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From the Daily State Rights Republican. What Should the Convention l>o ? Mess its. Editors : The original motive for ca'.iing the Convention, was to provide an agency lor carrying out, and into complete effect, whatever was determined on in the Southern ' Kv the same act. was acrreed ntuvu) V J ~ 7 to. That measure, recommended by the Nashville Convention, failed, was crushed and destroyed, by reason of the panic which was propagated through the South by suggestions of intemperate ana extreme violence on the part of so large a portion of cur peeple, as to seem for a while, the voice of the State itself. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, <S:c?, shrunk from a communion with so excited a body ; and when it turned out that these ultra measures were not the judgment of the State, but that more sober and rational purposes were entertained bv it, the ' - J T, 1 fw evil riau oeen uoiie. ii> ?i? sujiuuku mm um convention was an instrument for secession. But this idea has been corrected by a decided, definite and emphatic expression of public opinon, j which makes the law of the ca?e with all who , are not disposed to be in actual rebellion against ( the State. Still the Convention meets, and is a , bodv of terrificjpotency?fearfid to the last de | gree, but for the modifying i&fltience of public , opinion, which, in this country/is omnipotent , Under this salutary restraint^ we may contenv ( plate the Convention without terror,/and antici- , pate and discuss its proceedings. In the first place, we may fairly conclude that ( it will not attempt in regard to Federal Relations, any separate or solitary action, for the State has , positively negatived snch a proceeding. I In the second place, we may conclude that it ] will not meddle with our internal organization, ( for that department has not been entrusted to ] it bv public sentiment, bat tacitly withheld. In j truth, the Convention is an accidental body, . elected by a very small portion of the people, , not according to the usual principles of election, , and not in reference to the qualification of its ' members for special objects. The mode ot nom- , ination was peculiar; the interest taken in the , election was very little. There really was no attempt to elicit opinion, or to display talent. The Convention doubtless contains a good deal of ability ; it also has a good deal which cannot ( be so regarded, and which would never have f been j ennittcd to enter it, if a due excitement ^ had existed. ( The initiatory step of the Convention is its j organization. This, 1 suppose, will be made un- ( der the very capital rules of oar House of Rep- k resentatives. The first act is the selection of a Presiding Officer. This selection, it seems to mo, j involves the exercise of some care and dclibera- ( tion. I therefore throw out the suggestion for j consideration, that the body elect as its President, Langdon Cheves. In point of age, he is ^ the most venerable member of the assembly? and yet vigorous, alert, and active. He enjoys a h gh and broad reputation throughout the United States for singular honesty; promptness, and courage, He has had a large experience exceedingly to his honor, of the business of a presiding officer. His opinions upon the mat ^ ters which will come before the Convention, are 1 precisely those which have been endorsed by the c State, and thus he would be the officer of the v .r tat \ and rot of a party. k The onlv competitor for this position, would, 1 by p s ibility, b the; Governor, an eminent and 1 mo re pect;:ble citizen, who has borne his pub- r ? p.?i i 1.r lie lUriCUUIl.N W11U 11UIIUI rtUU aj'JJIUUililVIl, nmning the applause, and securing the affection of 1 hi* fellow-citizens. He has vindicated, by his administration, the wisdom of his selection by the Legislature, and justified the anticipations of i his friends, amongst whom, though humble, I j was ardent. Still, I do not think that the Gov- i ernor, propter dignitatem, should be placed in t the, to him, novel and difficult position of presi- \ ding officer over a numerous, untrained, and pos- 1 sibly, heated assembly, on whom devolves th<* i duty of tarrying out measures which have met the \ decided disapprobation of the Governor, and of 1 repudiating projects which he in vain urged up- J on the people with all the fascinations of his i captivating eloquence and withal, the prestige of his high office. As to the measures of the Convention, what is very desirable, would be the means proposed i of