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HIIIIWMIIIIHIMI ?II II IJIII-fc?HW??Mlllll I una CAMDEN, TUESDAY EVE\I\(;, AUUUST 20. l?3l. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Z. J. DeIIay, will act as my Agent from this date. TITO. J. WAR REX. August 26, 1851. The River. We are happy to he able to state that the fears we entertained v few days since of a freshet in the \V ateroe, are now dissipated ; the water is falling fast, and so fat our Planters have nothing to tear from that quarter. * * * trwe invite special attention to the communication of "Facts" in another column, on the vital subject of Plank Roads. It is the production of one whose opinions bear no little weight in this community; he deals in Facts which must be heeded and that soon, or farewell to our commercial prosperity. Wc shall always be pleased to hear from the same source upon any subject * * * JngfYVe are requested to announce that there will be a meeting of the Southern Rights Association on Monday next at the Court House, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of proposing sonic method 'hat will tend to conciliate and bring about concert of action between the Co operation and Secession Parties. A general attendance is requested. * * * CUBA. In another column will be found an abstract of the latest news from Cuba, which will be read, we have no doubt, u ith much interest by every one?the intelligence upon the whole is so conflicting that we can hardly form a correct opinion Oiu; OUIUICIC l?um; linufj Wi tail! m?i iiivqvi v...ment will lose no opportunity of making the cause of the Patriots appear as unfavorable as they can. It is with deep regret that we learn the sad fate of forty of our countrymen, and the base and inhuman wanner in which they were treated by the Spanish, as well as the indifference displayed by the American Consul at Havana. A correspondent of the New York Herald, speaks of him in the most indignant terms. A friend observed to us yesterday, that meetings should be held in every City and Town in the country to demand his recall, it would be but right, the honor of our country and ol her Hag demands it, and wo hope he will receive the censure his base conduct merits. We now wait to see what Mr. Fillmore wiil do. * * * Fur the Camden Journal. FACTS. The Plank Road. Iu the Shite of New York neatly 85,000,000 have been invested in Plank Roads. The tolls are about two cents per mile, some as low as one cent per mile. All pay large dividends, sax from 10 to 25 l??'r <*puI hoci.lo* layiiur u<> a surplus, to rebuild the Roads at the end of 10 years. With grades of 1 foot in 50, four horses dmw 16,000 pounds 32 miles per day, and are found in as fine condition at the end of mnntlm as sit the betrin11i11ir. The wairirons. gears &c., are not perceptibly impaired at the fcnd of months, and the waggoners say the tolls do not cost them more than they formerly paid the hostlers, when using the old fashioned mud roads. The people of Fnyetteville, and the country towards Salem and CIrcensboro, under the di rection of that enterprising and most excellent gentleman E. L. Winslow, Esq., arc constructing a Road, or system of Roads, extending to Salem, Greensboro, and ultimately to the Virginia line, some 90 miles complete about this time. The ascertained cost per mile, for Roads, Bridges, Toll houses, and every thing complete, is about S1 ,-430 per mile. Mr. Winslow says, in a letter to a gentleman of Camden, which has been shown us, "I wish I could have an opportunity to give your people a talk upon Plank Roads; they arc just the thing for our section of country, they will pay well, and arc the most pop-alar work with the people, and especially the farmers, I have ever known." Mr. Winslow, says further that, "through a pine land country, where timber is abundant, a Plank Road, without bridges over considerable streams, (some of them costing .$1,200,) can be built, in the best manner, for from $1,. 