithatonding the experience of past years we cannot be induced to forego the hope, and confident expectation, that each approaching session will result in good to the country, either by the anactment of wise end necessary laws, or by seme legislation to alloy or baaldi tsensiom between conflicting parties : or sections. But disappointment almost invariably follows. The present Session is about to close; Congress will adjourn on next Monday. Has the j country any cause for self gratnlation upon the issue? The prime features of this session | ere certainly not such an to call out (he benedictions of the South, however much other portions of the Union may exult crer its actionOne good, however, has been effected. No ' session has done more to expose the real position of parties, and lift the veil which has so long oorered op the present designs of the foes , of the South, than this. The line which seperates between us and them is now distinctly marked, and the iaane clearly made up. Thus far we have reason to rejoice that Congress has . been in session. , But what practical benefit has resulted to > onr enemies ? First, the Black Republicans by the adoption of the majority rule, electod , Mr. Banks Speaker of the House, and thus , secured the control ofall important committees as well as enjoyed the advantages which always t flow from snch an exhibition o( numerical I strength. Next, a Black Republican committee of investigation have been e tabled to palm off , upon the country a garbled statement ef a packed jury upon the affairs^jf Kansas, and so I have misrepresented facts and given the peo, pie false ideas of the position of parties there. . Then, Black Republican Senators and Repre, sentntires have perverted the freedom of debate, and consumed the time which ought to , have been spent in legislation, in tho whole, sale atraac of the South, in the salification of 1 her statesmen, and in falsifying her history. Agaiu, Southern members have been censored for acts which their constituents approve , and applaud, while Northern members are ). .tln.^1 tV* -t J-V-. J I ? ..v.?MV ia??uuu? VI UQJAVr MU I oven to carry murderous weapons with them ' , to their seats in the fieuate chamber. , Now, we hear that the President who has ever been watchful for the peace end prosperity of the country is instructed to stay his hand, and permit the creatures of Northern ! Aid .Societies to over-run and tmritm the I territory of Kansas. Threats are also made ( that unless Kansas shall come into the Union on the terms dictated by tho abolitionista, the , annual appropriations for the support of the government will be withheld. Betides all this Gen. Whitfield has been deprived of his sea. in the House and an attempt made to put Header in his place, when the 1 former was the choice of the legal voters' of i Kansas, and the latter the tool of the Revolutionists. As to this matter of stopping the supplies, the North will feel it moat. Lit the sup- 1 plies then he stopped, we care not how soon, ' if it will bring the Yankees to their senses.? Shut up the National Treasury for but a few ' months and these great Nabobs of Boston and New York will soon come in the character of beggars humbly craving quarter. Congress has done some good, we repeat, if its action serves to open the eyes of Southern men to the real issues before ea. Let it adjourn then as soon as possible, and let our members come home and d re oars their eon. stuueaU for the corning contort in which is ' involved the very existence of the Booth. EDUCATION. I We rejoice to see thei oer people ere ewaking to ths importance of providing for the < thorough education of their children. There 1 is s met difference, however, between en ede- * cation end the sisaple learning of the spelling < book end arithmetic. And there ie we dif < ferenee, too, in the resalt produced by the 1 teeehings of a qualified instructor and a Yan- I hee alphabet pedlar. Let theee things be boroe .1 in mind t But the othwr day we heard of nee '( of theee educational officers 6f the Bute of I South Carolina, who enjoys the laxary of feed- I iag upon the Free School Fend, having in < atraplad aa amMtfoaa popll that be might call > th,? hard word J-n-e-n-d-4 c-a M John Dick, if ka 1 Mi a mind io," and another who being asked - If a hairing and a half eoat a penny aad a I half what waatd a doeen hmi tof answered, I after long eoaesderatioa, that he did nod knote, aad jet other* who ware unable to make the calculation by which the fund designed for their are eon Id be eqnally divided among them, j If these are Mr specimens of the rraaturea to ( whom the State ia trusts the adacatioa of hae^. poor child ran, aad into whoaa poakata ake ia poering annually $7h,000of tka people's money ' wa de*M the propriety of the appropriation, 1 aad woald haeitate la ehowiag between the ^ Free fekoefc end the Mae Ridge Reilnmd, if 1 we wasted ?eAnd ea ahjeet apm wklehteas- 1 paad the heoeaij. rat tkn MUt which la J now at work ia oar mWet wiU eteiatt the irtf. The beat legacy a . treat aaa aire Me child 1 it a food edewlce. I i im? ?