gathering in a general rally, all the South, to a common effort to effect our security by the !ea?t possible change, but to effect it at all hazards, and with whatever changes may be indispensable to the end. A CO-OPERATIONIST. The various schemes now before Congress to appropriate the public domain evinces the growing passion of the "West to make a distribution of that domain, for one purpose or another.? Some of the schemes have their origin in ambition?the homestead plan is to elevate its promoters by showing an excess of love for the people. the system of distribution for local internal improvements is more connected, perhaps, than any other, with personal aggrandizement; its natrons looking to the enhancement in vahie of Western lands, in which they have either present or prospective interest. AH these schemes originated in. Western representatives, ft is nothing less than a stupendous scheme ofspoila tion to be effected bv the potency of a numerical majority. ? The West wants the lands and will have them. The effect will be to drain off the population and capital of the Eastern section of the Union. Oar people diffuse themselves over the immense spaces to which they are invited by the cheapness of the public lands, with already too great rapidity. To give additional stimulus to the spirit of emigration from the old to the new States, by a distribution in the modes proposed, is to work a double injury to the former : 1 as depriving them of their fair share of iI.ac/. lurtrld nnd 2 rnrrmnrsitivflv lnw?nn<, 1- ~V wre value of landed property on the Atlantic seaboard. But complaints and regrets are unavailing.? Every new session of Congress, witnesses a renewed scramble for the public domain. Those who wish to rise to political power on the shoulders of the Western people, and those who are land sj>eculators on a great scale, will not be restrained by considerations of equity, or constitutional scruples. Each election brings into Congress a larger number of socialistic promoters of schemes to divide the public lands among individuals who have no just claims to it, or among States who are entitled only to a distributive share. Since the West is determined to have these 'J lands, and possess the power by the votes it can _ command, it were better to make a surrender at once, and let the public business go on, without har assing Congress at every session with these claims. The time consumed in discussing the conflicting pretensions of this party or the other, who vex the public ear with their interminable ' speeches on the subject, would then be devoted to the public business. It is of no practical use tr for members from the Atlantic States to resist these pretentions. They may have the best of the argument, but logic and the constitution will not weigh a feather against a predetermined rpunliitinn sfdfishlv tr> nrmronriatc the public do- r * ? j " "rr i * %j main.?Charleston Evening Nercs. 8j 0( Oregon Timber?How They Cut It.?The hi trees in Oregon have long been a subject of rc- it mark on account of their immense length. A w letter from Oregon mentions the fact that the 0i keel of the steamer Lot Witcomb, 160 feet long, Sj is made from the length of a tree.?One tree on n the claim of Judge String Cathlainot, a drawing tl of which was recently made for a London picto- ^ rial newspaper, stood 10 feet in diameter at the bottom, and 230 feet high. But trees are found ge that measure 300 feet as they lay extended on the ground, and near the coast 200 feet in length . of saw-logs have been taken from a tree on more ]o than one occasion. Fir and spruce run up, spire- y( like, furthest among the clouds, never throwing out any large Internal branches. The manner of felling spruce timber is some- (l ivhat peculiar. With a large auger, a hole is knred tlir/.linrVi the rrreen stnndinrr tree, nr t.wn w o b y y b t i boles bored to meet within the white or sap part the wood. Then a coal of fire is put into the to bole. The draught of air sets it to burning, and 8t in from six to twelve hours, according to the 8U i/.e of the tree, it falls, with little or no more 01 ivaste of wood, than would be used by an axenan. It is then butted and cut up with a saw. rhus fifteen minutes with an augur does the es ivurk of a half or two-thirds of a day with an w ixe. pr ag Cocrt of Sessions.?The case of The State in ?