250 to $1,350 per mile, Toll houses ami all complete. That the annual repairs, per mile, will not exceed Sid per annum, and, that, with our material, climate, & c, they will not need re-builciiii" under 10 to 12 years. Their charge is two and a half cents per mile for a four horse wagon. "These Roads," Mr. Winslowrepeats,"are exactly what the country wants, they are suited to the condition and character of our country anil people. They arc the farmer's Rail Road." The people of Favetteville arc constructing several other Plank Roads, Southward and Soutlnvestward towards Choraw, Wadeshoro' 6cc. and they contemplate a prong of their rrrant rn.'iil til fhp innnfli of tho llwhnrn river b..? ? and to Concord! Clieraw is making a Plank Road to Wadesboro\ and Charlotte proposes, it is said, to make one to join at Wadesboro', or some intermediate point?perhaps Monroe! Camden, thus, will be hemmed in by Kail and Plank Roads, south, west, north, east? front, flanks and rear, She must die of inaniion. p..?..1?....... ,.| I " Again," Mr. IVinslow says, " we need not e fear competition f'roni Rail 'loads; the poptila- ' tion must become more demo, the productions must be greatly increased, and the habits ot'j ^ our people changed before Kail Roads will pay* 'J except on the great lines of travel; our people a will not he satisfied to send their produce to s j marhet without going with it.'' ! (1 * ?? ? t i | in our nc.\<", wo win continue too snojuri,; t] ' and invent other impressive and conclusive ^ | facts hearing on this, to us, mo.-t vital subject, n In the mean time, we hope the subscription 0 cnminiltee wi.l be active, and canvass the whole J.' town and vicinity. Let us see what can be ; done. I tl ' Fur ilie Cuimk'ii Journal. 1 ( Mr. Warren ? I perceive it is the desire ot j |j my friends that I should he a candidate for, S| Deputy to the Southern Congress. I feel under many obligations for the honor proposed to , J, j he conferred upon me, and return to those | S| I fiiends who have so flatteringly presented my 1 o< j name, mv most profound thanks, with the assu- 1 ranee that nothing hut my duty as a public '' officer induces ine to decline a gratification of jj their wishes?a duty too, to those whose inter- $ ' ests would he involved, and probably jeopard- o I ized by my absence at the time it is indicated ' i > -.1 r- ...:n /,i.? ........?,i ,.r " UiO OOlUilt.T!! Mill iiivvi, iwv; kvuiiu ui , I v " January, nest.) j, Very Respectfully, <M Your ob't. serv't. | JAMES II. WlTHERSroON. i |* Lancaster, Aug. '2(5, 1851. i J', IMPORTANT FRUM CUBA, j! Jntrlliscnce by the Steamer b'hrrokrr. j , CAPTURE OF FIFTY PATRIOTS. , Fifty Unarmed Americans Masoned. Dreadful am! Uloody Scene. , Chase of the Falcon by Spanish Frigates, [j AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED. Troops sent after Lopez. t j RUMORED DEFEAT OF LOPEZ, j We received last night the New York papers of yesterday morning, containing the following j j details of the news hv the Cherokee, the sub- J ^ i stance of which was about coming to us by tel- i 1 I egrnph on Thursday night when the wires cea- . : sed working. ' ^ , . n I The Spanish steamer Mnbanero, while cruiJ sing off Buhia Honda, -10 miles west of Havana, " captured a party uf liity patriots, who were in j four boats and tinurnu'd, and were supposed to ! . be steering for New Orleans. I Thev were brought to Havana by the Hab \ * ' anero on the loth, at 1 o'clock, a in., placed on : ' i board a Spanish frigate lying in port, and were j i executed at 15 minuets past 11 in the morning, j | Thev were shot o:i the public road to Havana, j i at the least calculation in the presence of20,000 I spectators. After they were shot they were " I dragged bv the feet by negroes, and then left to J w j the imili. who commenced shipping them of ti : theirclothos and carrying them on sticks through p the streets, yelling like demons just escaped n from the bottomless pit, invoking their veil*! c jjeance on thev knew not what. I o O t .Many of tiie passengeis of i!:e Cherokee, t< who were on the spot of the execution, were n ! pointed at with a sneer of contempt, and many v of them were stopped in thestrcets and insulted, t lie .Spaniards telling them "liiev were one and i si of the same party? that thev were Americans, j si and ere long would be in (he same situation." i n An American cannot appear in the streets ' e without being most siiamefdly insulted, and it v, isdangerous forany of them to walk out at night, n Tiie names of those shut were as follows: . Col. U. ,S. Cleittlinin, Patrick Dillon, n ! ('apt. !'