* o i i i . 4 tSt W? IM by a coMNMaatiM i* tft? * 1'liytM Lodgo* t**i tie SUv. J. H. Tkoro- * wofi VM to Woo MWorod mi mlism tm thai ' placa m " mm! ?V- Foalb CarbNtta * Col]?fo," o? Yootofday. ) 0 TI*K CHOPS. 1b some parts of Marlborough we lea^n there t?aa been rain, and consequently the crops are itotao much injuifcH an tbej are in tbia District. A gentleman of lo&g experience, and Ohe of our TBrgcst planters in this vicinity, tells us bis Cotton crop will fall short at lea*t one-half, snd this is the repo.-t whiefr eOlnfcs to us from various quarter.*. A friend jdst from Alnhatna says thai (He crop* there are even worse than with us, or were last week. -o NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS. In Anson county we learn that Messrs. Oar* (fan and Pickott (Americans) are elected to the Commons. Bragg gains upon tho last election. For the Senate "i which UVioo votes with Alison there is a tie. In Robeson and Richmond DocVerf (Acoer ) is elected ovt-r Stcelo. Bragg gains here also. Tin-following Return of the vole of Aa*on hn* been handed us since the above wraj written: Senate?Myers 372; Terrv 99. Commons?Dargati 744 ; Pickett 737 ; Crawford 369. Sheriff?Moore 605 ; Threadgill 513. Governor?Bragg 334 ; Gilmer 772. THE STAR. This is the name of a new paper established at Enterprise. Miss., and published by Messrs. James L. M'Cary and John C. Powell. Mr. Powell is a native of this town nnd earrioa with him to Mississippi tho faith of his fathers. The Star has hoisted the flag of Buchanan A Breckenridge. We wish its proprietors abundant success. 0 MT* On last Saturday we had the pleasure of a walk in the beautiful gardens of Col. Macfarlan, and were rurprised to find erery thing in thera in so flourishing a condition in this extraordinary seasonTo the vegetable department we saw the very finest Irish potatoes we have ever seen, whether in other gardens or exposed for sale at tho Stores. Bnt the flower garden attracted our attcution principally. Great taste has been displayed in its arrangement, and much skill in its culture. .Box, and other ornamental plants, arranged in different figures, define and dcckorate the beds, on which Roses of many varieties, and other fragrant flowers are blooming still. We saw one Mock Orange trimmed into the shape of an ' old arm chair,' and really 'tis a fine model of a chair. If the Colonel only bad another near it, of the same size, and a miniature cun close by,the arrangement would be complete. While roses are blooming and filling the air with their sweet fragrance, luscious grapes, "just mellowing into wine," hang near by in rich and tempting clusters from every part of m long arbor. In the Spring this beautiful flower garden moat be en attractive eight. We like to *ee inch things,and believe that they have a gentle influence over the heartaof the young. Mr We had juat finiebed looking over our exchangee the other day and had wandered into an editorial reverj,when we were aroused ' y the entrance of a servant, with a neat little baaket filled with delicious peaches. Upon the top was a alip with thia simple address: " To the Editors of the Pee Dee Hendd."? Tho lady who sen* them, for it was the gift of a lady friend of ours, has our most hearty than'es. o Mr The Sao Antonio (Texan] Ledger has been informed that * a proposition is before the Legislature (of that State) to appropriate SO,000 dollars to give aid to Kansas in carrying out the principles of the Constitution," snd has no doubt it will pass. o tff We copy a communication from the " North Carolina Whig " which is of some ihLerast to this section of eountry. SENATOR TOOMBS. cwnwr joocnne, or ueorgu, recently iddremed the following letter to friend it Athene, Georgia:-? WAfiniN0Tu5, D. C , July 8, 1856. Dbak 8ift: I reoeired jroor letter of tbe let inat., together with ite iooloeuree. Vbnr letter te the London Time* bee besome nunecesaary, u you will peroeire FVocft the present state of the question* ileeuaMd; and, benide, it u altogether too muptiinentary to me for me to here any igeney in sending it, Am I supposed, vhen 1 wrote you, public opinion in ?og. land is right in regard to onr difficulties, snd baa made itself felt in Parliament, and rwao the great Thnnder^r (the Timet) feels and bows to it. Onr danger ia not IVoei abroad, it ia at heme. The election / Fremont would he the end of the Union, ind ought te be. The object of Fraasont'a friends te ilia mmuimS ?f tka RmiW V un oonUnl thai they shall own as when hey eooqotr ns, b^t net before. Keepeetoily years, It TOOMB8. The oorreepondent of the CkarUato* tiuamiard writing from Waahiagtoo giree he following Intelligent: A large eember of Canadian papers here >eee reeeired here; giring a notiee of the intieipeted flght at the Clifton Honor. )a the eeme rooming Mr. BnrWngeme ft here, them papern poblfohad the time ?d pinee of the Ight ?h?