*s. Geo Rome, Francis Michel, James Cahill, vs tnd 7'ho/na-i Jlessions, for the murder of John, ua he slave of Mrs. Allendar, again occupied the at Jourt, yesterday. John Philips, Esq., addressed lit lie Jury on behalf of the prisoners, and I. W. [layne, Esq., Attorney General, on behalf of the state. IIis Honor Judge Withers delivered an ible charge to the J ury. The J ury retired about i quarter past 2 o'clock, I'. M., and, after de- oli iberating more than two hours, returned with | w, lie following verdict?We find George Rouse, jn Francis Michel, and James Cahill, guilty of Manslaughter?and Thomas Hussions Not Guil- A If' nc Tuesday next was assigned for the trial of the a(j aine prisoners, for the murder of a white lad, ye lamed Joseph McGorty.? Charleston Courier. ^ At the commencement of the University of QT Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia 011 Saturday, w.i lie degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred gr in one hundred and four graduates, among whom ve perceive the name of Samuel Gourdiu of this State. We regret to learn that one of the Stu1 .... >r_ ryl l? t? \t ~ll ..e c............i. cms, air. v.iiiirita u. mnnnt'ii, ui laaiiiuiinu, Georgia, after passing a highly creditable cxamilation, and being enrolled among the graduates, otircd to his room on Friday night, and the next nor ing was found a corpse in his bed.?lb. tc . o File rouR Newspapers.?"How interesting *"u t would l** to an old mUn to look into the newsjapers which he had read when he was twelve, w ir sixteen or twenty years old ! LI-iw many in- ,u cresting associations and feelings would it re- *a rive ! What a view it would give one of past bc rears! What a knowledge it would preserve, 'a jy assisting the memory ! And how many vat- a' lablc purposes of a literary kind even might it hl >e rendered subservient to! llow much 1 wish g' [ coOld look into such a record while composing tl :his article." F Cultivate the Mind.?The examples of Dr. ai Franklin, Dr. Bowditch, and others, show that b the most laborious of men may find leisure, or V make it, f<>r the culture of the mind. Indeed, it p may almo-t be said that one of the greatest ob- r< stacles to t his culture consists in the number and r< variety of its forms ; for these arc so inany and n SU UlimcilYU n:?L lurj ucmiuci laiuci mail ntim- ?? ulate. The Fine Arts are so captivating and de- d lightful that it is dangerous to recommend them, w They so enchant the faculties of which they take t< possession, that they often arrest their votaries t< in a course of usefulness, and withdrraw them a from the performance of life's most urgent du- 1< tics. But a taste for the beauties of nature e should be cultivated by all. In these there is a nothing corrupting or meretricious; but all is c healthful and improving. Yet this love' of nature is strangely neglected. Why is it that so many men commit to memory the common places of art, and profess to admire a few square feet of s canvass in parlor or in gallery, while they Are a impassive to all the garniture which God hangs e around the Iiorizon every day ; and which, as h' o token of his exhaustlcss fullness, he removes and tl renews with every passing hour? It is hard to v sympathize, even with those of the more beauti-. h fill sex, who go into raptures over a sunrise d painted by human hand, but whomever saw an, f( original But where a love of natural beauty e has been cultivated, all nature becomes a stu- 0 pondous gallery, as much superior in form and t] in coloring to the choicest collections of human q art, as the heavens arc broader or loftier than the v Louvre or the Vatican. The beauties of the t] earth and the sky, of the changing seasons, and ** 1 1 ? - .-U*. Ka Hv OI UHy Mill Ill^lit, VJttinivu w .I.V.IV|.V..?V^ n street in a city, or by one building in a street; n thev cannot be c'osed against those who have q not a golden passport for admission ; but they * arc free and open to whomsoever may have an eye and an imagination that have been first taught to enjoy them. The total number of deaths in the city of New- 11 York for the week ending April 3d, was 380; of 8 which number 83 were men, 83 women, 132 n hoys, and 88 girls. 57 persons expired during ' the week from Consumption; there was one case v of Cholera Morbus, and that class of complaints that are attended with inflammation appear to be on the increase; between the age of 99 and 100 f there was one death. 251 wcro Americans. t< .'BE SEMI VEEKLY JOURNAL. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1852. THO, J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market, The Cotton Market has been inactive since our last t a decline, on the lower qualities; We quote ex. - - -" I ernes ai 4 1-4 10 < o-xo. Charleston quotations, 6 1-2 to 8 1-2.' An Editor's Life. An Editor's life bears some comparison with that hich the imagination of the author of the Wandering ew' assigned to bis old hero.As a punishment for his lort comings and moral delinquencies, he was sentenxl to- walk day and night without a moment's rest; is grand march commencecl and tlioro was no end to like a circle it was endless. It made no difference hether his path lay over the rugged mountain pass, r the smooth and fertile valley, he must walk. An evil )irit followcd'liim hard by, urging him on; when wear and faint he would pause, even for a moment by le side of somo crystal fount, wheregushing sweetness light soothe his parclicd lips' fever; this was denied im, ho must walk;, goaded on . by his relentless per>cutor, his destiny must be fulfilled,?he must walk. An Editor must write;' thero is attached to all printg establishments, a little Juvenile satan, whose privige it seems, is to worry the knight of the quill. This sxatious little evil spirit is abdut equal in his monotious and never varying cry, to that which was conlually after the old Jew with a sharp stick. It is Copy,"?write?"Copy,"?and where the evil is to ase, none can tell. The Plank Road question seems bo seaitd. We cannot with any showing of consisncy argue a foregone conclusion; under these circumances then, wliat is to bo done? "Why write, to bo ire that's your business sir, and nobody else's look/ it" Suppose then, we should commence by saying that jmperance is a cause which should engage the earnt attention of all who love their country, and wish it ell, kc. One meets us with the objection that we ate too much on Temperance. Suppose then wo pee quickly with our. adversary while yet we are the way, and offer a dish of polities by way of iriety; we are objected to by another, who chides i for our patriotism,?that we had better let politics one,?a bad business sir, kc. Well, what next? a tie poetry, and a love tale for the ladies. "No, no, cries one, we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff, To craze the fair creation," Your last piece of poetry, growls out some crusty i fellow, is enough to melt the heart of a stone. I 0uld, for one, rather lu*ar about the price of "Cotton, digo and Rice!" and so it is to the end of the chapr beginning at A, and all the way down to izard. good Editor, according to modern definitions, would cesearily be a perfect bundle of contradictions, a par[ox?a anything else?which would successfully de-r dope a character made up of a strange confusion of (surdities. We confess our non-come-at-ability in this regard; id as we arc forced, to some extent, to assume a virtue liethcr wc have it or not, we will endeavor to try and atify our readers by a general variety. " Variety in-all things, A miscellaneous bodge podge print, Composed,?wc only give the hint? Of multifarious small things." Kosseth in Augusta. Our Georgia neighbors did not quite go off into hysrics at the arrival of his Excellency, Ex-Governor, oneral Louis Kossutu. It appears that little or no ss was made about him, and ho was allowed by tho >ople of Augusta to pass through their beautiful city ithout any of those excruciating attentions, which et him at almost every step ho took upon his first nding in America. Wo admire our Georgia neigh>rs for this evidence of their good sense. The adution and fulsome tiattery universally bestowed upon 1 foreign adventurers who have visited our country, ave been ridiculed in tho highest degree, and we are ad to see some of our people at the South have had icir wits about them. Tho Augusta Chronicle of rirday, says: "The distinguished Hungarian, L. Kossuth, nd suite arrived in this city yesterday morning v the train from Atlanta, on his way North.? Ve understand that he had telegraphed the prorietor of the United States Hotel to have in Mldiness a suit of rooms for him, but when he ?achcd the railroad depot, and found no comlittee of reception, not even a crowd of anxious ices to see and welcome him, he very wisely I etermined that the prospect for "material aid" :as not flattering, and therefore, concluded not ) remain, but to take the first train for Charles- ! on, which he did, having remained in the city J bout an hour. His presence produced not the >ast excitement and did not call forth the slighter /tomnnstration. So much for the patriotism nd real genuine Americanism of the intelligent itizcns of Augusta. Kossuth in Charleston. Wc learn from the Charleston papers that M. ELobutii arrived in that-city on Friday, and left the