. S. Sewer, Tims. Hearsey, !< ' ('apt. \ icior Kerr, ;.Sa:u'l. Reed, i si i Capt. T. 1?. ^ ercey, II. T. \ innc, | fl i Lt. James I5ran-.lt, -M. Phillips, . c ; Lt.J. O. Hi ice, , Jas. L. .Manville, i Lt. Thos. C. James, t?. M. liivcn, , v i Dr. John Fisher, . !. Salmon, ! ri.. i.- i T v..rv.ii:.... tl I 1/1 . IV. .1. I "??l HI" JUVl, . . I.ij".". "?l "U1IIII9, i Sg't. ). Wliitereus, N. I!. Fisher, | Sg't. A M. Cotelictt, Win. Chilling, i Ad't. H. C. {Stanford, -G. A. Cook, j? Lt. M. Ii. Homes, s. O. Jones, j * Privates Samuel Mills, W. ii. Hall, ' Ldw. Rutmnn, las. Huxel, " Geo. A. AruoM, Rol/t. Caldwell, i 15. J. Wrogy, C C. M in. Sinitli, | Win. Nisemati, A. Ross, ; I Anselviiio Tories Her- P. Kourkc, i | naiule/, J no. Cliristdes, | W. r>. Little, J Alex. Mcllccr, | 1 Rob't. Cantley, |.Iohn Slubbs, 1 J no. G. Sanka, Jas. hllis, | 'I i Jas. Stanton, ' Win. Ilogan, lTlios.Harn.att, '(.'has. A. Robertson. | | The cxecutinii took place on Saturday, and j j the Cheiukee sailed oil Sunday morning at 9 ' o'clock. flllTIlFJl ISTELMGEXCE. js I The U. S. rloop-of war Aibaay was at Ha- n ; vana at the lime of the massacre. I p W e learn by passenger ol the Falcon, from I ti Chargres and Havana, that on the morning of a the HUh.otri5ai.ia 11 art la, the Falcon discover- j p ed a large steam Irigato in chase ol" her. j o When lirst seen she was st aiding directly ac- I ' ross her bows, with the evident intention of cut- '< Ii I llllg iicr oil. I in' falcon, however, kept on i o i her course and soon lell the frigate 8 or 10 I tl miles eastern. This vessel was the Isabella i Catliolica, formcly the Cnnard Steamer called i li Caledonia. ic While she was stiil in chase another steam- j a er hove in sight, and also giving chase succee- i r< ded in heading oil'the Falcon. She first fired 1 n starboard guns to the leeward, of which the ! (J Falcon took no notice. She then ran along- I w side ami fired throe guns directly across the ! ri Falcon's bows, though she had American col- 1 t< <>rs living. The Falcon heaved to when the j ii oliicers of the -Spanish vessel gave three cheers j g and prepared to board. The boarding officer .1 i i i- i - *?i - l - nonavou mi an exceedingly nisoieui manner it while on the Falcon, inquiring particularly for cl the Spanish passengers. He soon left, how- e ver, ami the Falcon proceeded on her cruise j vie\ o Havana. ' swe Thiitv pi* the men who worn .shot were A- 1 lericnus and were a part of the Lopez expe-| afte itinn, which had landed a few (lavs previous. j gen 'his news had created tremendous excitement mot f Movnim All \ rnricinohs fin* U'ifll iihf* ' -is' "" ? pics, and none of tliem feel safe Iroin one clay to t! l? nnother. \ cry little of the various state- ' 1 louts as to the position of the government and j Has ie revolutionists can he relied on. trim The Captain General had sent a force of 800 1 and ion to meet Lopez, who, when they ascot lain- -Spa d that they had landed, advanced to a certain j con osition, and refused to go further without a ( . info:content of 700 men. This was sent to | icni two days before the Falcon arrived, and ' ie repott on Saturday was that Lopez had cut i * (fall communication between Havana and the _^ | iovorntiK'iit troops, which is confirmed by the (|j- { .ct of the Government inning received no tie* ^ patches from the General in command. ; ^ The steamers cruising along the coast, have (! ict with no better success. On the evening of ji ie 10th, the Captain-General dispatched a j-r(lc learn fern boat to Bahia llonda, which returnil the same niglit without obtaining any news. : ^ he Havauero came in the next morning, . # ringing the patriots already mentioned. I '..j What these fifty men were doing among ; ' ? ie Caver, where they were!takcn is a mystery. ' . - , ' J criit ome suppose tucy were proceeding to a village ' . n t!ie coast, near Havana, and ran in to hide .. H I . . i hir: oni cruisers. >\ Itotner tney were armed or ; ot, could not