> fiattew end reepoiv1, more foots thee were known in Washington. The feopte ere adrioed to mtmm m ma wnri w? m nfiiir "ISOto* flgW Qowo ttw did lUw hucia kadlWif way toQaaodof Aatkodbtamo tad w?;w bad Ml bota audo known la U Jfcoiki aad iuo friwub, it io Tory eloor 4*4 Hr. IkrllMMN had *>ado ?fl nooac* idy kmtgMMMI lo ynnal a dftbt I* tko oooi Col. Wrooko wat r*ab wogli H o# biai Do tho Clifton Ifoaa*. " * j&h <t. ? a J u J . - 1 Original fth?trji. For 4% Pro Dee VOICBr OF IHk flND. ? *r ida. Voice of the wind, oh! ur from wli -re, Aroye wafting now, with that free wiTd air7 Sometimes a hoarse loud tone re leave, And anoit,the sound that a lute would breath** | Again re come in a joyous tone, Then Sighing ae one who is sad, nod lone ; 1 But if I aak thee whence je come. The voice o?'7 wafleth swiftly on. ?i?, 1 Perchance ye have been where the floweti bloom, Shedding around them their sweetest perfume, And metbinke ye breathed on the blushing foee, As she bowed ber head for the eve's repoa*, Ye hare kissed that cheek ot a roseate hoe, All filled with the drone of the pearly dew But wind, tell tae, aid ye betid thee low, Aud nbt'e the place whero the violets grow ? fc'cb as I think it ye sweeter seem, And thy tone is more like music I ween, I Oh V oice of the wind; do yecotne from theret 1 But the echo answers, from where I from where 1 Liet! liet I thy tone like tie Ocean breathes. Are ye come, are ye come, from the dark blue seas ? Have vebecn whete the waves in grandeur swell, And did jemot watch as they rose, and fell, Proudly cresting their white foam high, Then rushing down with a deep totoed sigh, Wind on that grand, that awful deep, Did yn note the wares o'er a proud ship ween. S*w ve the billow* a* they tore the bark, And nurled it widly iu the fearful dark 7 Voice of the Wind?do you waft from the A ? | aea 7 a2??^ But ye still float on with thy tone to free. A pain I liaten, and think re cot* Froratheland the Swiss cailtheir Alphinehomc, Oh I hare je blown o'er the mountain* there, Whose wintry nummit* pierce the air 7 Where the *now still lie* in the summer boars, | While the verdant rales are bloominp with flowers? Bat lis vain to ask if ye come from there, For the echo answers, from where I from where! | Oh could I bat know whence ye have been, Could 1 but read thy tone, sweet wind ; But ye will not tell me from whence ye are, I Ye will not say if tie near, or far ; j I list to thy voice, and endeavor in vain, ' To find whence ye are, or from whither ye came, f Ye only breathe wild, and joyously still, Like the mnsic of some melodious rill, Ye will not reply when I ask Is it there 7 | But the echo answers, from where! from where! From thett.C. Whip. Mb, Editor: By your permission I propoao to oall the attention of your readers sod of the people of your section of the oountry generally, ton matter I oon! oeive tc be of vast importance to tho i prosperity of yoer town and to your whole I section of eowutfj. I refer to a Rail Road communication with the ports of Wilminp. j ton and Charleston.?This, it is true, jott | already have with the Utter port by the Columbia and Charlotte and the South I Carolina Railroads. Recent events, bow. I ever, indicate, beyound a doubt, that thole ; Roads do do* meet aii the wants of the up country. Usees the effort to obtain access to the ocean, by the contemplated Road Lrvte Charlotte to Wilmington, via Monroe, Wedeeboro, Rookiegam, ko. The Pmidwt of the Company organized | for tka construction of this Rood, reported ats recent meeting ofstockholders asaetn| bled at Wilmington, that tho buikiing of snob Rood woold ooct not law than three millions of dollars; and I may add it woold taka jeara to complete it, even with the fonda in hand. If this Rood was built, then Charlotte would be in oommooioation with tho tea board at Wilmington and Charleston This connection, however, woold not bo the beat you eonld have with either place, both being loog and devious rout os Now I propose to direct attention to anothor route shorter, more direct, and chea. per .Us either, and which would require, comparatively, o very small outlay ef money in ASnnltia it Tf il In <!/>! ? <k I bfi the utmoat confidence, that the intelligence end good mam of your peop!" will leed them to adopt it. The folio wing etatiatioe, beeed npoe actual meeeturemeni, except the diataaee from Cheraw to Charlotte, exhibit, the adeaotagee of the route T propoee, ia pert. From Charleston tc Colombia, 187 mile* From Colombia to Charlotte, 112 Total diataoee from Charlotte to-~? Charleston, 2H milee The diataueo fromChartotteto Wllmiog. H *' too h not bee* made pehlie, but U oanoot fhll abort of anmethiag over MO mile*. Now, the route I pnopo*. the* eomperea wfihtbta*. Noribwtem Rood from OWrW torn to FWeeee, A lit ?i!? CHonw Mid Ptrfloftea Ro*4, rwmmm w vmiHWPJ P? i ,* ??.?. rf >i <i^b> ? ** ?dVjr . *Q?wtl~ Or 4ft nUM *wur*w Ae ewwwHea ftj Cet?jabh. i.i;-.*i , W ftp* ,? Tli# tftirtAWir# iftyfi yn? lulsgk* UTllHij, ' '> 10? amirnm ytornw? Owiw, , . 40 > Ciiww to 60 ifj; t,. ? v; tg/f