next ftcrnoon for Wilmington. The Courier says: "No rcitement or public demonstrations attended his reeption and brief sojourn among us. On Saturday, no Mayor of the city and a number of the citizens raited on him at his lodgings, and tendered him the omage of thteir respect for his character and lofty enowments, and expressed their sympathy for his mis* jrtuncs and those of his oppressed countrymen. Ho onvereed freely with his visitors, on the subject whieh ccupies his mind; but the intervention doctrines of tie great Magyar, evon when enforced by his rare elo* uence, have mndc.no impression on a community rhosc hearts and minds are too strongly imbued with he wise and paternal lessonB of Washington to be led stray by the sophistry or enthusiasm of tho gifted jreigncr. Tho conservatism of our people ftirnishing o motive for his prolonged stay, ho and his party left n Saturday afternoon, in the Wilmington boat, for the forth." ; UQQer a jdusub^ M Knowlcdgo of books in recluse mou," says one, 'is like that sort of lantern which hides him who caries it, aud Booms only to pass tlirough secret and loomy paths of his own; but in the possession of a ian of business it is as the torch in the hands of one rho is willing to show those who are bewildered, the rhich leads them to prosoerity and happiness." Good Dividend.?The Mechanics' Bank of iujusta has dechm d a somi-annual dividend of on per cent., pajable on demand. Homestead Exemptions. We find in that excellent paper, the Spartan, (one of whose editors (Mr. Tuckee,) introduced last winter, the Homestead Bill passed by our Legislature,) the following compilation of Homestead Exemptions in the different States. It will be seen that South Carolina is among those who allow the smallest amount of exemption. One or two States are below us, but the largest number are beyond us. We think however, that the allowance of our State is very good, but the provisions of tho law should extend to those who live in towns and cities, as well as those in the country: Maine.?A lot of land, dwellirg house and out buildings thereon or so much thereof as shall not exceed five hundred dollars in value. i m TT ---J -f ? VERMONT. lne X10IJH.*?lc?U <jl ciciji uvuov keeper, or head of a family to the value of five hundred dollars, and the yearly products thereof. Massachusetts.?The lot and buildings thereon occupied as a residence to the value of five hundred dollars. New.York.?The lot and buildings thereon occupied as a residence to the value of one thousand dollars. Maryland.?All real estate acquired by marriage during the life of the wife, from execution for debt of husbsnd. Georgia.?Twenty acres of land including dwelling-house and improvements (value of house and improvements not to exceed two hundred dollars) and the additional amount of five acres for each child under fifteen years of age. Florida.?Forty acres of land to every Farmer ; and to every house-keeper residing in a town or city, a house and lot not to exceed three hundred dollars in value. *. ?i??i e Al/AlJAAAr?ruicy avm ui iauu micu uut iu any town or city, and provided such does not exceed in value four hundred dollars. Texas.?Two hundred acres of land when not in any town or city, or town and city lots, not to exeeed in value two thousand dollars. Ohio.?Every family a Homestead not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. Michigan.?Forty acres with dwelling house and appurtenances when not in a town or city ; if in a town or city; a lot and dwelling house not to exceed in value fifteen hundred dollars. Illinois.?Lot of ground and buildings thereon occupied as a residence not exceeding in value one thousand dollars. Iowa.?Forty acres of land, not in a town or city, or house aud lot in a town or city, not exceeding five hundred dollars. Wisconsin.?Forty acres of land not in a town or city ; or a town or city lot not exceeding in amou.it one fourth of an acre. California.?The Homestead consisting of a quantity of land together with the dwelling house tliereon and its appi/rtenances and not exceeding in value the sum of five thousand dollars. New Jersey.?A Homestead to each head of a family, being the family residence, to the value of five hundred dollars; not to be assets in the hands of an Administrator, but to remain for the benefit of the widow, and until the maturity of the last minor child. Tennessee.?There is a Homestead exempted in this State to the value of five hundred dollars. South Carolina.?A Homestead of fifty acres of hind, including the dwelling house and appurtenances, not to exceed