be ascertained. Some fisher- j ~ j leu who first saw tliein, gave the goveniuient I if.iroi ition, and the Habernero was despatch- ' " I -, 1 for :! m pursuit. It is said she ran the boats down ami then j ^ icked up the men, but nothing positive caiC ?j,j * e learne.l, as no intercourse was allowed villi ie prisoners, and the Goverumeiit discloses a olhing but what answers its purpose. j 'atriot Accounts of ?lic Capture a I he Massacres and the Progress n of the: Revolution. and The New York Herald of yesterday morn- sine ig publishes the following letter from their side lavana correspondence. Havana, August 10-1 1 -2 P. .U. , ss "he. frisinful Erecufhn nf fifty Americans in j "U: ilnvana ? Ihrriblc Scenes. M?Ut I am too much affected to write to you more | inn to say that 1 have this day been witness J"'1''1 i one of the most brutal acts oi' wanton itihu- v lanify ever perpetrated in tin; annals of bisto- i r. Not content, this government, in reveng- J? . -a - - ? ig themselves in the death of these unfoitun- j te, an-.l perhaps, misguided men, and which it lay even be said, wasbrnught upon themselves, ,l 1 nt these Spanish authorities deserve to be most 01 1 jverely chastised for their exceedingly repre- j lKra ensiblc conduct in permitting the desecration 111011 s they have done, of the senseless clay of our j I11' ' rave countrymen. This morning. - if grju Forty Americans, One Italian, ! Time Four Irish, One I'liillippine Islander, ! One iSeoU-h. Two Havaneros, and, i . Two (iermans, or Hungarians, ; . ere shot at 11 o'clock?after which the troops VoU ere ordered to retire, and some hundreds ol it* very vilest rabble and negroes, hired for trie urpose. commenced stripping the dead bodies, v.lI)( intubating their limbs, tearing out their eves, ttMK lit ting nil" tlieir noses and lingers, and some (jys f tlie poor fellows these wr* tehes brought < ) tie city en sticks, and paraded them ! Sl.Cl nder the very W ilis of the pal tee. Oh, the . |,]lK cry re.iiemherauce of thesiglit is frightful. 1 up L. 1 tu-vei* ' a w men?and coidd -car v ! v have ippo.-cd it possible?conduct themselves at w;tj neli an awful moment with the fortitude these \{;I ipsi displayed under such trying eireumstan- vv;ls .?_ 'I I...V iv..re dint ..iv nt m ti'in* i > l;v#?Iv.? I I .. ? ilml ,'f i'..1 brought to tin* place of execution, six terj, lade to kneel down ami receive tlit.* lire of tin* n;i | oMi.-is, a,tor which t!i*.* remaining >iwore ?|lol lade t > walk round their dead comrades, ami ' s:in necl oj'jio.viie to tliein, when they also were liot. After being stripped, ami their hollies i|lL. nit dated in the barbarous manner I have des- (.0(1 ribed, they were shoved, six or seven togoth- thai r, honml as they were, into hearses, which rero used l ist year for cholera cases. (n,it No coffins were allowed thetn: and 1 think a|,u ie manner they were put into the hearses was inialiy as disgusting as tlieir other acts. I he der; cads of some were almost dragging on the ? roaml, ami it had more tin* appearance of a |,v laughter cart on its way to market from the Nviti laiight.-r-hmisp, than that of a liear.se convevig the dead bodies of human beings. )|V. A liner looking set of young men I never , jia, aw they made not a single complaint, not i mariner, against their sentence, and deceu- j Sl)jt y should have b-on shown to their dead ho- ! ra|, ics, in admiration for the heroism they (lislaved wlieti brought out for execution. |am II w in.i, Aug. 10. 1851. )l?e 7ie /?/?? > I'j f)i;t i t Il-tit'inn? Thr Execution ' |u of Eii i;i Patriot*?Thr Comfort of I hp. n A mi'i'i/'ft n Consul ? 7 In: liis in:? <>i Ihr Et o -- ... A. . - I / .. ],/,>?i hn lirporieu ruirrrsscs of the Iitva- *-'JI tiers, l!0a The Ij!;?<?:lit?st day of the Cuban Revolution ?.ur ; fast drawing to its close, and the sun that is , H. o\v rapidly sinking in the west has seen lifty J , risoners?the greater [>art ol thorn young A- , lericans? shot in cold hlood, and their uiutil- ( al tod remains torn and dragged by a savage j opiiluce, the outpourings ol Spain, the mule I" Knrope. j ^ This morning, nhont !i o'clock, the steamer i uali lahanoro arrived with Idly prisoners. At 11 ooe 'clock, they wi re shot at :lie Foot A tares, in the ie presence of an immense assemblage. deal The saddest portion of the history which I i won ave to relate is the indifference of the Amor- ! The an Consul to their sad late. This gentleman, i up t s you are aware, is .Mr. A. F. Owen, late rep- the ?scntative from (leorgia in Congress, audited ominatcd by Mr. Fillmore to replace Oon. 1 dor. hunpbell, the late Consul here. Mr. Owen sit i as called upon by an American gentleman time siding here, to see if he had made any effort on i ? see those of his countrymen who were thus wn\ ihnmauly to be shot; the Consul took the ill tl round that Ihei/h'tdlxcn drchirrtl on I hues hi/ Mr. Ir. Fillmore, ami lu- should not interfere in ini? if matter. Alter smnu conversation lie con* Unit linled that lie would write to the Captain (?en- . kor nil, which lie did, requesting only an inter- ! graj At two o'clock he liad'recieVecl no au-'j r| I . . y do not write this in a spirit of anger, but r hours of calm reflection; and, to any tleman who asks my name from any other: ivc than an impertinent curiosity, you are at rty to communicate it. Mr. Ow*on I leave : ;io judgment of his fellow-citizens, he revolution goes gloriously o:i. In the ' ,t and the West the patriots are everywhere j inphant. 'i'he people join them in crowds,! the year 1851 will see the close of the , uisli rule i:t Cuba. I leave to your able I espundents all details. Cuhano. j NT A ANNA PASSING THE BLOCKA DING SQUADRON. .ietil. Semmes, in his "Service Afloat and ore," gives the following interesting account 1 he passage of Santa Anna through the erica 11 blockading squadron at Vera Cruz. ,v i 11 he recollected that the commander of, squadron was specially instructed by the I sklent to allow the wily chieftain to pass !y: Eaily in August, while the squadron was g at anchor under Green Island, keeping j ch and ward over the enemy's city ami j I.' of Vera Cruz, the seaman on the look- ' at the mast head of the tit. Mary's then sing on the blockade, descried the smoke i i steamer. As this was not the regular day 1 the appearance of any of the English mail I mors?which had been permitted 10 pass in ! out ol the beleaguered pait without rjues- ( , the English (.Jovernment pledging itself j their faithful conduct as neutrals-the : ke of a steamer was a novelty in this now | ly and deserted part of the Mexican (?ulf. 1 tit ..Mary's in due time placed herself in isilion to intercept the stranger in her ap. ! icii to the city; and as the latter came up lin hailing distance, she ordered her to vo to,' while a boat was being sent 011 1 rd of her. The boat being in readiness in ,v minnte3, a lieutenant jumped into her, I with a few strokes of the oars from the i wv arms of his seamen placed himself.along j the steamer. Hie steamer being evidently a merchant i el, the lieutenant was surprised to find ( self received with much ceremony and rtesv at the gangway. Making his way on I i and explaining the object of visit to the ! ain, lie was conducted into the cabin where ! vas ushered into the society of a circle of llemen, evidently Spaniards or Mexicans, j i complexions, black hair and eyes, and : ited and curled mustachios. It was obvialso, at the first glance, that most, if not .hose gentlemen, although dressed in plain citizen's clothes, were military men and ions of bearing anil distinction. After a nent's pause, the captain, as though he had wsely prepared a surprise for the boarding :er, turned towards him and making a rcful motion with his right hand at the same ? in the direction of the gentleman, who, igh of ordinary height and figure, seemed his communing air and manner to be the j f of the party, said, "Allow me to present , s:r, t*? Oeiicr.il Aiilo:iii Lopez dc Sunlu 1.7." The officer started back at first in a >iinirir.\ but soon recovering himself, ad- ! ire;I cordially toward the General, and ex ' ling his hand, a mutual interchange of civili- | took place. la a lew moments Se.sora .'Janta Anna, (a | i.nl wife,) a haud-mme blonde, with deep I eyes and auburn hair, aatl still ia t!ie ! 