five hundred dollars in value ; and not to extend to any property situated within the limits of any city or town corporate. Louisiana.? A Homestead to the value of one thousand dollars. For Vie Camden Journal " Sawucj^Three Times.'' Mr. Editor: " Oh for the good old times" when our grand dames wore dresses spun and wove by their own hands?when they wore shoes made for use, and which fulfilled their destiny, for those yet live who remember when there were no carnages in Camden?calico was the material for a gala dress then, and ladies did not spend their time, and waste their health and money at balls <fec., dressed in silks, muslins and laces; with arms and shoulders bare and feet encased in a tiny slipper, or gaiter boot, whose beauty proves the only apology for beiBg barefooted in such "goodlie companie." MOh for the good old time," when the iniquities, frivolities and fashions of this latter day were unknown, when cotton brought thirty cents a pound, when the butter, eggs, chickens and other spare produce of the farm sufficed to pen-chase Salt, and Iron, and a Utile Sugar and Coffee, and all else was raised at home, and the cotton all clear mo-" ney. M Oh, if the good old times" had lasted, Kershaw District could now be covered over with silver dollars three deep, and the cbinki filled up with gold. Oh, how prosperous the waJ/1 wnnM Kn if nvorv v onnlrl molrn all II V/l IM " VU1VA VVf it V ? V? J t/V VW??V? Miwav Mil they consumed themselves, and have twice as1 much to sell " to the rest of mankind." And what, Mr. Editor, has forever put to flight the good old habits and customs of our fathers, and ' introduced in their stead all the giracrack no; tions ami flaunting extravagancies of this degenerate age? Your "facilities for trade," have done it sir. In that day, the planter carried his cotton to Charlestan in his wagon, sold it, and I after putting in a sack oj two of salt,- a bar or two of iron &c., brought home for country merI chants, loading enough to add considerably to his cotton money, snugly pinned up in hiff poek| ets. Now., the planter's crop is whisked and whistled off on the railroad, and no one ever sees it or its proceeds, unless in the shape of a new piano or carriage, silks, laces or edgings, perhaps an extra and useless supply of glass and silver ware; and still, with all the experience of the past, you cry out for " facilities" still. If the tendency is downward, as I insist, why help us on in our course ? Facilis descensus averni.? So, lock the wheel and pull back?don't talk of ""putting on steam" in such an emergency as ours. This wicked generation proclaims itself bankrupt, for it is a wise maxim that " time is money," and it is the boast of this generation ' " that time is annihilated"?not only time, but distance too, is next to be abolished. Impiously you propose to bridge the dry ground from hero to North Carolina, and worse still, with the most abundant supply of water power, steam mills are called into existence, "Tocry havoc and lot slip the dogs of war" upon the noble forests of pine that have stood / in their majesty for ages. M Times aint as they used to was"?all the past iB held to be an error, and we whose studying days are over, have to begin to unlearn what'the past has taught.? Why air, it is no longer true " that a Btraight line is the shortest distance between two given points," unless it should so happen that they are connected by a railroad or a telegraph'wire, and in the latter case, " the connection is broken so often, that I don't know how it would be. You see, Mr. Editor, how your plank road mania disturbs and confuses my slumbere. I would entreat you on that account again, to "let us alone"?but on another ground I would caution you not to be so zealous in advocating these plank roads: The opinion is gaining strengthamonrr the people, that in view of the past, present and future breaking up of parties, they, the people, are being taxed to bridge the face of the earth, merely fce furnish a plank apiece to the floating politicians. Fatigued by this unwonted effort, I return to my slumbers, and ant Youris truly, . SLEEPY DAVID. . TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. ___________ / ? New York, April 9..?The sales of Cotton to day were 600 bales. The Whigs have a large majority, of both branches of the Rhode Island Legislature. ': In Missouri the Democratic Conventionjias adopted a resolution in favor of the Compromise, and reasserting the resolutions of the Baltimore Conventions of 1844 and 1848. New York, April, 11.?bales of