1 ?oai j ailv wmnaubt o l. joined the party and was j united to the utiicer, who saluted lie:* ia turn | t becoming gallantry and respect, General I mute, late .MimMer to the 1 itifed States, i also present as one of the General's suite, speaking our language well acted as in* j roler on the oeea i ?;>. (I T.eral Santa An* : having extdauod hriellv who lie was?al* ighsuch explanation was euti/elv imneces* ?and that lie purposed going into Vera with the permission ot' the Commodore, j hoarding officer, after sitting as long as rtsey required, and perhaps a little longer i strict regard to duly permitted, i.i horn* to the lady's charms?a petticoat being e an unusual sight to us rough hlockaders ut this time?withdrew to report 'progress' is commanding otliecr, and to ask for ori in the novel case which had occurred. The commander, who had been prepared toe I ornodore for the contingency, forth* i dUpatchcd t!ie boat back .*il aiii, and di cd the olliccr at the same that he should sent his compliments to General Santa An* to say to him, on the part ol the C'omodore, ; 'he could proceed to Vera Cruz with his e as he desired;' whereupon the steamer A* shot boldly out from under the lee of the :kading vessel, and in an hour or two more led her distkiguised passenger, 'big with fate'of .Mexico, safeh in the desired haven. .. . : .1 4 .t i* I.I h ngni uu* roar 01 camion aim me nursling edicts in tilt* air testified t: i? joy <>f the licVeru Crn/uuos at the return of their lost iohiutis; nml it soon transpired that the wily ee maker, who had so handsomely duped Cabinet at Washington, had put himself at head of the ultra war party and proclaimed i common with acting President Sains, mi ho hastened to join?'no quarter to the ikees.' AWTl'l, TltAtJKDVlever has it fallen to our lot as public joursis to record so heart reading a tragedy as itrred a mile from this city on yesterday, 11th instant, which resulted in the instant [h of Mrs. Matilda Maker, ami the mortally Hiding of her hushand, \\ illiam Maker, t circumstances are these: A negro rode o Mr. Maker's about sum iso and enquired way to a neighbor's house, and was iuvihv Mr. I?. to alight until the family were o breakfast, to which they were about to town, and the negro did so. About this > Col. K. .S. C." Robertson rode up, and, up'\amiiiatioii, found the negro was a runa, and lie and Mr. Maker lied ami placed him iehouse. Col. R. then left;soon after which, Maker met the negro at the door, lie hnv-' cut himself loose with a large butcher* t e which ho held in his hand. On Mr. Ma- I s attempting to rotie the negro, the latter ?|?Iccl with ami commenced stabbing him. BiMBBnHaaMeBEaaaaMi>9 Mrs. Baker, seeing her husband in this perilous situation, ran to bis relief, w hen the negro stabbed her?the knife entering just above the left nipple* severing the arteries of the axillnr, producing hemorrhage and almost instant death; and after stabbing Mr. Baker four times? u thrire in the hack near the spine, and once in 1 the side- the negro got on bis boree apd.tied. No one was present durtng the hoy-id tragedy J except five little children, whose scram# soon I assembled some of the neighbors. Medical aid j was immediately summoned to Mr. Baker, but ' there is not the most distant hope ot his recovery. A large number of our citizens immediately armed themselves, and went in pnrsut of the murderer, but at our last accounts from the 1 scene of the murder he had not been arrested. Mr. Baker, since he has been among us, has i shown himself an industrious, worthy citizen, and Mrs. B. was highly esteemed as an intelli gent, exemplary wife ami mo'her; and this \ tragic event makes orphans of six ? hildren, the 1 eldest of whom is scarcely grown.?Texat ! SI ale Gaxetlee. * ->? Mklanciioly OucuRKK^cB^We under- i stand that on Sunday morning.Inst, while nhe Rev. Charles P. Eliiott was on his way to Manchester, where he was to perform Divine ser- . . vice, a largo limb, detached from a tree wljich 1 had just been blown down in front of his buggy, i fell upon him, killing him instantly. 1 We share in the regrets which Mr. Elliott's death will occasion to the many who knew and ndmirtd his amiability ?f character, his zeal and usefulness, yet wo trust th it, struck from life, as lie was, while engaged in Christian 4k service, death was to him but a triumphant on- ^ trance into those joys which he labored so ; .i . i earn?suv u> uiuuce outers 10 suck alter.?ihm- d Irr limner. ?" I Tic Next Congress.?The twenty-second Congress will be largely Democratic. Of-*he J 02 members of the Senate, 59 have been elect- J eil, and of these thirty-five arc Democrats, and m twenty-four Whigs. Two of the Democrats and three of the Whigs are what are called Free Soil There are three vacancies, viz: one J in Connecticut, one in Tennessee, and one in California. The Legislature of Tennessee, just elected, is said to be Whig in both-branches, which of course secures the election dra Whig Senator. The California Senator will probably be Democratic. Connecticut doubtiul. Of the 233 members of the house,* 191have been elected, of which 110 are Democrats and 8t) Whigs, a Democratic gain of 51. O ? O Fight States have yet t<> elect th-nr representatives, and taking the last Congress as a test of their political character, the return uill hn 1(1 \\ bigs :i:jd 23 Democrats, making the total strength of the two parties in the House stand as follows: Whigs 91, Democrats 143. # If by any chance the election of President should devolve upon the House, the Democratic candi-. date will of course bo elected. The votes in such a case are given by States. Florida counting as much as New A ork?and probably more, as the New York delegation is a tie. From tbe Watchman ?L Reflector. ^ SHOUT SAYINGS OF DR. EMMONS. * When asked what was the best system of rhetoric for a clergyman, he rejdied, " First, have something to say ; second, sa v it?5 j "Strict Galvanism brings God nenrtoms; ] all opposing systems put him faraway." j " The weakest spot in any mail is where lie j thinks himself the wisest." ] " The more men have multiplied the forms of j religion, so much the more has vital godliness decimal." "Style is only the frame work to hold our though:?. It is like the sash ol a window; HSH a heavy sash will obscure the light. The oh- TnSS ject is to have as little sash as will hold the lights, that we may not think of the frame, bat I have ti.e most light." " Deing asked what is the secret of popular 'preaching? he replied, "To preach without meddling with your hearers' conscience; preaehr ; with animation to produce great excitement of die natural sympathies, which will make some 1 persons think they have some native goodness; 'and let your STinonsba without beginning, I middle, ur end." " Let yo.ir eloquence How from your heart to your bands, and never attempt to force it the other way." " For attaining perspicuity and precision of style, first consider irh.it you w ish to say, and | then hoir to say it." j " The mo.>t important requisites for an ex: Icmpnranrous preacher are ignorance, impu| deuce and presumption. It is a great blessing : to be able to talk half an hour about nothing. ' The great body of extemporaneous preachers , are pro tempore preachers. After hearing a young man preach a wbolo system of theology in one sermon, he asked i him, "Do you ever intend, to preach another^ ! Iiwnint) J " Ve?t sir." " Wl.ui haveyou got to say ? You've preachoil about every tliinir this morning.'' ' Conversing :it a pnlilie dinner with one who j iiv thought had swerved from the faith, his op- pniieut being hard pressed, said, with consider| aide strength of voice, "Well, every tub must j stand upon its own bottom " I " Yes,yes," added the Doctor, "but what | .shall those tubs do that have 110 bottoms?' j " I.very man carries a little world within ; himself, by knowing which he may know the [ rest of mankind, and form a just estimate ot j human nature." < An Irishman, travelling in a street that was paved, was accosted by a dog with a threat* ning growl. The traveller attemped to pull tty one of the paving-stones to throw at him, but it was last. " Vrrah, said Paddy, "what a country Is this, where stones are tied and doers let loose." .M ARUIKD, on tlio 19tli inst-i by tiio Rev. Mr. Bishop, Mr. Jamks Jkxnmos O'Bannox, of Barnwell, to Miss S. C. Brattox, daughter of the late Dr. John Bratton, of Yor k district.