Cotton yesterday amounted to 2500 bales?prices unchanged. Sales of the week 17,000 bales. The Assembly of the New York Legislature have rejected the Marine Liquor BilL . ? Baltimore, April, 11.?The Whig Congressional Caucus adjournded to Tuesday week, without fixing the time and place for the Whi^Slfctional Convention. The impression is that Baltimore or Cincinnati will be fixed upon. The Ohio Assembly has passed a resolution to loan the arms of the State to Kossuth. Washington, April 10.?There was a good deal of talking last night at the Caucus of Whig members of Congress, bat nothing was done as to the time and place of holding the National Convention. The Caucus adjourned until Tuesday evening, when the Southern members will bring up the subject of the compromise. It is 6aid that Gen. Flores Is at the head of the expedition which has gone to revolutionize Ecuador, and that he has from 2,000 to 2f,50(T men, and a steamer with eight guns, besides several sailing vessels. It is also stated that several American and English officers accompany him, and that some desperate fightiug may oe looked fur. Capt. JacksoU, a Texan ranger, is reported to be one of his officers.ELECTHo-FstcUOLOGY.?A man styling himself Professor Fennington visited our village during Court week,- and gave a series lectures and *1 * * U.-A experiments upon una new rougieu suojecu? AVe did considerable printing for him, and he has thought proper to leave without paying us. lie visited! Lowndesville, and after astonishing the natives there, departed to parts unknown.? We take this method of introducing the Professor to the public, that fhey may be upon their guard, as he might Psychologize others in a similar manner.?[Abbeville Banner. Death of the Rev. Wrn. S Potts, D. D.? This distinguished divine of the Presbyterian church, died at St. Louis, on the 28th ult, of consumption, aged 48 years. No Teacher Like a Mother.?Sad indeed is the picture, gloomy the prospect, where the sweet bonds between parents and offspring are early and rudely snapped by death, passion or the force of circumstance. Melancholy and often perilous, indeed is the conclusion of the child, when the mother is ultimately called to her account, ere the bloom of early infancy haspassed from her darling's cheek. Yet more' deplorable, when a parent's fault and evil hsbiUy ill judged severity or culpable indulgence, have1 . i mx "i x J? 4 i ,i eormpiea ine uuaersiauuing auq auenaiea uie heart of their offspring. Sow delightful is it, in our after days of honored and successful maturity to look back ott the sunny hours of infancy ; to recall a mother's earnest gaze of unalterable fondness ; caress of tenderness and loVe; to dwell by memory's aid on their mutal joy at oOr progress in strength and knowledge;?the results of their united instructions and entreaties: on the holy precepts that from their lips were caught, and the eternal truth, they impressed pon our rememberanee ; and to fee! that, whutever we may possess of life's best gifts, we-mainly owe, next to the Giver of all, to their devoted caret Remember Lot's Wife. *kom Adam's woman of the bible. We marvel not that she looked behind her. All the natural sentiments of her heart prompted her to such an act. Yet should she not have consented. There are times when the soul must rein itself up to a desperate effort; wheh a momentary yielding to natural impulses, of a slight wandering of the eye, or a single word or act of indiscretion, leads on to ocnsequences affecting the destiny and happiness of a life. Especially is disregard of an express injunction of Divine authority pregnant with the most imminent danger. If a Heavenly voice whisper,?"Look not!" then is the time to beware. No matter whether the interdicted visions are of the wine sparkling in the cup, or seductive forms stealing away the heart from God, or terrestial powers of beauty, too often preferred to Heaven, or golden wedge? and garments of magnificence, captivating tn# affections, or even home, dear home, where tin" ger those we love better than life?look not otf \ them?one or all of them, if such be God's bid" 4 ding. Restraining thine eye may be as if it should be plucked from its socket; thy rignt hand pointing forever Heavenward, may be to' thee as if cut off and cast from thee; pressing always, and to the last, after God's leadings,, may be as if one should M die dailyyet let thine eyes look right on,and thine eyelids straight before thee; tarry not in all the plain; but fly for thy life toward the city and mount of ever-' lasting safety. i